Left Coast Sports Babe

SF Giants were up 6-2- four runs with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th Tuesday and lost 7-6 in 10 innings

Pittsburgh Pirates were up 5-0 today in the 4th, and 5-4 with two outs and nobody on in the 9th. And they lost – 9 to 5 in 10 innings.

“It breaks your heart, it was designed to break your heart…”

Except this time at least the game was an equal opportunity heartbreaker…

Guessing for game three Thursday NOBODY turns the game off early.

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Caitlin Clark has had a good but not great start to the WNBA, and while her Indiana Fever came close, they lost today 85-83 to the Seattle Storm to start the season 0-5.

But for all those casual fans criticizing Clark for not making her previously awful team good… uh, Wemby was a unanimous Rookie of the Year and the San Antonio Spurs needed a good last month to be only the 4th worst team in the NBA.

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Trump’s supporters say his defense for four classified documents being found in his bedroom at Mar-a-Lago, four months after FBI raid, is that Donald needed the folders to cover a light on the phone so he could sleep. Even for an SNL skit that would be a stretch.

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Phil Mattingly on CNN actually nails it: “When Trump has no idea what he’s talking about he says he’s going to do something about it in 7-10 days.” But people in his administration were, and will be hard line on abortion, the Comstock Act. IVF, and yes, birth control.

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When Trump says he has a plan for something that he’s going to give us the details on in 10 days why doesn’t someone, anyone in the media have the courage to ask him… So sir, what about your healthcare plan, or your infrastructure plan…?

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Nikki Haley announced she will be voting for Trump.

So congratulations to all those who had May 22 in the pool.

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Nikki Haley says she’will be voting for Trump. So for all those Never-Trumpers who saw her as a sign of hope, this quote from Scarlett O’Hara about Ashley WIlkes – “I loved something I made up. I made a pretty suit of clothes and fell in love with it.

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Democratic Senate is confirming Biden’s 200th judicial nomination today. 200 judges. If Mitch McConnnell were majority leader, many would have been blocked – including Ketanji Brown Jackson. If you didn’t already know we need to work hard to keep the Senate blue.

The NBA is potentially 4-7 games away from a Boston-Dallas final.

The NBA is also potential 4-7 games away from an Indiana-Minnesota final.

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As a fan of underdogs if the San Antonio Spurs aren’t in it, I’d enjoy watching the later. Guessing NBA and their sponsors may not agree with me.

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ESPN headline ” Embattled WR Rashee Rice attending Chiefs’ OTAs.”

Embattled? That word means beset by problems or difficulties.

Rice was been charged with one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury for his involvement in a six-car crash on a freeway, where he was allegedly racing at speeds up to 119 MPH. All the victims survived., but Rice is lucky he’s not in prison for at least manslaughter.

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Listening to Fani Willis talk with Rachel Maddow about needing 24 hour security, another thing national media isn’t covering enough: How many people, from election workers, to Dr. Fauci, to judges & DAs live now in fear for their lives just because they dared to challenge Donald Trump?

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As Trump whines nonstop about being cold, and is working on an excuse as to why he won’t testify, your reminder. You know who didn’t complain and testified for 11 HOURS?

Hillary Clinton.

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As Trump continues to whine about the ‘freezing cold courtroom,” the only logical explanation is that he knows putting on a jacket or sweater makes him look even more fat.

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How is CNN going to cope when this trial is over and they actually have to go back to covering real news?

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Meanwhile Democrats are trying to resuscitate the bipartisan border bill this week, and dealing with other issues like trying to include Dental care in Obamacare, plus other issues including bipartisan issues like monopolies and price fixing.

Not that actual real legislation counts with today’s national media as “real news.”

Exciting for SF Giants fans to beat the Colorado Rockies tonight, a team that came in on a 7 game win streak. OTOH, even with a 7 game win streak, the Rockies came in at 15 and 28. Yeah, do the math.

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Sunday May 19 – don’t have to be a major NBA fan to love this phrase – Back to back game 7s.”

-Reserving judgement on Scottie Scheffler arrest for now and assuming all the details will come out. But one thing seems true.

As talented athletically as he is, if Scheffler were black he’d probably have been shot.

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So tired of NY Times BS.

This headline “They Supported Biden in 2020. What Made Them Change Their Minds in 2024?”

Can’t remember a headline “They supported Trump in 2016/2020. What Made Them Change THEIR Minds in 2024?

And guessing there a LOT of voters in the last camp.

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Lots of coverage of the situation in the House Oversight Committee between Marge Three Names, AOC and Jasmine Crockett. Less coverage of how it started: Marge told Jasmine “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading.”

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Many if not most women use hair color at some point in their lives. No shame in it. But it’s pretty rich that a woman who clearly gets her blonde out of a bottle attacks another woman for false eyelashes.

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Expensive teeny tiny violin shortage alert.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who lives in a $27 million home in San Francisco. says he can no longer eat in public in S.F. because he is too well known due to his company’s popularity.

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Had friend I would sometimes hang out with at annual California Democratic conventions.

He was appointed a judge, immediately resigned as a delegate and stopped attending local Democratic events. SCOTUS judge Alito knows better. He just doesn’t care.

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Does Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker think that part of a woman’s “vocation” is to take blame for her husband?

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Trump did make it to see his son Barron graduate. “

Donald and his ten-vehicle Secret Service motorcade pulled into the school with just minutes to spare.” And presumably left minutes after for his fundraiser tonight. Father of the Year #sarcasm

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Meanwhile, President Biden spoke on the anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Educatio. Wonder how long until GOP tries to get SCOTUS to overturn Brown too.

Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch called a time out when the T-Wolves were down 9-2 with 9 minutes left in the 1st quarter in an elimination game 6 against the Denver Nuggest. Whatever he said, can he bottle it?

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Minnesota won 115 to 70.

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Apparently per ESPN “The Shohei Ohtani bobblehead giveaway snarled traffic outside Dodger Stadium on Thursday.”

As opposed to traffic normally only being snarled on days ending in Y.

Guess ESPN doesn’t get to Dodger Stadium much.

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Ronald Acuna Jr led 2023 MLB with 73 stolen bases. Cincinnati Reds’ Elly De LA Cruz today stole 4 bases vs the Dodgers to move to 30 for 2024. In May. And the weekend is young in Los Angeles.

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South Dakota Governor Kristin Noem is coming to California tomorrow to be the headline speaker this weekend at the GOP convention in Burlingame.

So if you’re anywhere near San Francisco Airport, hide your dogs.

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Dow briefly crossed 40,000 today. Waiting for NY Times to say how that’s bad for President Biden.

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J.D. Vance held up judicial nominations to protest DOJ investigating Trump. Tommy Tuberville held up military nominations to protest abortion.

Neither Senator actually works on behalf of Americans. And they both showed up this week for Donald in NY.

Taxpayers deserve better.

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GOP representatives Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert & Andy Biggs were all in NY courtroom today supporting Dear Leader instead of doing their jobs.

Not that they do their jobs when they are in DC. Remember, if Trump is returned to White House, these clowns will be his inner circle.

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Bobby Zirkin, a former Democratic State Senator in Maryland, is running something he calls Democrats for Hogan.

The same Bobby Zirkin who resigned in 2020, and then who lobbied on behalf of the Catholic Church in opposition to the Maryland Child Victims Act, which would extend the statute of limitations for child sex abuse cases? Seems like a real winner. #sarcasm

If a black man had been convicted by a jury of murdering a white pro-Trump supporter during a protest in Texas, Governor Greg Abbott would not only not have pardoned the man, he’d be demanding the death penalty.

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Some question Michael Cohen simply because of his animosity now towards Donald Trump. Considering how Trump throws and has thrown EVERYONE under the bus when they’re no longer useful to him, seems like animosity is the normal and sane response for ex-employees and supporters.

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If Trump is as innocent as he claims, why isn’t he demanding to take the stand to defend himself?

KC Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker said his wife Isabelle, would be the “first to say that her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.” Wonder if Butker has discussed his theory with teammate Travis Kelce in reference to Travis’s girlfriend.

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Nice to see the SF Giants put a huge 12 foot TV out facing McCovey Cove during games.. Too bad the team is unlikely to hit more than a ball or two out there for the rest of the season.

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And the fees just keep on coming.

2500 Penn, a “Placemakr Experience condo hotel” in Washington DC, has a $59 per stay maintenance fee.

Isn’t “maintenance” kind of a base requirement for any hotel?

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Michael Cohen to Maggie Haberman “Please start writing and I will call you soon.” So exactly how is NY Times today going to deal with this by attacking President Biden?

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Trump talking about his GOP VP hopefuls helping him evade the gag order at his trial “I do have a lot of surrogates and they are speaking very beautifully.” This is like a twisted version of the swimsuit competition in the pageants Donald used to run.

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Some Republicans seem more upset that Kamala Harris said f**king than that Donald Trump, while married to his third wife, was f*cking a porn star and a Playboy bunny.

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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum wants us to be outraged Judge Mercham donated $35 to Democrats a his daughter previously worked at progessive consulting form. Meanwhile SCOTUS Justice Thomas’s wife Ginni was actually involved in Jan 6 insurrection. Move along, nothing to see here.

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The GOP Presidential candidate is in a New Yoru courtroom for one of many felony cases against him. The Speaker of the House and several GOP leaders are going up to New York to support him.

Meanwhile what are President Biden and Democratic leaders up to? Doing the jobs we elected them to do.

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Awful story. No joke,

8 people killed when bus carrying 53 farmworkers crashes, many victims are in critical condition.

The driver of pickup that caused crash, a white man, was arrested for DUI resulting in manslaughter.

Wonder if Florida Governor Ron Desantis, who never misses chance to attack immigrants who harm Florida citizens, will say a word?

The WNBA will finally start some charter flights for players.

(yeah, I know some are thinking, they didn’t already have charter flights? Nope, they’ve actually been illegal.)

About time. I am 5’3″ and get cranky if I am not in economy plus. Cannot imagine what it’s like to be a basketball player in coach on a commercial flight. Let alone dealing with baggage, missed connections and other headaches.

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Republican Senator Katie Britt has introduced a bill to create a FEDERAL DATABASE of pregnant women that will be tracked by the government.

Dear Charles Barkley.

Since the state seems fond of big sports names running for political office, and you are a smart man.

Would you consider running for Senate in Alabama?-

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SF Giants, delayed by three hours returning from Colorado, lost to a Cincinnati Reds team who had on an eight-game losing streak. Nick Ahmed has a sprained wrist, Jung Hoo Lee has a sore wrist, Jorge Soler is out with a shoulder injury…Patrick Bailey has been on the concussion list, Austin Slater might be joining him..

Maybe it is a curse for not re-signing Renel Brooks-Moon

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House Republicans are now drafting articles of impeachment against President Biden for not supporting Israel staunchly enough.

Wonder if anyone has mentioned this to Pro-Palestinian anti Biden protesters.

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A reason Donald Trump won’t choose Nikki Haley as his running mate: She’s better looking than he is and more likable. He cannot stand being upstaged.

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How long until some Republicans who didn’t see the Aurora last night blame Biden?

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So Trump is trying to convince the American public that he is a brilliant detail oriented man who focuses intensely on everything. While he tries to convince a jury he is a distracted man who lets his staff take care of everything.

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Barron Trump has declined being a delegate at the RNC convention this summer. Mother knows best?

Second win for the SF Giants when they gave up 4 runs or more. In ALL of 2024. Almost 1/4 way through the season. Siri, what is “offensively challenged?”

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Meanwhile the Colorado Rockies 8-28, will play the Chicago White Sox 9-28, at the end of June.

Will the series be sponsored by Charmin?

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NBA has to be disappointed as far as TV ratings and merchandise sales that the Lakers and Warriors are out of the playoffs. On the other hand, at least right now the odds seem slim for an Indiana-Cleveland Eastern Conference final.

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Trump supporters tried to get rid of Fani Willis over dating coworker & allegations she didn’t pay 50% of trip costs. including a few nice bottles of wine.

While Aileen Cannon stays at Sage Lodge – a lovely $1,000 a nt and up, way up, luxury resort in Montana -sponsored by conservative law school. Why can’t Dems go after her?

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Don’t remember a single Republican or right-wing pundit telling Ken Starr that the Clinton cigar story was too much of a salacious detail.

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Ted Cruz about the current trial and Stormy Daniels “There is no person on Planet Earth that believes Donald Trump has been celibate all his life.”

Note to Ted Cruz from Planet Earth.

Trump is not on trial for adultery, though you would have impeached Bill Clinton over it. Donald is on trial for trying to buy and bury stories about his adultery to interfere with an election. Thank you for coming to MY Ted talk.

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So since RFK Jr. doesn’t believe in medical science why did he trust doctors to diagnose and reportedly treat a worm in his brain. Asking for a country tired of crazy.

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Had to pause and replay to make sure I heard this right.

Manu Raju reporting House killed Marge Three Names’ efforts to remove Speaker Mike Johnson.

CNN’s Jake Tapper to Manu “Thank you. breaking news, very exciting…” “Very exciting?” This is NOT a damn reality show. This is our democracy.

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Can media stop saying Kristi Noem is “taking hit after hit” this week? Nothing that is happening to Noem isn’t self-inflicted. Even Michael Vick realized he f*cked up and at least publicly has tried to make amends.

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126 women in the US House right now. 25 women in the US Senate.

And the one who gets the most coverage from major US media is the crazy one from Georgia who passes no legislation but has an insatiable need for attention.

Enough.

As a Spurs fan, I haven’t really cared for a while who wins the NBA finals. But sure increasingly seeming like the NBA wants the trophy presentation at Madison Square Garden.

(And if you don’t think officiating can decide a playoff series, you’re too young or have forgotten 2002 Western Conference Final – Kings/Lakers Game Six.)

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Imagine if before the Super Bowl, instead of both teams’ captains shaking hands, one team refused and said “Not accepting the handshake, if we lose it will only be because the game is rigged.” That’s where we are with Trump & his team.

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SF Giants just got swept in Philadelphia, and despite a number of high-priced free agents, are hitting if anything worse than in 2023.

Former manager Gabe Kapler might be forgiven for giggling.

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September 2020. President Trump “”What we’ve done for Minnesota, if I lose Minnesota, I’m never coming back. I don’t care. I’m never coming back!”

And on the night his son graduates from high school, Trump is now headlining a GOP State Fundraiser in St. Paul. Another promise Velveeta Voldemort took as seriously as his three wedding vows.

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Hey media? Why isn’t it a bigger story that both the GOP Presidential candidate and those wanting to be his VP all refuse to accept the results of the election if they lose?

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WTF CNN? This headline “Judge’s warning provides dilemma for Trump.” What dilemma?

Judge Merchan simply told Donald not to publicly attack witnesses & jurors.

For most defendants when threatened with jail time, to shut up or not to shut up is not a hard question.

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Trying to imagine what would happen to most of us if we told a policeman who pulled us over for a traffic violation that you felt your rights were being violated and “our constitution is much more important than jail.”

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As Houston area begins long process of recovery from recent flooding GOP Polk Country judge Sydney Murphy is “tired of dealing with historic weather events”, but “whatever happens, whatever Mother Nature sends our way, we will deal with.” Anything but acknowledge climate change.

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Donald Trump reportedly complained about having to take photo at Mar-A-Lago with donors and said if people didn’t get pictures it’s because they didn’t give enough money. Well, if they really wanted pictures with him they should brought a teenage daughter in skimpy clothes.

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Increasingly looks like Barack Obama won two Presidential Elections not because of but in SPITE of having David Plouffe and David Axelrod as campaign managers.

Apparently Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde voted absentee in California in 2023 and 2024. When he loses to Senator Tammy Baldwin in November, bet he’ll be glad to get back to his gorgeous home in Laguna Beach.

https://www.compass.com/listing/532-emerald-bay-laguna-beach-ca-92651/24898364072081121

So Jakson Reitz finds out late Saturday he is being called up to SF Giants, gets on red-eye via Chicago to Philadelphia, arrives Sunday morning & hits a ball deep into the bleachers about 400 feet. Maybe SF Giants need to put whole team on red-eye flights to wake up their bats?

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Even if you’re not a big NHL fan, there are few more exciting things in sports than the phrase “Overtime in game seven”

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Putting a literal spin on “close only counts in horseshoes.”

On Kentucky Derby day, overtime in game seven in the NHL playoffs also turned out to be just an exciting two minutes.

Once again, reversed seasons in Toronto. Where spring is the time for falling Leafs.

WTF Maureen Dowd? – In her column Sunday “In Trump’s social media posts, he can be playful; ‘Contrary to FAKE NEWS MEDIA, I don’t fall asleep during Crooked D.A.’s Witch Hunt.. I simply close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely & take it ALL in!'”

He is NOT being playful, he’s serious.

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Never one to shy away from media, Dean Phillips is first Democrat to call for indicted Congressman Henry Cuellar to resign. Not that I don’t agree with him this time.

But just a touch ironic that the man who primaried Joe Biden for months with no chance for anything but attention, is now telling another Democrat it’s time to quit.

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Houston was experiencing serious flooding this week and it’s not over.

So the question… where did Ted Cruz escape to?

Governors Gretchen Whitmer & Katie Hobbs are fighting hard in purple states to protect our freedoms. Whereas Governor who gets all the media attention lied & shot her dog.

Not that she doesn’t deserve derision, but when people think politicians in general are bad, they don’t vote.

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Been some probably false rumors that Mitt Romney will leave the GOP over Trump. I doubt he’d ever do it.

But again, if Lisa Murkowski wants to leave GOP and become an independent…..

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Hey NY Times, CNN etc. While you focus on both-sidesing and downplaying Trump’s threats, maybe pay attention to what his good friend Netanyahu is doing to journalistm in Israel?

“Israel to close Al Jazeera news network in the country.”

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What have we learned lately about MAGA

In Trump world you can shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue with no repercussions. But don’t shoot your puppy in a gravel pit.

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There’s a big reason Trump and GOP cling so strongly to the stolen election lie: For all Donald claims he wants to “Make America Great Again,” he knows Americans decided that the four years he was in office weren’t that great.

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Finally, all joking aside.-

54 years ago on May 4 – Allison, William, Sandra, Jeffrey…. “Tin soldiers and Nixon coming…” #KentState

They’d have only been in their early mid 70s now.

Bally Sports channels now will be removed from Comcast after bankruptcy of Bally operator Diamond Sports.

So Comcast fans of MLB’s Tigers, Brewers, Reds, Cardinals, Rays, Rangers, Braves, Angels, Royals, Twins & Marlins can no longer see games.

Sadly White Sox fans can still watch their team.

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Non-political rant: Can someone explain to me why SF Giants pinch-hit Austin Slater for Yastrzemski at Fenway Park? Sure, Yaz isn’t great against lefties, though Boston seems to bring out the best in him. But Austin Slater in 2024 isn’t good against ANYONE.

(and with runners on 1st and 3rd and no outs he struck out on 3 pitches.)

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76ers owners bought thousands of Game 6 tickets in Philadelphia on the secondary market tonight to block Knicks fans from taking over the arena, and gave them away to “first responders, health care professionals and other local Philadelphia-based organizations.”

Now that’s cool…but thinking after Knicks closed out series maybe 76ers fans who sold tickets made the smart decision?

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So Donald Trump is saying now he might not accept the November election results and there could be violence if he loses – “it depends” Well we all know he’s just joking because he would never actually endorse violence or try to overthrow the results of an election. #sarcasm

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GOP Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed immigration enforcement legislation, which he said ‘became one of our top priorities following senseless death of Laken Riley.” If only GOP gave half as much a damn about senseless deaths due to domestic violence & guns being in the wrong hands.

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Now she’s talking about the “safety of her children?” How long until Kristi Noem demands all her books be destroyed so she can rewrite the chapter and pretend her disappointing hunting dog had attacked kids instead of chickens?

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There’s a fair amount of bipartisan condemnation of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem shooting a family dog who wasn’t well trained. But some in GOP and pundits like Sean Hannity are trying to defend her. Yep, mostly the same people who would let a woman die rather than have an abortion.

So who had insulting London and Paris on their Trump 2024 bingo card?

“We’ve seen what happened when Europe opened their doors to jihad. Look at Paris, look at London — they’re no longer recognizable.”

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“We can be extremely upset at Biden administration for policies w/ regard to Israel & Gaza. OTOH, I’d hope most young people don’t want to see Donald Trump a racist, sexist, homophobe who doesn’t acknowledge reality of climate change, be elected president of US.” Bernie Sanders