Left Coast Sports Babe

Eight Big Ten teams out of the NCAA men’s tournament, only Michigan remains.Four Pac 12 teams remains, Only Colorado out.All of a sudden, Stanford’s 10-10 conference record doesn’t look so bad.

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In the women’s opening round game between 15th seeded Troy and 2nd seeded Texas A & M, three late questionable calls went against the Troy Trojans, possibly costing them an upset as the Aggies held on to win 84-80. I suppose it’s a twisted bit of equality when the good women’s teams might be getting preference from the refs too.

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Yes, Pac 12 now 9-1 in March Madness. And the only loss was Colorado tonight, where I can’t imagine how the team held it together to play. (For those who don’t know, the University of Colorado is in Boulder.)

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Former ATF agent Jim Cavanaugh on Rachel Maddow makes an excellent point against open-carry laws: When communities have them and people see someone walk into a store or public space with a gun, there’s no way of knowing if they’re just carrying, or planning to open fire.

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Miami Beach Police said more than 1,000 people have been arrested this spring break season, and about 80 guns have been seized. So why aren’t we talking about where these COVIDiots were radicalized?

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Just wondering looking at those pictures of COVIDiots in Miami Beach and other sunny locations,, when classes resume after Spring Break, could colleges demand virtual learning only for anyone with a tan?

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CNN reporting sad news that Eric Spinato, “the head booker and senior story editor for the Fox Business Network,” died over the weekend from COVID-19. Wonder why Fox News isn’t making this a headline?

Like many 50-64 year olds in California, I have vaccine envy for people in states like Colorado who are vaccinating 50 and up. But chilling thought -did anyone in King Soopers Boulder store today come for a COVID shot and end up fatally shot?

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Wonder if it will make any difference at all to Republicans considering voting on modest gun control bills before the Senate that the 10 Boulder victims were probably all white?

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On the evening of the second U.S. mass shooting in a week, Mo Brooks announced his run for the Senate at a rally held at a Huntsville, Alabama gun range. These #WhyThereIsNoSatire stories are better when they aren’t disgusting and awful.

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Of course sensible gun regulations won’t stop all mass shootings. We don’t even know how today’s shooter got their gun. Traffic laws don’t stop all fatalities on the road either. But they make a difference.

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On The Last World, Lawrence O’Donnell reports the mother of one of the suspects accused of attacking Brian Sicknick wants him released on bail because “He’s a good kid.” The suspect is 39 years old.

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Glad Amy Klobuchar chairs Rules Committee as Dems try to pass #ForThePeople . I’m not a lawyer but Senate has constitutional power to determine rules of its proceedings. So if filibuster doesn’t apply on votes on to choose judges, why let it apply to bills on votes to choose Senators?

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Senator Ron Johnson said Greenland was called that name because at one time it used to be green. Hey, Tommy Tuberville, your title as “Stupidest Man in the Senate” is being challenged.

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NRCC sent out fundraising email telling donors “Trump said he’ll run for President if we win back the House!” So if Democrats needed any more motivation to hold and even win more Congressional seats in 2022!

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Fox News has paid more attention to the plight of migrant children in the last week than they did in four years of the Former Guy’s administration.

The NBA Houston Rockets have now lost 20 in a row. That puts them almost into the Former Guy’s election lawsuits league.

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Meanwhile, first game I have seen the University of Houston play. But I would like to thank the Cougars for a gutsy 14-2 run to end the game and for saving my cat bracket.

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Oral Roberts is into the Sweet Sixteen, if the Oregon State Beavers join them, it’s going to be quite a week for everyone’s inner salacious 12 year old child on Twitter.

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Important to remember even as reported cases spike in Florida. Governor Ron, DeSantis is telling people the virus is harmless if you’re not elderly.So if people get sick they figure they’ll get better and they are NOT going to the doctor or getting tested, unless they end up in hospital.)

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Miami Beach Police arrested “at least” 12 people, and fired pepper balls into crowds disobeying new curfew law Saturday night. Despite lies on Parler, we know there were no #BLM folks in the crowd. Otherwise police would have been firing real bullets.

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What makes me angriest about Spring Break COVIDiots in Florida right now. Yeah, most of them are young & stupid & will survive- but how many people will they infect when they return to campus? Including lower-income people who do the grunt work that keeps campuses functioning.

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So trivial in the grand scheme of things – but sadly thinking we’re not getting Sunday Brunch buffets back maybe ever.

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I normally sympathize with libertarians. In fact I am against helmet laws for adults and am okay with the idea of smoking bars if employees agree. But IMHO masks aren’t about YOUR life, it’s about the lives of others. I have a hard time with any anti-masker.

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Open note to media covering our President. There is no positive correlation between actually working and tweeting. You’re welcome.

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Ivanka Trump being taken seriously at all as a potential leader is more proof that if men find a woman pretty they are convinced she must be reasonable.

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If you think a vote is more dangerous than a bullet you might be a Republican.

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This CNN headline “”Worst nightmare”‘ for NCAA as game is canceled over Covid concerns.” Uh, canceling a game is disappointing. The “worst nightmare” would be someone dying from COVID because they played in or attended March Madness.

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Listening to a March Madness game on the car radio and heard “he knocked that free throw out of the park…” Uh. Yeah, we’re all a little out of sync on the sports seasons.

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Abilene Christian Wildcats.. A fine night for anyone who hypothetically picked brackets randomly with cats…. Note that anyone would do that. Uh, also Ohio Bobcats.

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You know it’s #MarchMadness when you find yourself completely invested in a team you only picked because of their mascot (And yeah, Rufus the Bobcat)

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After the strangest NFL year ever and all the COVID outbreaks and potential rules violations, the league only punished one team with the loss of a draft pick – the New Orleans Saints. So some things with Roger Goodell are business as usual.

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My grandparents were part of the Greatest Generation, a generation, where even those who didn’t go to war sacrificed so much for our country. Imagine them alive today and thinking – “Some of you idiots couldn’t even wear a bleeping mask

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JFK asked “Ask not what your country can do for you….” Joe Biden is just asking Americans to wear a d*mn mask.

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Not sure why but I find this from Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn particularly adorable for a client I recently booked with a dog – “Leashed and well-behaved dogs are allowed at the fire pits, lawn areas, and the Main Pool; however, not in the water.” So no swimming for Fido….

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I feel for the residents of Miami Beach. The town has had to declare a state of emergency and curfew over out-of-control unmasked spring break crowds. But imagine now what happens when these COVIDiots return to their campuses?

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• Texas Governor. Greg Abbott, who has eliminated COVID regulations including mask mandates, is calling the situation at the border a “humanitarian disaster.” Again, I miss Molly Ivins.

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Fox News headline “SWAT team moves in after party people ignore curfew.” Gosh, somehow their headline writer buried the lede – “Gov Ron DeSantis’s banning mask mandates & completely opening Florida turns Miami Beach into a frightening drunken petri dish.”

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GOP’s Julia Letlow won special election in Louisiana’s 5th District – seat her late husband Luke won but died of COVID-19 in Dec 2020. Julia said she hopes to bring “her own experience” to DC. Seriously wish her nothing but the best, just hope that includes respecting science.

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Once again, if you know anyone who is an anti-vaxxer with COVID-19, ask them – if the vaccine doesn’t work, why are so many rich and privileged people doing everything they can to jump the line.

And a simple question for those who don’t want to take the vaccine – If you don’t believe in science and medicine, then if you get COVID do you plan to die at home?

Both Duke and North Carolina are now done for the year and out of the men’s basketball tournament. So will GOP NC Senators Burr and Tillis now accuse the NCAA of cancel culture?

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Men’s basketball coach Steve Wojciechowski is leaving Marquette after seven seasons.

Not sure how fans feel about this but assume Milwaukee copy editors are relieved..

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So who had Oral Roberts over Ohio State in March Madness? Now all of you liars put your hands down.

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As a friend pointed out, Oral Roberts has now beaten Ohio State more than Jim Harbaugh.

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Rand Paul complained on Fox News about mask requirements impinging upon his freedoms. He added that he was running on a treadmill without a mask recently, and “some Karen’ complained. Proving that Paul knows as much about the term “Karen” as he knows about everything else.

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Interesting, at first, Twitter accounts appearing to be bots & trolls poo pooed Joe Biden’s projection of 100 million vaccine shots in 100 days. Now he’s blown past that number, apparent bots & trolls are trying to give Former Guy credit for it. I’m sure it’s just coincidence.

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As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis brags about the state’s COVID-19 “success,” worth mentioning that the Orlando Sentinel has just sued the state for the second time in two months for covering up virus numbers.

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I’m closer to Kamala Harris’s age than Joe’s. But since I don’t know a woman who hasn’t tripped running up stairs, what’s the media’s narrative going to be when VP does it?

(Actually, Harris did stumble on inaugural day on the Capitol Steps. so wonder… will Fox News now say Nancy Pelosi should be President?)

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Fox News headlines all about “Eighth woman accuses Governor Cuomo of sexual harassment.” So if about 20 more women accuse Cuomo will Fox start referring to him as Presidential?

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Some are attacking Secretary Marcia Fudge for possibly violating Hatch Act by answering a reporter’s question about 2022.

“I think we have good shot at it. People have written off Ohio. I haven’t written off Ohio. I believe we can win the Senate race.”

Uh, didn’t GOP cancel the Hatch Act?

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Kevin McCarthy now says he learned in December he had antibodies but didn’t realize he had previously had had COVID. Which may or may not mean GOP leader ignored symptoms but almost certainly means he cluelessly transmitted the virus. Very on brand.

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Mar-A-Lago is closed due to an outbreak of COVID-19, many Americans are about to find out if you can die from a surfeit of Schadenfreude.

If you’re reading this before Friday noon on the East Coast, you only have 9 hours or less left to make random guesses about college basketball teams, with teams and players you’ve never watched play, who you’re also about to get passionately invested in…

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Maybe karma doesn’t like the Michigan State Spartans being presented by Rocket Mortgage?

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“Buffalo Bills, Mitch Trubisky agree to 1-year deal.”

So my Chicago friends don’t have Mitch to kick around anymore –

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The Mets and Yankees will be allowed to start the season at 20% capacity.

Presume they’ll make up for it with concessions. So will beers at Yankee Stadium be offered on a low-interest payment plan?

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House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is now saying he never backed the Former Guy’s effort to overturn the election:

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

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Mitch McConnell: “Committing a crime against anyone because of his/her race or national origin is wrong. Asian Americans should not experience discrimination anywhere.” Of course when Former Guy ranted about “China Virus, Mitch defended Elaine Chao about well as Ted Cruz defended HIS wife.

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Joe Biden stutters & slips up with words. Today he slipped up & called Kamala “President Harris.”

Watch, media will make a bigger deal of this than fact Biden administration will have 100 million vaccines administered 40 days ahead of schedule.

Why we can’t have nice things.

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Since the Former Guy seems to want to run in 2024, it would be trivial to put out a generic statement simply decrying the mass murders in Atlanta. But he doesn’t want to risk offending his base.

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Serious question – how did Rand Paul get through med school?

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In California and seeing CNN story how many in Oklahoma are resisting COVID-19 because they don’t trust Biden or the government.Can we tell these COVIDiots California government plans to make vaccines airborne this year so they better stay the heck out of our state?

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So let me get this straight – half of the Former Guy voters don’t believe the COVID-19 vaccine works. But they’re going give him credit for it anyway?

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Kansas GOP Senator Roger Marshall “So many people have said, ‘Why would I go get a vaccine when the President says we have to keep wearing masks until everyone’s vaccinated?’ That’s like saying why stop speeding until everyone wears a seatbelt.

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Russia is apparently angry that Biden said Putin is a “killer.” They don’t believe Putin is a killer at all. Vlad just happens to have friends who get clumsy standing around windows.

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A few minutes on Google will turn up plenty of massage parlors and day spas in Atlanta area, many in hotels. And the killer just HAPPENED to drive to three that were run staffed by Asian women? Two words – Yeah, right.

By the time you read this, March Madness will probably have already started.

Which means millions of Americans will have another way to distract themselves from work instead of the last year’s usual doom scrolling.

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Maybe this year the tournament should change their name. Both March 2020 and 2021 look to be cornering the market on “Madness.”

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San Antonio Spurs, without DeMar DeRozan following the death of his father, were down 18 points at halftime, 13 points after 3 quarters, and beat the Chicago Bulls by 7. It is just possible that Gregg Popovich is a helluva coach.

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LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said today that Tiger Woods did not receive special treatment from law enforcement after he crashed his SUV last month in not being blood tested for any drugs or alcohol, but Villanueva also noted some “lessons learned” with the investigation.

Translation: Nothing’s going to change for celebrities in Los Angeles. But we’re going to say the right thing until people forget about it and move on.

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Ted Cruz was wearing a green tie for St. Patrick’s day. Turns out his mother was 3/4 Irish. And Canada is going “See, you can’t just blame us for Cruz, eh.”

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Gym Jordan was one of the 172 Republicans who voted against the Violence against Women. Well to be fair, Jim didn’t protect male college wrestlers, why would anyone think he’d give a damn about women?

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Amy Klobuchar tonight re S1 #ForThePeopleAct –

“Usually when people lose election in big way they step back–our party’s done that, their party’s done that–how do we change our politics, reach out? Instead, GOP just doubling down & trying to disenfranchise voters.”

In sports terms, what Senator Klobuchar is saying GOP lost the game, decided not to try to play better, but to try to change the rules for next time,

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New Senator Reverend Warnock today in his maiden speech on Senate floor – “A vote is a kind of prayer.”

Yes it is. A prayer to democracy.

Another moment from Reverend Warnock speech today, talking about GOP wanting to make it a crime to bring Grandma water in line to vote, when they made those lines longer.

You did well Georgia, very well indeed.

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Meanwhile though, Atlanta:

Young white man allegedly killed 8 people, mostly Asian women, he was arrested unharmed & Sheriff said “he had a bad day.”

Rayshard Brooks was sleeping in his car, grabbed taser & ran away when officer tried to arrest him. Brooks was fatally shot. See the difference?

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For all the leaders in this country condemning the Atlanta murders, a notable silence from… the Former Guy. I’m shocked, said, nobody.

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Still trying to wrap my head around Sheriff saying of alleged Georgia mass murderer “He was pretty much fed up & kind of at the end of his rope & yesterday was a really bad day for him. And this is what he did.” Uh, eight people had a much worse day. Their LAST day.

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So if guns are the answer, anyone know when we’re going to hear Marjorie Taylor Greene saying that spa workers need to be armed? #Sarcasm

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Jerome Powell speaking today. What a concept now for the Federal Reserve Chair – to give a speech without worrying about POTUS attacking him by tweet afterwards.

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Due to COVID, California suggesting that anyone who goes on roller coasters not scream. Well that ought to give people something to scream about.

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Apparently John Kerry didn’t wear his mask on a flight today.

Smart people sometimes do stupid things.

It means Kerry SHOULD apologize.

It doesn’t mean the mask mandate is wrong.

Remember 2018? I LOVE this story. And I’m only 61 and not Catholic. But when I grow up I want to be a fan like Sister Jean. Tourney-bound Sister Jean pegs Loyola for Elite 8

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31076617/sister-jean-lobbying-pays-loyola-chicago-chaplain-okd-attend-ncaa-tournament

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If Democrats bring back the talking filibuster, one rule they need to include – the “talking filibuster” must be done on the Senate Floor. We don’t want any Senators taking off to filibuster from the Ritz Carlton. Or even from Four Seasons landscaping.

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Joe Biden is apparently now on board with the “talking filibuster,” like “back in the old days.” Sounds like Ted Cruz better get in shape. He was a younger, fitter man 8 years ago when he did that marathon ‘Green Eggs and Ham” reading against Obamacare.

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As Lawrence O’Donnell plays the tape of Ron Johnson saying he wasn’t afraid on January 6 because he knew the rioters “love this country,” have to wonder… how many of those rioters did Ron Johnson know personally?

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So if Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki turns Press conferences into a game where each day is something like “30 truths and a lie” will the media cover them in hopes of guessing that one lie?

(This was conceived of as a joke, but it might work.)

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Wow. a motion to invoke cloture on nomination of Katherine Tai as U.S Trade Representative passes 98-0? Have been thinking Biden couldn’t get a 98-0 vote if he declared it National Kitten Day.

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Dear Dr. Birx. Put a scarf in it. Sincerely, America.

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Mitch McConnell says if Democrats get rid of the filibuster – “The Senate would function more like a hundred-car pile-up. Nothing moving.” And the man who piled up hundreds of bills, even bipartisan bills, on his desk says that with a straight face.

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Kevin McCarthy is claiming “terrorists” are being caught coming across US southern border. Uh, last time we saw a steady steam of terrorists in this country, they were coming from the Former Guy’s White House rally to the Capitol. #January6th

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Senator Amy Klobuchar pointed out today that Republicans across the country after November’s election have introduced over 250 bills to suppress the vote. You don’t do that if you have a winning message. Period.

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Suspect taken into custody in today’s mass shootings in Atlanta area that seem to have targeted Asian women. He was arrested unharmed. News flash that isn’t news: He’s a white man.

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Eight dead, mostly Asian women tonight in Atlanta. So why isn’t Fox News talking about where THIS terrorist was radicalized?

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Former guy finally acknowledges “great vaccine” but “again, we have our freedoms and we have to live by that and I agree with that also.” Cue Janis Joplin singing Kris Kristopherson’s “Me and Bobby McGee “Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose….”

(thanks to Jeff Herbst for the correction. Kristopherson wrote the lyric.)

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So with #OscarNoms out, how did Rudy Giuliani get overlooked for screenwriting with his “just adjusting my shirt” line?

Finally, sorry, if you’re a GOP politician who’s been following your cult leader in spewing xenophobic misogynistic hate speech you have forfeited all right to call the mass murder in Georgia tonight “tragic.”

When we all have a couple days to guess at teams we’ve never watched play and cannot name a single player on, but we’re about to get passionately involved in their winning and losing.

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As good a time as any to confess again that I always have one bracket picking cat mascots. Which is hard this year. Top-seeded Wolverines, Bears, Bulldogs and Illini? No Wildcats or Tigers? But Houston does have the Cougars.

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Random social media reference, since I admittedly watched a few of the last episodes and then the Bachelor finale:

“Rachael might not understand what it means to be Black in America. – But Matt, she was a white sorority girl from Georgia, what was your first clue?”

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I really want Joe Biden to fire Louis DeJoy by mail. Except then that DeJoy might not know he’d been fired until late Summer.

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Jen Psaki “The President’s goal is to vaccinate all Americans, not just those who voted for him.” What a concept.

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As a Democrat who’s not a huge Gavin Newsom fan, yes, the French Laundry incident was stupid. But grounds for removal from office? And do people realize that in California they pay decent money for signatures on ballot initiatives & recall petitions?

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Anyone but me thinking that one reason #FormerGuy doesn’t want to push vaccine is that he doesn’t like idea of Joe Biden getting credit for saving lives & ending the US COVID-19 crisis?

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Why there is no satire: Fox News reporting a former aide told investigators that Andrew Cuomo has a “preoccupation with his hand size.” Anyone remember the Former Guy? Even at a Hurricane Relief shelter in Houston he whined about the gloves. “My hands are too big.”

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Republicans are ranting about “Green Eggs and Ham.”

Democrats are giving Americans money to put Greens, Eggs and/or Ham on their tables.

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Deb Haaland confirmed as Secretary of the Interior. And another glass ceiling lies in shattered bits on the Senate floor.

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Wonder how many of these Fox talking heads who are dissuading Americans from getting their COVID-19 shots have themselves been vaccinated?61550

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Ron Johnson says that his comments saying he wasn’t afraid on January 6 because the protestors weren’t BLM or Antifa were not racist. Did Putin tell him to say that?

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Today in California, an acquaintance told me doctor had called when they had extra shots, could she come quickly? She brought her whole family.

COVID Vaccines here beginning to feel like high-stakes version of days when friendly store manager would tip you off in advance to delivery of Beanie Babies.

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Always hard to get to sleep on the first nights of Daylight Savings Time. But for the first time in four years at least we don’t have to nervously check Twitter one more time “Now WTF did @POTUS tweet?”

December 16, 2019. Turns out to have been the last time I would see Drew Brees play in the Superdome. Actually it currently stands as the last time I saw a sporting event live, period.

Side note: Good for Drew Brees for retiring while his kids are still young enough to want him around.

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Kawhi Leonard was not happy after his LA Clippers have lost 5 of 7, including tonight’s rout by the New Orleans Pelicans. “It’s very concerning… If we want to have a chance at anything, you gotta be consistent. You know, that’s what the great teams do, they’re consistent.”

Gosh, if Kawhi had only had a chance to sign with one of the most consistent teams in NBA history. #GoSpursGo

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What? Duke opted out of NIT consideration? Were they afraid they wouldn’t win?

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On “Who wants To Be a Millionaire” tonight a contestant agonized over trying to figure out if there were four cities in the top 20 in US population that started with “San.” And viewers in California are still knocking our heads into the wall.

Btw again, #GoSpursGo

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Jessica McClintock, SF designer of countless prom dreams, dies at 90

RIP, and for women of a certain age, (even those of us who weren’t invited to a prom), who didn’t have a Gunne Sax dress?

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San Francisco has now had about 450 COVID-19 deaths. 450. Out of almost 900,000 people. Not that all those deaths weren’t tragic. But it’s amazing what happens when you listen to science and #WearAMask.

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Duke University has new “stay-in-place” order due to COVID spike w/ over 180 positive tests. Duke says spike “principally driven by students attending recruitment parties for selective living groups.” Translation – fraternity/sorority rush parties. When will they ever learn?

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How long until Fox News blames Joe Biden for losing us an hour of sleep tonight?

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So do most of tonight’s Grammy’s viewers even know any more what an actual record or an album is?

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CNN reports a brush fire in Lakewood, New Jersey, that began this afternoon so far has burned 160 acres of land and damaged at least 29 homes. And our President hasn’t tweeted at them to rake their leaves or something? The times they indeed are changin’

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So with California opening up COVID-19 vaccines to residents with a number of serious health conditions, but without requiring proof, how long until we get some idiots, bragging on social media, with their real names, about lying to get the shot?

(I sure hope it’s at least a misdemeanor.)

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Asked if NY Gov Andrew Cuomo should resign, President Joe Biden responded “I think the investigation is underway and we should see what it brings us” Due process, what a concept.

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If Media really misses their regular abuse by the #FormerGuy, maybe Joe Biden could send to the White House podium Triumph the Insult Comic Dog?

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PBS NewsHour-Marist poll last week showed 47% of 2020 Trump voters said they would not choose to be vaccinated. Seriously how many American lives will be lost because #FormerGuy wouldn’t get his COVID-19 shot on camera?

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Police have made over 100 arrests in Miami Beach this Spring Break as college crowds flock there for spring break. But Police are also saying Covid-19 protocols made task of policing crowds twice as hard, because . Florida does not allow local jurisdictions to fine people for violating mask orders.”

Can Florida Governor Ron DeSantis be charged w/ endangering public health? Seriously.

And didn’t we all have Oregon State winning the Pac 12 men’s basketball championship? While Georgetown won the Big East? 2021 isn’t ready to concede to 2020 for craziness yet.

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So are there t-shirts for sale down in Spring Break cities? “Somebody who loves me went to Florida and all they brought back was a case of COVID-19.”

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As much as I want a vaccine, these insane pictures from Florida Spring Break remind us why essential workers & those who deal with public need to have it available first. Because when these mostly young COVIDiots head home, they won’t just be bringing a suntan.

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So is there some app where all the COVIDiots eligible for the vaccine who don’t want their shot for whatever conspiracy theory reason, can sign up to give it to those of us impatiently waiting our turn?

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Lost in all this “Why does our President head home to spend the weekend in Delaware?” BS, is the fact that his weekends home mean some of the WH staff probably get much needed breaks themselves.

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Beginning to think Joe Biden needs a staffer in charge of bright shiny objects to come up with on a daily basis to feed the media’s current addiction. No object too trivial to matter.

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Again, we need a White House First Feline. A good cat, preferably female, can keep the dogs in line. And she can create enough drama to entertain a White House Press Corps that is clearly craving that drama.

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Positive COVID-19 tests have forced four men’s basketball teams to withdraw from their conference tournaments and are threatening March Madness. And NCAA will allow fans at “up to 25 percent capacity with physical distancing” in Indianapolis. I am sure they have their rea$on$.

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What? Now Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez are “working through things”’ deny breakup reports. Sorry men, dream’s over.

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Kentucky’s GOP-led Senate passed anti-protester bill making it misdemeanor to taunt or challenge officer w/ words or gestures “that would have direct tendency to provoke violent response from reasonable & prudent person.” So they agree w/ locking up rioters at US Capitol Jan 6?

San Antonio Spurs were down 29-16 after 1st quarter. Don’t know what Gregg Popovich said to them during the break, but they are up 47 to 39 at half. Darn shame Popovich has no interest in running for Governor of Texas.

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Kansas and Virginia now out of their respective men’s basketball tournaments due to positive virus tests. So in this year’s March Madness brackets will there be a way to bet on COVID-19?

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NCAA football rules committee is looking into the problem of teams faking injuries to slow an opponent’s momentum , calling it an “integrity issue.” This is the same NCAA that uses the term football student-athletes with a straight face.,

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Stephen Colbert asks Dr. Fauci what changed on January 20? And the good doctor’s answer? “Everything.”

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Let’s make it simple: Democrats don’t want to cancel culture. Republicans do want to cancel votes.

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As someone who’s always kind of thought Andrew Cuomo was an a**hole but an effective a**hole, I have to ask… what’s the rush to judgment? Do an investigation and figure it out. Meanwhile, how’s that E. Jean Carroll RAPE lawsuit coming along?

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Does anyone think if the Former Guy were still in charge that vaccines would be allocated at least in large part based on which states voted for him?

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Is there a single Republican calling on Cuomo to resign who did the same with the #FormerGuy?

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Who else forgot it was possible to go an entire day without checking what POTUS tweeted? Isn’t it nice?

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Small detail today, but President Joe Biden correctly used the word “paradigm” his speech today and apparently pronounced it correctly too. I wasn’t 100% sure of how to pronounce “paradigm” myself.

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President Biden’s Thursday speech was about 20 minutes long. And Friday he made short remarks in the Rose Garden. And I didn’t hear him insult anybody. Did I miss something?

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Not just times have changed, but time itself has changed. A year ago “Fifteen days to stop the spread” felt like forever. Now the idea of semi-normal by July 4 seems right around the corner.

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Here’s my optimistic thought. Yes, making all Americans eligible by May 1 seems like reach. But President Biden is not a stupid man. And he remembers “Read my lips, no new taxes.” Figure Joe’s seen vaccine production numbers to make goal of “shots for everyone” very attainable.

Apparently there’s still some chance Duke COULD make the men’s basketball March Madness, at least into the play-in round. This sort of equivalency wouldn’t happen in College Football, they would just invoke the “Notre Dame always gets into a bowl” rule.

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Heard on CNN yesterday that one in three Americans have reported experiencing anxiety or depression during this year of the pandemic. Which means about two out of three Americans are lying.

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When GOP gets done with screaming about Dr. Seuss being canceled how long until they figure out that “Green Eggs and Ham” is really about being open-minded, and that “The Lorax” is about protecting the environment? Then Republicans will be ones trying to cancel the books.

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The Former Guy apparently called everybody in Georgia to try to influence the election, and everybody he called apparently recorded the conversation.

And if they hadn’t, he’d have called all the election officials liars and said they were “perfect phone calls.”

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So trivial in grand scheme of things, but isn’t it lovely President Biden’s events are more or less on time? When Joe says a press briefing is 5p, it happens just a few minutes after 5p. Not changed to 515p, then 530p, and we’re lucky if it starts by 6p. (Like the #FormerGuy)

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Stephen Colbert nails it – if all goes well “Finally we can once again gather on Fourth of July to safely blow our fingers off.” He left out “shoot guns into the air.” But how nice it’ll be to return to regular Darwin awards? As opposed to just being eligible by going outside.

The Texas Rangers have decided to allow a full stadium at their home opener after Governor Greg Abbott basically lifted all restrictions, including mask mandates.

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Good thing opening day is APRIL 5. Because March Madness is already taken.

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Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott, who just signed a $226 million contract including four years and a signing bonus, is rehabbing his right ankle, but thinking about next year’s Super Bowl “That’s my plan, get a parade in Dallas.”

Next year? Anyone checked Dak for concussions?

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The NCAA says March Madness Tournament basketball teams will need a minimum of FIVE healthy players on their roster.

Uh, so if does this mean if someone fouls out do teams play four on five like they did in youth leagues sometimes?

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RIP Lou Ottens, 94, inventor of the audio cassette tape. How many people get to invent something that became so ubiquitous, and still live long enough to see it become completely obsolete?

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Mitch McConnell says “we’re going to have a boom” but it will have nothing to do with COVID-19 relief bill. Translation, Mitch knows bill will hugely help our American recovery, but he’s going to pretend it would have happened anyway to avoid giving Democrats & Biden credit.

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I’m so old I remember Oct. 22, 2020, when the Former Guy during Presidential debate stated if Biden was elected “the stock market will crash.”

March 9, 2021 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up today 464 points to close at a new all-time high of 32,297.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert are making me remember that Peanuts comic strip with Lucy “If you can’t be right, be wrong at the top of your lungs.”

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The American Airlines CEO and President issued a joint memo praising COVID-19 relief bill. “If you see your local Congressional representative on a flight, be sure to thank her or him for their work this past year.”

Uh, what if you have a GOP rep who voted again it?

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Merrick Garland was confirmed 70-30 today (Yeah!)

The GOP Senators voting yes on Merrick Garland probably don’t think they have anything to worry about from his future investigations..

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This story has been making the news big time. Johnny Damon’s DUI arrest video has been released by police. But now the former Red Sox/Yankee says “I am being targeted for being Trump supporter.”

Better on “Rich white man who is lucky to be alive after driving with alleged .30 BAC has tantrum.”

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Meanwhile, listening to the Former Guy’s phone calls to Georgia on Maddow – They all start sounding like “Nice little state you have here, would be a shame if something happened to it.”

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Nancy Pelosi is the best cat herder of our time.

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Senate Minority Leader (I love writing that) McConnell complaining on current Capitol security – “It looks terrible to have beacon of our democracy surrounded by razor wire & National Guard troops.” Yeah, it does. You know what looked worse? The fatal insurrection on Jan. 6.

GOP hasn’t given a damn about women’s sports and has fought Title IX every step of the way. And NOW they claim to care about girls and women losing out to transgender girls and women? I call BS.

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Can we really call the NCAA men’s basketball tournament – “The Dance” this year? Since dancing is one of the things most of us haven’t been able to do in more than a year.

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Federal judge in California rules Vanessa Bryant, can obtain names of four Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies who allegedly shared graphic photos of helicopter crash where Kobe, Gianna and their friends died.The deputies involved don’t want their names being public as part of Vanessa’s lawsuit. Because it could lead to painful consequences? Mean bitch karma high-fiving Kobe somewhere tonight.

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Increasingly some states are saying anyone with a BMI over 30 will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. So to use a long ago punchline I think I remember from Jay Leno – “Your fat ass is going to save your fat ass.”

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Fox News now says they will be “loyal opposition” to Biden. Per Merriam-Webster dictionary “loyal opposition” is “minority party especially in legislative body whose opposition to party in power is constructive, responsible, & bounded by loyalty to fundamental interests & principles.”

No punchline needed.

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Interesting side note on Jan 6 pipe bomb suspect. While the bomb turns out not to have been super sophisticated, the suspect, unlike most of those at the Capitol, took great pains to conceal their appearance. There’s a $100,000 reward now.

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Wow. Rachel Maddow tonight has a story where a former Georgia DA doesn’t just say Fulton County D.A. prosecutor is investigating the Former Guy, but based on her actions she is moving carefully towards an expectation of filing racketeering charges against him.

Pass. The. Popcorn.

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Despite $100,000 reward, no one has yet turned the Jan 6 D.C. pipe bomb suspect in yet. And yet one of Ted Cruz’s neighbors ratted him out about the Cancun trip for free.

Seriously? Twitter suggests that I follow Ted Cruz. Sorry, the only person who should follow Ted Cruz is Amy Klobuchar. In Senate hearings.

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The #FormerGuy requested a mail-in ballot ahead of a local municipal election in Florida, according to Palm Beach County records. Well, of course he did.

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Donald Jr. is attacking Andrew Cuomo because six women have now accused the NY Governor of sexual harassment. Which puts Cuomo over 20 women behind Jr’s dad.. Thinking Donnie should sit this one out.

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Now Press Secretary Jen Psaki says at press briefing that President Biden’s signature will not appear on the stimulus checks, because he wants to expedite the payments and not delay them – “it’s not about him, it’s about the American people.”

It’s so nice having a President.

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On Major Biden, who bit someone in the White House. Years ago in London at the Royal Mews, saw horses trained for Queen’s public appearances. It was fascinating. Trainers used lots of loud sound & commotion to get horses used to noise & people etc. It apparently was a long process.

Joe’s dogs were home during pandemic, with almost no visitors, then thrown into WH craziness. They won’t be the only pets who don’t deal well with change in 2021.

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Press briefing question of the day “We were promised a White House cat, where is the cat?

Jen Psaki acknowledges “I don’t have an update on the cat…”

But “we know the cat will break the internet.” As it should.

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Les Miles was fired as head football coach following allegations of improper behavior towards female students while at LSU.

Of course, Miles, 67, was 3-18 in 2 years at Kansas, including 0-9 record in 2020. Wonder if he’d have been fired if he was winning.

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So Miles hasn’t been a great coach, and he’s behaved badly with young women…. What’s his next act? Running for Senate in Alabama?

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I wish LeBron James had come out & said “Heck, yes, I’m getting a vaccine as soon as I can.” But just spitballing, James is not close to any priority groups for COVID vaccine, is it possible he has a chance to get one early, or already did get vaccinated, and doesn’t want to flaunt that he can jump the line?

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If you’re upset about Andrew Cuomo but don’t give a damn about Madison Cawthorn and Ronny Jackson you’re either a hypocrite or might need to get out of your TV/social media bubble.

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Imagine if the Former Guy were still in charge? Besides incompetence, he’d be withholding vaccines from blue states and limiting supplies anytime someone, even a Republican, annoyed him

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Again, if COVID-19 vaccine weren’t safe and effective, why do we all have stories of rich and/or well-connected people we know who have worked hard to cut the line or game the system to get THEIR vaccine?

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Some in media whining that Joe Biden hasn’t had a true solo Press Conference. But President Biden has made plenty of public appearance and taken questions. Wonder if the media going through withdrawal not being insulted by our President regularly?

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Some wonder why American right-wing media is now attacking Harry and Meghan after their interview with Oprah.

Well, it might be more than just racism against Meghan. Remember this adorableness?

https://www.glamour.com/story/obama-prince-harry-bbc-interview

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So all of those supporters of the #FormerGuy who were against Biden’s COVID relief plan aren’t going to cash their checks, right?

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So President Biden may have blanked on Secretary of Defense’s name today in speech? Uh, guessing if zoom calls didn’t have names in little squares pretty sure most of us would be forgetting coworker names on daily basis.

I’ve seen folks mess up just when someone on a call is using family members account.

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Missouri Senator Roy Blunt isn’t running in 2022 And it’s measure of how far we’ve fallen that with Blunt being 100% GOP vote on most things, but seemingly a reasonable human being, that him leaving Senate is teeniest bit disappointing. But ok, now let’s flip his seat blue!

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And NO, I am not saying I’d ever vote for Roy Blunt.

But for example, as GOP top member of the Rules committee, Blunt joined with Amy Klobuchar to certify Electoral College results at 4a after the insurrection January 6. And then he partnered with Klobuchar (okay, he probably let her do most of it) on the inaugural ceremony.

Just IMAGINE, if the ranking GOP member of the rules committee had been someone like Josh Hawley or Ted Cruz…

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Let’s make it simple: If you HONESTLY believe your policies are what a majority of Americans want, then you won’t try to stop a majority of Americans from voting.

Interrupt Harry & Meghan watch tonight to remind everyone that Stanford women’s basketball team is very very good. Also smart, they’re going to San Antonio for #MarchMadness tournament, & ALL wearing masks all time in public they aren’t actually playing.

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Carla Wallenda, member of “The Flying Wallendas” high-wire act and Karl Wallenda’s last surviving child, died at the age of 85 or natural causes. RIP, but impressive for ANY Wallenda to die of natural causes. #BustoHell #HighWireToHell

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NBA’s Joel Embiid & Ben Simmons were illegible for today’s All-Star game, because their “personal barber tested positive for COVID-19.” And women who haven’t had a haircut in a year might be forgiven for giggling.

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As frustrating as this vaccine rollout can be at times, we’ve still given almost 60 million Americans at least one dose. Can you imagine the numbers if the Former Guy were still in charge?

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In North Carolina, anyone who has ever smoked a total of 100 cigarettes will now be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. This isn’t happening in California, where the number one question would be “Does marijuana count?”

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Kevin McCarthy is warning HR 1 – the Voting Right’s bill, is a Democratic “power grab meant to erode election confidence.”

Which is rich coming from a man who did everything possible to support the Former Guy’s big lie that the 2020 election was stolen.

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Whatever happens with Andrew Cuomo I do remember early in the pandemic many Americans were wishing we could draft him as the Democratic Presidential nominee. There’s a reason we go through a long brutal primary process.

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Someone asked me “Name 5 things President Biden’s done that’s made you happy in his first 46 days.

1. Not be the former guy.

2. Not be the former guy.

3. Not be the former guy.

4. Not be the former guy.

5. Not be the former guy.

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Several officers suffered minor injuries breaking up an 800-person party on University Hill in Boulder on Saturday” No partiers were shot or even harmed. The University of Colorado is over 66% White.

I’m sure it’s just coincidence.

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We need to keep reminding Americans: Democrats stayed up all night to get them COVID 19 financial relief. Republicans stayed up all night trying to block it.

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Uh, oh, I actually agree with a point made by Joe Manchin about the filibuster: “If you want to make it a little bit more painful, make him stand there & talk.” All night if necessary. Then we’ll find out who really cares about an issue & who just wants to obstruct Democrats.

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Many now ranting about how horrible monarchy is. But to anyone who had no problem w/ Donald bringing entire family to Buckingham Palace, saying he wanted Queen & family to meet “next generation,” then trying to overturn US election…. well respectfully saying perhaps you should STFU.

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Wonder if the Former Guy was watching Harry and Meghan with Oprah and muttering to himself that Ivanka should married Harry instead?

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Not about “liking.” I respect Lisa Murkowski & I’d rather have coffee w/ her than Joe Manchin. But Lisa voted “no” on COVID-19 relief, as she does on many Dem bills. Joe when it counted voted “yes.” For Biden’s goals, better an imperfect Democrat than the best Republican.

Random sports thought: So are we going to get to see Stanford play Duke in the this year’s NIT?

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Okay, I still think they shouldn’t play NBA All-Star game, but this is the only good story I’ve heard about it. Joel Embiid is donating in the $100,000 he makes in ASG money to homeless shelters

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If you’re a Republican who’s mad that Democrats just passed the American Rescue Plan you COULD send your stimulus check back. Just saying.

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Stayed up late, got up early, in time to see the vote, and to see Chuck Schumer, after GOP scurried back to their lairs, invoke cloture on Merrick Garland’s Attorney General nomination while Republicans had left in exhaustion after their #votearama stunt?

Same sort of thing happened with Ron Johnson when he skipped out early and Dems shut off debate.

The anti-education party is slow learners.

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All the GOP Senators saying we couldn’t afford the COVID-19 bill giving $1.9 trillion to various needy Americans…. Anyone got video of a single one of them claiming we couldn’t afford an over $2 trillion tax cut for millionaires and billionaires?

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Not sure about watching Meghan and Harry’s interview with Oprah Sunday. But I love the idea of the interview getting better ratings than any interview done by the #FormerGuy

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Since Republicans all went home after the COVID-19 and let Schumer invoke cloture on Merrick Garland, now being greedy and thinking – gosh, what if Dems had waited until GOP left the chamber and quietly passed the John Lewis Voting rights act?

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What I really love about Schumer invoking cloture on Garland’s nomination: Dems had JUST done this to Sen. Johnson to stop his delays when Ron wasn’t there at 2am. You’d think one of these GOP a**holes would have stayed after vote just to guard against being played again.

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Was thinking about 3a last night this was a heckuva remake of “They Shoot Horses, Don’t they?”

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And wrote this in the wee hour “Now official sunrise time, 633a in DC. Even on the West Coast, it’s time to pass out for a few hours. In 2022, Americans should remember. Democrats stayed up all night to get you COVID-19 relief. Republicans stayed up all night trying to block it. Vote accordingly.’

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Garth Brooks sang Amazing Grace at the inaugural. Last night he should have sung this for Democrats. “Ain’t going down ’til the sun comes up Ain’t givin’ in ’til they get enough.” Hope all Democratic Senators are sleeping soundly tonight.

It’s Friday night while we’re still in the middle of a pandemic that is still costing over 10,000 American lives every week.

Still looking for a good reason why NBA is having a meaningless All-Star game this weekend.

Other than the obviou$$$$.

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Animal rights activists shut down Berkeley, California, Golden Gate Fields vaccine site Thursday resulting in the cancellation of 200 appointments

Protesting horse deaths by potentially causing human deaths…. Sigh. Proving that no party or political affiliation has a monopoly on stupid.

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Been a long time, but I do remember middle of the night feedings. And figure anyone up with a crying baby at 3a can appreciate this Voterama. Although babies at least are up in the middle of the night for a good reason. Unlike GOP senators.

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The Former Guy got a fence up around the White House during a peaceful BLM protest last June faster than he got the National Guard to the Capitol on January 6.

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Fox News CEO Lachian Murdoch at a Morgan Stanley conference says the network will now serve as the “loyal opposition” to Joe Biden. Because they can’t be State TV anymore?

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Noting the trending hashtag #RonJohnsonResign on Twitter. Uh, folks, he’s NEVER going to resign. Wisconsin voters can, however, vote him out in about 20 months. But who’s counting?

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Thursday’s GOP outrage is Joe Biden calling his old friend Nancy Pelosi, Nance?!! He should have been Presidential and called the Speaker by her by the Former Guy’s name “Crazy Nancy?”

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I’m hyper-sensitive to misogyny, but Krysten Sinema isn’t being attacked for flashy thumbs down gesture on minimum wage because she’s female. She’s being attacked because there was no cause for it. John McCain saved healthcare for millions of Americans. THAT was cause for a flashy gesture.

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The QAnon Shaman, the guy who refused non organic food in jail, is going to be on CBS News’ 60 Minutes this weekend. What’s next, an endorsement contract with Whole Foods?

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Tired of Manchin having so much power? Primarying him w/ more liberal Democrat will give Joe’s seat to the GOP. But if we elect more Democrats in places like Wisconsin or N. Carolina, Florida, or even Louisiana (paging @LouisianaGov?) then no one vote will matter so much.

Some GOP senators apparently nodding off during this latest edition of late night Voterama. Must be difficult. Don’t vampires usually sleep upside down hanging from the ceiling?

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Seriously, can we make a rule if a Senator requests any bill be read out loud as a delay tactic, that Senator must do the reading of the bill him or herself? Or at the least be required to remain in the chamber listening without a cellphone?

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Colin Kahl, Joe Biden’s nominee to become a top Pentagon policy official today apologized to Republican senators for using “sometimes disrespectful” language in tweets. Since Kahl’s a white guy he’ll probably survive and be confirmed.

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GOP now wants to pretend they love Dr. Seuss. But as proud Democrat, this line was so true in 2020 w/ the election. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” We cared. It got better. We need to keep caring, a whole awful lot.

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Finally, I LOVE this sign .

Better COVID-19 numbers in California might mean MLB teams could have limited attendance. Los Angeles, for example, could sell 11,200 seats to Dodger Stadium at 20% capacity.

So all Dodger game crowds will look like game crowds in the first or last three innings.

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Q-Anon grasping at straws and now claiming Trump will be re-inaugurated on March 4, which was inaugural day until 1933.

Please, no one tell them that this weekend is known as “March Madness Selection Sunday.”

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Does anyone think Republicans ever read Dr. Seuss to their children? Some days I wonder if Republicans ever read, period.

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On with Rachel Maddow, Amy Klobuchar tells how Maj. Gen Walker said he wanted to get National Guard on Jan 6 there as quickly as possible,” but Pentagon claimed they didn’t want to send them and rile up protesters.

Uh, because until then the insurrectionists were breaking into Capitol for a “festive picnic”?

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Rachel Maddow was also talking about how Elaine Chao was trying to bring family members running the family business with her on her official government business. Very “Former Presidential” of her.

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Meanwhile, Senator Klobuchar today also talked with CNN’s Dana Bash about weapons the insurrectionists had on January 6 , and went down the list of weapons – baseball bats, flag poles, bear spray, chemical irritants, stun guns…. Sounds “jovial, friendly and festive” to me. #Sarcasm

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CNN’s Brianna Keilar on the Republicans losing elections and trying to change the rules of the game. “I’m very familiar with this, because I have a four-year old. But that’s not how Candyland works, it’s not how Chutes and Ladders works, it’s not how democracy works.”

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Pretty sure new DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg won’t be using his position to benefit his family shipping business. First, Pete seems pretty honorable. Second, his family doesn’t HAVE a shipping business.

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Not one Democrat on Judiciary Committee took part in committee vote for Amy Coney Barrett, And after Graham sent nomination to full Senate, McConnell rammed lifetime #SCOTUS appointment through. So why can’t Schumer just ignore Tom Cotton & call for vote on Merrick Garland?

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Wait – heard Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Moscow.) was going to demand all 600 pages of COVID relief bill be read out loud to delay. But he’s going to make Senate CLERK do it? The a**hole can’t even be bothered to have Senate members of his own party do the 10 hours of dirty work.

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President Joe Biden calls out COVIDiot GOP Governors “the last thing we need is the Neanderthal thinking that everything’s fine, take off your masks…”

Although this might not be fair. Recent studies indicate Neanderthals were caring and compassionate.

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So Republicans are trying to stop most no-excuse absentee voting – the weekend after 13 GOP House members voted by proxy on COVID-19 relief bill using the critical excuse that they were at the CPAC hate conference?

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Target, Macy’s and other businesses are pushing back against Texas’s removal of a mask mandate, saying they will require them for all customers. Well, if COVIDiots boycott these businesses, it will at least make them safer and more pleasant environments for everyone else.

For those of us who miss when sports controversies dominated the headlines…. just wait. On Sunday Duke will be on the NCAA men’s tournament bubble.

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Regarding TX & MS Governors lifting mask mandates: Yes, vaccines mean we might be within sight of the COVID finish line. But your reminder, Dale Earnhardt died on the final turn of the Daytona 500’s last lap.

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TX Gov Greg Abbot just rescinded state mask mandate and says ALL businesses can open 100% And I thought I couldn’t miss Molly Ivins more than I did. But her quote so applies now. “I think of Texas as the laboratory for bad government.”

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If you believe in science and live in Texas, please continue to wear a mask. Let Greg Abbott’s insanity just cull his own herd.

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WTF? Texas has a positivity rate on COVID-19 testing of over 13%? In California, Santa Clara County just went to a less restrictive red tier with 2.4% positivity. But we’re keeping rules and our mask mandate.

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Just discovered the most charming fact: Newly confirmed WH Economic Council Chair Cecilia Rouse’s mother-in-law was Toni Morrison.

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As a Stanford grad, every time I see Josh Hawley I feel desperate need to recite in my head names like Cory Booker, Joaquin & Julian Castro, Ron Wyden, Tina Smith, Rachel Maddow, Ted Lieu, Adam Schiff etc… I.E. Fellow Stanford grads who make me proud instead of embarrassed.

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So Kayleigh McEnany is joining Fox as a contributor. Well, at least now she won’t have to pretend she’s not lying to the American people.

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Merck will assist rival Johnson & Johnson with vaccine production. So even corporate America gets that we need to work together to help our country in a crisis. Your turn, GOP.

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Josh Hawley actually voted to confirm Cecelia Rouse. Did someone bet him he couldn’t vote to confirm any one?

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Must have missed it. While Fox News and conservatives are whining about canceling Dr. Seuss, no one is quoting The Lorax. “I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.”

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As a proud Democrat, watching Adam Kinzinger makes me nostalgic for the days when we could disagree with Republicans over policy…as opposed to the basic concept of voting and democracy.

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As a Stanford grad, every time I see Josh Hawley I feel desperate need to recite in my head names like Cory Booker, Joaquin & Julian Castro, Ron Wyden, Tina Smith, Rachel Maddow, Ted Lieu, Adam Schiff etc… I.E. Fellow Stanford grads who make me proud instead of embarrassed.