Left Coast Sports Babe

NBA play-in games start Tuesday night.

So we just have two months and a week until a possible NBA finals game seven.

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The Phillies’ Alex Bohm apologized after he lost his temper at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia after his second error “I f—ing hate this place.”

Apologies for an F-bomb in the stadium? Uh, it’s Philadelphia. This might make him a fan favorite.

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So wasn’t getting rid of the DH, as awful a decison as it was, supposed to stop these rallies with 2 on, 0 or 1 out being killed by the pitcher? Someone please tell the SF Giants.

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Rachel Maddow points out tonight Saudis gave $1 BILLION to Steven Mnuchin’s investment fund. After giving Jared Kushner $2 billion. Despite Kushner having zero experience in investment funds. But yeah, let’s talk about another President’s son’s laptop.

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Rachel Maddow also pointed out something tonight most of media has ignored: Yes, Gridiron dinner may have been a superspreader event. But all attendees had to be vaccinated & boosted. And none of 80 plus folks infected have ended up in hospital. Vaccines work.

Another piece of our childhoods almost gone: A New Jersey K-Mart will close this week, leaving just three K-Mart stores left in the US. T

Turn out the Blue Light, the party’s over…

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Rachel Maddow says she doesn’t think she needs another 2022 hiatus! For a month, she’ll be on 4 times a week. But starting next month, only once a week. On Mondays. Monday may suddenly become the best day of the week.

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A Florida man was arrested after a traffic stop last week when two guns, multiple syringes of methamphetamine and a baby alligator were found in his car. I miss the days when the most dangerous people in Florida weren’t the governor.

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CNN reports “US sources believe Putin may increase efforts to interfere in US elections over support for Ukraine.” That’s like saying Republicans will try to suppress votes over Democrats trying to pass voting rights. An excuse for plans already made.

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About 6 1/2 months until midterms: Important reminder when you disagree w/ a moderate Senator on something. Senators in purple states cannot win re-election being as liberal/progressive as those in blue states. But without a Democratic majority NOTHING gets done. #VoteBlue.

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NY Times columnist Paul Krugman in a podcast interview today “Why the economy is doing better than we think.” Rest of the NY Times – How much gloom and doom about Biden’s economy can we print today?

WTF alert: Apparently Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred gave major league players Bose headphones on Opening Day as a peace offering after the owners had a 99 day lockout. What did Manfred do for minor leaguers? Send them cake to eat?

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Anthony Davis as the Los Angeles Lakers’ season came to a close “We were phenomenal on paper.”

“Toilet paper?

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ESPN headline today “Tiger wraps up return with second straight 78.” But someone won the Masters, right?

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Duane Kuiper on new SF Giants rookie Heliot Ramos, who can fly “If he were born in the US he would have been a half back.” (And yes, I know Puerto Rico is a US territory. But Kuip is basically right.)

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So when Mehmet Oz loses in the Pennsylvania GOP. Senate primary race, who will Velveeta Voldemort blame?

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ll you need to know about how toxic Velveeta Voldemort has become even to the Republican party: Fox News website has NOTHING about his Saturday North Carolina rally.

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A couple who owned a shooting range/shop in Georgia were murdered along with their grandson during a robbery this weekend. Over 40 guns were reported stolen. Awful story. But shouldn’t a shooting range be the safest place if it’s all about “good guys with guns?”

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Happy phrase for Monday “Rachel’s back!” (Maddow)

Nothing eases the pain of a tough SF Giants day game loss hurt than seeing an equally tough LA Dodgers night game loss. #BeatLA

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And yes, after 2 games of the 2022 Season, the Giants and Dodgers remain tied!

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Congratulations to Denver, who win the Frozen Four – NCAA men’s hockey – over Minnesota State.

But okay who else as a long time SF Giants fan hears “Frozen Four” and thinks that could have described the last few people left at an Candlestick Park night game.

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More headlines today on ESPN and other sports sites on Tiger Woods’ struggles during round three at the Masters.

So is anyone leading this tournament?

Maybe it’s just me but I think a sitting President’s son’s text about trying to overthrow an election might matter a bit more than a former Vice President’s son making money off his dad’s name. (& Don Jr. did PLENTY of the latter, too)

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SNL Weekend update suggested the rabid Fox at the Capitol last week might have contracted the disease by biting Marjorie Three Names. What a misogynistic joke. Isn’t it just as possible the fox could have contracted rabies by biting Ted Cruz?

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AP story “US intelligence officials think Putin may use Biden administration’s support for Ukraine as a pretext to order a new interference campaign in American politics.” Ridiculous. As if Vlad needed an excuse.

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Herschel Walker says he has played Russian roulette “over six times” in his life. Georgia, please don’t play Russian roulette with democracy. Re-elect your great Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock!

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As joyous as it was to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson, was also reminder how tenuous Democrats’ control of Senate & thus nominations is now: Senator Warnock also tested positive later Thursday after Susan Collins. 2 more Dems w/ COVID & vote wouldn’t have happened.

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At a press conference, Gov Ron DeSantis – no joke – If Stacey Abrams is elected governor of Georgia, I just want to be honest, that will be a cold war between Florida and Georgia.” So does this mean GEORGIA might want to build a wall?

Does anyone think any rich white woman will ever be arrested for having an abortion in Texas?

A Texas Latina woman is in jail over a “self-induced” abortion. If the man who got her pregnant had only shot her in the stomach killing the fetus Texas would probably dismiss the case as a tragic accident.

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Three men including one American paid $55 MILLION each to SpaceX to visit the International Space Station. But tell me again how we can’t afford Build Back Better because billionaires need to keep their tax cuts?

The Masters late night show is sponsored by Mercedes Benz. Well of course it is.

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Meanwhile, in golf news,. Tiger Woods has made the cut, and some other guy is leading the Masters by 5 strokes.-

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So how long until we start hearing SF Giants announcers saying “Take a ride on the BART train?” On Opening Day, rookie SF Giants catcher Joey Bart just put one half way up the left field bleachers.

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SF Giants had “Lift Every Voice,” the Black National Anthem played before their Opening Day game. On a day when President Biden introduced our first Black woman Supreme Court Justice, this seems particularly fitting and joyful.

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I have nothing against Ben Affleck or Jennifer Lopez. But why do I feel like their 2nd engagement is going to get more headlines than whatever new treason involving Velveeta Voldemort comes to light next week?

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Not that it matters in grand scheme of things, but incredibly impressed with how FLOTUS, VP, and new SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson can walk so smoothly across the grass White House South lawn in heels.

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Silver lining in how badly some GOP Senators treated Ketanji Brown Jackson? Most Americans never hear SCOTUS justices speak publicly. But millions got to see not only is Ketanji intelligent & articulate, she’s incredibly patient & gracious. The hearings made her a rock star.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson thanked Doug Jones as her “trusted sherpa” during confirmation process. ICYMI, Jones successfully prosecuted, almost 40 yrs later, KKK men who planted 1963 bomb that killed 4 black girls in Birmingham church. In heaven, those little girls no doubt smiling,

Nina Simmons, one of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s “sisters” from freshman year at Harvard, on “The Last Word” talking about some GOP attacks in Senate judiciary committee “It was so personal, so unnecessary, so unrelated to the proceedings, it was just a show.” Nina nailed it.

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Every time Russia is accused of atrocities, they lie and accuse Ukraine of shooting and killing themselves. Like some conservatives accused January 6 insurrectionists of being Antifa. Same evil playbook.

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From one of my favorite songs. “When we’re free to love anyone we choose, When this world’s big enough for all different views, When we all can worship from our own kind of pew, Then we shall be free.”

Conservatives gonna boycott Garth Brooks songs now too?

The Minnesota Twins home opener at Target Field was snowed out. And somewhere the ghost of the Metrodome is laughing.

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Velveeta Voldemort today quoted by Ali Velshi on the Rachel Maddow show, saying he “didn’t remember making that many” phone calls on January 6. He doesn’t remember? Uh, time for another test – “Person, woman, man, camera, TV.”

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A no drama cloture vote paving the way for a no drama SCOTUS confirmation vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson! Sorry, media, despite the attempts to create suspense this one was always a slam dunk.

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Congratulations Justice Jackman.

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Apparently Lindsey Graham either chose not to or forgot to wear a tie to the Senate today, which was required for the dress code, and had to cast his vote against Ketanji from a cloakroom.

Insert too easy closet jokes here.

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Every time I hear Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock speak I get a warm fuzzy feeling about Georgia voters.

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Rand Paul, by deliberately holding up Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation for about 30 minutes for some unknown reason, once again makes us ask the question. “What took his neighbor so long?”

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With Susan Collins now saying she has COVID, again thankful that Chuck Schumer didn’t delay Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation even a day. Have a feeling she won’t be the last Senator to test positive.

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Mitch McConnell, who has repeatedly cheated to pack SCOTUS, is now lying about President Biden’s exceptional nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Not advocating slapping Mitch. but does make me want to say to him “Take our nominee’s name out of your bleeping mouth.

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Every time I hear Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock speak I get a warm fuzzy feeling about Georgia voters.

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Dick Durbin praising Mitt Romney, talking about Mitt’s dad George Romney, and saying “You are your father’s son,” was a nice bipartisan touch. Need more of those in the Senate..

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Chuck Grassley is actually pontificating about Democrats not doing a rigorous enough examination of Ketanji Brown Jackson. After he helped confirm Amy Coney Barrett in 2020 in less than a month. Well, Chuck is 88. And short-term memory is the first to go.

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Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy on fire – “My message to adults w/ power who have decided to spend their days bullying (transgender) kids ‘Stop it, grow up – so you’re not ready to accept transgender people, I hope you come around some day. but these kids threaten no one, they’re hurting no one.'”

Murphy added “Important conversations we need to have about sports. But says he’s “walked into room of 1000 people & asked – no one’s had child lose to transgender girl.” “Saving girl’s sports is NOT reason for GOP bullying. But hate has a habit of selling in this country.”

Happy opening day.

But with the lockout and back and forth on “final threats” – doesn’t this feel like the baseball season that is starting “Not with a bang but a whimper?

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So with all the playoff teams assured, the last three games of the NBA regulation season are relatively meaningless. Of course some would say that about many of the first 79 games of the NBA regular season.

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Stephen Colbert tonight sounded a bit skeptical about Mark Zuckerberg claiming staffers “lovingly” refer to him as “The Eye of Sauron.” Well, maybe it is “lovingly” by comparison to some of the other names Facebook/Meta employees call Mark privately?

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President Biden has been in office over 14 months. Senate, in large part due to GOP obstruction, is STILL confirming his nominees. Imagine if a company CEO had to wait over a year to hire his executives. It’s amazing the Biden adminstration is getting as much done as they are.

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Republican Senators tell inflammatory lies to attack Ketanji Brown Jackson. Democratic Senators tell calm truths to support Ketanji Brown Jackson. Guess which the media prefers to cover?

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So many disgusting lies by a handful of GOP Senators about Ketanji Brown Jackson. And somehow it’s even worse to hear them from Marsha Blackburn, As a woman and a mother, it’s especially disappointing to see that another woman can be as awful as any man.

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Jamie Raskin’s term “gentlelady” for Marjorie Three Names might be worth adding to my lexicon right besides “Bless your heart.”

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The “America First” CPAC, fresh off their Florida Feb 2022 hatefest, will meet in May in Hungary w/ authoritarian PM Viktor Orban as keynote speaker. And no doubt some of most far right members of Congress. Don’t suppose State Dept can revoke their passports while they’re gone?

Every time I see part of a White House press briefing and think about how GOP is claiming Hunter Biden wrongly took advantage of his father’s power, I also think about how Peter Doocy is Fox and Friends’ Steve Doocy’s son.

With five days left in regular season, the San Antonio Spurs with their third straight win, have clinched a play-in and eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers. No punchline, I just like writing this. #PorVida

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And let’s see, most people if asked to name a member of the Lakers, would come up with at least a few of Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Russell Westbrook , Dwight Howard , Anthony Davis.

Wonder how many people can name ANYONE on the Spurs?

(Coach Pop doesn’t count.)

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To stop sign-stealing, MLB will start allowing electronic devices for catchers to signal pitches – type & location — directly to the pitcher. If we get this high-tech why can’t MLB stop umpires sometimes drastically changing games & allow robot umps to call balls & strikes?

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Texas Republican Senator Cornyn talks about “simply calling balls and strikes,” that judges should be umpires, judges should not be players…”

Uh, except as baseball fans know, umpires can & have changed the outcome of games. The Texas Senator is just fine if judges call things so HIS side wins.

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So some conservatives are upset Stacey Abrams’s made money because she wrote a political thriller novel that became NY Times bestselling book.

Missed GOP outrage over many sitting on explosive information about COVID or knowledge President committed treason to sell THEIR books.

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One GOP lie against Ketanji Brown Jackson is her denial of a “judicial philosophy.”

And there is this quote of hers: “I have said don’t have an overarching judicial philosophy.”

Oh wait, not KBJ. That was Amy Klobuchar yesterday quoting Chief Justice John Roberts in HIS confirmation hearing.

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Thinking hiring issues & accordingly higher prices are just American issues and Biden’s fault? The Shelbourne, one of my favorite luxury Dublin hotels, is now looking at renting private homes, taking students from colleges/hotel schools, & giving them a place to live if they’ll work at least 9 months.

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Oklahoma is basically outawing abortion. So when is the state going to go after the people really responsible for the most abortions? Men who have unprotected sex with women

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Barack Obama returned to the White House to be present for Joe Biden’s signing Executive Orders on healthcare…

Talking about the current White House, President Obama acknowledges “There have been some changes… there’s a cat running around.” Barack gets the important stuff.

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Jamie Raskin says that Ivanka Trump was a “cooperative witness” before the January 6 committee. How long until Velveeta Voldemort says she was just his “covfefe” daughter?

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While GOP Senators keep bringing up Brett Kavanaugh hearings as an excuse for their attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson, a reminder: Christine Blasey Ford passed a polygraph test.

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While he doesn’t name the cult by name, Dick Durbin correctly and subtly points out that Josh Hawley is trying to score points with Q-Anon over pedophila accusations. GQP

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Even Republican voters love Obamacare now. But let’s have a moment for these 8 brave Senators, two of who have passed away.

All voted for ACA, & lost to GOP opponents:

Mark Begich, AK Mark Pryor, AR. Mark Udall, CO. Kay Hagan, NC. Mary Landrieu, LA. Russ Feingold, WI. Blanche Lincoln, AR. Arlen Specter, PA.

There are relationships that don’t last as long as the last two minutes of a close college basketball game.

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Kevin Durant is blaming his knee injury for Brooklyn Nets’ problems this year “There wasn’t a lot of continuity with me and Kyrie out of the lineup.” Gosh, if Irving only had had a “shot” at playing.

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Sad and hard to believe it was 54 years ago tonight, April 4, 1968 that MLK Jr. was shot in Memphis. And it was even reported as I remember (I was 9) on the CBS News with Walter Cronkite. Back when “Breaking News” was actual breaking news.

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Lisa Murkowski, up for re-election, will vote “yes” for Ketanji Brown Jackson. She said decision partly rests “on my rejection of corrosive politicization of review process for Supreme Court nominees.” Well, if Lisa wants to become an independent, I for one would welcome her.

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And Sinema and Manchin are no drama “Yes” votes for Ketanji Brown Jackson. Nice change, isn’t it?

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If only GOP Senators who are so outraged over Putin’s war crimes were half as outraged when Velveeta Voldemort tried to extort Ukraine for political gain.

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Chuck Schumer reminding Americans today that Exxon and other oil companies are reporting record profits and stock buybacks. For all that media loves to report on high prices, why aren’t they headlining THIS story?

Marsha Blackburn is soft-spoken and looks like a former homecoming queen. But the more I listen to her, the more I think “Ted Cruz in a skirt.”

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Sen. Alex Padilla made it to Senate Judiciary Committee, about 6 1/2 hours late after his redeye flight was delayed due to weather & medical emergency for another passenger. He had taken the last flight of the night from Los Angeles.

Now, it worked out and he was able to vote for send Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination out of committee. But travel agent PSA – if CRITICAL you be somewhere for wedding, meeting, SCOTUS confirmation…., consider flying in day before.

Congratulations to South Carolina women’s basketball team, for a wire to wire win over U Conn today for the NCAA women’s national championship.

(Since Senators often come to the floor to praise winning teams from their state, can the Gamecocks at least ask that if they can’t get someone from another state to fill it, it at least be Tim Scott and not Lindsey Graham?)

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In Coach K’s final game for Duke against UNC, his team lost 81-77. And free throw stats. UNC 17-24 Duke 12-20 Blue Devils may have all the NBA talent -but had they just shot the same % as UNC at free throw line, we’d be talking about a Duke-Kansas final.

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So I didn’t watch Velveeta Voldemort Vanity rally Saturday night in a Detroit suburb. But apparently the Detroit Lions for this year at least will no longer be the most embarrassing thing in Michigan.

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You really wonder with these retiring Republicans. What are they hoping to gain by their slavish devotion to Mitch McConnell and the party line? Or what are they afraid of. Or both.

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So is Roy Blunt, who says he doesn’t think Ketanji Brown Jackson is worthy of a lifetime appointment, saying he would have voted against Clarence Thomas too?

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So is Florida GOP going to demand a boycott of the Wizard of Oz next? After all the movie theme is “Over the Rainbow.” #SayGay

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If the media is going to give headlines to what a party’s former Presidential candidate says, that candidate should be Hillary Clinton.

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Thank SNL tonight for having a skit including Ginni Thomas’s texts, and another mentioning Marsha Blackburn’s ridiculous & mean “What is a woman?” questioning of Ketanji Brown Jackson. At least a comedy show knows there are more important things in the world now than that slap.

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While SNL last night DID cover Ginni Thomas text story and GOP attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson, Fox News headlines today only mention the show’s addressing “the slap.” Because heaven forbid their viewers hear about any real news, even done as satire.

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So how many people are only gonna pay attention to the Grammys if somebody slaps somebody?

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I am so old I remember thinking Jim Jones was the worst American cult leader in my lifetime. #TrumpRally

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Today’s GOP will go to the mat to defend rights of a florist who decides they can’t possibly arrange flowers for a gay wedding but they will also fight a multibillion dollar corporation (that contributes hugely to a state’s economy) who decides THEY have the right to make a pro-gay business decision.

Great season for Stanford women’s basketball. – But what an ugly way to end the season with their 63-58 loss Friday night to U Conn. 9 points in the 1st quarter, 11 in the 3rd. when you start out 2 of 18 from the three point line… “Not with a bang but a brick.”

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Stanford and UConn are two great women’s teams. But their Final Four basketball matchup was at 930p Eastern time tonight?? Way to grow the game ESPN. #MarchMadness

(OTOH, the way both teams played, maybe not the best game to attract new viewers to women’s basketball…)

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Five games to go in the NBA season and who had the San Antonio Spurs with a one-game lead (and the tie-breaker) over the Los Angeles Lakers for the 10th and final play-in game postseason spot? And yeah, all you liars put your hands down.

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Leave it to Stephen Colbert to sum up CBS News’ hiring of Mick Mulvaney: “Why would the Tiffany Network’s venerable news division put this craven toady to a tyrant on their payroll?”

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If Walter Cronkite weren’t dead this would have killed him.

(Although Colbert may have become the closest thing to Cronkite’s heir. No joke.)

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Fox News hired Caitlyn Jenner as a contributor. So now can parents sue saying it’s inappropriate if a Fox News viewing teacher in a Florida school comments on any of Caitlyn’s Fox News appearances?

WTAF? Some conservatives are trying to troll Rob Reiner with the nickname “Meathead” from when he played Archie Bunker’s son-in-law.

Uh, “All In the Family” was a sitcom from the 1970s! That’s so long ago the GOP was a legitimate political party.

(And a party that believed in impeaching a President who committed crimes.)

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Thinking for amount the time most networks have spent covering that slap they could have screened Best Picture #CODA for their viewers several times over.

As if the thought of Sarah Palin running for Congress isn’t bad enough, imagine how much worse the congresswomen from Georgia and Colorado will feel like they have to behave to keep getting headlines.

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Even conservative UK Daily Mail on bill to cap insulin prices at $35 a month- which needs 60 votes in Senate “The Affordable Insulin Now Act will force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of midterms.” Or GOP could just do right thing & vote for the bill!

NY Mets ace Jacob deGrom felt tightness in his right shoulder and may miss Friday’s spring start.

Does this mean deGrom might miss his chance for a 1-0 Opening Day Loss?

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Congratulations to Xavier, winners of the NIT basketball tournament.

Wonder how many Americans know there is still an NIT basketball tournament?

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California leading the way: We knew before the Truth Social site launched that anything led by Devin Nunes was bound to fail.

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Republicans will have you believe they care enough about life that they’ll vote to take away a woman’s right to choose a few weeks after conception. At the same time they’ll vote against making life-saving insulin affordable for both children and adults.

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193 House Republicans voted against capping the price of insulin.

100% of those 193 Republicans have great government health benefits that mean they aren’t concerned with the price of insulin.

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Thinking many in Florida have no idea what DeSantis’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill actually means. It’s not about protecting young children from things they weren’t going to be taught anyway. It allows mean-spirited people to go after teachers with same sex partners… For starters.

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Wording from “Don’t Say Gay,” bill “Not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.” Very vague. On purpose. Parents can sue for anything- .rainbow flag, photo of a same sex partner, talking about Pete & Chasten Buttigieg…?

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So Velveeta Voldemort was impeached for allegedly trying to get Ukraine to give him dirt on Hunter Biden? And now he’s publicly trying to get Russia to give him dirt on Hunter AND Joe Biden? Yeah, he learned his lesson alright.

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If this insane focus on a man slapping someone over a joke keeps up, how long until one of our headline-hunting congresswomen from Colorado or Georgia takes a swing at some reporter?

Wonder how many of these anti-vaxxers are refusing to get their pets their rabies, distemper and other shots?

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So all these folks insisting vaccines don’t work because you need a booster. Wonder how they’d feel if a pharmacist refused to re-fill their Viagra prescription for the same reason?

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Stephen Colbert reports that the Ukrainian government now (no joke) has a stamp honoring the soldiers who told the Russian warship to “Go F*ck Yourself.” Adding “I hope it’s a Forever stamp.”

Did Tom Brady call Bruce Arians tonight and tell him, don’t worry, the first retirement is the hardest?

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NBA regular season ends a week from Sunday. (April 10.)

Which will be two months and nine days from the end of the NBA finals if they go seven games.

If baseball worked that way we’d have the World Series into mid-December.

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Although, on the other hand, with a three week baseball spring training, how many Americans are ready to care by opening day?

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If Watergate happened now, I presume Nixon and Agnew would have big book deals, and Haldeman, Erlichman and John Mitchell would all have have been hired by major networks?

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And which network will be the first to hire Ivanka as a contributor?

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I grew up with Walter Cronkite. I grew up admiring Walter Cronkite. Was “Uncle Walter” perfect? No. But pretty sure he wouldn’t sell out our democracy for ratings. Do better, media.

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Let’s see: Fox News is nonstop anti-Democrat and anti-Biden. Other right-wing smaller networks & websites are worse. CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, along with NY Times, Washington Post etc, would both sides a mobius strip. And we wonder why President Biden’s approval numbers are low?

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So if Clarence Thomas had slapped a comic who jokingly accused his wife of treason instead of trying to shield White House records THEN would the media have made Ginni’s texts more than a one day story?

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So GOP remains apoplectic about the idea that Hunter Biden got job opportunities based on his father’s position. I missed their outrage on Meghan McCain and Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

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On an optimistic note… Today reminded us that Susan Collins used to be a Senator respected on both sides of the aisle instead of often being a punchline. Glad she’s on board with Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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Senator Marsha Blackburn is doubling down on her lie that Ketanji Brown Jackson doesn’t know what a “woman” is.

Would it be churlish to say that I have no problem defining what a racist homophobic *b*tch” is?

If before the NBA season had started someone had asked Gregg Popovich with 7 games to go in the regular season, if Pop thought his young & rebuilding San Antonio Spurs team had a chance to be tied with LA Lakers, he’d have verbally clocked that reporter….

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Roger Goodell left the door open to punishing both new Brown’s QB Deshaun Watson and Washington Commander’s owner Dan Snyder.

Anyone wanna bet that EITHER of them will get any significant punishment?

“When you’re a star, (or a multi-millionaire owner) they let you do it.”

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Stephen Colbert – on that Oscars’ slap – clearly the most important issue to many Americans today: “It’s never okay to punch a comedian… If you really want to hurt a comedian, don’t laugh. That hurts way more than a punch.”

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Dear media: An actor attacking a comedian because he felt his wife was being insulted is a one day story. A SCOTUS judge ruling on election cases after HIS wife attacked our democracy is a big story. Sincerely, Americans tired of this clickbait crap.

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Velveeta Voldemort’s latest fundraising effort… ” “Friend, Can you believe it? They want to CENSOR my RALLY.” Who’s gonna be the one to tell him Fox News didn’t carry the last rally?

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But who had a sitting President using burner phones on January 6 on their b*tshit bingo list?

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And the Former Guy has committed so many crimes in broad daylight. Not just that there’s a 7 hour gap on January 6…. it’s how bad do those 7 hours have to be that even HE thought he might not be able to get away with having them public?

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For those just beginning to realize how awful Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is, here’s an important bit of information – he won in 2018 by fewer than 32,500 votes out of over eight million. Don’t let ANYONE tell you your vote doesn’t matter.

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Another example of why “Don’t Say Gay” hate bill matters, per Pete Buttigieg: “I think about what life might be like for our kids when they start school. If they were in a place like Florida, it might stop them from mentioning they had a great time over weekend with their dads.”

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Only speaking for myself, but I’d sure be happier to share a bathroom with Pete and Chasten Buttigieg than the poor excuse for a congresswoman from Georgia.

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Last week Cory Booker had an amazing joyful moment in defending Ketanji Brown Jackson. Last Sunday, Will Smith lost control and acted like an a** in defending his wife. And sadly, which one is still making headlines?

And now four straight victory for San Antonio Spurs, who moved within 1/2 game of the Los Angeles Lakers for the last play-in game spot, with 7 to play.

Lebron James possibly missing even the play-in game?

Well, good thing NBA referees don’t have any potential impact on games.

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Women’s Final Four is set. Three #1 seeds and #2 seeds.

Now, actually some games have been close. But is parity really that bad, or are the “seeders” in Women’s college basketball much better than those for the men’s game?

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Kyrie Irving, unrepentantly anti-vax but now able to play in New York: “I’m standing for freedom, in all facets of my life. Nobody enslaving me. I don’t want anyone telling me what to do with my life.” So next time he gets injured, Kyrie’s going to heal himself & ignore doctors?

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Stephen Colbert on Kremlin’s phases of war. Phase One: We lose. Phase Two: War is over, we win. Reminds me of an old Soviet joke I heard as a child on USA car beating USSR car in a match race. Pravda headline “The Soviet car came in second, the American car was next to last.”

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Washington Post headline “Cruz’s battle to keep Trump in power has cost him friends, sparks questions.”

Shocking, Ted Cruz HAD friends?

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Ron DeathSantis today – “In Florida, we not only know parents have a right to be involved, we insist parents have a right to be involved.” Has it occurred to the Governor that liberals are parents too? Heck, GAYS are parents too. Hoping in Florida THEY start getting involved.

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Underreported comment made by President Biden today, “that he doesn’t think anything anyone says has much of an impact on Vladimir Putin. “Because Putin doesn’t listen to his own advisors.” Where have we heard that before?

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Forgot to hit “publish” last night..

No matter, apparently most of the world has forgotten to move on.

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Apparently slugging someone on national TV because you are annoyed at a joke is a way to get past our collective ADHD.

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Violence is wrong, period. But if anyone would have been justified in responding to hurtful words last week by taking a swing at someone it would have been Ketanji Brown Jackson with a few members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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So I gather any potential scheduled roasts for Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have been canceled?

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Reality check: A well-known husband of an actress not liking a host’s joke and deciding to throw a punch should be a one day story. A well-known wife of a SCOTUS judge not liking a country’s vote, and deciding to overthrow an election should be a big deal.

So when will Fox News demand Joe Biden take away Hunter Biden’s security clearance? Oh, wait, Joe Biden, unlike Velveeta Voldemort, didn’t gave his child a security clearance. Never mind.

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Of course there are more important things going on in the world right now. But with 8 games left in the NBA regular season, the San Antonio Spurs have a chance to knock the Los Angeles Lakers out of the last NBA “play-in” postseason spot.

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Kyrie Irving, allowed to play home games now that the NYC COVID vaccine mandate has been lifted says he’s “excited” to play & “has been pinching myself.” About 40,000 former New York City residents would pinch themselves, if they could.

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Mike Krzyzewski just made it to 13th Final Four with Duke, widely touted as “a record among coaches.” Now, I’m a big Coach K fan. But media, how about a little more attention to Stanford Cardinal women? They’re making 14th Final Four appearance under coach Tara VanDerveer.

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A young man staying at Houston’s St Regis Hotel in Houston hospitalized after he accidentally shot himself in the testicles, possibly removing gun from his pants. Police say he’s in “serious but stable condition.” Does it count as a Darwin if you remove your ability to reproduce?

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Okay folks, one more comment on tonight’s Oscars: If you have a couple hours to read up on the Will Smith-Chris Rock situation, you have time to watch CODA. And watching CODA will be much more rewarding.

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Most of GOP apoplectic over Biden’s ad-lib that Putin “cannot remain in power,” had no problem with Putin ACTUALLY working against Hillary to put Velveeta Voldemort in power.

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“You have wife of sitting Supreme Court Justice advocating for an insurrection, advocating for overturning a legal election to the sitting president’s chief of staff. This is textbook case for recusing him… The entire integrity of the court is on the line here.” Amy Klobuchar

(And she spoke to Chief Justice Roberts… “who I respect” – about ethics standards for the court. Stay tuned. )

Coach K, as emotional as I have ever seen him as a Duke coach, is going to his final Final Four. And all snark aside, this is a moment, and whether it’s love, coaching, bonding, whatever, this team seems to have come together and grasped it.

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Most of even this year’s Duke team’s PARENTS were too young to remember when Coach K started coaching the Blue Devils. But sure seems like the 75 year old guy has seriously inspired the kids. And more power to him.

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Meanwhile, Tara Vanderveer, who is NOT retiring, is one win away from another Final Four herself.

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Charles Barkley on Houston, down 20 to 27 at halftime to Villanova “They’re going to have to find a way to score or they’re not going to win this game.” When he’s right, he’s right.

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Herschel Walker says he’s sick and tired of CTR in schools. Herschel Walker might be a walking ad for those of us increasingly worried about CTE in football.

Some of MAGA’s clutching their pearls as whether Biden actually literally meant “Putin cannot remain in power,” had no problem when Velveeta Voldemort suggested in speech USA “put the Chinese flag” on military planes & “bomb the shit” out of Russia. “Then we say, China did it…”

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I guess some conservatives would have been happier if President Biden had said “Putin cannot remain in power, person, woman, man, camera, TV

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If Velveeta Voldemort had said Putin cannot remain in power GOP would be saying he belonged on Mount Rushmore.

So has Fox News attacked President Biden for visiting Ukrainian refugees without throwing paper towels yet?

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Florida just reported 1,167 more COVID fatalities, for total of 73,027 Florida resident deaths. (State doesn’t count tourists & visitors & have been accused of undercounting.) California, with almost double the population, has had 88,689 COVID deaths. No wonder GOP hates math.

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The GSA has approved sale of Trump’s DC hotel lease to a Miami investment group which will turn it into a Waldorf Astoria. So we’ll get the “Trump” name off the building before they get it off the Republican party.

Okay, how many people had North Carolina against Saint Peter’s in the Elite 8? Now all of you liars put your hands down?

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Only person I feel sorry for at Saint Peter’s University is whoever has the job of maintaining their website. It’s up now but crashed again earlier. I do hope she/he gets a raise.

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Deshaun Watson, accused by 22 women, asked if he would be open to counseling “It’s hard for me to say the counseling part because I don’t have a problem. I don’t have an issue & that’s what I’ve been saying from the beginning.” Almost expected him to add “I like beer.”

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So did Tom Brady leak a story about him possibly being traded to Miami because he can’t bear being out of the headlines? Asking for a tired friend.

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Even in tough times, we’ll always have Darwin Awards. In Honololu police said a man fell to his death at Sheraton Waikiki trying to climb from the balcony of his hotel room to the one next to his room where a friend was staying. At 4am. What are the odds alcohol was involved?

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So if January 6 committee had found Ginni Thomas’s messages on a laptop left in a repair shop would GOP take them more seriously?

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Are we shocked that Bob Woodward tried to “both sides” Ginni Thomas allegations this morning? This is a man who heard from Velveeta Voldemort that COVID was airborne. And sat on the news until he wanted to sell a book.

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Soft-spoken Ben Sasse is exhibit A if you need to counter the narrative that most Republican Senators are reasonable people.

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Why aren’t Republicans brave enough to say that when they talk about “judicial philosophy” they mean they only want judges who espouse the radical right-wing activist philosophy of the Federalist society?

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Ketanji Brown Jackson WILL be confirmed. But a reminder to those complaining Democratic Senators didn’t use their time to attack GOP lies: With a limited amount of time, why waste it on douchebags? So much better to praise an exceptional nominee!

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Moscow Mitch McConnell, who has said he will vote against Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation, just put out a statement praising Clarence Thomas, saying he is an “outstanding justice, & Mitch has “total confidence in his brilliance and impartiality.” Well of course he did.

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Clarence Thomas was just fine with Velveeta Voldemort ignoring every White House ethicial rule and also appointing his daughter and son-in-law senior advisors. Editor’s note – he’s NOT gonna recuse just because his wife tried to overthrow democracy.

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Let’s be honest, some of these GOP Senate clowns would have been a “no” vote for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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Reading the insanity coming from Ronny Jackson right now I suppose we should all thank God President Obama survived having him as the White House physician.

Arizona and Gonzaga, gone.

But the Coach K farewell tour continues…

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Apparently Trevor Story got his COVID vaccine just before he finally signed a six-year deal with the Boston Red Sox.. Short version, Story had 140 million reasons.

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Manchin and Sinema drive me crazy on occasion too. But for all those who say “they might as well be Republicans,” your reminder, if either of them WERE a Republican, Mitch McConnell would be majority leader and most of these judges wouldn’t have been confirmed.

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Most of us with day jobs that involve online communication get warned regularly about security issues. How arrogant do you have to be to say something actually treasonous in a text or an email and think you don’t have to worry about it?

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January 6 committee says Ginni Thomas exchanged texts with Mark Meadows about overturning the 2020 election. So I’m sure GOP will respond with outrage… directed at the January 6 committee. Or Hunter Biden.

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And btw, Ginni and Clarence Thomas are no Mary Matalin and James Carville.

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Alan Dershowitz said Cancun Cruz’s of questioning during Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS confirmation hearings was “bigotry” and “absurd.” Got news for Dershowitz. He’s STILL not going to be invited back to Martha’s Vineyard.

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Still enraged over some Senate questioning & need to put this out there: Many in the same GOP who profess to be concerned about child pornography also are against children being taught in school about their private body parts and that they have body autonomy.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams lifting city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on athletes Thursday, so Kyrie Irving can play at Barclays Center on Sunday & unvaccinated Yankees & Mets players can play in home openers. Reminder though, karma & her buddy science are ALWAYS the home team.

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A late-season loss to the Philadelphia 76ers without Lebron James wouldn’t seem that odd for the Lakers pre-playoffs.

But how about that Los Angeles, clinging to the 9th seed and play-in game, is currently 31.42.

A .425 winning percentage for the playoffs. Is that where MLB is heading?

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At Bozeman airport, a United Airlines reservations agent called in a police officer to deal with Ted Cruz being verbally abusive. Maybe Senate Judiciary chair Dick Durbin should consider doing the same.

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Today Ted bleeping Cruz used the example of Lindsey Graham going 10 minutes over his allotted time to complain that he isn’t getting to go over the same amount…? NBC SNL writers couldn’t dream this “stuff” up.

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At the Oscars they just cut someone’s mic off when they go over their time. Seems like it shouldn’t be hard to do the same in Senate Judiciary committee. Especially with all the BAD acting going on.

So if GOP are choosing to be outraged over a few times Ketanji Brown Jackson went under sentencing guidelines where the h*ll were they when Judge Regina Chu tossed minimum sentencing guidelines out the window for Daunte Wright’s killer Kim Potter?

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Considering how much Freud nailed projection with the Republicans ranting about voter fraud, you’ve got to wonder about their focus right now on child pornography.

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Maybe Amy Klobuchar’s most important question to Ketanji, who’ll be on 6-3 court, is on dissents. Amy reminded us of RBG’s dissents – during eulogy, rabbi said “they were not cries of defeats, they were blueprints for the future.” Think Jackson will be writing many “blueprints”

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But if you haven’t watched Cory Booker’s second round of questioning today at SCOTUS hearings, you should. Plenty of links.

And maybe have a tissue handy, Ketanji Brown Jackson needed one.

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R.I.P Madeleine Albright. “I don’t think frankly that I was rougher, tougher or anything than any man. I just think people were surprised to hear that language from a woman.”

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As Ukranians fight now for for the 30th day against the Russian invasion, did Vladimir Putin figure he could just Sharpie the Ukraine into Russia?

Meanwhile there are only about 10 games left in the NBA 82 game pre-season….

The “regular” season ends April 5. And despite 10 of 15 teams making at least the play in round in each conference, in the eastern conference, three teams are already eliminated, and the Knicks and Wizards could be gone this weekend.

What’s next? Expanded playoffs?

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Number #1 ranked women’s tennis player Ash Barty, 25, who just won the Australian Open, abruptly retired from tennis at age 25. “The first time is the hardest” said Brett Favre and Tom Brady.

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Listening to Cory Booker after Tom Cotton is like taking a nice hot shower after crawling around in mud.

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Tom Cotton is really underrated as an a**hole.

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When Joe Biden said he would have a woman Vice President he didn’t know who it would be. When Joe Biden said he would choose a Black woman as his first SCOTUS pick, wouldn’t shock me if he wasn’t already leaning towards Ketanji Brown Jackson. Ketanji is incredibly impressive.

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So President Biden did not choose Lindsey Graham’s preferred South Carolina judge for his SCOTUS nominee. And now questioning Ketanji Brown Jackson, Graham acted like a petty little b*tch whose BFF wasn’t chosen homecoming queen.

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Senator Dianne Feinstein is admittedly getting up in years, but few things make her look better than following Lindsey Graham

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Listening to discussions now between Klobuchar and others with SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson about “stare decisis.” Have to wonder how many GOP Senators hear “Starry decisis” and think it has to do with one of the women accusing Velveeta Voldemort?

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Ketanji Brown Jackson “The Supreme Court has said right to vote is a right upon which all other rights are essentially founded…it’s a fundamental right.”

Amy Klobuchar -“That’s how Justice Barrett answered that question as well in her hearing.”

ICYMI, that’s Midwestern nice for saying “she lied.”

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It truly boggles the mind that Ted Cruz and Ketanji Brown Jackson were classmates at Harvard Law School.

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As a woman who often has bad hair days, reminder in advance of Marsha Blackburn’s questioning today: It really isn’t fair to attack Senator Blackburn on her questionable hair styles. It is, however, fair, to attack Senate Blackburn on her questionable relationship with the truth.

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Dear Marsha Blackburn: If you claim to be pro-life but consistently vote against things like Democrats’ Child Tax Credit and family leave, can I respectfully suggest you put a baby bootie in it?

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On “The Last Word” tonight – A young woman being interviewed from Mariupol saying she and her family hoped if they died it would be quick and not by starvation. Putin is evil. Period.