Left Coast Sports Babe

All the awful things Donald has done and now I have to add the trivial “Make me grudgingly say ANYTHING nice about the cheating Patriots’ head coach…” Patriots head coach Bill Belichick says he’s turning down Trump’s Medal of Freedom.

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So is Velveeta Voldemort going to try to get Tom Brady next to accept that slightly tainted Presidential Medal of Freedom?

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As a college football fan who boycotted season because I didn’t think they should have played, would have nonetheless felt a bit wistful if I missed watching a great playoff game. Fortunately that didn’t happen. Margins of victory were 17 & 21 points in semis, 28 points tonight.

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On Saturday, after the fatal insurrection at the Capitol, Kentucky basketball players and coach John Calipari knelt on the sideline before their game to protest social injustice.

And they were attacked on social media, one sheriff in the state burned Final Four commemorative t-shirts and some local politicians called for the University to be defunded.

Again, AFTER the mob stormed our Capitol. And we wonder how the state re-elected Mitch McConnell?

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So Rep. Lauren Boebert has made a big deal out of carrying a Glock for protection in the Capitol. Somehow I missed the pictures of her using that Glock to try to help protect her colleagues against the mob during the insurrection on January 6?

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Meanwhile, this sounds like something Belichick would dream up… and get away with: Jared Veldneer started for the Colts Saturday against the Bills, now due to some unusual COVID-19 restrictions (he was officially on the practice squad although he played,) Veldneer has been signed by the Packers and will play THIS Sunday in Green Bay.

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The Eagles have fired coach Doug Pederson. He is available for any team looking to tank 2021 season for the top 2022 NFL draft pick.

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Now three gorillas at San Diego Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19. Don’t throw out those batsh*t bingo cards.

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It takes about 10 days for COVID-19 vaccines to start taking effect. As two House Representatives already tested positive thanks to unmasked COVIDiots with them in lockdown, that decision to vaccinate all members of Congress is looking better and better.

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So Pence doesn’t think Donald has been unstable enough for 25th Amendment. If Trump’s mob had succeeded in injuring a member of Congress would that have been sufficient? Or would it have had to be murder? Or many murders? Asking for a country that is really tired of this sh*t.

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“They were hunting for lawmakers of both parties.” Ted Lieu on Rachel Maddow: Yes, the mob had top targets, but does anyone think they wouldn’t have attacked any member of Congress they didn’t recognize as part of their sedition caucus?

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CNN reports Donald does not think he should be blamed for the violence at his mob insurrection at the Capitol. Uh, has Trump ever accepted blame for ANYTHING?

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John Kasich says he’s glad that other Republicans have come on board in condemning Trump, but “we shouldn’t give medals to those who jump off the ship just before it hits the rocks.”

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One Capitol police officer has been arrested and two suspended. Can you say “tip of the iceberg?”

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Now close to 100 arrests for the coup attempt. As a former student of history in college, one thing I know that generally happens after insurrections – they arrest the LEADER if they can find him! Pretty sure we know where Donald is.

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So at least with the bans, Twitter hopes not to be known in future as the place where domestic terrorists are radicalized.

Buccaneers vs. Saints will be the late playoff game next Sunday night, starting 640p on the East Coast. Brady 43, against Brees, 42.

So a tough pre-game decision for both QBs – Early Bird Special dinner – or nap?

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Bears score TD on last play of game but with the clock having run out they don’t go for an extra point. (NFL rules say it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t affect the game.) Saints win by 12.

The spread was 11. If the Bears had scored with a few seconds left they either kick an extra point to make it a push (tie) or they go for two, making Chicago betters winners.

Why I don’t bet on football.

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PGA has now taken 2022 championship away from Trump Bedminster Course. If Donald cared about golf he’d be really upset about that.

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Makes a certain amount of sense that Velveeta Voldemort is giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bill Belichick. Belichick is one of our country’s top examples in successfully cheating to win.

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How can you remove a President with less than two weeks to go? I don’t know, how do you confirm a lifetime SCOTUS appointment that quickly?

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Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist left the GOP in 2010. Now he’s a trendsetter!

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On CNN today, Colin Powell, “I no longer consider myself a Republican.” Who’s next?

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So the same GOP clutching their pearls over a private social media company banning their leader. who still wants to overthrow democracy, have no problem with a private bakery refusing to bake cakes for gay couples who want to get married. Got it.

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Chris Christie is the latest previous Trump ally to call for impeachment. Who else still has the thought “Wonder what viciousness Donald will tweet about THAT? Oh wait, never mind.”

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Gab -“American alt-tech social networking service. Widely described as haven for extremists- neo-Nazis, white supremacists & alt-right, it attracts users & groups banned from other social networks” – Wikipedia Donald’s base. Wonder how many of them can afford to join Mar-A-Lago.

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Stripe is refusing to process payments for Trump’s campaign store. For anyone thinking Square, their rival, might step up to fill the breach – the CEO of Square is…. Jack Dorsey. (also CEO of Twitter.)

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Seriously Roy Blunt? “The president touched the hot stove on Wednesday and is unlikely to touch it again.” So this is the 2021 version of Susan Collins’ “I think he’s learned his lesson? WTF?

Early days. But the over-under on Spurs wins in Las Vegas for a 72 game season was 28.5. It is my serious non-snarky opinion that there is not a single NBA team Gregg Popovich couldn’t coach to 29 wins this season.

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The Washington Football Team, with an injured quarterback leader, AND a losing record, turns out to have had a much more legitimate chance than Velveeta Voldemort of pulling off an unexpected win this week.

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I already miss those long ago days when many of us could focus our outrage this weekend on #6 seed Buccaneers w/ Tom Brady getting to face the worst team in the NFL playoffs… You know, like last week?

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If we need a reminder of how sometimes we Democrats need to get together and strongly back our candidates in purple states/districts, I KNOW Claire McCaskill is a moderate who many in left-wing of party didn’t support. And when she lost Missouri got Josh Hawley.

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Airlines have names & personal details of many of those who traveled to Washington DC for Trump’s insurrection/coup and broke into the Capitol. Putting anyone arrested on a no-fly list would be a good measure towards ensuring the safety of all decent Americans.

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While he’s banned from most sites, has anyone checked to see if Trump is trying to sell the White House china on Ebay?

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On 3rd day in office, GOP Rep. Mary Miller, trying to block certification of Biden’s win- “This is the battle. Hitler was right on 1 thing. He said, ´Whoever has the youth has the future.” She now says some are “twisting her words.” As if there’s ANY decent way to quote Hitler.

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Just realizing, for all of us who have ever thought we had the “worst boss ever,” Trump’s trying to have Pence killed might have raised the bar out of reach forever.

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If one of that mob had actually injured a member of Congress or worse, do you think any of Velveeta Voldemort’s other elected cult members would have disowned him?

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So some in GOP are warning Biden that if Democrats proceed with impeachment it “would inflame Trump supporters.” Uh, “inflame” as opposed to what?

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Still think there was more outrage from Democrats over their President’s consensual affair than there has been from Republicans for their President’s fatal coup attempt.

Meanwhile, back in sports, Michigan signed football coach Jim Harbaugh to a five-year extension. To be fair this WAS the first year the Wolverines didn’t lose to Ohio State.

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RIP Tommy Lasorda. When SF Giants fans booed him loudly at Candlestick Park, he used to smile and tip his cap, seemed to love every minute of it. So I hope he’s getting a standing ovation of boos from Giants fans today in heaven.

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Friday should have been about Alex Trebek’s last episode on Jeopardy. His last words: “Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for spending the time with us. We’ll see you again next week.”

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Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski told Anchorage Daily News that Donald should resign and says if GOP is nothing more than the party of Trump, she questions whether she can remain a Republican.

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I disagree with Senator Lisa Murkowski on MANY things, but if she leaves the GOP now over them not disavowing Trump, I promise I will, even as a staunch Democrat, make a small donation to her re-election campaign. Who’s with me?

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Before the riots started on January 6, Oliver Darcy of CNN pointed out that Fox News showed Ted Cruz’s speech about election being “rigged”, but not Chuck Schumer’s speech preceding him, nor Amy Klobuchar’s rebuttal. And we wonder how people end up in the Trump cult.

So since Donald spent years convincing Americans it was the scariest threat they could imagine, can we start referring to Trump’s mob who attacked the Capitol as a “caravan?”

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Since we need to laugh – one of my favorite stories during this rough week is one MAGA rioter being fired, because he was identified by HIS WORK BADGE, which he wore while attacking and entering the Capitol.

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By now deleting his account, and his tweets from @POTUS accounts, Twitter has shown they actually mean to stand up to Donald Trump more than most of the GOP.

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Shouldn’t be hard to figure out Velveeta Voldemort’s alternative secret account. Look for a random account with 70 million new Russian bot followers.

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So how much will Donald up the prenup if Melania gives him her Twitter password?

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Now Ted Cruz says he has disagreed with Trump’s language and rhetoric for years. If Ted weren’t so unlikable that would be a great opener for a comedy routine.

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Rachel Maddow reports that Mitch McConnell says he would not convene an impeachment trial until January 19. So much for all those who praised Mitch’s “new tone” on January 6. Once a sycophant, always a sycophant.

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I’ve seen Joe Biden speak twice in person. To be honest, both times I thought he was kind of boring. Words cannot express how much I miss boring.

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Donald’s handling of COVID-19 will result in hundreds of thousands more deaths than shooting one person in the middle of 5th Avenue. But was the death of Brian Sicknick, a Capitol Police Officer, FINALLY enough to make some of his supporters abandon Trump?

And who had the San Antonio Spurs winning back to back games in January…. against the Clippers AND the Lakers.

Now all you liars put your hands down.

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Tennessee-Chattanooga today fired assistant football coach Chris Malone for a racist tweet mocking Stacey Abrams. I’m not so naive as to imagine there aren’t plenty of racists in sports, but to put it in a public tweet? That’s grounds for firing both for racism AND stupidity.

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Rachel Maddow says we’ve all aged 30 years in the last 4 years. Four years? Feels like we’ve all aged 30 years in the last four months.

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So is it too late to start a game of Trump Cabinet resignation bingo?

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So can you invoke the 25th Amendment if there aren’t enough Cabinet members left for a quorum? Asking for a really tired country.

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Not seeing this really discussed, but think HUGE reason Joe Biden waited to pick Garland – Merrick sits on important DC Court of Appeals. Garland would always have been an easy AG confirmation, but if Dems hadn’t won GA Senate, McConnell would’ve replaced him w/another unqualified right-winger like Justin Walker

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Dana Bash was talking about Donald Trump’s “new tone?” Please. The only new tone Donald ever has is when he switches brands of spray-tan.

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These last minute resignations from Trump administration remind me of Bruce Ismay. For the uninitiated, Ismay was Chairman of White Star Line, approved reduction from 48 to 16 lifeboats for Titanic, ignored ice warnings while aboard… & still ended up in one of last lifeboats.

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Betsy Devos followed Elaine Chao by resigning today. So looks like it’s going to be women first into the Trumptanic lifeboats.

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Give Betsy Devos credit. During her tenure as Secretary of Education, no children were killed by grizzly bears.

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Meanwhile, over on state TV here’s headline “Time to Heal – Trump condemns Capitol rioters, calls for calm, vows to ensure ‘seamless transition of power’ For some reason Fox didn’t cover trump telling rioters he loved them & they were special. Sure it’s just an oversight.

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Meanwhile, anyone remember how Velveeta Voldemort said we wouldn’t hear about COVID-19 starting Nov 4? After today, another almost 4,100 people will never hear about anything ever again.

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So Velveeta Voldemort is also going to Camp David for the weekend. One simple solution to this mess is to change the White House locks.

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Crooks and traitors are stupid alert: The man who stole the Speaker’s podium reportedly put it up for sale on eBay. (Ebay eventually removed the listening.) But I am sure prosecutors appreciate Ebay having all his contact information.

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Meanwhile, the death toll, so far, at yesterday’s attempted coup attempt was one more than Benghazi. So we should have AT LEAST as many hearings and investigations into it? And Donald, after he leaves office should have to testify the same as Hillary, right.

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Crickets from Velveeta Voldemort & many of his Congressional sycophants on the death of the Capitol Police Officer tonight. I guess I misunderstood – Blue Lives only Matter when they’re going after Black and Brown people?

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Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, hit in head w/ fire extinguisher by one of Trump’s MAGA mob, died tonight. His brother said he served in Operation Desert Shield & Operation Enduring Freedom. So he survived fighting foreign terrorism to be murdered by domestic terrorists.

Wednesday night, Bradley Beal set a career high with 60 points against 76ers, but his Wizards still lost 136-141.

So yet another time someone from Washington set a personal best and still came in second.

(Yes, 75 million votes also definitely loses to 81 million.)

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Bummer that the Spurs didn’t play Wednesday night. Really wanted someone to put a microphone in front of Gregg Popovich.

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DC Police said something like 52 arrests now. 52 arrests? As a long time #SFGiants fan I remember more than 15 arrests during an average Giants Dodgers game at Candlestick.

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“A selfish man’s injured pride” – Mitt Romney just summed up the reasons for this charade and for the riots in DC today.

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Once again, as a Stanford alum can I call upon the university to rescind Josh Hawley’s degree? Along with Yale Law School. Ditto Princeton and Harvard Law School with Ted Cruz.

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How do these house Republicans say they rise with “a heavy heart,” when they have clearly demonstrated they don’t HAVE a heart?

Wednesday night, 132 Republicans members of the House just voted against their own elections/re-elections this November being valid.

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Your reminder, and with all-caps since that’s the language some seem to understand: All the voting changes that Pennsylvania GOP cult members are railing against were PUT IN PLACE BY GOP PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.

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To paraphrase a quote about Charles I at his execution: Nothing in Mike Pence’s Vice Presidency so became him as presiding over the leaving of it.

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Nancy Pelosi and Mike Pence giving each other an elbow bump was unexpectedly somehow sweet. Don’t tell Mother.

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Donald had his account suspended for 12 hours today. You know, I always kind of thought the standards for keeping an active account on Twitter were lower than for keeping the nuclear codes.

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I’m so old I remember when some people thought it was an exaggeration to compare Trump to Hitler and Jim Jones.

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So the results are certified. Can we now call Trump and the GOP “The Gang that Couldn’t Coup Straight?

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One of many things to look forward to now in 2021 is that Mitch McConnell will HAVE to vote on Merrick Garland.

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I’m so old I remember watching live and thinking the most memorable part of Wednesday, January 6, might be Amy Klobuchar once again eviscerating Ted Cruz.

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I think for millions of Americans “Dry January” has just been canceled.

ESPN headline for my friends and readers who care nothing about sports “Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler loses U.S. Senate runoff race to Raphael Warnock.”

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So Kelly Loeffler, whose entire WNBA team, the Atlanta Dream publicly endorsed her opponent, has been voted out of the Senate. If she wants a team more fitting with her loser persona maybe she could buy the Atlanta Falcons.

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So there was a Heisman Trophy ceremony today?

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But sure, professional athletes are responsible enough to observe COVID-19 protocols- another other ESPN headline –

As the Browns approach their first playoff game in forever, Browns LT Jedrick Wills Jr and WR Rashard Higgins cited for drag racing (presumably each other) Tuesday am.

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Never been a big fan of reality TV, but at this point I do miss days when Kanye West and Kim Kardashian getting a divorce would have been the biggest story on social media.

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Not that I expected charges to have been filed in the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, who was unarmed. But seven shots. Just wonder if how many shots the officer might have had to fire for it to have been considered reckless or excessive?

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Meanwhile, if Kyle Rittenhouse were black he wouldn’t have been arraigned today either. He’d be dead.

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NY Times compares Mike Pence’s role on January 6 as that of an Academy Awards presenter reading the winner. Have to assume Donald is now frantically trying to replace VP Pence with Warren Beatty.

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Open note to @CNN. Want to guarantee I change the channel? Put Rick Santorum on.

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So will soon-to-be-former Senator Kelly Loeffler take her private plane to Washington DC to vote to support a coup by a soon-to-be-former President who probably hurt her re-election chances? Asking for a friend who needs to know how much popcorn to buy.

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Meanwhile, over on Fox News “Warnock declares victory in Georgia runoff, but Loeffler says she has ‘path to victory’” Does this mean Kelly got some inside tips on which stocks will do better in a Blue Senate?

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When hotels have rooms available last minute they tend to lower prices at least to be competitive: Washington DC hotels Jan 6 now almost all under $400. Except Trump hotel DC – STILL $5166.43 counting tax per night. Nonrefundable. This isn’t a hotel stay, it’s a donation.

Donald Trump saying he won many states because of rally sizes is like the Knicks saying they’ve won many NBA championships because they’ve always sold out Madison Square Garden.

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Former Wisconsin QB Jack Coan announced he is transferring to Notre Dame. Give him credit, in the ESPN story story announcing the transfer he doesn’t even pretend academics are involved.

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So after last night’s in game tank job can Philadelphia’s NFL team change their song to “Lie Down Like an Eagle?”

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Chargers fired coach Anthony Lynn after a 7-9 season. Clearly Lynn’s biggest mistake – not figuring out a way to move the team to the NFC East.

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Liz Cheney on Raffensperger tape ” It was deeply troubling, & I think everybody ought to listen to the full hour of it. I think it’s deeply troubling & I’m just going to leave it at that.” As if Donald hasn’t done enough awful things, now I have to grudgingly respect Liz Cheney?

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Thomas Friedman nails a question with Anderson Cooper about Trump sycophants desperately seeking his favor: “Does someone like Josh Hawley think Donald will endorse him over Don Jr? Or Ivanka.

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Before the Georgia rally Hannity on Fox News talking about what a crime it is that Hillary hasn’t been prosecuted for her emails and how corrupt the FBI has been. And we wonder why cult members think the way they do…

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David Perdue says RECORDING Trump’s call with Raffensperger was “disgusting”, not the call itself. So I’ve clearly missed all Perdue’s outrage over the wrongs done to Richard Nixon.

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Learn something every day – Georgia’s wiretapping law is “one-party consent” law for purposes of making audio recordings of conversations. Not a crime to secretly record phone call from any private place” if one party to conversation consents. #TrumpTape

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Dear Joe Biden. Can you give Gabriel Sterling a medal? Sincerely, America.

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This isn’t getting enough attention. An aide to Georgia SoS Raffensperger on why they recorded call with Trump: “Lindsey Graham asked us to throw out legally cast ballots. So yeah, after that call, we decided maybe we should do this.”

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Video now of Kelly Loeffler campaigning this weekend at an indoor mask-less rally.Well, as a Senator she’s been vaccinated. So I guess COVID-19 to her is like insider trading… different rules apply to her.

Is it a requirement if you are a woman in Velveeta Voldemort’s orbit that you have to speak in a breathy little girl voice? Asking for adult women in this country.

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Listening to Donald throw him under the bus Georgia Governor Brian Kemp must almost be wishing he hadn’t suppressed all those votes and just let Stacey Abrams rightfully win the 2018 race.

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Amy Klobuchar on with Rachel Maddow Monday night said both North Dakota senators have come out saying they are not joining the coup.

That statement shouldn’t ever have to be written. The election is over and has been over for a long time. But good news.

If Donald really wanted someone to hand him a win in Pennsylvania he should have just hired Doug Pederson.

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As annoyed as NY Giants must be at Eagles tanking against Washington, the Giants would be more deserving of sympathy if their record was better than 6-10.

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Sorry Donald, only in the NFL do you have a chance to be in Washington DC and win with a losing record.

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Minnesota Vikings beat the Detroit Lions 37-35 to finish 7-9, and QB Kirk Cousins said afterwards “We were really close to being in the playoffs.”

Well, close as in geographically Minneapolis really is East of Dallas, so technically could have been in the NFC East.

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Fox News headline: “Trump urges Georgia election official to overturn Biden’s win in the state: report.”

Also Fox News headline: “McCarthy lays into Pelosi and Dems for being out of touch with reality.”

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So who’s going to be the first Republican who calls Donald’s conversation with Raffensperger “locker room banter?”

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At this point if Trump calls and you don’t record the conversation, you’re an idiot. Period.

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For some reason this story came to mind today: In 1958, then Senator John F. Kennedy claimed at Gridiron Club Dinner to be reading a telegram from his father “Dear Jack: Don’t buy a single vote more than necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.”

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Not sure which mistake looks worse now…. Missouri voting out Claire McCaskill for Josh Hawley, or Texas reelecting Ted Cruz when they could have had Beto O’Rourke.

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Ted Cruz, when asked about #TrumpTape – “I get the media wants to report all sorts of things and get everyone distracted by whatever else is going on.” I forget, exactly how many times did Cruz try to investigate Hillary’s emails and Benghazi?

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Reports that Mitch McConnell told GOP senators that he is giving them room to vote their consciences on election objections. All together now – “WHAT CONSCIENCES?”

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Apparently Chuck Todd cut short Ron Johnson’s appearance on “Meet The Press” today, & accused the WI Senator of spreading conspiracy theories. Uh, if Todd didn’t want Johnson to spread conspiracy theories, why have him on the show at all?

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On July 4, 2018, eight GOP Senators visited Moscow. Three of them were Steve Daines (MT), John Kennedy (LA) and Ron Johnson (WI). Coincidence?

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Worst thing about Cynthia Lummis and Marsha Blackburn – . they keep the rest of us women from being able to put most of what’s wrong to politics down to stupid men.

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The 12 GOP Senate traitors backing Trump do realize that Velveeta Voldemort not only won’t thank them, but also he will throw every single one of them under the bus at some point when they are no longer useful to him?

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Your reminder, more Democrats condemned Bill Clinton over a consensual affair than Republicans are condemning Donald Trump’s efforts to destroy democracy.

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Last fall, Mary Trump warned us.

In 2016 Hillary Clinton warned us.

They were right about everything.

Boycotting watching college football this season (don’t think they should be playing), but do check scores. Who’d a thunk Notre Dame, outclassed as usual in CFP, would still lose by less to Alabama than Clemson did to Ohio State?

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Not an Ohio State fan, at all, But with Dabo Swinney having ranked them 11th with his vote in the Coaches Amway poll, where does that put Clemson, after the Buckeyes beat the Tigers 49-28? 13th or 14th?

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Nothing is certain but death, taxes and Notre Dame getting blown out in the College Football Playoffs.

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San Antonio Spurs tonight have all kinds of cool colored shoes to match their new retro Fiesta jerseys that feature a multicolored stripe – teal, pink and orange… Not sure how I feel about the jerseys, but the shoes are awesome.

Hey, No Fun League… take note.

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Can we bleeping STOP with the idea that Trump wanted or wants $2,000 COVID relief checks. If Donald did he would have ordered Mnuchin to negotiate for them. The only thing Velveeta Voldemort wanted was to blow up the compromise bill and put attention back on himself.

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So some in media complaining today that Biden’s Treasury Secretary pick Janet Yellen made $7.2 million in speaking fees over past two years.

Uh, almost all US former politicians and leaders end up commanding big money on the speaker circuit. Even former Presidents and VPs. Wonder why it’s only people like Hillary Clinton and Janet Yellen that get slammed for it?

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Ohio governor Mike DeWine signed a bill from the GOP legislature requiring women to choose burial or cremation of aborted fetal tissue.

Okay then…being a woman I can’t quite relate, but I want to know where men and teenage boys should bury or burn the sheets after some of those dreams I hear about.

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Wonder who drew the short straw and got to explain the concept of overturning a veto to Donald Trump?

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On Friday, one of Donald’s tweet targets was Senate Whip John Thune…( I really don’t care, do u? )

But note, Thune is only 59. GOP at least seems to have figured out all their leadership doesn’t need to be over 70.

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It’s not just that Velveeta Voldemort has Twitter typos. It’s that he’s too arrogant even to be corrected by spellcheck.

Louie Gohmert’s lawsuit argued VP has the power to pick the next president. If that were true don’t you think Joe Biden would have picked Hillary Clinton?

Not watching college football in 2020-21 season, because I while I think NFL players are both old enough and well paid enough to make those decisions for themselves, college athletes are both not paid (officially anyway) and too young /immature to make potentially life risking decisions re covid:.

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But doesn’t mean I can’t write jokes about New Year’s Day CFP games. Stay tuned.

(It’s easier if you really don’t like any of the teams playing.)

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And following the Armed Forces Bowl in Ft Worth, Mississippi State and Tulsa players got into an actual physical brawl. Only one injury. So far. At least the contact tracing should be easy.

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I’m so old that I remember when Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s death in that helicopter crash was the worst thing about 2020.

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One advantage to virtual New Year’s Eve. Never a line for the bathroom.

“There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.” Bette Davis – who died in 1989,

But this could have been a quote of the year in 2020.

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NY Times reporting that distribution is going so badly several million COVID-19 vaccine doses could well expire before they can be put to use. Sadly, why should we expect ANYTHING Trump administration does be done competently?

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Just guessing this New Year we won’t be blindly writing 2020 by mistake on our checks.

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CNN reports as many as 140 GOP members of the House may vote against certifying electoral college results. So if the November election was invalid, when are they all resigning?

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For those of us wondering what political campaigns to work on next, any Democrat running against one of 140 House members who reportedly support Velveeta Voldemort’s electoral college steal, would be a good start.

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WTF? Reports that in Lexington, KY, “suspicious” RV sighting, which turned out not to contain a bomb, caused police to evacuate bars downtown. So what exactly were people DOING in bars downtown? Seriously folks, let’s try to make survival a goal in 2021.

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New Year’s Eve is a strange time to be a night owl. Almost everyone is up until midnight. And almost everyone is asleep by 12:30am.

Tonight Becky Hammon, who is all of 5’6″, became the first woman to coach an NBA game. After Gregg Popovich got tossed, pointed at her, and told her “You’ve got ’em.” The Spurs were playing the Lakers, and were down 11 when Pop got ejected in the second quarter. They only lost by three so overall she did better than he did.-

And Lebron James, doing his hard to hate persona –  “Tonight was a case where she got to step in and show her work, show her talents and her love for the game, and obviously, what she did as a player, first of all, we all know that. So her mind was able to transfer to our league, and she’s been great ever since she got in. It’s a beautiful thing just to hear her barking out calls, barking out sets, and she’s very passionate about the game, so congrats to her and congrats to the league.”

Becky of course, said she’d have rather walked out of there with a win.

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Meanwhile, in one of the most 2020 sports stories ever, the Wisconsin Badgers actually made it to a bowl game, the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, won the game, got the trophy – made of Lenox Crystal. And then while celebrating the win in the locker room, yes, their star QB DROPPED it.

Can we call this Cinco de Mayo trophy?

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John Cornyn today asks -“Remind me, why would we want to borrow $$ from our children & grandchildren to send a check to someone who hasn’t suffered financial hardship related to #COVID19”? Uh, why should we borrow from them to give a tax cut to someone who didn’t need a tax cut?

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Mitch McConnell says the Senate “won’t be bullied” on stimulus checks. Pretty rich considering that Mitch is basically the Biff Tannen of Senate politics.

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Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue have been against ANY stimulus checks since April, now they claim, without explanation for their change of heart, that $600 isn’t enough.

I almost like their lies about insider trading better.

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500 doses of Moderna vaccine had to be thrown away in Wisconsin after being removed from refrigeration. While it was originally called “human error,” hospital said today employee admitted to doing it intentionally & has been fired. Wonder who that former employee voted for?

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Police are now saying they did “everything they could, legally” to investigate 2019 tip that Nashville bomber was building explosives. Explosives! Wasn’t it a tip simply about drugs that led Louisville police to break into Breonna Taylor’s apartment?

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WTF Missouri? – Going from Senator Claire McCaskill to Senator Josh Hawley is like giving up your seat in business class for the middle seat in coach next to the lavatories.

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F*ck 2020. Now Dawn Wells, 82, Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island, has died of COVID. 2020 really has been a “three-hour tour” of a year.

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Americans making up to $75,000 a year getting $2,000 in a pandemic is an abomination, but millionaires getting a tax cut is patriotic? The Gospel according to today’s GOP.

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Bright shiny object alert: So far at least media is paying more attention to Senator Josh Hawley’s planned seditious stunt than to Senator Amy Klobuchar, ranking member on rules committee, calmly explaining the stunt will waste time but won’t ultimately matter.

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Another reason we need more women in office – the best women politicians right now recognize Velveeta Voldemort’s wild actions right now for what they are…. a more than month long tantrum. And the best way to deal with a tantrum is not to take the toddler too seriously.

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CNN’s Don Lemon asks Amy Klobuchar about those in GOP still contesting election -“How much more proof do they need?” Her response: They’re just messing around, because they’re afraid of Donald Trump.” or as she calls Donald in my favorite of Amy’s descriptions of him “this guy.”

Is part of reason Donald is returning to DC early that he realized today he can always hang out at Mar-A-Lago but he has to be out of White House in 3 weeks?

Saying that masks don’t work because people still get COVID-19 is like saying seatbelts don’t work because people still die in car crashes.

Apparently there were two more bowl games tonight?

Unless your alma mater is playing, in 2020 does anyone really care?

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Random thought. The NBA season is very young. But there appear to be some very bad teams.

Wonder if the Washington Wizards could beat the Washington Generals?

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Arizona’s men’s basketball program has self-imposed a one-year postseason ban, stemming from an investigation into their recruiting. Translation- this year barely counts and Arizona hopes NCAA will accept their false contrition and not notice they deserve worse.

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Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, 41, died tonight of COVID-19. While he never identified publicly as a huge football fan, the New Orleans Saints tweeted out condolences

That moment when an NFL team acts more Presidential than POTUS.

https://t.co/lSzHBALVTH—
New Orleans Saints (@Saints) December 30, 2020

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Meanwhile, more from Florida Gov Ron DeSantis, who has prioritized anyone 65 & older, even part-time Florida residents, over essential workers for COVID vaccine, said it makes “no sense for someone that’s 42 to jump ahead of somebody that’s 70 years old.” Luke Letlow was 41.

The evening that a 41 year old newly-elected congressman from Louisiana who aligned himself with Trump died of COVID, Donald was up tweeting until 2a. Not to send condolences to Luke Letlow’s family, but to rant again, about fake voter fraud..

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The fact that Pedialyte is trending on twitter as an advance cure for hangovers and that Cardi B is involved tells you much of what you need to know about 2020.

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If any Republican really wanted $2,000 checks for Americans all they would have to do is get a couple colleagues to join them in temporarily becoming Democrats, put Schumer in charge for a day, pass bill, then switch back to GOP. IF they really wanted to give Americans the $$$.

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Bill Clinton’s law license was suspended and he was forced to resign from Supreme Court bar over lying about a consensual affair. Meanwhile Trump’s legal team keeps on filing insane challenges, including to Supreme Court & keeps losing. When do they get suspended or disbarred?

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Is anyone surprised that the same man who blamed the states for all his own failure with ventilators, testing, etc, is now blaming states for his failure with vaccine distribution?

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Gambino mob boss Peter Gotti lost a second bid for compassionate release so he says “he can spend his final days with family.” If Gotti had only made a big enough donation to Donald Trump he’d have been free for Christmas.

While most hotels in town are discounting, hotel rooms at Trump Hotel Wash. DC on Jan. 5 & 6, when Congress certifies Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, are going for $4495.00 a night plus tax & up. So how many rooms does someone have to book to get a pardon?

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Still just love this Saints Alvin Kamara mismatched green and red Christmas cleats story. Apparently sometimes the NFL demands inappropriate equipment be removed during games. But the officials let him play.

The rules say players can be told to remove inappropriate equipment if it’s a safety risk, and the cleats looked fine on that count. OR players can be told they have to change if there is a “branding issue” – translation – a LOGO on the shoes of any nonapproved brand.

But just plain red and green shoes… those were left for the standard league discipline process – ie a fine. Stay tuned.

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Meanwhile, Patriots now 6-9 and missing NFL playoffs for first time since 2008. Of course, to be fair, if New England were in NFC East instead of AFC East they’d be in contention for a division title.

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Lori Loughlin served more time in prison than Michael Flynn.

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If Kelly Loeffler does get sent to prison for insider trading can Lori Loughlin play her in the Lifetime made-for-tv movie?

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Apparently the suicide bomber in Nashville said the world “was never going to forget me.” While his cowardly act will cause USA to look at preventing domestic terrorism in future, can we start forgetting him personally, and never using his name, now?

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And where was the Nashville terrorist radicalized?

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Brian Kelly complaining Notre Dame has nothing to prove in CFP “Don’t know why narrative continues to pop up when we’re always in the game.” Uh, maybe since Fighting Irish usually get blown out in biggest bowl games? (Most recently, 2018 they lost 30-3 to Clemson in CFP semis)

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So many trying to figure out what Velveeta Voldemort’s plan was when he blew up the COVID relief deal last week. Do we really expect a toddler has a rational plan when he throws a tantrum?

44 GOP House Reps joined Democrats today passing $2,000 CASH act by 275-134 vote. Wonder how much those 134 who voted no overlap with the 126 who joined Trump in trying to overturn the election?

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Wonder if someone in the Senate can figure out a way to add $2,000 stimulus check bill on to confirmation of one of McConnell’s pet judges? THEN Mitch would call for a vote on it.

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Trump did finally sign COVID relief bill, but $600 checks have been delayed, along probably with unemployment benefits and many other things. The bill was terribly imperfect and $600 isn’t much, but several provisions were targeted to especially needy recipients, including an eviction moratorium. Which meant that millions of Americans were terrified over the holidays. Speaking of a War on Christmas.

And more on that “War on Christmas,” just got a first class letter (containing a check) mailed from Houston to California on Dec 3, 2020. No marks, rips or tears or anything on the envelope. Just a 25 day delay. Thank you Donald Trump & Louis DeJoy.

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As insane as the last 50 plus days have been, and as insane as the next 24 days may be…. imagine what might be happening if we had elected Velveeta Voldemort to four more years….

Even if COVID doesn’t further disrupt NFL season, the postseason could end up quintessentially 2020:.

Indianapolis Colts could end up 11-5 and miss the playoffs. NY Giants could end up 6-10 and make the playoffs.

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Random thought once again, so often NFL teams do a great job with their two minute offense, you wonder why they don’t run it most of the game?

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Clippers lost to Mavericks today 124 to 73. 51 points(!) That’s such a resounding loss that these days you half expect Los Angeles to call for a recount.

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Lower COVID-19 fatality counts over holiday weekend. But sorry, this wasn’t “Death Takes a Holiday.” More like “Death reporting takes a holiday.”

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Meanwhile Fox News headline “Chicago violence: 7 killed, 27 shot on Christmas weekend.”

If you go into the story they talk about a shooting on South Chicago, then add “there was a separate shooting in Rockford, Ill., on Saturday that resulted in three fatalities in a bowling alley, which was called a random attack.”

Somehow Fox neglected to say the suspect in the Rockford murders also shot several others, is from Florida, and is white. (also arrested alive – shocking.)

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Could we have avoided this whole toxic temper tantrum COVID-19 relief bill attack if Senators had only named it the “Trump Relief Act?”

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Wonder how glad GOP is that Nashville suspect died in bomb blast. Since he was white imagine he would have been arrested alive and could have spouted anti-government possibly pro-Trump rhetoric to anyone who would listen.

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Love this first line from Washington Post story – “Trump unexpectedly capitulated Sunday night.” When someone tells Donald what capitulated means, he’s going to be really upset.

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Open note to any pundit casually downplaying Velveeta Voldemort’s delay in signing spending / COVID relief bill – bet you weren’t counting on $600, or unemployment benefits or eviction moratorium. A lot easier when it’s an esoteric exercise….

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NY Times “Millions of Americans are losing their unemployment coverage today after Pres Trump resisted signing aid package over last-minute objection.”

“Resisted?”- really?

How about “pouted & refused to sigh,” Or “Trump attacked millions of Americans today by not signing…”

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A three day lift ticket at Beaver Creek near Vail is $657, more than that relief check Donald has been playing political games with….. And tickets are sold out through Jan 3. AND taxpayers are paying for Secret Service to ski with Pence..

(And we’re not even talking about what Secret Service hotel rooms cost on taxpayer dime, in an area where hotel rooms during Christmas routinely approach four figures.)

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Since bible-quoting Marco Rubio chose to attack Dr. Fauci and still seems to think COVID-19 isn’t that dangerous, why did he take vaccine? Mark 2:17 “They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick.”

So Raiders won a game a few weeks ago against NY Jets with a few seconds left on the clock.

Tonight they lost a game with a few seconds left on the clock.

Live by the miracle due to stupid defense completely blown coverage, die by the stupid defense and complete blown coverage. (Plus a face mask penalty)

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Due to Covid protocols, the Cleveland Browns wlll be missing four WRs tomorrow against the NY Jets.

Bummer, but hasn’t “missing four WRs” been the New Orleans Saints situation most of the season?

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Yeah, Bucs won 47-7 today against Lions today, with a 34-0 lead at halftime.

Your reminder, on MNF football against the Saints, Tom Brady and his team scored three points. All game.

Just fun to write that.

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And all you need to know about NFL priorities is Saints’ Alvin Kamara will be fined over red & green shoes on Christmas, while Bucs’ Antonio Brown is back from suspension and catching TD passes in 2020 because he his got civil trial for sexual assault & rape postponed, again, until 2021.

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So sad, apparently Utah star Ty Jordan’s death was an accidential self-inflicted shooting. But tell me again how guns keep us safer?

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Scary thought, while it will be a while until we know the real COVID-19 numbers resulting from Americans ignoring protocols in late December, am thinking of that man who died from COVID on the flight from Florida to Los Angeles. He was pretending he didn’t have symptoms to get somewhere he really wanted to be. How many people convinced themselves they weren’t sick to attend holiday gatherings?

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Steven Mnuchin, who negotiated COVID relief package on behalf of the president with Democrats and Republicans must have thought he would end up one of the few administrative officials Velveeta Voldemort wouldn’t throw under the bus. He thought wrong.

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Imagine being on team of lawyers who’d worked w/ warring siblings for months on contract to keep family business together & FINALLY got temporary short-term truce. Then the aged & demented patriarch jumped in at end to blow it all up. That’s kind of what happened with COVID deal.

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This part of Joe Biden’s statement needs more attention: “Americans spoke clearly–time for bipartisan action & compromise-.heartened to see Congress heed message, reach across aisle & work together. Pres Trump should join them.” Leaders lead, spoiled children throw tantrums.

Alvin Kamara wore one red and one green shoe today while he scored SIX rushing TDs for the New Orleans Saints against Minnesota Vikings. For which he will undoubtedly be fined by Roger Goodell.

Kamara says he’s going to donate an equal amount of NFL’s fine for his red and green shoes to charity. I see a serious GoFundMe campaign ahead.

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Troy Aikman “Right now it’s Alvin Kamara 36, Vikings 33.”

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Looking back to early May when we thought we MIGHT get COVID under control this summer & didn’t realize how insane Velveeta Voldemort & GOP could become, remember thinking most stressful thing on Christmas would be my favorite Saints playing Amy Klobuchar’s beloved Vikings.

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Wait, there have already been seven bowl games in 2020? I really don’t care, do you?

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Apparently someone is upset that Melania has never been on the cover of a major magazine.

If only another casualty of 2020 hadn’t been print version of Playboy.

Federal unemployment payments set to expire after December 26 & Velveeta Voldemort spent day golfing & rant tweeting about magazine covers. There’s an imperfect bill he could just sign that would be lifeline for millions of Americans. But the bill is not all about him.

#WarOnChristmas

Wonder how many people saw “Love Actually” this Christmas and suddenly thought that adorable little boy Sam looks awfully familiar..” He does. Thomas Brodie-Sangster is also Benny Watts in “The Queen’s Gambit.” You’re welcome.

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Less than a week left in 2020. Kind of sums it up. But happy Boxing Day to all my readers who’ve stuck with me so far!!

Hard to believe it was only early May when NFL schedule was released…. and COVID-19 was something we HOPED would be under control this summer, etc…

But that I figured that my biggest stress on Christmas would be my favorite team having a potential playoff consequential game against my favorite Senator’s (and then VP candidate)’ favorite team? (With some painful history.

Well, at least it’s not a win or go home for Saints against Vikings. Small mercies. And yeah, priorities.

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And for the NBA…. Christmas afternoon – Golden State Warriors vs Milwaukee Bucks.

And in homage to the late, great Trebek “I’ll take games that sounded a lot better on the schedule in October for $200, Alex.”

(although, for his fans, sharing what I just learned earlier this week – while ABC originally had his last episode scheduled to air Christmas day, they changed them to final episodes will air the week of Jan. 4, 2021, which means his Trebek’s appearance as host will be on the show that airs on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.

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On a small mercies note, how many Americans who spent 2019 wondering how they could make their escape from awkward family get togethers can now simply blame leaving the party on a bad zoom or Facetime connection?

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Not that I haven’t belatedly learned to love the show… But how many of us started out 2020 in a good place and ended up virtually transported to the first episode of Schitt’s Creek?

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Fox News “The battle over the COVID package and omnibus spending bill is like a Charles Dickens classic.” Uh, maybe, with Donald playing the part of the Marquis St. Evrémonde…

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So on Christmas Eve did Velveeta Voldemort watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” and bemoan the tragedy of the town not becoming Pottersville?

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Since we’ve basically been shut down since March, realized today people I have seen most in person this year are my grocery store workers. Made sure to thank them today.

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If you really wanted a War on Christmas, you’d probably start by sabotaging Post Office, then attack a desperately needed COVID relief bill & spend Christmas Eve in a twitter tantrum. Just saying.

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Just think, in 2021, we can go back to Christmas mornings without knowing or caring what the President of the United States tweeted!

James Harden fined $50,000 but not suspended over by NBA over his alleged socializing maskless at a strip club earlier this week.

Well, of course not, Rockets have a game on NBA TV for Saturday.

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And yeah, just one game against the Grizzlies. But just saying (and yes, readers can remind me of this) that Las Vegas oddsmakers had San Antonio Spurs near last in Western Conference, with over/ under of 28 out of 72 wins. This is a Gregg Popovich coached team. WTAF?

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Opening night – SA over MEM 131-119.

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Meanwhile, Houston-OKC postponed tonight since Rockets didn’t have enough players due to positive or inclusive tests.

So congratulations to all those who had “less than 24 hours from opening night” as to when the first game would be a casualty of the now bubble free NBA

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The Ohio State university has self-imposed postseason bans for 2020-21…. for its women’s basketball, women’s golf and fencing programs. Yeah, I’m sure those are the programs at OSU that have most abused the NCAA rules.

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So both in Southern California and now in Napa, we’ve had unmasked mass caroling events as an example of “religious freedom.” So when they get sick can all carolers stay home, and rely on God instead of hospitals to save them?

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Meanwhile, Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow now in ICU with COVID-19. The New Orleans Advocate points out that while Letlow wore a mask, he frequented campaigned at events where voters didn’t wear masks. Science really doesn’t care if you believe in it or not.

Yes, Charles Kushner hired a prostitute, to seduce his brother-in-law & sent the video of them having sex to his own sister, Rachel Maddow reminded us of one more detail- Charles sent the video to his sister the night of her son’s engagement party.

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Again, Trump doesn’t WANT relief for Americans, he just wants to get back at Mitch and Congress. It’s as if Dad would never let you have a real pet but your parents divorce and Mom says you can have a kitten, so Dad then says “how mean of her, I would have gotten you a pony.”

Rachel Maddow explains it clearly…. While Trump had said he would sign a bill, he can stop all COVID relief $$$ now, just by doing nothing & pocket vetoing bill until this congressional term runs out. But only a really cruel deranged man would attack Americans this way….

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Also, as Trump vetoes $740 billion Defense bill because Congress did not repeal Section 230, reminder Donald was ORIGINALLY going to veto it because of renaming of bases named for confederate soldiers. . Wonder what excuse he will come up w/ next? The real truth: Trump loves pomp & circumstance, hates our military.

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Another of Donald’s last evil deeds- new regulations to allow restaurant owners to take tips from waiters and waitresses, to pay workers in back, or to keep for themselves. As a former waitress, one work – f*cker.

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It has left for Mar-A-Lago. Can we just change the White House locks?

Few headlines would be as obviously a sign of bad judgment in a non-pandemic year as this one

“Haskins sorry for maskless photo with strippers.”

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The Washington Football Team QB Dwayne Haskins has apologized for a picture posted to social media, taken of him Sunday night, in a strip club, without a mask. You can take the stupid embarrassing name off the team, but apparently you can’t take the stupid embarrassing behavior off the team.

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South Carolina has COVID-19 issues and so their Saturday bowl game against University of Alabama Birmingham has been canceled. What a disappointment for all those who had grown up dreaming of playing in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl.

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Ok, who else heard “Florida mogul and medicare fraud” with Trump’s pardon list and thought ‘Why would Donald pardon Senator Rick Scott?”

Trump has absolutely no intention of giving Americans $2,000. He knows Mitch McConnell would never bring such a bill to the floor. But at this point on his way out Donald is just throwing gasoline-drenched rags along with matches and seeing what he can catch on fire.

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If you believe Trump on his plan for $2,000 checks I hope you’re enjoying that beautiful healthcare plan he unveiled earlier this year.

When does John McCain’s ghost of Christmas past show up for Lindsey Graham?

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Oh please, oh please, can someone ask Hope Hicks casually on camera what she thinks a Fulbright scholarship is?

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Meanwhile, watching Joe Biden today,….. had almost forgotten what it was like to have a Presidential Press conference with coherent, rational answers and no insults to the media.

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Miguel Cardona seems like a great choice for Secretary of Education. But enough with all these “major improvement over Betsy Devos” stories. Uh, my cat would be a major improvement over Betsy Devos.

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Now it’s South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, 73, who has tested positive for Covid-19. He will of course receive a monoclonal antibody treatment. Another reason these GOP idiots ignore the virus, they know THEY will get the care most Americans can’t get.

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Such a small point in grand scheme of things. But when this pandemic is over do we ever have to watch Tom Selleck and Joe Namath on commercials again? Asking for a country.

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So why are some of these GOP members of Congress being vaccinated for a “hoax”?

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$600 probably doesn’t cover the cost of Kelly Loeffler’s hair extensions. Just saying.

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Amy Klobuchar on Rachel Maddow talking about Donald’s pardons, saying that Trump is saying “Screw you, screw you to the FBI.” Amy does not swear. She is pissed. As we all should be.

Also on Maddow, Klobuchar talking about how hard Democrats had to fight to get ANY relief through the Senate. And brings up GA Senate races with a simple question – “Which party has people’s backs?”