Left Coast Sports Babe

Today the Cleveland Guardians scored six runs in the bottom of the 9th to rally from an 8-2 deficit against the Chicago White Sox. And won 12-9 in the 11th.

Meanwhile SF Giants took an 8-2 lead into the 9th against the Rockies, and the game ended 8-5 with the tying run in the on-deck circle.

Giants manager Gabe Kapler “never stop trying to score” strategy looking better and better…

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Grizzles shot 41.9% tonight – despite Dillon Brooks being 5 for 19. with 4 turnovers. Looks like Memphis would have had a better chance to beat Golden State if Brooks had been suspended 2 games instead of 1.

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After Yankees ‘ Gleyber Torres’ hit walk-off HR into the right field short porch, angry Rangers Manager Chris Woodward calls Yankee Stadium “a little league ballpark.” Nah, Little League ballparks don’t require many folks to take out a 2nd mortgage to afford tickets.

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So guessing women up to about the age of 55 in red states can now feel free to drive in carpool lanes with impunity: Get stopped by a police officer, tell him you might be a few weeks pregnant.

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FL Gov. DeSantis signed new law making Nov 7 “Victims of Communism Day” requiring students to get special instruction in schools on that day “to honor “those who’ve suffered & remind us of destruction communism has caused worldwide w/ death toll over 100 million,”

But kids can’t learn about slavery. WTAF?

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Republicans act more concerned about SCOTUS judges with actual peaceful protestors outside their houses than they did about Brian Sicknick.

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I don’t remember any Republicans whining about noisy protests when People’s Convoy was blowing horns all night in residential neighborhoods.

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So if a woman wants to leave Texas in future to get an abortion is she going to have to be armed?

Maggie Hassan most bipartisan 2021 Senator per Lugar Institute: Others in top 10: Collins, Portman, Sinema, Peters, Tester, Manchin, Cornyn, Rosen, Klobuchar. Amy gets coverage now for her leadership but besides Sinema/Manchin how many Dems have heard of others?

Do better,media.

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Been an active Democrat since high school. Have now had friends run for & win elective state/local offices. But I haven’t even agreed w/ FRIENDS on everything they do in office. Why do some people think candidates for Congress or President should agree with them 100%?

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As California voter, I get an email from County Registrar of Voters saying they mailed my primary ballot & to call if it hasn’t been received in 7 days. They don’t care if I vote blue or red, California just believes every eligible voter should be able to vote. Nice, isn’t it?

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Rachel Maddow tonight talking about leading GOP candidates who have been been credibily accused of assault against women. Well, if it’s good enough for a Republican SCOTUS judge….

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If you really feel like protesting SCOTUS being primed to overturn Roe v. Wade, this would be an excellent time to join a voter registration drive.

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Love Tim Kaine on MSNBC tonight – “When people ask the question ‘will this provoke Putin?’ The guy was born provoked.”

Glad to have a SF Giants win on Mother’s Day. But close nail-biting baseball games are much more fun when you don’t care who wins.

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And this was the St. Louis Cardinals’ only visit to San Francisco during the 2022 season. But as a Giants fan sure felt like Goldschmidt and Arenado were up every inning.

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Way too early in the MLB season, but when it comes down to Wild Card teams in October, how much of an advantage will teams like the Brewers and Cardinals have with all those intra-division teams against the Pirates, Cubs and Reds?

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Apparently tonight it was Mark Esper on 60 Minutes. (No I didn’t watch.) So how many other former members of Velveeta Voldemort’s inner circle have secrets they are sitting on for THEIR book tours?

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So tired of people just talking about babies that have been aborted. I know at least two people who wouldn’t be alive if their mothers hadn’t been able to abort non-viable pregnancies before they became pregnant with them.

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Think GOP didn’t expect SCOTUS to overturn Roe V. Wade this year? Has to be one of reasons they’re trying so hard to suppress votes. Republicans have given up on winning over a majority of Americans, choosing instead to try to keep those not in their minority from voting.

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Amy Klobuchar talks on This Week ABC about potential patchwork of laws in United States on abortion “Why should a woman in Texas have fewer rights than a woman in Minnesota? Wonder, will overturning Roe affect where women choose go to college, or take jobs, for that reason?

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Gov. Asa Hutchinson claims criminalizing abortion is will of people of Arkansas. His state has become pretty red. But Florida is trying to criminalize abortion – Desantis won by 32,000 votes out of 8 mill. By Asa’s logic that’s enough to take rights from all Florida’s women?

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From “The Way We Were,” one of my all-time favorites, which my son was kind enough to watch virtually with me on Mother’s Day.

About politics, and being involved:

Hubbell: “I don’t see how you can do it.”

Katie: “And I don’t see how you can’t.”

Apparently Velveeta Voldemort was at the Kentucky Derby today. So the race featured 20 horses and one horse’s a**.

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Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike’s only victory before today was in a $51,500 claiming race. Which means anyone could have claimed – i.e. bought – him for $51,500.

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Buster Posey day today for SF Giants. Bruce Bochy probably summed it up “You made the city better. You made the team better. You made ME better.

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Great that Dolly Parton will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Her music is important. But time to ask again, and not for the last time, why not Karen Carpenter and the Carpenters?-

Fox News TOP headline tonight is “Hitting Home.” – complaining about pro-choice activists protesting outside SCOTUS justices’ homes. And still not a peep about Kevin McCarthy’s texts and tapes over what most of GOP calls a “peaceful protest” on January 6.

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Can media stop saying that Cruz thinks some liberal leaked the Roe V. Wade draft. We don’t know what he thinks. It’s quite likely that the Cancun Crybaby believes or knows it was leaked by a conservative trying to blunt the outrage. Ted is just publicly blaming it on Democrats.

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Marsha Blackburn has talked about making birth control only available to married couples. By that logic, Viagra should only be available in limited quantities to married men with wives of childbearing age. And not while those wives are pregnant.

Can someone introduce a bill in Congress to index the ease of obtaining a prescription for Plan B to the ease of obtaining a prescription for Viagra?

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Anyone saying it would be political suicide if GOP took back the Senate for Mitch McConnell to end the filibuster in order to pass an abortion ban assumes Republicans plan to keep allowing fair and free elections

Tonight on SNL the cold open went back to 17th century England for a great skit about Sir Matthew Hale who inspired Justice Alito…. A reminder why GOP wants to ban history.

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Colin Jost on SNL Weekend Update about the unprecedented leaked Roe vs Wade opinion “‘So the court is usually careful but they slipped up just this once and now they have to live with it forever. Seems unfair.” Would be funnier if not so accurate.

For the past couple weeks ESPN has ranked SF Giants among the top teams in MLB. Since the Giants over their last 10 days are 3-7, thinking maybe it would be better if ESPN puts them back towards the bottom.

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Bright spot in another loss for SF Giants was Sean Hjelle having a 1-2-3 inning in his first major league appearance. Hjelle, from Mahtomedi, Minnesota, already tied an MLB record being 6’11.” Tallest in MLB history and taller than most of the NBA Timberwolves.

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Meghan McCain’s book ‘Bad Republican: A Memoir,” which was released April 26, has sold 244 copies. (Not a typo.) At this point Meghan’s only hope for getting readers is to leak some reason the rest of GOP might want to ban her book.

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OTOH, Velveeta Voldemort had a reported 600 people at his Pennsylvania rally tonight. I don’t watch but wonder if he bragged about being twice as popular as John McCain’s daughter.

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The Washington Post Friday has an opinion column “Overturning Roe would make America more democratic.” Didn’t even have to look at the byline to know it was written by a man.

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Fox News still hasn’t gotten around to covering today’s job report – which was 428,000 new jobs in April. That number beat forecasts for an increase of 380,000. If it had come in lower you KNOW Fox would have made it their number one headline!

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And some wonder why I wear a mask in public. Anonymoua rravel client just told me about acquaintance who tested positive for COVID early this week & has been running around doing errands before leaving this weekend for Europe – Her flight will be 5 days from date of her positive test.

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On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert points out Dr. Oz, who has dual US-Turkish citizenship, not only lived in New Jersey until he started running for Senate in Pennsylvania, but also was seen, while he claimed not to be involved in Turkish politics at all, voting in Turkey in 2018

No wonder GOP’s focused on voter fraud – they’re so good at it.

Phillies gave a 7-1 lead in Philadelphia to the bullpen facing NY Mets going to the 9th. The Phillies still had a 7-4 lead with 2 outs in the 9th. And they lost 8-7.

SF Giants manager Gabe Kapler never wants to hear about piling on with a big lead again.

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Although the SF Giants offense, with several starters on the regular IL and others with COVID, has only scored 1 run in each of the last three games. There offense could be called criminally bad right now, though the case could be tossed for insufficient evidence.

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Tom Brady on Tiktok today with the “tell me something honest” trend – “The ‘Tuck Rule’ game against the Raiders? Might have been a fumble.” Easier to own an official’s mistake than something that might leave him feeling deflated

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Warriors – Grizzles played Game 2 of Western Conference Semi-Finals Tuesday night, and don’t play again until Saturday night?

Heck, why not spread games a week apart, then the NBA could stretch the finals out until August.-

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Happy Cinco de Mayo. A day when plenty of white Americans get drunk on tequila and bitch about immigrants.

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So how many more people are sitting on explosive tapes to sell future books? Asking for a really tired country.

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Some Republcians are trying to say it’s murder to terminate any pregnancy from the moment of conception.

That makes IVF murder. Along with IUDs and possibly birth control pills. But if baby crawls around house some night and scares someone asleep with gun by their bed and the baby ends up accidentally fatally shot, that’s self-defense and fine.

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If it’s going to be homicide in Louisiana from the moment of fertilization shouldn’t male masturbation be attempted murder?

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In 2018, 78% of IVF was done by white women. It’s expensive. To maximize pregnancy chances, doctor can implant several embryos. If more than 2 survive they may do “multifetal pregnancy reduction”- translation, selective abortion. GOP going to start locking up rich white women?

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Stephen Colbert responding to Kellyanne Conway on Fox News complaining Democrats weren’t talking about abortion rights until today.

“Typically people wait until something happens to talk about it. Nobody on the Titanic was complainng about icebergs when they left the harbor.”

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Amy Klobuchar today at Democratic press briefing about codifying Roe V. Wade into law. Saying about Republicans ‘We always said they’d take us back to the 50s. They’re taking us back to the 1850s.”

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So now former Defense Secretary Mark Esper is the latest who sat on terrifying stories about Velveeta Voldemort because he wanted to save them for his memoir. This would be a great game of “Batsh*t Book Secrets Bingo” if it weren’t our democracy at stake.

Madison Bumgarner was thrown out of the game in the first inning after he took issue with Dan Bellino’s staring him down and examining his hand much longer than normal – “Take your f*cking time.”

But hey, don’t we all pay expensive ticket prices to go to baseball stadiums to see umpires in person?

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NBA playoffs started almost a month ago, and on May 4 and Warriors announced Gary Payton II will be out about a month with a fractured left elbow.

Which means if Golden State survives, Payton will be back for the NBA finals.

And they say the baseball season is long.

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The 3-21 Reds now have had three players added to COVID lL list.. Normally that means teams have to call up minor league players. So Cincinnati will basically be making lateral moves?

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As the lies multiply, from GOP members to Congress to SCOTUS justices…. I’m so old that I remember when Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about sex. As Seinfeld said “Everyone lies about sex. Heck, most people lie DURING sex.”

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As someone with a very visual and at times almost eidetic memory I can safely say I will take people’s word on the most recent tape featuring Madison Cawthorn without checking it out for myself. Some things you cannot unsee.

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Wait, Senator Mike Lee wore a tan suit on the Senate floor Wednesday. Isn’t that grounds to impeach him?

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GOP Senator Joni Ernst, railing against inflation, says you can’t just print money and hand it out for free. But never forget, she and other Republicans had no problem handing out money to millionaires and billionaires with the 2017 tax cuts.

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So how many more GOP audio tapes are there that have been saved for books?

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So Lauren Boebert claims she wrote a book about her life. If she even mentions her husband’s jail time for exposing himself to young women at a bowling alley, guess that means her book has to be banned in red state schools.

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Leaking the draft of Roe vs. Wade decision seems likely to have been a way to blunt the outrage by creating a different outrage. So if it hadn’t leaked what would GOP have done when decision came out and how would it have involved Hunter Biden?

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Senator Amy Klobuchar on “the Daily Show’ with Trevor Noah on leaked draft of Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade -“there’s a saying ‘don’t get mad, vote.’ I say get mad AND vote.”

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Allison Beth Krause, 19,

Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20,

Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20,

William Knox Schroeder, 19

How many Americans know those names?

If you don’t think it can happen again you’re not paying attention.

Velveeta Voldemort – “can’t you just shoot protesters?”

I’m a San Antonio Spurs fan who would still love to see Chris Paul get a ring. But dang, Ja Morant is good at basketball.

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Meanwhile, after being ejected for picking up a Flagrant 2 in game 1 vs Grizzlies, Warriors’ Draymond Green “I am never going to change the way I play basketball… Because then we go home early, & the [flagrant] points don’t matter anymore.” Does he think refs can’t read?

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Although then tonight Grizzlies’ Dillon Brooks was ejected for a flagrant 2 foul that led to Gary Payton II fracturing his elbow. Further punishment may come.

NBA could make it simple. If your flagrant foul leads to an injury, you’re out as long as the person you hurt.

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Can we call the Supreme Court for a flagrant foul against women?

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While I respect Lisa Murkowski as much as any Republican Senator think I can’t be the only person who lost confidence in this SCOTUS long before she did.

GOP as well as Democratic women use IVF to conceive children. Wait until they realize Coney Barrett might want to outlaw that too. In 2006 she signed onto letter by anti-choice group that would criminalize IVF. And after all, embroyos do get discarded.

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Some GOP and conservative media are claiming Democrats are just being falsely alarmist with idea this SCOTUS could overturn gay marriage laws. Like Democrats were being falsely alarmist that SCOTUS would ever overturn Roe vs Wade?

And seriously does ANYONE who watched how McConnell cheated to block Garland SCOTUS nomination and to rush through Barrett nomination have any doubt that if GOP gets the gavel Mitch will overturn the filibuster within a month?

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Imagine how much it will blow GOP minds if a bunch of armed women organize red state protests in support of Roe V. Wade.

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Have to assume Obergefell v. Hodges (same-sex marriage) is next for this illegally packed right-wing activist court. But maybe Clarence Thomas might draw the line at overturning Loving v. Virginia? (inter-racial marriage.)

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Billionaire Peter Thiel, who is actually a New Zealand citizen, has given $15 million in total to bolster JD Vance — the largest amount ever given to boost a single US Senate candidate. Three printable words about Vance “Populist my a**.”

The entire NY Yankees active roster were allowed to cross the border into Canada for a three-game series in Toronto against Blue Jayas tonight – which means they were all vaccinated against COVID-19.

Well, politics and science aside, good to know the Yankees had their rea$on$.

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NFL says independent review found “no evidence” to substantiate allegations made by ex-Browns coach Hue Jackson that team tanked games. Translation, either no one w/ Cleveland put anything in writing, or Browns had enough notice they found good IT person to scrub computers.

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Need to remember. GOP knows if prices stay high it will cost Democrats votes in November. So Republican senators will do everything they can to make inflation worse. Because they want Americans to suffer to help them win an election.

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Been in awe of Ketanji Brown Jackson for a while. But think on this, not only did she agree to put herself through a heinous hearing, Ketanji agreed to accept a lifetime appointment to be on SCOTUS with these right-wing so-called Christian autocrats.

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Curiously if Ivanka did turn out to have thrown Velveeta Voldemort under the bus she will have proven she really is her father’s daughter.

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Governor Ron Deathsantis “I get people that write in to Florida from other countries saying, we look to Florida as kind of the beacon.” Other countries? Like Russia and Saudi Arabia?

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IF you call yourself a Democrat but claim you’lll either not vote or vote 3rd party or protest vote because Democratic candidate isn’t perfect or somehow offended you… Maybe tonight will convince you to get over it & get your a** to voting booth & #VoteBlueNoMatterWho

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Women still have the right to vote in this country. We need to use it before this SCOTUS repeals 19th amendment next.

Cincinnati Reds are now 3-19, setting the franchise mark for their worst start to a season.

Reds President Phil Castellini, son of owner Bob Castellini earlier this season threatened unhappy fans who want his dad to sell the team “To who?

And Phil indicated other owners might “pick (the team) up and move it somewhere else. “

At this rate, Reds fans might help them pack.

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Warriors won Sunday night against the Grizzlies despite Draymond Green being ejected for a “Flagrant 2” foul that he said was“probably a reputation thing” rather than a legitimate call. 

Didn’t see the foul, but since this sort of thing keeps happening, would it be heretical to suggest Draymond work on his reputation?

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Positive signs for the week ahead. Trevor Noah rocked the White House Correspondents Dinner last night. And Stephen Colbert is back after a brief hiatus on Monday night.

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Since we know just about everything else GOP accuses President Biden and Democrats of is projection, perhaps we should be more focused on Velveeta Voldemort’s possible dementia. Come to think of it, has anyone heard him say recently “Man, woman, person, camera TV?”

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Dr. Deborah Birx was on CBS this Sunday morning talking about her predictions for COVID this summer. With all due respect, after her shameless toadying for Velveeta Voldemort why does anyone care now what Dr. Birx thinks?

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Dear Ohio.

If you want to elect a populist to the Senate besides Sherrod Brown:

J.D. Vance is a venture capitalist bankrolled by a billionaire venture capitalist. He is not a populist.

Tim Ryan is a populist. You’re welcome.

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Oops, Fox News story on Biden’s WHCD jokes led w/ Joe joking about his low approval ratings but included the President saying “nothing I can say about GOP Kevin McCarthy hasn’t already been put on tape,” referring to leaked tapes reported by NYTimes showing GOP leader criticizing Trump.

Fox viewers “what tapes?”

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One reason media claimed Hillary Clinton needed to go home and knit after 2016 is that she was too old to run again. Hillary is now 74.

Velveeta Voldemort is now 75. But no, there’s no misogyny in this country.

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From an anonymous friend “I’m so old I remember when the only fake news was the National Enquirer.”

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Apparently nothing is certain but death, taxes, and the Minnesota Timberwolves blowing big leads in the NBA playoffs.

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Only silver lining for SF Giants fans in tonight’s rout by the Washington Nationals. The team had tried out their Creamsicle uniforms on Orange Friday. The baseball gods may have indicated that was heresy.

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So with Trevor Bauer, suspended for two years, Major League Baseball just got the Dodgers off the hook for $70 million of a big mistake.

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Now why did the Braves Ozuna get only 20 games..

(Wikipedia – On May 29, 2021, Ozuna was arrested and charged with aggravated assault by strangulation and battery after police witnessed him grabbing his wife by the neck and throwing her against a wall.^[his resulted in Ozuna receiving a 20-game suspension which he served retroactively during the 2021 season.

And then there was Aroldis Chapman, who, also per Wikpedia -was accused of pushing his girlfriend, putting his hands around her neck, and choking her; he subsequently fired eight gunshots.”

He only got 30 games.

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In an interview today, Trevor Reed’s family said President Joe Biden may have saved their son’s life, doing everything he could to bring Reed home. Siri, tell me a good news story I won’t hear on Fox News.

I suppose given what happened between two women members of Congress today it would be inappropriate to make mud wrestling jokes.

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Sean Hannity texts about the election are pretty bad. But imagine if we could see communications between the White House and Tucker Carlson.

After Madison Cawthorn was caught a 2nd time in about a year with a gun in his carryon, two Democrats are urging TSA “to act decisively to ensure repeat offenders like Rep. Cawthorn face the full extent of TSA’s enforcement actions.” Wouldn’t you think that was already the law?

Evaluations of picks on NFL draft nights are like evaluating long term relationships after a great Tinder first date.

Some do result in long term relationships. Some in short term relationships. And some … well, maybe it was a great night.

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So will Velveeta Voldemot’s GOP cult members now demand states require ID at farmer’s market to purchase dangerous fruit.

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And is another reason Velveeta Voldemort won’t return to Minnesota not just that he lost in 2020, but also that residents might throw frozen fruit?

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So as we approach picnic season in some states are we going to need permits for open carry of tomatoes and pineapple?

Montana Senator Jon Tester on Senate floor talking about increased monopolies in farming business – resulting in hundreds of thousands of farms lost. And higher prices for consumers. But media will ignore him and keep saying Democrats need to reach out to rural voters.

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Marjorie Three Names, who lost it over Jimmy Kimmel’s joke and couldn’t handle being questioned by Jim Acosta today, is proof that even Southern states like Georgia can have really big snowflakes,

Remember when during the hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, that Ted Cancun Cruz was caught checking Twitter for his mentions? So is that what this whole Elon buying Twitter thing is about?

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If Republican Senators had to pay the prices for prescription drugs that average Americans on Medicare pay, the bill to allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices would pass unanimously.

Tonight starts the NFL draft at 8pm Eastern Time

And by about 8:30pm some team’s fan base will be convinced their team screwed it up.

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Bucks put Bulls out of their misery, Warriors come back and beat the Nuggets to clinch their playoff series.

Meanwhile, at least in New York and Los Angeles there are no distractions from the NFL draft.

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If someone had told me SF Giants would have LaMonte Wade Jr, Tommy La Stella & Evan Longoria still injured, Duggar out, 2 of 5 starting pitchers on IL, Joey Bart w/ 23Ks in 38 AB…. And that their record had a 13 & 6 in it, I’d have expected the numbers to be in reverse order.

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Today’s NRA and Velveeta Voldemort-owned GOP.

1. Guns are safe.
2. Tomatoes are dangerous.

Delta Airlines will start paying flight attendants for boarding time, apparently 1st major US airline to do so. They haven’t paid before? Boarding has to be one of most stressful parts of job…”My 3rd bag is tiny”, “am SURE it will fit,” “supposed to have a better seat”, etc.

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If you want to reduce abortions, you should want to increase the availability of birth control. It’s that simple.

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Thinking if you’re a Republican who believes in cutting things like food stamps and the child tax credit, when it comes to the subject of abortion you should sit down and STFU. Once again, four words, “Pro Life My A**.”

Loved Mitt Romney talking about Orrin Hatch telling him to loosen up his language a bit. So Mitt says he started using “dang.” Wonder if Orrin got Mitt after rough days to do double shots of milk.

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Words I didn’t expect to hear on Senate Floor from Sherrod Brown “I’d like to thank Senator Cotton.” Apparently Tom Cotton decided he’d had enough of making Americans less safe by blocking DOJ nominations. But we take our small victories, and small civilities when we can.

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4,099,505 to 4,089,472 Yes, a difference of about 10,000 out of over 8 million. That’s how much Rick Scott beat Democratic Senator Bill Nelson by in Florida in 2018. Don’t tell me Marco Rubio isn’t beatable by Val Demings. Don’t let anyone tell YOU your vote doesn’t matter.

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Since GOP is upset about US taxpayers subsidizing college costs, aren’t US taxpayers already subsidizing college for the children of millionaires and billionaires with Republican/Velveeta Voldemort 2017 tax cuts?

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Rachel Maddow is covering Velveeta Voldemort transcript where he was telling the audience to “knock the crap” out of people throwing tomatoes and other fruit. Because “its dangerous stuff, somebody could get killed. NBC SNL skit writers are going “We give up. Can’t top that.”

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Rachel Maddow also covering how Wisconsin & Michigan Republicans are continuing their 2020 election review after pressure from Velveeta Voldemort. Uh, WHY is GOP genuflecting before a loser?

MLB said today that teams may carry as many as 14 pitchers from May 2-29, a change the league said was “for player health purposes.”

Translation, gosh, a short spring training has resulted in more than normal pitching injuries. Who knew?

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Wait, the SF Giants won and the LA Dodgers lost on the same day?!! What time does the Devil’s ice rink open?

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As a New Orleans Saints fan I can relate to pain. But was it less awful for Minnesota Timberwolves fans tonight only blowing a 13 point lead in the 4th quarter, instead of a 25 point lead in the 3rd?

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Personally, my sense of Elon Musk is that he’s too narcissistic to have a political ideology that focuses on anyone but himself. But it has to have occurred to him that most of the people who buy Teslas are blue voters…

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Rand Paul was arguing this morning that Georgia, Ukraine & Moldova “were part of Russia.” So is he proposing the USA returns to Great Britain? God save the Queen!

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Now VP Kamala Harris plus Senators Ron Wyden along with Chris Murphy positive for COVID. So are Republican Senators not getting COVID? Or are they not testing?

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I’d take this faux outrage from Republican officials on higher prices more seriously if a single one of them also were openly outraged about record corporate profits.

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For the second time in a year, Madison Cawthorn was cited for a gun at an airport in his carry on bag. He’s also been stopped twice for driving with a revoked license. If he were black, he’d be in jail. Or dead.

Looking again like MLB wild card teams may come out of the NL West, as the division now has four of seven best teams in NL.

On the other hand, looking at the Arizona Diamondbacks has to make fans of the Premier League (or Ted Lasso), think about relegation.

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Apparently some Brewers fans were taunting Joc Pederson before and during his 8th inning AB today in Milwaukee.

To quote Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman “Big mistake, Huge.” (like 435 feet big – Joc’s home run was off the facing of the upper deck)

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Hah, SF Giants manager Gabe Kapler talking about how big Luis Gonzalez’s first major league (and game-winning) home run was “and added that the upper deck shot was “aesthetically pleasing.” Yeah, I love words. And I love having a baseball manager who casually drops the word “aesthetically.”

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So there is no New York nor Los Angeles team left in the NBA playoffs. No punchline…I just enjoy writing that.

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Velveeta Voldemort today said he and Melania congratulated Elon Musk on his deal to acquire Twitter, and then attacked Jimmy Kimmel, Rosie O’Donnell, and other ‘menopausal’ women. Uh, has someone told him how old his current wife is?

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As all these texts come out of GOP lawmakers & Velveeta Voldemort inner circle texting Mark Meadows on January 6 — for some reason none them say anything in the moment about thinking it’s Antifa…

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“I’m going to leave Twitter because it’s going to be owned by a narcissistic billionaire” – Millions of Americans who will try to assuage their pain with retail therapy on Amazon.

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On Twitter today, some of the same right-wing people who are convinced Velveeta Voldemort cares about them are also convinced Elon Musk cares about them. Here’s a hint folks, google “Narcissistic Personality Disorder..”

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Fox News’ Jesse Watters now says he was joking Apr 11 when he claimed he’d deflated tires of colleague he wanted to date while still married to his 1st wife. He said he didn’t respond earlier because he was indisposed with a hurt back. Speaking of a joke. 2 words. Yeah. Right.

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Lawrence O’Donnell talking to Orange County Tax collector tonight -. who explains how local property taxes will have to go up 20-25% – because Reedy Creek (Disney) won’t be now paying $163 million in taxes. And SALT taxes no longer deductible. Why do Republicans hate Americans?

You know all those jokes about what a dog does if it actually catches a car? Wondering if Musk buying Twitter is going to be like that.

For all those who thought Super Bowl week was too much hype.. It’s now NFL Draft week

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Thinking if President Biden wants absolute bipartisan approval for something he could issue an executive order firing umpire Angel Hernandez.

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But really, with all the polarization in this country can we at least get bipartisan agreement on one thing? Angel Hernandez should NOT still be employed as a major league umpire. Heck, Angel Hernandez should not even be a Little League umpire.

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With Mike Yastrzemski on the COVID IL, SF Giants manager Gabe Kapler decided to try Joc Pederson as his leadoff man. Think it’s safe to say the experiment looks like a success.

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You don’t have to think Emmanuel Macron is a perfect leader to be thrilled he won just re-election against Marine Le Pen. Sometimes it really is a vote for good vs evil. Or more specifically, democracy vs authoritarianism.

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Apparently Marine Le Pen breeds cats professionally. So in the spirit of bipartisanism, and as a cat lover I would like to wish her the best for the next several decades with her cat breeding business.

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Hey media downplaying today’s election between Macron and Le Pen. 58.8% to 40.6% Those numbers, while close, are NOT from France. They were Reagan’s margin over Mondale in 1984 and you called it a landslide.

Newt Gingrich, a man who cheated on his first wife while she had cancer. married his mistress and cheated on her as his second wife with his third wife, is upset that Elizabeth Warren called Kevin McCarthy a liar. Okay then.

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United Airlines is actually cancelling some flights out of Johannesberg this week due to fuel supply Issues. But explain to me how gas prices are all President Biden’s fault?

Marine Le Pen has conceded the election to Emmanuel Macron. Waiting for Velveeta Voldemort to attack her as a loser for that.

So is NY Times going to send reporters over to rural French cafes to interview Le Pen supporters?

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On top of all the insanity with Velveeta Voldemort and Q-Anon cult members, has anyone reminded them that JFK Jr, even if he rose from the dead, would still be an unabashed liberal?

After forgetting to hit publish the other night.. back on semi-schedule.

Give Kyrie Irving credit. He’s probably single-handedly created more Celtics fans than anyone outside of Boston.

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Apparently Nationals were upset SF Giants manager Gabe Kapler had runner try to score from 1st in 9th w/ 6 run lead Friday night.

Uh, remember 2002? – Giants had 5-0 lead in 7th of Game 6 of World Series vs Angels.

Or 2016? 3 run lead in 9th in NLDS game 5 vs Cubs?

Or the Cardinals last July with a 6-1 lead on the Cubs into the bottom of the ninth and Chicago came back to win.

Bullpens happen.

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For fans of non-political intrigue, a court just rejected Yankees’ appeal to keep a 2017 letter sealed from MLB commissioner Rob Manfred to GM Brian Cashman that allegedly documented NY’s sign-stealing scheme. Pass the overpriced popcorn.

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Yankees fans in right-field bleachers pelted Guardians outfielders w/ bottles, cans etc after NY’s 5-4 walk-off comeback win against Cleveland today. Media would call them thugs, but w/ price of tickets & beer at Yankee Stadium most of these jerks were probably wealthy & white.

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SNL was off this week.. But how much would we all love to see a skit with Cecily Strong playing Marjorie Three Names at her hearing yesterday/

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Asked about when the January 6 insurrection started – “We thought it was Antifa dressed up as Trump supporters.” And Marjorie Three Names says that with a straight face.

But Marge’s top response? – “I don’t recall.”

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You know who didn’t need to keep saying “I don’t recall” despite 11 hours of testimony? Hillary Clinton

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So with this “T-Mobile for Business” ad when do all these obnoxious people singing “I want it now” get turned into giant blueberries?

RIP Orrin Hatch. Remembering his friendship with Ted Kennedy & all the bills he ended up doing together. After Ted’s death, Orrin said ” ‘When we did agree, everyone turned to get out of the way. They thought if Kennedy and Hatch can get it together, it must be good.”

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Looking at those pictures of parents who took their children to Ron DeSantis’s signing ceremony and made them applaud his attacks on Disney. Shouldn’t that count as child abuse?

France votes for their President tomorrow. While those of us who believe in democracy are rooting for Macron, note, France votes on Sunday! How much better might it be for democracy in US if we put election day on a weekend? Or better yet, made election day a national holiday!

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Really don’t care if Madison Cawthorn wears women’s lingerie on a cruise or under his suit on the House floor. But imagine if similar pictures appeared yesterday of ANY Democratic member of Congress.

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Mike Pence’s “I’m not getting in that car” is chilling. But these words from Jamie Raskin should be equally chilling ” his was not a coup directed at the president. “It was a coup directed by the president against the vice president and against the Congress.”

Milwaukee Bucks’ Khris Middleton will miss two weeks due to a sprained knee. Fortunately, assuming the Bucks get past the Bulls, there are still about eight weeks left in the NBA playoffs.

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Might be one of the strangest NBA box scores you will ever see:

By quarters.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES – 21- 23 -23 – 37 – 104

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES – 39 – 12 – 32 – 12 – 95

How do you score 71 in 2 quarters, & 24 in the other 2?

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Stephen Colbert talks about the DeSantis-Mouse feud, and points out that not only is Disney the largest private employer in the state but also “Disney is also the only reason anyone goes to Florida.”

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Well, since DeSantis insists Disney is a California company maybe Walt Disney World can give California visitors a residents’ discount while they start charging Floridians full price.

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Rachel Maddow tonight quotes new book”This Will Not Pass” saying Mitch McConnell told advisers on January 11 at least SEVENTEEN Republicans would vote to impeach Velveeta Voldemort.” So who got to Moscow Mitch & some of those senators and how much did they pay?

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DeSantis’s bill to strip Disney of its special status doesn’t go into effect until 2023. So a new Governor can issue an executive order overturning the bill. Ron just handed Florida Democrats a campaign issue in 2022.

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For those who know anyone insisting Disney should have nothing to do with gay rights – a reminder, the lyrics to “Beauty and the Beast,” along with those to “The Little Mermaid,” were written by Howard Ashman. Who died of AIDS in 1991.

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Remember “Miracle on 34th Street” when the judge’s grandchildren won’t go near him because they hear he’s going to put Santa Claus in jail? Wonder how Ron DeSantis’s kids are going to react when they find out he’s attacking Mickey Mouse?

In all seriousness, Disney is going to be just fine. Maybe they’ll do more expansion in California or another state. But black voters in Florida are being royally screwed by DeSantis and that should be getting more headlines.

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Couldn’t stand Dick Cheney and never was a fan of Liz, but i wouldn’t bet against her in a bar fight. And I sure as heck wouldn’t try to attack her personally.

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Russia has decided to ban more than 2 dozen US citizens from traveling to Russia. As a travel agent, I am not sure there are 2 dozen US citizens right now who WANT to travel to Russia.

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Today’s GOP – Judy Blume’s “Forever” describes a fictional consensual sexual relationship in high school. Let’s ban it.

Also today’s GOP – A guy is credibly accused of actual sexual assault in high school. Let’s put him on the Supreme Court.

For Military Appreciation day at Nationals Park in Washington DC, the Army sent a plane from Joint Base Andrews with the Golden Knights parachute team on board for a flyover pre-game landing.

Except someone at FAA forgot to tell Capitol Police, and the plane flying around the area triggered an evacuation of the US Capitol ended up briefly evacuated.

Nancy Pelosi in a statement said the FAA’s failure “to notify Capitol Police of the pre-planned flyover Nationals Stadium is outrageous and inexcusable.”

The FAA did not respond to a request for comment. Presumably because they were busy figuring out who to fire?

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San Diego Padres now first team to announce a deal for ads on 2023 uniforms, as they’ll wear patch with a Motorola logo. Teams like Baltimore Orioles have to wonder, how much could they be paid not to wear a logo on their uniform?

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Only hit for Shohei Ohtani today was by Astros catcher Jason Castro. Almost 10 years ago, SF Giants fans might remember the last batter on June 13, 2012 was also Jason Castro. Only that night Castro grounded out…and Matt Cain had a perfect game.

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Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, Velveeta Voldemort appointed judge who overturned the mask mandate, is married to Chad Mizelle, a Stephen Miller crony & former DHS general counsel who once represented Tom Brady in appealing his Deflategate suspension. Scumbags of a feather.

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Seriously ESPN? NBA playoffs underway, MLB in full swing… and the top headline on your website is “Bucs ignoring Dolphins ‘chatter’ around Brady” I really don’t care, do U?

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Delta Airlines has walked back their statement “COVID-19 has become an ordinary seasonal virus.”

Today’s effort: COVID-19 “transitions to a more manageable respiratory virus — with better treatments, vaccines & other scientific measures to prevent serious illness.”

#WannaGetAway

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Since the media SO loves to both sides everything, what about “both sides-ing” the fact that President Biden quietly and with no drama released his tax returns this week?

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All you need to know about how completely FUBARed with celebrity culture in America is hearing that Rudy Guiliani was on the Masked Singer.

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Rick Scott wants to raise taxes on the middle class.

Ron DeSantis is trying to destroy Disney.

Makes you wonder what Marco Rubio will feel compelled to do to keep up.

#FloridaMan

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What if Walt Disney World builds a wall around themselves…. And makes Florida pay for it?

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Most of Florida Governor’s actions (anti-women’s rights, anti-LBGTQ, anti-public school, anti-Disney, anti-democracy ) are being done with eye towards running for President in 2024. So what Ron DeSantis is telling us – authoritarism & hate have become GOP brand,

Had forgotten that Senator Mike Lee of Utah was on Velveeta Voldemort’s original 2016 list of potential SCOTUS justices..

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French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen actually wants to ban Muslim headscarves in French public spaces. Uh, I’m a pretty secular white woman of half-Christian half-Jewish heritage and that would make me want to wear a head scarf in solidarity.

Tom Brady said after he retired Feb 1, he spent time with his wife and kids and reflected on his decision to leave football behind. He said he still had a “love of the game” and started to get the feeling that he should still be playing.

Possible translation – didn’t take long for Giselle to be tired of having him around the house.

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Well, at least tonight Dodgers fans can’t complain about Dave Roberts not letting Clayton Kershaw go deeper into the game. (He gave up 4 ER in 5 innings.)

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Hasn’t taken long for the good and bad teams in MLB to differentiate – as of right now both the Giants and Dodgers, individually, have won as many games as the Diamondbacks, Reds and Rangers put togethre.

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SCOTUS today declined to hear a challenge brought by NY & nine other states to GOP 2017 tax law’s $10,000 state & local tax (SALT) deduction cap. Short version: States rights matter to this court, unles they’re blue states

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Leaving Twitter aside, Elon Musk claimed in a TED Talk that one-way tickets on his SpaceX rockets to Mars are a “doable” cost – that ‘almost anyone’ could save up $100,000. Tell me again how billionaires need to keep their tax cuts?

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So since all these airlines immediately dropped their mask mandates with zero notice to allow passengers to make a choice, I hope they allow travelers who bought nonrefundable tickets & now don’t feel safe to make the choice to get refunds.

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Just pointing out, while mask mandate on planes was probably on way out in 2 weeks anyway, the Florida judge who overturned it is 33 years old, one of Velveeta Voldemort’s last appointees, & ABA sent letter to judiciary saying she was not qualified. Judges matter.

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Elizabeth Warren today – “If Republicans want to use the filibuster to block policies that Americans broadly support, we should also force them to take those votes in plain view,” Agree, 100% When Senate returns next week let’s start with the $35 a month price cap on insulin!

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Kevin McCarthy has proven himself unable to protect American democracy. I don’t give a flying fig newton what he thinks President Biden should do in Ukraine.

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My college major focused on Tudor England. In 16th century, while Henry VIII broke from the Pope, he was against Bibles in English. Because he & church didn’t want average people being able to read the Bible & thus making their own judgments. Feels a lot like what’s happening in Florida.

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So how long until Ron DeSantis removes biology books from Florida schools that teach evolution?

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Wonder what GOP and conservative media would be saying if Saudis had given so much as a few thousand dollars to Hunter Biden.

Now that the 7-2 SF Giants are have as good a record as anyone in baseball, how much will ESPN drop them in this week’s power ranking?

Boston Red Sox “expect to be without multiple unvaccinated players for an upcoming series against Toronto Blue Jays in Canada.” Red Sox were last MLB team to integrate their organization, in 1959, 12 YEARS after Jackie Robinson started for the Dodgers. Plus ca change…

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So we now have an NBA playoffs without both the Lakers and the Clippers. And last just December they changed their arena name from “Staples Center” to “Crypto. com Arena.” Coincidence?-

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Florida banned 54 of 132 math textbooks, and a staggering 71% of submitted textbooks for grades K-5. for alleged CRT and “indoctrination.” State won’t give examples of what books said. Anyone researched who wrote/published books that DID get approved? And who they donated to?-

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Wonder if a pollster asked some of these DeSantis disciples if Florida schools should teach about multicellular organisms?

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No longer have a child in school, but with all these GOP Governors demanding parents have role in their children’s education, why aren’t moderate and liberal parents speaking up and demanding their kids be taught actual history and have access to all the books they want?

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Went to high school during a time when many of us envied the most popular girls who tanned with baby oil and aluminum foil. But even in our craziest days we never thought of tanning testicles.

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Some conservrative media saying how Texas Governor Abbott was praised by others in GOP after sending buses with asylum applications to the US Capitol. Funny, they don’t mention praise for his border closure stunt that’s resulted in rotting produce AND food shortages.

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Have known for a while that many Americans cannot name their own member of Congress or Senator. But on both sides of the aisle, increasingly struck by how some of the biggest names nationally are often those who get the least done.

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Former EPA head Scott Pruitt has filed to run for Senate in Oklahoma. Maybe he’s run out of all his pilfered Ritz Carlton lotion and needs an excuse to return to DC regularly?

Considering that Putin would rather destroy Ukraine & its people rather than surrender or say he was wrong, why is anyone surprised that a GOP led by Putin’s puppet would make Americans suffer rather than let President Biden look good?

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If Senator Mike Lee had just slapped someone would the media be paying attention to his texts?