Left Coast Sports Babe

All the machinations and effort MLB went into for getting three wild card teams in each league, largely to increase TV viewership.

And there’s a good chance now with less than a month left in season that a week out it will all not matter except for seeding.

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ESPN reporting Stephen Curry said Warriors “internally discussed” a trade to get Kevin Durant back. Well, as big a hit as would’ve been against NBA salary cap Golden State probably figured, hey, would only be for year or two max before KD got disgrunted & wanted to leave again.

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GOP – we can’t possibly track gun purchases as that would be an infringement on our freedom as Americans. Also GOP- we see no problem tracking women’s menstrual periods and if they buy pregnancy tests.

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If you’re a Democrat now who wants attention from the media, forget introducing important legislation or traveling to Ukraine or touting benefits of infrastructure law or Inflation Reduction Act – just give a vague or negative answer about President Biden running in 2024.

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Republicans who are scrubbing mention of abortion from their campaign websites want voters to act like Susan Collins who believed Brett Kavanaugh when he said he respected precedent and was “no threat” to Roe. Be smarter than Susan Collins.

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Imagine if Maggie Haberman and others released the information they had for their books while Velveeta Voldemort was being impeached for a second time.

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NRA is furious over major credit card companies decision to put gun sales into a new tracking category saying “it’s about creating a national registry of gun owners.” And their point is?

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The Emmy’s were tonight. Has Velveeta Voldemort ranted yet that he hasn’t been nominated?

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Congratulations to The White Lotus, that won Emmy for best limited series. Great very dark comedy-drama set at a resort in Maui. Even if for those of us in the travel industry many of the fictitious guests came awfully close to making us think we were watching a documentary.

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Fox News again attacking John Fetterman over delaying debate schedule with Dr. Oz for “auditory processing” issues after Fetterman’s stroke. But re Herschel Walker, who without medical issues, has nonstop excuses for not debating Senator Warnock – nothing to see here, move along.

Carlos Alcaraz,, 19. is the US Open winner and now the youngest ever men’s tennis number one ranked player. Now, at 19 he’s legal to drink in Spain, but wonder if he’ll get carded now in New York.
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Yes, more important things going on right now: BUT – WNBA finals have started, and Becky Hammon, first NBA woman assistant coach with San Antonio Spurs, is now with Las Vegas Aces and the first WNBA coach to be paid $1 million a year. In case you were looking for a sporting event to care about

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While many college football fans were disappointed by their teams’ performances Saturday, at least most of us can at least smile at thought of Marshall’s upset win over Notre Dame.

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Yes, Joe Biden is 79, and not thrilled myself that every member of Democratic “official” Senate leadership is 70 or older. But as to Democrats having an age problem. Uh, Velveeta Voldemort is 76, and Mitch McConnell is 80.

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But yeah, good that President Biden is going to the Queen’s funeral. He can both pay his respects to Elizabeth II, and offer advice to the new young King Charles.

Is it just possible Queen Elizabeth lived so long in part because she couldn’t bear the thought of Velveeta Voldemort as US President being entitled to go to her funeral.

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King Charles III has gotten off to a good start with the British people. But if he really wants to be beloved, the new King could issue a proclamation barring alleged traitor and insurrection leader Donald Tr*mp from the UK.

Inn Meet the Press interview VP Kamala Harris said she had “great concern about the integrity of this Supreme Court.” And “I think this is an activist court.” What was her first clue?

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So Velveeta Voldemort wants us to forget anything bad happened involving his supporters on January 6. Well, it’s not like he wants us to forget 15 out of 19 hijackers on 9-11 were citizens of a country run by his supporters and big donors….

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Is Senator Warnock REALLY polling close to even with Herschel Walker? Doesn’t matter. Even if Reverend Warnock were polling 20 points ahead, only “poll” that matters is election results. Warnock is a good Senator, Walker seriously needs help. But it all comes down to VOTES.

If you weren’t already a John Fetterman fan. This line from him tonight about the midterms “Women are the reason we can win. Don’t piss women off.” #VoteBlue2022

The NY Yankees have lost 12 games off their 15 1/2 game lead in AL West and their “first round bye is in danger.”

“Oh boo bleeping hoo” said fans of about 20 teams with smaller playoffs and none chance even to get in the playoffs.

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Mark Davis, owner of Las Vegas Raiders & Las Vegas Aces complains his e Aces WNBA finals game 1 is at same time as Raiders game. Do I really care if billionaire can see both of his teams?

No. But WNBA supposedly is trying to grow their audience. Who scheduled their finals game 1 on NFL opening Sunday?

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Joe Biden was right, “you can’t love your country only when you win.”

Also true of baseball. But okay, SF Giants have ten hits in last three games…?!! . Not ten runs, ten HITS. That’s testing fan love.

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Facebook/Meta is scared of bipartisan antitrust leglislation, continuing to run regulary dishonest and expensive ads claiming it will harm consumers & innovation and contribute to inflation.

To be fair, Meta’s profit was lower in 2022 Q2 than in 2021. They ONLY made, in this 2nd quarter $6.69 billion.

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Steve Bannon claims “35 Trump Allies” were raided yesterday…. Well, why tell a small lie when a huge one can go just as viral?

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GOP: Why has John Fetterman been avoiding debating Dr. Oz. What is he hiding?

Also GOP: Why does Reverend Warnock keep asking Herschel Warnock to debate him? What do debates matter?

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Fox News for some reason isn’t covering Steve Bannon’s latest arrest & perp walk, even to proclaim his innocence. Maybe because this time Bannon’s been charged with defrauding his own GOP donors… who sent money allegedly to build a border wall.

It’s. A. Cult.

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For anyone who’s been told by millennials or Gen Z that they’re too old to aspire to a top job, remind them, King Charles III is 73 years old.

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“God Save the King” being played in England for the first time in my lifetime. I’m not crying, you’re crying.

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How grateful that we are that for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral the US will be represented by President Joe Biden instead of the Former Guy.

For my entire life, like most of us, it’s been “God save the Queen.”

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I have admired the Queen since I was a child. I adore Paddington. And this might be the best “comment” of the day.

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Hey haters. Whatever you think about the monarchy, Queen Elizabeth wasn’t someone who ran for job like a President or Prime Minister. Had her uncle not abdicated she’d have happily lived largely out of the limelight. She did her duty, for 70 years, to God and her country. RIP.

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Also, RIP Bernard Shaw, 82.

Shaw was a great anchor, and a reminder of what CNN used to be. But he picked a bad day to die as far as getting headlines.

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MLB will vote tomorrow on rule changes in 2023 for pitch clock, eliminatiing shift etc, limits time a pitcher can step off rubber. All to reduce the total time to play a major league game. They’re willing to do ANYTHING but shorten the number & time of commercials.

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GOP Senators fighting President Biden’s request for $47 billion emergency funding for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox & natural disasters. GOP says they support Ukraine. So next tornado, flood, hurricane etc, those same Senators will say to federal aid “No thanks, we’re good?”

Let me get this straight:

Apparently MSNBC Anchor Katy Tur referred to now King Charles III as “going to be king.”

He IS King. (from the moment his mother died.)

Then she referred to George W. Bush & Jimmy Carter by their names only, but to “President Trump.”

Velveeta Voldemort is NOT President. My head hurts.

Don’t care much about bots and trolls… sticks and stones and all that. But reading some troll responses, where start by attacking attack Liz Cheney & Bill Barr as RINOS… And that’s the NICE stuff. It’s a cult.

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“Women in particular are furious. Women’s voter sign-ups surged. Big mistake. You’ve got to take away women’s right to vote before you take away their right to choose.” Don’t think that’s on GOP to-do list? #GetMadAndVote

ESPN, men’s quarterfinal match between Sinner and Alcarez still going in 5th set at 2:30a Eastern Time. Like that old children’s book “Could this go on all day and night? It could you know and it just might.”

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Match ended about 3a. At least with the US Open in New York City, Carlos Alvarez and the fans still left at Flushing Meadows will be able to find restaurants and bars open for a snack and a nightcap.

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Big 12 now apparently looking to add schools “‘out West,” for basketball and football

Why don’t these conferences just give up on the names and start referencing to themselves as NBA and NFL minor league divisions?

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In California, residents got a text atert Tuesday afternoon that the state’s power grid was being strained by extreme heat and asked people to turn off or reduce nonessential power to avoid power interruptions.. And Californianss DID it. And there were no rolling blackouts. What a concept. People behaving with a sense of responsibility towards others.

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Seems pretty obvious after Former Guy refused to turn over documents DOJ felt need to go get them. Also seems obvious after Jan 6 some members of Congress may be compromised. But some GOP say Congress should have been consulted. Are they clueless or do they think we are?

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So will the post-presidency portrait of Velveeta Voldemort be painted from a mug shot?

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One of many problems with this “Special Master” idea would be need for someone with both proven discretion and incredibly high security clearance to look at documents even FBI agents couldn’t read. Seems to me one of the only people who fits this bill is President Obama.

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Stephen Colbert nails it on information on another country’s nuclear capabilites being found at Mar-A-Lago: “This time the Former President wasn’t just betraying our country, he brought in another country for a menage a treason.”

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As Dr. Oz increasingly tries to make John Fetterman’s health and less than perfect speech after a stroke an issue, would someone care to ask Senator and fellow 2022 candidate Chuck Grassley, 88, what he thinks?

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Sen. Marco Rubio seems willing to excuse Velveeta Voldemort anything & everything, even when countless lives are at stake. Marco loves bible verses. He forgot this one: “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them.”

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Rant time: Senators do what they want during August. recess. Senators Amy Klobuchar & Rob Portman last week went to Ukraine to show bipartisan US support,, met w/ Zelenskyy & saw results of Putin’s evil invasion, including mass graves.

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This week’s media’s more focused on what Senators who went on vacation thought of FBI search warrant at Mar-A-Lago. . Do better, media.

Am a big Becky Hammon fan so glad to see her coach Aces to WNBA finals. But Sue Bird, who will be 42 next month, is impressive as h*ll.

21 years as professional athlete all w/ Seattle Storm & still great in 2022 playoffs. (Only 8 men have played 20 years in NBA.)

Now back to snark.

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All this effort to add an extra wild card team to MLB, so that six make the playoffs in each league.. and all but about seven teams per league are likely to be eliminated before the last week of the season.

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Stephen Colbert talks about how Aileen Cannon was nominated by the Former Guyt & “was confirmed after 2020 election… It’s like head ref of Super Bowl was Tom Brady’s dad.”

Well, actually it does feel sometimes like NFL refs are all Tom Brady’s dad. Otherwise good point.

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Dr. Oz now saying if he were in the Senate that he would have voted to certify Biden’s election. This is going to work as well to get undecided voters as CNN’s attempt to be Fox News is going to work to get conservative viewers.

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Retiring PA Sen. Toomey asked if he’d support GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano, “I have limit of how many political campaigns I’m getting involved in. Going to stick to Senate race & handful of House races.” He didn’t think women would buy “I’ll be busy washing my hair?

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Calif. Gov Newsom signed bill that could raise mimimum wage for fast-food restaurants part of chains w/ more than 100 units nationwide to $22 an hour.

Some complaining higher pay will raise prices. As opposed to McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski being paid $20 million in 2021?

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Dear media. Since it’s all about controversy and clickbait, here’s a suggestion: Please ask on camera, GOP Senate and House members who claim to be pro-law and order, what they think about Velveeta Voldemort saying “FBI & DOJ have become vicious monsters.”

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Hillary Clinton was pilloried because she used private email server some said MIGHT have been less than secure. Velveeta Voldemort left nuclear secrets lying scattered around his open-to-anyone-for-a-price resort like discarded cheeseburger wrappers. See the difference?

Stephen Colbert on same page as many Americans (including me) on Joe Biden’s saying some of this extreme GOP philosophy is like “semi-facism.” “Some people think that’s wrong thing to say & I agree. Semi? It’s not like they tried to overthrow the election just a little bit.”

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It was 105 degrees in Palo Alto, California right now.

No reporter could “both sides” it into feeling comfortable.

Just as these days no reporter can “both sides” MAGA Trumpies into being reasonable.

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If Velveeta Voldemort did shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue, media now would criticize President Biden for calling him a murderer.

Congratulations to Frances Tiafoe. But okay, who before today had even heard of Frances Tiafoe? #USOpen

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His name is Lewis Brinson. I hadn’t heard of him either. 1st round draft pick in 2012. Mostly a career minor leaguer, just picked up by SF Giants from Astros Triple A team. Two home runs tonight against the LA Dodgers. Sometimes I LOVE baseball #ForeverGiant

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Marco Rubio says classified documents at Mar-A-Lago were just “a storage problem.” Well, it’s not like Rubio has much familiarity with national security. He’s only vice-chair of the Senate intelligence committee.

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When they prove they’re lying on own website:

Fox News headline: “Biden slams half of America again, breaking unity promise repeatedly.”

Then their article quotes Joe: I “want to be very clear up front, not every Republican is a MAGA Republican. Not every Republican embraces that extreme ideology. I know because I’ve been able to work with mainstream Republicans in my whole career.”

But the extreme MAGA Republicans in Congress have chosen to go backwards, full of anger, violence, hate and division.”

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Also President Biden to a heckler ‘Let him go, everyone’s entitled to be an idiot.” V

Velveeta Voldemort at one of his rallies: “If you see somebody with a tomato, knock the crap out of them.” But Joe’s the “mean” one?

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So what now? Trump is going to demand Rudy Giuliani be appointed Special Master?

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One of many Velveeta Voldemort fundraising emails today: “Midterm Elections are absolutely vital to future of our great Nation” Politicians often donate $$ to colleagues. But he keeps it ALL for himself. Only good thing. Money lining his pockets doesn’t go to GOP candidates.

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Ailleen Cannon, Federalist Society judge who ruled Special Master was required to review documents found at Mar-A-Lago, said in her 2019 nomination questionnaire she was originally chosen as potential judge by Marco Rubio. If you know anyone in Florida who needed any more reason to vote for Val Demings.

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With all these MAGA candidates wiping anti-abortion language off their websites, remember, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Coney Barrett didn’t talk about taking away women’s freedom during their confirmation hearings either.

People are complicated. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is virulently anti-choice, I’d never vote for him for anything. But he hired Milan Bolden-Morris. And yesterday Milan Bolden-Morris becomes first female grad assistant to coach for a Big Ten team.

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Gabe Kapler just gave Carlos Rodon another reason to consider re-signing with SF Giants.

Ignoring analytics to let a tiring Rodon finish a really tough inning with a 3-0 lead, bases loaded, one out. (Carlos got out of it.) Imagine what Rodon could do with Aaron Judge helping him out with run support.

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So all that was necessary for the SF Giants to start playing like a playoff team was for them basically to be eliminated from the playoffs? Okay then.

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Bummed that coach Becky Hammon left the San Antonio Spurs. On the other hand, she’s already been named WNBA coach of the year. And while i admittedly don’t watch much of WNBA, the end in regulation of tonight’s playoff game between Las Vegas Aces and Seattle Storm is worth watching.

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Meanwhile, with about 4 weeks left in the regular MLB season, do the rules say someone HAS to win the AL Central?

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Hey media. It’s not “hate speech” if you simply call out people who hate democracy.

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Imagine how the media would cover it if Hillary Clinton had a rally.

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Heck time for another reminder that when Hillary Clinton simply wrote a book saying “What Happened?” many including the media were all over her for being a sore loser.

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Used to be mainstream media television journalists aspired to be like Tim Russert. Now seems like they aspire to be Chuck Todd.

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Same media with their knickers in a knot about President Biden’s speech possibly being politically divisive could show us about actual U.S. political division by simply asking EVERY candidate at state and local levels – “Who won the 2020 Presidential Election?”

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Former guy who on Jan 6 wanted to hang his VP, who told a mob the election was stolen & if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore” just claimed Joe Biden gave “the most vicious, hateful & divisive speech ever delivered by an American president,”

SF Giants scored 18 runs in their 7 game losing streak. They scored 13 tonight. Baseball is a funny game.

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But yeah, 15-25 since the All-Star break, losers of 5 of 6, 3 runs or fewer 6 times in last 7 days, and batting .105 with runners in scoring position. It’s been a pretty bad run for the Giants.

Oh wait, never mind, that above sentence is about the NY Yankees.

(who still have a 5 game lead in the AL East.)

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College Football approved expanding 4-team playoff format to 12, starting by 2026 Fear has been extra playoff weeks would be hard for student-athletes. But w/ new mega conferences requiring regular cross country flights, guess CFP & NCAA gave up on fiction of “student-athletes.”

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In Argentina, a man tried to assassinate the Vice President. The country canceled all football (soccer) matches. Imagine if the NFL had done the same after January 6 having heard the mob wanted to “hang Mike Pence”

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Bill Barr knew Velveeta Voldemort was a snake when he picked him up.

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So who’s next to go at CNN? Jim Acosta, Anderson Cooper or Don Lemon? Since apparently speaking truth is now considered partisan.

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Biden didn’t attack all Trump supporters last night. He attacked”MAGA Republicans,” adding “not every Republican embraces their extreme ideology.” If long-time Trump supporter Liz Cheney isn’t conservative enough now because she believes in rule of law, you’re a MAGA Republican.

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Many in the media think turning the US into an authoritarian dictatorship is good for ratings. Have they actually paid attention to what happens to media in a real authoritarian dictatorship?

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It’s not whether or not there are classified documents buried with Ivana. It’s that we have a former President of the United States who is so corrupt and self-serving that we seriously wouldn’t put it past him.

A potential tragicomic detail about the classified documents Velveeta Voldemort took to Mar-A-Lago – have to think there’s a good chance some of them ended up in the garbage covered with spilled Diet Coke and/or ketchup.

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Finally, a brief break from snark, how lucky were all of us to be able to watch Serena Williams?

“You can’t love your country only when you win.”

True sports fans get that statement.

Why doesn’t everyone?

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British Open champion Cameron Smith just said it was “unfair” that players on LIV Golf tour will not receive world ranking points & may not be able to get into major events.

You know who will never be able to attend a major golf event?

Jamal Khashoggi

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“An overdue library book?”

Uh, I did college thesis on Katheryn Howard, Henry VIII’s 5th wife. Like many history students, worked w/ a few valuable books & documents.

They were hardly important to national security, US or British, but libraries don’t even let you take that kind of book home.

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US Presidents have made speeches to rally Americans before. But has there ever been a speech where a President encouraged us to fight for our democracy against enemies not “foreign” but “domestic?”

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President Biden “Not every Republican, not even most Republicans are MAGA extremists, but the Republican party is dominated, driven and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. And that is a threat to this country.” No lies detected.

If you’re attending a Presidential speech and you think appropriate conduct is to yell “F*ck Joe Biden” during the speech then you might be one of those extreme MAGA Republicans Biden was warning us about.

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Kevin McCarthy bemoaning America, claiming empty shelves & high prices at stores mean “children can’t get the nutrition they need.” While GOP cut child tax credit & many in GOP voted to cut school lunches…. One of those moments I really wish I had Nerf ball to throw at TV.

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Newly elected Alaska Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola said Sarah Palin texted congratulations last night & called her ‘a real Alaskan chick. Beautiful and smart and tough.” Uh oh, will Sarah now be on Velveeta Voldemort’s’ “RINO” list? For an actual gracious moment in defeat?

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Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves says there is “No long-term solution yet for the water crisis.” Maybe if the state tries electing more Democrats?

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Hunter Biden, the son of the President, is not an advisor to his father and is not involved in politics. Ginni Thomas, wife of a sitting SCOTUS judge, DOES advise her husband. And she tried to overturn an election. See the difference?

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Amy Klobuchar, after returning from a trip to Ukraine with GOP Senator Rob Portman talked with Alex Wagner about how Ukrainians are putting their lives on the line.

She points out President Biden is asking Americans to put their votes on the line. And reminds us of Biden’s line: “We honor the will of the people.”

That’s democracy.

As umpire Angel Hernandez sues again for discrimination, MLB points out in 2018, he was the first umpire to have THREE calls overturned in a postseason game – an ALDS game between the Yankees and Red Sox, and that’s why he was not given the job of working the World Series. But this begs the larger question, why does Angel Hernandez still have a job, period –

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College Football Playoff’s board of managers now apparently may accelerate playoff expansion to as early as 2024. Well, with the conference realignment and teams like USC potentially flying to New Jersey for a Big Ten game against Rutgers…, not to mention throwing many historical rivalries that draw students to games out the window, pretty sure we’ve given up the argument on how additional playoff games might affect “student-athletes.

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Of course we knew this year’s SF Giants team wasn’t going to be the 2021 Giants. But lately they look more like the 1985 SFGiants. Or the 1962 NY Mets.

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Just as well for Sarah Palin that Alaskans chose Mary Peltola over her to fill the late Don Young’s House seat. There will be regular election in Nov. but with only four months left in the term, Palin would barely have time to move to DC before she quit halfway through.

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Also, before pundits say, well, it’s only special election, GOP can regroup to get back the Congressional seat Democrat Mary Peltola just won, a reminder: Alaska has elected & re-elected, PRO-CHOICE Senator Lisa Murkowski. With Roe v. Wade gone, choice is on the ballot this Nov!

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Fox News is complaining that since President Biden had Marine Band play at speech yesterday, he shouldn’t have “campaigned” for Democrats. Please, for starters, Velveeta Voldemort used Air Force One as a prop when in 2020 for his & other GOP campaigns several times a week.

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Tom Cotton is whining about 60%of Alaskans voting for a Republican, but “thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion – which disenfranchises voters – a Democrat won.

Well, uh, first, Senator Cotton, Mary Peltola, with over 38% was the leading vote getter WITHOUT ranked choice voting. And many Republicans win primaries with less than than.

Second, Senator Cotton, you are saying you want to get to get rid of the voer disenfranchising electoral college?

Tom Cotton doesn’t get nearly the publicity that Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley do, but he tries hard to be equally loathsome.

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As Preet Bharara is saying, this isn’t hard. If you tell Justice Deparment something was done – like turning over classified documents – and it wasn’t done, this is not just a lie, it’s obstruction of justice, and it’s a crime.

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Wrap your head around this one. As John King at CNN reports today “Some of the classified documents found at Mar-A-Lago were so secret the FBI and DOJ personnel charged with reviewing them needed to get additional security clearances.”

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We voted to protect the freedom to choose in Kansas.

We voted to put a Democrat in the Alaska seat held for 49 years by Republican Don Young

See what happens when we vote? #GetMadAndVote #VoteBlueNoMatterWho

49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said QB Jimmy Garoppolo return a ‘win-win’ for both parties.

More like, at this point it’s the only way we can both pretend it’s not a lose-lose.

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So admittedly not a regular WNBA fan but I AM a Becky Hammon fan., now coach of the Las Vegas Aces who are #1 seed in the west. They were upset in semifinals game one on August 28 but the next game is August 31? Then game three is September 4?

And we thought the NBA stretched things out…

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These days, if a little boy stood up and said “The Emperor has no clothes,” if he were surrounded by GOP cult members they’d arrest the kid, then blame his teachers and parents for making him too “woke.”

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Bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital turned out to be false alarm. This time. But hospital has been receiving threats over transgender health care. Wrap your head around this: Some right-wing extremists think attacking sick children would prove they want to protect children.

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Joe Biden: “To my MAGA Republican friends in Congress, don’t tell me you support law enforcement if you won’t condemn what happened on January 6.” For God’s sake, whose side are you on? Very proud today to have voted for this President! #VoteBlue2022

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As Brian Kemp and Lindsey Graham come up with excuse after excuse for ignoring subpoenas in Georgia, you know who didn’t come up with fake excuses not to testify? Hillary Clinton.

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How long until Melania says Donald was only her “covfefe” husband?

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They say Velveeta Voldemort is a pack rat. Well, as someone who is a bit of a pack rat myself, we never keep important stuff in just one place. He has three US homes & a number of resorts. Does anyone really think all the documents he shouldn’t have taken were at Mar-A-Lago?

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Don’t want to read another word about how much it might cost each American for Biden’s student loan debt relief unless in same story media says how much it cost each American for GOP’s millionaire/billionaire tax cuts.

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So Jimmy Garrappolo is an SF 49er for another year.

This means one of two things.

1. The 49ers couldn’t find anyone to take him.
2. For all that no one takes preseason football seriously, the 49ers took their shutout loss last weekend with Trey Lance starting seriously.

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Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh will use different QBs for Wolverines 1st two games. “Some have asked, ‘How did you come to that decision? It’s really biblical. Solomon was known to be pretty wise person.” Not like anyone’s accused college football coaches of thinking they are kings.

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Not prosecuting someone for a crime because you think if you do their supporters will make you pay for it is surrenderng to mob rule. Period.

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As confirmed by Mississippi Governor Tate Reese, the water is not safe to drink now in Jackson, Mississippi,

Does this mean if a pregnant woman is hot and grabs a glass of cold water from the faucet, she can be charged with attempting an abortion?

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Apparently fearing voter backlash, some right-wing Republicans have scrubbed strong anti-choice language from their campaign websites. Roe v. Wade was just overturned two months ago. So to use their language, they aborted their rhetoric in the first trimester.

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As Mitch McConnell worries about quality of GOP Senate candidates, remember, had he and 7 more of his colleages only voted to impeach Velveeta Voldemort over January 6, Mitch probably wouldn’t have all these fringe candidates who won because of the Former Guy’s endorsement.

Watching Velveeta Voldemort’s latest efforts vs DOJ: If you don’t pay your lawyers at some point you get the lawyers you deserve.

And when Truth Social gets cut off for nonpayment of all their bills, where is Velveeta Voldemort gonna rant?

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Ted Cruz is complaining about Biden forgiving $10,000 in student loan debt? He probably spent more than that to take his family to Cancun.

How bad did the SF Giants play against the Minnesota Twins this weekend in Minneapolis?

That licorice ice cream and the pickle pizza at the State Fair don’t seem quite so awful by comparison.

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As pundits discuss whether Alabama or Ohio State will win this year’s national championship increasingly feels like the biggest difference between college football and the NFL is that college football doesn’t have a salary cap.

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I’m an optimist, it’s one reason I’m a Democrat. Some cult members are irredeemable. But Rob Reiner on with Bill Maher says “a lot of GOP voters are peeling off. Amy Klobuchar adds “Did you think Dick Cheney’s daughter would turn on Tr*mp?” We only need a majority in November.

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And more from that Bill Maher show. , Rob Reiner said he thought Archie Bunker would have turned on Tr*mp. Maher disagreed. Though Klobuchar responded “I’m not giving up on some of these people.”

Yep, if Archie hadn’t turned, can imagine Edith at least privately voting blue.

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Ron Deathsantis pretends his motto is “Keep Florida Free.” *Free unless you’re a woman, non-Christian, school child, teacher, person of color, LGBTQ, liberal, or just someone who supports everyone’s else’s rights.

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Look, I get it, easy to see someone else getting a “deal” or something from the government and feel jealous.

But wonder how many complaining about student loan forgiveness are homeowners who don’t mind at all getting a big mortgage deduction annually that isn’t available to renters.

For starters.

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As stories emerge about Velveeta Voldemort bringing classified information regularly with him on foreign trips, including to American adversaries, the question arises… how many of his staffers knew he was doing this.

But NO ONE blew the whistle. You’d think there’d be someone who valued country over party. Or at least over book sales.

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All you need to know about how ridiculous 2024 polls are. Just saw one for Democrats’ choice to run for President. From TIPP. Top two.

Biden 30% . Obama 10%

(Michelle. She’s not running. Sigh.)

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Former “American Idol” contestant Sanjaya Malakar, who made it into the top ten in 2007 despite being a terrible singer, is back in the news because he just came out as bisexual. Ah for those days that “vote for the worst” was just a problem in reality TV shows.

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GOP Senator Roy Blunt “He should have turned the documents over.” Why is that so hard for most Republicans to say.

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Fox News headline – “Afghanistan rolls back women’s rights after Biden’s botched withdrawal puts Taliban back in power.” Fixed it for them – “USA rolls back women’s rights after McConnell’s stolen SCOTUS puts religious fanatics back in power.”

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According to FairVote, only about 40% of voting eligible population votes during midterm elections. Don’t tell me Democrats can’t keep House as well as increase Senate majority. More people voted for abortion rights in Kansas than voted in 2018 primary. #GetMadAndVote

SF Giants announcers moved on from the game in late innings to discussing new food items at the Minnesota State Fair. Thinking the corndog rolled in Tater Tots, cheese and onion then deep-fried might be the winner tonight. But almost all of them sounded better than Friday night’s game.

Like most first-world countries, Serbia has several mandatory vaccines for children. Novak Djokovic presumably has had all of them. He’s given up his chance at the U.S. Open, not because he’s anti-vaccine, but because he’s being a stubborn a**hole.

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The Oakland As drew just 10,876 fans last night for a game against the visiting New York Yankees. 10,876 against the Yankees? Even old Montreal Expos fans think that’s pathetic.

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Nothing will top NY Times review. But this isn’t bad from Washington Post.. “What Kushner’s book really is,is a portrait of man whose moral compass has been demagnetized.” And last line: “His memoir is a litany of petty fights, constant takedown of enemies & cascade of self-aggrandizing prattle.”

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Phrase I am really tired of hearing from the media “Is that a problem for Democrats?” If President Biden announced world peace or a cure for cancer this weekend, media would be “Did Joe peak too soon, is that a problem for Democrats?”

Republicans trying to convince Americans that trans teenagers being able to use bathrooms is terrifying. While a former President having highly classified state secrets in random rooms at his resort is no big deal.

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Wrap your head around this: The Mar-A-Lago affidavit is redacted in part because the DOJ is worried witnesses might face retribution including physical harm…at the behest of a former President of the United States.

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Imagine you’ve been secret spy for USA in another country, at great risk to yourself & your family. But America has promised to keep you safe. And now you find the Former POTUS has kept documents with your name in unsecured boxes at his resort where all you need to get in is money.

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Velveeta Voldemort ranting about the FBI “We gave them much.”

Well, for much of the Revolutionary War, Benedict Arnold was a distinguished American general.

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Even heavily reacted DOJ affidavit indicates this is the most successful witch hunt since Dorothy dropped a house on one bad witch and melted another.

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So the NY Yankees fans panic over their team suddenly looking like a team with half the payroll is on hold for tonight with a 13-4 win against the As.

It wasn’t that close. But shouldn’t wins against the A’s have an asterisk?

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Meanwhile, SF 49ers get shut out 17-0 in last pre-season game. Let the west coast panic begin.

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In competition for most hypocritical Republican complaining about forgiving student loans, Curt Schilling just took the lead. ICYMI, former Red Sox pitcher started video game company, got $75 million in loans from Rhode Island, & defaulted on almost all of it. (He ended up paying back $2.5 million.)

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As Texas sends busloads of migrants to DC and NY, know for a fact restaurants and hotels in both cities are struggling to hire staff, often in back of house jobs. These people were so motivated they risked their lives to come to the US. Seems like we could work something out

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Kayleigh McEnany “If there’s anyone that we can say, ‘megalomaniac, addicted to power, thinks (they) should’ve been president, still essentially hasn’t conceded the election, & wants to be president again….” (She claims it’s Hillary Clinton. Somewhere Freud is giggling.).

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Velveeta Voldemort is now calling Elaine Chao, McConnell’s “crazy wife.” When Mitch was asked if he had a response, his answer was “No.” So letting the Former Guy insult your wife is now a litmus test in the GOP cult?

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Fox News was less than positive back when Nancy Pelosi went to Taiwan, with headlines like “controversial,” “cynical reason” “triggering dire warnings from China, “Democrats divided over visit…” For some reason none of that when Marsha Blackburn is visiting Taiwan today.

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Yes, there’s disagreement in the Democratic party over student loan debt. Some think Biden shouldn’t have forgiven any of it, some think he didn’t go far enough. But seriously, who agrees with someone else 100% of the time? Even our friends, relatives and spouses/partners?

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Has a single Republican complaining about President Biden’s means tested and capped student loan relief said a word about rich people not paying back PPP loans? I’ll wait.

Kevin Durant’s demand for a trade a couple months ago didn’t work out, and now KD and his team, per the Brooklyn Nets “have agreed to move forward with our partnership.” So can we call this a “conscious recoupling?”

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IF Giants have off-day in Minneapolis Thursday before 3 games vs Twins. And Aug 25 is 1st day of Minnesota State fair. Inspired by MN Senator Amy Klobuchar I took a look at new fair foods – maybe Giants need some deep fried ice cream or a cotton candy float to energize their offense?

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https://www.mnstatefair.org/new-this-year/food/

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NY Yankees had an off-day today. So put a temporary stop on Yankees fans’ panic button.

NY starts a series Thursday in Oakland vs the As. Expect a sweep. Or put that button on code red.

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Student loans forgiveness vs PPP loan forgiveness is just the latest. But GOP could save themselves a lot of embarrassment if they just acknowledged that Americans know how to use Google.

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So will 2022 midterm elections turn out to be the political equivalent of Lysistrata for GOP? With a twist: F*ck with women, and you will get f*cked by women.

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WTAF? Florida Governor Ron DeathSantis, about Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has dedicated his life to public health, “Somebody needs to grab that little elf and chuck him into the Potomac.” Fauci already has Secret Service due to death threats. ReTHUGlican party is too mild.

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Whatever he says, whatever he does involving schools Florida Governor Ron Deathsantis long-term mission for public education is clear – he wants to get rid of it. Education causes Democrats

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If you think USA can’t afford forgiving a limited amount of student debt but were fine with USA reducing tax rates for millionaires and billionaires, may I respectfully suggest you STFU?

Police investigating couple who allegedly engaged in sex act in Coliseum stands during A’s game. Well, apparently at least someone from Oakland scored during the game.

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By GOP standards, being a former college football player alone qualifies you to run for office. Which means if you’re an experience former Governor AND a former QB (at Wake Forest), you should be a slam dunk.

Vote Charlie Crist for Governor of Florida.

Fernando Tatis, Jr, 23, was rehabbing wrist injury from motorcycle accident when he got suspended 80 games. Now he’ll have shoulder surgery. Today “There is no one else to blame but myself. I have lot of work to do…l’m learning, I’m maturing.” If true, better late than never.

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Was Stanford faculty club waitress decades ago. Had to give name, address etc for Secret Service security check weeks in advance just to work ONE dinner with DOD Secretary Caspar Weinberger. Despite all those documents, how many staff with no security checks work at Mar-A-Lago?

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In increasingly authoritarian Hungary, National Meteorological Service officials were fired for forecasting storms that didn’t happen – the forecast canceled Budapest fireworks. Crazy. But by that token could US permanently fire someone who tried to Sharpee away a hurricane?

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As Texas tries both to fight all forms of gun control and to criminalize all abortions, wonder what happens if a pregnant woman accidentally shoots herself in the stomach?

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Democrat Iraq War vet Pat Ryan just won a special election in NY19, a congressional swing district. Ryan’s message: “He fought for our families, for our freedom. And freedom includes a women’s right to choose. How can we be a free country if government tries to control women’s bodies?”

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Matt Gaetz, under investigation for sex trafficking possibly involving minors & known to have asked Velveeta Voldemort for a pre-emptive pardon, won his primary tonight with about 70% of vote. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s supposedly pro-child pro-law and order Republican party.

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CYMI, it takes an special kind of arrogance to tweet against President Biden taking a working vacation at his Delaware beach house While you’re tweeting from Italy aboard a luxury yacht. (No joke)

Yes, I am talking about you, Senator Rick Scott.

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Nice to be looking for a hotel for a client near the White House and seeing the Waldorf Astoria. The Trump name is OFF the property. Too bad for our country we can’t get his name off the GOP.

Now it’s the “World Series Presented by Capitol One?” Well, I guess we should be glad they didn’t rename it the “Capitol One” series.

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·Direct quote from Herschel Walker on pulling out of Thursday Oct 13 debate against Senator Warnock “You’ve got people that are contributors to his campaign and it’s in this room that only two people gonna see it on a Sunday night, I think. NFL Football.. I am giving you an opportunity to be statewide so everybody can see what it is, see the contrast between the two of us. I don’t know how you can ask for anything better.”

(Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be football players. #CTE?)

Now, the Oct 13, THURSDAY night game is Commanders-Bears. Walker claims he wants a different debate on Oct 14. But that’s Friday night. Thinking in Georgia high school football is a bigger draw than a random NFL game. Stay tuned for the next excuse.

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Parts of Texas including Dallas were flooded today with torrential rain. So which Ritz Carlton did Ted Cruz leave the state for?

As Lindsey Graham continues his efforts not to testify before a Georgia grand jury….if he were innocent wouldn’t Senator Graham want not only to testify but to speak out loudly to any reporter who would listen?

Stephen Colbert is off this week. But okay, could even the great Colbert really have come up with anything as funny as some of Velveeta Voldemort’s rants and excuses over the documents he had at Mar-A-Lago?

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As Maddow reports tonight DOJ never considered criminal charges against Velveeta Voldemort at all. Rachel – “Former Attorney General Barr lied.” See how easy those words are to say. Why are they so hard for most of the media?

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I’m so old I remember when just writing a book called “What Happened” was enough to get Hillary Clinton branded a sore loser.

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300+ classified documents deliberately taken to Mar-A-Lago. That we know of. So far. But her emails.

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From NY Times, just on the 15 boxes that WERE given to archives in Jan 2022, which included documents from CIA, NSA & FBI. “Mr. Trump went through the boxes himself in late 2021, according to multiple people briefed on his efforts, before turning them over.” So what did he keep?

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All you need to know about today’s GOP is that they are trying to demonize Dr. Anthony Fauci and have made a hero out of Kyle Rittenhouse.

Baltimore Orioles beat Boston Red Sox on Sunday night in Little League Classic in front of sellout crowd 2,467 fans at Williamsport’s Bowman Field. 2,467 fans. Or as the Oakland A’s call that at the Coliseum- a good Tuesday night.

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SF Giants were 107-55 in 2021 Baltimore Orioles were 52-110 in 2021 Who had the Orioles closer to an MLB wild card spot in 2022 than the Giants?

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Marcell Ozuna booed by home fans at the beginning of his in 1st game since his Friday morning DUI arrest.

Wonder why Braves fans didn’t boo Ozuna in his 1st game this season – after suspension for May 2021 arrest for assault charges of strangulation & battery after police said they witnessed him attacking his wife.

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“The Handmaid’s Tale” is on Florida’s banned book list. Guess Governor Deathsantis doesn’t want kids reading his mission statement?

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In my Florida high school we had Romeo & Juliet abridged version. Without Mercutio’s dirty lines.”Cut off the heads of the maidens, or their maidenheads.” “O that she were an open-arse & thou a popp’rin pear … We found unabridged copies & read carefully to find the good stuff.

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So Velveeta Voldemort now calls McConnell a ‘broken down hack’ & says the Senate Minority leader is ‘openly disparaging’ Republican candidates. Translation, when many of these nutjobs lose in November, the Former Guy will blame Mitch.

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Used to think Jake Tapper wanted to be Anderson Cooper. Now it appears he wants to be Chuck Todd.

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We know many documents were destroyed / flushed in Velveeta Voldemort’s White House. But DOJ says he illegally took many boxes of documents with him, why? Two answers make sense: They include information that incriminate others. Or they include information he could sell.

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Fundraising email from Ivanka “My husband wrote a book.” The bad reviews mean Jared’s ghostwriter would probably prefer that no one knows they exist. But might be more accurate to say “My husband wrote a sentence.”

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Travel agents have to laugh at lies from Fox & some right-wing media pretend NY is housing migrants bussed by Greg Abbott to NYC in “luxury hotel.” Daily Mail headline “$700 a night”. It’s the Row Hotel, former Milford Plaza. Check out reviews. Rates start closer to $100 a night.

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A question for Florida Governor Ron Deathsantis: How can it be triggering and inappropriate for high school children to read books that talk about sex, but just fine for a 16 year old to be forced to bear a child?