Left Coast Sports Babe

Well, at least the SF Giants didn’t trade for Josh Hader.

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It’s midnight. Do you know in which bar your Yankees’ fan friends are?

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Not the Onion. As their suspended quarterback now is backtracking on any pretended remorse, and maintaining his innocence despite being accused by over 30 women, the Cleveland Browns are actually selling women’s Deshaun Watson jerseys.

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Someday some of Velveeta Voldemort’s lawyers are going to need to look for new jobs. Wondering how these stints defending the indefensible are going to look on their resumes?

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Woke up to see that Jake Tapper had retweeted Ivanka promoting her husband Jared’s book? Who does Jake think he is, Chuck Todd?

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Dr. Oz seems to have problems embracing his authentic self. Perhaps he should have a talk with Cory Booker, who not only can reach across the aisle with love, but also is PROUD of being a New Jersey resident.

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Lindsey Graham – I demand release of FBI search warrant for Mar-A-Lago because Americans have a right to know the truth. Also Lindsey- I couldn’t possibly testify before a Georgia criminal grand jury trying to find the truth. Today federal judge agreed latter statement is BS.

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Mitch McConnell now says GOP may have a hard time retaking the Senate due to “candidate quality”.” Well, if there are “candidate quality” problems in Senate races then maybe they should fire their Senate leader?

Wrap your head around this one. Louisiana AG Jeff Landry delayed $39 million in funds for New Orleans for flood response over city not enforcing state abortion laws. So pregnant women & girls in city can’t make their own health choices but it’s fine if they die in a hurricane?

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Apparently I’ve been talking a lot about what a great job Democrats have done with letting Medicare start to negotiate drug prices. Now getting ads on my personal email from PhRMA lying about government price setting. Bring it on.

(Hint, big Pharma, you’re wasting money.)

SF Cardinals beat Colorado Rockies 13-0 today, with Albert Pujolls, 42, hitting a grand slam and Adam Wainwright, 40, pitching 7 shutout innings. Apparently Cardinals are the first team in MLB history to have a player at least 40 years old hit a grand slam and another at least 40 to pitch seven shutout innings in the same game.

Talk about a battle for the aged.

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With just over 40 games to go, the New York Yankees, 3-7 in their last 10 games, still have a 9 game lead in the AL East.

The nonstop doom and gloom, however, among NY fans and media would have you think the Yankees were 9 games out.

“Oh shut up,” think fans of at least 20 MLB other teams.

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If MLB umpire misses a ball getting to first base before the runner, replay will overturn it and the batter will be out. If MLB umpire misses a clear strike and a batter walks instead of striking out, nothing can be done. What’s wrong with this picture?

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11 game suspension for Deshaun Watson. Over 30 women accused him of sexual misconduct. So it would have taken 50 women to come forward to get him suspended for the season? WTF NFL?

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Stacey Abrams, when CNN’s Erin Burnett tries to credit Brian Kemp for certifying 2020 election “He did his job. I will not lionize someone for not committing treason. If we have lowered our standards so much simply not doing wrong is the only metric, that is deeply problematic.”

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Judge Bruce Reinhart, who signed FBI’s search warrant, had home address posted on right-wing sites, along w/ antisemitic slurs. He’s also received death threats. Violence is wrong, period, but where are all the GOP who professed outrage at protests at homes of SCOTUS judges?

Washington Post reports Velveeta Voldemort is having trouble finding lawyers. Gosh, who knew not paying people before throwing them under the bus at the first sign of trouble might decrease your potential hiring pool?

Just over 80 days before Nov midterm elections. Besides lies told by GOP about Democrats, be on lookout for lies told by GOP about themselves: Example, Grassley told constituents he supported $35 cap on insulin, after voting against it. Call them out, folks, #DemocratsDeliver

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Velveeta Voldemort statement “American people should be permitted to see unredacted affidavit related to raid & break-in (sic) of his home, Mar-a-Lago.” So if he cares so much about transparency, what about demanding unredacted version of Mueller report? And those tax returns…

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DOJ is worried that even redacted search warrant if released may make it obvious to Velveeta Voldemort who might have “ratted” him out to the FBI. Have to assume a number of his former acolyltes and even family members will be staying away from staircases and windows.

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Saw headline about “consumer prices rising 10% in July” & was surprised as I’d heard US numbers were improving. Turns out story is from BRITAIN. Where inflation was worse in July than June. And UK still has conservative-led government. By world standards, US doing pretty well.

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Deshaun Watson -accused by over 25 women-“I’ll continue to stand on my innocence, just because you know settlements & things like that happen doesn’t mean that a person is guilty for anything… Is that word salad Watson’s way of saying someday he’ll run for Senate as Republican?

Non political rant for a change: While there’s a huge disparity in the product on the field with various MLB rosters these days pretty sure NO ONE pays their way into a major league baseball game to see an umpire’s interpretation of the strike zone.

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Sources told ESPN: “CFP’s Board briefly discussed possibility of restructuring, with major college football potentially being governed outside of NCAA.”

Uh, does anyone believe NCAA is governing the sport NOW?

College football is now run by TV & $$$. Period.

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Anyone defending the LIV tour because “the Saudis are making progress on human rights, especially women’s rights…” A Saudi woman was just sentenced to 34 years in prison for having a Twitter account and retweeting an activisit promoting women’s rights. The imprisoned woman had only 2,597 followers.

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Wanted Liz Cheney to win primary against Velveeta Voldemort cult member, but race wasn’t close.

In 2020, 42 Congressional races had margin of victory of 5% or less of total votes cast: 5 for Senate, 37 for House. Thinking of donating $$ or time? Look at races like that.

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Fox News complaining “CNN, MSNBC, ABC fawn over Liz Cheney after primary loss, blame ‘broken’ GOP & ‘cult of Trump.” Actually question is – Cheney has one of most conservative voting records in Congress. Why doesn’t Fox News fawn over her? They’re admitting they’re part of cult?

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There have been a lot of candidates with Velveeta Voldemort and his acolyles for the best example of Freud NAILING projection. But this is a strong contender: Steve Bannon just called John Fetterman “satanic.”

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Why do I have a feeling that the same people who objected to “The Diary of Anne Frank” in school would have no problem with a memoir of teen years written by Kyle Rittenhouse?

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A Texas school district has banned “The Diary of Anne Frank” because a parent complained “the book shouldn’t be read without parental supervision.” So when is Texas going to require parents to come to school to supervise active shooter drills?

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Learned word “decapitated” as child when reading newspaper (inaccurate) story on Jayne Mansfield’s death. Today’s children may have learned it in reading newspaper about what happened to 4th graders at Uvalde. And some school districts claim classic novels are “too upsetting?”

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Appalling that a Saudi woman was sentenced to 34 years in prison for having a Twitter account and for following and retweeting dissidents and activists. But you know that Velveeta Voldemort, Deathsantis and others in GOP would do the same in the US if they could.

Meanwhile, have I said lately how much I love baseball?

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ESPN reports “Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers frustrated with drops, inconsistency by young receivers.” How long until he screams at them to get off his lawn?

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San Diego Padres have canceled Fernando Tatis Jr. bobblehead night, replacing it with a Juan Soto-shirt giveaway. Maybe they could just give the bobbleheads away along with a coupon for ringworm medication?

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Harriett Hageman – “By our vote today, Wyoming has put the elites on notice.” Please, Ms. Hageman, you were endorsed by a man who bragged about gold-plated toilets on his private jet…

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Liz Cheney : “Two years ago, I won this primary with 73% of the vote. I could easily have done the same again … But it would have required that I go along with President Trump’s lie about the 2020 election.”

Watching Liz Cheney tonight as a Democrat is a perfect illustration of what Amy Klobuchar meant when she said “Courage is standing next to someone you don’t always agree with for the betterment of the country.”

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Hard to wrap my head around this: Cheney family has been political royalty in Wyoming for decades. Velveeta Voldemort probably couldn’t find state on a map and didn’t even campaign there in 2020. And yet Wyoming GOP will throw Liz Cheney out on his say-so? It’s a cult.

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Population of Wyoming: 581,348

Population of my county alone, Santa Clara, only the 6th most populous in California: 1.924 million

Even with a landslide 70% in 2020 Velveeta Voldemort got fewer than 200,000 votes. Don’t let media tell you what “Americans” are thinking.

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MSNBC points out according to 538, Liz Cheney voted with Velveeta Voldemort 92.9% of the time, more even than Mark Meadows. Liz is no moderate. But she cares about the law. Today’s GOP – Law and order my a**

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Florida court ruled 16 year old girl is not mature enough to decide to have an abortion. Also Florida: schools that teach sex education must emphasize abstinence. Since that didn’t work will state also order boy who got her pregnant to support child from birth for next 18 years.

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Do Americans realize, 1 in 50 pregnancies is ecotopic, where the fetus cannot possibly survive, but if left untreated, an ectopic pregnancy can result in life-threatening hemorrhage? The only treatment is either a medical or surgical abortion GOP wants to kill women.

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After August 31, 2022, Ritz-Carlton Cancun, which opened in 1978 as the first Ritz Carlton outside the US, is leaving the brand. They couldn’t wash the stink off from a certain Senator from Texas?

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Tuesday night, Cy Young favorites face off Astros ace Justin Verlander, 1.85 ERA, takes on White Sox ace Dylan Cease, 1.96 ERA. So it being baseball it the game will either be a great pitchers’ duel, or they’ll both be knocked out by the 5th inning.

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Fernando Tatis Sr, complaining about son’s suspension “Millions of fans (will) stop watching baseball now. It’s a total disappointment for something so insignificant.” Speaking of not worth it, w/ $340 million contract, why take so much as aspirin w/out checking w/ team doctors?

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Lots of apoplectic Yankees fans tonight over their team’s 2-8 record in last 10 games.

NY is ONLY now 10 games ahead of Rays and Blue Jays with 46 to play….

Fans of most other teams in baseball, oh, STFU.

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If you went to a random MLB baseball game this weekend you went through more security than anyone would have needed to get to classified documents at Mar-A-Lago.

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Assume someone has told Rudy Giuliani that prison would make even Four Seasons Landscaping look luxurious.

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At this point the hardest job on Rachel Maddow’s staff has to be whittling down the potential stories to an hour on Monday. So many indictments, so little time.

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If some liberal teacher in Arizona said President Biden had “BDE,” Kari Lake would demand their immediate firing. And if it happened in Florida, DeSantis would say the heck with tenure & process, and would suspend the teacher himself.

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“Donald Trump and his supporters have become quite creepy.” – Adam Kinzinger. No lies detected.

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Velveeta Voldemort claiming he wants to help Merrick Garland “turn down the heat” is like an arsonist offering to turn up at the five-alarm fire fire he set with a small leaky water bucket.

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Rachel Maddow reminds us 5/1 yrs ago we knew White House knew Michael Flynn was being investigated as foreign agent before Velveeta Voldemort chose him as National Security Advisor.

lNew hires need background check & fingerprinting to be bank tellers. When someone tells you who they are..

ESPN MLB power rankings, talking about the San Diego Padres.

“They’ll see L.A. nine more times in September, and chances are the Padres will be a different team by then. Their new stars should be settled in, and  Fernando Tatis Jr, navigating through a rehab assignment, should be back.”

This perhaps did not age well.

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But is Fernando Tatis, Jr, the only MLB player taking performance enhancing drugs?

Or the only one stupid/arrogant enough to get caught?

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Meanwhile, SF Giants, 6 games out of the last wild card, are now 300 to 1 to win the World Series.

“So you’re saying there’s a chance?
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Yes, there are people actually apoplectic over performances in the first week of preseason football… (and preseason I think doesn’t even count in fantasy football.)

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A question for MAGA election deniers… If Democrats were both so evil and capable as to steal a Presidential election, don’t you think they’d have done it in 2016?

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NY Times reporting one of Velveeta Voldemort’s lawyer’s signed a written statement in June confirming that all classified material had been returned to the government. You mean FBI thought they lied? I’m shocked, shocked.

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Dear NBC.

The stories from Meet the Press are supposed to come from the guests.

Not “what insane thing did the host say today?”

Sincerely, Americans tired of Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell.

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Amy Klobuchar on Meet the Press says even as Senator to see some classified documents, she must go in special room w/out staff, phone or even Fitbit. “They HAVE to stay in secure locations. & Mar-A-Lago, where you can check out tennis raquets & golf clubs, is not one of them.”

Man who attacked FBI’s Cincinnati office was on bureau’s radar for months for possible extremist behavior. Since no one died except him, story will probably quickly fade from news cycle. But as Former Guy & GOP continue to lie to stoke rage, next time we might not be so lucky.

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Does anyone think Velveeta Voldemort and Melania even know who Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were?

Preseason football games have started.

For all those whose who don’t think polls months before elections are irrelevant enough.

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On Browns pregame show interview – DeShaun Watson, whose six game suspension is being challenged by the NFL – the league wants more – “I want to say that I’m truly sorry to all of the women that I have impacted in this situation.”

I liked “pushed into a lifeboat” better.

(and yes, “Sorry” is the hardest word, but hey, how about, sorry, period?

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Just saying, politics aside if you don’t pay your lawyers at some point you’re going to get the lawyers you deserve.

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Velveeta Voldemort had as much authority to declassify Top Secret – SCI documents as he had authority to overturn a lawful election. In this country we have Presidents, not kings.

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So are we about to find out if Velveeta Voldemort can violate the Espionage Act in plain sight without losing any supporters?

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Former Ohio Governor John Kasich “If those documents were there & presented a threat to national security of course you had to go pick up those documents.” This isn’t hard.

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Liz Cheney likely to lose her primary next week. Now, Lisa Murkowski did win as write-in in Alaska. But for future could Liz just run for Congress in 2024 somewhere less extreme than Wyoming? Dr. Oz illustrating you don’t have to live in a state to run for office.

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Not generally a Ro Khanna fan, but while interviewed by CNN about Inflation Reduction Act he’s asked about FBI search warrant at Mar-A-Lago. “The less the politicians say the better.” Exactly. Let the FBI and DOJ do their jobs.

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In the new Diane Keaton movie “Mack and Rita,” a young woman apparently wakes up suddenly to find herself in a much older woman’s body. Thinking many of us “forever young” women of a certain age can relate to that feeling.

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You know you live in the US when your company is acquired and as part of onboarding for new company you have to complete “active shooter preparedness training.” (And pass a test.)

I wish this was a joke.

Today’s “Field of Dreams” game in Iowa was between the 46 and 64 Chicago Cubs, and the 44 and 66 Cincinnati Reds.

For fans of both, guessing the dream was that someday soon they’ll get to watch a good baseball team.

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Athough SF Giants fans had to enjoy the relief of one night where we were certain we wouldn’t be enraged by the team’s lack of defense.

(Giants were off tonight.)

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Remember when we joked that George W. Bush pronounced it nuclear “nucular.” Those days seem so quaint.

Okay, now we know that today was really really really bad for Velveeta Voldemort. Fox News website has TWO headlines on Hunter Biden.

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f you are more upset about Beto O’Rourke using the term mother-bleeper when someone chuckled about Uvalde than you are about 19 children and 2 teachers being slaughtered then can I respectfully suggest you go bleep yourself?

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Eric Trump said in fundraising email yesterday his father never gotten so much as a speeding ticket.

Eric’s father probably hasn’t driven himself in years, but if he were pulled over going 100 mph he’d claim it was fake radar & the police officer was politically motivated.

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Somewhere Richard Nixon has to be thinking, if I’d only blamed Watergate on Democrats trying to sabotage their own losing candidate…. Of course, Nixon didn’t have Fox News.

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Well, really, should we surprised that a man who dumped the body of his ex-wife next to the first tee at his golf club, also dumped classified state secrets in his resort basement?

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GOP. Merrick Garland needs to release the search warrant.

Breaking news. Merrick Garland is going to release the search warrant.

GOP – where will we move the goalposts tomorrow?

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Love this detail: Merrick Garland makes clear that warrants are generally private, and he would not normally ask to unseal the warrant. Except that Velveeta Voldemort angrily already made it public that there was a search warrant. And is lying about it & attacking FBI agents.

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So is there a SINGLE Republican member of Congress willing to stand up and at least say we should see what’s in that warrant and what FBI found before a rush to judgment? I’m waiting.

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There are military veterans in Congress, including a number of GOP Senators – Ernst, Graham, Cotton, Inhofe, Sullivan…. You’d think one of them at least would say something about a search warrant over a possible serious threat to national security. You’d think..

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Saw story that Marshawn Lynch was arrested for DUI in Las Vegas.

Later follow-up story, he was (allegedly) driving a car with one missing tire and another flat when he was arrested.

Okay, how drunk do you have to be not to notice..??

(All kidding aside sounds like he’s lucky not to have killed someone, or himself.)

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Cleveland Browns say they expect to start QB Deshaun Watson, accused of sexual assault by over two dozen women, in preseason opener this weekend.

Can’t imagine how people get the idea NFL hates women.

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Phrase I’m really tired of hearing watching MLB baseball –

“He’s been giving that pitch all day but not this time.” Uh, strike zone doesn’t change.

Neither should umpire’s “interpretation.”

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Can anyone remember any instance when Velveeta Voldemort turned down the opporunity to talk… except when he was faced with deposition or other request to testify under oath? #FifthAmendment

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Appointed by as Assistant US Attorney General by George W. Bush.

Personal attorney for Chris Christie during Bridgegate.

Appointed to his current position by Donald Tr*mp.

FBI Director Chris Wray.

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Should we be shocked that the same Republican party that wants us to forget the death of Brian Sicknick, is now attacking the FBI? They are as much “pro-law and order” as they are “pro-life”

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Will keep saying this: All Velveeta Voldemort has to do to prove his allegations that the search warrant is part of a witch hunt is to show us his copy of the warrant. We’re waiting.

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Scary story on Facebook turning over private messages to police over Nebraska abortion. Meta claims they didn’t know it was about abortion. Where does this end? Are anti-choice fanatics going to go after airlines & travel agents booking trips for women from red to blue states?

About half of Senators, on both sides of aisle, in Washington are lawyers. Which means they all know rules on search warrants and raids.

Which means Republicans defending Velveeta Voldemrort are not stupid.

They just think we are. (Yes, talking to you, Ted Cruz. Etc.)

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Reminder, less than 4 days ago, Democrats, w/ 50-50 Senate, passed major bill to lower prescription drug costs for seniors & to fight climate change. And Inflation Reduction Act is FAR more consequential than GOP manufactured outrage over legal search warrant. #DemocratsDeliver

Cutting through all the BS: The FBI could not have gotten a search warrant without probable cause. Period.

Federal judge on Tuesday ruled against three golfers who were seeking to participate in the FedEx Cup Playoffs after leaving the PGA Tour for the upstart LIV Golf Invitational Series.

Oh, this millionaire on billionaire violence….

But again, how much does it pain many of us, in anything, to give the PGA the moral high ground,.

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Not that the Red Sox are going anywhere this year, but WTF was Chris Sale doing on a bike last week?

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If the story has already become that FBI might have planted evidence, then what the FBI found when they executed the search warrant must be very very bad indeed.

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No one knows details yet. BUT… Occam’s Razor would say likely reason so many GOP leaders defend a criminal loser against an FBI search warrant over documents just might be their names being in those seized documents.

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Actual headline on CNN about Dana Bash “CNN anchor says Trump’s political positioning after search was ‘genius.”‘

Dear CNN, you will never be Fox News.

Stop trying.

PS Real “Genius” is getting Inflation Reduction Act passed in a 50-50 Senate.

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Give me a break. Now some in media, not just FOX News, making big deal of President Biden coughing this am before signing CHIPS bill. Uh, many of us considerably younger than Joe have coughs that lingers long after simple cold is over. Let alone COVID. Media hates good news.

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Did a single Republican ranting about the unannounced search warrant at Mar-A-Lago say a word about the mistaken no-knock warrant that resulted in the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor? I’ll wait.

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Stephen Colbert’s mic drop of the night. Alex Jones swore there was nothing incriminating in his phone records, “that’s what they’ve got… and there’s no d*ck pics, no nothing.” “Oh Alex, I beg to differ, every picture of you is a d*ck pic.”

Aaron Rodgers’ recently admitted use of hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca during an offseason retreat, which he said gave him “a deep and meaningful appreciation for life” before 2020 season.

2020 season was when the Packers QB won his third MVP. but NFL spokesman said the psychoactive beverage “wouldn’t have violated the league drug policy. “

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36 and 75. Worst in baseball by several games even compared to the lowly Oakland As.

So unlike the former Washington Senators, now the Minnesota Twins, the Washington Nationals are “First in war, first in peace, and last in both the National and American Leagues.

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Conversation reported by Washington Post from a couple weeks ago.:

Senator Chris Coons: “Can’t think of better way for you to prove [detractors] wrong than to sign off on bold climate deal. Prove every critic wrong.”

Joe Manchin: “Would be like hitting homer in bottom of 9th, wouldn’t it?”

So all this time, Joe wanted not to be king, but to be MLB player?

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Damn, I knew she had recurring breast cancer so not completely unexpected. But still so sad. RIP Olivia Newton-John, 73. We honestly loved you.

And they were good friends, going to be a helluva concert tomorrow in heaven.

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The first cherry on the top of FBI executing a search warrant at Mar-A-Lago. Velveeta Voldemort is in New York. He couldn’t do a darn thing to stop them.

ICYMI, same Republicans who were non-linear over idea that Hillary Clinton might have risked national security with a private email server are silent over Velveeta Voldemort having taken at least 15 BOXES of classified materials to his home.

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President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden are visiting Kentucky after the deadly floods. The state didn’t come close to voting for him. And Joe’s not insulting anyone or saying the State should rake anything. What a concept.

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Now would be a really good time for a Republican Senator who believes in (small d) democracy to say, “No comment, I think we just need to respect the FBI and let the process play out.” I’m waiting…

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Random thought. Could there be a copy of the pee tape in the Mar-A-Lago safe?

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“Raid of Mar-A-Lago is another escalation in weaponization of federal agencies against Regime’s political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves.” Congrats to all those who had Ron Deathsantis in the “1st to make it about Hunter Biden pool.”

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Not hearing much from the Democrats who complain nonstop about Merrick Garland right now.

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Again, Mitch McConnell willing to stay up all night & make 88-yr olds in GOPs Senate like Richard Shelby & Chuck Grassley stay up all night, for performative statement against Dems’ Inflation Reduction Bill. But Mitch can’t be bothered to visit flood-ravaged Eastern Kentucky.

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WTAF NY Times?

Front page headline: “Analysis: A String of Good News for Biden, but Concerns Remain But whether victories will prove to be turning point for President Biden, one of most unpopular U.S. leaders in modern history, remains to be seen.” Fox News would be proud.

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Amy Klobuchar made an interesting point to Jim Acosta about the filbuster – Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Coney Barrett were all confirmed needing only 51 Senate votes.

But to undo what SCOTUS does now, takes 60 votes.

In Senator Klobuchar’s words “That’s messed up.”

Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli was ejected after the replay crew overturned a call of “out” at the plate for a Blue Jays running, ruling the Twins catcher had blocked the plate.

Rocco said “it was “one of the worst moments I think we’ve seen of umpiring in any game I’ve ever been a part of in baseball.”

Take another look at the overturned call that gave Toronto the lead.

Do you agree or disagree? #MNTwins pic.twitter.com/c0EgPkxb7D

— Bally Sports North (@BallySportsNOR) August 7, 2022

Think it was the wrong call. But “worst ever? Has Baldelli ever managed a game with umpire Angel Hernandez?

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Okay then, some times the algorithm REALLY messes up…. Just got an email ad from Ticketmaster: “You love the Dodgers. We’ve got your seats.”

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So if CVS and Walgreens pharmacists can refuse to fill prescriptions based on their religious beliefs what happens the first time a pharmacist refuses to fill a prescription for Viagra?

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And what if a Jewish waiter or waitress refuses to serve a bacon cheeseburger?

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15 hours for Votearama – GOP’s attempt to stop or slow down Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act…

How much longer until they would have gone to penalty kicks?

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Republicans spent more time on this performative votearama than they did considering Amy Coney Barrett or checking out sexual assault accusations against Brett Kavanaugh

So can’t wait to see 43 GOP Senators who said US couldn’t afford cap in cost of insulin for people not on Medicare explain before the 2022 midterms how it’s necessary to keep millionaire tax cuts.

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May I wish all Democratic Senators a really good night’s sleep tonight after Votearama? And for all Republican Senators, well, bless their hearts.

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Lindsey Graham spoke AGAINST a $35 cap on insulin. S.C. ranks 7th highest in USA in percentage of adult population with diabetes. Approximately 1 in 6 African-Americans in South Carolina has diabetes.

GOP doesn’t even want to cap insulin costs for pregnant women. Pro-life my a**.

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Not content with being pro-COVID, GOP has now become the pro-monkeypox and pro-polio party.

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Ted Cruz is upset about the Inflation Reduction Act adding IRS agents. Maybe he’s worried they’ll audit him trying to deduct Cancun trips as business expenses?

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Velveeta Voldemort says he’s going to go to West Virginia to campaign against Joe Manchin.

Uh, one, Manchin isn’t up for re-election until 2024.

Two. Manchin hasn’t been bothered by 48 Senators and most of Twitter barraging him on a regular basis, why would he be scared of a has-been loser former President?

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I feel for the flight attendants who had to deal with these cranky GOP Senators after votearama is done. Special sympathetic call out to whoever at United Airlines had to serve Ted Cruz.

Well at least SF Giants fans knew for sure they wouldn’t be disappointed today. Giants had an off day. Sigh.

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Dodgers placed Clayton Kershaw on the IL, but manager Dave Roberts said he expects him to be back just before the postseason. Have to wonder, how many Los Angeles fans are thinking – or maybe shut Clayton down FOR the postseason?

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There’s a little bit of Gregg Popovich in anyone who’s been a true part of the Spurs organization.

https://www.si.com/wnba/2022/08/06/hammon-former-russian-olympian-calls-for-putin-to-release-griner

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In the US, we’re actually in 2022, now worried about community spread of…POLIO?!! Waiting for GOP anti-vaxxers to take credit.

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On a lighter note, (okay maybe not for them), Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson have reportedly broken up after 9 months together,

So Congratulations to all those who had August 5 in the pool.

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Republicans are incensed that Inflation Reduction Act hires more IRS agents. Today’s GOP has finally found a right to privacy they believe in – the right of millionaires to cheat on their tax returns.

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Kari Lake has now been declared the winner in Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary. Tuesday night she was screaming about voter fraud. So when is GOP calling in the cyber ninjas?

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So if we can get to 52 or 53 Democratic Senators it doesn’t mean that they’ll all agree on everything and all legislation will be easy. But it will be much better. (And at least it won’t always come down to drama with the same two.)

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Biden “shocked & saddened” after GOP Rep Jackie Walorski was killed in car crash in Indiana & ordered DC flags at 1/2 mast. Walorski was 1 of 147 GOP Congress members who voted to object to Electoral College results. Joe doesn’t hold grudges. Isn’t it nice having a President?

CNN reports “Trump has specifically been counseled to cut contact w/his former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.” Of course Velveeta Voldemort will ignore the counsel. But it means Meadows is talking. We’re gonna have a nationwide popcorn shortage.

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Meanwhile, it’s Friday night. But let’s see, Kansas, jobs report, Inflation Reduction deal which helps with climate change AND prescription drug cost, now Alex Jones ordered to pay $45 million in punitive damages. Not a bad week so far.

so follow up from last night

Has any team in baseball lost two games in a row where they loaded the bases on back to back nights late in the game with zero outs and scored a total of zero runs?

Asking for an SF Giants fan friend who MIGHT be drinking wine…

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Amazing truth heard on KNBR today: The late great Vin Scully’s career spanned 45% of MLB history.

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Making dinner including a pre-washed bag of baby potatoes which lists roasting and boiling times. Also on the package “remove bag before cooking.” Some moments I really feel for our country..

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Stephen Colbert tells story of how President Biden wanted to be so careful not to hurt innocents he had a scale model of Al-Qaeda leader’s house brought to White House so he could examine it. “It’s nice when President says bring me a model and he doesn’t mean a new wife. “

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Regarding Stephen Moss tampering story, apparently Dolphins owner improperly talked to Tom Brady in 2019, 2020 AND 2021. Uh, takes 2 to talk. And Brady doesn’t even get his hand slapped. Had Ross talked to Brees NFL would’ve probably suspended 1/2 the Saints for a year. #WhoDat

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Velveeta Voldemort fundraising email today starts with a question: “If you voted for me a 3rd time… WHO WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE ON THE TICKET AS MY VP CANDIDATE?”

I can see him asking now… “would it kill you to be my VP?”

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Indiana Rep, Jackie Walorski, GOP, was killed with two aides today in car accident. Really sad story

But when I went to Wikipedia to see who Rep. Walorski was… I couldn’t get screen shot fast enough, but someone had edited Wikipedia to say she was murdered before she could expose Biden ties to Ukraine. No joke.

It’s fixed, but if you still wondered how twisted some cult members are..

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Conventional wisdom in Kansas flew off its foundation last night faster than Dorothy Gale’s house in that tornado.

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Actually quoting Lindsey Graham for first time in ages, in support of Finland & Sweden joining NATO

“1 person I want to thank is Pres Putin from Russia. Without you we wouldn’t be here. You’ve done more to strengthen NATO than any speech I could give. John McCain, I wish you were alive to celebrate.”

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So since some of these election deniers won their primaries last night will they be consistent and demand their own elections be thrown out as fraudulent?

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It was never just about stopping abortions.

If it were, GOP would be pushing birth control, sex ed, welfare, healthcare, childcare.

It’s about controlling women.

Women have figured it out.

We’re mad AND voting #GetMadAndVote

Kansas City Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield, who has so far refused the COVID vaccine, indicated he might reconsider if traded to a team in contention that needed to travel to Canada.

Now Merrifield was traded to Toronto Blue Jays.

Waiting for Whit to come up with a creative “It’s not the money” reason for getting vaccinaated.

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A break from politics and Dodger-bashing. RIP Vin Scully, 94. One of the greatest ever. (And Vin used to say, he grew up an SF Giants fan.)

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Reminder in many of these GOP primaries, it’s always the most passionate, and often extreme, voters who come out in primaries. Remember 2020, California? The big winner for the Democrats on March 3 was Bernie Sanders, 36% to 28% over his nearest challenger Joe Biden.

Remember, Kansas governor is Democrat Laura Kelly. Even in red states some races are winnable. And it starts at a local level. #GetMadAndVote #VoteBlueNoMatterWho

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With all the celebrities we’ve had run for office lately, this week making me wish the one who would join them is Jon Stewart.

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Apparently even Republican women in Kansas think SCOTUS has gone too far. What’s next on GOP agenda. Repealing the 19th Amendment?

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We know it’s been good few days for Democrats w/ agreement on a prescription drug/climate bill, passing PACT act for veterans & killing Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahir… How good? Fox News’ lead headline is about Paul Pelosi’s DUI. Amazed they didn’t link him to Hunter Biden.

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Georgia’s new anti-abortion law allows people to claim embryos & fetuses as dependents worth $3,000 in tax credits. Uh, so if life begins at conception, shouldn’t every woman under 55 who has had sex be automatically be able to add those tax credits? Because you never know.

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So if embroyos and fetuses in Georgia are now going to be eligible for tax credits up to $3,000, could be very lucrative for couples to consider IVF. Wonder if there’s a cap? They really don’t think this misogynistic crap through, do they?

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Stephen Colbert getting serious last night on PACT act for Veterans exposed to toxins. “If there are children in room, tell them to age quickly & please vote.” “25 GOP Senators who voted for bill earlier, flipped their vote.” Then Colbert flipped them a finger. You can guess which one.

Six game suspension for Deshaun Watson after thirty women accused him of sexual misconduct.

So it would have taken 100 women to come forward to get him suspended for the season

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DeShaun Watson suspended 6 games w/o pay, but his contract with Cleveland was heavily backloaded, with $690,000 this year, $46 million each of next 4 years. And new Browns QB is not being fined. Not like DeShaun did anything egregious like wearing wrong color socks. #sarcasm.

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Arizona QB Kyler Murray has COVID-19 and will have to stay home and miss practice until he tests negative. So since Murray has nothing else to do, is it too late for the Cardinals to temporary reinstate that contract homework clause?

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So as Rachel Maddow reports, Blake Masters, Arizona GOP primary Senate candidate, claims January 6 was a FBI false flag. while Mark Finchem, running in GOP primary for AZ Secretary of State, actually was part of the insurrection. This is so confusing.

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So if a golf ball lands on Ivana’s grave at Bedminster is that considered a hazard or is it in play?

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So John Cornyn has COVID. The first GOP Senator other than Murkowski to get the virus in months, or the first to admit it?

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So all these election deniers running in GOP primaries: For consistency if they win shouldn’t they turn down their own victories as fraudulent?

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As Velveeta Voldemort either accidentally or on purpose endorsed both “Eric”s in the GOP Missouri Senate primary, maybe he’s using something he learned with his wives and mistresses “Let me call you sweetheart, I can’t remember your name.”

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It still boggles my mind how many in the media professed outrage over President Biden’s fist bumb with the Saudi Prince, yet were crickets about Velveeta Voldemort hosting AND profiting off of the Saudi-backed LIV tournament less than an hour from Ground Zero.

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Pretty sure Susan Sarandon had more policy agreements with Hillary Clinton than Kevin Costner has with Liz Cheney. But as Amy Klobuchar says “Courage is standing next to someone you don’t always agree with for the betterment of the country.”

And here’s the proof.

Well played Kevin Costner. At least one star of Bull Durham understands that politics can be messy, but that democracy matters.

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“I am Will the Thrill Clark. I am part of San Francisco. And I am Forever a Giant.”

(Not perha

As much as I have complained about Tiger Woods being the center of newspaper ESPN headlnes for every golf tournament he now plays in, must confess any ink or media space given to Tiger seems so quaint compared to anythng given to the Saudi LIV golf tournaments.

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I know one’s a pitcher and the other was a hitter. And I know he may be gone at the trade deadline. But there are moments that Carlos Rodon gives me Will Clark vibes.

#intense #SFGiants

NFL to rule Monday on DeShaun Watson case. New Browns’ QB agreed to settle 3 of 4 remaining active civil lawsuits against him, after settling 20 others in June. 25 women accused Watson of sexual assault. Why do I expect NFL decision to be “If you’re a star they let you do it?”

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Someone at a store in Des Plaines near O’Hare bought a ticket that won the $1.2 billion Mega Millions jackpot. One of first potential things winner might do with the money? Buy a private plane so they never have to deal with O’Hare again.

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Canada’s Supreme Court ruled man can be charged w/ sexual assault for not wearing condom w/out partner’s consent during sex. GOP claims to be anti-abortion, so why isn’t some Republican co-sponsoring law like this in US? “Stealthing” surely causes a lot of unplanned pregnancies.

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Canada’s Supreme Court ruled man can be charged w/ sexual assault for not wearing condom w/out partner’s consent during sex. GOP claims to be anti-abortion, so why isn’t some Republican co-sponsoring law like this in US? “Stealthing” surely causes a lot of unplanned pregnancies.

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Joe Biden tests positive for COVID, tells public, isolates until negative, then isolates again when he gets Paxlovid rebound. Velveeta Voldemort tests positive, hides it, interacts w/ people including superspreader Rose Garden event until he is hospitalized. See the difference?

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Democrats’ bill just has a 15% minimum corporate tax for companies reporting more than $1 BILLION in profits annually. Thinking like most of my friends, I don’t make close to a billion, and I pay a lot more than 15% in tax.

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Joe Manchin wass booked on FIVE Sunday talk shows. But really, has ANY Senator since President Biden’s inaugural been interviewed as often? Can’t imagine how media attention might have gone to his head.

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In case you missed it, not only has GOP delayed healthcare for Veterans over being mad at Democrats agreeing on a Climate/Prescription Drug bill… but also some of them are planning to punish even their friends & relatives in same-sex marriages for the same reason.

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If John McCain were alive I don’t think he’d have let other Republicans vote against healthcare for veterans harmed by toxic burn pits. I know people can disagree on issues. But seriously, where is the GOP Senator now w/ enough of a moral compass to sometimes say “This is WRONG?”

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So we all know Velveeta Voldemort is a vindictive money-grubbing man. But if you ever thought his 3 chlldren by Ivana were any better than he is -they agreed to put their mom in that ugly spot by first tee. (Ivana had mostly NY friends too, with it being a private club, AND the fact it’s 50 miles from Manhattan, won’t even be simple for them to visit her grave.)

NY Yankees traded for Andrew Benintendi, who has been publicly anti-vax, despite late Sept road trip to Toronto, which has a vaccine mandate.

Yesterday, Benintendi said he was “open-minded” about receiving the vaccine.. So maybe he has new rea$on$?

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Of course hindsight is 20-20, especially in baseball trades. But if 2022 season weren’t depressing enough lately for SF Giants fans, trade deadline prize Luis Castillo, sent from Reds to Mariners, was once a Giants prospect. Traded to the Marlins in 2014 for… Casey McGehee.

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Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff told ESPN he potentially sees College Football Playoff expanding by 2025. Uh, wonder if he sees the Pac 12 being around in 2025?

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Has a single GOP leader who condemned President Biden’s fist-bump with the Saudi prince, said a word about the Saudi LIV golf tournament at Velveeta Voldemort’s Bedminster golf club? I’ll wait.

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From my twisted funny friend T.C. “

I’m golfing with my Saudi friends. “Over my dead body!!!”

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So maybe Velveeta Voldemort has started burying his family and ex-family at his golf club because it’s the only way he’ll be able to claim he EVER visits their graves.

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Looking at the news today thinking maybe the way President Biden could have gotten almost every American vaccinated is to have accompanied every COVID shot with a free Mega Millions lottery ticket?

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Wonder how many people who embrace the 1 in 303 million odds of winning Mega Millions have been dismissing the 1 in 13 chance of getting long COVID?

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Now it’s Senator Minority Whip Dick Durbin who’s tested positive for COVID. Would some reporter ask GOP Senators on camera if they’re even testing?

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Stephen Colbert points out McConnell allowed CHIPS bill to be voted on, because last week Joe Manchin said he was never going to vote for Build Back Better. And Manchin & Schumer announced deal hours after CHIPS bill passed.. “They pulled the old “Bait and Mitch.”

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Have to wonder if one reason Joe Manchin made that deal with Chuck Schumer was that Joe was tired of Mitch McConnell being talked about as the most powerful man in the Senate.

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Allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices is NOT socialized medicine. It’s simply using buying power to get better deals. I mean, come on, how many women haven’t teamed up with a friend while shopping to take advantage of BOGO deals on shoes?

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Excuse me, but why does ANYONE at this point want to hear what Jared Kushner has to say in a book?

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You know Democrats’ budget bill is good when you check out Fox News website & top headlines are about 2024 possible Presidential challengers & CA Rep. Linda Sanchez flipping the bird at GOP opponent during Congressional baseball game. (allegedly after misogynistic insult.)

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WaPo reports DHS “watchdog” Joseph Cuffari, appointed by TFG, ended effort in Feb to collect agency phones to recover deleted Secret Service texts AND refused to investigate Secret Service clearing protestors for Tr*mp’s church photo op in June 2020. Why does Cuffari still have a job?

Arizona Cardinals said they removed a clause in Kyle Murray’s $230 million contract extension that required him to study game material for four hours a week on his own (without the TV on) in order to receive “credit.”

Removed the clause because it was embarrassing to the team? Or because Murray got upset at being outed that the team needed to give him homework?

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Friday headline? “The Giants win a game, the Giants win a game.”

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I love Mike Krukow but he just said “The Giants played their best game of the 2nd half.” Uh, tonight against the Cubs was the first WIN SF has had in the 2nd half.

Remember, Velveeta Voldemort is backing the Saudi-backed LIV tour not just for the money they are giving his resorts, but also because the PGA took their tournaments away from Tr*mp golf clubs after January 6.

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Golfers like Paul Casey who left the PGA Tour earlier for the Saudi-backed LIV tour say “It’s not about the money.” Translation “It’s about the money.”

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Can someone please tell Andrew Yang to go home and knit?

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Maybe one solution to preserve access for all American girls and women to contraception is legislation tying the ease of access of birth control to that of Viagra?

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Thinking if it’s about the “sanctity of marriage”, then when Senate votes next week on same-sex marriage, all divorced Senators thinking of voting “no” please recuse themselves? Asking for a country tired of hypocrites.

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When Brett Kavanaugh had to sneak out of fancy DC steakhouse to avoid Roe protesters, GOP was outraged. When GOP got angry Dems agreed on bill to lower drug prices & fight climate change, they voted down healthcare for vets & are threatening same-sex marriage. Seems equivalent.

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Watching GOP Senators like John Cornyn profess outrage on Senate Floor over Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin’s compromise bill, calling it a “stunt” and a “betrayal,” makes me think I have never liked Schumer and Manchin more.

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Senator John Cornyn says Majority Leader Schumer is “abusing the rules of the Senate” with Chuck’s spending bill with Manchin.

SCOTUS judge Merrick Garland says “Hi.” (And from above Ruth Bader Ginsburg is smiling.)

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But just think folks, if we all turn out and vote in November we can up our total of Democratic Senators to at least 52 and stop staying up at night worrying how Sinema and Manchin will vote.

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30 Republicans voted “No” on David Pressman, just confirmed today as Ambassador to Hungary. Guess they were upset his law firm represented Alexander Vindman.

But no GOP Senators seem upset Hungary PM Orban will speak at CPAC, despite his recent comments being compared to Nazism.

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If you really want to reduce abortion then you should want to make contraception as easy to obtain as possible. Free even.

If SCOTUS had threatened to ban Viagra there isn’t a man in the Senate who wouldn’t support the right to erectile dysfunction medication.

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Lester Holt pointed out to AG Merrick Garland in interview “prosecuting former president or a potential presidential candidate could ‘arguably tear the country apart.” As opposed to tearing the country apart” that former President is trying to keep doing to US on a daily basis?

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Stephen Colbert reminds us that no former President has ever been charged with a crime in the country’s history. Well, Velveeta Voldemort always wanted to be first at everything.

Tennessee had horrific flooding in Aug 2021, & just two weeks ago hundreds had to evacuate from Gatlinburg area due to flash flooding. And Marsha Blackburn voted “no” on overwhelmingly bipartisan Water Resources Development act.

Who is she working for? Because it isn’t her state.

(Note, two hours after the vote she came back and asked to change it since she had “intended” to vote Yes, and her vote didn’t affect the outcome. Uh, “intended to vote Yes” or got shamed into realizing just how awful the vote was?

SF Giants losing streak at six. Starting pitcher Carlos Rodon kicked a bat when he returned to the dugout and the bat flew and hit Thairo Estrada in the leg. Sadly, it was one of the hardest hits the Giants got all night.

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Happy Birthday July 26 to Dorothy Hamill. And Peggy Fleming’s birthday is July 27. Apparently some of us Leos (not me) are really good at ice skating

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Arizona Cardinals QB Kyler Murray just signed a contract extension for $230 million, but the contract has a “homework” clause. If you ever wondered what might happen when the adult world started being dominated by participation trophy children.

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All you need to know about Velveeta Voldemort’s claim in his lie-filled speech today that he supports police: The man wouldn’t meet with the family of or even acknowledge Brian Sicknick.

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Stephen Colbert after Al Gore warned the “atmosphere could get a lot worse.” “Where were you 20 years ago when we could have done somethng about this?” Uh… (Sigh, I’m so old I thought in 2016 Americans might have learned their lesson with 2000 Ralph Nader.)

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As we learned AG Merrick Garland and DOJ is NOT ruling out charging Velveeta Voldemort, reminder (& patience is not my strong suit.) DOJ is going to get one shot at this. As Macbeth said, “The snake must be killed, not scotched.” So they have to get it airtight the first time.

As more and more revelations come out about Velveeta Voldemort’s Secret Service beginning to look like the smartest thing Mike Pence ever did as VP was not getting in that car.

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Been working regularly since I was 16. Have had a lot of bosses and understand no boss is perfect. Have had a few I thought were “worst ever.” But never had a boss who tried to have me hanged.

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Can we stop talking about the 2024 election? If we don’t elect Democrats at a local, state and national level in 2022 we may not HAVE a 2024 election. #VoteBlueIn22

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US has about 700 billionaires. About 9 of 10 older Americans take prescription drugs. GOP trying to convince us billionaires still need their tax cuts, but those 9 of 10 Americans don’t need Medicare to negotiate prices for their prescription drugs. Democrats are on OUR side.