You think you had a bad week -non political edition.
Imagine being a Colorado Rockies pitcher.. In a three game series in Colorado vs Toronto, the Rockies scored 6 runs. The Blue Jays scored 45.
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Has Donald told Switzerland yet how many gold watches they need to give him to reduce tariffs?
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You don’t need a strategy session for telling the truth.
You don’t need to redraw congressional districts if what you’re doing is popular with voters.
You don’t need to fire the messenger when your policies bring good results. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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Stephen Colbert on RFK Jr, just pulling $500 million for vaccine development: “We have 10 months of this show so I want to want to give a measured nonpartisan response – “F*ck you you roid-addled nepo-carnie.” No lies detected.
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And now from the latest mass shooting, at Fort Stewart, we are told “There is no longer a threat to the public.” Until of course the next mass shooting.
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JD Vance has a four-year old daughter. How can he justify his efforts to keep Epstein/Maxwell victims from getting justice? Asking for a disgusted country.
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Again, why does Trump administration need a meeting at JD Vance’s house on Epstein files if their plan is just to tell the truth?
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To be fair, Rubio had a decent if conservative record as a Senator so none of his colleagues knew how awful Marco would be as Secretary of State.
But EVERYONE knew that RFK Jr would be a dumpster fire at HHS. Zero excuses for anyone who voted to confirm him.
ESPN plans to acquire NFL Network and the RedZone from the NFL. What’s Velveeta Voldemort going to demand for THIS deal to go through?
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NY Yankees have dropped 5 in a row and if the season ended today would miss the postseason.
No punchline, just fun writing that.
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Padres 10, Diamondbacks 5. Not that crazy a score. But in 11 innings?!! Tell me you ran out of pitching without telling me you ran out of pitching.
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This headline “Top Trump officials will discuss Epstein strategy at Wednesday dinner hosted by Vance.” You know when you don’t need a “strategy?” When you just tell the truth.
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Will keep reminding folks as Velveeta Voldemort’s adminstration tries to pretend Ghislaine Maxwell was a victim. She is not a victim. She is not just a procuress. She is a convicted child molester who participated in raping girls. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
So what happens when an increasing number of Americans file for unemployment and Velveeta Voldemort wants to keep the numbers low? Will he have their applications rejected? Or just fire anyone who reports the actual numbers?
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So MAGA has ARREST THEM trending because Texas legislators have fled the state rather than vote on gerrymandering. If that’s an arrestable offense then when is DOJ going to arrest GOP House members who fled DC rather than vote on releasing the Epstein Files?
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DOT Secretary Sean Duffy reportedly preparing to unveil expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the actual moon.
Guess he figures while you’re stuck in the airport getting repeated texts on flight delays, or sitting on the tarmac #23 for takeoff, that a nuclear reactor on the moon is a better diversion than worrying about further delays or near misses between planes.
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So Velveeta Voldemort campaigned on promise of free IVF. And now Donald won’t even mandate that women can get IVF at any price, saying he can’t do it without ‘Congress first approving legislation to do so.” As if there’s ANYTHING else he’s respected Congressional authority on?
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Trump is claiming he “is entitled to five more seats” because he won the “highest votes in the history of Texas.” Uh, leaving aside that George W. Bush won Texas with over 61.1% of the Vote, Donald had 56.3% in 2024. He didn’t even do better than Mitt Romney’s 57% in 2012!
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Even when the NY Times says something a bit negative they are still sanewashing.: “Trump’s Demand to Trading Partners: Pledge Money or Get Higher Tariffs’ NY Times is leaving out the demands for stuff like free planes or that Brazil not prosecute his buddy Bolsonaro
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On that 90,000 sq ft ballroom, planned to be bigger than entire current White House… Karoline Leavitt claims “White House currently unable to host major functions honoring world leaders in other countries without a tent.” She really thinks world leaders will want to come here?
Why isn’t this a bigger story?
Proposed White House ballroom will be 90,000 sq ft. The ENTIRE White House, including Executive Residence, East AND West Wings, currently has total floor area of approx 67,000 sq ft. Donald’s gilded party room will more than double the White House size.
MLB’s Bristol Motor Speedway Classic sounded like great made-for-TV event.
Game to be played on the infield & 85,000 tickets sold. And ESPN reported the results of the rain-delayed game. A 4-2 Braves win over the Reds.
Not saying that the rain delay was.. overnight. So yes, a fun game. But also as reminder of why MLB doesn’t have team in Tennessee or North Carolina. (at least w/ outdoor stadium)
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The Rockies put closer Seth Halvorsen on the 15th day IL with elbow strain.
Sad but a bit surprising. The 30-80 Rockies HAD a closer?
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22 runs for SF Giants against NY Mets iin three games as they win the weekend series 2-1.
And out in the Mets bullpen are some New York relievers saying to new teammate Tyler Rogers…”Uh, didn’t the SF Giants trade you here because they couldn’t hit?
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Donald Trump says he will name a new Labor Statistics official in “days” after he fired the last one. Translation, once Velveeta Voldemort has figured out who of his potential candidates will donate – and lie- the most.
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NY Times’ Peter Baker “Trump’s war on facts has reached a new level and the message is clear: Government officials who deal in data now fear they have to toe the line and adopt his version of reality no matter how false or risk losing their job.”
If only Baker worked for a newspaper who had the power to expose Velveeta Voldemort’s insanity instead of sanewashing him.
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And yes, actual NY Times headline this weekend
“Trump’s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook.” Says the newspaper that regularly bends the knee to sanewash Donald for access.
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And one more
Really NY Times? This headline “Lashing Out Over Russia and Jobs Data, Trump Displays His Volatile Side.” “Volatile SIDE?” When it comes to volatility, Trump is a mobius strip.
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“They’ve wanted a ballroom at the White House for more than 150 years.” Can anyone seriously give me an example of who “they” are? Other than the voices in Velveeta Voldemort’s head?
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How long until ALL reports dealing with the economy will be delivered by Karoline Leavitt and written in Sharpie?
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Senator Alex Padilla is correct: “If Republicans were confident on their policy agenda, they’d be eager to defend it with the people and to defend at the ballot box next November.
You don’t need to gerrymander when voters actually like what you are doing.
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Pretty clear Donald wants to turn the White House into a tacky American version of Versailles. Does anyone think Velveeta Voldemort knows what happened to the last King to live at Versailles?
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Fox News is all about fear
And they’re headlne is still headlining a drunken brawl in Cincinnati where nobody died.
Meanwhile, crickets on 4 murdered in Montana. Police looking for 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown, a US army veteran. Yes, the suspect is white.
Colorado Rockies down 9-0 in the 1st against the Pirates, then down 16-10 in the 8th.
And the Rockies win, 17-10.
I remember Little League games like this. Especially in tournaments when teams run out of pitching.
Was crushed to see the SF Giants trade Tyler Rogers, my favorite Giants pitcher.
Was less crushed to put it mildly to see them trade Camilo Doval. Yankees fans tonight may understand why.
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My post from yesterday: “Biggest headcase, brightest lights. What could possibly go wrong? (Wishing now former SF Giants pitcher Camilo Doval well, especially now that he is some other fans’ problem.)”
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Small detail in the controversy over renaming the Opera House at the Kennedy Center for Trump’s current wife. Melania is his THIRD wife.
Not exactly Christian family values. Though suppose it is operatic.
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In 2024, Donald Trump made murder of NYPD’s Jonathan Diller during a traffic stop part of his Presidential campaign and attended the officer’s wake.
In 2025, let alone not attending the funeral he hasn’t even mentioned murdered NYPD officer’s Didarul Islam’s name. I wonder why.
Jobs numbers not only bad for July, but down 258,000 from June and July.
Increasingly convinced they are cooking the books on inflation too. The numbers don’t match grocery store receipts.
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What’s next, Trump going to fire whoever reports how many Americans apply for SNAP and other food assistance.
Posted this on Twitter
A very very bad jobs report – “much weaker than expected.” AND previous months have been revised drastically downward. 258,000 for May and June less than reported. What’s Velveeta Voldemort doing to do about it? Fire the people who compile the data?
·It only took 2 hours…
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Meanwhie, not making this up : Trump in a Newsmax interview on Karoline Leavitt: “She’s become a star. It’s that face. It’s that brain. It’s those lips. The way they move.”
“If she weren’t my 27 year old married press secretary maybe I’d be dating her..?”
(seriously not going to post it but if you’ve seen the interview…. he draws out “lips” – In many companies someone would be fired for that sort of sexual innuendo towards an employee)
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For all the excuses Texas Republicans are using today to pretend their redistricting isn’t about getting more GOP House seats by disenfranchising minorities, no one is even trying to pretend the only “emergency” isn’t that Trump told them to do it. I miss Molly Ivins.
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BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfar, who Trump is trying to fire for telling the truth about jobs was confirmed in the Senate in January 2024 by a vote of 86-8 – including then Senator JD Vance.
Wonder if a single Republican who voted for her, knowing she was capable, will defend her now?
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Press Secretary Barbie Thursday started her press conference saying it is past time for Donald to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Velveeta Voldemort does seem obsessed with that Peace prize. Wonder if they offered to give it to him in exchange for his resignation?
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Las Vegas tourism especially has fallen off a cliff.
Down perhaps 15% this summer.
Two reasons. Las Vegas is loved by British and Canadians. Both of whose tourists increasingly aren’t coming to US now And Las Vegas is also loved by middle America. Where residents increasely can’t afford to travel.
Trump lies. The economy dies
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Multimillionaire car dealer & now Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno is pontificating today on Senate floor about cost of renovating the Federal Reserve. Funny, he is isn’t saying word one about the $200 million for a White House ballroom no one asked for.
I miss Sherrod Brown
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Trump sent letters to 17 of world’s biggest drugmakers demanding lower prices by Sept. “If you refuse, we’ll deploy every tool in our arsenal to protect American families from abusive drug pricing practices.” Every tool in our arsenal?
Translation, Donald will demand a bribe.
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Trump had posted that the August 1 trade deadline “will not be extended.” He is now giving Mexico a 90 day extension. It’s breakfast TACO time.
Meanwhile with tariffs announced at 39% on Switzerland, how many luxury gold watches will it take for Velveeta Voldemort to reduce them?
Mets are getting most unappreciated reliever in baseball in Tyler Rogers.. Just saying.
Only silver lining as a sad SF Giants fan is maybe we’ll get to see him blow away a Dodgers star in the post season wth 75 MPH heat
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LA Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani left his start today in Cincinnati in the 4th inning with cramping he blamed on heat (Temperature at first pitch was 90 degrees, with w/heat index near 100.) He hopes to make his next start.
Don’t suppose we can dream that billionaires might start caring about climate change if it starts injuring their half billion dollar investments.
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Rubio defends his master’s sanctions (revoked visa, freezing US assets) on Brazilian judge because Donald doesn’t like him prosecuting his buddy.
“Let this be warning to those who would trample on fundamental rights of their countrymen; judicial robes cannot protect you.” So other countries can go after US judges now? Okay then.
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If you’re anti-abortion but also anti-USAID, aid to starving children in Gaza, and in favor of cutting SNAP and school lunch, then maybe it’s time to drop the “pro-life” lie.
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If the Epstein Files exonerated Donald, Fox News would be reading them on air 24-7.
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Not that Jerome Powell is in the troll business but how much would I love to hear him say he’ll consider lowering interest rates “in two weeks.”
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The new “Rose garden” is the literal personification of “pave paradise, put up a parking lot.
One Donald’s Stepford ladies must have damaged an expensive heel in the grass… The next Democratic President is going to have so much work to do to repair the White House, let alone our democracy.
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Amy Klobuchar is talking about Trump’s EO to impose 50% tariffs on Brazil.
Why? (And Donald admits it! Because Brazil is prosecuting their ex-President Bolsonaro for trying to overturn his election loss.
So Americans pay more because Trump is mad his buddy is facing justice.
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Happy to have ban on Congressional Stock trading.
But while GOP is chortling over naming it the Pelosi Act, per Money magazine top 2 SENATE traders in 2024…
Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., 202 trades – $5,531,500.
Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., 71 trades- $4,407,000
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Good news that the evacuations went smoothly and the tsunami turned out not to be really damaging in Hawaii and the US West Coast
Bad news may be that many Americans may take the warning less seriously next time.
Meanwhile, in nonpolitical outrage department, Heliot Ramos, who was on 2nd & ran into an out at 3rd at what would have been infield single Sunday for Adames, just got himself picked off 2nd because he forgot infield fly rule. My son’s little league coach benched kids for that.
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The SF Giants are now on a five game losing streak. Although yesterday they did get three hits with runners in scoring position (None today.) The small mercies are getting smaller.
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Stephen Colbert quoting Eric Trump on his designing his dad’s newest Scottish golf course..
“We had an unlimited budget and we exceeded it..”
(yes, Eric said it)
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Sheldon Whitehouse, telling GOP Senators how much they will regret Emil Bove vote. Bove’s been condemned by Dems & GOPs who know him. Tells story of woman who rescued a sick snake only to have him fatally bite her. “You knew when you picked me up I was a snake. It’s my nature.”
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Trump’s Office of Personnel Management new memo says “during a break, an employee may engage another in polite discussion of why his faith is correct and why the nonadherent should rethink his religious beliefs.”
Does this apply to Mormons, Muslims, and Wiccans?
Had a freshman roommate who was Mormon. Many nice qualities but she was against not just alcohol but coffee and tea. Does this mean Mormon government employees can “politely” criticize their coworkers at the coffee machine and on their way to happy hours? For starters.-
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Meanwhile, Oklahoma Superintendent of Schools Ryan Walker, he who wants the bible taught in all public schools, was allegedly caught playing porn on his screen during a school board meeting. He now says board members who saw the pictures of naked women on his screen lying and that Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt might have told them to lie.
As my late great stepmother used to say “We’re not perfect but they’re nuts.”
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Not that I have ANY sympathy for Lindsey Graham
But now he’s going to be primaried for his South Carolina US Senate seat by Paul Dans, an architect of Project 2025. Graham may have been a very good boy for Donald, but as usual, it wasn’t good enough.
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Whatever he says… 15% tariffs on top of the US dollar falling about 10% again the Euro since Donald took over still means much higher prices for Americans.
(There’s a reason GOP hates math, they are so bad at it.)
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There was immediate pushback when Trump nominated Emil Bove to be a judge, and a whistle blower first came forward in June. Over 900 former DOJ employees wrote a letter against him.
Chuck Grassley, who will turn 92 in September, is pretending the testimony against Emil Bove is new. Is he lying, or forgetful?
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Meanwhile retiring Senator Thom Tillis had said vote against a nominee if there was credible evidence but he hadn’t seen any against Bove. WTF?
Even Stevie Wonder could see credible evidence against Bove.
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THREE whistleblowers now speaking out about Bove.
So far. What’s that line? If one person calls you an ass, ignore them. If two call you an ass, start looking for tracks. If three call you an ass, put on a harness.
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Donald actually posted a warning tonight about the potential tsunami hitting Hawaii and the west coast…
Well, it’s a good thing his and Musk’s DOGE cuts didn’t really affect NOAA and the NWS team who could help. Oh wait, never mind.
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Chuck Schumer’s finally quoted Amy Klobuchar’s simple message on the Senate floor. “Chaos up, corruption up, costs up.” Media keeps chasing latest fool’s gold shiny object Donald throws out. But chaos, corruption & ESPECIALLY costs are what really matter to Americans.
Of course one way to disprove this is for Donald to play a round on national television. #ratings.
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So what would have been the SF Giants only hit with runners in scoring position all weekend turns out to be a fielder’s choice because Ramos rans into an out at third with bad baserunning. How many ways can a team find ways not to score?
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Meanwhile, while the Devers trade with Bston may not have paid dividends yet for the SF Giants… at least the Red Sox without Devers just took a series from Los Angeles.
Mike Johnson says he would have ‘great pause’ about a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. Is that MAGA Mike’s version of Susan Collins’ being “very concerned?”
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Texas has more than 15,300 wind turbines, the most of any state. Why aren’t you educating Donald Trump on windmills?
From Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: “In 2023, wind represented 28.6 percent of Texas energy generation… There are 239 wind-related projects in Texas …” Is Donald this stupid or does he think his base is…?
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Hey Ted Cruz and John Cornyn – Texas has more than 15,300 wind turbines, the most of any state. Why aren’t you educating Donald Trump on windmills?
How much would many people pay for an off the record chat with EU President Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen, telling you what she REALLY thinks of Trump?
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If the Epstein files showed mostly Democrats and nothing about Donald, Velveeta Voldemort would have released them months ago.
Athletics’ rookie Nick Kurtz today against the Astros: 4 HRs, 6 hits, 19 total bases
So the question. Is he a flash in the pan, or rather at the plate?
Or when will he be signed by the Dodgers to a deferred long-term contract.
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Meanwhile, a Venezuelan Little League team was denied entry to the US to play in the Senior Little League World Series. Senior in Little League means kids 13-16.
Feel safer yet?
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NY Times headline: “New Reports on Russian Interference Don’t Show What Trump Says They Do.” It would take less words to say “Trump lied.”
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Hey MAGA.
While Dear Leader attacks windmills. – One state leads the USA in wind-powered electricity generation, producing a staggering 28% of wind energy in the U.S. in 2023. That State has 15,300 wind turbines — the most in the country.
And that state is Texas!
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Trump fundraising email for morning actually says this: “HERE’S THE TRUTH: without me and you, we would be living in the DARK AGE OF AMERICA.” Dogwhistle much?
Trump fundraising email tonight: (No joke) “I’m surprising JD with a birthday card.”
Wonder if he’ll draw a picture for his VP?
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Trump, who flew into Glasgow today, CLAIMS he’s in Scotland for trade talks. Glasgow hosts many international conferences. They have hotels suitable for world leaders. Instead Donald, his entourage & Secret Service staying at his $1000 a night (& up) resort. On our taxpayer dime.
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US Media may bend the knee.
Not the Scots.
If your vote was influenced by Riley Gaines losing out on a fifth place swimming medal, but you’ve decided you’re willing to ignore young teenage girls being raped….
Your politics aren’t really about protecting children.
Justin Verlander has won a game in an SF Giants uniform.
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Oddly enough, in May 2023 Verlander became the 21st pitcher in MLB history to win games against EVERY major league baseball team. Wonder what the odds were you could get that it would take 16 starts to get his first win for the SF Giants.
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Probably about the same odds you could get that on July 24 the best records in MLB would belong to the Toronto Blue Jays and the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Whatever Ghislaine Maxwell is bribed or threatened into saying now, remember, one of many reasons she is in prison is a conviction for perjury.
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MAGA Mike Johnson on Ghislaine Maxwell. She’s “person who’s been sentenced to many years in prison for terrible, unspeakable, conspiratorial acts against innocent young people. She can’t be trusted to provide accurate testimony.”
Like when she says Trump is innocent to get pardon?
Cory Booker on Senate Floor yesterday reporting WSJ reported Donald Trump was told in May his name is in Epstein files. And that Emil Bove may have been involved in covering it up.
Some of these GOP Senators have daughters & granddaughters.. How do they sleep?
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Seriously many MAGA were happy to demonize all trans kids to follow Dear Leader in his outrage over a small numberof trans athletes competing in sporting events – because “we have to protect girls.”
But when it comes to young girls being raped and Donald possibly being involved. Move along nothing to see here… not even “thoughts and prayers” for the victims
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As Russia gains ground on Ukraine, Senate planned July vote on sanctions, w/ 83 Senators on board on a bipartisan basis.
But now GOP stepping back because Velveeta Voldemort says he will impose tariffs if Putin doesn’t agree to a cease fire…in 50 days!
Fools or complicit?
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Latest Trump fundraising lie to deflect from Epstein files.
That Obama committed “the crime of the century” – Wait, I thought Biden’s autopen was the “crime of the century?” This is so confusing
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-NY Times headline
“F.C.C. Approves Skydance’s $8 Billion Merger With Paramount
The agency said the deal was approved after assurances that the new company would commit to unbiased journalism.”
Fixed it for them.
“And would fire Stephen Colbert.”
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So today’s question:
All these Republican Senators voting for things and nominees they KNOW are wrong.
Are they truly believers in a cult, or are they just too scared/craven to do the right thing? Asking for a country?
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No wonder MAGA politicians are rushing to post tributes to Hulk Hogan. They don’t have many real celebrities on their side and they just lost one
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Dana Carvey regularly spoofed George H.W. Bush on SNL.
No detail he won’t lie about? (while bragging about attending in 2024.)
“If you took an Alabama-LSU football game that holds 128,000 people… if you took that & doubled it, that’s what used to flow into our country on a daily basis.” Alabama-LSU game, a sellout, held 102,283.
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SF Giants have two starting pitchers on the All-Star team and Landen Roupp turns in the ace performance they desperately needed. Just like we all expected.
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Imagine your job required you to do something tough but necessary & instead of doing it you just went on vacation weeks early without finishing your other work.
That’s what MAGA Mike Johnson has done with the House because he doesn’t want a vote to release the Epstein files.
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Minnesota State Senator Bruce Anderson, 75, passed away suddenly
Didn’t know him but among those posting thoughtful condolences, Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan, Senator Amy Klobuchar. Anderson was a Republican.
Miss the days when bipartisan kindness wasn’t surprising.
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One of today’s “breaking news” “Former lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein, Roy Black has died.
Now, Black was 80. But I can’t be the only one whose first reaction was “did he fall out of a window?
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As a Democrat, I’ve sadly accepted that Bill Clinton, who I’ve supporteds since 1991, could be on Epstein’s list. Not quite getting all these GOP who are willing to do ANYTHING not to release list to protect Donald Trump. Beginning to wonder how many are protecting themselves?
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President Obamas office sums it up.
“Nothing in document issued last week undercuts conclusion Russia worked to influence 2016 presidential election but didn’t successfully manipulate any votes. Findings affirmed in 2020 report by bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by Chair Marco Rubio”
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Would any reporter dare to ask Marco Rubio about that report?
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George H.W. Bush invited SNL’s Dana Carvey “wouldn’t be prudent” to perform his impersonation at the White House.
Donald Trump got Stephen Colbert fired. Petty scared little man.
Donald talking about trade and foreign visits: “I’ve been invited by a lot of people.” And he’ll tell us who in about two weeks?
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Trump told Mike Johnson to send House home early so they wouldn’t have to vote on Epstein files. But he wants Senate in session in August to confirm his judges. So to save Senate vacations, we just need bipartisan resolution to release Epstein files. Problem solved.
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Amy Klobuchar gets it: With Lawrence O’Donnell tonight as she did with Jake Tapper Amy talks about corruption with Trump & Epstein files. But pivots to broken promises on prices. Inflation is bad & getting worse, ACA premiums go up this year. Chaos, corruption & COSTS all up.
(And even with that $338 million, Shohei Ohtani is only making $2 million of his $700 million contract. Over 97 percent of Ohtani’s salary will be paid out after the 2033 season.)
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Automatic runner Brandon Marsh scored on replay review of call of catcher’s interference w/ bases loaded in 10th inning Monday night to give Phillies 3-2 walk-off win over Red Sox.
So Philadelphia won because of a bizarre relatively new extra innings rules aided by technolgoy
But MLB can’t use ABS system to challenge simple ball/strike calls? Make it make sense.
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Realistically the Washington Commanders are not going to change their name back to the Redskins to comply with Trump’s threats
But every headline the media writes about Donald;s latest insanity is a headline not focused on Democrats leaders speaking out and leading the resistance against him
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Karoline Leavitt still trying to gaslight American public into thinking Trump has lowered inflation. Maybe administration can release false figures.
But anyone who actually shops for groceries knows how much prices are going up! Who you gonna believe, me or your lying receipts?
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As GOP Mark Green resigns from Congress your reminder:
1 of 3 other vacancies was seat held by TX Dem. Sylvester Turner, who died March 5
Gov. Abbott insists Texas needs special session to gerrymander, but also there’s no need for special election to fill Turner’s seat until November.
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Current Trump/GOP refrain “Who you gonna believe, me or your lying grocery store receipts?”
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ICE head, Todd Lyons says agency to crack down on American companies hiring unauthorized workers
Yeah, we’ll see the first rich white Republican business owner who hired undocumented immigrants being arrested in two weeks…
Has Sean Duffy come up with an excuse to blame last night’s Alaska Airlines ground stop on Pete Buttigieg?
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Now it’s MLK Jr. documents being released to distract from the Epstein files?
What’s next. Does DOJ have access to information on the Lindbergh baby kidnapping? On Lincoln’s assassination by John Wilkes Booth? And still Fox News ignores that birthday card…
Four days off and the post-All Star break SF Giants look a lot like the pre-All Star Break SF Giants.
Friday 0-9 with runners in scoring position…
As a few people said,Friday – 11 hits no runs, they scored as many runs today as they scored all week..
And then Saturday 3 runs on 3 hits.
Silver lining about the Toronto Blue Jays wins over SF Giants. In the AL East, the Blue Jays are leading the NY Yankees.
Due to a provision in Trump’s Big Beautiful Betrayal, many visitors including tourists to the United States will now have to pay a “visa integrity fee,” of $250.00. There are exemptions for Canada and countries in the Visa Waiver Program (which includes much of Europe, some countries in Asia, Australia and New Zealand..) And Qatar (thanks for the plane)
Hardest hit… visitors from Africa and South America. Just in time for the Olympics and the World Cup.
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And folks, does anyone think US travelers won’t face reciprocal fees? Or hassles?
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Fox News obsesses on daily basis in headlines about whether Biden’s signatures as President were faked. But while Epstein birthday card is biggest political story of the week they won’t even touch subject, even to question if it’s real. (More confirmation that Donald wrote it.)
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Whatever you think of Rupert Murdoch, the man is not stupid. Does anyone think Murdoch doesn’t have receipts?
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Daily Mail reporting “Bill Clinton wrote ‘warm & gushing’ letter included in Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous 50th ‘birthday book.” If files show Clinton guilty of being a client, as long-time supporter of the ex-President, will say Bill should go to prison. Sad but not difficult
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Trump has filed a lawsuit against the WSJ over the Epstein Birthday card… Discovery is gonna be a b*tch.
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CNN sanewashing CBS on cancelling Colbert Late Show “It was an “agonizing decision.”
CBS insiders insist that the move was financially driven, not politically motivated. And anyone believes the network of Jake Tapper & Scott Jennings why?
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Just a thought If we all tune in and help Stephen Colbert’s ratings skyrocket from now until May (while avoiding CBS otherwise), it may not change the network’s craven mind.
But it might convince another network to pick The Late Show up.
Montreal Expos twitter account “How you feel today is how we’ve felt for the last 7,591 days”
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From a social media friend from London today:
It’s less what he said, it’s more that Donald cared enough about ANYONE to send a 50th birthday card.
Remember, he said he didn’t even have time to do anything for Melania other than dinner on Air Force One.
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Wall Street Journal I owe you an apology, I was not familiar with your game….
(Seriously, might be a good time to support a newspaper with actual cojones by subscribing..)
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Inflation rate jumped in June.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is pretending it’s good news and that prices are falling. Who you gonna believe, me or your lying bank account?
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Random question. Donald he drinks Diet Coke, how would he know that Mexican Coca-Cola (which uses real sugar) is better?
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Something else about the Rescissions act. If this is now precedent, means that if Democrats take the House and Senate next year, they can take back any money Trump makes GOP authorize spending for this year!
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The Rescissions Act takes back money that Democrats and Republicans agreed to on a bipartisan basis. Republicans need 60 votes to pass their next budget. So why should GOP expect ANY cooperation in 2025 from Dems now that they are destroying the deal they agreed to last year?
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One of the saddest things about 2025. We knew how evil Donald Trump was. We didn’t know how gutless Congressional Republicans are.
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JD Vance badmouthed Disney as “woke” and “declaring war on America’s children.” But he took his kids to Disneyland. As JD cast the deciding vote to allow Trump’s efforts to defund PBS to proceed, will Vance now get his kids bootleg feeds of Sesame Street?
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In 1543, Henry VIII made it a crime for most English people to read the Bible in English. The point was to avoid questioning of the King’s interpretation of Scripture, or indeed questioning of him period. Sound familiar with Donald cutting education & public broadcasting?
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Asked a wise reporter decades ago why a politician – would be engaged in a coverup that no one believed and that was hurting him politically: He said, simple, if the truth is actually worse than he thinks people imagine it is.
If Fed Chair Jerome Powell is a “terrible Fed chair” can we fire the idiot who appointed him?”
This isn’t hard: Donald NEVER releases anything negative about his own health. He won’t even release the truth about his height and weight. Admitting an illness to distract from Epstein files must mean the files are very bad indeed.
An All-Star game decided by a home run derby may seem weird.
But how much more weird than an actual game decided by how fast a random player is who is put on second base with no outs.
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For those who wondered why players like Judge and Ohtani weren’t in the Home Run extra inning competition, apparently they had left the stadium when their innings were over…. presumably on the way to their vacations. .
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Don’t get me wrong, love SF Giants’ Randy Rodriguez too. But really would have loved to see Tyler Rogers in that 1st & 2nd nobody out situation in 7th vs Brent Rooker. (When Rooker hit a 3 run home run). Maybe he rolls over on 75 MPH curve.
(Rooker is 0-2 against Rogers in 2025. 2 fly outs.) #MLBAllStarGame
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Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker says he is very concerned & troubled about rescission bill with cruel cuts Trump wants, but he’ll vote for it anyway.
Wicker is 74 years old. Presume he’s not that ambitious beyond US Senate. So why is he selling out children around the world & here in USA
Conservative pundit Larry Kudlow claims that while inflation is up airfare and hotel/motel prices are down.
IF airline fares and hotel/motel prices are actually down…then the reason for that is that they can’t fill their seats/rooms Which makes sense, inbound travel is falling off a cliff and wonder how many Americans have decided they can’t afford to travel?
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Lisa Murkowski at least wasa no vote on rescissions bill.
Will never get over her yes vote on Big Beautiful Betrayal, but Lisa was right now.
“We need to be doing more as Senators, with our constitutional authorities, the power of the purse….” Understatement of the year.
(now if she can talk to at least one of her colleagues for the final vote)
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Fellow Democrats:
These numbers are votes for Pennsylvania US Senate in 2024.
3,399,295
3,384,180
About 15,000 votes gave McCormick win over Bob Casey.
Casey would have voted against rescissions etc. Forget NY Mayor race – FOCUS on 2026 US Senate races. (And the House)
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Trump now claims Epstein files are fake.
Which would require us to believe:
1. Every one of those underage rape victims is lying,
2. Ghislaine Maxwell is in prison for nothing.
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If you’re GOP Senator wringing hands over the need to cut $9 billion to ALREADY approved foreign aid and NPR/PBS funding because of the national debt.
But you also voted to add trillions to national debt for tax cuts for billionaires. May I respectfully suggest you STFU?
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The only verb and noun in all of Donald Trump’s sentences now are “blame Biden.”
Has Donald Trump announced yet that if he had only had time to go to Atlanta tonight he would have won the Home Run Derby?
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ESPN rarely covers major league baseball
Today’s crazy weird split screen coverage of the Home Run Derby reminds serious baseball fans why it’s a good thing ESPN rarely covers Major L eague Bbaseball.
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71% of the US GDP comes from Blue counties. No wonder today’s GOP hates math.
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The markets didn’t even fall today on Trump’s newly announced potential tariffs. If you needed any more proof of the accuracy of TACO!!
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Now Trump says he is putting 17% tariffs on Mexican tomatoes.
Although the US already needs to import 70% of tomatoes from Mexico. We can’t produce enough to meet our own demands.
This BEFORE Trump’s ICE started deporting as many farmworkers as possible.
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How much would I have liked some reporter to ask Velveeta Voldemort Monday on camera in the Oval Office about Bastille Day.
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50 days is Trump talk for “by then either Americans will have forgotten about Ukraine or Putin will have razed Ukraine to the ground.”
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As Tom Homan says ICE agents are trained and “reasonable suspicion” is enough to detain someone, two questions. 1. How are they trained?
2. And who are these masked agents? Police officers, who face danger every day, do not wear mask.s
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Something else about Vance’s Disney visit (wonder how much it cost taxpayers btw, with all the security.) In 2022, Vance called Disney ‘woke’ and accused them of ‘declaring war on America’s children’.
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2 women fatally shot & state trooper injured by man with long criminal history & domestic violence restraining order against him. Fox News would be all over it. Except now deceased suspect was white American. So story has vanished.
On Barry Bonds bobblehead day, Barry Bonds showed up to throw out the first pitch. Giants lost 2-1 to the LA Dodgers, getting only 3 hits, none with RISP.
Shame Barry couldn’t have pinchhit.
48th appearance. Most in MLB.. ERA down to 1.55 SF Giants’ Tyler Rogers deserves to be an All-Star. Period
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The UK Daily Mail, famously a conservative tabloid, today headlined Donald’s trying to make Chelsea’s FIFI Club World Cup trophy lift about him.
When you’ve lost the Daily Mail… “Following his presentation of the trophy to Chelsea, he was asked to leave the stage by Infantino but bizarrely chose to stay put.”
So if MAGA is right that undocumented immigrants have been taking American jobs, why isn’t Fox News and right-wing media full of stories about Americans thrilled now to have finally found jobs in the agriculture, food processing and hospitality industries?
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So JD Vance joins his boss in trashing California every chance he gets. Yet when he wants to vacation with his kids, JD heads to Anaheim’s Disneyland, not Florida’s Disney World… Just saying
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Aso someone in the travel industry can say with some certainty that many if not most of staff at Grand Californian Hotel are immigrants. Along with staff at most Disney area hotels. Did they keep them out of sight for Vance? And when will ICE raid Anaheim?
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There are a whole lot of famous men, Democrats and Republicans, reputedly on Epstein’s list. Only one of them is publicly melting down about it.
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This isn’t hard. If a Democrat is on the Epstein list they should face consequences. If a Republican is on the list he should face consequences. Period
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While media obsesses about New York City Mayor’s race… Most Americans don’t even know their OWN mayors. Let alone who is mayor of NY.
Fox News headline: “AOC should be sued ‘into bankruptcy’ over latest attack on Trump, stunned critics seethe.” 1. Her tweet didn’t actually mention him by name, though he was found guilty by a jury. 2. Any of these “critics” ever heard of discovery?
WTF MLB – They just added rookie Jacob Misiorowski, who has had 5 starts, about 25 innings and a 2.81 ERA to the All-Star Roster. Now mind you Jacob throws an over 99 MPH fastball
But how about SF Giants Tyler Rogers, who throws an 84 MPH fastball, a 75 MPH curve, has 47 appearances and a 1.59 era.
On top of it all, if it’s about entertainment, who is more fun to watch than Tyler . AND he’s been high leverage.
Is it somewhere in the 2025 rulebook that the SF Giants must play one run games?
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Meanwhile Los Angeles Dodgers have lost 7 consecutive games since 2017. Thoughts and prayers.
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Hey Texas MAGA, while Velveeta Voldemort rants about windmills.. What are you going to replace wind energy with?
“Texas has led the U.S. in wind energy over the past 17 years, largely because its abundant space and optimal wind conditions make it an ideal location to capture this resource.”
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Anyone else notice that while Donald will wear MAGA hats that he sells ANYWHERE, cabinet meetings, visits with foreign dignitaries, he at least wore a USA cap to visit Texas? #Smallmercies
Apparently with FEMA now, expenses over $100,000 needed Noem’s authorization?
She spends that much on a week of hair extensions and costume changes.
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Losing track of Trump broken campaign promises.
The only promise he kept was to be a dictator on day 1. This is the worst remake of Brigadoon ever
Rumors that Ken Paxton’s wife filled for divorce because she found out about a new mistress in addition to a mistress she already knew about. Shocking. There are two women who slept with Paxton voluntarily?
There really is no accounting for taste
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There are worse people in Trump’s cabinet but hard to think of a bigger disappointment than Marco Rubio.
As the SF Giants prepare to take on the LA Dodgers this weekend, at least with a 13-0 loss to the Phillies this weekend, their high leverage relievers and some starting position players had a better rest today in later innngs than Dodgers players when their team lost 3-2 in 10 and their closer blew the save.
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GOP Rep Mary Miller today posted a rant on Twitter “In America, we speak ENGLISH — and that goes for truck drivers, construction workers, factory employees, store clerks, delivery drivers, warehouse crews, and everyone in between. If you live and work here, you should speak the language of our country.”
Miller is from Illinois. Anyone told her where the state’s name came from?
Or Fighting Illini
The term “Illini” itself refers to the Illiniwek people, a group of Native American tribes who historically inhabited the region
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JD Vance trying to defend Donald on his definition of citizenship
“I think the people whose ancestors fought in the Civil War have a hell of a lot more claim over America than the people who say they don’t belong.”
He’s married to a daughter of immigrants. His wife Usha and her parents must be so proud.
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As Trump tries to strong arm Brazil into not prosecuting his corrupt crony former President Bolsonaro, by threatening 50% tariffs, remember, this is the same Donald who claims he can’t tell El Salvador what to do with prisoners we send them… and who washes his hands of being able to influence Russia or Israel if they do something awful.
Wait until someone tells Velveeta Voldemort, who didn’t know Liberia’s official language was English, that their capital city, Monrovia, was named after U.S President James Monroe. (Wonder how long it will take until he demands some African nation names a capital after him?)
Pete Hegseth is only still DOD Secretary because everyone told Trump he would be a disaster and Donald can’t admit he was wrong.
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The lies just keep on coming: Trump is actually fundraising with this lie “I just signed into LAW something I’m very proud of: NO TAXES ON SOCIAL SECURITY!” The bill does NOT eliminate taxes on social security. Period.
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Amy Klobuchar on with Chris Hayes “For anyone who has sent their kids to camp this is a heartbreaking moment..” “But we have to perform oversight…. NOAA has lost 1,875 employees, 27,000 years of experience, there are 3,000 vacancies. Attacks on FEMA and science matter….”
If you think Donald’s approval rating is low NOW, wait until he lays off hundreds of thousands. Will affect not just them but businesses where they spend $$ & services they provide.
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Actually today while workng watched most of Trump cabinet meeting ias background noise
Challenge ANYONE to watch Donald in action at these meetings & tell me he’s in his right mind.
Even Fox cut away as he ends by bragging about his White House decorating, finding trophies etc, “Sometimes I like frames better than the pictures.”
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How many times in a year do we need to have “one in a lifetime” weather events before some people acknowledge that climate change is real?
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Wonder if we could offer Donald Trump a Nobel Peace Prize in exchange for resigning?
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Does Donald have some sort of a dart board in the basement where he throws darts to figure out his next tariff move?
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Hurricane season has barely gotten started. So will Trump claim DOGE cuts at NOAA and NWS etc, aren’t going to affect anything that goes wrong when those storms hit too?
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Keep seeing Twitter attacks on immigrants who have been in US decades & have some minor infraction on their record as teenagers
Wondering how many of these trolls have ever say, drank underage, hunted/fished without a license, paid or received cash they didn’t report, etc?
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Brooke Rollins claims that “34 million able-bodied Americans on Medicaid will be able to replace agricultural workers… 22 million people on Medicaid are 50 and over. We’re gonna put Grandma to work picking fruit? Got it.
With 2025 increasingly looking like a train wreck, the Washington Nationals abruptly fired manager Dave Martinez and GM Mike Rizzo. Too bad it’s easier to clean house at Nationals Park than at the White House.
Dallas Cowboys All-Pro kick returner KaVontae Turpin arrested Saturday & held overnight Allen TX – charged w/ possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana plus “unlawful carrying of a weapon.”
Seriously in gun-mecca Texas is there such thing as “unlawful carrying of a weapon?”
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Such a small thing in grand scheme of things.
But there was no Sunday afternoon baseball today on a holiday weekend for A’s Giants fans.
Why? Because MLB let Jeff Fisher move for three years to Sacramento, where summer temperatures approach oven settings and the game was put at 7:05pm!! Too late even for “Sunday Night Baseball.”
Even though the weather is mild. This July weekend anyway.
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If you believe Epstein had no client list and committed suicide than I have a story about a stolen 2020 election to tell you…Along with a bridge to sell in Brooklyn.If you believe Epstein had no client list and committed suicide than I have a story about a stolen 2020 election to tell you…Along with a bridge to sell in Brooklyn.
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Donald on the tragic Texas floods “I guess they said once in 100 years, they’ve never seen anything like that…” Uh, when we’re having “once in 100 years” events multiple times a year maybe it’s past time to believe in Climate Change.
Pam Bondi in February: The Epstein client list is sitting on my desk right now to review.
Pam Bondi July 6: There is no Epstein client list and no “further disclosure” of Epstein
What happened, did Pam forgot to rake her desk?
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There are actually people stopping to take pictures in Florida of themselves and some cases even their children at the Alligator Alcatraz sign. If cellphones were in existence then these are no doubt the same sort of people who’d have taken selfies at Auschwitz.
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This USA today headline kind of encapsulates today’s media: “Idaho shooter funny, popular, outgoing even as he sketched swastikas.”
How about “man who ambushed & killed two firefighters was a Nazi sympathizer”
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