Left Coast Sports Babe

When you forget to hit “publish.”

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All these pundits predicting the NFL postseason. And somehow none of them has as Super Bowl MVP George Santos?

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CNN commented that these classified document issues didn’t happen with either of the Bush Presidents or Obama. Two words “wanna bet?” Wonder if staff for W, Barack, Dick Cheney and Dan Quayle are doing a little frantic office and house cleaning right now?-

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Well, at least Mike Pence probably doesn’t have any classified documents at his home. Velveeta Voldemort probably never even let Pence see them.

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As many in GOP try to ban all “drag shows”- what’s next? Banning “Some Like it Hot?” – “Tootsie?” “Twelfth Night?”

As anti-vax crazies now claim Lisa Marie Presley’s cardiac arrest was caused by COVID vaccine, a responsible former & would-be future President would make a statement that the vaccine – which he took credit for – saves lives. The monster got too big for Dr. Frankenstein too..

Sadly due to the media’s love of train wrecks, guessing more people can name the loser of the Arizona gubernatorial race than can name the new governor of Arizona: Katie Hobbs won. That’s the tweet.

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If we needed more proof that George Santos was unable to utter a sentence without lying, there’s this today: “I’ve lived an honest life.”

Dear aspiring investigative journalists: George Santos story is pretty low-hanging fruit right now. Want to make a name for yourself and help our country? Start looking into announced candidates for 2023 elections, and start early, especially for unknowns, in 2024.

RIP Charles White, USC’s 1979 Heisman trophy winner. Remember that USC was top-ranked when they came to play Stanford that year, and one of Stanford band tuba players, expecting a blowout like the rest of us, had taped on his tuba in big letters – “But we’re smarter.”

Somehow Stanford Cardinal managed to tie the Trojans that day -21-21.

After the game his tuba read “AND we’re smarter.”

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Wonder if Scott Boras had been willing to be just a little patient and work with the SF Giants.

There’s a big difference between 6 years $200 million and 10 years $315 million

Happy for Minnesota Twins fans but how much did he lose Correa with his NY Mets – Cohen stunt?

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Meanwhile Nelson Cruz, 42, has signed a one year contract with the San Diego Padres for $1 million. Could be a real bargain for the Padres, especially as Cruz’s health insurance will be covered by Medicare.

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So when George Santos plays that party game “Two truths and a lie” how does he possibly come up with two truths?

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Governor Tate Reeves says he is running for re-election and “wants Mississippi to join those nine states that have no income tax.”

As if residents of other states who rank low in various rankings don’t already say often enough “Thank God for Mississippi.”

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The difference between George Santos and other politicians: Almost everyone lies about something. George Santos lies about almost everything.

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CNN spending more time on documents found in Biden’s office from his VP days than almost any other story today, including floods in Calif, FAA meltdown & House GOP’s attacking abortion & other rights. Note to CNN, Fox News viewers won’t switch, and you’re losing other viewers.

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Fine, have a special counsel for the Biden documents.

While special counsel Jack Smith continues to investigate Velveeta Voldemort.

Will make it even more obvious who has nothing to hide.

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For my day job, I’m very busy travel agent who books a lot of airline travel.

Although sometimes I’ve had the question “why do people still book flights through a travel agent?”

Today was not one of those days.

And after a month of drama with Carlos Correa between the SF Giants and NY Mets, looks like the Minnesota Twins have swooped in and gotten a deal on the “as-is clearance” rack.

SF Giants indicated they were still interested in working something out with Carlos Correa after his physical, but Scott Boras didn’t wait & immediately made deal with Mets. Now Correa has 6 yr deal with Twins – how much money might Boras have cost his client by his impatience?

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As the Carlos Correa saga continues, maybe it’s a shame Democrats didn’t demand that Kevin McCarthy be elected Speaker of the House “pending a physical.”

Fox News for some reason hasn’t covered the death of Diamond from Diamond and Silk, which was apparently from COVID. They have, however, found time to make it a top headline that Pete Buttigieg used a government jet last year for a last minute White House meeting.

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Allen Weisselberg, former CFO of Trump Organization, sentenced to only 5 months in jail for tax fraud in exchange for his testimony against company. NY Times reports he’s on paid leave, still received his annual bonus & will receive severance package. And his boss still skates.

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Virginia police say charges against parents of the 6-year old who shot his teacher with his mom’s gun are “certainly possible.” Good. The child needs help. The parents need accountability.

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Joe Biden on classified documents his lawyers found cleaning out his Penn office: “They did what they should have done, immediately called archives & turned them over. Don’t know what’s in documents, we’re cooperating fully with the review.” An adult response. what a concept.

“Between when the news of classified documents found at the former Biden office broke and 11 p.m yesterday,, CNN spent 107 minutes on the story, trumping MSNBC’s 14 minutes and Fox News’ 29 minutes.”

Clickbait News Network

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Sens. Patty Murray and Susan Collins, who will be chair & ranking member on Senate Appropriations Committee, today issued a joint statement pledging to work in a bipartisan fashion. And of course this won’t even make news cycle. While the circus in the House is nonstop headlines.

White Lotus creator Mike White confessed to drinking a lot at tonight’s Golden Globes so didn’t make much of a speech.

But most travel agents & hotel people know were hoping he might thank whoever in industry advised him on the show.. He put way too much truth in those clients for an amateur.

Is it too late to get Jennifer Coolidge to be at least a co-host for the Academy Awards?

So Aaron Judge returns to NY Yankees as a Captain, and SF Giants have lost their Captain, Brandon Belt to the Blue Jays. Forget about whether or not the team can make it to the posteason, this 2023 season is already feeling fun-challenged.

Unhappiest people who aren’t TCU alums and bettors with Monday’s College Football championship are advertisers who booked slots in the second half of the game.

Silver lining for the Super Bowl Champion LA Rams, who didn’t even make the playoffs this season, TCU made sure they were no longer the most embarrassing football story this year at So-Fi Field.

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He didn’t do it for photo-op.

But just read in Ann Killion’s SF Chronicle sports article on Damar Hamlin that Biden quietly visited Hamlin’s family in Cincinnati when Joe was in town last week talking about bridge repairs.

Our President’s every verbal flub and every working weekend away from the White House makes major headlines. Why not this?

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Meanwhile – WTAF? CNN chyron “WH defends Biden border visit that didn’t include seeing migrants.” Uh, the Former Guy NEVER met with migrants. He just demonized them. Do better, CNN

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For anyone who thinks “maybe 6 yr-old kid didn’t REALLY mean to hurt his teacher.” Police – Responding officers found a school employee physically restraining the 6-yr-old in the classroom, child allegedly hit the school employee before police took him into custody.”

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RIP Diamond of Trump-supporting vaccine-deniers Diamond and Silk, who had been ill with COVID. Will her death certificate read “Hoax?”

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna on Newsmax: “Barack Obama was also half white, but he was considered the first Black president.”

Do these Republicans actually READ? If so can i suggest Annette Gordon-Reed’s “The Hemings of Monticello?” Sally Hemings, the mother of some of Jefferson’s children was 3/4 white. But black enough to be a slave.

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In 4 of the 6 years between 2015 and 2020, Velveeta Voldemort paid either $750 or ZERO in federal taxes. And you’re wondering why his GOP House cult members are trying to keep the IRS from getting additional funding….

And no, the additional funding is NOT to hire 87,000 more agents. But to modernize an aging system, replace retirees and for the agency to go after, not average Americans, but corporate and high-income after tax cheats?

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Biden lawyers found 10-12 documents from VP days in locked safe, immediately notified National Archives & turned them over. Sure, that’s same as taking BOXES of Presidential documents to Mar-A-Lago & lying that they even existed until FBI found them w/ search warrant. #sarcasm

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All you need to know about MAGA cult members: Many of them falsely claimed on social media Damar Hamlin’s heart attack was caused by COVID vaccine. Now they’re ignoring that Diamond, hospitalized in late Nov 2022 with COVID, probably died because she DIDN’T get vaccine.

Houston Texans fired first year coach Lovie Smith Sunday night hours after the team beat the Indianapolis Colts today to finish 3-13-1.

Did Houston fire Smith because a loss would have given the Texans the #1 draft pick instead of #2 because the Chicago Bears also lost.

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The Detroit Lions were eliminated this afternoon from the playoffss when the Seattle Seahawks won. But the Lions get the consolation prize of the gratitude of millions of Americans for winning and keeping Aaron Rodgers out of the playoffs.

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How do you lose a game when the opposing QB is 5-15 for 43 years and 2 interceptions? A 2.8 passing rating. No joke. Well, if there’s a silver lining for Saints fans, after today it should be easier to fire Dennis Allen

But yeah, this Saints game is a good microcosm of a bad season.

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It’s January 8, and we’re almost halfway through an 82 game NBA season that will eliminate 10 of 30 teams from postseason play. Why doesn’t NBA just call those 82 games the world’s longest preseason and be done with it?

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Not sure Chuck Schumer’s reasoning for keeping Senate out of legislative session until Jan 23. But last week the Senate accomplished as much as the House did anyway.

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After Hakeem Jeffries brilliantly schooled Kevin McCarthy and the GOP, how long until Fox News tries to convince viewers there’s something subversive about “alliterative” speech?

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Velveeta Voldemort is taking credit for Kevin McCarthy’s being elected speaker, while complaining about “the Speaker selection process, as crazy as it may seem..” Tr*mp thinks anything involving an actual election with votes being counted is “crazy.”

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In the United Kingdom they had a challenge as to whether a head of lettuce could outlast Prime Minister Liz Truss. The lettuce won. What should the challenge for Kevin McCarthy be? Can he outlast a carton of milk?

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Oscar Mayer is looking to hire 12 drivers for year-long gigs to drive their Wienermobiles. Actually, “Wienermobile” might be a good name for whoever now drives Kevin McCarthy around in Washington.

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The identity of the 6 year old who shot his teacher is being withheld because he’s a minor. But why do I have a feeling if he were an immigrant or child of color, Fox and other right wing media would be all over it.

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And why haven’t the kid’s parents been arrested yet?

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Amazing. GOP during the campaign was nonstop about the economy and the border. Now that McCarthy has a (tenuous) hold on the gavel, Republicans claim Americans elected them to investigate the Biden family??!

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Went to try a Kevin McCarthy cocktail, but every time I tried to order it somebody objected.

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From my funny friend Marc Ragovin “The good news for Kevin McCarthy: He was finally elected House Speaker The bad news: He must now do Matt Gaetz’s girlfriend’s homework for the next year.”

As a frustrated SF Giants fan thinking if Giants have lost Carlos Correa at this point, would at least be amusing if things fall apart for him and Scott Boras with NY Mets too… and Correa ends up back with Minnesota Twins.

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Kevin McCarthy has just taken the early lead from Tom Brady and the NFC South Champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers as “ugliest win of 2023”

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In case anyone was wondering, Nancy Pelosi needed only one ballot for her Democratic colleagues to elect her as Speaker of the House.

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So how many Scaramuccis do we think Kevin McCarthy’s Speakership will last?

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Kevin McCarthy says at 2:10am January 7, “I do want to especially thank President Trump.” And there Kevin flushes the last shred on the toilet roll of his dignity away.

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A six year old child today in Virginia shot and critically injured his teacher. Apparently deliberately.

Waiting for NRA to say “If only there were a good six year old with a gun to stop a bad six year old with a gun.”

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Pretty sure Nancy Pelosi denied any requests for television interviews tonight: She knows it’s unbecoming for a former Speaker of the House to be shown laughing hysterically.

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GOP pretends Joe Biden saying July 6th instead of January 6th is sign of age.

Jake Tapper. “Joe Biden may be experiencing an ailment not entirely unknown to him: foot in mouth disease.” Quote is from JANUARY 31, 2007. Better to have trouble w/ words than trouble w/ democracy.

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If someone who votes for a House Speaker ends up removed from Congress due to a criminal conviction does his or her vote still count? Asking for a democracy.

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Finally, two years after Jan 6 (and 7) since the vote was concluded in the wee hours, the Senate Rules Committee chair & ranking member are Senate “tellers” for electoral votes.

Chair then was Roy Blunt, who has had great working relationship w/ Amy Klobuchar. Together they finished job at 4am. Imagine if chair had been Rules member Ted Cruz.

#Smallmercies

So what’s going to happen first?

Carlos Correa finally signs for 2023?

Or the House finally gets a Speaker?

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In the NBA if you can’t get the ball inbounded in 5 seconds, you lose possession. At some point shouldn’t GOP lose possession and have to turn the House over to Democrats?

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Jim Harbaugh indicated this week he expected to be coaching at Michigan in 2023

Tonight it comes out NCAA is investigating Harbaugh for serious allegation during COVID recruiting dead period and more serious charge of for possibly misleading investigators.

Of course, “at Michigan” could have meant Harbaugh expects to be coach a team that might have a road trip to play the Detroit Lions.

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Washington bars are thinking of offering a “Speaker of the House” cocktail. Problem is, no one can decide what to put in it.

Marjorie Three Names tells CNN “Americans are tired of drama.” And she says it with a straight face.

As John James nominates Kevin McCarthy & Dan Bishop nominates Byron Donalds, GOP factions each are actually trying to claim they are the best on supporting Black people and civil rights. You cannot make this “stuff” up.

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Is there a 25th Amendment that applies to Congress?

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Hakeem Jeffries has now been the leading vote getter in 11 votes for House Speaker! In most elections, a plurality is sufficient. Shouldn’t Jeffries be Speaker?

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While Kevin McCarthy waits for yet another vote that he will lose, maybe he should read a novel by Mary Shelley?

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Part of the problem with media and politics right now: SF Chronicle, front page headline “GOP still can’t agree on McCarthy.” Page 9 headline at bottom of page. “Biden highlights unity amid GOP’s disarray.”

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GOP representative Kat Cammack on her accusation that Democrats were drinking alcohol during the House Speaker vote, “If it wasn’t true, why did they get so offended?” Can someone ask Kat why Velveeta Voldemort gets so offended when he’s accused of being a rapist?

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Think Chuck Schumer should bring Senate back to Washington DC NOW and start passing legislation on things Americans actually care about to highlight just how much this dysfunction in the House is hurting our country.

Texas A & M’s men’s basketball team started the game today with a technical foul for delay of game after a team manager left their jerseys at a Gainesville hotel and the game’s start was postponed a few minutes. (The Aggies ended up winning 66-63)

Guess at college level you can’t play “Shirts vs skins?”

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The GOP Speaker circus continues. Normally when something that seems like a done deal ends up going on this long, Scott Boras is involved.

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Meanwhile, on a positive note, Joe Biden appeared today with Mitch McConnell, GOP Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, and Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, touting repairs that will actually begin on the Brent Spence Bridge.

The bridge, one of the busiest in the country, has been a problem for years. But partisan gridlock meant Obama wasn’t able to get funding done. So this was hailed as a “leglislative miracle.”

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Southwest is justifiably getting headlines for stupid technology.

But a moment for United Airlines: Canceled a reservation for my client as a duplicate to India.

Because there was another “Patel” on the flight. (To save you Google time, there are over 4 MILLION Patels in India.)

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Few buyers would be stupid enough to hire a moving van to take their stuff to a new home before they closed on the sale. And yet Kevin McCarthy moved his stuff into the Speaker’s office before House voted. Stupidity? Hubris? Or both?

D*mn shame the House Speaker election doesn’t function like most US elections. Because Hakeem Jeffries has received the most votes six times.

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Kat Cammack lies and accuses Democrats of drinking alcohol on the House Floor. Meanwhile way too many Republicans have drunk the MAGA Kool-Aid.

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As House prepares for a fourth vote on Speaker, at this point even if Kevin McCarthy wins, he’s made so many concessions he’ll be basically wielding a Nerf gavel.

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One of many concessions McCarthy has made, and he hasn’t won the gavel yet, is that five members can call for a change in the Speaker.

A lettuce outlasted UK Prime Minister Liz Truss. Looking good for a lettuce challenge against Kevin McCarthy.

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Has it occurred to Republicans that every day this GOP circus keeps going is one day potentially closer to them losing a seat if George Santos gets arrested?

WTAF? Fox News: “50 conservative heavyweights co-signed statement Wed applauding House members who voted against McCarthy & calling for Kevin to drop out.” One signer – Ginni Thomas. GOP lost their collective sh*t when they thought wrongly Sotomayor had dinner w/ Dem leaders.

UCLA had a 14 point lead on Pitt in 3rd quarter in the Sun Bowl. USC had a 15 point lead on Tulane late 4th quarter in the Cotton Bowl.

Both USC and UCLA are leaving the Pac 12. Looking like mean bitch karma might be a fan of traditional conference football

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To anyone who turned off the Cotton Bowl in the 4th quarter. You just made your first big sports fan mistake of 2023.

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Tulane fans just learning what I heard long ago as a Stanford freshman – Trojans pop under Pressure. #CottonBowl

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Carlos Correa and Scott Boras have now spent a higher number of days negotiating with the Mets than they were willing to give the SF Giants in a number HOURS after a questionable physical.

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Suppose it would be tacky for Nancy Pelosi to gift Kevin McCarthy an abacus?

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So if GOP can’t get it together can we just keep Nancy Pelosi in charge until they do?

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Nancy Pelosi won all four of her elections as Speaker on the first ballot. Just saying.

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WTF? After today’s swearing in ceremonies, Chuck Schumer decided Senate won’t have their first legislative session until January 23?

Well, maybe by then the House will have chosen a Speaker.

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New F.D.A. rules will allow medication abortion drugs to be dispensed by any pharmacy to a woman with a prescription from a certified health care provider, in person at the pharmacy & by mail order. Makes sense, abortion pills should be at least as easy to obtain as Viagra.

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GOP Rep. Michael McCaul says adjournment today was like a “time out” for a “family meeting.” The message is “Hey kids, let’s all get together on this and stop fighting each other.” More like screaming at the kids and threatening to pull over and turn the car around.

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Reports increasingly are that many in Republican House voting against Kevin McCarthy say they don’t want him but can’t articulate what they DO want. Time to start calling them the G-NO-P?

Postponing football jokes until tomorrow out of respect for Damar Hamlin, currently in critical condition at University of Cincinnati Medical Center after suffering cardiac arrest after what looked like a routine hit during a Bills-Bengals Monday Night Football game.

But here’s the GoFundMe he set up last month for a daycare center in his hometown. The donations have LONG passed enough to get the toys he was hoping the fundraiser would pay for… though am sure a lot of good can be done for needy children now with the money.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/mxksc-the-chasing-ms-foundation-community-toy-drive

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Apparently some anti-vaxxers are trying to blame his Hamlin’s injury on a COVID vaccine?

The honest response I have to those people would probably get me banned from most social media.

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So back to politics.

Story today in NY Times that Brazilian authorities intend to revive fraud charges against George Santos over a 2008 case regarding stolen checkbook had been suspended as police were unable to locate Santos…

Andrew Tate was arrested over a pizza box. Will George Santos be arrested over being elected to Congress?

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Have to wonder, how many of the trolls on Twitter who want President Biden to release his tax returns know he’s already released 22 years of them. Many of these folks aren’t stupid. They just think we are.

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As the GOP House Speaker saga continues, Nancy Pelosi has made no public statement on the trials and tribulations of Kevin McCarthy. But she might be forgiven for giggling…

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Per Washingon Post, Kevin McCarthy, still trying to get votes for Speaker, “stressed the need for the conference to unite around a proposed rules package that will dictate how the House governs over the next two years.” Uh, does anyone think GOP actually plans to govern, period?

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Fox News Contributor David Bossie wrote op-ed saying “House Republicans need to display competency in governing & listen to the American people.” So he thinks American people are telling GOP they should fight over choosing speaker & obsess over Hunter Biden’s laptop? OK then.

So did Ohio State and Michigan play a video game for third place today and call it the Hangover Bowl?

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Before San Antonio played Dallas on New Year’s Eve, with super star Luka Doncic,, Gregg Popovich told media “50 is going to be our goal. We’re holding Luka to under 50!”

Doncic scored 51 and the Mavericks beat the Spurs by ONE point….

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When did it become a rule that the team playing against Tom Brady has to forget how to play offense and defense late in the 4th quarter?

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Finally done with all those emailed end of year fundraising requests. Today begins the “let’s get 2023 fundraising off to a good start” requests.

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Some people seem less upset by Chris Licht turning CNN into Fox Light than his decision to keep Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper sober on New Year’s Eve.

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Watching Love Actually for umpteenth time on an airline flight, and while I know of course all films have to be made PG-13 for planes, just realized, they cut the wonderful Judy and Jack (body doubles) subplot COMPLETELY. That’s maybe the best romance in the film.

Happy New Year. President Biden signed $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill in St Croix last Thursday, after bill was flown down on a Spirit Airlines flight. Great of Joe to save taxpayers money. But thank goodness he wasn’t vacationing in destination only served by Southwest.

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Since “Red wave” is trending time to remind women that this anticipated midterm wasn’t even enough of red wave to need a junior Tampax.

Prediction for 2023. George Santos will have the full and complete support of the GOP unless he says the 2020 election wasn’t stolen.

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Imagine if Joe Biden had so much as a few hundred dollars in an Irish bank account he inherited from a relative. Why the fact revealed in Velveeta Voldemort’s tax returns that he had foreign bank accounts in about a dozen countries a bigger story?

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If we didn’t already know Amy Klobuchar was the Senator most willing to work with anyone, anytime, to promote Democratic goals, on New Year’s Day morning she agreed to to come on Meet the Press with Chuck Todd. Shouldn’t there be a medal for that?

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We now know tiny local paper WAS covering George Santos lies. Meanwhile, Amy Klobuchar on Meet the Press confirms Journalism Competition & Preservation Act was set to pass in Dec, until Meta & Google made few calls…. We need papers we have to survive, to keep both sides honest.

So it didn’t turn out to be THAT compelling a game. Tennessee Clemson still has to be the most Orange Orange Bowl ever.

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LeBron James just turned 38 . And he says his top priority is ‘to win.’ Lebron is smart. He’s been involved in community & active politically off the court. Considering how close Herschel Walker came in Georgia, maybe a way James can win in his 40s would be to run for office in Ohio.

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UCLA puts a blemish on Pac 12’s bowl game record by losing to Pitt 37-35. Well, soon the Bruins will be the Big 10’s problem. #ByeFelicia

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Ten Major League Baseball umpires are retiring before the 2023 season. Sadly none of them are Angel Hernandez.

Fox News Headline. “Biden pardons woman convicted of murdering her husband & 5 others.” President pardoned domestic abuse survivor who finally killed her abuser, & “5 others on drug, alcohol-related offenses.” Headline makes it sound like he pardoned a mass-murderer. Coincidence?

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So since some MAGA’s have decided the most important issue of our time is drag shows, have they started calling for boycotts of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” yet?

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RIP Barbara Walters. These days we’re used to seeing woman broadcasters and anchors but hard to explain to a younger generation how ground-breaking and impressive she was.

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In Arizona, a recount found Democrat Kris Mayes defeated G-OP Abraham Hamadeh to become the state’s Attorney General by 280 votes… out of over 2.5 million.

In case anyone tries to tell you your vote doesn’t matter.

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So if anyone is stuck in Texas or Florida due to Southwest Airlines meltdown and trying to get back to the Northeast, here’s a solution- claim you’re an undocument immigrant..

Abbott or DeSantis will send a bus or maybe even a chartered plane for you.

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So has NY Times yet tried to both sides #TrumpTaxReturns?

Some right wing media still apoplectic about President Biden’s stay this weekend in St. Croix, at home where NY Post claims VRBO rates start at $700. Missed same media outrage when Tr*mp charged Service Service $400 a night at Mar-A-Lago & over $1000 some nights at his DC hotel.

Scott Boras seems to be giving the New York Mets considerably more than the several hours he gave the SF Giants to think about their contract offer after Carlos Correa had issues with his physical.

Usually the deal is when you buy something returned by the original buyer it’s final sale only.

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So all kinds of rumors that Sean Payton might be returning to Saints & bringing Tom Brady with him? Uh, if Sean wants to bring an aging former superstar QB back to New Orleans there’s one he’s worked pretty well with who’s had a couple years off to let his body heal…

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Denver Broncos’ QB Russell Wilson: “Wish I played better for Nathaniel Hackett.”

Uh, the fired Broncos coach still made plenty of money. How about Wilson wishing he’d played better for fans who actually paid serious money to watch the team this year in Denver?

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So if it turns out George Santos lied about consensual oral sex would GOP finally try to get him out of office?

So some Republicans are already complaining Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hasn’t done enough with the Southwest Airline meltdown?

Southwest is based in Dallas. Anyone seen either Senator from Texas during this mess?

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Headline in SF Chronicle “Southwest plane turns around midair due to passenger ‘conflict’.” Shocking! A Southwest flight actually made it to “midair?”

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From my funny friend Marc Ragovin “Southwest Airlines’ newest ad: ‘Ping. You are now free to move about the terminal. Cause your flight aint leaving for another six days.'”

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Starting January 5, travelers from China will need to show negative COVID test result within 2 day of flying to US. Not a bad idea. But every travel agent I know has stories of people right here in US who knew they have COVID and chose to fly anyway. Be careful out there.

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While suppose one should not speak ill of the dead or perhaps terminally ill, your reminder that Republicans now making up lies about “grooming” to demonize LGBTQ people were almost universally silent about Pope Benedict XVI turning a blind eye to sexual abuse of children by priests.

Most NFL rumors are just that, rumors. One of them is Sean Payton returning to coach the New Orleans Saints in 2023.

As a Saints fan that is a nice fantasy.

Another rumor is that Payton will come back to New Orleans and have Tom Brady at QB.

THAT is an indecent proposal.

(Although if Drew is bored…)

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The Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix started at 815p Arizona time, 1015p on the East Coast, and 915p Central Time where both Wisconsin and Oklahoma State are located.

Imagining how many of the Badgers and Cowboys younger fans begged – “Mommy, Daddy, can I stay up for the kickoff?”

At this point wonder if Scott Boras is trying to see if Dr. Ronny Jackson will do the next physical on Carlos Correa.

Not a lot funny about Jan 6, Still had to chuckle when former WH Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere was asked on Velveeta Voldemort’s reputed plans to walk w/ supporters to US Capitol.” “Never seen him walk across golf course w/o a golf cart. Can’t imagine him walking up Pennsylvania Ave.”

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President Biden traveled today with his family to St. Croix for the New Year’s weekend. So how many right-wing pundits have attacked Joe for taking a vacation out of the country?

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When Tulsi Gabbard calls George Santos out for blatant lies you get the sense even Russia thinks this guy has gone too far to be useful. Maybe Santos better stay away from windows?

Remember as Republicans just keep shrugging off revelations from George Santos (and we all know we haven’t heard the last of them), that GOP led the charge to get Congresswoman Katie Hill to resign when revenge porn resulted in her divulging a consensual relationship with a staffer.

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Seeing would-be book banners complain about “porn in schools.” Flashback to living in Toronto in days kids could walk to school & stores on own. In 8th grade, remember boys on lunch break gathered at magazine rack, all sneaking looks at Playboy hoping busy clerk wouldn’t see…

Southwest Airlines doesn’t work much with travel agents and will charge agencies mandatory fees for the slightest transgression, so usually tell clients I don’t book them. This is a very good week as a travel agent not to be booking Southwest Airlines.

So what happens next time Scott Boras says one of his clients is 100% healthy?

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Thinking I’m not the only person in America who was disappointed the last present on Christmas night should have been watching Tom Brady lose.

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Love that Tyler Rogers will play with his identical twin brother Taylor on the SF Giants. Even though it would have been perfect marketing had they both ended up with Minnesota.

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And yeah, grapes are sour (so some might say is wine) but Brady’s comebacks against the Cardinals and Saints were also fueled by Arizona and New Orleans’ offensive meltdowns.

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At least Colts fans might be disappointed in their team’s loss but they at least got any heartbreak over early…

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On Christmas night – Denver Broncos 4-10, vs LA Rams, 4-10 tonight. Rams up 31-6 at halftime.

And if you were with family and still watched the 2nd half,, you probably REALLY were looking for an excuse to avoid your relatives.

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Can’t be the only Anglophile who thought on Christmas that it just didn’t seem right to listen to a KING’s speech?

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So at Seventeen did Kari Lake cheat herself at solitaire and blame someone for giving her an unfair deck of cards?

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George Santos has now admitted to lying about almost EVERYTHING on his resume. But he says “I’m not a criminal.” Okay, but he presumably filed a statement to appear on the ballot. “If employment is being sought from a state or federal employer, it is likely a crime to lie on an application….

Does ANYONE except maybe “Mother” want Mike Pence to run for President in 2024?

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160 passengers had to evacuate a JetBlue flight on slides at JFK airport this week. Always thought it might be fun to go down airplane slides. Not, however, with a fire on board and zero degree weather. Fortunately everyone was okay.

Spirit would have probably charged an entertaiment fee.

As many tracked Santa’s progress around the world, think about it – many in today’s GOP would attack Santa Claus as an immigrant coming across US border to give even poor Americans free handouts.

Dan Snyder bought Washington football team formerly known as the Redskins in 1999 for $800 million. Now, he’ll probably be forced to sell the Commanders because of allegations of sexual harassment & financial fraud.. at a price over $7 billion. Yeah, that’ll teach him.

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So SF Giants back out of signing Carlos Correa over a medical issue, and sign Michael Conforto, who didn’t play at ALL in 2022 after shoulder surgery. Okay then…

With all that extra money they now having lying around will SF Giants at least sign Brandon Belt so fans can name a couple players on 2023 roster?

New England Patriots likely to miss playoffs for second time in three years, and some Patriots fans attacking QB Mac Jones for showing frustration and not controlling his emotions. Well, and I’m sure their ex-QB would be better as he’s being so mature when things don’t go well in Tampa.

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Saw Mall of America trending on social media last night and hoped it was because the weather was just so cold they had a power outage. Sadly, no. Minnesota almost never has a power grid problem. All America, however, has a gun problem.

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So when prices for things like orange juice rise after this bomb cyclone Christmas weekend where even Florida is freezing, how are Republicans going to blame Joe Biden?

As January 6 committee recommends Velveeta Voldemort be banned from running again, have to figure that after a disappointing midterms, the GOP, while they will complain publicly, has to wish that happens.

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New York City weather on December 23: Morning 48° Afternoon 26° Evening 10° Haven’t seen numbers fall this fast recently since Tesla stock pirces.

5-star football recruit, Peyton Bowen who had committed to Notre Dame, flipped to Oregon yesterday and today just signed today… with Oklahoma? His tweet today included “Respect my decision.” Uh, which one?

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When shirts and caps are printed for World Series, Super Bow and NBA championships that don’t happen, the clothing is often sent to underprivileged children far away from the US. Wonder how many kids next year in remote parts of the world will be sporting Carlos Correa SF Giants t-shirts?

Guessing the media has Velveeta Voldemort lie fatigue, but seems like it should be a bigger story that the man who claimed he couldn’t release his tax returns because he was under a “routine audit,” never was audited at all.

Sam Bankman-Fried, the cryptocurrency executive facing federal fraud charges, will be freed on $250 million bond and put under home detention. If you didn’t already know he was white.

So George Santos will explain his story next week? I guess around the holidays it’s hard on short notice to find a historical fiction writer.

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Senate voted 68-29 to continue funding the government before a Friday deadline and to avoid a potential government

shutdown. Good news, but how are 29 GOP Senators who voted no justifying their vote to ruin Christmas?

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Apparently Cassidy Hutchinson gave damning testimony about Stefan Passantino, the top ethics attorney in Velveeta Voldemort’s White House. Shocking – his White House HAD ethics attorneys?

Hunter Biden, who has never been elected to office and does not have a security clearance, is open about being a recovering addict with a messed-up past. Idly wondering, wonder what some politicians and pundits who are attacking him have on THEIR personal laptops?

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Just amazing. Fox News headline :”Drug overdose deaths topped 106,000 in 2021, CDC says in final report.”

Look at the actual story and it says ” spike in drug overdose deaths contributed to a 25-year low in life expectancy.”

They left out a little detail that the Washington Post found time to include on the same story about the low in life expectancy in America.”Drug overdoses were responsible for 106,699 deaths in 2021 – COVID killed 416,893,

The SF Giants were undefeated in the Carlos Correa era.

The Mets LUXURY tax bill will be higher in 2023 than 7 or 8 MLB teams’ payrolls.

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SF Giants e-card -wish all our Season Ticket Members happy & healthy holiday season. Thank you for being part of our Giants family & for your passion & love for team. ” Giants Offices will be closed Dec 22 to Jan 2. Translation: we’re thrilled we don’t have to answer phone now.

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So wonder who on SF Giants staff got the job of calling some factory in China and saying “You know that order of Carlos Correa bobbleheads and shirts we wanted you to rush to have ready by Fan Fest? Uh, never mind.”

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Meanwhile, if the Golden State Warriors wanted to find a night to give up 91 points in the first half and not have it be the number one story in local SF Bay Area sports, well, they picked a good night.

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All you need to know about some MAGA Republicans is that they mock President Zelensky and make a hero of Kyle Rittenhouse.

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Just imagine what Senator John McCain would have said to some of these MAGA members of Congress siding with Russia over Ukraine.

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One of saddest changes of Senators in January will be in Ohio. GOP’s Rob Portman has been bipartisan leader in support of Ukraine. And now Ohio has J.D. Vance, who said in Feb 2022: “I gotta be honest with you, I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or the other.”

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As Senators try to rush home for Christmas, time to do right thing & pass Amy Klobuchar & Lindsay Graham’s amendment to create permanent path to residency for Afghan refugees who helped Americans & were rescued from Kabul in 2021.

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More from Amy Klobuchar on Afghan Adjustment Act. “I think about people in other countries who stand w/ our soldiers… if this is what we do when they to come our country, if we don’t have their backs, what message are we sending to people in rest of the world?” She’s right.

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So Velveeta Voldemort was NOT under audit in 2016 when he claimed that was the reason he wouldn’t release his taxes. Which means he flat out lied, repeatedly. Why should anyone believe him on anything?

Secretariat is trending today and it’s because Bob Coglianese, the man who took this amazing picture, died this week. RIP. Was a kid at the time, but still one of the greatest sporting moments I got to see live on TV.

Why it’s not a great idea to bet on sports, example #36,500

Washington Wizards, 11-20, had lost 10 in a row, were playing in Phoenix against the Suns, who were 14-3 at home,

And Washington was playing without center Kristap Porzingis. So of course the Wizards won 113-110.

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While their spring training facility, damaged by Hurricane Ian, is being repaired, the Tampa Bay Rays will split their 2023 spring training between Disney and Tropicana Field. So which is the more Mickey Mouse location?

Former football coach & current Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville spoke today in Senate on shortage of children’s flu/medications. He urged parents to seek advice of medical professionals on what to give kids. Same Tuberville fighting to remove vaccine mandates from US military.

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Tammy Duckworth today on Senate Floor talks eloquently & personally about something GOP would prefer stay quiet with their anti-choice efforts; many “personhood” bills would make IVF illegal. Senator Duckworth herself used IVF to become a parent, Many GOP women use IVF too.

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Roy Blunt in maybe last Senate speech talks about Dreamers, those brought here as children, who know no other home than US. “This is & should be easiest to solve. Alternative makes so little sense, on personal, economic, community level.” Agreed. Why doesn’t Senate just do it?

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Fox News complaining regularly President Biden not going to Mexico. Joe announces he is going in January to meet with Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Fox News. Crickets.

TX Senator John Cornyn thinks Senate colleagues are trying to speed up spending bill process as weather is “accelerating peoples’ interest” in getting out of town. Since much of GOP doesn’t believe in science, would be great to see Republicans brought in line by Mother Nature.

Anyone still not thinking Electoral Count Act matters? Imagine if Mike Pence, who bowed to Velveeta Voldemort on everything else, agreed not to certify electoral votes. Or if VP were “unavoidly detained” We don’t know what couldn’t happened. Sure couldn’t have relied on SCOTUS.

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Vermont’s Patrick Leahy, 82, has been in the Senate since 1974, and is now retiring. Little known consequence – this means Bernie Sanders, 81, will no longer be the JUNIOR Senator from Vermont.

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Can we stop this GOP BS that the House voting to release Velveeta Voldemort’s tax returns threatens “average taxpayers?” Nope. It does threaten candidates running for the Presidency who think they can lie and avoid the requirement they need to release THEIR tax returns.

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Marjorie Three Names is now attacking Lauren Boebert and accusing the barely re-elected Colorado congresswoman of” high school drama and media sound bites.” I could work all week and not write anything funnier than that.

LA Rams, who in week 15 have already tied 1999 Denver Broncos (6-10) for the most losses ever by a defending Super Bowl champ, would like to thank Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots for the distraction of having had worse weekends.

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After blowing a 33-0 lead to the Minnesota Vikings, the Indianapolis Colts were poised to become the biggest punchline of NFL Week 15. New England Patriots, “Hold our beer that we’re about to lateral to you.

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Just realized that Liz Cheney has five children, the same as Nancy Pelosi.

Explains a lot about Liz.

Toddlers of any age throwing tantrums don’t faze her.

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Travel later this week is going to be a nightmare across the US. So maybe the Senate can just stay in session and get everything passed? Or Republicans can just stop blocking stuff and let EVERYONE get a heard start to go home?

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While the floor was quiet, just saw on C-Span 2 that Senate was still in session Monday night after midnight. So how long hypothetically would Democrats have had to wait until Republicans all go to bed and then pass a whole bunch of bills before they wake up?

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As the January 6 committee holds its final public meeting and unveils criminal referrals against Velveeta Voldemort this is the TOP headline on the Fox News website. No joke “How the Justice Dept. allegedly targeted top news, social media execs after Hunter Biden revelations.”

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So if Velveeta Voldemort really did shoot someone in plain sight on Fifth Avenue would this DOJ indict him?

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I feel for whoever’s job it is to clean up ketchup from the walls at Mar-A-Lago his week.