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Changing seasons

November 4, 2025

So how many days until spring training?

And how much more will the Dodgers at to that record setting payroll.

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Donald Trump to LA Dodgers after the World Series on Truth Social “A lesser group of men would never have been able to win that game, or game 6 for that matter.”

“Lesser” group of men? Since money is his metric, presumably lesser paid he means.


(Dodgers were not only highest payroll in baseball, difference between them & 5th place Blue Jays, even with $69 million of Ohtani’s salary deferred, was over $100 million – more than the entire payroll of several teams.)

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Meanwhile there are 33 standard college football bowl games… and SI.com has predictions for all of them.

Wonder how many Americans can even name HALF of those bowl games?

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If you are attacking California Proposition 50 which would redistrict the state temporarily to responsed to Texas but have no problem with the Texas additional gerrymandering itself, may I respectfully suggest that you STFU?

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Florida GOP rep Andy Olges “The 14th Amendment may allow Congress the authority to BAN Mamdani from office. I am looking into this.

Uh, first evict Trump from the White House because of January 6. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Rachel Maddow on Trump’s approval rating on tearing down the East Wing for a ballroom. 10% approve 54% disapprove. Well, Velveeta Voldemort does claim to be a uniter..

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One good thing after Tuesday no matter what the results.

Everyone in the US who doesn’t live in New York City won’t have to see nonstop headlines about the mayoral race. (And yes, NYC matters, but perhaps not as much as the media based there thinks it does.)

Anyone know how many Mar-A-Lago members, where memberships now start at $1 million, write the costs off as a business expense?

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So Trump is talking about sending U.S. Troops into Nigeria to protect Christians. Meanwhile there are Christians right here in the US – many who voted for Donald, who are going to be losing healthcare and SNAP benefits and he doesn’t give a damn.

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For that matter, about 2/3 of Jamaica is Christian. Anyone even heard Donald say a word about helping the island nation recover from Melissa?

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Once again, Freud nails projection

“Mamdani is a charismatic swindler, I mean you gotta hand it to him, like, he can light up a stage, but he has just been a swindler his entire life.” The speaker- Elon Musk

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As Nancy Pelosi, 85, has apparently decided she will not run for re-election in 2026, many Republicans are saying she should have retired years ago.

Funny, I missed them saying the same thing about Senator Chuck Grassley, now 92 years old.

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Seriously? Trump now says if Democrats reopen the government he will “work on fixing the bad healthcare that we have.” So he’s not even claiming anymore he’ll have a big beautiful plan “in two weeks?

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A $pecial group of guy$.

November 2, 2025

Grudging congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers Smith, who played well

Will Smith called them a “special group of guys.”

And not like the Blue Jays had a small payroll


But Shohei Ohtani, $70 million, Tyler Glasgow, $30 million, Blake Snell, $28.5 million, Yamamoto $27 million…

The Blue Jays had the 5th highest payroll in baseball and even so were under $100 million below the Dodgers. (not counting the Dodgers “deferred” tricks – where Ohtani only shows up at $1 million this year.. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44011956/dodgers-deferred-payments-hit-1051b-8-players-2028-46

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But wonder what happens when Donald Trump and JD Vance realize the World Series MVP Yamamato is a non-English speaker. And Miguel Rojas, who hit the game tying home run in the 9th is from Venezuela.

Will they try to turn the Dodgers’ victory parade into a major ICE operation?

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On Donald Trump calling for Senate to invoke the “nuclear option” to end the shutdown- ie end the filibuster.

Is it possible Velveeta Voldemort just wants to break the Senate like he and Mike Johnson have broken the House?

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So Donald Trump wants us to believe as President he can do anything – bomb boats, tear down part of the White House, take Congressional powers….

But he’s powerless to authorize money for SNAP?

Two words.

Yeah. Right.

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Went over to Fox News website to see how they were spinning Donald Trump’s extravagant Great Gatsby themed Mar-A-Lago party last night.

And not surprisingly, they didn’t cover it.

But they made it a headline when Obama took Michelle to NY for a date night in 2009.

https://www.foxnews.com/story/how-much-did-obamas-date-cost-you

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Not always a fan of NY Times headline writers but full marks on this one.

“As the Shutdown Pain Grows, Trump Attends to Other Matters The president attended a Halloween party Friday and called attention to the marble renovation of a White House bathroom.”

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About that Gatsby party.

“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them…Even when they enter deep into our world or sink below us, they still think that they are better than we are. They are different. ” F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Illinois Governor Pritzker’s requested that ICE pause operations in Chicago just during Halloween, so as not to terrorize families & children. Kristi Noem refused.

Noem won’t need a costume to go as a witch. “And your little dog too.”-

Now the President who still wants a Nobel Peace Prize is talking about potential military action against Nigeria….?!

As Amy Klobuchar says “a bombshell a day.” Anything to distract from the Epstein files.

Anyone think Donald could find Nigeria on a map?

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The final weekend

October 31, 2025

Meanwhile as NBA Spurs fan couldn’t be happier about the start to San Antonio’s season…

Except that I miss Pop. And it had worked out that he’d handed the reins to Becky Hammon.

OTOH, Becky’s doing okay with the Aces.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was moved today to federal prison to begin serving sentence. Too soon to start the pool on when Trump will pardon him?

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Amy Klobuchar today ” The President will negotiate with everyone other than congressional leaders down the street.”


If some Senators offer to give him hamburgers and a crown will he talk to them?

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King Charles was upset over the Epstein Files enough to basically disown his own brother.

Mike Johnson is sellling his soul for a man who will throw him under the bus at the first opportunity.

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As GOP will keep government shutdown over ACA subsidies, just to be clear, some members of Congress with children & family members with pre-existing conditions.

GOP Senator Eric Schmidt has non-verbal son on the autism spectrum w/ other serious disabilities. Eric said his son was a reason he got into politics, to help others. But HIS family will always have healthcare though. You’d think Schmidt would stand up for others.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was moved today to federal prison to begin serving sentence. Too soon to start the pool on when Trump will pardon him?

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Mike Johnson Thursday ” The Democrats do not get to shutdown the government and then make the decision on who is more important than the other and which little thing they want to fund to relieve their own political pain.”

“Which little thing?” Like SNAP benefits?

So-called Christian Mike Johnson is taking “suffer the little children” rather literaly.

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The US Senate, 51 to 47, just passed a joint resolution terminating the “national emergency” Trump declared to impose global tariffs. Another reason Mike Johnson doesn’t want to bring the House back. He knows some of his GOP members agree this is the right decision.

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Not your normal numbers game.

October 30, 2025

Fox News announcers talking pre-game about Dodgers Blake Snell adjusting after game 1 and needing to “establish the fastball” in World Series game 5.

Apparently the Blue Jays had other ideas.

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This World Series is a LONG way from over.


But all this talk earlier this week from sports pundits. about Yamamoto possibly being the next postseason Bumgarner. What if the next Bumgarner turns out to be Yesavage?

(A couple cool facts from tonight – Trey Yesavage’s 2025 salary is $57,204, which is his prorated salary for the part of the season he played in the major leagues. He did get a $4 million signing bonus. And in his first game this season he pitched before a crowd of 327 in single A for the Dunedin Blue Jays against the Jupiter Hammerheads. Tonight’s crowd was over 52,000)

To put that $57.204 in perspective, Game 5, LA Dodgers’ starting pitcher Blake Snell makes $36 million. Works out to about $60,000 for a five pitch at bat.

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Meanwhile, the anti-DEI crowd has no problem with Kai Trump’s sponsor’s exemption to get a place in an LPGA tour event.

Kai, Donald’s 18 year old granddaughter, is ranked 461th in the American JUNIOR Golf Girls Association and finished last this March in a tournament- shooting 52 over par.

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Your reminder, GOP got around the 60 vote threshold in the Senate to confirm Herschel Walker as Ambassador to the Bahamas. They could do it to re-open the Government King Donald doesn’t want House to return as they’d have to release the Epstein Files.

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We are living through the worst Dr. Strangelove sequel ever. Today it’s “President Strangelove: How I learned to distract from The Epstein Files by threatening the bomb.”

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For those thinking Dems should just trust GOP’s promises to negotiate.

There was 3 day shutdown in Jan 2018, Trump said he’d not negotiate DACA during shutdown. Then GOP pledged to work towards a deal. Dems relented. Nothing happened. By April Trump tweeted “NO MORE DACA DEAL.”

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Wonder why Republicans, who control White House, House and Senate, aren’t talking nonstop about all the shutdowns when Democrats had control of all three branches of government.

Oh, that’s right, when Democrats had all three, USA didn’t HAVE shutdowns. It is a #TRUMPShutdown

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LIndsay Graham on Donald and Pete Hegseth regularly killing people in boats just because they are “allegedly” smuggling drugs. “I love this debate. I think most Americans are gonna be with Trump.”

Graham, who knew something about war crimes, used to be John McCain’s best friend. I hope McCain haunts his dreams.

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Mike Johnson: “Religious freedom does not extend and give you the right to get in the face of an I.C.E. Officer and assault them.”

Where is the followup question “So why does religious freedom give you the right to get in the face of women walking into abortion clinics?”

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Senator Amy Klobuchar was talking about Senate’s bipartisan bill to assert their rights on tariffs nails it “His new tariff against Canada isn’t about security, or the economy,

It’s just about the President’s personal grievances and Americans are the ones paying the price.”

Actually later Wednesday the Senate just voted to end Trump’s new higher tariffs on Canada. Tariffs based, not on economics but on Donald’s petulant reaction to an ad aired by province of Ontario accurately quoting Ronald Reagan. GOP House cowards remain in recess. They don’t ever want to vote again.

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Some GOP & right-wing media want us not to care about Canada.

But Canada is 1 of top 2 USA trading partners. (mexico is the other)

Many parts for products made in US come from Canada and most of our imported crude oil. Canadian tourists spent over $20 billion in USA in 2024.

This latest Trump tantrum hurts us all.

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What a difference a half day makes

October 28, 2025

18 innings in game three

9 in game four

Mad props not just to the Toronto Blue Jays for their comeback from that heartwrenching game 3 18 inning loss. But to their fans, who packed Rogers Centre AGAIN after game 3 ended about 3am Toronto time.

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Meanwhile in game 3. Many missed chances on both sides. But robot umps would have given the Blue Jays not only 2 on no outs in the 2nd, but bases loaded in the 18th.

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At least commissioner Manfred didn’t interrupt this World Series Game 3 or 4 for another Jonas Brothers concert?

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Fully aware many baseball players are conservative, & don’t have to agree with athletes on politics to root for them.

But Blake Treinen is a special case. He LOVES Trump – calls him “the greatest President of my lifetime,”and for years has been posting about vaccines, 2020 election…..

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Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno called Affordable Care Act a ‘total disaster’ but said GOP needs “3 or 4 months” for a replacement plan.

Uh, open enrollment starts Nov 1.

And Republicans have had NINE months. Plus Trump had an entire first term…

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Meanwhile, as five GOP Senators voted with Dems to end Trump’s tariffs on Brazil – tariffs instituted because Donald is mad that Brazil is punishing his pal Bolsonaro for criminal behavior, Rand Paul was asked before the vote why more of his Republican colleagues were not willing to support the measure.

Mr. Paul answered: “Fear.”

Today in meeting with GOP Senators, J.D. Vance apparently told them Trump does not want the House coming back.

Of course not, then they’d have to release the Epstein files.

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Different standards

October 27, 2025

So the same President who put out a racist anti-NBA post on gambling posthumously pardoned Pete Rose.

Very white of him.

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Brian Kelly flamed out so spectacularly at LSU the university will pay him many millions to go away. What’s next for Kelly?

Following Coach Tubby, also bought out (by both Auburn and Cincinnati), and running for Senate as a Republican?)

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Remember, when GOP wanted to confirm Kimberly Guilfoyle & Herschel Walker as Ambassadors to Greece and the Bahamas, they overrode filibuster. They could do that to open government too.

But they won’t.

Trump wants government closed because he is terrified of the Epstein files.

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I don’t know enough about everything British journalist Sami Hamdi has said and written to really have an opinion on him.

But I do know that it’s insane that anyone can be fired or arrested and/or deported just because Laura Loomer doesn’t like them.

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It’s not that Rand Paul and Thomas Massie have gotten any more liberal or even moderate. It’s that Trump’s policies are increasingly so RADICAL that two of the last true deeply conservative members of Congress are appalled.

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Not always a Gavin Newsom fan. But points for honesty: On CBS Newsom was asked whether he would seriously consider a presidential bid after 2026 midterm elections. “Yeah, I’d be lying otherwise, I’d just be lying. And I’’m not — I can’t do that.”

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Money still talks

October 26, 2025

“What we really need during a tense tied pitchers’ duel World Series game is a Jonas Brothers concert” said no baseball fan ever.

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Meanwhile Game 1 could be the high water mark for the Blue Jays… or it could be the first win in an upset series. But Blake Snell signed 2 yr, $62 million contract w/ SF Giants in early 2024, pitching all of 20 games then skipping his last start before opting out & signing w/ Dodgers for 5 yrs, $182 million So World Series game 1 could not have been more fun for the Giants.

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From World Series Game 1 “Dodgers last seven starting pitchers had combined to allow 5 runs. When all was said & done on Saturday night, Snell himself had allowed 5.”

Of course as an SF Giants fan I get it, LA could win the next 4 games. (And won the second.) You take your fun when you can.

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Yes, Yoshinobu  Yamamoto pitched another postseason complete game in game 2.

The Dodgers are paying him the highest contract ever for a pitcher only – $325 million over 12 years – over $27 million a year

And yet Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow AND Shohei Ohtani are all making more in 2025. Over $32 million for Snell, Glasgow and Ohtani over $28 million

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Trump doesn’t joke. So have to assume that he’s serious about running in 2028. But a big question, what loophole for a third term can he find that wouldn’t allow him to be challenged by Barack Obama?

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Meanwhile, ICYMI -Now US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America So the President who claims he deserves a Noble Peace Prize now wants to start MORE wars to distract from the Epstein Files?

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GOP Sen.Lankford questioned Trump’s administration’s strikes on Venezuelan vessels w/out approval of Congress. “Administration needs to give insight into Congress. If this was happening w/ this level of insight under Biden administration, I’d be apoplectic,”

So why ISN’T he apoplectic now?

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Trump has no reason to send election monitors to California. And about 80% of the state votes by mail.

Except CA has rejected him soundly three times. DonOLD wants revenge, he wants his private army to harass and arrest Californians & at least he hopes to intimidate people so that they stay home.

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In NJ, DOJ will monitor polling in populous & immigrant-heavy Passaic County. In California, DOJ will monitor LA, Orange, Fresno & Kern Counties; 17 million people including most heavily Latino areas of state.

Will ICE be with them? Trial run for 2026?

So Trump’s ICE now is arresting immigrant workers in blue cities. And many MAGA are laughing.

Pretty damn sure that many many Republicans employ undocumented folks too. At some point the numbers Stephen Miller wants mean going after them as well.

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What were the odds?

October 24, 2025

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups & Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were among several people reportedly arrested by FBI on Thursday as part of two separate illegal gambling-related cases,

Waiting for ESPN “This report brought to you by Draft Kings.”

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Ann Killion in the SF Chronicle “Any assumptions that this scandal was limited to those currently implicated or that this was a one-off in the sports world would be incredibly naive.”


Two words that may turn out to be the most damaging ever to the integrity of sports – “prop bets”


And not that the horse isn’t already out of the barn and half way across the pasture, but will any two words turn out to be so damaging to the integrity of sports as “prop bets?”


So if they lose this World Series will the Dodgers just buy the Blue Jays?

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A $1,000,000,000,000.00 -yes, one trillion increase in our national debt in 2 months.

Where are all the GOP deficit hawks on this one?

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To all those who want Dems to trust Trump & vote for CR because he says he’ll have GOP negotiate then Remember this on his new WH ballroom? “It’ll be near it but not touching it & pay total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.” The East Wing is gone.

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So many bots and trolls trying to defend Trump demolishing the East Wing – without notice and without permits. Donald could burn the whole White House to the ground and replace it with Trump Tower and they’d shrug and say he was entitled to remodel.

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To all those who want Dems to trust Trump & vote for CR because he says he’ll have GOP negotiate then

Remember this on his new WH ballroom? “It’ll be near it but not touching it & pay total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.” The East Wing is gone.

Let us be crystal clear If Donald were proud of tearing down the East Wing he would have done it on camera with him pretending to do some of the destruction work.

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Donald Trump says he builds”on budget and on time,”

He said in July his White House ballroom would cost $200 million

In September he said $250 million Now it’s $300 million. Dibs on $1 billion in the pool

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No way this destruction suddenly happened without a lot of people knowing. What happened to all the treasures in the East Wing, of real or simply sentimental value? Did he destory them or steal them?

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When asked by a reporter about not being transparent about knocking down entire East Wing, Trump said he’d shown plans to “everybody that would listen.”

Give me a bleeping break.

While he hired at least a dozen of them, he has half the people left at Fox News on speed dial.

Are these name tags in front of Hegseth and Bondi and his other cabinet members during all their joint appearances with Trump for the press, or to remind Donald of their names?

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Fox News headline JB Pritzker accuses ICE of ‘racial profiling,’ defends comparing agents to Nazis Gov. of Illinois insisted ICE agents’ misconduct happens ‘all the time’ “They’re literally going after Black & Brown people because of the color of their skin,” No lies detected.

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Amy Klobuchar this week “I don’t know what Trump is going to do…rubber stampers behind closed doors say to us, ‘We really need to do something about these [health care] premiums. We know it, we understand it, but they’re waiting for his orders.”

While Americans peacefully protest for NO Kings. GOP acts like we elected a king.

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A true World Series?

October 21, 2025

Toronto Blue Jays have just become America’s team. In 49 states and most of California. #BeatLA

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Texas A&M is now the first SEC football program to receive a $50,000 fine from the conference Tuesday for violating its policy on players faking injuries in games over a play where a defensive back sat down to stop play on the field, after the ball was spotted. I’ll believe the SEC is serious if they ever fine Alabama or Georgia.

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Meanwhile on the app formerly known as Twitter, trolls love to attack anyone rooting for the Blue Jays as unAmerican liberals who can’t root for our country.

Has anyone reminded them that the Dodgers’ top player, one of their top starting pitchers and their closer are ALL immigants?

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And now Trump is demanding people not take and share pictures of his demolition of the East Wing.

If you are proud of something you don’t want to hide it. He knows this is a desecration.

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Meanwhile, Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia apparently per Politico has said in a GOP group chat that MLK Jr holiday “should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak.”

Waiting to see which GOP Senator comes up with the most ridiculous justification for supporting Ingrassia anyway. My money is on Tim Scott or Lindsey Graham.

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Now Ingrassia, nominated to oversee whistleblowers, has previously said January 6 should be a national holiday. That was fine with most of the GOP..

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A new reports says Marco Rubio betrayed drug gang informants to seal El Salvador prison deal,

Is anyone now surprised?

99-0 …His Senate colleagues thought Rubio was a decent man with a soul. Looks like they were wrong.

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Telling Ukraine to surrender. Randomly bombing civilian boats. Having military go after its own citizens. Arresting political enemies. Thinking the rest of the World now looks at Trump’s USA like they used to look at Putin’s Russia.

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Donald is now trying to kill the huge Gateway rail tunnel project between New Jersey and New York

Either he plans to end elections, or wants to guarantee Republicans never get another vote in New Jersey or New York.

(A great billboard, NY Democrats, if you’re listening would be on the freeway approaches to the current tunnels, and at rail stations reminding drivers that Trump wants to keep things as bad or worse.)

Did this truce even last a Scaramucci? “Israel Strikes Gaza and Temporarily Halts Aid, Saying Hamas Broke Truce”

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Meanwhile over on Fox News “Trump calls Colombian president ‘lunatic’ as drug war tensions explode.” Only at very bottom:; “Colombian president accused U.S. of civilian casualties in maritime drug raids – alleging recent strike killed fisherman w/ no ties to drug trafficking.”

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If Bernie Sanders believes so strongly that we need younger people in the Senate then instead of pushing so hard for Graham Painter in Maine why doesn’t he step down and find some young person to replace HIM in Vermont.

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Bernie has a really sh*tty record for endorsements. Leaving aside fact that he might have helped cost Hillary 2016 w/ith his late endorsement, his push for Andrew Gillum kept moderate liberal Gwen Graham from getting the Dem nomination for Florida Governor in 2018. Gwen WOULD have beaten DeSantis.


Mike Johnson was first elected in 2016 and no one had heard of him until he was elected House Speaker. He deserves some sort of award for being one of the worst politicians in American history to live under the radar for so long.

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We the people

October 19, 2025

Loved some of the No Kings signs

One of my favorites: A woman with tennis balls glued to a sign. “Free Balls for Members of Congress who have lost theirs.”

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And “Unpaid protester. I hate him for free.”

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Amazed how many paid bots and trolls on Twitter and other social media are accusing those of us who write and protest for democracy of being paid. I write for free. And to keep a free country.

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We know that Trump wanted riots he could use as an excuse to invoke the insurrection act.

But as the BBC said:

Several US states had mobilised the National Guard. But organisers said the events, which drew nearly seven million people, were peaceful.

Well played Americans who believe in democray and no kings. Well played.

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Too soon to start the pool on when Trump appoints George Santos to a position in his administration?

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J.D. Vance talks about “kids saying stupid things,” referencing a hateful group chat including “young” Republicans up to the age of 40 Eric Trump “I am a good boy.” Eric is 41. What is this, the arrested development party?

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I guess this is why they play the games: “When: Saturday, October 18, 10:30 PM Eastern Where: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA Watch: ESPN Odds: Florida State by 17.5 pts.”

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So before the season who had Cal over UNC, Arizona State over Texas Tech, and Stanford over Florida State? Now all of you liars put your hands down.

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Don’t think you care about politics? Trump DOT may rescind US consumer friendly airline rules, like rule to assign families seats together at no charge. Have family of 4, kids age 4 & 2, in premium economy. Lufthansa wants $368 one way for seats together Frankfurt-SFO US airlines want to do same.

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Best that money can buy..

October 17, 2025

Dodgers clearly better deeper team vs Brewers. who never seemed to get a spark going.

But as #SFGiants fan. Willy Adames is wonderful; Willie Mac winner -most inspirational player per teammates. 7 year $182 million contract What if Milwaukee could have afforded to keep him?

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I know Phillies fans boo Santa Claus, but Mariners fans cheering when Blue Jays’ George Springer is injured by Bryan Woo hitting him on the knee with a pitch is a new level of trashy.

(And yes, I will root for either team against the Dodgers.)

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A quote for #NoKIngs “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

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Democrats agreed to a CR in March and have been trying to get GOP to negotiate on healthcare premiums.

GOP now says, oh, if Dems just agree to ANOTHER CR, this time they will actually negotiate. “Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.”

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Hey GOP cheering everything Donald does.

Per DOJ: Santos made unauthorized charges to fund campaign & personal expenses from stolen donor credit card info, including “victims he knew were elderly persons suffering from cognitive impairment/ decline.”

Yes, people like our parents and grandparents. Or maybe sooner than we think, us.

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Steve Scalise said he will not vote to extend ACA tax credits. Which would mean millions of Americans would lose insurance.

Steve Scalise’s life was saved because he has the best healthcae money can buy – for free as a member of Congress. Once again, Pro life my ass.

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Donald Trump today called Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono a “nutter,” claiming she wants a railroad from the mainland to Hawaii. Hirono is working on an Oahu rail project. Just another lie, insanity, or dementia?

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Has anyone reminded the GOP that our founding fathers were a #NoKings movement?

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Strange bedfellows

October 17, 2025

USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right

Of all the bad things Donald has done, now he’s got me as a Stanford grad praising USC? But well played Trojans. #Fighton

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Can’t usually stand LA Dodgers but their hand waving dance after extra base hits is from song “Baila Conmigo”

Title means “dance with me” in Spanish. Cool, but does this mean Donald will sic ICE on them?

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Much was made about the quarterbacks in Thursday night football. And yes, the younger man, Joe Flacco, 40, beat the old guy, Aaron Rodgers, 41.

But have to say as a Stanford gal I was an early adopter. I disliked Aaron back in his Cal days.

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Can we STOP with the lie that Republicans want to reform Obamacare? Trump was President for four years. GOP did nothing. Dems passed a CR in March. GOP did nothing Republicans want to have Obamacare be …nothing.

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What’s the REAL reason Trump will meet with Putin, again? It’s another several days of the news cycle that won’t be devoted to the Epstein files.

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Another day, another lethal strike by the US military against a Venezuelan boat, suspected to be carrying drugs, & apparently 3 crew members survived. So will Hegseth and Trump now try to kill the survivors before they might be able to protest their innocence?

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No fan of John Bolton

But as Trump has gotten DOJ to indict yet another former supporter and ally who fell from favor, your reminder, John Bolton is a Republican. Sooner or later, Donald throws everyone under the bus.

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Learning experience.

October 15, 2025

Even if think you don’t care much about Seattle Mariners vs Toronto Blue Jays it’s worth watching the ALCS.

If for no other reason to learn more about whichever team most of North America will probably be rooting for against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Meanwhile, while the Blue Jays won 13-4, Toronto Blue Jays superstar Vladimir Guerrero came just shy of a cycle when he stopped at 2nd on a ball into the gap, instead of trying for a triple.

Many Jays and random baseball fans were annoyed. But imagine how they would have reacted had Vlady tried to stretch it out and injured a hamstring or something.

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What Republicans & Fox News won’t tell you Democrats DID pass a CR in March to keep government open until Sept 30.

Dems have been trying to get ACA subsidies extended all year. NOW GOP wants another CR. And promises they’ll finally negotiate. Why should ANYONE believe them?

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The only thing down about grocery prices is the amount of groceries many Americans are able to buy

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Stores like Uniqlo returning to downtown San Francisco, hotels & restaurants are busier, tourism is up, crime is down & there’s strong sense of optimism under new Mayor Daniel Lurie. So of course Trump targets SF & threatens National Guard. He can’t stand success in California.

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President Trump now says he is considering military ground strikes in Venezuela. Just how far will he go to try to distract from the Epstein files?

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JD Vance won’t condemn GOP “I love Hitler” /watermelon people” group chat. “We’re not canceling kids because they do something stupid in a group chat.

“Kids” were from 18-40. But VP wants to arrest and/or deport college students who say something HE feels is stupid.

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Remember – Taking over Greenland? Reopening Alcatraz? Making Canada the 51st State? So is it all about distracting from Project 2025. Or distracting from the Epstein Files?

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Pointing out portrait of Abraham Lincoln today in Oval Office, Donald says “Nobody’s been treated worse than me. Times 10.’

Thinking Abe and JFK, for starters, might disagree.

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Can we stop with the GOP lies? Leader John Thune claims “every adminstration makes decisions in a shutdown.” You know who didn’t make decisions during a shutdown? President Joe Biden. Because he didn’t have any shutdowns.

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Hey GOP. If wanting no kings in America makes you a left-wing radical then our founding fathers were left-wing radicals.

Supposedly it will cost $350 billion over next 10 years to extend ACA subsidies.

Just $35 billion a year. While Trump just sent $20 billion, more than half that, to his friend in Argentina.

Why isn’t this the biggest headline? It’s not America first. Donald is ME first.

(at late time of writing, apparently he’s now given them $40 billion..)

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Finally on a positive noteL

Great thing about living in California

State alerts us when ballot is sent. They let me know today post office has it. They will let me know when it is received. & when it is verified & counted. CA believes all eligible citizens should vote & it should be easy. What a concept.

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Rich getting richer?

October 15, 2025

If the Brewers come back and take the NLCS, then we are guaranteed a first time World Series winner.

If the Dodgers win, either Seattle or even Toronto will become America’s team.

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Though -Dodgers pitching payroll.

Glasnow $32 mill

Snell, $28 mill

Yamamoto $18 mill

Kershaw $16 mill

That’s $94 million before Ohtani, getting $70 mill, mostly deferred.

Brewers payroll $115 mill. In short series,w/ late season injuries, a huge advantage to say “next muit-millionaire up.”

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JD Vance brushes aside the racist, pro-Hitler, pro-gas chamber comments leaked from Young Republicans, many in positions of some power in GOP, as “a college group chat.” Kinda makes you wonder what HIS college group chats were like And we thought “locker room banter” was bad.

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The headline about Trump sending $20 billion to Argentina during a government shutdown is bad enough What the headline should say “Donald is sending $20 billion of OUR tax dollars to Argentina.” While federal employees are working without paychecks.

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I have a question for Donald. If he really believes he’s the “greatest President of them all, as he said today why is he trying so desperately to have states gerrymander further for 2026 to keep the House in GOP hands?

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When he was shot,

Steve Scalise’s life was saved by the best healthcare money could buy, which he gets for free as Member of Congress. Now Scalise thinks people who are rallying to allow most Americans to keep their healthcare “hate America.”

The one who hates Americans is HIM.

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Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t have time to negotiate with Democrats to reopen the government but he has time to nominate Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. #Priorities

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As the recent layoffs have gutted special education programs, your reminder that Republicans also demand that if a woman becomes pregnant and discovers the fetus has severe disabilities, she MUST carry the pregnancy to term. Pro Life My Ass.

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Vance blames “misreporting” over story Qatar pilots would have a facility in Idaho. Pete Hegseth said Friday U.S. would be “signing a letter of acceptance to build Qatar Emiri Air Force facility at Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.” Who you gonna believe, me or your lying ears?

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How bad is Pete Hegseth?

Newsmax refused already. Now even Fox News is rejecting his proposed new press rules. Along with ABC, CBS,NBC, CNN; “Today we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements.”

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Stephen Colbert, talking about how Pete Hegseth is allegedly getting rid of ICE agents in Chicago because they look fat and out of shape….

Sure, he only wants to see fake strong leaders who could birth a 10-pound baby out of their waddle.

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This is the Time cover picture Trump hates. So we should not share it.

So did Donald Trump tell Speaker Johnson NEVER to bring the House back into session? Velveeta Voldemort must truly be terrified of what’s in the Epstein files.

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So even at the Peace press conference today, DOnald has to refer to the former first lady, Senator and Secretary of State as “crooked Hillary Clinton.” What a petty LITTLE man he is.

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Barron Trump, 19, an NYU dropout, has been appointed to the TikTok board. But remember, per his dad Barron is a genius. He can turn on a computer when it is turned off…

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Reports that Lara Trump will be performing to close the TPUSA Superbowl halftime show.

Okay SNL, top this.

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Beginning to wonder, did Donald Trump tell Speaker Johnson NEVER to bring the House back into session? Velveeta Voldemort must truly be terrified of what’s in the Epstein files.

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Taking sides

October 12, 2025

Hard to root against the Blue Jays or Mariners.

But meanwhile in the NLCS

Milwaukee Brewers payroll $121.7 million.

LA Dodgers $350 million – More than Brewers JUST to five players – Glasnow $32 million, Snell, $27.8 m, Betts, $25 mi Freeman, $22.7 m, Yamamoto $20 m.

And that doesn’t count Ohtani- whose real salary w/ deferred compensation $70 million. #BeatLA

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Florida State, after starting off 3-0 has now lost 3 ACC games in a row. And next week they get to take it out on Stanford – on Stanford’s homecoming weekend…..

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Kristi Noem’s video at airports blaming Democrats for the shutdown doesn’t just violate the Hatch Act. Have to wonder, with federal employees working without a paycheck, who used our tax dollars to pay for the ad?

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Hey media If you are too scared to ask Republicans why they won’t vote to release the Epstein files… Ask them if they and their families are still getting vaccinated.

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Serious question. Sometimes it’s called healthcare.gov”

Sometimes states have their own marketplaces How many Americans on Obamacare KNOW it’s Obamacare?

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In 2024, Trump made huge gains with Latino voters winning 48% of their votes & a majority of Latino men. Donald also won the votes of 56% of young men 18-29.

And he’s slamming Bad Bunny as a “ridiculous” Super Bowl halftime choice… Another “stable genius” move.

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So the CDC now says some of the people they fired this Friday were fired by mistake and will be rehired. One person at least has been fired and rehired twice… The incredible incompetence aside, why would any smart person now take a new job with the federal government?

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This week:

16 dead in Tennessee bomb plant explosion

At least 6 dead in Mississippi homecoming mass shooting

At least 4 dead in South Carolina bar mass shooting.

Not a word of consolation for any of them from Trump If he can’t blame an immigrant or liberal he doesn’t care.

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Aces are the top Card

October 11, 2025

NBA let Becky Hammon, a good would be head coach go. Said she wasn’t “head coaching material.” Their loss. The WNBA’s gain

Neither team deserved to lose Friday night. Game five between the Tigers and Mariners in the ALDS started feeling like those Little League tournaments where everyone runs out of pitching and they still figure out a way to carry on.

(At least playoff games don’t have a ghost runner. #smallmercies)

Aces Head coach Becky Hammon said she learned from Gregg Popovich with Tim Duncan.

When Becky got the Las Vegas Aces job told A’ja Wilson “I HAVE to be able to coach you hard & let others see it because if I hold you accountable then EVERYONE’s accountable.

A’ja said OK.

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As Speaker Mike Johnson extends the House recess another week a simple question. So many federal workers are working without pay. Why are House members being paid without working?

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Senator Tommy Tuberville has a bill to ban Sharia Law in the US. Sharia is the main source of legislation in Qatar.

And Trump just allowed Qatar to build an air force base in Idaho?! Anyone in media seen Coach Tubby?

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This should be a HEADLINE on all networks. Trump White House announced he got COVID and Flu shots Friday

. While his dangerous sycophant RFK Jr. is pushing anti-vaccine advice that will result in many Americans dying.

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Loved Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzer Thursday night on Jimmy Kimmell:

“Reporting from “war-torn Chicago… It’s quite disturbing, the Milwaukee Brewers have come in to attack our Chicago Cubs. People are being forced to eat hot dogs with ketchup on them.”

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Meanwhile, many missed and presumed dead after an explosion ripped through a bomb factory in Tennessee yesterday.

Not a word from President Trump.

Even though it’s a red state.

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Speaker Johnson will NOT call even the House into session to pass a bipartisan bill to pay the military during government shutdown. Although the House is getting paid.

Donald really really doesn’t want them to release the Epstein Files.

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Kristi Noem has a video playing at airports blaming delays due to the shutdown on Democrats.

Fixed it for her “We are sorry you may be facing delays. But it’s really important to my boss that you never read the Epstein files that may or may not show him having sex with young girls.”

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Hey cowardly GOP Senators & House members who think genuflecting now before Velveeta Voldemort will save you:

James Comey is a Republican

John Bolton is a Republican

Liz Cheney is a Republican

(and he’d have gone after Liz if Biden hadn’t pardoned her.)

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Over and out

October 9, 2025

This headline aged well – “President Trump predicts Yankees ‘going to go all the way’ in 9/11 appearance at Yankee Stadium.

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Phillies lose to the Dodgers and are eliminated on a walk-off error Eagles lose to a NY Giants team so bad they lost to the New Orleans Saints.

Do have some sympathy for police in Philadelphia tonight.

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RFK Jr. “Two study show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. Highly likely because of Tylenol.”

Trump “I would say don’t take Tylenol is you’re pregnant “And when the baby is born, don’t give it Tylenol.”

This is Senator Bill Cassidy’s MD, legacy

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Does anyone think Lindsey Halligan knows what “Discovery” is?

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Bernie Sanders now that Janet Mills indicates she might enter Senate race in 2026. “It saddens me that Democrats are gonna have to raise millions of dollars fighting against each other…”

Where was that Bernie logic in 2016 & 2020?

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Now Trump’s DOJ has indicted Letitia James… Just yesterday Amy Klobuchar reminded Pam Bondi she promised at her hearing not to let politics play a part in her decision making & to preserve DOJ Independence: “Do you believe that you have upheld that commitment?” Amy asked.

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Trump thinks he is king & there are no guardrails.

Which means, based on his accidental public DM that after James Comey & Letitia James, Donald next will get his personal lawyer Lindsay Halligan to indict Adam Schiff.

Will GOP House members & Senators stand by for it?

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is now threatening to fire “problem children” air traffic controllers who are “lashing out.”

That ought to improve moral and staffing issues…

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Meanwhile, has there ever been a bigger bootlicker as House Speaker than Mike Johnson?

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Per KFF “About half of Obamacare subsidy users are small business owners, people who work for a small business & self employed people – including gig workers. Everything else aside do Americans want their Uber drivers not to have insurance & work while they are sick?


Trump originally said he would try to go to Egypt Friday Now he’s going for his second ‘routine annual physical’ in six months. No one really knows why, but this were Joe Biden the media headlines would ALL be speculation about his health.

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Again for those in the back. If Trump would just tell GOP to pass legislation extending Obamacare subsidies this shutdown would be over tomorrow.

Or heck, if he even agreed to release the Epstein Files. Like THAT will ever happen.

#Epsteinphile

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Jays eh?

October 8, 2025

Canadian trash talking at its best. Yesterday Canadian PM Mark Carney told Trump the Toronto Blue Jays were doing well in playoffs & would be “coming down for the World Series”.

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Note, Donald just showed up 9/11 for a NY Yankees game. #ETTD

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Meanwhile, down in LA, playoff Kershaw was back..

(Sorry, not sorry, #BeatLA #SFGiants

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On August 2, 2025, the Las Vegas Aces were 14-14.

They never lost in the regular season again.

Finished 30-14.

They are now up 3-0 in WNBA finals.

Becky Hammon can flat out coach.

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Trump goes on a lying rant against about schools changing the gender of children yesterday in front of Canada’s PM, Mark Carney.

Carney has a nonbinary child.

Mark Carney should get the Nobel Peace Prize for not punching Donald.

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During his press briefing with Canadian PM Carney, Trump first attacked three Democrats, Jasmine Crockett “a low-IQ individual,” then AOC, then Nancy Pelosi. Hmm, wonder what they all have in common…

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While millions of Americans may lose healthcare, Coach Tuberville is lying on Senate floor on Sharia law.

He claims: “United Kingdom is essentially gone. Mass migration has destroyed their society…US may look like Europe.” Many Americans now would love to be like Europe.


Again for those in back. Enough Democrats voted for CR to reopen govt in March. Gave GOP SIX MONTHS to figure out how to deal with ACA subsidies. GOP punted.

So millions of Americans are about to lose healthcare. Trump & GOP can extend subsidies if they really care about life.

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GOP loves to lie about Schumer’s vote to keep government open in March: Facts, Chuck voted for a temporary CR to keep things open until Sep. 30 Trump & GOP had six months to fix ACA subsidies. They did nothing. They don’t care if Americans, mostly red voters, lose healthcare

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Trump claims if shutdown continues he will announce firings “in 4-5 days” and “many of those jobs are not coming back.” So 1 or 2 things are true. 1. He’s going to permanently fire people just to hurt the Democrats. 2. He’s lying and he will have Vought fire people anyway.

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Steve Scalise lies today & lectures Democrats saying THEY are prolonging Trump shutdown and making Americans suffer Scalise has free healthcare for life. When he was shot his life was saved by that great healthcare. But he acts as if healthcare doesn’t matter to anyone else.

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Can we stop with the lie that if Democrats wanted these ACA subsidies to be permanent they would have made them permanent?

Democrats tried to do just that. But the legislation was torpedoed by Joe Manchin.

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Will keep saying this: If the Esptein files showed Trump was innocent and some leading Democrats or even Republicans were guilty, Donald would have the files read aloud in prime time on Fox News.

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USA Today headline “People are being notified about premium increases if Obamacare tax credits ends.” As Amy Klobuchar says “This is not a January problem. This is not a December problem. This is a NOW problem.”

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Good news if Israel and Hamas can actually end fighting. But uh, ” the ‘1st phase’ of plan?”

And “This means that all of the hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their troops to an agreed upon line?” Very soon? Like “two weeks?

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A simple question. Trump lies and says residents of the cities he is invading want ICE and National Guard on their streets.

If so, why are all the officials who residents of those cities actually ELECTED saying “We don’t want them here.”?

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Florida allows open carry of guns, so Publix, a top grocery store in the state, apparently now will too


This could make in-store disputes over too many items in the express line really… interesting?

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Trump is going to Walter Reed this weekend for a ‘routine yearly’ medical check-up. He had his annual physical in April.

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Speaker Johnson pretended today House Members are actually home meeting constituents in their districts.

  1. Haven’t seen ANY coverage of GOP House members facing their constituents

2. Johnson and his cult members are cowards.

3. #ReleaseTheFiles

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Gavin Newsom is term-limited.

While I like him in the Senate some part of me thinks it would be really fun if Adam Schiff decided to run for Governor of California.

Other than Gavin, Adam might be the Californian who most triggers Donald.

(Seriously, bookmark this prediction – someone big will jump into the race either late this year or very early 2026.)

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Easy fix:

If Trump & GOP care about our health, all House has to do is pass bill saying ACA subsidies are extended, even just for months while Congress negotiates permanent details.

Then Dems will vote to re-open government & we can save healthcare for millions of AMERICANS!

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It’s not over. yet

October 6, 2025

But of the two teams with 2-0 leads in NLDS

Los Angeles Dodgers – $350,300,236 – not counting their deferrals for Ohtani and others

Milwaukee Brewers – $121,674,704

Almost wish the SF Giants could loan Willy Adames back to the Brewers if Milwaukee plays the Dodgers.

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Meanwhile, the Kansas City Chiefs are 2-3.

No punchline, except that this is probably something at least 70% of Americans are happy about regardless of political affiliation.

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Texas Senator John Cornyn complaining that government shutdowns have become “far too common.” So did he forget, under President Biden the number of shutdowns was 0. The last ones were under Trump.

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Interesting how when Donald takes questions in the Oval Office he’s always sitting down. Because he can no longer regularly stand up for long periods of time?

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Something you won’t see on Fox or from bots/trolls: Karen Immergut, the judge who is blocking Velveeta Voldemort’s use of the National Guard in Oregon, is a TRUMP appointee

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Someone posted on Twitter “I don’t believe US troops will fire on American citizens”

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They’d only be in their 70s now. William, Allison, Jeffrey, Sandy. #kentstate

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New York state of mind.

October 5, 2025

If you enjoy rooting against the NY Yankees, this was a fun weekend of baseball.

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Meanwhile, while the Yankees gave up 23 runs to the Toronto Blue Jays in two games, the Jets, now 0-5, and Giants 1-4 after letting the Saints get their first win of the year, are hoping the city’s focus stays on baseball a little longer.

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Republicans control House & Senate.

If they wanted to negotiate to keep ACA healthcare subsidies, they’ve had all year to do it. Or they could have just kept subsidies in Big Beautiful Betrayal. Tax cuts for billionaires mattered more than healthcare for average Americans

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Mike Johnson was asked on Face the Nation : “As Speaker of the House do you want to see the ACA tax credit extended?”

His response? “No.”

Dems should play this as an ad on a loop.

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GOP promises they will negotitate on healthcare if Democrats just vote to reopen the government. If Dem do cave, there’s about the same chance of Republicans negotiating in good faith as there is of Charlie Brown actually kicking that football.

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Finally found Fox story on mega church pastor Robert Morris being sentenced to jail.

Nothing in headline saying girl was 12 yrs old when sexual abuse started, which continued for 4 yrs Nothing on Trump saying Morris was his “spiritual advisor” Wonder why ?#FoxNews

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Per NY Times, “Nearly 1/2 of 6 million adults under 35 on ACA marketplace plans expected to drop them because of higher prices — higher share than in any other age group.”

56% of young men voted for Trump in 2024, 40% of young women.

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GOP promises they will negotitate on healthcare if Democrats just vote to reopen the government. If Dem do cave, there’s about the same chance of Republicans negotiating in good faith as there is of Charlie Brown actually kicking that football.

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