Left Coast Sports Babe

Kevin Durant’s demand for a trade a couple months ago didn’t work out, and now KD and his team, per the Brooklyn Nets “have agreed to move forward with our partnership.” So can we call this a “conscious recoupling?”

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IF Giants have off-day in Minneapolis Thursday before 3 games vs Twins. And Aug 25 is 1st day of Minnesota State fair. Inspired by MN Senator Amy Klobuchar I took a look at new fair foods – maybe Giants need some deep fried ice cream or a cotton candy float to energize their offense?

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https://www.mnstatefair.org/new-this-year/food/

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NY Yankees had an off-day today. So put a temporary stop on Yankees fans’ panic button.

NY starts a series Thursday in Oakland vs the As. Expect a sweep. Or put that button on code red.

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Student loans forgiveness vs PPP loan forgiveness is just the latest. But GOP could save themselves a lot of embarrassment if they just acknowledged that Americans know how to use Google.

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So will 2022 midterm elections turn out to be the political equivalent of Lysistrata for GOP? With a twist: F*ck with women, and you will get f*cked by women.

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WTAF? Florida Governor Ron DeathSantis, about Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has dedicated his life to public health, “Somebody needs to grab that little elf and chuck him into the Potomac.” Fauci already has Secret Service due to death threats. ReTHUGlican party is too mild.

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Whatever he says, whatever he does involving schools Florida Governor Ron Deathsantis long-term mission for public education is clear – he wants to get rid of it. Education causes Democrats

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If you think USA can’t afford forgiving a limited amount of student debt but were fine with USA reducing tax rates for millionaires and billionaires, may I respectfully suggest you STFU?

Police investigating couple who allegedly engaged in sex act in Coliseum stands during A’s game. Well, apparently at least someone from Oakland scored during the game.

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By GOP standards, being a former college football player alone qualifies you to run for office. Which means if you’re an experience former Governor AND a former QB (at Wake Forest), you should be a slam dunk.

Vote Charlie Crist for Governor of Florida.

Fernando Tatis, Jr, 23, was rehabbing wrist injury from motorcycle accident when he got suspended 80 games. Now he’ll have shoulder surgery. Today “There is no one else to blame but myself. I have lot of work to do…l’m learning, I’m maturing.” If true, better late than never.

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Was Stanford faculty club waitress decades ago. Had to give name, address etc for Secret Service security check weeks in advance just to work ONE dinner with DOD Secretary Caspar Weinberger. Despite all those documents, how many staff with no security checks work at Mar-A-Lago?

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In increasingly authoritarian Hungary, National Meteorological Service officials were fired for forecasting storms that didn’t happen – the forecast canceled Budapest fireworks. Crazy. But by that token could US permanently fire someone who tried to Sharpee away a hurricane?

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As Texas tries both to fight all forms of gun control and to criminalize all abortions, wonder what happens if a pregnant woman accidentally shoots herself in the stomach?

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Democrat Iraq War vet Pat Ryan just won a special election in NY19, a congressional swing district. Ryan’s message: “He fought for our families, for our freedom. And freedom includes a women’s right to choose. How can we be a free country if government tries to control women’s bodies?”

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Matt Gaetz, under investigation for sex trafficking possibly involving minors & known to have asked Velveeta Voldemort for a pre-emptive pardon, won his primary tonight with about 70% of vote. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s supposedly pro-child pro-law and order Republican party.

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CYMI, it takes an special kind of arrogance to tweet against President Biden taking a working vacation at his Delaware beach house While you’re tweeting from Italy aboard a luxury yacht. (No joke)

Yes, I am talking about you, Senator Rick Scott.

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Nice to be looking for a hotel for a client near the White House and seeing the Waldorf Astoria. The Trump name is OFF the property. Too bad for our country we can’t get his name off the GOP.

Now it’s the “World Series Presented by Capitol One?” Well, I guess we should be glad they didn’t rename it the “Capitol One” series.

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·Direct quote from Herschel Walker on pulling out of Thursday Oct 13 debate against Senator Warnock “You’ve got people that are contributors to his campaign and it’s in this room that only two people gonna see it on a Sunday night, I think. NFL Football.. I am giving you an opportunity to be statewide so everybody can see what it is, see the contrast between the two of us. I don’t know how you can ask for anything better.”

(Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be football players. #CTE?)

Now, the Oct 13, THURSDAY night game is Commanders-Bears. Walker claims he wants a different debate on Oct 14. But that’s Friday night. Thinking in Georgia high school football is a bigger draw than a random NFL game. Stay tuned for the next excuse.

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Parts of Texas including Dallas were flooded today with torrential rain. So which Ritz Carlton did Ted Cruz leave the state for?

As Lindsey Graham continues his efforts not to testify before a Georgia grand jury….if he were innocent wouldn’t Senator Graham want not only to testify but to speak out loudly to any reporter who would listen?

Stephen Colbert is off this week. But okay, could even the great Colbert really have come up with anything as funny as some of Velveeta Voldemort’s rants and excuses over the documents he had at Mar-A-Lago?

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As Maddow reports tonight DOJ never considered criminal charges against Velveeta Voldemort at all. Rachel – “Former Attorney General Barr lied.” See how easy those words are to say. Why are they so hard for most of the media?

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I’m so old I remember when just writing a book called “What Happened” was enough to get Hillary Clinton branded a sore loser.

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300+ classified documents deliberately taken to Mar-A-Lago. That we know of. So far. But her emails.

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From NY Times, just on the 15 boxes that WERE given to archives in Jan 2022, which included documents from CIA, NSA & FBI. “Mr. Trump went through the boxes himself in late 2021, according to multiple people briefed on his efforts, before turning them over.” So what did he keep?

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All you need to know about today’s GOP is that they are trying to demonize Dr. Anthony Fauci and have made a hero out of Kyle Rittenhouse.

Baltimore Orioles beat Boston Red Sox on Sunday night in Little League Classic in front of sellout crowd 2,467 fans at Williamsport’s Bowman Field. 2,467 fans. Or as the Oakland A’s call that at the Coliseum- a good Tuesday night.

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SF Giants were 107-55 in 2021 Baltimore Orioles were 52-110 in 2021 Who had the Orioles closer to an MLB wild card spot in 2022 than the Giants?

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Marcell Ozuna booed by home fans at the beginning of his in 1st game since his Friday morning DUI arrest.

Wonder why Braves fans didn’t boo Ozuna in his 1st game this season – after suspension for May 2021 arrest for assault charges of strangulation & battery after police said they witnessed him attacking his wife.

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“The Handmaid’s Tale” is on Florida’s banned book list. Guess Governor Deathsantis doesn’t want kids reading his mission statement?

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In my Florida high school we had Romeo & Juliet abridged version. Without Mercutio’s dirty lines.”Cut off the heads of the maidens, or their maidenheads.” “O that she were an open-arse & thou a popp’rin pear … We found unabridged copies & read carefully to find the good stuff.

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So Velveeta Voldemort now calls McConnell a ‘broken down hack’ & says the Senate Minority leader is ‘openly disparaging’ Republican candidates. Translation, when many of these nutjobs lose in November, the Former Guy will blame Mitch.

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Used to think Jake Tapper wanted to be Anderson Cooper. Now it appears he wants to be Chuck Todd.

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We know many documents were destroyed / flushed in Velveeta Voldemort’s White House. But DOJ says he illegally took many boxes of documents with him, why? Two answers make sense: They include information that incriminate others. Or they include information he could sell.

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Fundraising email from Ivanka “My husband wrote a book.” The bad reviews mean Jared’s ghostwriter would probably prefer that no one knows they exist. But might be more accurate to say “My husband wrote a sentence.”

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Travel agents have to laugh at lies from Fox & some right-wing media pretend NY is housing migrants bussed by Greg Abbott to NYC in “luxury hotel.” Daily Mail headline “$700 a night”. It’s the Row Hotel, former Milford Plaza. Check out reviews. Rates start closer to $100 a night.

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A question for Florida Governor Ron Deathsantis: How can it be triggering and inappropriate for high school children to read books that talk about sex, but just fine for a 16 year old to be forced to bear a child?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Talk about a battle for the aged.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Population of Wyoming: 581,348

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This perhaps did not age well.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Dear NBC.

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

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

Sincerely, Americans tired of Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell.

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

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

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

Preseason football games have started.

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

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

I liked “pushed into a lifeboat” better.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I wish this was a joke.

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

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

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

(Giants were off tonight.)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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GOP. Merrick Garland needs to release the search warrant.

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

GOP – where will we move the goalposts tomorrow?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Neither should umpire’s “interpretation.”

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

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

Personal attorney for Chris Christie during Bridgegate.

Appointed to his current position by Donald Tr*mp.

FBI Director Chris Wray.

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

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

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

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

Which means Republicans defending Velveeta Voldemrort are not stupid.

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

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

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

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

Oh, this millionaire on billionaire violence….

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

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

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

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

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

Dear CNN, you will never be Fox News.

Stop trying.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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WTAF NY Times?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

so follow up from last night

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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It was never just about stopping abortions.

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

It’s about controlling women.

Women have figured it out.

We’re mad AND voting #GetMadAndVote

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

Now Merrifield was traded to Toronto Blue Jays.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And here’s the proof.

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