Left Coast Sports Babe

College World Series update LSU 4, Florida 24. Who did the Gators think they were, the Los Angeles Angels playing the Colorado Rockies?

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If not for the Tigers managing to get that extra run, 24-3 would have convinced many fans it was a spring football scrimmage.

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Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals just played a two game series in London.

Cardinals shortstop Paul DeJong on their visit to the Tower of London.

“It was remarkable. That’s where Anne Boleyn was beheaded. … And we were standing right there today….”

Okay, I admit it, Shocked that a random baseball player now knows who Anne Boleyn was.

(But I looked him up – In 2015, DeJong graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in biochemistry, 3.74 GPA and thought of going to med school if baseball didn’t work out.)

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Four biggest payrolls in MLB – Mets, Yankees, Phillies, Padres.

If the season ended tonight only the Yankees would make the playoffs. As the second wild card barely ahead of the Angels and Astros.

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Can anyone, even a Republican, imagine what it would be like if Donald Trump was the President being briefed on the situation in Russia this weekend?

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But okay, who expected that Russia might decide they’d had enough of Putin before the Republican party decides they’ve had enough of Trump?

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Maury Povich says he is launching a company for at-home DNA paternity test kits. If these tests work wonder how MEN will feel about tech companies not promising to guard the privacy of their location, purchases and associated health data.

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A year after Dobbs took away women’s reproductive rights in many states, has a single Republican member of Congress done ANYTHING in terms of helping pregnant women get healthcare, mothers get childcare or families with children get welfare assistance? I’ll wait.

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GOP is not only ridiculously upset with Joe Biden having a working weekend at Camp David but also they didn’t mind at all when Donald Trump wanted to bring the Taliban there.

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Republicans who like to quote and sometime twist the Bible whenever it suits their agenda, somehow in their nonstop attacks on President Biden and Hunter seem to have forgotten Luke 15:11-32, the story of the prodigal son…

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Amy Klobuchar on Meet the Press, asked if she has concerns on Biden’s age.

“No I don’t. Our party is united behind him We work in a result oriented business, He has gotten results, 13 million jobs, economy moving forward, manufacturing,,made in America, veterans health, united our allies supporting Ukraine, finally taken on pharmaceutical companies, passed version of my bill to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices for seniors, those aren’t small accomplishments those are big deal things.”

It doesn’t get press when Dems SUPPORT Biden.

Not a particularly big story when the #2 team in an MLB division beats the #1 team in June.

But when that #2 team and #1 team in 2023 in the NL West are the Giants and Diamodbacks?

And yes, the San Francisco Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-5.

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Whatever happens going forward, Victor Wembanyama has proven he is a smart young man who understands what matters in the city he’s going to play for. And now I am also craving breakfast tacos.

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/06/23/spurs-victor-wembanyama-receives-bunch-of-breakfast-tacos-after-arriving-in-sa/

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Anti-choice advocate Ralph Reed, pushing for nationwide abortion ban “Going to do everything we can to give our candidates a little bit of a testosterone booster shot.”

“Testosterone booster shot” Yeah, he said it. For men to tell women what to do with their bodies.”

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Meanwhile in Russia.

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Many if not most of us have had moments of wanting to quit Twitter since Muskrat took over. And yes, there’s a lot of disinformation being tweeted. But nights like tonight are where Twitter shines.

Still, in spite of Elon.

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Why is ANYONE surprised Donald Trump hasn’t come out publicly in support of Putin? We all know Velveeta Voldemort has zero loyalty to anyone who is no longer useful to him. Including his boss.

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Have any Republicans come out with expressions of support for Vladimir Putin yet?

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Can we start a rumor Putin is trying to escape in a submersible vessel and then maybe CNN will start covering the Russia situation?

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In Pennsylvania, Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro oversaw a repair of collapsed I-95 freeway months ahead of schedule. In Texas, Republican Governor banned water breaks for workers & people are dying Democrats get things done! Democrats are the party that is actually pro-life.

Gregg Popovich might be the most woke white man in the NBA if not all sports. He’s #1 reason I’m a San Antonio Spurs fan.

So if you believe God cares about sports, well that ping pong ball having a divine hand involved, works for me tonight. #GoSpursGo

Watching people arrive for the state dinner tonight was like the Oscars red carpet for political geeks. And yes, I am one…

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Short version,, a lot of women look amazing. And a lot of men look like they were forced to pull suits and tuxedos out of their closets.

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Moms for Liberty is an oxymoron.

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So Hunter Biden apparently thought at one time he could avoid paying taxes. Shouldn’t that make him a GOP hero?

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1998 – Republicans impeached Bill Clinton for lying about a consensual sexual relationship. 2023 – Republicans trying to impeach Joe Biden for being a Democrat.

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So apparently this Titantic submersible imploded before people even reported it missing

But Dan Crenshaw, attacking President Biden’s rescue operation, thinks Joe should have had ESP to send a rescue mission before it even went underwater.

Got it.

Am a fan of Dark Brandon, but even he has his limits.

ESPN top baseball headline

“Reds’ win streak at 11, team’s best in 66 years”

ESPN’s second baseball headline.

“Overturned call at plate costs Padres a night after Rangers.”

No mention that the game final score, 4-2 SF, gave the Giants a 10 game win streak.

#norespect

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Have the Oakland A’s won since the Nevada legislature approved the funding for their move to Las Vegas?

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President Biden is in California, talking about climate change, investing $2 billion to modernize electric grid, meeting with experts on AI… etc.

National media is barely mentioning the trip. But if Joe had tripped or messed up a name, you know it would be front page news.

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Senator Tammy Duckworth: “Let’s be honest, it’s not about protecting life, it’s about controlling women & our bodies. “If GOP really wanted to protect life they’d stop trying to strip away our healthcare, or stand up to the NRA…: Nailed it!

Gov. Wrong DeSantis’ Disney World oversight district is adopting a whistleblower policy which provides protections for whistleblowers. So what happens if someone blows the whistle on something involving money and DeSantis?

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Those of us who said birth control would be next in GOP sights after Dobbs were told we were being like Chicken Little.

Democrats right now are the only thing keeping our sky from falling.

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We’re all hoping for the best with that Titanic submersible. But thinking that Republicans who rant nonstop about the cost of trying to deal with asylum seekers at the border haven’t said a word about the tax dollars being spent on trying to rescue billionaires.

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Chuck Grassley attacks California’s law requiring pork sold within state borders to come from pigs not housed in confined spaces.

He railed against those making pork laws who’ve never been on a pork farm. How about those making laws about women’s bodies who’ve never had a uterus?

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Cindy Hyde-Smith claims 1873 law should prohibit mifepristone from being sent in 2023 through US mail.

Amy Klobuchar points out in 1873, we treated pneumonia by blood letting.

Maybe Amy would get more of her Senatet male colleagues’ attention if she added in 1873 only treatment for ED was prayer.

Before Joc Pederson’s game winning walk, Casey Schmitt with the third walk of his MLB career. If you don’t think there’s some magic with this SF Giants team lately.

Thinking right now stations airing the SF Giants need to charge a premium for ads in the last three innings

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Not only are all teams in AL East above .500, the last place 39-35 Boston Red Sox are now 3 games ahead of the 1st place AL Central 36-38 Minnesota Twins.

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott just signed bill that, as of Sept 1, prohibits businesses from hosting “sexually oriented” performances in which someone appeals to the “prurient interest in sex” in presence of minors. So he’s outlawing child beauty pageants?

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Actually for that matter did Greg Abbott just outlaw the Dallas Cowboys Cheeleaders?

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As many states deal with disasters caused by extreme weather, President Biden’s visit to Palo Alto & speech about $600 million to address climate change gets little press. Now, had Joe tripped walking around the Baylands, (EASY to do on windy day), would have been headline news.

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Pres. Biden & Demicrats had to scale back Inflation Reduction Act to get it through divided Senate, but yesterday Joe also announced over $2 billion to modernize US electric grid. If Ted Cruz etc weren’t so busy Biden bashing they might have worked to raise that amount. Texas needs help.

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For all that media considers it breaking news when President Joe Biden, a former stutterer, makes a verbal gaffe or stumble, they’re strangely quiet over Donald Trump talking about Joe’s primary opponent “JFK Jr, I know him very well.” Yes, he said it.

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Politico reports “Marianne Williamson has lost her 2nd campaign manager in as many months in her 2024 presidential bid.” Not that Biden is perfect, but he’s doing a fine job. With all due respect, who would sign on as Williamson’s 2024 campaign manager now in the first place?

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Didn’t care who Bill Clinton slept with. Also don’t care who Lauren Boebert sleeps with.

But I do care that Bill Clinton was a good President.

And I care that Boebert is a bad joke who is spending energy & taxpayer $$ on stunt claiming she wants to impeach another good President.

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Hunter Biden works out a plea deal on misdemeanor tax charges and apoplectic Republicans want him in prison for life. Whereas the former President and frontrunner for GOP nomination in 2024 says he didn’t pay taxes and “that makes me smart.”

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So Hunter Biden admits when he was an addict he violated federal law in buying a gun as “an unlawful user of and addicted to a controlled substance.” As much as GOP loves 2nd amendment if Hunter were only the son of a Republican leader, he’d be a conservative hero.

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Someone addicted to controlled substance in US legally can’t buy firearm. But no one was injured or killed with Hunter Biden’s gun. Someone under 18 yrs of age in WI legally can’t be armed with firearm. 2 people were killed by Kyle Rittenhouse’s gun.

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As Tuberville’s dangerous stunt of holding up military appointments continues, imagine if some Senator tried to hold up Pentagon appointments because they thought easy access to Viagra for men in military was causing too many unwanted pregnancies and thus abortions.

I was this many years old when I became a Tom Watson fan

ICYMI “Golf Legend Tom Watson Calls Out Saudi Deal in Letter to PGA Tour Commish: Explain This In a Way We Can ‘Look 9/11 Families in the Eye’

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Giants’ Mike Yastrzemski asked about his walk-off splash hit. tonight against the Padres. What was that moment like? Yaz – “it was fun.”

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I’m so old that that I remember when disavowing Nazis in the US was one thing Republican and Democratic candidates could agree on.

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Hoping for the best in search for tourist submersible missing near or in Titanic wreckage.

But if/when they do find the submersible, where tourists on board paid $250,000 each for the trip, trust these billionaires will reimburse Coast Guard, US & Canada etc for cost of rescue.

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Increasingly this Trump documents case is turning into the weirdest episode of Hoarders ever.

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JFK Jr has a better chance of becoming President than RFK Jr.

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CNN pundit wondering about why President’s approval ratings aren’t higher on the economy & saying Biden is frustrated he can’t get his message out. Also, CNN, let’s do another GOP Town Hall and talk about RFK Jr. instead of talking about say, job numbers and falling prices,

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NY Times headline: “Why Robert Kennedy Jr.’s 2024 Bid Is a Headache for Biden.” 1st sentence of story should be “& if it’s not headache yet NY Times will do everything we can to promote this nutjob’s right-wing funded campaign because Biden’s competence is boring.” #NotTheOnion

Mets, Yankees, Padres, Phillies, Dodgers, Angels. Blue Jays, Braves

The eight teams with payrolls over $200 million in 2023.

If the season ended today, only 4 of them might even make playoffs as a wild card (Yankees are tied with Astros for the 3rd AL spot) , and only the Braves are leading their division.

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SF Giants just swept Dodgers in Los Angeles. Who saw that coming? Now all you liars put your hands down.

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This probably won’t last, if for no other reason than the Dodgers can spend another $100-200 million at the trade deadline.

But it’s nice now.

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Buried in Washington Post today in a story about forces trying to scuttle President Biden’s accomplisments. .. Per OpenSecrets – Nation’s largest companies & lobbying groups spent combined $2.3 billion in 2022 to shape or scuttle key components” of Inflation Reduction Act. Especially on climate and prescription drug issues

Hint, they aren’t doing this to help average Americans.

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For all that GOP likes to talk about family values, President Biden has had to prove more than most Fathers that he loves his son unconditionally. For which Joe should be celebrated . Thinking he makes a lot of Republicans feel guilty.

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Inspired by autocorrect I am going to start calling him Wrong DeSantis.

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Fox News headling praises Texas Rangers for being only MLB team without Pride Right. While I hope Bochy changes this, headline doesn’t mention Rangers do support LGBTQ causes, including sponsoring NAGAAA Gay Softball World Series & have “an inclusion & community impact council.”

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Wait, now some conservative media is outraged at John Fetterman because he wore shorts and a hoodie to meet President Biden on the tarmac? Good to see that focus on the serious issues affecting our country.

Father’s Day thought. A favorite dad memory was during his post-doc when we were in Brighton (Boston suburb) . Some Saturday nights he’d take me, age 6, to Harvard Square to pick up NY Times early Sunday edition.

I love newspapers. PSA, tell your Senators to support Journalism Preservation & Competition Act. It matters.

One of weirdest SF Giants LA Dodgers games ever. Still not quite sure how SF won. But if you believe God has a hand in baseball, well, SF Giants, led by avowed ally Gabe Kapler (he’s straight) are one of the most supportive teams in baseball of the LGBTQ community.

And God created rainbows. Just saying

(On Pride Night in Los Angeles, where the Dodgers were all over the place with inviting then rescinding an invitiation to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. LA eventually invited them back.)

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Btw, from the last inning. Little leaguers, don’t try this at home.

Bally’s plans to demolish Tropicana hotel to put new A’s ballpark on site. They claim stadium would seat “nearly 30,000 & bring in 2.5 million fans a year.”

Uh, 30,000 X 81 (number of home games) equals 2,430,000. They’d have to more than sell out nightly to get 2.4 million.

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Republicans are more concerned that children might get free school lunches they might not really need, than that billionaires are getting tax cuts they don’t need at all.

So is Trump just addicted to all caps or does he mistake “caps lock” for the shift key?

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So who is God rooting for in the College World Series between Texas Christian University and Oral Roberts?

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Thousands of residents in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi are without power Friday morning after deadly tornadoes & severe weather. At least Joe Biden will send help, without recriminations, even if those states didn’t vote for him. It’s so nice having a President.

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Amy Klobuchar in spirited speech in markup of Journalism Competition & Protection Act this week pointed out that’s it’s not just journalism. Whether it’s fentanyl sold online, protecting kids on social media, standing up for democracy.. “If legislation doesn’t help dominant platforms,, EVERY SINGLE TIME!”

If the answer is always “my way or the highway and the answer is going to be whatever Big Tech wants they get… let’s be honest, the world is moving without us.”

She’s right.

(Btw, about 2 minutes on google showed that Meta’s litigation firm donated $16,000 to California Senator Alex Padilla, and he flipped from a yes to a no vote on the journalism bill.)

One thing I don’t get. All this ranting by Trump & his supporters about possible pardon for what they claim is politically motivated case. Case will go to a jury. 12 Americans. If he’s found guilty, will they claim every person in county is somehow part of the deep state?

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Ron DeSantis just called the Rainbow Pride Flag a “transgender banner.” Actually the Pride Flag was created in 1978 at the request of Harvey Milk. To me as a straight woman it represents joy, diversity and humanity. None of which DeSantis knows anything about.

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GOP won the Congressional Baseball Game tonight. Maybe just as well.

Had the Democrats won Republicans would have spent most of next year saying the game was stolen.

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Athletics stadium deal won final legislative approval in Nevada. Figure state feels pretty good about sports now with WNBA Aces & NHL Golden Knights winning championships. Only thing for Oakland to smile about. Wait until Vegas discovers what it’s like to deal with John Fisher.

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Mets pitcher Drew Smith is the latest to be suspended 10 games for sticky substance. Like the other pitchers, he says he is innocent, saying in this case it was just sweat and rosin. How long until we hear the “tainted rosin” defense?

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Mike Yastrzemski, today with a 2 strike, 2 run game tying home run in the bottom of the 9th, is doing to the St. Louis Cardinals what Paul Goldschmidt has been doing for years to the SF Giants.

(Per ESPN, Cardinals, up 5-3, had a 97.9% chance of winning before that pitch.)

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Meanwhile, what went on in the world yesterday?

Well, on Fox News the headline is about a transgender activist who went topless at the White House Pride Event. Pay no attention to that man in Florida being arraigned in Florida who put boxes of documents behind a bathroom curtain.

So how long until Trump starts telling the story of how the people who arraigned him in Miami yesterday all had tears in their eyes, big strong men calling him Sir?

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Later Fox did add the headline “Trump released from court on several conditions, prays with supporters after arraignment.:” What was his prayer?

“So help me, me?”

Garth Brooks isn’t backing down on his decision to sell all beers at his Nashville honky tonk, and his comment “plenty of other places to be an a**hole,” saying now “I love diversity.”

Already impressed with his talent. But beginning to really love Garth Brooks.

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As Lindsey Graham rants about prosecutorial overreach etc in defending Donald Trump your reminder that Graham voted to impeach Bill Clinton over a sexual relationship between consenting adults.

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Oh please oh please can someone make a video comparing Donald Trump referring to “my Presidential Papers” to Golum referring to “my precious?”

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Marsha Blackburn actually involved in something good this time – working with Richard Blumenthal & Jon Ossof to get Uber and Lyft to toughen protections against transporting human trafficking victims.

Senators love being in headlines. Maybe if media covered more bipartisan efforts we’d see more bipartisanship?-

Inflation & unemployment are down, stock market is up. Even if the Former Guy wasn’t man who has been indicted twice… so far, our current President is doing very good job.

So why isn’t anyone in media writing Joe Biden deserves re-election even if his opponent wasn’t a crook?

“It was designed to break your heart…”

As a Stanford alum am thrilled for the Cardinal. As a former baseball mom I feel for the right fielder, and his mother.

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Meanwhile, did they have an NBA final?

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After his scoreless inning on the mound last night, Brandon Crawford is likely to retire not only as the SF Giants all-time best shortstop, but also as the pitcher with the team’s all-time lowest ERA.

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Am not a beer fan. But I support people’s right to drink whatever beer they want. And to love who they want. And I stand with Garth Brooks.

If you want to know why so much of the country still supports Trump & has a negative view of President Biden, despite Joe’s many successes… As Donald’s arraignment is tomorrow and the indictment has been released, TOP headline on Fox News website tonight is about Hunter Biden.

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And it also seems pretty much acknowledged Gavin Newsom wiped the floor with Sean Hannity & strongly defended Biden. Fox website headline on the story is one out-of-context comment Gavin said about Trump indictment “It was sad.”

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But not just Fox. Again, another day, another town hall on CNN, this time with Chris Christie.

Going to keep saying this, why not regular Town Halls with President Biden’s surrogates with questions about why Joe deserves a second term?

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Seems like it was headlines every day over sky-high egg prices. But now

“The average wholesale price of a dozen eggs is currently between $0.99 and $1.39, while the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the average consumer price was about $3.27 per dozen in April. That’s the lowest price for a carton since last September.”

Not exactly front page news.

And it’s a bull market for stocks! Anyone seen THAT headline?

Simple illustration on monopolies:

Lowest business fares from San Fran to Geneva at least $600 less than to Zurich. Why?

Because United & Swiss have monopoly on nonstops to Zurich. To Geneva many airlines have connections. True for monopoly nonstops between US cities too.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis now vowing to restore the name of a U.S. Army base in North Carolina to that of a Confederate general. What’s next? DeSantis talking about the benefits for women and African Americans when they didn’t have the stress of voting?

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All these people questioning if Donald Trump was planning to sell some of the classified documents he took illegally from the White House. What makes anyone think he hasn’t already done so?

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Meanwhile, Donald Trump Jr. has posted – “US confirms China has had a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019.” So that means we should impeach the Democratic president who was in office in 2019? Oh, wait, never mind.

And it’s a bull market for stocks! Anyone seen THAT headline?

SF Giants scored 15 runs in three games against the Chicago Cubs.

13 of them in the third game. That’s baseball.

From former Giants beat writer Hank Schulman “I texted Belt and asked for his reaction to Crawford’s scoreless inning, and getting the first shot among the two to pitch in a big-league game. “Yeah, that’s great,” Belt said. “But I would have pitched an immaculate inning.”

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Over 4000 people for weekend games at Sunken Diamond for the Stanford-Texas Super-Regional.

4,000! Well, maybe the As should consider playing a few home games there. Beautiful stadium, in nicer shape than the Coliseum and better crowds.

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Meanwhile Stanford senior lefty Quinn Matthews throws 156 pitches (not a typo) with 16 strikeouts in a complete game win for the Cardinal tonight to set up a winner goes to the College World Series game vs Texas tomorrow Somewhere Madison Bumgarner is smiling.

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Nice paraphrase of the legendary Shirley Chisholm by Belmont winning trainer Jena Antonucci. the first woman trainer to have a horse, Archangelo, win a Triple Crown event “If you can’t find a seat at the table, make your own table.”

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GOP House just was compared to grandchildren “They love attention & and they behave well when you’re giving them a lot of it. Then as soon as you’re done giving them attention, they get mad & you’ve got to give them more attention.” Liberal media?

Nope, GOP North Dakota Senator Cramer

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Not a Ro Khanna fan.

Latest reason “I welcome Cornel West entering the (Presidential) race to make this country more just for all. I believe he will bring more people into the process and push for progressive policies.” Like Ralph Nader and Jill Stein did?

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Wait until MAGAs realize that every major US Bank embraces diversity and supports the LGBTQ community. Are they gonna throw away their credit cards and put their money under mattresses?

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MAGAs say a lot of things about the Bible and the Trump indictment and pretty clear most of them haven’t read either.

Beginning to think Alan Dershowitz is never getting invited back to Martha’s Vineyard.

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Hey Ted Cruz – gonna boycott United Airlines now too? (Picture from their United Club lounge tonight.) Good luck flying out of Houston.

Leeds United was just relegated from the Premier League. Now the team has been sold to 49ers Enterprises. (Yes, as in SF 49ers.)

I see a potental Ted Lasso sequel coming on..

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Meanwhile, the Nevada Senate adjourned Thursday without voting on a financing bill $1.5 billion Las Vegas Strip stadium for the Oakland Athletics. The special legislative session will continue next week.

Maybe $1.5 billion feels excessive when the city already has a minor league team? (The Las Vegas Aviators)

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Here’s what I don’t get. IF Republicans really believe Joe Biden is a weak President, then presumably they think any of their stable of candidates can beat him? Then why make these increasingly divorced from reality statements defending a man they KNOW is a crook?

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OTOH, we assume that many Republican leaders are defending Trump now because they are either cowards or cult members. But they also could be a third potential C word explanation – culpable.

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Ron Deathsantis really is questioning why the DOJ went after Donald Trump instead of Hunter Biden. Just a bit too much to unpack in a blog post. But for starters, Hunter never has had access to classified documents including nuclear secrets.

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Your reminder Democrats didn’t lose their minds and scream partisan politics in 2012 when Jack Smith was the DOJ person who prosecuted former VP and Presidential candidate John Edwards.

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So has Susan Collins said yet that NOW Donald will have finally learned his lesson.

Hey media. If ANY Republican member of Congress tries to claim Jack Smith’s investigation is partisan politics or a witch hunt you need to ask them one question. Have you read the indictments? Thank you. Americans tired of lies.

ICYMI, Oklahoma’s women’s softball team won their third straight College World Series, closing out the year on a 53 game winning streak.

oh, was there other news today?

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All MLB teams have talent and momentum in baseball is only as good as your starting pitcher.

But, about the Miami Marlins and their six straight. wins.

Three against the 12-49 A’s and now three against 18-44 Royals….

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Meanwhile, thinking many SF Giants fans would have been pleased if they were told in early June their team would have a better record than the Phillies, Mets and Padres.

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So one of the non political questions of the night – which Florida team will last longer in the finals… the Panthers or the Heat?

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So while the SCOTUS ruling about Alabama is good news, did the four dissenting judges really believe Alabama’s voting maps are NOT unfair to Black residents? Or do they know they’re unfair and they’re good with that?

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July 27, 1974: House Judiciary Committee approved articles of Impeachment. Seven of the committee’s 17 GOP joined all 21 Dems to approve the Articles. (Nixon resigned before he was actually impeached.) In case you forgot that GOP USED to care about criminal behavior,

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Yes, it’s too soon to pop champagne. But perhaps a nice wine would go with that “I have been indicted” whine?

I like Presidents who don’t get indicted.

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If you weren’t already a Garth Brooks fan. He’s opening a  Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky Tonk in downtown Nashville and “We’re going to serve every brand of beer. We just are. It’s not our decision to make. Our thing is this: If you come into this house, love one another. If you’re an a–hole, there are plenty of other places on lower Broadway.”

The Oakland A’s, currently the worst team in baseball with the worst attendance to match.

Some think they will somehow draw 30,000 a game in Las Vegas during the summer, even with a roof….

Uh, the Miami Marlins, who have a roof on their newish stadium, currently have the 4th best record in the National League and are almost even with the Los Angeles Dodgers. They have the SECOND worst home attendance in the league, averaging 11,600.

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Meanwhile, – Pac-12 schools per ESPN “still are playing the waiting game for a new television contract.”

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At this point is there going to be enough schools in the Pac 12 worth watching?

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So just how many journalists would the Saudis have had to murder for the PGA to draw the line at a merger?

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So #ETTD applies even to now-former TV executives. Bye bye Chris Licht.

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So far have seen Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders condemn Merck’s lawsuit over Medicare being able to negotiate drug prices. Has a SINGLE GOP Senator who claims to be pro-life and anti-inflation complained about Merck’s efforts to keep price fixing? I’ll wait.

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Orlando Sentinel headline: 2 groups cancel Orlando conventions as worries over political climate grow.

Hey, Florida Governor Desantis. It’s the economy, stupid.

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For those in the back

GOP controls House.

GOP took US economy hostage over debt ceiling President Biden negotiated a deal that somehow passed House & Senate on a bipartisan basis.

And it’s GOP who are now so upset they have basically shut down the House.

Can’t make this up.

If Trump is indicted, that may not be a reason to uncork champagne. Yet.

But perhaps a good time to pop a bottle of a nice reasonably priced California sparkling wine? Buy American!

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Donald Trump has recently moved to Bedminster for the summer. And today he can’t even go outside to golf. Thinking his resort may soon have a ketchup shortage.

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Dear GOP: Had you just done the right thing and impeached Donald Trump after January 6, you wouldn’t have to deal with the leader of your party facing multiple indictments.

Thoughts and prayers. Sincerely, America

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Tiger Woods’s becoming less of a star player meant many people lost interest in watching golf. The PGA – LIV merger just did the same for many of the rest. WTF?

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Horse racing has been under a cloud with recent horse deaths in training and on the track, to the point that some feel they can’t watch anymore. PGA Tour – hold our overpriced beer.

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So much for that brief shining moment when the PGA had the moral high road.

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Weird stat tonight.

A tale of two MLB divisions:

AL East. Last place Boston Red Sox. 31-30 – .508

AL Central First place Minnesota Twins: 31- 30 – .508

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Rough news for the Texas Rangers and indeed fans of baseball with Jacob DeGrom needing Tommy John surgery. In the offseason, thinking most people assumed DeGrom wouldn’t be injured and out for the season until the All-Star Break.

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“The game of golf is better for what we’ve done here today.”

So is PGA commissioner Jay Monahan just a lying money-grubbing hypocrite?

Or how much did LIV pay him for his soul?

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Would never vote for Chris Christie…but he was warning today about those who claim they never lose and are never wrong, adding……

“A lonely, self-consumed, self-serving mirror hog is not a leader.” Okay, when Christie’s right, he’s right.

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Hard line GOP conservatives, angry at Kevin McCarthy for the debt deal, blocked a procedural vote – known as a House rule – for the first time since 2002.

And the rule was to protect gas stoves?! What a way to “torch” their speaker.

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On the 79th Anniversary of D-Day who thought in America we’d have politicians of a major party refusing to condemn their supporters who are Nazis?

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Don’t take my word for it that President Biden negotiated a great deal on the debt ceiling: AP Headline “House conservatives block GOP bills, voice frustration in response to last week’s debt ceiling vote.” Why isn’t media giving Dark Brandon more credit?

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Have thought about some of nicknames going around about Casey Desantis- “Walmart Melania” & “Tackie-O.”

Yes, family members normally are not fair game. But Casey is proudly her husband’s top advisor

And yes, guess it’s beneath us to mock someone’s looks. But so much of her & Ron’s platform is to attack people who just LOOK different, ie possibly gay or trans. (Not to mention allowing police to stop someone who LOOKS like they might be undocumented.)

So i’m fine with it.

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Hey media.

You seem to love stories that question if politicians are too old. May I suggest you listen to Chuck Grassley working hard to read from his notes and rambling on about the FBI on the Senate Floor?

I don’t want them, you take them.

Apparently over 70% of Nevadans don’t want the Oakland A’s with the current proposed stadium.

Maybe with the NHL Golden Knights doing so well, Las Vegas is thinking….we don’t need a minor league baseball team .

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The Miami Heat came back and beat the Denver Nuggets Sunday night to tie the NBA Finals 1-1

And now game three is… Wednesday?

Maybe it’s just me, and of course the league (and ABC/ESPN) were wishing for Celtics-Lakers. But three days between games? Seems like even people who suddenly started paying attention to the Finals may lose interest again by then.

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Stanford baseball made it through the loser’s bracket, again, and advanced to the NCAA Super Regional, with 3 wins in about 3 hours, the last two against Texas A&M. #CardiacCar

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Meanwhile the Stanford women’s softball team fell just short, losing in extra innings to Oklahoma

The Sooners have won 51 games in a row. 51 games in a row?!! If they were a men’s team with that kind of dominance they’d be regular front page headlines.

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Tim Scott says systemic racism is not a thing?

Has he listened to his friend Cory Booker? Remember an interview where Cory said if Senate works late he stays in his suit to walk home from US Capitol, even in hot Washington summers.

Because he doesn’t feel comfortable as big black man walking in T-shirt and shorts on DC streets late at night

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A flooded computer server room with where surveillance videos were kept? If President Biden just said a single classified document had been rendered illegible by melted ice cream GOP would call it an impeachable offense.

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So Ron Deathsantis is now running a campaign in which he is trying to convince Americans that the COVID virus was no big deal, but the “woke mind” virus is dangerous. Over 1.1 million Americans would beg to differ. If they could.

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When the next big hurricane hits Florida (and statistically the state gets over 40% of all US hurricane), imagine if FEMA responded with reduced aid because of all the money DeathSantis has wasted on flying asylum seekers to other states.

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Tonight it’s Ty Cobb. Someday there will be a special DSM page devoted to the psychosis that people still have thinking THEY will be the one person Donald Trump won’t throw under the bus.

Seriously at this point why would anyone agree to be his lawyer?

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Apparently Casey Desantis doesn’t like the term “Walmart Melania.” So none of us should use it.

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Media rant time.

Simply put, most big businesses from beverage companies, to retail, to restaurants -even banks, care about diversity & support LGBTQ community. Companies like Disney & Anheuser-Busch & Target are mainstream now. Not outliers. But media won’t say that. Fear or chasing clicks?

Meanwhile, in 2019-20 as Dems competed to be nominee, Trump’s outrageousness was still dominating headlines. Now as Donald has competition for GOP title of most outrageous, President Biden quietly does his job well… & gets few headlines. Unless Joe trips or misspeaks.

Las Vegas Golden Knights are off to a great start in NHL playoffs.

And the Las Vegas WNBA Aces are 5-0.

So explain to me why Vegas would want a minor league team like the As?

(60 games in, the A’s are 12-48, with a minus 210 runs deficity. Yes, that’s 3.5 runs per game. On average.)

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Marjorie Three Names has been calling to publicly release the January 6 footage. But she now says it would pose a security risk for The Capitol building to do so.

Translation, there’s something on those tapes she doesn’t want the American public to see.

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A Utah School district banned the Bible for elementary and middle school stuidents after a parent complained about “vulgarity and violence.” They’re right. David getting Bathsheba’s husband killed. And Lot’s daughters getting their dad drunk to sleep with him so they could get pregnant. For starters.

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Per Merriam-Webster “Woke is now defined in this dictionary as “aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice).

Yeah, I’m woke, and proud of it.

And to end the week.

This is the USDA in Washington DC, and the Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood Florida.

Happy pride month. #LoveWins

Have to wonder with Denver Nuggets-Miami-Heat NBA finals, nothing close to the big cities teams with big name stars that the media hoped for, what ABC/ESPN really is hoping will happen now?

A surprising long series in hopes of ginning up interest in some of the great players on both sides?

Or a Nuggets sweep to get it over with?

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All hail diversity.

And yes, I have LA and NY friends, as I have Republican friends.

But choosing sides in a Dodgers vs Yankees series as a liberal SF Giants fan feels too much like rooting for someone in a GOP primary.

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A tale of two cities.

SF Giants with Lamonte Wade Jr. record their 100th Splash Hit at AT&T Oracle Park

While the Oakland As move the counter to minus 199 on run differential…

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CNN’s third 2024 Presidential Primary Town Hall will be with Mike Pence. “Great, can’t wait to hear what Pence has to say.” said nobody.

CNN also just teased a story “A surge that so far hasn’t happened. – the number of migrant crossings is plummeting.” Almost as if media is disappointed that the border crisis they touted as headline news for weeks didn’t happen.

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Stock market up over 700 points, r best day of 2023. But over on Fox News website, the only headline about the economy “White House holds briefing as recession fears loom.” And we wonder sometimes why Biden poll numbers are lower than they should be.

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Clip circulating on Donald Trump denying wrongdoing with classified documents “Everything I did was right.” That lie sums up his feelings about his entire Presidency. Actually his entire life.

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James Spillane, NH GOP state lawmaker: “I’m withdrawing my endorsement (of Trump.) Thought he’d have positive message, learn from past mistakes. But it’s become evident, espec. w/ latest attack on Kayleigh McEnany there’s no loyalty in him.”

Has Spillane been under a rock?

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Trump attorneys say they have not found the classified document Donald referred to on tape… Think it’s a pretty safe bet that, to use language that fits the Former Guy, “It sleeps with the fishes.”

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How pathetic is it that on a bipartisan basis we all know that Donald Trump can’t use “the dog ate my homework” on that missing classified document. Because we know Donald wouldn’t never want to take care of a pet, and no dog would put up with him.

339,000 new jobs just in May. No wonder some in GOP wanted to default and tank the economy. They know this Dark Brandon guy has just been too good.

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Amy Klobuchar quoting late Senator Paul Wellstone: “Politics is about the improvement of people’s lives.” Another reason I’m a Democrat: Biden & Dems are trying to improve people’s lives. GOP mostly now are just stirring up hatred & blame to distract people from their lives.

So it might have take most of America until June 2023 to figure it out… but the Denver Nuggets are a very very good NBA team

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Reports that former LA Dodgers star Steve Garvey may run for Senate in 2024 as Republican in California? ICYMI, in 1989 2 different women said they were pregnant by Garvey’s (Both had the babies, who he acknowledges) Garvey married a third woman, less than two months after ending the relationship with one of those mothers of his children. Steverhas 3 kids with his current wife.. Sounds like perfect match for today’s “family values” GOP.

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In fact, there was a long ago joke that the three most common questions in a Lamaze couples class were 1. When are you due? 2. Is this your first? and 3. “Aren’t you steve garvey?”

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Not that right-wing media doesn’t have enough to exaggerate about but wouldn’t blame President Biden if he pulled the Dark Brandon move of pretending to fall and being unable to sign the debt bill. Then immediately get up and say “Just kidding. Fooled you again, suckers.”

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Chuck Schumer was doing attempted 10 minute votes (he got most of them down to 11 minutes or so) on amendments and told Senators to stay in their seats and keep conversations outside so they could pass the debt ceiling bill tonight at a reasonable hour.

Those moments when you truly realized what you need to know as majority leader is what you really did learn in Kindergarten.

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Hey folks. As some in GOP lie and rant about work requirements for SNAP, and insinuate that some Americans are taking advantage, may I just point out food stamp benefits are about $182 per month per person. Not exactly enough money to sit home eating bonbons.

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United, like most airlines, is DEI & LGBTQ friendly. And they sent this email today.

“During Pride Month we recognize those who advocate for LGBTQ+ equality. United MileagePlus Cardmembers can earn up to 10 miles per dollar when they donate to select nonprofit organizations from June 1-30.” Sorry haters.

Btw, Hertz and other car rental companies are also celebrating Pride month.

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Many Republicans claim to be upset that the debt ceiling deal doesn’t have enough defense spending. If they care so much about our military why don’t they tell their GOP colleague Tommy Tuberville to stop his dangerous stunt of slowing down Pentagon appointments. Like NOW?!!

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So what? Biden tripped yesterday? Chelsea Clinton, 43, is in a walking boot with broken toe because she tripped racing her kids. MN Rep. Angie Craig, 51, missed debt vote because she fell while gardening, broke bone & dislocated her ankle.

Stuff happens. Be careful out there.

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Yeah, just a TV show, but gonna miss the wonderful characters on Ted Lasso.

(Slight Spoiler Alert)

Can they start a new show next year called “Roy Kent?”

Since Clayton Kershaw is speaking out against the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and wanted a Christian Faith and Family Day at Dodger Stadium, a friend asks “If he is seriously a devout Christian, why is he playing baseball on Sunday instead of honoring “The Lord’s Day?”

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SF Giants have been up and down this year, though perhaps trending upwards, and finish May at .500 (28-28) Meanwhile the Oakland As would have to go on a 34 game winning streak to hit .500. (12-46.)

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So this year the Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando is going to become the Pop-Tarts Bowl. Should be fun for announcers. “That was a sweet pass” “they’re in a real jam here….” “think this team is toast..”

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So one of Tommy Tuberville’s advisors has resigned apparently because Tommy didn’t like him taking credit for the awful idea for blocking military appointments. But come on, does anyone think Tuberville’s staff doesn’t do ALL his work?

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Numbers don’t lie. Want to know who “won?” The bipartisan budget deal passed with 165 Democratic votes, 149 Republican votes. Go Dark Brandon!

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So Kevin McCarthy talks about “child with no job, sitting on couch, we’re going to encourage them to get a job & have to go to work, which gives them worth and value.” Does Kevin mean he’ll tell trust fund babies who live on inherited income to get jobs too, or lose their tax breaks?

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So who has fewer people excited about their Presidential campaign annoucement? Chris Christie or Mike Pence?

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Kevin McCarthy says he doesn’t want to be on the wrong side of history. Doesn’t Kevin mean after his post January 6 visit to Mar-A-Lago that he doesn’t want to STAY on the wrong side of history?

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In Oregon, most Senate Republicans are not showing up on the floor in an effort to deny Democrats a quorum. Well, since GOP is all about work requirements, time to cut these state Senators pay until they show up.

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Going to keep pointing this out. Molson-Coors also are big on DEI and are supportive of LGBTQ community. They & Anheuser-Busch have top 10 US beer brands. Walmart & Kohl’s besides Target sell Pride clothing. As did Trump. So are MAGAs just going to drink water and go naked?

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Per Prison Policy Initiative, “58% of all women in U.S. prisons are mothers of minor children, as are 80% of women in jails.” But this issue isn’t a story unless it’s Elizabeth Holmes? #DoBetterMedia

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All this coverage of Elizabeth Holmes going to prison. Now, most of her victims who gave her money were rich, but probably not all. And other victims suffered with inaccurate test results. Hey media, maybe a little coverage of THEM?

And for what it’s worth, yes, she’s “locked up.” But Elizabeth Holmes’ cell seems a lot nicer than my Freshman dorm room.

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Amazon workers staged a lunchtime walkout in part because of the company’s recent return-to-office mandate. Of course, if all companies had return-to-work mandates fewer people working at home would mean fewer people ordering Amazon deliveries.