Left Coast Sports Babe

ESPN reports Aaron Rodgers is likely to be medically cleared to play this week upcoming.

Okay, as much as Rodgers has completely disdained medical science in being an anti-vaxxer, what are the odds doctors decided to f*ck with him and tell him to get out on the field before he’s close to ready?-

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Watching the Minnesota Vikings, who had a late a two-touchdown lead against the Cincinnati Bengals, was a lot like watching the 2023 New Orleans Saints. And not in a good way.

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Love Cinderella stories but there’s a reason now Vikings QB Nick Mullens hasn’t started an NFL game until today since one game for the Browns in 2020.

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Senators are working through weekend as Democrats try to get aid to Ukraine along with bipartisan legislation on border security. House members are on vacation. If Nancy Pelosi were still in charge, even with a SINGLE vote majority, the House would be working too. Just saying.

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As Velveeta Voldemort fundraises again he announces he is writing from “Trump Force One.” Am pretty sure former President Barack Obama now does some of his flying on private planes. Never once heard him refer to “Obama Force One.”

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When you apply for a new job there’s usually that question – “why did you leave your previous job?” Going to be interesting for Aidan Maese-Czeropski.

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Donald Trump said today that “immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country…” Has Velveeta Voldemort forgotten that four of his five children have mothers who were immigrants?

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Since Tampon Farm is trending how long until GOP and Moms For Liberty try to ban SNL?

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The long Spurs Nation nightmare is over! San Antonio gets a win, after 18 losses, against the Lakers,on a night when Lebron James was playing. And Spurs won by 14. Just like San Antonio fans all predicted,

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x-Mississippi State star QB Will Rogers to transfer to Washington.

“At some point, you have to think about what’s best for your career. This is the best move for me and my family.

They don’t even pretend it’s about academics any more.

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NFL has decided to have a 2024 regular season game in Brazil.

As of January 2024, U.S. Citizens will need a visa to enter Brazil, which will reportedly take about 2 weeks to process.

What could possibly go wrong?

(And yes, this could be both on player and fan sides.. have to wonder about some of these guys with arrest records… also have to wonder, as a travel agent who knows many people don’t read, how many people will buy tickets and book travel online, and not realize until too late they need the visa.)

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Melania Trump spoke today at a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives:

Wonder what she said? Something like “If you are beautiful and a rich man wants to marry you too can become a U.S. Citizen…?:”

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Trump is fundraising by supposedly selling pieces of his arrest suit – if donors spend over $4600 on Mugshot Edition NFTs. If he gets enough takers/suckers, assume Donald will buy as many suits as he needs to keep cutting in pieces. Shades of Catholic relics.

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So how is Rudy Giuliani going to fundraise to pay off his $148 million damages? Sell pieces of sod from Four Seasons Landscaping?

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Guess we shouldn’t be surprised that GOP and MAGA Mike Johnson led-House won’t support democracy in Ukraine. They’re against democracy in the USA too.

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Speaking just for myself am a lot less upset about a congressional aide having sex in a Senate hearing room than I am about some members of Congress regularly kissing Vladimir Putin’s ass.”

Is there any team Yoshinobu Yamamoto isn’t meeting with?

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And how long until the Los Angeles Dodgers start offering any All-Star free agent a deferred salary – which will be so much further ahead than some young players can imagine, and much further ahead that some of these executives figure they will probably be dead.

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If you’re a GOP voter, or know someone who is, would like to know a single thing the Republican led House has done to make your life better. Millionaire and billionaires who want further tax cuts need not apply.

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Senate Democrats will delay their holiday break to allow time for a compromise on immigration and Ukraine aid.

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The Tampa Bay Devil Rays became just Tampa Bay Rays in 2007.

Now some want them to change their name over planned new stadium to the St. Petersburg Rays.

St. Petersburg of course has Russian connotations

But how could any team connected to or owned by Russia hope to compete with today’s GOP?

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GOP seems so obsessed with Hunter Biden’s dick pics from his addict days, almost wonder if some of them are jealous.

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Same MAGA crowd attacking Hunter Biden for having profited off his father’s name conveniently forgets that their Orange Jesus was a millionaire by the time he was eight and was getting between $1-5 million a year from his Daddy Fred Trump as an adult. For starters.

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Peter Doocy accidently referred to President Joe Biden today as “President O-Biden.” So by Fox News standards on verbal stumbles, clearly Doocy is not competent to do his job.

Not sure who the best sports anger management psychologist in the country is but might behoove Draymond Green to call him or her for the first available appointment. And then call Adam Silver (whether he means it or not) with a very apologetic tone in his voice.

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NFL VP of football operations Troy Vincent said in response to recent criticism of blown calls “We’re always looking to improve officiating. It’s a constant work in progress. We’re not perfect. The concern is to make sure we’re getting better.”

Gosh, if only a league that generated over 18 BILLION US dollars in 2022 could afford to do something like being able to afford full time officials.

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“Dow Jones hits an all-time high as investors cheer progress on inflation.” Siri, tell me today’s headline you will never see on Fox News.

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Nikki Haley on Trump “I agree with a lot of his policies.. but we can’t afford four more years of chaos.” So she’s saying, she’s no moderate, she’s as far-right and extreme as Velveeta Voldemort. Nikki will just do the same horrible things with a calm smile.

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Hunter Biden is not in elected office nor is he running for office. But this line “I’m here today to acknowledge I have made mistakes in my life & wasted opportunities…for that I am responsible” He’s got more cojones than any House Republican.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle said on Newsmax that Donald Trump will work to “restore integrity” if he wins the presidency in 2024, adding “Trump is a man who respects the law and is going to follow it.” I could work all week and never write anything as funny as that.

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But CNN chyron writer for the win today.

SF Giants may have signed the 2nd best Asian position player available for 2024.. Centerfielder Jung Hoo Lee from Korea, considered the best player in the country. Even ESPN made the signing a headline.

Yeah, I’d never heard of him either. But he sounds good.

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Star Duke QB Riley Leonard is the latest to transfer and will play next year for Notre Dame. When on TV starters often introduce themselves by name with their alma maters, some of these guys are going to need a few minutes.

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Warriors up 5 when Draymond Green ejected, again, for a Flagrant 2 foul in the 3rd quarter.. They end up losing to the Phoenix Suns by 3. Forget trades or free agents.. Golden State’s best signing for this season might be a really good anger management psychologist.

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Not that it would go anywhere but since men are involved in every pregnancy that might result in an abortion, would be great to see some women introduce a bill to tightly regulate or ban Viagra. Especially for men who are single, divorced or married to a woman past child-bearing age.

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Was changing television channels and saw Fox News’s Laura Ingraham railing against elite universities. Ingraham graduated from Dartmouth College and University of Virginia Law School. Many at Fox News are not stupid, they just think their viewers are.

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But CNN showed interview with Tommy Tuberville talking on Ukraine & why he opposes aid? WTF? The ex-coach who never served himself, just spent 10 months holding our military hostage for a cruel attention grabbing stunt.

Can’t you at LEAST talk to GOP veteran like Ernst or Sullivan?

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#NottheOnion

“Doritos unveils nacho cheese-flavored booze that costs $65 a bottle.”

Can we get a bipartisan moment with “JUST SAY NO?”

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But I can’t be the only one who thinks that even if President Biden and Democrats come up with a more than reasonable compromise on border security – which GOP should never have required to help Ukraine -that MAGA Mike and GOP will pull away the football.

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Seeing posts on social media claiming to have known babies who lived 1-2 years with Trisomy 18, the condition Kate Cox’s wanted fetus had, as a way of saying she should have continued the pregnancy.

It can happen, very very rare & VERY expensive.

These trolls are also ones who want to overturn Obamacare & cut off Medicaid to poor women.

Pro life my a**.

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NY Times headline: “Court Orders Redraw of NY Map, Opening Path to Flip House Majority Ruling could allow Dem to tilt anywhere from 2 to 6 GOP.-held seats leftward. GOP vowed to challenge any gerrymandered map.” Hmm, GOP doesn’t have problem with red states gerrymandering maps.

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Trump fundraising email “If the ruling party can get away with abusing the courts to assert its dominance over the people of our country, then our once Free Republic is DEAD.”

He’s not wrong. But not for the reason he thinks. If GOP had not stolen SCOTUS seats…

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Did it ever occur to Velveeta Voldemort as he stacked the Supreme Court with help from Mitch McConnell and the Federalist Society, that SCOTUS judges have jobs for life? And that they are now free to show him as much loyalty as he shows everyone who is no longer useful to him.

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If you think Trump’s dictator talk is just rhetoric. Nov, 10, 2020. Anonymous GOP official ““What’s downside for humoring him for little time? No one seriously thinks results will change. He went golfing. Not like he’s plotting how to prevent Biden from taking power Jan. 20.”

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Spare me. Elon Musk claims if FBI tried to censor content on X -“if a government agency is breaking the law in their demands on the platform”, I would be prepared to go to prison personally.”

Is he kidding? Prison? At this point Muskrat isn’t prepared even to fly commercial.

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Stephen Colbert nails it on Trump’s “I’ll only be a dictator on day 1.”

“Day one, First decree, build the wall

Second decree – drill drill drill

Third decree – every day is day one.”

Today’s false rumor was that he was on a plane to Toronto…

Well, of course the baseball world is 100% focused on where Shohei Ohtani signs, especially since playing with Mike Trout he brought the Los Angeles Angels so many World Series Championships.

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San Antonio Spurs have lost 16 games in a row. Sigh. The Spurs are 1-9 in games they’ve held at least a 10-point lead. Wemby, is, however, getting better and better. Only silver lining, imagine the lottery pick the team may be able to pair him with next year?

Apparently Senators Rick Scott & Tommy Tuberville are sniping at each other over Alabama being put into College Football Playoff over FSU. Tommy is defending the Crimson Tide. Really not very nice of Tuberville not to support the state where he lives.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/10/tommy-tuberville-floridas-third-senator/

Remembering Ryan O’Neal tonight & my 2 favorite lines from underrated “What’s Up, Doc?” B

Barbra Streisland -Judy: “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” Ryan O’Neal- Howard : That’s the dumbest thing I ever heard.” (The comedy movie also has one of the greatest chase scenes ever… set in SF.)

So when are they going to charge Hunter Biden over all those patents he got from China when his dad was in the White House. Oh wait, that was Ivanka. Never mind.

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Understand competence isn’t clickbait. But it would be nice if major media gave even half as much coverage to today’s excellent jobs and unemployment rate, not to mention President Biden’s infrastructure speech in Nevada, as they are to Hunter Biden and polls.

Even the GOP is up in arms after Casey DeSantis asked out-of-state residents to come vote (illegally) for Ron DeSantis in Iowa caucuses.

Silly Casey. You have to live in a state to legally vote in a state. Although as Dr. Oz and others have shown,, if you’re a Republican where you livedoesn’t limit you in choosing a state to run for US Senate

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Today’s GOP – “Donald Trump doesn’t pay taxes, that makes him smart.” Also today’s GOP, “President Biden’s son Hunter paid back taxes that he didn’t pay when he was an addict. Lock him up, lock his dad up too!”

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Poor Hunter Biden. Wonder if GOP would be easier on him if he had just spent some of his money on hush money for a porn star….

Former Russian Ambassador Michael McFaul tonight “It’s tragic, it’s not just about Ukraine…, the whole world is watching…Russia is cheering the Republican party right now…. Even our allies who lament that maybe we are not credible , that we cannot commit for the long haul.”

Have to wonder, is Putin paying many in the GOP, or are they doing his dirty work to destroy democracy for free?

For those who thought the NIT championship was the least relevant in sports… wonder what the IST trophy looks like?

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Someday there will be a trivia question for those who love irrelevance in sports.

Who will be the first NBA player to play in both championships?

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So after Arson Judge are the #SFGiants now the frontrunners for Showy Ohtani?

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Utah Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill yesterday calling for the complete withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations. Putin must be so proud.

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So now Hunter Biden is being charged with tax evasion over alleged “4-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million in federal taxes.” )Which he did pay back, with penalties.)

But well. by Trump & thus GOP standards – “not paying taxes? that makes me smart” it sounds like Hunter is now more Presidential than his father.

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Asked if he had more anti-abortion plans, ex-coach Tuberville “We’re working on something. It’s hard when you just get kicked in the teeth.”

Give me a bleeping break. Tubby got nothing but attention and who know who might have been paying him.. People kicked in teeth were military who had promotions held up for month.

Trump saying now he will no longer participate in the DC federal criminal case and instead will act as if a stay has been granted based on his own understanding.

I wonder how it would go for most of us if we told a police officer who pulled us over that we decided based on our own understanding that we will no longer participate with traffic laws.

Elon not happy w/ CEO Bob Iger after Disney pulled ads from Twitter. “He should be fired immediately. Walt Disney turning in his grave over what Bob has done to his company.” Do you really want to pick fight with a company whose animators can turn you into a movie villain?

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James Comer & Jim Jordan sent letter to White House “expressing concern about subpoena oversight committee previously issued to former WH counsel Dana Remus.”  Of course, Gym Jordan ignored HIS subpoena from January 6 committee. Again, funeral services for satire are pending.

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Ashton is 3 weeks shy of being 17 years old.

Chuck is 90.

Grumpy old men of a feather, or in Ashton’s case, a fur?

Thursday night football between Cowboys and Seahawks set a record for the NFL football season – 257 in penalty yards. Because don’t all NFL fans pay the big bucks to watch refs?

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University of Arkansas has rehired former football coach Bobby Petrino to be their offensive coordinator.

They fired Petrino in 2012 over his lying about a motorcycle crash where he (a married father of 4) was with his 25 year old girlfriend, a former Razorback volleyball player who he had hired for the athletic department.And this wasn’t Bobby’s first scandal.

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Sounds like more advertisers may abandon Twitter after Elon Musk said “If someone is going to blackmail me with advertising money, go f— yourself.” –

So will this episode go down in a new category. Not FAFYO – but SGFYAFO?

“Say Go F**k Yourself And Find Out.

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Too soon to start a pool on what George Santos might do after his expulsion vote? Work for Fox or Newsmax? Dancing with the Stars? Become Donald Trump’s Press Secretary?

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Rand Paul used Heimlich maneuver today to save his Senate colleague Joni Ernst from choking during lunch. I can’t be the only one who wonders, what would have happened if the Senator choking was Ted Cruz?

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Gavin Newsom to Ron DeSantis. “We have one thing in common. Neither of us is going to be our party’s nominee in 2024.”

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Open note to all young voters: Yeah, President Biden isn’t perfect. (Nor are your parents for that matter.)

But have you noticed the GOP alternative? The latest from Trump, to do away with Obamacare. That means all of you under 26 get kicked off your parents’ healthcare.

This George Santos expulsion hearing really should be getting more coverage.

Opening statement. “Dear Gawd, Mr. Speaker, my future former colleague is divorced from reality….” Marc Molinaro, REPUBLICAN from N.Y.

Roasting a turkey breast tonight I bought on sale before Thanksgiving. On the cooking instructions. 1. Preheat oven to 325F. 2. Remove outer yellow plastic netting and wrapper…. Some days I really worry for our planet.

CNN actually interviewed a professed liberal who says he’s supporting RFK Jr, because “the Kennedys are really royalty in this country because they do the right thing.” Beam me up Scotty…

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Washington Post reporting that Kevin McCarthy told Donald Trump “F*ck You” in a phone call after McCarthy was ousted as speaker. If only Kevin had the guts to say “F*ck you” to Velveeta Voldemort after January 6, he might still be speaker.

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Jamie Dimon says liberal Democrats should donate to Nikki Haley as a better alternative to Trump. Haley is no moderate. Better idea, besides supporting President Biden, liberal Democrats should donate to Democrats in state/local races so Dems can keep Senate & take back House.

In a world full of transfer portals, where Nebraska’s coach Matt Rhule says in public “Make no mistake that a good quarterback in the portal costs, you know, a million to $1.5 million to $2 million right now, just so we’re all on the same page…” I’m so old when I can remember when student-athletes actually claimed it was about academics.

MAGA Mike Johnson on expelling George Santos “I personally have real reservations about doing this, I’m concerned about a precedent that may be set for that.” Meaning if the House expel all the crooks it won’t have a GOP majority?

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Kevin McCarthy apparently said he didn’t think President Biden was the same President Biden that he used to talk to. Uh after Jan. 6 & McCarthy claiming he went down to Mar-A-Lago because Trump wasn’t eating… don’t think he’s same Kevin that President Biden used to talk to.

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Sometimes someone is trending and you hope it’s not because they have died. My better angels have been overruled so I can say that is not how I felt about Henry Kissinger.

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The world is such a better place for having had Rosalynn Carter in it.

As for Henry Kissinger… my better angels say I should have no comment.

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Elon Musk says of advertisers fleeing Twitter: “What it’s going to do is it’s going to kill the company, and the whole world will know the advertisers killed the company. Go f—- yourself.” Classy. But if he wants to sell….

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Apparently Donald Trump thinks the oath he took on January 20, 2017 was as binding on him as those oaths he took three times about “forsaking all others.”

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Am no fan of Nikki Haley – I think she’ll say or do anything to get elected.

But give the devil her due for one thing. She seems to be seriously getting under Ron Desantis’s skin.

Once again, the SF Giants are linked to signing a superstar . This time Shohei Ohtani. If this turns out to be another “close but no signing” deal, maybe SF Giants fans should show up opening day in bridesmaids dresses.

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The New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons played a incredibly ugly game Sunday. Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings on MNF “Hold our overpriced beer.’

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If you weren’t already Nancy Pelosi fan, when she appointed Liz Cheney to Jan 6 Committee, the Speaker’s team “pulled together list of 10 worst things Liz had ever said about her.

“Pelosi took one look at list & asked staffer ‘’Why are you wasting my time with things that don’t matter?’”

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Does anyone believe Trump wasn’t eating after January 6? Now, maybe Donald wasn’t eating hamburgers much because he broke all the ketchup bottles?

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The National Christmas tree apparently toppled this afternoon in gusty Washington DC winds. Waiting to see how this is Joe Biden’s fault.

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George Santos says he will not resign,and claim he is innocent until proven guilty and this is all because people don’t like him. Uh…for starters, George Santos confessed to theft and agreed to pay restitution and fines, in Brazil this year in deal to drop charges.

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George Santos increasingly ranting and complaining against everyone and anyone he perceives to be against him. Getting close to the point that besides his other crimes, Santos could also be accused of plagiarizing Donald Trump.

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Tommy Tuberville claims that “Admirals and Generals” called him over Thanksgiving to thank him for what he is doing with military holds. Were they “big strong men with tears in their eyes?”

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Although on serious note, remember, GOP wants us to distrust government and think all politicians are bad. They win if we don’t bother to vote. So while we can be disgusted by the ex-coach in Alabama don’t forget to pay attention to and amplify (in person, to friends, on social media) the good people in Washington.

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Who came up with the wonderful idea of a book tree?