Left Coast Sports Babe

If you didn’t see many well-worn jerseys with Bucs players names on them, some #SuperBowl trivia from a friend – All 31 Tampa Bay points were scored by players who weren’t on the Bucs last year, plus the QB who threw the TD passes also wasn’t on the team last year…

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The college men’s basketball game between Miami and UNC was postponed today when Shapchat video surfaced of UNC players partying, in close contact and mask-less, after the Tarheels beat Duke last weekend.

-It’s one kind of stupid to party during a pandemic. It’s a whole different type of stupid to take and post a video.

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Tom Brady apparently immediately after Super Bowl texted an apology to Chiefs’ Tyrann Mathieu “for several on-field verbal altercations.” Now you REALLY wonder what Brady said to him on the field?

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As Ron Wright (R-TX) became 1st sitting member of Congress to die of COVID, wonder why we haven’t heard from his colleague Michael Cloud. They worked together & were 2 of 17 Texas Reps who tried to overturn election. Cloud was also one GOP Rep who mocked mask wearers on Jan 6.

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Claiming it wasn’t inciting violence to say “history is going to be made…we’re going to fight like hell…walk down to the Capitol…” makes as much sense as saying you didn’t know Gorilla Glue would permanently glue your hair.

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Donald’s lawyer David Schoen has withdrawn his request to not hold impeachment trial on Jewish Sabbath. Wonder if defense team figured out just how many times Ivanka and Jared got exemptions for White House events and parties?

Amy Klobuchar on with Anderson Cooper points out that GOP Senators huddled and hiding in the room with Democrats on January 6 were worried & wondering when Trump was going to speak. They knew on that date it was “his mob.”

Klobuchar also quoted Trevor Noah about the former President – “If you get fired from Best Buy you can’t go and steal a TV on your way out.”

(Though on Jan 20 did anyone count the TVs in the White House?)

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Must admit it still puts a smile on my face to see the title under Mitch McConnell’s name “Senate MINORITY leader. Thank you Georgia!

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Allegations by some on Fox News that Nancy Pelosi is responsible for the assassination plot against her and other members of Congress?!! Makes theory that Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election so Democrats could impeach Donald look good by comparison.

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Richard Shelby will not seek re-election in 2022. So Alabama, if you’re already tired of stupid, you COULD bring Doug Jones back.

(Or, Alabama, if you have to do the sports thing, Charles Barkley would be an improvement over Tuberville. Or former Birmingham Barons outfielder Michael Jordan.)

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Media already seems bored with Joe Biden’s normalcy and seems to be trying to create stories. We need a White House cat to distract them by clawing the Oval Office drapes or something.

I do think we are going to find out that, like Drew Brees with his torn rotator cuff and torn fascia, that Patrick Mahomes had more serious injuries than were acknowledged for this Super Bowl.

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And based on the second half it probably didn’t matter. But did the Buccaneer vote the officials a playoff share?

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In the first half, Sarah Thomas, a downs judge who was the first woman to work a Super, called (correctly) that the Bucs had not score on a 4th and goal at the one. But she quickly made up for it by calling the Chiefs for a 5 yards penalty “‘lined up in the neutral zone” near end of 1st half on a SUCCESSFUL field goal attempt, and the penalty resulted in a drive culminating in a Tampa TD..

So maybe someone brought her up to date on the “Brady rules?”

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Seems like NFL should have a list of all attendees at the Super Bowl today Can we do contact tracing on all of them?

And on anyone flying out of Tampa Monday? For starters.

#SuperSpreaderBowl

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Not to say Tom Brady is getting up there, but when they asked, “Tom Brady, you just won the Super Bowl. Where are you going now?” Brady said “Depends.”

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So why is Josh Hawley not demanding a recount of the Super Bowl final score?

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Wonder what the portrait in Tom Brady’s attic looks like.

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So small comfort but Drew Brees and Saints did outscore Tom Brady and Buccaneers 92 to 56 in three games this season.

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Watching some media & unofficial ads referring to “Big Game” or “The Game” etc… if only we lived in a country where our former President took COVID as seriously as NFL takes the use of “Super Bowl” name. (Hundreds of thousands more Americans might be alive, for starters.)

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Underrated best commercial moment goes to M&M’s -the guy saying – “I apologize for mansplaining – that’s when you…” And her response – “I know what it is.”

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For all these conservatives who seem “Triggered” by Hunter Biden’s book contract, I missed their outrage over Donny’s book:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-republican-national-committee-shelled-out-dollar300k-for-don-jrs-new-book?source=twitter&via=desktop

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Since Karen was trending on Twitter once again, on behalf of several perfectly nice Karens I have known, including one black woman, can I suggest the term for an obnoxious entitled white woman be changed to an “Ivanka?”

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Fox News quotes Lindsey Graham saying he believes the GOP will come ‘roaring back’ in 2022 I prefer Graham in 2016 “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it.”

Unclear on the concept: NY Daily News headlines on the home page of their website Saturday

“‘We cannot get cocky’: Cuomo warns against Super Bowl parties as COVID numbers dip again”

Also “These Super Bowl recipes are party pleasers.”

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NFL used all kinds of COVID-19 protocols to make it to Super Bowl. Now they’re having 22,000 fans & many events, in Florida, where Gov. DeSantis has fought every sensible safety measure scientists devised. It’s like celebrating making it through wildfire season with a bonfire.

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Amanda Chase, a GOP candidate for Governor in Virginia, tweeted. “We have a drug problem in Virginia, and legalizing marijuana will only lead to more marijuana overdoses and deaths.” So what is a “marijuana overdose?” Going through more than two bags of Doritos?

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Okay, kudos to Colin Jost on Weekend Update referring to Joe Biden’s predecessor as “Former social-media influencer.” We probably shouldn’t use the hashtag. He wouldn’t like it. #FormerSocialMediaInfluencer

So if some of these red state Governors have decided they don’t believe in mask mandates and social distancing, why don’t they turn down the vaccines and send them to blue states where we DO believe in science?

Candace Owens tweeted today she is thinking of running for President. And many comedy writers already having to work harder for material since Biden’s inaugural are going “Thank you, Jesus!”

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Liz Cheney being censured by GOP for being too rational and reasonable reminds us that no one should throw away those batshit bingo cards.

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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s claiming credit for a successful COVID-19 response, when her state has some of the worst numbers in the country both in cases and death count, puts a bizarre 2021 spin on “Dead men tell no tales.”

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Fox’s Laura Ingraham hosted Robert Kennedy, Jr on her radio show arguing that Dr. Fauci “is a very sinister guy who has turned this country over to Big Pharma.” Ingraham is 57. Wonder if she’s been vaccinated. And if she’ll admit it when she does?

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I’m so old I remember when Democrats were ones being accused that we would let the radical members of our party completely take over.

Just realized I have no idea if our President has tweeted this weekend. Isn’t it glorious?

Kevin Durant tweeted “Free Me” after being removed from tonight’s Nets-Raptors games due to a close contact testing positive for COVID-19.

-Seven members of Karl-Anthony Towns’ family, including his mother, died of COVID-19. Guessing they’d tell KD to STFU if they could.

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$40 million for Trevor Bauer. So the Dodgers have officially become the Yankees.

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So if it’s all about some made for TV spectacle why can’t NBA instead of taking real life risks, just have all the All-Stars get together for some sort of Zoom competition.

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Yes – this really is a thing – from a local liquor store ad: “Certified Vegan Gluten Free Non-GMO Fair Trade Quinoa Vodka.”

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Can anyone imagine what GOP would be saying if a Capitol Police officer had been killed, even in an accident, during any anti-Trump march or BLM protest in Washington DC?

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Jen Psaki gets asked who President Biden will be rooting for in the Super Bowl? Good to know media is focused on the important questions of our time.

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Fox News headline “Marjorie Taylor Greene defends herself in floor speech: ‘None of us are perfect.” Yes, none of us ARE perfect. But most of us haven’t publicly called for the execution of someone we disagreed with politically.

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Apparently Fox News was whining over Biden flying home to Wilmington for the weekend on Air Force One. Of course, if he took Amtrak, they would be whining over him putting Americans at risk for a photo op.

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Comforting on a Friday night to realize that the United States now has a President who cares about your life whether or not you voted for him.

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds decision to lift state’s mask mandates AND social distancing for all gatherings starting Super Bowl Sunday is like eliminating DUI laws starting New Year’s Eve.

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President Biden saying if his predecessor got intelligence briefings “he might slip and say something?’ Which might be the most gracious way ever of saying “We don’t want him to sell secrets to the Russians or the Saudis.”

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At this point thinking Mexican resort where the alleged Capitol insurrectionist is planning to vacation might be justified in canceling her booking because they don’t want to expose other guests to possible terrorists.

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“Supreme Court tonight in 6-3 vote blocked enforcement of some California COVID-19 rules for indoor churches. Fine, by the same 6-3 vote can they rule anyone who goes to those churches and gets sick must stay out of hospitals and rely on God to save them?

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If you really want to take power from some of the true fringe politicians in the GOP, start thinking about 2022 midterms NOW. Plenty of states and races to choose from.

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President Biden said he doesn’t think his predecessor should still get intelligence briefings due to his “erratic behavior.” Call me old-fashioned but think one requirement for getting intelligence briefings as a former President should be having read them AS President.

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GOP Reps Louie Gohmert and Andrew Clyde have each been fined $5,000 for bypassing security screening outside the House chamber. So do these clowns try to get around the metal detectors at airports too?

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Finally, RIP Christopher Plummer. Sound of Music was my first favorite movie when I was five going on (almost) six. And still maybe one of the most underrated romantic movie scenes ever.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell expressed “disappointment” that only two minorities were hired for seven head-coaching openings. Does this make Goodell the Susan Collins of sports commissioners?

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Goodell added “They’re not the outcomes we wanted, and we’re committed more than ever to make sure we do that. ” Does this mean the NFL might take the Rooney rule as seriously as the wrong color socks?

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If folks think that picture of a largely unmasked Naples, Florida supermarket is scary, wait until we see COVID-19 numbers following a Super Bowl in Tampa with 22,000 fans and all the Florida big parties and events at bars and restaurants since Buccaneers are in the game.

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Rep. Dean Phillips (D -MN) spoke movingly today about how Democratic members of Congress were actually hoping to blend in so mob on Jan 6 might mistake them for Republicans. And his “lightning bolt moment” when he realized he realized his colleagues of color didn’t have that option.

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Lindsey Graham said he hopes the former President doesn’t testify in next week’s Senate impeachment trial. Is Senator Graham afraid Donald will invoke his name?

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Reports that the doctor who treated Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny after poisoning dies from ‘heart attack’:

Because they couldn’t get him to stand near enough to a window?

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So are all these COVIDiot anti-vaxxers also committing to staying home and not seeking medical attention when they get sick?

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So someday when this nightmare is over, is QAnon going to be an officially accepted word in Scrabble?

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As certain-to-fail GOP amendments continue now close to 2a for budget resolution/COVID-19 relief have to wonder, did the My Pillow guy leave samples for Republican senators in their offices for naps?

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11 Republicans in the House apparently think it’s a bad idea for one of their members to advocate executing another. Got it.

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About 50 more Republicans in the House voted privately to punish Liz Cheney for saying that Velveeta Voldemort should be impeached for inciting a fatal insurrection, than voted to punish Marjorie Taylor Greene for actually contributing to inciting that insurrection.

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Maybe I’m naive but always thought “against all enemies foreign and domestic” included “against people who want to kill our colleagues.”

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Tweets like this are one reason I became fan of Amy Klobuchar (Miguel Cardona is Biden’s nominee for Education Secretary.)

“If reports from his confirmation hearing are accurate, it seems Miguel Cardona didn’t say we need guns in schools to protect from grizzly bears so he’s already outperforming Betsy DeVos.

So with this pandemic we’re missing the usual nonstop media stories about what Super Bowl players like to eat for breakfast etc. Yes, it is an ill wind that blows no one any good.

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San Antonio Spurs down by 16 points with just over 10 minutes to go tonight. They won by 3. So does Gregg Popovich praise the comeback or scream at team for getting down 16 points to the Timberwolves in the first place?

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NBA is moving ahead with a rescheduled All-Star game now on March 7. A meaningless exhibition game during a pandemic. Gue$$ the league ha$ their rea$on$.

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Country music star Morgan Wallen suspended indefinitely by his record label. Also, Cumulus & iHeart removed his music from their radio stations, after Wallen was seen on camera saying the n-word. That moment when country music has more integrity than GOP leaders in the House.

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Democratic Iowa caucuses were a year ago February 3. Have they finished counting yet?

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So now that suspected murderer of two FBI agents in Florida has been identified as a 55-year-old white man, Fox News has moved the story away from the top headline on their website. I am SURE it’s just a coincidence.

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So I’m confused by latest GOP outrage – does Joe Biden want Space Force to wear tan space suits?

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Watching new CDC director Rochelle Walensky calmly and reasonably talking with Rachel Maddow. Trivial at this point but anyone else more inclined to take a woman talking about COVID-19 seriously if she’s not wearing a scarf?

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Wonder if Lauren Boebert is getting annoyed Marjorie Taylor Greene is getting all the attention.

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Seeing a clip on Stephen Colbert of Marjorie Taylor Greene talking about a “witch hunt.” All jokes about dropping a house on anyone would of course be inappropriate.

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In case anyone didn’t know – Liz Cheney is one of most conservative members of the House: Most Democrats would disagree with her on 90% of things. And over 60 House Republicans still voted in a secret ballot to strip her of power for correctly calling out “Dear Leader.”

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From Kevin McCarthy talking to press about Marjorie Taylor Greene “Denouncing Q-on, I don’t know if I say it right, I don’t even know what it is.” Uh, if McCarthy REALLY doesn’t know what Q-Anon is, he’s too stupid to lead the GOP.

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Kevin McCarthy knew how to pronounce Q-Anon. The same as David Perdue knew how to pronounce Kamala

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More Republicans want Liz Cheney to apologize for saying the ex-President should be impeached than want Velveeta Voldemort himself to apologize for lying about the election and inciting a fatal insurrection..

Two members of the Kansas City Chiefs are in COVID-19 protocol isolation because of close contact with…. a barber? Hoping it works out for them but have to assume millions of Americans who haven’t had hair trimmed for a year just might be giggling.

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Fanatics, the “official e-commerce partner of NFL” says Tom Brady merchandise is now best-selling by an NFL player ever for 2-week period between AFC/NFC championship & Super Bowl.

Does it come with a senior discount?

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So will GameStop stores soon be selling Beanie Babies?

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If Biden administration worked like Velveeta Voldemort administration, the 13 Senators who voted against Pete Buttigieg for Transportation Secretary could kiss federal money for their roads goodbye.

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There are a few controversial Cabinet choices But what exactly are the 13 Senators who voted against Pete Buttigieg using for a reason, other than that Joe Biden picked him?

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Listening to Sanders talk about COVID-19 relief, he makes, as usual, a number of good points. Why does Bernie’s tone always sound like he’s telling the rest of us to get off his lawn?

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When did “issues with food security” replace “going hungry?”

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On Rachel Maddow,, am reminded that few in the Democratic party are as good at eulogies as Cory Booker. . Sad that he had to be doing it tonight for a Capitol Police officer.

Sadder still that the eulogy is because of insurrection caused by our then President.

We CANNOT “move on.”

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Regarding this metal detector controversy in the House. Seems pretty logical: We had terrorists attack planes, we put metal detectors in airports. We had terrorists attack the Capitol, we put metal detectors at entrances to the chambers.

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Meanwhile, when I briefly switched over to Fox News, they were showing, as Officer Sicknick’s remains arrived at the Capitol, an interview with Scott Atlas attacking Dr. Fauci. (Later, apparently they still didn’t show the service, but did show an interview with Eric Trump whining.)

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Apparently to GOP and conservative media, Blue Lives Matter only if their deaths can be pinned on brown or black people.

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Lindsay Graham just said the November election was “close” from the Electoral College point of view.

306 to 232. And some wonder why Democrats accuse Republicans of being bad at math.

Also Graham “This will be the first time we spend $1.9 trillion based on one party’s point of view.” Uh, the 2017 Tax Cuts say “Hi.

And then Lindsey closes his speech against COVID-19 relief. “If you’re looking for unity, this is a lousy way to do it.” Now it’s Merrick Garland’s turn to say “Hi.”

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Mitt Romney quoted an article today saying GOP “isn’t big enough to have both conservatives and kooks.” I’m not sure – “Conservatives and kooks” would look great on a t-shirt.

So as a delay offer from owners was rejected by MLBPA, Spring Training WILL start Feb 17 in Arizona & Florida.

AZ has mask requirements in most cities & is unsure if fans will be allowed in attendance.

FL has almost no rules at all with masks, and business closures, & will allow up to 1,500 fans a game in distanced “pods.” What could possibly go wrong?

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Rachel Maddow snowed inMonday and broadcasting from home. As I just read a Vanity Fair story on Kobe Bryant’s last helicopter ride, I embrace her staying home as long as necessary if the roads are the SLIGHTEST bit iffy.

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Sad to hear of the death of Hal Holbrook, 95. Thinking of his role in “All the President’s Men.” If someone wants to honor his life by being a modern day “Deep Throat” a nation would be grateful.

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Mitch McConnell on Marjorie Taylor Greene -“Somebody who’s suggested perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon on 9/11, that horrifying school shootings were pre-staged, & that Clintons crashed JFK Jr.’s airplane is not living in reality.” I bleeping HATE it when I agree with Mitch.

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To me one of worst things about McConnell is that his evil isn’t personal -It’s all about judges & power. So while Mitch might be a racist misogynist he’d support a President Nikki Haley or Tim Scott in a heartbeat if needed and while he and Biden go back decades, McConnell will do everything he can to torpedo Joe’s agenda.

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Someone on the Weakest Link just guessed that “the wild-haired man living at 10 Downing Street with the nickname ‘Bojo'” was…. Dr Who? And we wonder why the rest of the world thinks Americans are stupidly provincial.

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Dick Durbin wrote a letter to Lindsey Graham urging him to schedule a hearing for AG nominee Merrick Garland saying it was a matter of national security. Just wondering, why doesn’t Joe Biden just declare Garland & others “acting” secretaries? There is, as I recall, precedent.

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So with Alan Dershowitz nominating Jared and some Norwegian forger having nominated Velveeta Voldemort twice, perhaps the Noble Peace Prize committee ought to consider tightening their nomination criteria?

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Honestly think one problem now is that the media got used to “Breaking News” falling into their laps every hour for the last four years. They need to learn to live with what we used to consider a normal Presidency and not make EVERYTHING into a major controversy. IMHO.

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How long until we get the first confirmation of where and when Velveeta Voldemort sold some of those millions of missing vaccine doses?

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Not sure who needs to hear this but GOP would block any and all of Joe Biden’s nominations for as long as they could get away with it. For no other reason than they could get away with it.

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WH Press Sec Jen Psaki says that there’s “No conclusion” yet as to whether or not 45 will get intelligence briefings. Don’t suppose they could give him a fake report and see how long it took for Putin to act on it.

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Can anyone honestly say that if some of those in the mob with zip ties, stun guns and other weapons actually came upon a member of Congress in the Capitol on Jan 6, they’d have just stopped and asked them to pose for a selfie? I’ll wait.

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Meghan McCain is professing outrage at the media for tying Republican Party to Marjorie Taylor Greene. If only Meghan were as outraged at the Arizona GOP supporting people like Greene and censuring BOTH her parents.

NBA All-Star game in two weeks. But for all those fans of games with no defense, the Nets and Wizards tonight scored 295 points Sunday night, Without overtime.

And the Nets had a 5 point lead with less than 10 seconds left… At least NBA has a lottery for the top picks so Wizards can’t look back at game and think their best win of the season definitely cost them the #1 pick.

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Spring training seems unlikely to start on schedule. But as much as I can’t wait to hear those words “Pitchers and catchers report,” have to wonder, without the excuse for fans to head down to Florida and Arizona and spend serious money, does MLB care when, or maybe IF it starts?

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Cute tweet from our President – how long since we could say that?

Grateful for the short commute on days like these. pic.twitter.com/unUej4WhpB

— President Biden (@POTUS) February 1, 2021

Maybe we can get Joe a little toy Amtrak train set to run around the Oval Office to make him feel at home.

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Gosh, after months of downplaying COVID-19 risks, suddenly Fox News has headlines like this “Top epidemiologist warns of ‘category 5 hurricane-like surge’ of COVID-19 cases.” Wonder what’s changed lately….

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All you need to know about Lauren Boebert is that she thinks a mask is overkill as far as protecting herself and others, but she can’t enter the House chamber without a gun.

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Can anyone imagine GOP reaction if Kathy Griffin were elected to Congress?

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If Marjorie Taylor Greene wore a tan suit would GOP finally disown her?

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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Marjorie Taylor Greene: “I don’t think we ought to punish people from a disciplinary standpoint or a party standpoint because they think something a little bit different.” So executing Nancy Pelosi is only “a little bit different” in today’s GOP?”

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GOP says on their website they are “fighting for a freer & stronger America where everyone has opportunity to achieve the American Dream.” So why are Republicans fighting to keep Americans from voting?

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Watching recording of last week’s “The Weakest Link,” & WINNER, a woman, missed question about 1st woman nominated for VP by major political party – she struggled to come up with – Sarah Palin?!!

You’d think it wouldn’t be hard to remember all three of them.

Sigh. (Geraldine Ferraro.)

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FL Senator Rick Scott attacking Dems COVID plan as a “radical left agenda” & asks if Biden “is not worried about the fact that we have $27 trillion worth of debt?” Gosh, can someone remind me of Scott’s principled opposition to GOP multi-trillion dollar tax cuts for millionaires.

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Alan Dershowitz nominated Jared Kushner for the Nobel Peace Prize. Even if most Americans get vaccinated, have a hunch Dershowitz isn’t going to get invited back to Martha’s Vineyard this year either.

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Despise Josh Hawley as much as anyone, and am a believer in multitasking. But a fundraising petition to demand Senate expel Hawley now? Could we maybe pass some legislation, confirm Biden’s cabinet and yes, have the impeachment trial for Velveeta Voldemort first?

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Sorry, but I can’t take any GOP Senator seriously who talks about Joe Biden needing to be bipartisan when they didn’t say a damn word about bipartisanism for the last four years.

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Last week Laurence Tribe made simplest case for still having impeachment trial: If you can’t impeach President for any crime he commits in last weeks of his Presidency, why shouldn’t any future President feel empowered to do anything he/she wants in last weeks of their Presidency?

(Just think, some future President may think they can wear a tan suit WHILE eating a sandwich with Dijon mustard…)

No, I didn’t watch the Senior Bowl.

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But in 2021 I think I am not gonna be that baseball snob next month who says “I don’t watch spring training games”

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John Krasinski on SNL tonight talked about his kids wishing he were on Paw Patrol instead. And can we have a moment to remember, or for those who didn’t know, that John McCain first went on SNL to impress his then teenage daughter Meghan?

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My late mother didn’t like “swear words,” nor my snarky attitude. But Mom was a Democrat. And in from her late 60s until dementia symptoms appeared in her 70s she worked proudly at in the bakery at Publix. Where she drove me crazy excusing the fact they routinely scheduled her JUST below minimum weekly hours needed to get benefits.But now that it comes out Publix heiress funded the January 6 coup attempt? Thinking even Mom would join me now in rousing chorus of “F*ck Publix!

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Apparently Biden administration can’t find 8,700 ventilators that previous White House reportedly “donated” to other nations. Maybe because some recipients paid cash?

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Anti-vaxxers temporarily shut down Dodger Stadium vaccine site today…. Proving again, that the right doesn’t have a monopoly on crazy.

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If you’re going to be an an anti-science anti-Vaxxer can you at least sign something that says if you get sick you don’t want to be admitted to the hospital?

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As Biden administration works to reunite separated children with their families, have to wonder, how many of the younger children have been adopted? Have been getting “Tennessee Children’s Home Society” vibes on this one from the get-go.

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As GOP dismisses insurrection incitement by a sitting POTUS, I’m so old I remember when Republicans wanted to disqualify Obama from being President simply because Barack had formerly attended a church with a preacher who had made incendiary statements

“How many deaths will it take ’til he knows That too many people have died?” Seems to be a question GOP couldn’t answer in the 60s – or now, with both COVID and the Capitol coup attempt.

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Even Charles Manson ended up having an easier time finding lawyers than Velveeta Voldemort.

Many of us have reached new levels of desperation in looking for entertainment during this pandemic. But proud to report at least I have no regrets that this Sunday we don’t have viewing option of NFL Pro Bowl.

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But late January is a tough time for sports now. Spring training at least several weeks away, only one NFL game to got, and 50 games or more until the end of the NBA regular season.

Anyone still doing curling?

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Since it will be cold and snowy in DC this would be a fine weekend for Joe Biden & Dr Biden to visit a shelter in DC area and meet some potential White House cats.

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Dear Media: If you want to keep covering the number of Joe Biden’s Executive Orders can you say in real time how many of them are simply to reverse Velveeta Voldemort’s Executive Orders? Thank you.

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Andrew Yang, being asked why he hasn’t voted in many NY mayoral elections ” I think I’m one of a large number of New Yorkers who perhaps didn’t have very strong allegiances one way or another to a candidate” after the primaries.”

Uh, Mr. Yang, that’s not the point of voting….

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So we’ll really know Jewish Space Lasers are a thing when speculators start buying them all up and reselling them for a profit on Ebay.

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Or when Jewish Space Lasers figure in a reality show competition….

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Marjorie Taylor Greene in today’s angry statement attacked Silicon Valley Cartel” trying to “cancel us”” At same time she posted her rant on Twitter, a social media site created & run by the “Silicon Valley Cartel.” Which is allowing her, so far, to keep her account.

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Texas Senator John Cornyn of Texas, arguing against impeachment “I think he’s been held accountable in the court of public opinion already.” ALMOST makes Susan Collins’ “I think he’s learned his lesson” look good by comparison.

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Lindsey Graham begged Senate Dems not to call ‘QAnon Shaman’ as witness “Cannot think of better way to turn upcoming impeachment trial into complete circus.”

Got it. We can move on from fatal insurrection intending multiple assassinations but GOP draws line at circuses?

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Tonight Rachel Maddow did a piece about the on guy photographed w/ feet on Pelosi’s desk. He had a stun gun on him. There were two reported incidents of him this year threatening people with a gun. Butt Arkansas police don’t consider him a threat. And allowed him to set a time and date to surrender once he returned, giving him time, as he bragged, to clean his home.

And we wonder why Sarah Huckabee Sanders thinks she can be elected in Arkansas.

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One of many reasons I’d like to see our first woman Senate Majority leader is no doubt because our first woman Speaker has done such an incredible job with the House. #herdingcats

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As scary as Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene are, sometimes I think it’s scarier to wonder… who in Congress has the same views, but is smart enough to keep their connections with domestic terrorists quiet?

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Says all you need to know about today’s GOP that more of them are condemning Mitt Romney and Cindy McCain than are condemning Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Gregg Popovich, who just turned 72 Thursday, happens to be the only NBA coach (I think) eligible for an early COVID vaccine. “Sciencewise, it’s a no-brainer. It’s the right thing to do so we can all get on track again.”

Shame if we had to elect a coach to the Senate it had to be Tuberville and not Pop.

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Recent Kaiser Family Foundation polling found 71% of Californians want a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as one is available. Compared to 47% of Americans in general. If COVID weren’t ultimate expression “of no man is an island” I’d tell other states fine, send California your extras.

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Of course this will change. But based on team play in the last week or so, the NBA finals could be between the Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers. Which would be great news. For the ratings of Major League Baseball.

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Rachel #Maddow talking about “Friday eve,” and Lawrence O’Donnell talks about how “the weekend is in sight.” It’s only been a week but President Joe Biden has brought back weekends.

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Guess I’m a bit behind here…. Is Jewish Space Laser a band or a video game?

I think maybe they sell them in the Kosher section of Star Wars stores? This is very confusing.-

(Or was this an old SNL skit? Andy Samberg and Bill Hader ARE Jewish – #LaserCats)

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GOP complaining Alejandro Mayorkas hasn’t been “properly vetted” to be Joe Biden’s secretary of Homeland Security & needs additional hearings. So in Republican world a cabinet post needs all kinds of time but lifetime #SCOTUS judge can be done in four days. Got it.

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Gym Jordan says he will NOT run for Rob Portman’s Senate seat. He “believes at this time he’s better suited to represent Ohioans in House of Representatives, where “he can promote conservative values & hold big govt accountable” Translation, even McConnell thinks Jordan’s crazy.

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Now when Marjorie Taylor Greene appears on the House floor she wears a mask that says “Censored.” Uh, Rep. Greene, you know who has really been censored? About 430,000 Americans. Permanently.

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So if Marjorie Taylor Greene had posted a picture of herself jokingly putting her hands over a man’s buttocks would GOP be willing to consider expelling her?

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There are Republicans who wanted to remove Bill Clinton from office for a consensual sexual relationship who have no problem supporting Marjorie Taylor Greene for social media posts that supported killing Bill’s wife Hillary.

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On Stephen Colbert , Jackie Speier, who was shot along with her assassinated boss Leo Ryan at Jonestown in 1978, talked about hearing shot fired, lying on House gallery floor & thinking 42 years later she was in danger of losing her life again. IN THE US CAPITOL! We can’t just “Move On”

Barry Bonds, volunteering at Second Harvest where he has been a big donor in SF Bay Area, was asked about MLB Hall of Fame. .He shrugged it off. “I’m not that important, this is way more important than the Hall of Fame right now.”-Suppose it could be an act, but Barry Bonds IS being a class act.

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As we head to the end of January and close to a year living with the pandemic, a number of canceled sporting events we’re really missing right now.

One of them is NOT the Pro Bowl.

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Again, Vegas over-under for wins for San Antonio Spurs in 2020-21 was 28 out of 72 games. Tonight the Spurs, 10-8, beat the Boston Celtics 110-106.

Hard to imagine there isn’t a team in NBA Gregg Popovich couldn’t coach to 29 wins.

OK, the Wizards would be a challenge.

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So with this Gamestop thing, are Beanie Babies involved?

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RIP Cloris Leachman. Will horses be whinnying loudly in heaven tonight? #FrauBlucher #YoungFrankenstein

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Marsha Blackburn criticized President Biden for signing 30 executive orders in three days – saying “you can’t govern with a pen and a phone.” Gosh, for two years in the Senate she had no problem with a President governing by tweet.

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As DHS warns Americans about potential violence by domestic extremists can our country start working on dealing with how they were radicalized?

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And how long until talking about stolen elections and Q-Anon on airplanes and in public becomes at least as worthy of attention from law enforcement as talking Arabic?

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What is Kevin McCarthy doing travelling down to Mar-A-Lago to meet with a man facing possible criminal indictment for inciting a fatal insurrection?

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(Was McCarthy summoned by the ex-president. Or ordered to go by Putin?)

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Anyone still trying to make excuses for Velveeta Voldemort perhaps has not read the story of Henry II and Becket: 2021 version “Will no one rid me of this meddlesome VP and congress?”

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A surprising number of Republicans, about 50%, still support Velveeta Voldemort. So will that number hold? Or is this like the first week out of an abusive relationship, where the gaslighting is still too fresh to see reality?

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Reminder for those who have forgotten why “Move On” became phrase back in Clinton days. It was “Censure & Move On” – about consensual but inappropriate adult sexual relationship. Not quite same thing as a fatal insurrection where assassination was in some of the mob’s game plan.

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Turned on White House briefing and there are actually adults on stage speaking in complete sentences and answering questions. What a concept.

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Yes, President Joe Biden hasn’t fixed everything in a week. But we have actually heard, multiple times, from the White House about Russian bounties on U.S. troops!

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Wait, Joe Biden has been in office a full week and he hasn’t fired anyone he hired yet? How can Joe call himself a President?

“No candidate reached the necessary 75% required for 2021 Baseball Hall of Fame induction.” So MLB just dodged a bullet with Curt Schilling.

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Curt Schilling has asked to be removed from baseball writers’ HOF ballot next year. Is he going to try to be inducted into the Parler Hall of Fame?

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So have to ask those writers who insist no cheaters should ever be allowed in Baseball Hall of Fame, did they vote for Gaylord Perry?

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Good point made on MLB Network…. “If Barry Bonds tore his ACL in 1998 and never played again he’d have been in Hall of Fame by now.”

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Totals of MLB Hall of Fame voting showed him with 0.2%So somebody voted for Barry Zito!

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Antonio Brown’s knee has healed and his civil trial for rape/sexual assault has been postponed, so he’s eligible to play in the Super Bowl. Of course had he done something terrible like be caught using marijuana Brown would still be suspended.

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So will some of these GOP senators who think there is no need for this impeachment investigation since Velveeta Voldemort is out of office, please let me know why they didn’t speak up when House kept up endless investigations on Benghazi with former Secretary Hillary Clinton?

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Asked about what Joe Biden thought about Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ run for Governor. ” Wow. How high is the Arkansas Republican Gubernatorial governor’s primary on the President’s list? Not high.” If you didn’t already love Jen Psaki.

President Biden’s new Press Secretary also added that she will not be running for Governor of Connecticut in future.

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No joke, the Oregon Republican Party falsely calls U.S. Capitol riot a ‘false flag’ meant to ‘discredit President Trump. They’re nucking futs.

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Nikki Haley was Governor during Charleston Church Massacre, one of worst days in South Carolina recent history. Many of insurrectionists at Capitol would have done as bad or worse had they reached members of Congress. And she still wants to give man who incited the mob a break?

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I’m so old I remember when GOP claimed to be the “Law and Order” party.

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All these GOP Senators playing the “private citizen” card. How long will it take them when SDNY indicts Velveeta Voldemort to play the “you can’t charge for past actions of a sitting President” card?

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As moderate Democrat, going to keep writing about this: Sinema is to my right, so is Manchin. But they are liberal by standards of their purple to red states. Landrieu and McCaskill look damn good in retrospect by comparison to Kennedy and Hawley.

Now we learn Tom Brady’s parents were hospitalized with COVID-19 last year. Glad they recovered. But then Brady showed how seriously he took close call by being only member of Bucs on postgame stage not wearing a mask. If you needed another reason to cheer for the Kansas City Chiefs..

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Ohio Senator Rob Portman says he’s retiring and won’t run again in 2022.. Ok then, Alabama just elected a football coach with no experience as a Senator.

If sports celebrity matters… uh, Lebron James, what are you doing in 2022?

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It’s January 26. Remember getting a text from my son while at dinner during a business trip to Ireland. And for a moment it seemed like the worst story of 2020 would be Kobe Bryant and his daughter dying in a helicopter crash.

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As GOP is now doing the “they want to impeach a private citizen” talking point. Has it occurred to them that a private citizen would have been arrested within 24 hours for inciting an insurrection?

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WTAF? Marco Rubio now calling the fatal January 6 insurrection a “national embarrassment,” but says many of the mob just “got caught up in the moment.” Yeah, I always carry zip ties in case I get caught up in a moment.

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For those who need to know:

“Caught up in a moment” is something like flashing for beads at a Mardi Gras parade.

“Caught up in a moment” is not joining a mob for a fatal insurrection on our nation’s Capitol.

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So when Twitter suspended Mike Lindell did they tell him to put a pillowcase in it?

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Not quite used to WH Press Briefings where Press Secretary actually answers questions and doesn’t insult reporters.

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As Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz now call for “unity” are they proposing all Americans be joined together with zip ties?

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In his press briefing, President Biden talked about “eliminating the vitriol.” What a great concept. Although Joe had me at understanding and correctly using the word “vitriol.”

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So would Marsha Blackburn, who likes to talk about empowering women in general, like to explain why she voted against Janet Yellen for Treasury Secretary? Yellen is only perhaps the most qualified of Joe Biden’s nominees on a bipartisan basis?

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And Marco Rubio missed the vote. Was he looking up a distracting bible verse at the time?

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Think I speak for many American women when I say we’d line up to buy any moisturizer that takes as many years off your face as the last week has taken off of Dr. Fauci’s.

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It is snowing in Pasadena, California. Did Amy Klobuchar schedule a speech there or something?

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Democrats need to remember something about bullies. They’re only bullies while they have power. Mitch McConnell doesn’t have power anymore.

Worst thing about this upcoming Super Bowl : Having to root again, for a team whose fans do “The Chop.”

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“Kicking field goals on fourth and short near the goal line repeatedly against Patrick Mahomes is going to work really well” said no armchair football analyst ever.

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Fans at Lambeau may have felt they were the “12th man” today. But they couldn’t compete with Tom Brady’s refs.

(Not that Green Bay didn’t put on a “what not to do for a potential hail mary” clinic… but yeah, “let them play” until they mess with St Tom.)

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If you enter field of play during a MLB baseball game you will be arrested, fined, possibly spend night in jail, put on probation & definitely be banned from returning to stadium. So why should illegally entering U.S. Capitol during mob insurrection somehow be a lesser offense?

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Joe Biden went to church Sunday morning in DC. On the way back his son Hunter wanted to stop for coffee and bagels. At “Call your Mother” deli. How long until we get to GOP screaming “But his bagels?

In semi-seriousness, since Alabama elected Tommy Tuberville if we’re going to get people like Sarah Huckabee Sanders running for Governor in Arkansas aren’t there ANY Democratic white male ex-football coaches or their daughters who want to run for office in the South?

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(Of course, most of my friends along with me would follow Gregg Popovich anywhere.)

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Anyone else REALLY tired of Republicans who act like they deserve a medal now just for saying “The election was not stolen?”

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Press Secretary Jen Psaki acknowledges that the new Biden cat “is going to dominate the internet whenever it is announced and wherever the cat is found.”

As it should.

(Hint, Crumbs and Whiskers, a cat and kitten adoption cat/cafe is right around the corner from Joe’s new church.)

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Godiva is closing all its North American stores, including one at Stanford Shopping Center. I live in Palo Alto and didn’t even remember Godiva HAD a store there. (Open note, See’s Candies is better anyway.)

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Headline – “Growing number of GOP senators oppose impeachment trial.” So how high would the insurrection death toll have had to be before GOP would be in favor of it, and how many members of Congress would have have to be included?

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Dr. Birx said in CBC interview POTUS presenting graphs about COVID she never made and claimed that someone was creating a parallel set of data to show to to Donald.

Uh, and she didn’t speak up at the time why?

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So is Marco Rubio trying to be such a subservient sycophant in hopes that Princess Ivanka won’t run against him in 2022?

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We finally got rid of the cheater.

So mornings now couldn’t feel sweeter.

Our new President TRIES,

Tells far fewer lies

And views job more than just being a Tweeter.

Given the four teams remaining alive for the Super Bowl, apparently based on every poll I have seen, America’s team is now the Buffalo Bills.

In fact, thinking there are more Americans rooting for Buffalo than have ever been to Buffalo.

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Josh Hawley claims he just did what constituents wanted in taking part in Jan 6 sedition. Hawley’s Stanford advisor was historian David M. Kennedy, Pulitzer winner “Freedom from Fear: American People through Depression & War 1929-45. Hawley knows about “just following orders.”

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If you didn’t already love Cindy McCain, this tweet tonight after the Arizona GOP censured her for supporting Joe Biden “It is a high honor to be included in a group of Arizonans who have served our state and our nation so well…and who, like my late husband John, have been censured by the AZGOP. I’ll wear this as a badge of honor.”

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Apparently 38 U.S. Capitol Police employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since January 6 & there are increasing cases amongst National Guard in DC. So besides everything else can we charge COVIDiot insurrectionists with reckless endangerment?

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As FBI and DOJ begin to bring charges against those who were part of the insurrectionist mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6, wonder how GOP NOW feels about restoring voting rights to felons?

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Just can’t stop thinking about how happy Dr. Fauci looked talking to Rachel Maddow last night.

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RIP Larry King. Who else was surprised to read he was only 87?

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Random thought… during a pandemic, pajamas never seem to go on sale.

While he had nothing to do with whatever happened, apparently President Joe Biden (love saying that) called the head of the National Guard to apologize for them having to sleep in garages. Anyone else who is so thankful to have a President who apologizes for ANYTHING?

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Wait, Lauren Boebert is now complaining about fencing around the Capitol? Waiting for her to rewrite that Frost poem “Good firearms make good neighbors.”

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Just wondering, if Kamala Harris shows up in a tan suit and a fancy watch will GOP heads explode?

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January 23. Three days past the inauguration. And yes, “One day, like a miracle, “It” did go away.”

Damn…. 2021, couldn’t you let us have two good days? RIP Hank Aaron.

Wonder in baseball heaven tomorrow if Bob Gibson will be brushing back Henry Aaron with a pitch?

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2021 is still a long way from normal. But we can maybe see normal from here now? Only 22 days until pitchers and catchers report!

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Random observation, but at this point, thinking more fans across America are rooting for the Bills on Sunday than have ever been to Buffalo.

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Dear President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden. Get that cat soon. Maybe two kittens. As mischievous as possible. Maybe one who claws drapes. Or at least sheds a lot. The media is bored and needs a new semi-scandal.

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I do think in one day many in the media have written more about Joe’s Rolex than they have about Russian bounties on U.S troops.

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Btw, I have a Rolex watch too. At least that’s what the kid in Beijing told me almost 20 years ago. “Best quality.” It cost me all of $10. Hope Joe didn’t overpay because my Seiko works better.

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So NYTimes story about trying to replace acting AG dropped just two days after Inauguration Day. Imagine what’s going to come out between now and Feb 8 when the Senate trial starts?

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Mitch McConnell is acting like an abuser whose victim suddenly gets hold of his gun and now is trying to get them to be reasonable.

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Regarding the controversy about safety on the House floor: Science says masks work. But even if they aren’t 100%, a mask never killed anyone. Unlike a gun.

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From the Colorado Sun, on Lauren Boebert – she was born Lauren Opal Roberts in Altamonte Springs, FL, (where I went to high school, sigh.) Moved to Colorado when she was 12. So on top of everything else, can we call her #FloridaWoman?

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If you’re anti-choice but also anti-mask mandate you have forfeited all right to claim to be pro-life. Period.

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WTAF? Lauren Boebert has introduced legislation that would prohibit a mask mandate on federal property “or while traveling in interstate commerce, and for other purposes.” Just another example of the so-called “pro-life” party trying to kill us.

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Rachel Maddow asks Dr. Fauci why he hasn’t been on the show before. And he tells her that he wanted to, but that he was told not to do so. Part of her response – echoed by millions of Americans – “I’m happy to see the spring in your step and the light in your eyes.”

NCAA put Notre Dame’s football program on one year’s probation for recruiting violations, including 7-day ban on off-campus recruiting & $5,000 fine. Notre Dame makes $22 million a year on TV contracts including $15 million from NBC. (Also probation does not include a bowl ban.)

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NBA has been telling teams to isolate players with COVID-19 along with any close contacts. Now with only one player testing positive, the league has postponed three consecutive Memphis Grizzlies games.

The league says their protocols are evolving. Have to wonder…. would they have done the same if the Grizzlies were a team with several upcoming televised games?

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LA Dodgers, with a 2021 Payroll approaching $200,000,000, are apparently interested in Trevor Bauer, who is hoping for an average $36 million a year contract.

And when they get done with Dodger Stadium for a COVID-19 vaccine site will they set up a loan center in the parking lot for fans who plan when they return to games to buy a few beers?

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Dr. Anthony Fauci “One of the new things in this administration is that you just say you don’t know if that’s the case and do not start guessing.” Besides COVID-19, this is not a bad life hack.

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Waiting for the Clorox ad now featuring some serious cleaning going on in the White House: “Clorox, it’s not for drinking anymore.”

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It’s a whole new world. My son is grown but imagine how nice it must be for parents of younger children now – when the President of the United States comes on TV, you don’t have to change the channel.

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Why is anyone surprised the previous administration had no COVID vaccine plan. Once the election was over, lack of a plan had to seem like a worthy punishment for a nation that didn’t vote for a 2nd term.

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We’ll know Biden’s “federal pharmacy program” to have COVID vaccines available in local pharmacies will really be working when we all start getting those long strip of CVS coupons with our vaccines.

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Meanwhile over at former State-TV- current Fox News website “C’mon, give me a break, man. Biden gets testy with reporter over vaccine rollout question.” “Testy?” Joe didn’t curse, insult the reporter, attack their height, gender, ethnicity etc…

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Meanwhile, amidst all the hope – here’s state TV Fox News’ top headline “Unrest explodes across West as Biden sworn-in; clashes with police, attack on Dem Party offices.” As someone living in the “West,” uh, no.

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Costco apparently won’t stop selling #MyPillow, at least through Feb. Company told SFGate: “We have contractual commitments to MyPillow we intend to honor, as we seek to do w/all of our suppliers.” Of course, “contractual commitments” don’t mean anyone will BUY the pillows.

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So Kayleigh McEnany, is gone and today Joe Biden’s Press Secretary Jen Psaki had her second White House Press Briefing. So what’s the antonym for “A hard act to follow.”

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Final numbers will vary but pretty clear that ratings for Joe Biden’s inauguration easily beat the ratings for his predecessor. Petty but lovely cherry on top would be if Amy Klobuchar & Roy Blunt, who put the program together, were jointly given an Emmy.

Brittany Brees, wife of the Saints QB, wife, revealed today in an Instagram post that Drew was playing with a torn rotator cuff, a torn fascia, plus the 11 broken ribs and collapsed lung this season.

Just in case you were feeling too tired or old to get off the couch today.

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NBA Wizards canceled their sixth straight game tonight due to COVID-19 cases and contact tracing. Now that we’ve detoxed the White House, looks like it’s time to get serious about trying to eliminate another virus in Washington.

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ESPN reports Philip Rivers “is retiring from football, ending his 17-year career as one of the most prolific quarterbacks in NFL history.” In his announcement Rivers thanked his wife and NINE children. So “prolific” is a nice choice of words.

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Buckingham Palace said that Queen Elizabeth II sent a private letter to Joe Biden. And wouldn’t we all love to know what it said.

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Wonder what 45’s “generous” note to Joe Biden said? Maybe something like “Dear Loser, I didn’t burn the place down. You’re welcome.”

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Joe Biden at Lincoln Memorial: “Humbling to stand here in this place in front of these sacred words. Humbling out of respect to President Lincoln & office we now share & humbling because of you, the American people.” Have we heard the word “humbling” in 4 years? I missed it.

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But okay, Joe Biden has been President over 12 hour. Shouldn’t he have tweeted out a cat video by now?

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Doesn’t it feel like 2021 started today?