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Who’s in charge?

November 21, 2024

Had a trivia game tonight where they asked which team J.J. Reddick was the head coach?

Well, actually the real head coach is Lebron. But Reddick has the title with the Los Angeles Lakers.

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MLB Commission Rob Manfred on increasing doubts that the A’s will ever play in Vegas. “

“I understand there seems to be some sense of doubt that persists out there, but [owner] John Fisher is completely committed to the process,”

Think I speak for all baseball fans when I say the only process Fisher is committed to is making money.

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The day the football team got back to Louisville. DB Tayon Holloway, the play whose unsportsmanlike conduct penalty put Stanford in position for a game winning field goal, was arrested for first-degree strangulation and fourth-degree domestic violence assault.

According to a police report obtained by Louisville television station WDRB, Holloway allegedly attacked a woman in an apartment near the Louisville campus after she tried to get him to stop smoking marijuana.

He seems nice.

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Amy Klobuchar with Lawrence O’Donnell announced she was presiding at midnight in the U.S. Senate to get Biden’s judicial nominees confirmed. Wish Schumer had understood “the fierce urgency of now” sooner but better late than never.

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Bernie Sanders had a bill to halt some arms sales to Israel. It didnt pass.

President Biden may not have done everything pro-Palestinian protesters and voters want. But DonOld will let Netanyahu pave over Gaza fo Trump condos. Hope the protest votes against Harris were worth it.

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Three people were stabbed to death in Manhattan this week. Tragic and awful story. But despite Fox News’ fixation on crime in blue cities, you won’t see a word about it. Because the alleged killer is not an immigrant but an American man who moved to NY from Florida.

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Well, if Republicans do decide they need to have a checker at all U.S. Capitol bathrooms to grope women’s privates and decide if they are “real” women, at least that’s one job Groper-in-Chief Trump will have a number of potential GOP candidates for.

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Funny, I never noticed conservative folks up in arms about protecting children in bathrooms when it was Catholic priests and altar boys.

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Heaven help us.

MAGA woman calling into C-Span 2 defending Matt Gaetz over drugs & girls She says, we all do stupid things, we jaywalk, we speed…does that make you a stupid person for the rest of your life…?

And she adds.. Trump has been through so much. It’s. A. Cult.

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Walmart says Trump tariffs may raise many of their prices. Trump tariffs will raise many prices on Amazon basics items too, not to mention MANY other items sold on Amazon. And their new ‘Haul” site.

Why do I get the feeling that Jeff Bezos will tell the Washington Post not to cover that story?

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Senator Raphael Warnock today on Senate floor calling for urgently passing disaster relief funding.

And this funding is most needed now in RED STATES. Democrats care about people’s lives. This should get more attention than the GOP Outrage du jour.

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Not on Tik-Tok but have heard people are “breaking down’ because they just realized Obamacare *is* the Affordable Care Act, and many have pre-existing conditions.

Schadenfreude is bad, right? Oh who am I kidding.

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So while Elon flies around the country apparently surgically attached to Trump’s side, JD Vance resurfaced to walk around the Capitol with Matt Gaetz to meet GOP Senators.

How long until Donald gets tired of everyone knowing that #ElonIsTheRealPresident?

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Big gamed?

November 20, 2024


As Stanford plays Cal this weekend in the Big Game, this will be the second game all season where the Cardinal play a team in California, or even in the Pacific time zone.-

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As a Spurs fan, good to see San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma Thunder tonight -110 to 104.

On a nonpolitical note, I can’t be the only person who doesn’t give a rat’s behind about the “Emirates NBA Cup?”

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Senator Coach Tubby, fired from his last two football coaching jobs, whined today that zero Democrats voted against President Biden’s Cabinet nominees. True, maybe because Joe picked competent people?

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Now it’s Dr. Oz who has no administrative experience, to run Medicare and Medicaid?! Congratulations Trump voters. You have turned US government into a bad sequel of Celebrity Apprentice.

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Will some Republican like to tell us about how starting out the next Congress focusing on what bathroom Sarah McBride uses is going to help egg prices?

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Can some kind woman in Congress teach Nancy Mace how to close and lock a bathroom stall door when she pees? Thank you. Sincerely, Americans who would like the House to focus on issues that actually matter.

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Seriously haters, 2016 UCLA study found estimated 14,550 people in Wash. D.C. identify as transgender, 2.77% of population. In USA, 1.6 million people 13 & older identify as transgender. We’ve all been in bathrooms with transgender people without knowing it. & survived just fine.

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Remember as GOP defends Hegseth over alleged sexual assault where he paid off his accuser but now says “it was consensual” & defends Matt Gaetz claiming he thought girl he paid for sex was 18… This is same GOP who impeached Bill Clinton over a consensual affair with an adult.

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Marge Three Names claims she wants to protect women & girls. So she doesn’t want transgender women in women’s bathrooms. But she’s fine with Matt Gaetz, credibly accused of being a pedophile and sexual predator, being our AG. Can someone ask Jasmine Crockett for her comment?

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JD Vance is going to Capitol Hill Wednesday to lobby Senators on behalf of Trump’s cabinet nominees… So guess Musk told Donald to let his supposed VP out of that bunker?

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As GOP tries tricks to block Senate confirmation of Biden judges & complains about ballots & vote counting only in races they lost or might lose… Anyone ever played a game with a toddler who throws tantrums & tries to change rules so they win every time? Yeah, it’s like that.

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But on a serious note…. we do need to keep reminding each other that we do have GOOD politicians in Washington DC (and elsewhere.)

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Because not voting is as bad for democracy as voting for candidates who are anti-democracy.

For starters.

Amy Klobuchar’s legislation allowed Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices.

Tammy Baldwin’s ACA provision allowed kids to stay on their parent’s healthcare until 26.

Rafael Warnock’s affordable insulin bill capped cost at $35 a month.

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Falling

November 19, 2024

ESPN headline: “Piece of metal falls from Cowboys’ stadium roof.” Talk about a metaphor for the Dallas season.

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Reports that Los Angeles Dodgers will be making their free agency pitch to Juan Soto this week.

Presume it will be something like major league minimum for 10 years in while he plays in California and he and Dodgers avoid tax, and then $100 million a year for the next ten years while Soto he moves to a no-income tax state…


Nearing midnight in Washington DC. Senate still working on President Biden’s judicial nominees… Republicans still trying to block them. Hope GOP didn’t have any holiday plans.

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Something that isn’t being mentioned about part of Matt Gaetz’s defense – that he thought the girl he paid for sex was 18. It was 2017. At the time he was 35 years old. Ewwwwwwwwww

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World according to GOP:

Hunter Biden, while a drug addict, paid women for sex. This means his father should not be President.

Matt Gaetz, on other hand, paid at least two women for sex, one underage. This means he should be confirmed as Attorney General.

Make it make sense.

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Velveeta Voldemort hasn’t nominated an FDA director yet. Maybe he hasn’t been able to reach Hannibal Lecter.

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45 picks former GOP Rep. Sean Duffy as DOT Secretary.

Because, yes, all that transportation experience: Duffy was on 1998’s Road Rules: All Stars and 2002’s Real World/Road Rules Challenge.

Okay then…

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So do the election betting sites now have odds on when the “special relationship” between Donald Trump and Elon Musk will blow up?

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As he said he would, Trump is putting loyal far-right extremists in his Cabinet, and nominated the writer of Project 2025 for head of the FCC. And many who voted for Donald are upset and terrified. What part of “when someone tells you who they are” did they not believe?

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Stumbling into the week

November 18, 2024

So the Cleveland Browns missed three field goals in the first half against the New Orleans Saints, while the Cincinnati Bengals missed two late 4th quarter potential game winning field goals against the LA Chargers.

If you’re in Ohio, and can kick a football, maybe sit by your phone with a bag packed next week.

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While I greatly respect and admire Taylor Swift, it’s a good day when the Chiefs lose.

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May your day be going as well as anyone who had New Orleans Saints swiss-army-knife Tayson Hill on their fantasy team.

(About 140 receiving yards, about 60 rushing yards, one kick return, 3 TDs, a completed pass and a tackle)

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For all GOP love to find any excuse to talk about immigrants harming Americans… They say nothing about the immigrant owning this app and the harm he has done to American democracy.

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Since GOP attitude now seems to be….who cares if Vladimir marches into Kiev, exactly what countries in Europe would it bother Republicans when Putin invades and bombs them after Ukraine?

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Meanwhile great comeback win for Stanford vs Louisville with a walk-off field goal yesterday afternoon in front of an intimate crowd. Sean Spicer would have said it was a sell-out

Many of same GOP who demonize immigrants and LGBTQ people just for existing, are twisting themselves into knots to defend Pete Hegseth and Matt Gaetz.

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Hey MAGA. It’s very simple. If the GOP-LED House Ethics committee report exonerated Matt Gaetz, it would be read in its entirety on Fox News.

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Oh this is gonna be fun… Especially as RFK Jr, is a media darling for his crazy quotes.

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And we all know how much 45 likes to be upstaged. Besides criticizing his favorite food.

RFK Jr talking on Joe Polish Show, attacking Trump’s food choices. “‘Stuff that he eats is really, like, bad.” Campaign food is always bad, but the food on his airplane is just poison. You don’t have choice, you’re either given KFC or Big Macs.”

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Meanwhile, Tammy Baldwin won re-election to the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. Meanwhile Eric Hovde still won’t concede and is making up lies like “Baldwin won ‘nearly 90% of absentee ballots.

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Colin Jost on NBC SNL weekend update about 45’s cabinet picks: “Donald Trump continued to announce everyone he’s going to fire in six months.”

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If Tulsi Gabbard isn’t a Russian asset why is Russian TV so happy about her DNI nomination?

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As 45 keeps choosing his personal attorneys to serve in his upcoming administration who else thinks he’s giving them the appointments in lieu of paying them?

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45’s latest grifting fundraiser. “We are going to sell out soon, but I hope that you will pick your FAVORITE STOCKING. Mine is the RED MAGA STOCKING but ELON loves the DARK MAGA STOCKING!”

How sad again for DonOld’s ego #ElonIsTheRealPresident

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What a petty little man. Makes me ashamed as California voter to admit Eric’s resident of my state.

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So what happened to J.D. Vance now that Elon Musk is the last person in the room for Donald’s decisions?

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The Supreme Court says a President has immunity for official acts while in office.

Okay then, while in office, Joe Biden should release House Ethics committee report on Matt Gaetz, and all Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents. For starters.

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Send in the clowns

November 15, 2024

Am I the only one who didn’t know, or care about Jake Paul fighting Mike Tyson?

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Mike Johnson, who now wants to bury the results of an Ethics investigation against an alleged pedophile, has given up talking to his Christian God in favor of talking to his Orange God.

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Trump worshipping Republicans seem to be fine with a man being attorney general they wouldn’t trust to drive their daughters home.

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Almost as if Wall Street doesn’t like chaos… From NY Times “Stocks Fall as Wall Street’s Election Enthusiasm Subsides.’

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All you need to know about Kash Patel was Amy Klobuchar being asked about him by Jake Tapper. “I don’t know him but Bill Barr at the time when he was Trump’s AG, when Patel was considered for another position said “Over my dead body would I put this person in.”

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Mike Pence is opposing RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary because he says he’s too pro abortion?!! Despite what T.S. Eliot said about the last temptation, at this point think I and millions in our country will happily take someone “doing the right thing for the wrong reason.”

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So which company is doing background checks for Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard and where are they located in Russia?

So if a President has unlimited power and can make recess appointments, why doesn’t President Biden just appoint all the judges he wants as soon as Congress adjourns for the year. For that matter, what is stopping Joe from expanding the Supreme Court before he leaves?

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Trump popular vote margin was smaller than both Biden’s and Obama’s (and for that matter, Hillary’s.)

And with California still counting, it’s shrinking by the day.

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Jamie Dimon: “I wish the president well” but “I’ve not had a boss in 25 years, and I’m not ready to start”

So since Jamie said no, of course Trump has to post that Dimon won’t be invited to join his administration. (Donald, even your voters don’t believe you)

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As many conservative GOP Senators now worry about deciding whether to confirm Trump’s nominees or being primaried by his sycophants bankrolled by Musk, your reminder. Had more of them just voted to impeach Donald after January 6, this wouldn’t be an issue.

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One of my favorite headlines, from the Tucson Star

“Kari Lake comes closer than in past to conceding campaign loss”


I guess Kari’s lost enough times she’s finally getting better at it?

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And more good news, because we need it. Ob-gyn Kelly Morrison was elected to the U.S. House from Minnesota, in the district Dean Phillips chose not to run again because he was running for President.

Dr. Morrison is going to be such an improvement over Drop out Dean

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So Mitch McConnell refused even to bring Obama SCOTUS nominee Merrick Garland to the Senate floor because he said it was the Senate’s duty to “advise and consent.” Where’s the Turtle’s pushback on the idea of recess appointments?

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Lawrence O’Donnell refers to Elon as being like the little dog Fala who followed FDR around and I am so here for it.

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All this blame game about who voted for Trump. How about the approximately 1/3 of eligible voters in this country who didn’t vote? They’re about to find out. Both parties are not the same.

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The worst is first.

November 13, 2024

Gregg Popovich’s (hopefully) temporary absence from coaching the Spurs is apparently due to a mild stroke.

Las Vegas has the Spurs over-under to win 34.5 games. At this point thinking they’re going to do a lot better for Pop.

And now back to the circus

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Melania Trump didn’t join her husband in visiting the White House today, where she would have had tea with Jill Biden. Guess the check didn’t clear

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Also Melania Trump apparently is not going to move into the White House. Wonder if Donald will appoint another First Lady.

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So if Melania isn’t moving to the White House at least can we keep Jill Biden’s Christmas decorations?

He didn’t win

But kudos to the Telegraph a conservative British newspaper. But unlike much of US media, they’re not afraid to write the truth in a headline.

Rick Scott: Businessman behind one of the biggest medical frauds in history tipped to run Senate

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/11/11/rick-scott-biggest-medical-fraud-senate/

Another thing US media doesn’t talk about enough. Among his peers, Ted Cruz is universally acknowledged to be the most hated man in the Senate. Rick Scott is not that far behind him.

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How far have we fallen in eight days? New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is hardly moderate, though he has been known occasionally to do bipartisan things and seems to work well with Amy Klobuchar on occasional legislation.

And Thune is sane. These days, that’s a major relief.

So why did Trump pick Matt Gaetz for U.S. Attorney General? Donald couldn’t reach Hannibal Lecter?

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Or for what department IS Trump going to nominate Hannibal Lecter?

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Television host Pete Hegseth nominated for Secretary of Defense. I really miss the days when Vote for the Worst was something Americans just did for reality TV shows.

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Kristi Noem, Trump’s pick for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, has killed more pets than Haitian immigrants

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As Trump talks about eliminating Department of Education, newly elected multi-millionaire GOP Senators Bernie Moreno & Tim Sheehy have embraced the idea. Figures. Many of today’s rich Republicans who send kids to private school figure there’s no need for public education


Who else wonders if Matt Gaetz was just nominated to cause outrage and that Donald Trump’s real plan is to sneak some other evil person like Paxton or Ratcliffe in after Gaetz is rejected on a bipartisan basis.

Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt “American people re-elected Trump by resounding margin giving him a mandate to implement promises he made on the campaign trail.” “Resounding margin?” 50.2 to 48.1 % as of now w/ CA votes outstanding.

That’s not enough of a margin to pass amendments in Florida.

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Weak Scorecards

November 12, 2024

Million dollar talent, two cent head award again to Wander Franco, star player for Tampa Bay Rays, already indicted for case in which he is accused of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation against a minor and human trafficking. Now arrested for an altercation involving drugs and guns.

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Cleveland Cavaliers are 12-0

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Lakers are 6-4.

Glad Lebron got to play with Bronny.

But maybe King James should have taken his talents back home to Ohio?

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Latino male Trump voter told CNN mass deportation won’t extend to law-abiding workers. “That wouldn’t be fair. They need to make sure that they don’t throw away, they don’t kick out, they don’t deport people that are family oriented.” Anyone got a face-eating leopard emoji?

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Fox News was 100% pro-Trump and never mentioned the potential negatives. MSM was too busy both-sides ing everything. So let’s see, a circle with half 100% red and the other 50% red and 50% blue. Don’t need higher math to know that’s a 75% red circle

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President Biden has his last Veteran’s Day as President at Arlington Cemetery today. So next year will Trump get rid of Veteran’s Day and make a national holiday of his birthday instead

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And did Trump wish “suckers and losers” a happy Veteran’s Day yet??

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I’m a Democrat and I believe in elections. But can we stop with this “landslide” lie?

LBJ over Goldwater was a landslide. Reagan over Mondale was a landslide.

2024 was about 200,000 votes in a handful of swing states. Fewer than in a random waiting room for Taylor Swift tickets.

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Only good thing about Elise Stefanik being nominated for UN Ambassador, it will get her out of the House.

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Kristi Noem as possible Department of Homeland Security Secretary? Becausse no state knows more about the southern border than South Dakota?

Meeanwhile, hide your puppies. Especially Chihuahuas

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Turning the calendar page.

November 11, 2024

As rough a week as it’s been, it’s important to savor the small good things – like Jerry Jones’ Dallas Cowboys suffering another blow out loss. And at home.

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Jake Bates, who was selling bricks last year. Signed by the then desperate Detroit Lions, he kicked an end of game-winning field goal against Minnesota Vikings. earlier this seasons

Then kicked (barely) a 58 yard game tying field goal and and (again barely) a 52 yard game-winning field goal against the Houston Texans as time expired today. Jake is the best story in football

And yes it’s nice to watch another team from Texas lose.

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Meanwile the New Orleans Saints hung on to win a game in large part because anti-vaxxer Kirk Cousins with the Atlanta Falcons did Kirk Cousins things. So maybe mean bitch Karma isn’t out of it yet.

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Increasingly clear that Elon Musk feels like he will be the one in charge in the next adminstration. I am sure Donald’s ego will be just fine with that.

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Again, why is everyone so sure this Musk Trump bromance is going to work out? I don’t think there is a room big enough for both their egos.

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Have to love all these MAGAs claiming they want to ban books because they don’t like their kids exposed to crude sexual language…then turn around on Twitter & publicly call women politicians b*tches, whores & the c word.

Y’all talk that way at home? (rhetorical question)

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SNL’s cold open last night with cast members all being obsequious and genuflecting before Trump, was supposed to be over the top satire. Unfortunately they couldn’t match most of today’s GOP.

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So are JD Vance’s supporters chanting “Your couch my choice?”

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Here we go again MS media. Not that I watch thed Sunday shows… but the Democratic politicians Nov 10 werw be Ro Khanna (Face the Nation) and Bernie Sanders (MTP & SOTU) Disgrunted progressives. Not one of the moderates, especially WOMEN who won re-election.

How hard is it for the media to figure this out. If not for mostly moderate women who outperformed Harris-Walz in purple states, GOP would have close to a filibuster proof majority. (And Gallego is a moderate man who won AZ.)

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Nikki Haley at least at first seemed like she’d keep her integrity when she lost to Trump. But she threw it away…. and ended up as welcome in his administration as Liz Cheney. We are going to have a tiny violin shortage.

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This all feels too much like the aftermath of Brexit. Many Brits bought a lie about money taken from NHS going to the EU.. Now, in Britain, for just example…hotels can’t staff, it’s hard to hire service people, and prices have gone up.

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There’s buyer’s remorse in every election. But it’s going to come for Muslim-Americans maybe faster than anyone else. Not saying Mideast is easy. But they just helped elect guy who will let Netanyahu raze gaza to the ground. And reinstate a Muslim ban.

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Thoughts on GOP Senate leaders claiming they’ll work nights & weekends to get Trump picks confirmed. Some of these mega-millionaires Republicans have fancy lives in their home states &/or second homes. They’re gonna be so thrilled about being stuck in DC in middle of winter.

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Some victories continue

November 9, 2024

Steve Kerr learned from Gregg Popovich.

Now apparently Kenny Atkinson, former Warriors assistant coach, has learned from Kerr.

His now 10-0 Cleveland Cavaliers destroyed the Golden State Warriors Friday night, 136-117, and it wasn’t that close.

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Iowa flies out to Pasadena to be upset by UCLA, Cal beats Wake Forest for a Demon Deacons home game in North Carolina

Is buyer’s remorse a thing when you buy yourself new teams for your conference?

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We may not have a woman President but women are saving the US Senate from having a GOP filibuster proof majority Congratulations re-elected Senator Jacky Rosen!

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Hey MAGA Republican.

While you’re taking time to talk about cutting off blue states from federal funding, do yourselves a favor and google “donor states.” Bless your hearts.

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Can we stop with the “blowout” narrative? Yes, it does appear as if Trump has won the popular vote. Barely. (California has only counted about 59% of the vote as of this morning. No joke.) But at least 48% of the country, and still maybe as high as 50% voted for Harris.

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And yes, even Friday night before everyone absolutely concedes that Kamala Harris lost the popular vote… how many people know California has maybe 40% of ballots still to count? Just saying.

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Royce White says he’s going to run again and challenge Minnesota Senator Tina Smith in 2026. Uh, Royce. 1. Have you forgotten you need to politely concede to Amy Klobuchar in 2024 first? 2. Tina will kick your ass too.

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Seeing some pro-Palestine posts today that Kamala lost because she supported genocide. As they voted for a man who will let Netanyahu do “whatever the hell he wants.” Which means burning what’s left of Gaza to the ground. And maybe use some of the land for Trump condos.

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Unintended consequences of tariff tax alert. Per NY Times, Steve Madden is trying to reduce production in China, and instead making more shoes in Cambodia, Vietnam, Mexico and Brazil. And this helps American businesses how?

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You hear social media rumors. Then you hear from real people . Long term acquaintance I trust told me today in a Virginia high school boys are chanting at girls “Your body, my choice.” Agree right wing media bubbles get some to believe lies… but this is worse than deplorable.

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Digging out

November 8, 2024

Haven’t paid as much attention to sports this week but Cincinnati Bengals had a dramatic last minute drive against the Baltimore Ravens, to pull within in one point – 34 to 35. They went for two point conversions and the win,, pass was incomplete but officials missed both a defensive holding and a roughing the passer call.

Saints fans are thinking, welcome to the club. If only NFL could afford full time officiating.

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Seeing some MAGAs today saying who cares if Trump goes after immigrant workers in California & other blue states? Uh. Top 10 agriculture-producing States in 2023 are (descending order): California, Iowa, Nebraska, Texas, Illinois, Minnesota, Kansas, Indiana, North Carolina & Missouri.

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Random observation.

Had a small pet insurance check supposedly mailed first class from Ohio to CA on Oct 28. Haven’t received it as of Nov 7. Not worried on the money as I am sure they can reissue if lost. But what if it were a ballot?

So a family picture taken by Donald’s granddaughter doesn’t have Melania, nor Kimberly Guilfoyle, But it has Musk in the front row. Elon is now the son Trump wishes he had? And uh, can anyone think of a narcissist who has joined Trump’s orbit for any period of time who has stayed on his good side? Sycophants stick around longer… but how long until rumors that Musk is the real President upset Donald?

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New Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles, a witness, got 20% raise that May, from $25,000 to $30,000 per month. Then Donald’s campaign hired her daughter Caroline, who’d worked for Trump’s 1st campaign & in White House, where she reportedly left because she didn’t pass background check. Her salary: $222,000, making her currently 4th highest-paid staffer.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-criminal-cases-witnesses-financial-benefits

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Can we turn media coverage of Trump vs Harris/Walz into a math problem?

Imagine a circle, half red for right wing media, half theoretically blue for MSM. But MSM bothsided everything.. So you get half a circle red, and half a circle half red and half blue. Do the math.

Even if off a bit on the margains it’s 75-25%.

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This could change but for US Senate, AP says Dave McCormick wins over Bob Casey in PA.

About 30,000 votes

Current totals: McCormick 48.95% 3,340.649

Casey 48.49% 3,308.961

Thomas (libertarian) 1.29% 87,706

Hazou (green) 0.94% 64.088

Hopethose Libertarians who want small government, and pro-environment Green party voters like GOP heavy-handed, anti-personal liberty, anti-environment legislation. Peaceful protests are great, but not at the ballot box.

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About 65% of eligible Americans voted on Tuesday. Jimmy Carter, 100 years old, was one of those voters. For those in that non-voting 35%, What was YOUR excuse?

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Turning back

November 7, 2024

Steve Kerr on his message to the Golden State Warriors last night “‘Let’s make America great again and beat the Celtics,’”

Set the clock back an hour Saturday night. Set the calendar back over a hundred years Tuesday night.

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Melania Trump wouldn’t kiss Donald Trump on the lips during his speech Tuesday night. Guess he didn’t pay her enough.

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65% of eligible voters voted yesterday. That means 35% did not. And those 35% let the rest of America dictate almost every aspect of their lives.

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Guardian headline “US abortion rights supporters see string of victories despite major loss in Florida.” Major loss?!! A 57-43 % win for abortion rights. But Ron DeathSantis made the amendment required 60% What happened to democracy?

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He lost by about 16 points in Minnesota.. As a mouthy woman myself, have to ask – has Royce White conceded defeat yet to Senator Amy Klobuchar?

Wonder how Latino men will react when Trump starts deporting their friends and families. And when they face arrest on the street if they don’t have their “papers?” And when if they are shot by racist police Trump will give those police immunity?

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How often do people get back with their ex’s only to be reminded after a short time why they dumped them in the first place? January 2025 is going to be like that.

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Bernie Sanders ranted today “it’s no great surprise Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find working class has abandoned them.” Uh, if Bernie really cared about working class & gotten behind Hillary in 2016, Clinton would be completing her 2nd term.

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Wonder how Latino men will react when Trump starts deporting their friends and families. And when they face arrest on the street if they don’t have their “papers?” And when if they are shot by racist police Trump will give those police immunity?

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Rachel Maddow, talking about not giving up the fight “Now that we’re freed up from spending all our time on the election, now we can work full time being fricking pirates, being a thorn in the side to anyone who wants to turn this country into a tin-pot tyranny.”

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Hoax bomb threats last night directed to black polling locations in Georgia, and to Navajo polling locations in Arizona. Some people don’t want some people to vote.


Maricopa county in Arizona has 79 contests on their ballot. And I thought California was bad.

At least Tammy Baldwin is sending Eric Hovde back to his mansion in California…

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Yes, I’m an Anglophile. Tonight especially. England has now elected THREE women leaders. And they have an official cat.

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Day of reckoning

November 5, 2024

Not my line but

“The Carolinia Panthers being the ones to get Dennis Allen fired might be their most impressive feat this season.”

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Can we get bipartisan agreement on the fact that NFL regular season overtime rules suck?

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Your reminder.

The Apprentice got canceled in 2007.

Donald Trump was voted out of the White House in 2020

November 5, 2024, America is going for the trifecta.

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Thought the stupidest thing that JD Vance did in this campaign was to insult cat ladies. Then he called Kamala Harris “trash.’

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Mike Pence made Dan Quayle look good by comparison. J.D Vance makes Mike Pence AND Sarah Palin look good by comparison.

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But on a positive VP note.

Tim Walz “Let me speak to the guys in the crowd tonight. Think about the women if your life that you love. Their lives are at stake in this election. Trump is proud of overturning Roe v. Wade, glad that those women you love have fewer rights than their mothers or grandmothers.” “Kamala and I trust women, it’s that simple. We’re going to send a message to Donald Trump. Whether he likes it or not.”

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Now Trump is musing about putting Mike Tyson in the ring with Kamala Harris, and whether he should ‘hit back’ at Michelle Obama. Is the dementia getting worse, or is Donald just being more public with his violent misogyny?

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North Carolina hasn’t voted for a Democrat for President since they voted for Barack Obama in 2008. They voted for Romney in 2012! And Donald Trump is spending some of the last day of his campaign in North Carolina. Someone seems big scared.

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“Optimism is a choice. Pessimism is a choice too.” Lawrence O’Donnell quoting anonymous Oscar winning friend. And he added “If you suffer a loss you will be in just as much pain as if you saw it coming. There is no reason not to go to sleep without hope.” Sums up being a cynical optimist perfectly.

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In a world where media wants to both-sides everything, it bears repeating, only one side is refusing to say they’ll accept the results of the election if they lose.

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When this election is over perhaps we need to have a conversation on whether men are too irrational and emotional to vote.

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Devil’s bargain

November 4, 2024

As a hard core sports fan who cares about politics I have said many times I’d rather have my team lose than lose an election. But okay new Orleans Saints, his is ridiculous. #WhoDat

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ESPN headline “Raiders, at league-worst 2-7 fire OC, two others.

Your move, Saints. #FireDennisAllen

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Herschel Walker, campaigning todayIt stops on Tuesday when we vote for my friend and your friend Donald Trump Jr… Donald Trump. Jonald J. Trump

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I know officially you can’t diagnose CTE while someone is still alive but….

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Amy Klobuchar summed it up for those of us Democrats who’ve thought all along we’d win… but “As someone said, I’m nauseously optimistic.”

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As Iowa appears to be heating up, could Harris Walz team get Pete Buttigieg & Amy Klobuchar to return to the state together for last-minute joint rally? Yes, they’re friends now. But imagine the ratings -if only from those remembering a few debates & expecting a cage match.

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Looking at the gender gap in ALL polls, does anyone doubt that if Trump were to be elected on Tuesday, he’d make it a priority to overturn the 19th Amendment?

It’s already begun. Last night on SNL Kamala Harris looked happy and relaxed. Trump can’t remember what state he’s in… and he’s saying he should have never left. He’s not even going to be invited back to the White House for an ex-Presidents event.

So MAGA are clutching their pearls over Kamala Harris on SNL for a few minutes, when Fox News is basically a Trump informercial every night?

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All you need to know about how great Kamala Harris’s SNL appearance tonight was is to go to right wing websites- including Fox News – and see how big mad they are about it.

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Has Trump claimed yet that SNL begged him to appear on their show last night?

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And with all the attention on Kamala many missed this candidate for SNL line of the night


When Donald Trump’ was having microphone issues… “Last time I hated a Mic this much I tried to have him killed.”

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“The last temptation is the greatest treason, to do the right thing for the wrong reason.” T. S. Eliot Whatever the reason, whether it’s conscience or $$,

@nytimes finally not both sidesing our choice on November 5. “Time to vote. Donald Trump is a threat to democracy — a case that New York Times editorial board has made repeatedly. Here’s why, in 110 words.

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Trump’s fundraising emails lately include a lot of “Two for the price of one” MAGA hats. Translation, he can’t give them away.

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Californian running for US Senate from Wisconsin Eric Hoyde doesn’t think kids should be able to stay on parents’ insurance til they’re 26

. Instead they should get jobs from rich parents? In 1987, just after graduating from college, Hovde & his dad, Donald, (who Reagan put on Fed Home Loan Bank Board) launched Hovde Financial..

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In 2016 Trump won PA by 46,435 votes He won WI by 22,177 votes He won MI by 10,704 votes About 79,000 votes total. Fewer than fit in some football stadiums. Don’t let ANYONE tell you your vote doesn’t matter.

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On November 5, we can elect a President who not only knows that Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character… but who knows that the real hero of that movie is Clarisse!

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Whatever happens Tuesday we will tell our children and grandchildren that we voted in the election with the biggest gender gap in history.

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All Crazy Conference.

November 2, 2024

As Stanford plays Saturday Nov 2 against NC State, the Cardinal will now have played two more games against each of teams from North Carolina and Texas than they will have against teams from Calfiornia.

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NY Yankees especially in game 5 of the World Series bring to mind a very old joke. What do the NY Yankees and Michael Jackson have in common? They both wore gloves on one hand for no discernible reason.

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One brighter note on Dodger victory for anyone outside Los Angeles. The last time they won a World Series, Trump lost a Presidential election. If that’s the devil’s bargain in 2024, I’ll take it.

Why isn’t this a bigger story? Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin wrote the ACA provision to allow young people to stay on their parents health insurance until they are 26.

Her opponent Eric Hovde wants to take that away. “It’s a stupid idea for this reason. All we’re doing is delaying younger people’s maturation. “And they need to grow up and move on and stand on their own two feet.

Of course Hovde is a multi-millionaire. If one of his kids’ had graduated from college and wanted to do an internship or study as a grad student without benefit, he’d either help them with insurance or medical bills.

(Dave McCormick, a hedge fund mega-millionaire has made similar statements. Pretty damn sure his kids have nothing to worry about either. 

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JD Vance says he’s been “red-pilled” on vaccines. Oh, please, does anyone think HIS kids aren’t vaccinated?

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Is it possible that Trump’s speeches are becoming increasingly lengthy because he thinks there’s a good chance after November 5 no one will want to pay any attention to anything he says again?

The biggest rating he’s going to get for an appearance after November 5 might be for the one that will start “Will the defendant please rise.”

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Oops: MAGA Mike Johnson, campaigning for NY GOP Rep Brandon Williams was asked if he’d repeal Biden’s CHIPS Act.

Which per NY TImes brought “$100 billion worth of investment in semiconductor industry to Syracuse area. “I expect we probably will,

– Williams soon jumped in to say that he opposed repealing the CHIPS Act and would lobby the speaker.” They are so bad at governing.

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How can Presidential candidate say of Liz Cheney “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with 9 barrels shooting at her. Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when guns are trained on her face.”

Most would be arrested. Media still hung up on Biden’s garbage phrasing.

NY Times “Trump Attacks Liz Cheney Using Violent War Imagery.” Understand space is at a premium, but it doesn’t take more space to write the truth: “Trump Calls for Liz Cheney to be Executed by Firing Squad.”

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Give Trump credit for one accomplishment. Gotten me to believe that for all I disagree with her on so many things, Liz Cheney is an admirable and brave patriot.

As we approach final weekend before election, remember, confirmation bias makes it very difficult to change a vote.

Much easier, convincing someone not planning to vote that their vote matters. If our votes didn’t matter, GOP wouldn’t be trying so hard to take them away.

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Grapes of wrath

October 31, 2024

Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers for their World Series win after an epic New York Yankees defensive collapse in game 5.

When you win three titles in five years let’s talk. #SFGiants

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Finally gets his postseason average over .200 and drops a fly ball to start the Yankees collapse against the Dodgers. Heck of a time to turn into Arson Judge. Maybe he should have signed with Giants.

(For that matter Ohtani hit .105 in the World Series, but by taking a $2 million contract for 2024, Shohei made sure Dodgers had plenty of money to build a team around him.)

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California taxpayers, whether or not you are Dodgers fans, you are sharing in their win…

Shohei Ohtani, who may well return to Japan in a decade, or retire in a state with no income tax, is only being paid $2 million a year until he turns 40 in 2034 (then $68 million a year for 10 years.)

So the state loses out as well as other MLB teams who might benefit from the luxury tax.

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Fox News’ Jesse Watters today said if “I found out my wife secretly voted for Harris, that’s the same thing as having an affair… that violates the sanctity of our marriage…

And your reminder that Jesse, this same a**hole who talks about the sanctity of marriage, started an affair with his current wife while married to his first wife

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How many MAGAs who wear F*ck Joe Biden shirts are upset because they think (wrongly_ that he called them garbage?

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Didn’t love Arnold as California Governator. But he is a mostly reasonable man I disagree with on some issues, and he loves our country. Applaud his courage and decency in saying he will make the choice to vote for Kamala Harris “I will always be an American before I am a Republican.”

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Trump: “I want to protect the women of our country … I’m gonna do it whether the women like it or not”

When you’re a star they let you do it.. Hard pass

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Reason and lack thereof

October 30, 2024

SF 49ers’ Nick Bosa, who apologized before 2019 NFL draft for racist/homophobic social media messages, says he’s now “more comfortable expressing his political beliefs.

Wonder why?. In 2023 49ers & Bosa agreed to 5 yr, $170 million contract extension w/ $122 million guaranteed.

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Marc Ragovin sending this Mario Mendoza to playoff Judge: “I want my line back.”

(Judge is currently hitting .152 in the postseason.. He picked a bad time to turn into the hitting equivalent of Clayton Kershaw.)

From the great Will Durst “Dear New York Yankees. If you weren’t going to use Stanton and Judge, the polite thing to do would have been to let us have them. Signed S F Giants.”

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Imagine if say, Melinda French Gates had a million dollar lottery to people signing a petition for reproductive rights. GOP and right wing media would demand she be looked up and voters be disenfranchis


Andrea Mitchell says she is stepping back from her daily MSNBC anchoring activities.

Who says there’s no good news? Of course it would have been better news years ago.

(is there such a thing as a “Happy belated retirement” card?

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The most popular provision of Obamacare / Affordable Care Act is allowing young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Tammy Baldwin wrote that amendment. Yet another reason to re-elect Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin to the US Senate

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Elon Musk is the richest man in the world.

Jeff Bezos is the second richest.

When one is 100% behind Trump, and the other canceled his newspaper’s endorsement of Harris, tell me again how Donald is the candidate of the working class?

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A man already complaining about alleged voter cheating in Pennsylvania is a man who thinks he’s going to lose Pennsylvania.

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Yes, some of Washington Post columnists are still speaking truth to power. Based on his defensive defense of his decision today, how long does anyone think Bezos will allow that?

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Even some Trump supporters distancing themselves from yesterday’s anti-Puerto Rico rally joke.

Not JD Vance: “Maybe it’s a stupid, racist joke. Maybe it’s not. I haven’t seen it.” But we have to stop getting so offended at every little thing in the United States of America.”

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J.D Vance rant over Biden quote taken out of context (Joe said “his supporter’s garbage, not his supporters are garbage) “”This is disgusting. Kamala Harris and her boss Joe Biden are attacking half of the country. There’s no excuse for this. I hope Americans reject it.

-What happened to Mr. “We Have To Stop Getting So Offended?”

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Clearly Elon Musk, who is ineligible to be President/King, wants to be second in charge.

Under another potential Donald Trump presidency, could we say he aspires to be Clown Prince?.

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Taking sides

October 28, 2024

Gregg Popovich -calling out Republcans who support Trump now “They’ve called him xenophob, a religious bigot, a racist,, unfit for office, on and on and on. Their words ― but they’re right there with him,”

“Do they not know that they have children and grandchildren, probably, that are gonna lose freedom if this guy is elected? I’m not talking about a policy, I’m talking about the idea of our country.”

Some ask why I am a San Antonio Spurs fan. I ask. “How can you not be?”

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Washington Comannders QB Jayden WIlliams threw a great “Hail Mary to win the game aganst the Bears today as time expired. A clean catch too.. (Google it if you haven’t seen it.

Chicago CB Tyrique Stevenson could be seen taunting fans seconds before— and he was late covering the play.

Mean b*tch karma hates bad sports.

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Haven’t been an SF 49ers fan since Eddie DeBartolo’s rape accusation and settlement . But I remember the uproad before 2019 NFL. draft when Bosa’s racist and homophobic social media posts emerged… He “apologized” as he knew SF wanted to draft him.

Now today after the 49ers beat the truly bad Dallas Cowboys, Bosa nterrupted and photobombed Brock Purdy’s post game interview with his MAGA hate show support for Trump.

On the same day Trump headlined one of the most racist rallies of the year in Madison Square Garden.

Will never root for the Cowboys. But Bosa doesn’t have a ring. And hope he never gets one.

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Puerto Rico is a beautiful island full of good American people Madison Square Garden today was an island of garbage.

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NY Times got a headlne right “Racist Remarks and Insults Mark Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally.”

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Eric Adams defending Donald Trump tells you all you need to know about Eric Adams.

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Senator Lisa Murkowski from Alaska says she will not vote for Harris nor Trump.
“I want to vote for somebody and not against someone…I am going to be voting for someone and hopefully I will feel good about that, even knowing that that individual probably is not going to be in the winner’s column.”

So disappointing. Lisa has been one of the few Republicans I admire. So disappointed. Alaska elected her to make tough choices, and this one is not hard.

It’s not a dating app. It’s not even “do you wish there were other choices?” There is one choice. Democracy or dictatorship.

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100%. Voting in 2024 makes me think of Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve gotten until it’s gone …”

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Decisions decisions

October 27, 2024

Expanded College Football Playoffs, were almost certainly designed to get more SEC teams into college football’s postseason. Or at least SEC and Big Ten plus top former Pac 12 schools.

Now you have undefeated BYU, Pittsburgh and Indiana.

.Oops. Karma and unintended consequences are good friends.

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So if you’re not a fan of either team in World Series what a dilemma?

Do you root for a sweep to make the revenue less for MLB which refuses to level the playing field?

Or do you decide as an SF Giants fan that Yankees in six is still the better outcome.

It’s not that the Washington Post endorsement was going to change many minds. It’s that candidate Trump told Bezos not to publish it and Jeff said “yes, sir.”

Imagine what Bezos will do if Trump becomes President again.

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SF Chronicle nailed it. “Timing of both papers’ decisions clearly indicates that it wasn’t the idea of endorsing a candidate that the publishers rejected, it was the plans to back Harris that prompted both papers’ sudden and surprising stances. If they’re worried about retaliation over a Harris endorsement from a future President Donald Trump, then saying so would be a reader service in itself. Or, if the reason behind the non-endorsements is that these owners actually do support Trump and want to deny Harris any advantage an endorsement might provide, they should have the courage to say so clearly.”

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They’re going to get rid of cows?” On top of everything else Dementia Donald’s rallies are turning into a bad sequel to Twister.

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Also has anyone noticed – even when the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post don’t endorse her, Kamala doesn’t threaten to put them out of business?

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Imagine if you were hiring for a job & you checked references with the candidate’s former coworkers; many of them told you he was awful and begged you “Please hire someone else.” And yet some Americans are still thinking they’d hire that guy for the most important job in USA

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Donald Trump fundraising email is ranting about “Kamala’s D-List Celebrity Rally.” Aww… someone is jealous. Bless his heart.

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Fried-day

October 25, 2024

Was there a baseball game tonight?


And USC, who led the exodus from the Pac 12 for $$$ and hopes of better bowls, at least found a Big 10 team in Rutgers they could beat/

Nothing sums up what has happened to today’s Republican party more than this: We’ve gone from the GOP leader calling America “the shining city on the hill” to one calling us the “garbage can of the world.”

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If you’re not voting for Trump but for whatever reason thinking of not voting for Harris either then you are voting for Trump. Period.

Tried to cancel Washington Post subscription this morning and the site said “We are down for maintenance.” So did they take their website down in hopes people calm down? Or are millions of cancellations crashing the site?

(It did work later)

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Let’s be very clear

The Washington Post Editorial Board had an endorsement of Kamala Harris ready to go

They didn’t cancel it.

The reporters didn’t cancel it.

BIllionaire owner Jeff Bezos cancelled it.

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On a cheerier note

Kats for Kamala

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Meanwhile, NY Times reports Chinese hackers targeted data from phones used by Donald Trump & J.D. Vance.

And we all know how careless Donald & JD are with their outside voices (& what Trump does with documents imagine how careless they are with info that might be sensitive.

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At 11pm & down to 48 degrees in Traverse City, Michigan. Donald Trump was about 4 hours late to his outdoor rally

. If this is how Donald treats the supporters who love him most, how do you think he’ll treat the rest of us. (who aren’t billionaires?)

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Dear Mark Cuban Would love to see you buy Twitter. If not can you start by buying the Washington Post?

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Thinking this might need to be updated after today. “As of 2023 the Washington Post has the third-largest print circulation in the United States, with 135,980 print subscribers. It has 2.5 million digital subscribers.”

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One thing I don’t get. Pretty sure not that many Trump supporters, other than the wealthy and those in DC area, ever subscribed to the Washington Post. So why from a business standpoint alienate your readers? Are they hoping to be Pravda?

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RIP. Grateful Dead co-founder Phil Lesh has died at age 84. Not a deadhead, but can appreciate that maybe he and Jerry Garcia can have a hell of a heavenly guitar jam session tonight.

Jeff Bezos would tell Woodward and Bernstein to drop the Watergate investigation.

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A South African billionaire is trying to buy U.S. election for Trump.

A South African billionaire got his choice as Donald’s running mate.

A South African billionaire running Los Angeles Times told them not to endorse.

Tell them our country is not for sale. Vote Harris Walz

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Real steals

October 25, 2024

New Orleans Saints fans would like to welcome the Minnesota Vikings to the “scr*wed by the refs in favor of the Los Angeles Rams club.”

Am a San Antonio Spurs fan but it still feels really weird to see Klay Thompson play for the Dallas Mavericks.

Sometimes it’s hard to understand why Donald Trump is campaigning in various locations. Other times it’s easy. He ended up tonight in Las Vegas. So he could bill US Taxpayers inflated prices for Secret Service agents who had to stay at his Trump hotel in town.

Some of Trump’s most fervent supporters are now going after Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift. Both Bruce and Taylor will continue to have the ability to sell out concerts many times over. Maybe more so as some will pay more for a MAGA free zone.

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Hillary Clinton: “How we can be back here even entertaining the idea that someone who frankly makes Nixon looks like a lesser threat ?”

A phrase I never thought I’d say. Nixon WAS a lesser threat.

At a Vance Town Hall in Detroit, Trump actually called in to ask JD Vance: ‘How Brilliant Is Donald Trump?’

Would the wrong answer have gotten JD on the “to be hanged list?”

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As we learn more about the Trump supporter arrested for shooting a local Democratic office in Phoenix Arizona, three times – and allegedly planning a “mass casualty event” wondered how Fox News was spinning the story.

Surprise, ,they aren’t covering it. At all.

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Eric Hovde, a Laguna CA businessman running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, appeared on Fox News with the back ground of the Minneapolis Minnesota skyline.


Maybe someone should send Hovde a Minnesota Vikings jersey and send him out to campaig in Wisconsin.. That would be must see TV.

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Didn’t know that much about Independent Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn But how do you not love someone quoting Robin Williams tonight on The Last Word “Politicians should be wearing NASCAR jackets with patches of their sponsors so we know how they’re going to vote

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Trump says if he is reelected he would fire special prosecutor Jack Smith “in two seconds.” So here’s Donald’s message to sum up: Vote for me so I can stay out of prison.

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J.D. Vance says everything John Kelly says about Trump “is not true.”

Uh, J.D. Vance now says many things he himself said about Trump are not true.

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As President Biden plans Friday to apologize for Indian boarding schools where hundreds of children died…. reminder of yet another reason to vote Harris Walz. Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan would, if Walz becomes VP, be the first Native American Governor of a US State.

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