Left Coast Sports Babe

Tampa Bay Rays are now 12-0.

How long until Mets owner Steve Cohen tries to buy the entire Rays team?

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The new MLB pitch clock is definitely shortening games, on average 31 minutes. Stephen Colbert sums up one of the problem$. ” I can’t have three $12 beers, how am I going to be drunk enough to buy two $15 hot dogs?”

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Jhony Brito came into tonight’s Minnesota Twins NY Yankees game with a 2-0 record and a 0.90 ERA. His ERA is now 6.75 after he allowed 7 earned runs in 2/3 of an inning in the 1st. That’s baseball.

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As Alex Wagner said tonight

“Your lived experience as an American, the civil rights you have now depend on who runs your state.” If there’s anyone out there who still doesn’t believe in the necessity of voting. #VoteBlueNoMatterWho

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Ron DeSantis turns most of his bill signings into photo ops & even sometimes uses children as props for his anti-gay anti-books etc agenda… But he signed Florida’s new abortion ban after six weeks late at night with no media presence. Does he think Floridians won’t notice?

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President Biden gets a standing ovation from the Irish Parliament: Fox News headline (no joke) “Biden gets a somewhat hostile greeting from Irish president’s dog” (apparently the dog barked at him.)

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Some right wing media & GOP politicians blaming Biden on documents leak while claiming outrage on national security

Funny, GOP was crickets on Trump’s documents at Mar-A-Lago, and crickets on security threat of Tuberville holding up Pentagon appoinments to deny women healthcare.

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CNN shows poll saying 66% percent of American SAY they believe in age limits for politicians. Uh, Iowa voters just re-elected 89 year old Chuck Grassley for a six year term.

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Let’s be clear. You can be fired for taking a bribe as a teacher, a bank teller, a city clerk, a police officer… . But not apparently as a SCOTUS justice. What’s wrong with this picture?

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Now Fox News has taken the story about the arrest of suspect – a tech executive – in Bob Lee murder off their front page. But Fox News had no problem last week with big headlines like “Bob Lee moved from San Francisco to Miami amid concerns over rising crime.”

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President Biden addressing Irish Parliament talks about Ukraine and democracy, and quotes John F. Kennedy. “Ireland pursues an independent course in foreign policy. But is not neutral between liberty and tyranny. And it never will be.” It’s so nice having a President.

Tampa Bay, 12-0 Maybe Tom Brady finally retired because he figured he could never compete for attention with the Rays?

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Meanwhile the SF Giants move from last night’s castle back to the outhouse. 10-5 loss including an inning where Dodgers pitchers scored 5 runs on 1 hitting.

So expect great things for Friday’s game against the Detroit Tigers?

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USA Today reports Jeff Bezos has decided he won’t submit bid to purchase the Washington Commanders.

Makes sense, Bezos only wants to get involved with something when he thinks there’s a CHANCE of winning.

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Only two more play-in games…. so the NBA regular season is finally about to start.

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“Grocery prices dip for the first time since 2020.” Siri, tell me another story I won’t see on Fox News.

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ESPN reports “NBA sent memo to league office staff Tues. instructing them to reduce expenses & limit hiring for remainder of fiscal year because of economic constraints.” In 2021/22 season, 30 NBA teams combined generated revenues over 10 billion U.S. dollars. Enough said.

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Parents of Louisville killer say he had “mental health challenges,” but they “can’t explain” how their son turned into a mass murderer. Without that assault weapon maybe he wouldn’t have been, or at least maybe he might have shot fewer people… It’s the guns, stupid.

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The “COVID emergency” is officially over. Which is what right wing media has been clamoring for.

Now how long until Fox News starts attacking President Biden because now many Americans may need to start paying for their own COVID vaccines, tests, and treatments?

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So many calling for an octogenarian US senator, who has been gone from Senate for a while and has admitted serious health issues, to resign.

McConnell says he’ll be back. Oh, wait, no one is telling Mitch to resign. Yes, Dianne Feinstein is old too. But misogyny is real.

How bad are the Oakland A’s early in the 2023 season?

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It’s not just that they’re 2-9. It’s that through 11 games they have a negative 53 run differential.

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Meanwhile SF Giants back to the castle. with a 5-0 win over LA Dodgers. The team is about even on runs for and against. But they’ve played only ONE one-run game. And seven of first four game have been decided by 4 or more runs.

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If someone takes nitrate drugs, has low or high blood pressure, liver or kidney disease, then we KNOW ED drugs can be dangerous. So when is a judge going to stay the FDA’s approval of medications like Viagra?

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Tucker Carlson today called Trump “Moderate, sensible and wise.” Maybe it’s time to give Tucker that “Person, woman, man, camera, TV” test.

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So let’s get this straight. The same Republicans who don’t trust teachers to assign books children can read or say the word “gay” also want those teachers to be armed in the classroom.

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GOP has now been in charge of the House for three months. Have they done a single thing on behalf of the American people, or is it all a petty littany of vendettas and Trumped up investigations? I’ll wait.

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Here we go again. Velveeta Voldemort on his arraignment: ‘It’s tough, tough place, & they were crying, actually crying. They said “I’m sorry.”‘

Big strong men crying & calling him sir.

Yeah, when my grandfather got really old he started telling same stories over & over too.

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Can we stop saying “Congress has failed” on reasonable gun laws? It’s not Congress. While there are some Democrats especially in red states who are resistant to changing the laws, it’s REPUBLICANS in Congress blocking the reforms most Americans want.

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For all those saying nothing could have been done to stop the Louisville mass shooting as the killer had no previous criminal record:

An assault weapons ban is not nothing.

Congress passed it once, and the ban made a difference.

Congress needs to pass such a ban again. Period.

SF Giants are now 4-6, but except for one bullpen meltdown, none of the losses have been close. Including tonight’s 9-1 loss against the Dodgers.

In their 6 losses they are averaging less than 2 runs a game, and twice at least have had bases loaded with zero out and not scored.

Forget “Nothing Like It,” maybe the 2023 slogan should be “outhouse or castle.”

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Washington DC has ordered the NFL Commanders to pay about $200,000 in season ticket holder deposits that should have been refunded, and $425,000 to the District of Columbia.

Another pending lawsuit is about whether team and NFLe deceived D.C. residents concerning an investigation into the Commanders’ toxic workplace.

Dan Snyder is going to get $6 billion for the team.

Yeah, these lawsuits will teach him.

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Orlando Sentinel quotes a Trump supporter. “If he doesn’t win in 2024, I’ll never vote again.’” Seems reasonable.

Today’s mass shooting in Louisville was horrific,

And in Orlando last weekend four people were shot to death including a child, though that story will never make national headlines.

Maybe we should just keep the flags at half staff?

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Ted Cruz recently said the US should have armed guards in schools like we do in banks so we can keep kids safe. Armed guards worked out so well in Louisville today. How about we just act like a civilized country and start banning assault weapons?

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If Dianne Feinstein is not doing well but hates idea of Gavin Newsom appointing replacement who’d become 2024 frontrunner…. What about Newsom appointing someone who knows what she’s doing, could hit the ground running, & would step down after finishing the term – ie former Senator Barbara Boxer?

Tyler Rogers for the SF Giants first save of a win at home in 2023. Just like we all predicted.

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Jon Rahm is not only the world’s best golfer, he may have saved the Masters after the tournament allowed LIV players to enter.

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Line from USA Today “Atop the West since December, the Nuggets got a little bored with the regular season”

Kind of sums up how a lot of fans felt too.

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Is it too much of a stretch to think that if MLK Jr was assassinated in Dallas, Greg Abbott would have pardoned James Earl Ray?

After six years, Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn have broken up. Sad for them, but guessing that it means Swifties have an especially good new album to look forward to?

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Tampa Bay Rays 9-0, MLB’s best start in decades. Perhaps the Rays will invite Florida Governor Deathsantis to their June Pride Night?

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The Washington Nationals right now are one of the worst teams in MLB. Imagine if a liberal donor gave Justice Sotomayor, Brown Jackson or Kagan so much as bleacher seats to a weeknight game.

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Clarence Thomas having his pornhub account exposed by Anonymous sounds like an SNL skit.

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Someday a trivia question will be “what was Donald Trump’s first indictment.

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So the man that wants to lead the Republican party and become President in 2024 is continuing and escalating a fight with the biggest private employer in his state over “don’t say gay” law. Jobs! Jobs! Jobs. #FloridaMan

I get that people will lie and steal to save themselves and protect their families.

But would Phil Mickelson, who I admired for decades, like to tell us why he decided to throw away his beloved reputation to join the Saudi LIV tour?

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And hey, Florida Governor Ron Deathsantis Best team in MLB so far? Tampa Bay Rays.

They’re having Pride Day June 10! Rainbow Can cooler giveaway. Dare to show up?

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So with some country singers and other right-wing personalities boycotting Bud Light because of a promotion they did with a trans activist, does this mean I have to start drinking the beer again?

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Sex isn’t always safe for older men, especially those with heart conditions. So isn’t about time a woman judge puts a stay of approval on Viagra?

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Forget private superyachts sailing around Indonesia. Just imagine if a Democratic friend of the Biden family gave one of his kids or grandkids so much as a Carnival Caribbean cruise.

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Dumping important news on Friday is way to try to avoid outrage. Matthew Kacsmaryk picks late on Good Friday to stay FDA’s approval of abortion medication for “safety concerns.”

Mifepristone was approved Sept. 2000. So for 22 years women have proved him wrong. GOP hates women.

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Your reminder again, GOP lost their collective sh*t when it was reported falsely that Sonia Sotamayor was simply dining with Democratic leaders and the woman turned out to be Schumer’s wife. Have any GOP leaders said a word about Clarence Thomas?

Finally, Today is another great day to quote my late great stepmother Jean Marshall Crawford, a Democratic party volunteer stalwart in Virginia. “We’re not perfect, but they’re nuts.”

SF Giants are 3-3

In their three losses they have scored 3 runs. In their three wins they have scored 35 runs. Not a typo.

“Siri, how would you define ‘outhouse or castle’?”

ESPN headline “The Rockets say the time for losing is over.” Washington Wizards are going “You can do that?”

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Meanwhile in Washington after the first week of the MLB season, the Nationals are 1-5.

Nats fans are shocked, how’d they win a game?

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Again, I get it, a train wreck is more fascinating to watch than a train running relatively smoothly on the tracks. But government is SUPPOSED to run relatively smoothly. Problem is we have a national media addicted to train wrecks.

Many right-wing media and GOP politicians condemned even peaceful protests outside SCOTUS judges’ homes after Dobbs decision leaked. So why are they silent now as the judge in the Trump NY case is getting death threats against himself and his family

Again, four words “pro life my a**”

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2 printable thoughts on Tricia Cotham, turncoat Dem from very Blue NC district NC who’s now GOP. 1. She called HER own abortion “deeply personal decision”; said GOP was “wanting to play doctor.” 2. She’s huge college sports fan. Soon NC GOP will make top recruits look elsewhere.

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Liberal Janet Protasiewicz elected to SCOTUS by 55 % to 45 % over Daniel Kelly. Wisconsin is a VERY purple state. But number 1 issue she ran on was abortion rights. Kansas in 2022 was NOT an anomaly. Women and the men who love them, care about reproductive rights. And we vote.

More tonight but…

LSU was stronger team in the NCAA championship game than Iowa. But a whole lot of people who turned into NCAA women’s basketball for the first time are seeing Kim Mulkey, a big name coach, get away with things most coaches wouldn’t.

Somewhere Coach K is laughing,

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Although have to figure, seeing a lot of complaining about Angel Reese trash talking/signing Caitlin Clark.

Wonder how much of it comes from hard-core sports fans. Now, I wanted Iowa to win. But you know who I haven’t seen whining about it? Caitlin Clark.

Just my opinion, it’s part of the game.

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Four games into the season, SF Giants have been shut out twice, and scored 19 runs in their other two games.

Going to be that kind of year?

As much fun as a perp walk may be Tuesday, remember, we have a good man in the White House now. Hoping media covers what Joe Biden is up to… We can dream.

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Am a major trivia fan and love the fact that maybe 20 years ago younger players may have a hard time answering the question “What was Donald Trump’s first indictment?”

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If his first indictment makes you more likely to vote for Velveeta Voldemort then you can abandon all pretense of being part of the “Law and Order” party.

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The way I handled 60 Minutes with Marge Three Names was the same way I usually handle Chuck Todd: Don’t watch him.

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But guessing CBS figured it was worth having someone who supports domestic terrorists on for ratings. And those of us who were appalled would come back next week. So may I suggest instead on future Sunday nights watching ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball?

Disney CEO Bob Iger on Ron Santis’s actions “just to retaliate for a position the company took, is not just anti-business, but it sounds anti-Florida, and I’ll just leave it at that.” That moment when a CEO has more cojones than most of the medi

Headline – “How to bet this weekend’s Final Four.” Uh, based on the teams actually in the men’s Final Four and all the experts’ predictions – one word “Don’t.”

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Wonder what the record viewership for a women’s basketball NCAA tournament final is? And how much are Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes going to break it by? #MarchMadness

Meanwhile for SF Giants fans, two games into the season, they are tied with the LA Dodgers.

And torture is back.

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Almost a shame the first indictment wasn’t handed down April 1 for Donald Trump. He always wanted a day named after him.

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So has a single leader from the “law and order” party said maybe we should wait and see what the indictment says before we blast the Manhattan representatives of law and order?

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Say what you will about Stormy Daniels’ profession. At least she provides value for money when she screws people.

Sudafed is trending which reminds me of the time I tried to buy two packages of the generic version at CVS on a “2 for 1” sale. In many red states it would have been much much easier to buy two guns.

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President Biden is declining to comment on the Trump indictment. Makes sense. Between media and Republicans, anything Joe could say would be wrong.

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Meanwhile, Marge has a primetime 60 Minutes interview. The only way to make CBS regret their decision to interview a woman who is basically a domestic terrorist is not to watch the show.

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Don’t feed making Marjorie Three Names most talked about woman in DC. Many other good women in Congress. I’m proudly Amy Klobuchar fan girl, but pick someone, anyone but Marge. Stacey Plaskett, Tammy Duckworth, Tammy Baldwin, Lauren Underwood.. over 100 Dem women currently in Congress. If you’re on social media amplify one or more of them!

Okay, Aaron Judge, that’s just rubbing it in. #SFGiants

Meanwhile, Justin Verlander, 40, is already on the IL.

On a brighter note for the Mets, some of his medical costs may be defrayed by Medicare.

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Probably won’t be the last, but the first indictment against Trump will come from the Stormy Daniels case. Moral of story: Never f*ck with someone who f*cks for a living

How lucky are the GOP Cowards of Congress? With the two week spring break coming up, they won’t have to dodge Washington DC reporters asking what they think about Trump’s indictment.

Open warning to my celebrating social media pals. Please do not drink a shot for each count against Trump. Your health matters!

Have the Oakland A’s been eliminated yet?

Congratulations to the Sacramento Kings, in NBA playoffs for the first time in 16 years. Even more shocking, they’re one of three Western Conference teams actually IN the playoffs, as opposed to seven other teams who could still end up in the “play-in” games.

Tommy Tuberville, putting our military readiness at risk because disagrees w/ military being able to travel for reproductive health reasons. He talks about “recruitment crisis.” Uh, why would woman join military if she might be deployed now to anti-choice state & can’t travel?

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And Tuberville, complaining if Democrats want to confirm Defense Department nominations they can just vote to confirm all 180 of them. But apparently votes each take hours. Fine, let Schumer cancel Easter break & other vacations to vote and see how Tommy’s GOP colleagues like it.

Again, as Tommy Tuberville wants you to believe he cares about women and life, when he coached at Auburn he had a player charged with statutory rape. Guy got plea deal to lesser charge. Tuberville briefly suspended him & then benched the player for ONE. game.

Lawrence O’Donnell on the Last World points out tonight that Vice President Harris’s talking about the history of slavery on her visit to Ghana would now be banned in Florida schools. Even long-time banana republics have to be appalled at Florida.

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Mike Pence says he has “nothing to hide” with the DOJ investigation of Velveeta Voldemort. Fine, then he should just testify and be done with it. I am sure if a woman is involved Pence can have Mother chaperone.

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Disney 1. Desantis 0.

“If the agreement is deemed to violate rules against perpetuity, it will be in effect until 21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of England’s King Charles III, the declaration said.

Do not f*ck with the Mouse.

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Stephen Colbert -“Kevin McCarthy is so unconcerned about debt ceiling he put concern in…a letter? Slowest form of communication. But seriously, if SINO cared at all about reducing debt, even if he wanted to protect millionaires he might offer to rescind BILLIONAIRE tax cuts.

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New GOP Nebraska Senator Pete Ricketts today in his maiden speech – “limited and responsive government” works.

Why do all these clowns think government should be limited except in our bedrooms and doctors’ offices?

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Understand that many Republicans will never vote for an assault weapons ban, no matter how many children are slaughtered. But am shocked there aren’t at least a few of them willing to say the simple sentence “I’ve changed my mind, it’s time to reinstitute the ban.”

As we approach the end, finally, of the NBA regular season, pretty clear there are a LOT of mediocre, or at least inconsistent NBA teams.

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As of now 3 teams who are under .500 would make the play-in playoff round.

Under .500 wouldn’t even make the NIT in basketball.

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Dan Snyder, the justifiably controversial owner of the Washington Commanders, under more investigations than perhaps any owner in sports, is apparently finally selling the team. He has two bids for $6 billion.

Snyder paid $800 million for the team in 1999. So a potential $5.1 BILLION dollar profit.

Yeah, that’ll teach him.

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Apparently Tuesday was “Respect Your Cat Day.” Uh, isn’t EVERY day “Respect Your Cat Day?”

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WTF CNN??. Attacking Biden today because in the 1980s he talked about raising social security age and in 1975 he said he wanted to sunset entitlements. Going back almost 50 years to both sides something is a bit rich, even for CNN. The network didn’t even exist until 1980.

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Adam Kinzinger is pro-2nd amendment, but he points out you need license to drive a car. And you need to be 21 to drink. And cops have little chance against AR-15s. There are some common sense gun reforms we all should be able to agree on. Common sense now apparently disqualifies you from today’s GOP.

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Seeing some right wing media types using “trans” in the headline about Nashville shooter. Imagine if a newspaper or MSNBC started most of their mass shooting headlines “heterosexual male shooter….” GOP heads would explode.

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Give GOP credit for one thing. Guessing with all the attention, more kids now have seen Michelangelo’s David in all his naked glory than ever before.

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So tired of hearing GOP BS excuse “criminals gonna criminal” and so thus nothing can be done about gun violence. Uh, so by that token do we stop charging people with murder, because criminals are going to kill?

Let’s be perfectly clear, many in GOP make a hero out of a teenager who crossed state lines with a gun he couldn’t legally own, and killed two people in Kenosha. But they want to make criminals of teenage girls who want to cross lines to legally terminate an unwanted pregnancy.

There are actually tickets for next Monday’s NCAA men’s basketball final for under $100 on Stubhub.

Not that it won’t be a great game, but have to figure fans of a lot of big name teams canceled their trip, and fans of FAU, Miami and San Diego State especially probably didn’t think to make travel plans to Houston.

(What’s cool and maybe a first. Tickets to the women’s final start over $200. Twice the price.

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Today’s GOP – kids can’t read books that talk about sexuality, or gender, or even getting their periods. But active shooter drills and reading about children their age gunned down in school is just fine.

(And I wrote this BEFORE the Nashville mass shooting this morning.)

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Rachel Maddow is talking tonight about the increasing number of people who’ve survived one mass shooting now to find themselves involved with another.

This is a sad & twisted only in America version of that old game, what are the odds two people in a room have the same birthday?

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Chuck Schumer talking about Tommy Tuberville holding up senior military nominations over women in military being able to travel for reproductive healthcare. “If everyone held up Pentagon appointments when they felt passionately about anything, the military would grind to a halt. 160 nominations. Including five 3-star general….these are NOT political. It’s because the Senior Senator from Alabama can’t get his way.”

Let’s call it what it is, Tommy throwing a tantrum.

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Marjorie Three Names first joined Congress in 2021. But remember who Georgia also elected to Congress in 2021. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. Two great US Senators. Why don’t we ever hear about them? Competence isn’t clickbait.

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Some of Twitter’s source code has apparently been leaked online. Well, and who would do a thing like that? Not like Muskrat has upset any of the engineers who kept this app running.

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Stephen Colbert on Velveeta Voldemort’s prediction of his arrest lst week. “His least accurate forecast since ‘T’il death do us part.-“

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Meanwhile, in Florida, Governor Deathsantis just signed new school voucher bill that would send money to ANY resident parent who wanted it in the state, if their child was age eligible for K-12.

Yes, that would include Tiger Woods’ children, ages 14 and 15, if he wanted the money towards the cost of his his kids’ private school.

Weird NCAA men’s basketball tournament numbers thought. The Final Four are a 9, a 5, a 4 and 5. Adds up to 23. Has there ever been a Final Four with a combined seed total even close?

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FAU website crashed. after their win. But Florida Atlantic University, a public university in Florida, describes themselves as “The Most Diverse Institution in the State University System.” They’re very woke. And they’re very going to the Final Four. #MarchMadness

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As a friend said “Ron DeSantis, Florida Atlantic U.”

Forget a perfect bracket. Did anyone even have San Diego State vs Florida Atlantic University playing to get to the NCAA men’s final?

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Apparently in the NCAA men’s basketball tournamen no one has a perfect bracket left anymore. Except of course, George Santos.

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If you don’t know who Caitlin Clark is and you’re a sports fan,, do yourself a favor before the women’s final four and find. First 40 point triple double Sunday against Louisville in NCAA tournament history.

And now it’s UConn women’s basketball team who will miss Final Four for first time since 2007. Maybe coach Geno Auriemma and Stanford coach Tara Vanderveer can have a watch party.

How many people know Joe Biden was in Canada last week? Where he got standing ovation with Justin Trudeau in Canadian parliament. But guessing more, even liberals, know about Velveeta Voldemort’s hate fest in Waco. Partly that’s on media, but it’s also on us. If you’re on social media, amplify the good!

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Meanwhile “Thousands” of people showed up at Velveeta Voldemort’s rally Saturday in Waco. Whoopie. It’s Texas, they get almost 20,000 for high school football games.

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So is Andrew Cuomo attacking Alvin Bragg’s Trump probe because he thinks he might be the subject of a future criminal investigation?

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Remember when Nancy Pelosi was criticized because she had some conflicts with progressives in the House? When it mattered, Nancy had the votes. And she was in charge. As opposed to SINO McCarthy, who is completely subject to the whims of his fringe House members.

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said he had no idea he scheduled today’s hate rally in Waco on the 30th anniversary of the Branch Davidian standoff that killed 86 people including 4 federal agents. Patrick isn’t that stupid. He just thinks we are.

Houston and Alabama were the last two #1 seeds in NCAA men’s tournament to fall.

But hey, didn’t all we Cinderella fans have a possible Arkansas -FAU final?

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And while we’re at it, except for Texas, twos are toast. (Texas is the only #2 seed in elite 8.)

Gotta love San Diego State making it to their first Elite Eight. And a bonus, we don’t have to hear Nate Oats’ excuses for why his players were at least witnesses to a murder anymore.

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And in the small, or maybe large mercies department, the San Antonio Spurs have just officially qualified for ping pong balls. Victor Wembanyama could be the one who makes Tony Parker “Who was the Spurs second best draft pick?”

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Hey Florida Governor Deathsantis: Are you going to condemn Florida Atlantic Unversity now too? FAU again ranked first among public universities in Florida and 41st in the nation for diversity in U.S. #WinningInParadise

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville putting hold on ALL Pentagon nominees, just because DOD now allows service members 3 weeks of administrative leave for abortion or fertility treatment & reimburses them for travel expenses. Putting our military at risk for this stunt. Again, Pro Life My A**.

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As he holds up Pentagon nominees, Tuberville rants on military recruiting problems. Uh, if a woman, or a recruit who loves a woman, know they won’t be able to get reproductive care, including fertility treatments, if she gets deployed to a red state, THAT’s a recruiting problem.

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Donald Trump posted picture of himself swinging baseball bat next to picture of Alvin Bragg’s head. Imagine President Biden so much as joked about swinging anything at a conservative judge or DA’s head.

Fox & House GOP would be calling for impeachment and his arrest within an hour.

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Florida Governor Ron Deathsantis wants to start keeping his travel schedule a secret from the press. That worked out so well for Mark Sanford hiking the Applachian Trail.

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On top of everything else, pretty sure that threatening a DA, and warning of potential “death and destruction” that would be “catastropic” for our country if he’s indicted is itself a crime. Trump is a domestic terrorist.

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NONE of alleged delays or issues with Manhattan DA over possible Trump indictment come from DA’s office. It’s all reported “leaks’ & mostly Velveeta Voldemort’s having alleged he was going to be arrested. He was fundraising & trying to incite another riot. Media fell for it.

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Would someone like to tell me a single useful thing Kevin McCarthy has accomplished as House Speaker in the first three months of 2023? Other than making Nancy Pelosi’s tenure as Speaker look even better?

The Warriors, aided by a controversial call, have no won two road games in a row. Hope this isn’t a sign of the apocalypse.

Best wishes to Dick Van Dyke, 97, who apparently suffered minor injuries when his car was involved in a collision in Southern California. But what the heck is Dick Van Dyke doing driving?

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Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin is quarantining this week with mild Covid symptoms. Since Republicans seem to believe it’s all a hoax wonder why they don’t ask him to come to the Senate and meet with them as usual?

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Only in a America when a school trends on Twitter do we know it’s for another shooting. Today sadly it’s East High School.

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The student accused of today’s school shooting apparently was being patted down to search for weapons when he shot two staff members at East High School. But yeah, GOP wants us to think the danger for kids is drag queens. Murica

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So on top of everything else, Deathsantis is a weathervane… Today Ron “sought to clean up” when he called Russia’s attack on Ukraine a “territorial dispute,” and added he felt Putin was a “war criminal.” Sorry Governor, we heard you loud and clear the first time,

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Would someone like to tell me a single useful thing Kevin McCarthy has accomplished as House Speaker in the first three months of 2023? Other than making Nancy Pelosi’s tenure as Speaker look even better?

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Oh JFC, now Matt Gaetz & Marjorie Three Names want to bring Tara Reade, the woman who lied about President Biden sexually assaulting her, in for an interview.

And yes, again, she lied. Senate dress code at time was pantyhose. The assault she described couldn’t have happened. Period.

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Uganda’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ. Think it can’t happen here? #VoteBlue

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Another WTF moment. In Orlando, Boone High School’s student club’s ‘drag & donuts’ event was canceled after criticism from Orange school board member. HIGH SCHOOL. And after school hours at that. More manufactured outage. So exactly who does this hurt?

Congratulations to Japan for winning the World Baseball Classic. Has the GOP blamed Biden for Team USA’s loss yet?

Shohei Ohtani struck out Trout, swinging, to end the WBC. It was Shohei’s first relief appearance in over 6 years. Who does Ohtani think he is, Madison Bumgarner?

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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred wants more stars in 2026 WBC: “pitching staffs same quality as our position players.” Injuries can happen anywhere. But not all teams can afford to replace stars & pitchers need to build arm strength in spring so having them push too much can have serious consequences. Will Rob compensate pitchers still under team control not making big money, and small market teams?

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ESPN reported suspended Alabama freshman DB, Tony Mitchell, former ESPN 100 player, driving 141 mph as he attempted to flee Florida police last week. Tony’s talented enough someone will give him 2nd chance, but he’s lucky we’re not talking about funerals..

New York Mets will open a membership only speakeasy behind Citi Field’s right-field fence this season called the Cadillac Club. It will cost $19,000 to 24,999 per seat, a private bar with field views, lounge seats, flat-screen televisions, in-seat storage, a concierge, food beer and wine with cocktails available…

But tell me again how billionaires need those tax cuts?

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A Cuban baseball player defected during the World Baseball Classic. Wish him nothing but the best, but the difference between him and many other maligned would-be-refugees fleeing repressive regimes is athletic talent.

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Anyone who can’t understand MAGAs who still support Donald Trump in the face of all evidence, please if you haven’t heard the term google “confirmation bias.”

It’s real. And incredibly powerful.

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Remember folks, Dobbs decision was almost certainly leaked early by someone anti-choice in an attempt to control headlines, defuse outrage and maybe influence final decision. Why should Former Guy’s indictment decision be any different? A circus benefits him & his fundraising.

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Kevin McCarthy today, railing against “political” investigations on behalf of his GOP cult leader. Qevin in 2015. “Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee…What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping.

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NYTimes headline “DeSantis, Doubling Down, Presses Questions About Trump’s Character In interview w/ Piers Morgan, Florida Governor sought to strike clear contrast w/ Donald Trump, calling himself low-drama “winner.”

By Maggie Haberman

So has Maggie found new horse to back for access?

Al Franken is guest hosting The Daily Show. Now I love watching Franken, but last night he told Lindsay Graham he was the funniest U.S. Senator. Sure what Al meant, being a Minnesotan and smart man, is Lindsay was the funniest MALE U.S. Senator.

Or he just forgot Amy Klobuchar

As a fan of Stanford women’s basketball tonight’s game with #9 seed Miami upsetting #1 Indiana was dramatic. But it was also a win in the “misery loves company” department. Now the story is TWO #1 seeds go down…

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Shohei Ohtani hit a double that started a rally in the 9th leading to a walkoff win for Japan against Mexico in the semi-finals of the WBC.and “roared” into second base.

“It’s been a while since I’ve played in a win-or-lose game, in a playoff atmosphere,” Ohtani, speaking through an interpreter, said of displaying rare emotion.

-Dear Mr. Ohtani, sign with the SF Giants in 2024 and can promise that playoff atmosphere regularly against the Dodgers, and then with you on the team, REAL playoffs.

Sincerely – Giants fans.

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“It’s been a while since I’ve played in a win-or-lose game, in a playoff atmosphere,” Ohtani, speaking through an interpreter, said of displaying rare emotion.

Regular commercial during March Madness complains about gas taxes in California In small print; “funding by”Californians for Affordable and Reliable Energy – CARE” “CARE” is largely funded by Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA). We really need bipartisan Honest Ads Act.

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Today Republicans are claiming Democrats always excuse their fellow Democrats for everything, even alleged indiscretions. So ironic timing that this week that instead of prepping for Senate committee meetings, Al Franken is guest-hosting The Daily Show.

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So IF Stormy Daniels were lying about an affair with Velveeta Voldemort he could have simply dropped his trousers in a deposition, proved she didn’t know what his junk looked like, case closed. IF she were lying. She’s not.

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Al Franken on the Daily Show: “He paid Stormy Daniels to keep this story quiet, and seven years later we’re still talking about it. So that would be another failed Trump business venture.”

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Although, Franken did tell Senator Graham, his guest, that Lindsay was the funniest Senator. Uh, Al, think you’ve been spending too much time out of Minnesota lately. Or you’re jealous of your former colleague Amy Klobuchar?

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So since many MAGA Trump supporters are parents against books, and drag shows and ANYTHING they consider indecent, what do they answer if their kids ask who Stormy Daniels is?

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Ron DeSantis is sending undercover state agents in Florida, at taxpayer expense, to drag shows looking for minors in attendance as well as “sexualized behavior.” He claims he wants to protect kids. Uh, if that was actually his intention, the Florida Governor would send agents to some of these kiddie pageants.

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Meanwhile, two fatal shootings during Spring Break in Miami Beach this weekend. Neither by a drag queen.

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But yeah, Ron Desantis is attacking Manhattan DA for ignoring serious crime while he investigates Trump. Uh, FLORIDA Governor Deathsantis, while you’re running for President, why are you ignoring the serious crime that has resulted in an emergency curfew in Miami Beach?

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Stunning to see GOP complain over Tim Walz signing law to guarantee free breakfast & lunch for students in Minnesota schools regardless of parents’ income. Same GOP applauds far more expensive private school vouchers Florida’s Ron DeSantis is giving regardless of parents’ income.

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Still wrapping my head around the fact than GOP members of Congress who made a habit of defying subpoenas somehow feel like everyone else should obey THEIR subpoenas.

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Kevin McCarthy worked so hard for so many years just to become a waterboy for Marjorie Three Names.

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Again, thinking it’s just possible Velveeta Voldemort said he’d be arrested and called for protests just because he was tired of his GOP rivals dominating the headlines.

Some controvery over whether Stanford women’s basketball could have been a #1 or #2 seed. Against Ole Miss tonight Cardinal for most of the game looked like about a #15 seed.

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Bad news for Astros as Jose Altuve hit by pitch in World Baseball Classic & has fractured right thumb.

But for those who want to cancel WBC, in spring training 2015, a errant pitch broke Hunter Pence’s arm. in 2018 comebacker broke Bumgarner’s finger in last preseason start. And then there was Jeff Kent washing his truck.

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Wonder if proud Arkansas native Bill Clinton did a March Madness bracket. . might be one of the few Democratic leaders happy with the tournament this weekend.

Other than New Jersey’s Cory Booker. (Princeton in Sweet Sixteen, Fairleigh Dickinson shocking Purdue.)

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Wait, the Atlanta Hawks had a 24 point lead, 22 at halftime with a 98.6% chance to win over the bottom-dwelling San Antonio Spurs. And the Hawks lost by 8 – 118-126. Even the Atlanta Falcons are laughing.

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Remember, while the “will he or won’t be arrested” game goes on…. Republicans are working every day to take away our healthcare, our benefits, and our rights. And Democrats are trying to protect us.

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Apparently Twitter has now set an automatic poop emoji response for all press requests. What a petty pathetic little man Muskrat is:

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A seaweed blob twice the width of the US is heading toward Florida. Is it hoping to be Ron DeSantis’s 2024 running mate?

Now that the Former Guy is calling for his cult followers to protest and “take our nation back” has Susan Collins expressed concern yet?