A true World Series?

Posted October 21, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Toronto Blue Jays have just become America’s team. In 49 states and most of California. #BeatLA

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Texas A&M is now the first SEC football program to receive a $50,000 fine from the conference Tuesday for violating its policy on players faking injuries in games over a play where a defensive back sat down to stop play on the field, after the ball was spotted. I’ll believe the SEC is serious if they ever fine Alabama or Georgia.

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Meanwhile on the app formerly known as Twitter, trolls love to attack anyone rooting for the Blue Jays as unAmerican liberals who can’t root for our country.

Has anyone reminded them that the Dodgers’ top player, one of their top starting pitchers and their closer are ALL immigants?

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And now Trump is demanding people not take and share pictures of his demolition of the East Wing.

If you are proud of something you don’t want to hide it. He knows this is a desecration.

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Meanwhile, Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia apparently per Politico has said in a GOP group chat that MLK Jr holiday “should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak.”

Waiting to see which GOP Senator comes up with the most ridiculous justification for supporting Ingrassia anyway. My money is on Tim Scott or Lindsey Graham.

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Now Ingrassia, nominated to oversee whistleblowers, has previously said January 6 should be a national holiday. That was fine with most of the GOP..

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A new reports says Marco Rubio betrayed drug gang informants to seal El Salvador prison deal,

Is anyone now surprised?

99-0 …His Senate colleagues thought Rubio was a decent man with a soul. Looks like they were wrong.

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Telling Ukraine to surrender. Randomly bombing civilian boats. Having military go after its own citizens. Arresting political enemies. Thinking the rest of the World now looks at Trump’s USA like they used to look at Putin’s Russia.

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Donald is now trying to kill the huge Gateway rail tunnel project between New Jersey and New York

Either he plans to end elections, or wants to guarantee Republicans never get another vote in New Jersey or New York.

(A great billboard, NY Democrats, if you’re listening would be on the freeway approaches to the current tunnels, and at rail stations reminding drivers that Trump wants to keep things as bad or worse.)

Did this truce even last a Scaramucci? “Israel Strikes Gaza and Temporarily Halts Aid, Saying Hamas Broke Truce”

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Meanwhile over on Fox News “Trump calls Colombian president ‘lunatic’ as drug war tensions explode.” Only at very bottom:; “Colombian president accused U.S. of civilian casualties in maritime drug raids – alleging recent strike killed fisherman w/ no ties to drug trafficking.”

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If Bernie Sanders believes so strongly that we need younger people in the Senate then instead of pushing so hard for Graham Painter in Maine why doesn’t he step down and find some young person to replace HIM in Vermont.

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Bernie has a really sh*tty record for endorsements. Leaving aside fact that he might have helped cost Hillary 2016 w/ith his late endorsement, his push for Andrew Gillum kept moderate liberal Gwen Graham from getting the Dem nomination for Florida Governor in 2018. Gwen WOULD have beaten DeSantis.


Mike Johnson was first elected in 2016 and no one had heard of him until he was elected House Speaker. He deserves some sort of award for being one of the worst politicians in American history to live under the radar for so long.

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We the people

Posted October 19, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Loved some of the No Kings signs

One of my favorites: A woman with tennis balls glued to a sign. “Free Balls for Members of Congress who have lost theirs.”

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And “Unpaid protester. I hate him for free.”

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Amazed how many paid bots and trolls on Twitter and other social media are accusing those of us who write and protest for democracy of being paid. I write for free. And to keep a free country.

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We know that Trump wanted riots he could use as an excuse to invoke the insurrection act.

But as the BBC said:

Several US states had mobilised the National Guard. But organisers said the events, which drew nearly seven million people, were peaceful.

Well played Americans who believe in democray and no kings. Well played.

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Too soon to start the pool on when Trump appoints George Santos to a position in his administration?

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J.D. Vance talks about “kids saying stupid things,” referencing a hateful group chat including “young” Republicans up to the age of 40 Eric Trump “I am a good boy.” Eric is 41. What is this, the arrested development party?

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I guess this is why they play the games: “When: Saturday, October 18, 10:30 PM Eastern Where: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA Watch: ESPN Odds: Florida State by 17.5 pts.”

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So before the season who had Cal over UNC, Arizona State over Texas Tech, and Stanford over Florida State? Now all of you liars put your hands down.

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Don’t think you care about politics? Trump DOT may rescind US consumer friendly airline rules, like rule to assign families seats together at no charge. Have family of 4, kids age 4 & 2, in premium economy. Lufthansa wants $368 one way for seats together Frankfurt-SFO US airlines want to do same.

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Best that money can buy..

Posted October 17, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Dodgers clearly better deeper team vs Brewers. who never seemed to get a spark going.

But as #SFGiants fan. Willy Adames is wonderful; Willie Mac winner -most inspirational player per teammates. 7 year $182 million contract What if Milwaukee could have afforded to keep him?

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I know Phillies fans boo Santa Claus, but Mariners fans cheering when Blue Jays’ George Springer is injured by Bryan Woo hitting him on the knee with a pitch is a new level of trashy.

(And yes, I will root for either team against the Dodgers.)

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A quote for #NoKIngs “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

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Democrats agreed to a CR in March and have been trying to get GOP to negotiate on healthcare premiums.

GOP now says, oh, if Dems just agree to ANOTHER CR, this time they will actually negotiate. “Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.”

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Hey GOP cheering everything Donald does.

Per DOJ: Santos made unauthorized charges to fund campaign & personal expenses from stolen donor credit card info, including “victims he knew were elderly persons suffering from cognitive impairment/ decline.”

Yes, people like our parents and grandparents. Or maybe sooner than we think, us.

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Steve Scalise said he will not vote to extend ACA tax credits. Which would mean millions of Americans would lose insurance.

Steve Scalise’s life was saved because he has the best healthcae money can buy – for free as a member of Congress. Once again, Pro life my ass.

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Donald Trump today called Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono a “nutter,” claiming she wants a railroad from the mainland to Hawaii. Hirono is working on an Oahu rail project. Just another lie, insanity, or dementia?

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Has anyone reminded the GOP that our founding fathers were a #NoKings movement?

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Strange bedfellows

Posted October 17, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right

Of all the bad things Donald has done, now he’s got me as a Stanford grad praising USC? But well played Trojans. #Fighton

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Can’t usually stand LA Dodgers but their hand waving dance after extra base hits is from song “Baila Conmigo”

Title means “dance with me” in Spanish. Cool, but does this mean Donald will sic ICE on them?

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Much was made about the quarterbacks in Thursday night football. And yes, the younger man, Joe Flacco, 40, beat the old guy, Aaron Rodgers, 41.

But have to say as a Stanford gal I was an early adopter. I disliked Aaron back in his Cal days.

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Can we STOP with the lie that Republicans want to reform Obamacare? Trump was President for four years. GOP did nothing. Dems passed a CR in March. GOP did nothing Republicans want to have Obamacare be …nothing.

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What’s the REAL reason Trump will meet with Putin, again? It’s another several days of the news cycle that won’t be devoted to the Epstein files.

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Another day, another lethal strike by the US military against a Venezuelan boat, suspected to be carrying drugs, & apparently 3 crew members survived. So will Hegseth and Trump now try to kill the survivors before they might be able to protest their innocence?

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No fan of John Bolton

But as Trump has gotten DOJ to indict yet another former supporter and ally who fell from favor, your reminder, John Bolton is a Republican. Sooner or later, Donald throws everyone under the bus.

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Learning experience.

Posted October 15, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Even if think you don’t care much about Seattle Mariners vs Toronto Blue Jays it’s worth watching the ALCS.

If for no other reason to learn more about whichever team most of North America will probably be rooting for against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Meanwhile, while the Blue Jays won 13-4, Toronto Blue Jays superstar Vladimir Guerrero came just shy of a cycle when he stopped at 2nd on a ball into the gap, instead of trying for a triple.

Many Jays and random baseball fans were annoyed. But imagine how they would have reacted had Vlady tried to stretch it out and injured a hamstring or something.

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What Republicans & Fox News won’t tell you Democrats DID pass a CR in March to keep government open until Sept 30.

Dems have been trying to get ACA subsidies extended all year. NOW GOP wants another CR. And promises they’ll finally negotiate. Why should ANYONE believe them?

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The only thing down about grocery prices is the amount of groceries many Americans are able to buy

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Stores like Uniqlo returning to downtown San Francisco, hotels & restaurants are busier, tourism is up, crime is down & there’s strong sense of optimism under new Mayor Daniel Lurie. So of course Trump targets SF & threatens National Guard. He can’t stand success in California.

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President Trump now says he is considering military ground strikes in Venezuela. Just how far will he go to try to distract from the Epstein files?

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JD Vance won’t condemn GOP “I love Hitler” /watermelon people” group chat. “We’re not canceling kids because they do something stupid in a group chat.

“Kids” were from 18-40. But VP wants to arrest and/or deport college students who say something HE feels is stupid.

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Remember – Taking over Greenland? Reopening Alcatraz? Making Canada the 51st State? So is it all about distracting from Project 2025. Or distracting from the Epstein Files?

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Pointing out portrait of Abraham Lincoln today in Oval Office, Donald says “Nobody’s been treated worse than me. Times 10.’

Thinking Abe and JFK, for starters, might disagree.

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Can we stop with the GOP lies? Leader John Thune claims “every adminstration makes decisions in a shutdown.” You know who didn’t make decisions during a shutdown? President Joe Biden. Because he didn’t have any shutdowns.

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Hey GOP. If wanting no kings in America makes you a left-wing radical then our founding fathers were left-wing radicals.

Supposedly it will cost $350 billion over next 10 years to extend ACA subsidies.

Just $35 billion a year. While Trump just sent $20 billion, more than half that, to his friend in Argentina.

Why isn’t this the biggest headline? It’s not America first. Donald is ME first.

(at late time of writing, apparently he’s now given them $40 billion..)

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Finally on a positive noteL

Great thing about living in California

State alerts us when ballot is sent. They let me know today post office has it. They will let me know when it is received. & when it is verified & counted. CA believes all eligible citizens should vote & it should be easy. What a concept.

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Rich getting richer?

Posted October 15, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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If the Brewers come back and take the NLCS, then we are guaranteed a first time World Series winner.

If the Dodgers win, either Seattle or even Toronto will become America’s team.

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Though -Dodgers pitching payroll.

Glasnow $32 mill

Snell, $28 mill

Yamamoto $18 mill

Kershaw $16 mill

That’s $94 million before Ohtani, getting $70 mill, mostly deferred.

Brewers payroll $115 mill. In short series,w/ late season injuries, a huge advantage to say “next muit-millionaire up.”

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JD Vance brushes aside the racist, pro-Hitler, pro-gas chamber comments leaked from Young Republicans, many in positions of some power in GOP, as “a college group chat.” Kinda makes you wonder what HIS college group chats were like And we thought “locker room banter” was bad.

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The headline about Trump sending $20 billion to Argentina during a government shutdown is bad enough What the headline should say “Donald is sending $20 billion of OUR tax dollars to Argentina.” While federal employees are working without paychecks.

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I have a question for Donald. If he really believes he’s the “greatest President of them all, as he said today why is he trying so desperately to have states gerrymander further for 2026 to keep the House in GOP hands?

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When he was shot,

Steve Scalise’s life was saved by the best healthcare money could buy, which he gets for free as Member of Congress. Now Scalise thinks people who are rallying to allow most Americans to keep their healthcare “hate America.”

The one who hates Americans is HIM.

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Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t have time to negotiate with Democrats to reopen the government but he has time to nominate Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. #Priorities

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As the recent layoffs have gutted special education programs, your reminder that Republicans also demand that if a woman becomes pregnant and discovers the fetus has severe disabilities, she MUST carry the pregnancy to term. Pro Life My Ass.

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Vance blames “misreporting” over story Qatar pilots would have a facility in Idaho. Pete Hegseth said Friday U.S. would be “signing a letter of acceptance to build Qatar Emiri Air Force facility at Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.” Who you gonna believe, me or your lying ears?

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How bad is Pete Hegseth?

Newsmax refused already. Now even Fox News is rejecting his proposed new press rules. Along with ABC, CBS,NBC, CNN; “Today we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements.”

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Stephen Colbert, talking about how Pete Hegseth is allegedly getting rid of ICE agents in Chicago because they look fat and out of shape….

Sure, he only wants to see fake strong leaders who could birth a 10-pound baby out of their waddle.

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This is the Time cover picture Trump hates. So we should not share it.

So did Donald Trump tell Speaker Johnson NEVER to bring the House back into session? Velveeta Voldemort must truly be terrified of what’s in the Epstein files.

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So even at the Peace press conference today, DOnald has to refer to the former first lady, Senator and Secretary of State as “crooked Hillary Clinton.” What a petty LITTLE man he is.

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Barron Trump, 19, an NYU dropout, has been appointed to the TikTok board. But remember, per his dad Barron is a genius. He can turn on a computer when it is turned off…

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Reports that Lara Trump will be performing to close the TPUSA Superbowl halftime show.

Okay SNL, top this.

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Beginning to wonder, did Donald Trump tell Speaker Johnson NEVER to bring the House back into session? Velveeta Voldemort must truly be terrified of what’s in the Epstein files.

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Taking sides

Posted October 12, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Hard to root against the Blue Jays or Mariners.

But meanwhile in the NLCS

Milwaukee Brewers payroll $121.7 million.

LA Dodgers $350 million – More than Brewers JUST to five players – Glasnow $32 million, Snell, $27.8 m, Betts, $25 mi Freeman, $22.7 m, Yamamoto $20 m.

And that doesn’t count Ohtani- whose real salary w/ deferred compensation $70 million. #BeatLA

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Florida State, after starting off 3-0 has now lost 3 ACC games in a row. And next week they get to take it out on Stanford – on Stanford’s homecoming weekend…..

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Kristi Noem’s video at airports blaming Democrats for the shutdown doesn’t just violate the Hatch Act. Have to wonder, with federal employees working without a paycheck, who used our tax dollars to pay for the ad?

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Hey media If you are too scared to ask Republicans why they won’t vote to release the Epstein files… Ask them if they and their families are still getting vaccinated.

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Serious question. Sometimes it’s called healthcare.gov”

Sometimes states have their own marketplaces How many Americans on Obamacare KNOW it’s Obamacare?

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In 2024, Trump made huge gains with Latino voters winning 48% of their votes & a majority of Latino men. Donald also won the votes of 56% of young men 18-29.

And he’s slamming Bad Bunny as a “ridiculous” Super Bowl halftime choice… Another “stable genius” move.

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So the CDC now says some of the people they fired this Friday were fired by mistake and will be rehired. One person at least has been fired and rehired twice… The incredible incompetence aside, why would any smart person now take a new job with the federal government?

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This week:

16 dead in Tennessee bomb plant explosion

At least 6 dead in Mississippi homecoming mass shooting

At least 4 dead in South Carolina bar mass shooting.

Not a word of consolation for any of them from Trump If he can’t blame an immigrant or liberal he doesn’t care.

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Aces are the top Card

Posted October 11, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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NBA let Becky Hammon, a good would be head coach go. Said she wasn’t “head coaching material.” Their loss. The WNBA’s gain

Neither team deserved to lose Friday night. Game five between the Tigers and Mariners in the ALDS started feeling like those Little League tournaments where everyone runs out of pitching and they still figure out a way to carry on.

(At least playoff games don’t have a ghost runner. #smallmercies)

Aces Head coach Becky Hammon said she learned from Gregg Popovich with Tim Duncan.

When Becky got the Las Vegas Aces job told A’ja Wilson “I HAVE to be able to coach you hard & let others see it because if I hold you accountable then EVERYONE’s accountable.

A’ja said OK.

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As Speaker Mike Johnson extends the House recess another week a simple question. So many federal workers are working without pay. Why are House members being paid without working?

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Senator Tommy Tuberville has a bill to ban Sharia Law in the US. Sharia is the main source of legislation in Qatar.

And Trump just allowed Qatar to build an air force base in Idaho?! Anyone in media seen Coach Tubby?

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This should be a HEADLINE on all networks. Trump White House announced he got COVID and Flu shots Friday

. While his dangerous sycophant RFK Jr. is pushing anti-vaccine advice that will result in many Americans dying.

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Loved Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzer Thursday night on Jimmy Kimmell:

“Reporting from “war-torn Chicago… It’s quite disturbing, the Milwaukee Brewers have come in to attack our Chicago Cubs. People are being forced to eat hot dogs with ketchup on them.”

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Meanwhile, many missed and presumed dead after an explosion ripped through a bomb factory in Tennessee yesterday.

Not a word from President Trump.

Even though it’s a red state.

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Speaker Johnson will NOT call even the House into session to pass a bipartisan bill to pay the military during government shutdown. Although the House is getting paid.

Donald really really doesn’t want them to release the Epstein Files.

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Kristi Noem has a video playing at airports blaming delays due to the shutdown on Democrats.

Fixed it for her “We are sorry you may be facing delays. But it’s really important to my boss that you never read the Epstein files that may or may not show him having sex with young girls.”

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Hey cowardly GOP Senators & House members who think genuflecting now before Velveeta Voldemort will save you:

James Comey is a Republican

John Bolton is a Republican

Liz Cheney is a Republican

(and he’d have gone after Liz if Biden hadn’t pardoned her.)

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Over and out

Posted October 9, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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This headline aged well – “President Trump predicts Yankees ‘going to go all the way’ in 9/11 appearance at Yankee Stadium.

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Phillies lose to the Dodgers and are eliminated on a walk-off error Eagles lose to a NY Giants team so bad they lost to the New Orleans Saints.

Do have some sympathy for police in Philadelphia tonight.

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RFK Jr. “Two study show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. Highly likely because of Tylenol.”

Trump “I would say don’t take Tylenol is you’re pregnant “And when the baby is born, don’t give it Tylenol.”

This is Senator Bill Cassidy’s MD, legacy

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Does anyone think Lindsey Halligan knows what “Discovery” is?

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Bernie Sanders now that Janet Mills indicates she might enter Senate race in 2026. “It saddens me that Democrats are gonna have to raise millions of dollars fighting against each other…”

Where was that Bernie logic in 2016 & 2020?

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Now Trump’s DOJ has indicted Letitia James… Just yesterday Amy Klobuchar reminded Pam Bondi she promised at her hearing not to let politics play a part in her decision making & to preserve DOJ Independence: “Do you believe that you have upheld that commitment?” Amy asked.

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Trump thinks he is king & there are no guardrails.

Which means, based on his accidental public DM that after James Comey & Letitia James, Donald next will get his personal lawyer Lindsay Halligan to indict Adam Schiff.

Will GOP House members & Senators stand by for it?

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is now threatening to fire “problem children” air traffic controllers who are “lashing out.”

That ought to improve moral and staffing issues…

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Meanwhile, has there ever been a bigger bootlicker as House Speaker than Mike Johnson?

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Per KFF “About half of Obamacare subsidy users are small business owners, people who work for a small business & self employed people – including gig workers. Everything else aside do Americans want their Uber drivers not to have insurance & work while they are sick?


Trump originally said he would try to go to Egypt Friday Now he’s going for his second ‘routine annual physical’ in six months. No one really knows why, but this were Joe Biden the media headlines would ALL be speculation about his health.

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Again for those in the back. If Trump would just tell GOP to pass legislation extending Obamacare subsidies this shutdown would be over tomorrow.

Or heck, if he even agreed to release the Epstein Files. Like THAT will ever happen.

#Epsteinphile

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Jays eh?

Posted October 8, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Canadian trash talking at its best. Yesterday Canadian PM Mark Carney told Trump the Toronto Blue Jays were doing well in playoffs & would be “coming down for the World Series”.

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Note, Donald just showed up 9/11 for a NY Yankees game. #ETTD

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Meanwhile, down in LA, playoff Kershaw was back..

(Sorry, not sorry, #BeatLA #SFGiants

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On August 2, 2025, the Las Vegas Aces were 14-14.

They never lost in the regular season again.

Finished 30-14.

They are now up 3-0 in WNBA finals.

Becky Hammon can flat out coach.

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Trump goes on a lying rant against about schools changing the gender of children yesterday in front of Canada’s PM, Mark Carney.

Carney has a nonbinary child.

Mark Carney should get the Nobel Peace Prize for not punching Donald.

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During his press briefing with Canadian PM Carney, Trump first attacked three Democrats, Jasmine Crockett “a low-IQ individual,” then AOC, then Nancy Pelosi. Hmm, wonder what they all have in common…

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While millions of Americans may lose healthcare, Coach Tuberville is lying on Senate floor on Sharia law.

He claims: “United Kingdom is essentially gone. Mass migration has destroyed their society…US may look like Europe.” Many Americans now would love to be like Europe.


Again for those in back. Enough Democrats voted for CR to reopen govt in March. Gave GOP SIX MONTHS to figure out how to deal with ACA subsidies. GOP punted.

So millions of Americans are about to lose healthcare. Trump & GOP can extend subsidies if they really care about life.

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GOP loves to lie about Schumer’s vote to keep government open in March: Facts, Chuck voted for a temporary CR to keep things open until Sep. 30 Trump & GOP had six months to fix ACA subsidies. They did nothing. They don’t care if Americans, mostly red voters, lose healthcare

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Trump claims if shutdown continues he will announce firings “in 4-5 days” and “many of those jobs are not coming back.” So 1 or 2 things are true. 1. He’s going to permanently fire people just to hurt the Democrats. 2. He’s lying and he will have Vought fire people anyway.

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Steve Scalise lies today & lectures Democrats saying THEY are prolonging Trump shutdown and making Americans suffer Scalise has free healthcare for life. When he was shot his life was saved by that great healthcare. But he acts as if healthcare doesn’t matter to anyone else.

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Can we stop with the lie that if Democrats wanted these ACA subsidies to be permanent they would have made them permanent?

Democrats tried to do just that. But the legislation was torpedoed by Joe Manchin.

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Will keep saying this: If the Esptein files showed Trump was innocent and some leading Democrats or even Republicans were guilty, Donald would have the files read aloud in prime time on Fox News.

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USA Today headline “People are being notified about premium increases if Obamacare tax credits ends.” As Amy Klobuchar says “This is not a January problem. This is not a December problem. This is a NOW problem.”

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Good news if Israel and Hamas can actually end fighting. But uh, ” the ‘1st phase’ of plan?”

And “This means that all of the hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their troops to an agreed upon line?” Very soon? Like “two weeks?

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A simple question. Trump lies and says residents of the cities he is invading want ICE and National Guard on their streets.

If so, why are all the officials who residents of those cities actually ELECTED saying “We don’t want them here.”?

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Florida allows open carry of guns, so Publix, a top grocery store in the state, apparently now will too


This could make in-store disputes over too many items in the express line really… interesting?

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Trump is going to Walter Reed this weekend for a ‘routine yearly’ medical check-up. He had his annual physical in April.

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Speaker Johnson pretended today House Members are actually home meeting constituents in their districts.

  1. Haven’t seen ANY coverage of GOP House members facing their constituents

2. Johnson and his cult members are cowards.

3. #ReleaseTheFiles

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Gavin Newsom is term-limited.

While I like him in the Senate some part of me thinks it would be really fun if Adam Schiff decided to run for Governor of California.

Other than Gavin, Adam might be the Californian who most triggers Donald.

(Seriously, bookmark this prediction – someone big will jump into the race either late this year or very early 2026.)

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Easy fix:

If Trump & GOP care about our health, all House has to do is pass bill saying ACA subsidies are extended, even just for months while Congress negotiates permanent details.

Then Dems will vote to re-open government & we can save healthcare for millions of AMERICANS!

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It’s not over. yet

Posted October 6, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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But of the two teams with 2-0 leads in NLDS

Los Angeles Dodgers – $350,300,236 – not counting their deferrals for Ohtani and others

Milwaukee Brewers – $121,674,704

Almost wish the SF Giants could loan Willy Adames back to the Brewers if Milwaukee plays the Dodgers.

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Meanwhile, the Kansas City Chiefs are 2-3.

No punchline, except that this is probably something at least 70% of Americans are happy about regardless of political affiliation.

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Texas Senator John Cornyn complaining that government shutdowns have become “far too common.” So did he forget, under President Biden the number of shutdowns was 0. The last ones were under Trump.

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Interesting how when Donald takes questions in the Oval Office he’s always sitting down. Because he can no longer regularly stand up for long periods of time?

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Something you won’t see on Fox or from bots/trolls: Karen Immergut, the judge who is blocking Velveeta Voldemort’s use of the National Guard in Oregon, is a TRUMP appointee

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Someone posted on Twitter “I don’t believe US troops will fire on American citizens”

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They’d only be in their 70s now. William, Allison, Jeffrey, Sandy. #kentstate

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New York state of mind.

Posted October 5, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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If you enjoy rooting against the NY Yankees, this was a fun weekend of baseball.

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Meanwhile, while the Yankees gave up 23 runs to the Toronto Blue Jays in two games, the Jets, now 0-5, and Giants 1-4 after letting the Saints get their first win of the year, are hoping the city’s focus stays on baseball a little longer.

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Republicans control House & Senate.

If they wanted to negotiate to keep ACA healthcare subsidies, they’ve had all year to do it. Or they could have just kept subsidies in Big Beautiful Betrayal. Tax cuts for billionaires mattered more than healthcare for average Americans

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Mike Johnson was asked on Face the Nation : “As Speaker of the House do you want to see the ACA tax credit extended?”

His response? “No.”

Dems should play this as an ad on a loop.

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GOP promises they will negotitate on healthcare if Democrats just vote to reopen the government. If Dem do cave, there’s about the same chance of Republicans negotiating in good faith as there is of Charlie Brown actually kicking that football.

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Finally found Fox story on mega church pastor Robert Morris being sentenced to jail.

Nothing in headline saying girl was 12 yrs old when sexual abuse started, which continued for 4 yrs Nothing on Trump saying Morris was his “spiritual advisor” Wonder why ?#FoxNews

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Per NY Times, “Nearly 1/2 of 6 million adults under 35 on ACA marketplace plans expected to drop them because of higher prices — higher share than in any other age group.”

56% of young men voted for Trump in 2024, 40% of young women.

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GOP promises they will negotitate on healthcare if Democrats just vote to reopen the government. If Dem do cave, there’s about the same chance of Republicans negotiating in good faith as there is of Charlie Brown actually kicking that football.

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Stumbling towards fall

Posted October 4, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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So is anyone outside Los Angeles or Philadelphia rooting for the Dodgers or Phillies?

Although if you need a team to root for and are looking for a reason -if the Toronto Blue Jays win, pretty sure they are NOT going to the White House

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And here most of us thought the most outrageously bad and embarassing moment of Mark Sanchez’s life was going to be that butt fumble….

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So for those in the back, or who just watch Fox News. During this Trump shutdown- Hundreds of thousands of essential government workers are working without pay. Just over a couple hundred GOP House members are being paid and not working.

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“Trump” on SNL Cold Open.. We’re facing the greatest threat to America – “late night TV.” Would be funnier if not so true. SNL is not genuflecting. Too soon to start the pool on when Donald will call for the show to be canceled?

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Since she’s upset about Bad Bunny, Kristi Noem now says ICE wlll be ‘All Over’ the Super Bowl in Santa Clara, CA .

Median Super Bowl ticket price is usually well over $6,000.

And most of the billionaires in Silicon Valley were themselves immigrants. – Assume they have security. But will ICE try to go after other startup owners now? –

And maybe try San Jose Airport for those Russian and mideast Oligarchs with private planes?

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As Trump and his reality host DOD Secretary blow up yet another Venezuelan boat, telling us they are drug traffickers, remember, they told us anyone with tattoos was a gang member. And sent a gay makeup artist to El Salvador to be tortured accordingly

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On top of everything else, anyone else think Trump enjoys watching what are basically snuff films with these little boats he’s attacking?

How long until Trump pardons Diddy?

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If you’re suffering for any reason now during shutdown – being laid off, not being paid, not getting needed benefits, Mike Johnson thinks it’s “fun.” “Is he trolling the Democrats? Yes. I mean, yes, because that’s what President Trump does & people are having fun with this.”

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Not quite closed

Posted October 2, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Yes, it’s not the #saints year. But at least there are moments of joy. Like watching the Rams choke away a game where not even the refs could save them. Getting over it is for sissies. #WhoDat

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Tigers hung on and won. But watching this Detroit Tigers Cleveland Guardian Wild Card game and between Detroit stranding runners in scoring positions & game three mental errors got some painful flashbacks to watching SF Giants in 2025.

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Remember when you graduated high school or college and on top of everything else about adulting you had to figure out your own health insurance? Since 2010 with the ACA young adults can be covered until they are 26. Thanks Democrats and Obama.

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Let this sink in: Trump & GOP are using tragic murder of Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte to attack Democrats & blue cities. Trump & GOP would also now have denied the Ukrainian refugee life-saving medical care if she had survived the stabbing and been taken to a hospital.

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Trump name appears in Project 2025 over 300 times. Probably about as often as Donald appears in the Epstein files.

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Senate Major Leader John Thune says Republicans ‘don’t control’ White House budget chief Russ Voight. Of course not, Trump and Russ Vought absolutely control Republicans.

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NY Times headline: “Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels.” Donald also describes his assault on blue U.S. cities, as “a war from within.” Yeah, I can see why Velveeta Voldemort thinks he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize…

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Trump CLAIMS he wants to reduce crime in US cities. At the same time he is cutting millions of dollars of funding to NYPD. Make it make sense.

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If two Delta Airlines planes had collided on a La Guardia taxiway during Pete Buttigieg’s tenure as Secretary of Transportation, GOP would be demanding his resignation.

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So the “Free Speech” crowd wants to cancel Netflix over programming they don’t like. Very on brand

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1. Undocumented immigrants are NOT eligible for federally funded healthcare

2. By US law, hospitals, however, cannot turn away anyone in an emergency. This law was signed by noted radical liberal Ronald Reagan.

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GOP says, trust us, sign the CR, and we’ll work on ACA subsidies later.

Charlie Brown has a better chance of kicking the football than that “work” happening.

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Senate Major Leader John Thune says Republicans ‘don’t control’ White House budget chief Russ Voight.

Of course not, Trump and Russ Vought absolutely control Republicans. Including Thune.

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While our government is shut down, how many millions, billions, of our taxpayer dollars are we spending on thousands of troops in various blue cities for Trump’s war on America?

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Give me a break. As Trump gleefully talks about layoffs and firings from “Democrat agencies” during the shutdown, isn’t it obvious that these were all jobs he and Vought were planning to eliminate anyway? Not like GOP would give him any pushback if government were open.

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Shuffling the wild cards

Posted October 1, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Now that Los Angeles moves on they will play Philadelphia in the NLDS.

Phillies hitters must have been watching this Dodgers bullpen nightly implosion with the rapt attention a cat usually gives a mouse.-

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SF Giants and NY Mets fans have to be united tonight in thinking.. if only we’d had a chance for 2 out of 3 vs the Dodgers bullpen… And how much fun would it have been to see Tyler Rogers strike out Ohtani with 75 MPH heat?

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Though Detroit Tigers have left 15 men on base, is 1 for 15 with RISP today. The team is 2 for 23 with RISP in the Wild Card Series. And here I thought I was done watching the SF Giants for 2025…

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Karoline Leavitt just said today “Jared Kushner is widely respected around the world…. “

How many comedians could work for days and never write a line as funny as that?-

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Meanwhile VP JD Vance decided to show up at today’s White House Press Briefing. But not his boss.

Because Donald is too tired and frail to stand up at the podium and answer questions?

Hey Jake Tapper. Where’s the book? #OrangeSin

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Two Delta planes collided on the ground at La Guardia today, shearing the wine off one plane. Fortunately there was only one injury.

Fox News headlined the story. But didn’t mention DOT Secretary Sean Duffy. If it were former DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg still in charge they’d be calling for his impeachment.

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Your reminder – Every one of these Republicans in Congress who are fighting to take healthcare benefits away from millions of Americans have their own taxpayer paid healthcare. And if they qualify for pensions, those same GOP have subsidized healthcare for life.

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JD Vance told another racist lie today that ER wait times are long because of “illegal aliens.” But when ACA subsidies go away, many Americans will have to let their insurance lapse. So does JD think poor citizens should die too? Or only the black and brown ones?

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As Vance tries to tell us ERs shouldn’t try to save “illegals,” imagine what happens if you have a heart attack jogging and when an ambulance takes you to the hospital, doctors have to ask for a passport before they try to save your life.

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As OMB director Vought stops $18 billion in already approved New York City infrastructure projects, allegedly over DEI issues, at what point do blue cities & states try to stop paying federal taxes?

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So Republicans, wrap your head around this. The same guy who wants a Nobel Peace Prize, who proudly proclaims himself the best negotiator and deal-maker ever… Can’t even as Commander in Chief with GOP House and Senate make a deal to keep the government open.

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Down and not quite out

Posted September 30, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Anyone who doesn’t think women are fit or tough enough to be in combat has never watched a WNBA playoff game

You do not want to be sitting around for next 8 months because you let another team play harder than you.” Former Spurs asst coach & current Aces head coach, Becky Hammon Neither Las Vegas nor Indiana let other team play harder One of best basketball playoff games ev

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How many NBA teams passed on then Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon because she wasn’t “head coach material.” Gregg Popovich must be smiling tonight.

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Coulda, woulda, shoulda. Yes, SF Giants weren’t top team in the NL by a longshot But in a three-game wild card series with Logan Webb, Robbie Ray & a revitalized Justin Verlander, they COULD have knocked off anyone. And Buster Posey remembers 2014 with ONE star pitcher…

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So if per Pete Hegseth, every member of the the military must take a fitness test twice a year can we start with the Commander in Chief?

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Self-described sexual assault survivor Joni Ernst spent her time on Senate floor today attacking Chuck Schumer for allegedly being useless. Meanwhile the DOD Secretary SHE helped confirm announced he is basically eliminating women in military’s ability to report sexual assault.

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Senator Joni Ernst is a combat veteran and retired lieutenant colonel in the US Army. She voted to confirm Pete Hegseth, wonder if Ernst would able to qualify for the military under the “highest male standards” Hegseth wants to impose?

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Senator Amy. Klobuchar says she doesn’t understand why GOP colleague behind closed doors says Trump is wrong but still vote with him.. Amy’s taking high road. But I don’t have to.

One word #Cowards

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Mike Johnson lies & says of ACA subsidies: “They are arguing a December policy debate for a September funding issue.” Wrong, as Amy Klobuchar also keeps pointing out, premium hike notices go out Nov 1. “This is not a January issue, this is not a December issue, this is a NOW issue”

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Meanwhile the “Free speech” MAGA crowd is trying to cancel another network/show – today apparently Netflix. Can we start calling them MAHA – Make America Hypocrites Again?

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Fox News headline tonight.

When they’re right, they’re right. “Trump faces 3rd shutdown.” (Shutdowns during President Biden’s term – 0)

Fox News actually thinks this is a positive headline for Donald? “Trump taunts Democrat leaders with ‘Trump 2028’ hats in Oval Office as shutdown approaches”

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What gets me is that we all know Donald reneges on deals so he could very easily pretend to save healthcare for millions of Americans and then try to go back on it by EO later…

But he WANTS the pain now. #TrumpShutdown

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GOP has the White House.

GOP has the House

GOP has the Senate

And GOP is pretending that Democrats caused the shutdown

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Could be worse part 2 -baseball and beyond

Posted September 30, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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June 12, 2025 SF Giants were 40-29 and holding the top NL wild card spot. Could be worse.

NY Mets were 45-24 with the best record in all of baseball.

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Never been a Mets fan. But sure would have loved to see Tyler Rogers strike out Shohei Ohtani with a 74 MPH curveball in the playoffs.

Hoping Buster Posey signs Tyler back for 2026

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And well, we won’t have Bob Melvin to kick around anymore.

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Only in America do you post at night about the last mass shooting and before noon the next day there’s another one. It’s the guns, stupid.

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For all those saying Democrats should just accept a stopgap to keep the government open and then negotiate… DEMOCRATS DID THIS ALREADY IN MARCH 2025.

Didn’t work then, won’t work now.

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Stephen Colbert quotes Trump sending troops to Portland over false Fox News report “Wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different than what’s happening? Remember Don DeLillo’s White Noise? “For most people there are only 2 places: where they live & their television set.”

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JD Vance lies and says “Democrats are basically saying to the American people, we want to give hundreds of billions of dollars to illegal aliens for their health care.

Same JD Vance who when pressed on claiming “they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats” admitted “he felt the need “to create stories so that the … media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people”.

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It still stuns me that the same state of Wisconsin who re-elected Tammy Baldwin somehow still managed to re-elect a tool like Ron Johnson.

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If Congressional healthcare benefits lapsed during a government shutdown, Republicans would have made a deal with Democrats weeks ago.

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Does anyone think Donald Trump’s saying he will “chair the Board of Peace to oversee the new Gaza” is anything but him planning to built Trump resorts in Gaza?

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GOP Sen. Roger Marshall, asked on Donald’ Trumps insane racist AI video of Jeffries & Schumer: (The video had a sombrero on Hakeem’s head. )

“Sometimes president plays with the press like a little boy & a flashlight & a dog. He’s shining the flashlight here & he’s shining it there…..” But he’s not a little boy. He’s the POTUS. In theory.

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Healthcare subsidies do not go to undocumented immigrants. GOP knows this. So why are they trying so hard to take healthcare away from Americans?

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Whatever lies GOP tells it is not radical to want Americans to be able to have and keep access to healthcare.

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MAGA Mike Johnson says he’s against ACA subsides but wants Dems to vote for “stopgap” to keep govt open so “we can have those debates.”

Uh Mike sent House home rather than debate Epstein files. And he won’t even swear in newest Dem rep.

He doesn’t want to debate, he wants GOP to rule.

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Not expecting Republicans to suddenly change their minds on gun control because of two major mass shootings in less than 24 hours… But just maybe GOP could start pushing back a little harder on Trump’s efforts to cut mental health funding for veterans?

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Serious question. We’ve often heard over the years about the FBI having stopped potential mass shootings before they happened… Is it possible that with Kash Patel’s FBI so focused on going after Trump’s perceived enemies they’ve missed signs in Minnesota, Michigan etc?

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Could have been worse….

Posted September 27, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Good news, Stanford rallied from 12 points down for a last minute comeback and won 30-29 against San Jose State.

Bad news, Stanford needed to rally from 12 points down for a last minute comeback to beat San Jose State.

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It did work out when Spencer Bivens came in to put out the fire.

But SF Giants manager Bob Melvint putting Ryan Walker into today’s game with a 4-2 lead to try to save the last start of the year for Justin Verlander should have been listed under “Insanity” in the dictionary

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With the government about to shutdown, Trump took Friday off to attend the Ryder Cup.

Now “Europe has set a record for largest Ryder Cup lead going into Sunday singles under format that dates to 1979: Europe 11.5, USA 4.5.” Almost as if #ETTD

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Noticing the Sunday Shows lineups: ABC, NBC & CBS, CNN all have both Democrats and Republicans.

Fox News Sunday has just J.D. Vance, while Fox Sunday Futures has 3 Republicans & John Fetterman.

And some wonder why Fox News viewers have a warped view of the world?

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Trump now telling parents to have five separate vaccine appointments. At the same time he and GOP are stripping healthcare from millions of Americans. And many working parents already struggle to find time for every doctor visit.

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For those worried that Trump’s will use potential shutdown as justification to order agencies to fire federal employees working for programs that are “not consistent with the president’s priorities.” We know he wants to fire those people eventually anyway.

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Sinclair’s ABC stations stopped preempting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” starting Sept. 26. Sounds like genuflecting before Trump took a back seat to ratings and profits…

Oh please. As Trump says he is now releasing Amelia Earhart files, remember, the aviator was 39 when she disappeared. An age when Donald probably would have said “She wouldn’t have been my choice.”

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If he didn’t write this card, Fox News would be talking about it, with a handwriting expert, nonstop.

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Rich get richer

Posted September 26, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Top 10 payrolls in MLB

All but the Astros, Rangers and Braves will make the playoffs.

(They never did know how to spend money in Texas.)

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RANKTEAMTOTAL PAYROLL
1Dodgers$348,867,360
2Mets$339,505,504
3Yankees$297,900,541
4Phillies$289,556,399
5Blue Jays$253,608,426
6Astros$231,140,374
7Rangers$223,543,444
8Braves$217,340,553
9Padres$215,787,481
10Cubs$210,695,945-

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And Republicans shouldn’t be feeling smug and safe. Comey was a Republican. John Bolton is a Republican, Liz Cheney is a Republican, Mike Pence is a Republican….

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So uh, if this Comey case actually gets to trial, does that mean the former FBI director can bring up Russian collusion as a defense?

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For all GOP meekly standing by as Donald directs pure retribution indictment against Comey.. James handed Trump Presidency w/ his Oct 2016 statement on Hillary’s emails. John Bolton endorsed Trump in 2016 & almost was his SOS. Sooner or later, everyone ends up under the bus.

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Today it’s a Comey indictment… Anyone keeping a list, or starting a bingo card, of all the things Trump has done to distract from the Epstein files?

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Donald is putting a whole new spin on the phrase “Trumped up charges!”

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Coffee prices are up over 20% in the last year.

Hey MAGA, Donald isn’t just distracting you from the Epstein files. He’s trying to distract you from the fact it’s getting harder to wake up in the morning

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Trump says today he’s going to take “a little money” and “give it to our farmers..

But I thought tariffs only hurt other countries.

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“I settled seven wars” is Donald’s new “big strong men with tears in their eyes…”

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Yes – real Fox News headline about Trump new UN ambassador.

Waltz calls UN mishaps during Trump speech ‘unacceptable,’ vows funding freeze until reforms.

Waltz says escalator, teleprompter & audio problems during president’s address are under Secret Service investigation.” USA is not now a serious country

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Returning the favor

Posted September 25, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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After the St Louis Cardinals eliminated the SF Giants from post-season contention, the SF Giants did the the same to the Cardinals today.

Not that either at this point were over 1-2% “So you’re saying there’s a chance…”

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Tyler Rogers was traded from the SF Giants to the Mets at the end of July

And he STILL leads the Giants in “holds” for 2025 with 20.

No one else is close (Rodriguez had 13, Miller had 10.)

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Meanwhile, this SI headline “Tom Brady Has Had Enough of the ‘Paranoid and Distrustful’ Who Claim He Has a Conflict of Interest.” (In being a minority Raiders owner & a broadcaster) And why should anyone not believe the HOF QB suspended over “deflategate?””

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GOP leader John Thune says Democrats demands are “unhinged.” It’s unhinged to care about healthcare for millions of Americans? It’s unhinged to want to stop President from taking away money Congress has approved? Okay then. When someone tells you who they are, believe them

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Okay, who had this Fox News headline on their batsh*t bingo card? “Secret Service investigating after president, first lady forced to walk up escalator.”

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Joe Biden is 82 years old. If the escalator broke while he was in the UN, he and Jill would have just laughed and quietly walked up the stairs.

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So is Trump actually trying to turn the UN escalator into a Reichstag Fire moment?

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz yesterday on Donald’s rant “Not only do they need to be fired, they need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. It’s a miracle the President ever made it up the stairs.”


Before I started paying attention to Amy Klobuchar I was not familiar with “Minnesota nice” snark. But it’s an art form. Thank you Governor Walz.

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Went to high school near Orlando, and our congressman was Richard Kelly. He’s notable now only as GOP congressman convicted of taking bribes in 1980 Abscam scandal. Kelly was before his time. These days Trump would promote him.

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Jimmy Kimmel’s return last night was his most-watched monologue ever. Wonder how many viewers watched the show on Youtube for the first time? Sinclair may inadvertently have accelerated an increasing American exit from broadcast television.

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Can’t be the only person who has watched Jimmy Kimmel more in last two days than like ever…

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