Left Coast Sports Babe

Redskins are apparently going to retire name from the team  Monday.  (Maybe by the time people read this.)   It’s a start.

Now in 112 days can we  retire Trump name from the White House.

I’m so old I remember when the person who engendered the most bipartisan hatred in Washington D.C. was Dan Snyder.

Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves  said in a letter to season ticket holders “”As it relates to the fan experience, including “the chop”, it is one of the many issues that we are working through with the advisory group. ”

(In all seriousness, is there ANYONE, outside Atlanta, and Tallahassee, home of Florida State, where the Seminoles originated the idea, who would miss “the chop?”

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Saw that a Trump supporter has started a campaign to buy Goya products to donate to food pantries. I’m all in favor of donations to food pantries… but is the idea that this is Hispanic food that Trump supporters won’t eat themselves?

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US Surgeon General Jerome Adams, who won’t call for an Executive Order or federal rules on masks “If we are going to have a mask mandate we need to understand that works best at the local & state level.” So is Adams saying we should get rid of federal seat belt & DUI rules too?

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Betsy Devos says “schools should have plans.” Uh, the maiden voyage of the Titanic had a plan.

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If Betsy Devos is so sure it’s safe for kids to go back to school, including in Florida, why doesn’t she herself at least commit to attending the RNC convention in Jacksonville?

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Chris Christie, asked about Trump commuting Roger Stone’s sentence. “Well, I wouldn’t have done it.” Is that New Jersey speak for being “very troubled?”

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If someone had told Trump soldiers were living monuments would he have at least pretended to care Putin put bounties on them?

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The United Kingdom has had 290,000 COVID-19 cases, and PM Boris Johnson indicates that masks will become mandatory in public indoor spaces. The USA has had more than 300,000 cases in a WEEK, and Donald Trump wants a medal for wearing a mask, once.

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The White House is trying to muzzle Dr. Fauci.

Dr. Fauci has committed two crimes in White House eyes: First, Fauci disagrees with Trump. Second, and worse, Fauci is more popular than Trump.

Hard to believe, but not only have we missed much of the scheduled MLB season, July 12 was supposed to be the last game before the All-Star break.

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NHL is going to try to resume play with 24 teams in early August. And for safety the league is going to do it with all games in CANADA. (Toronto and Edmonton.) Ladies and gentlemen, we are officially a “sh*thole country.”

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Per Washington Post, “At University of Washington, in Seattle, at least 155 of school’s 1,100 fraternity members have tested positive for the coronavirus… And there was a time when we thought “Animal House” gave frats a bad reputation.

Your reminder, as Kayleigh McEnany just claimed Trump has “absolute immunity” like a monarch, that we ARE coming up on Bastille Day…. “Allons enfants de la patrie…”

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If you’re too young to know who Eliot Richardson was, google him. America needs another Eliot Richardson. Instead we have Bill Barr.

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In January 2017, Susan Collins had a 67% approval rating in her state, one of the highest of any politicians. Now she’s about 36%. She threw away 31% of Maine residents. And for what?

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Trump ranting today so much in favor of Michael Flynn and Roger Stone you’d think they were Confederate statues.

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So while Trump visited veterans for a photo op at Walter Reed this afternoon wonder if he found time to “ace” another cognitive test?

Anyone but me thinking all these headlines “Trump wearing mask” are the media equivalent of some parents thinking their toddler should get a trophy for pooping in his potty chair?

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Yep and more headlines over Trump’s finally wearing a mask at a hospital for soldiers than there were about his ignoring Russian bounties on those same soldiers.

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Wish one of these wounded troops at Walter Reed would ask Donald Trump how many pieces of silver he sold them out for?

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Also lost in the excitement about Trump wearing a mask, was the fact he AGAIN repeatedly personally attacked the forewoman of the jury in Roger Stone’s trial. Threatening jurors IS a crime. Add it to the list.

Finally you all do know that if Trump hadn’t worn a mask there’s no way Walter Reed Military Hospital would have let him in, right?

It was only about four months ago when I and other SF Giants fans were depressed at the thought of watching Madison Bumgarner trying to get Buster Posey out…

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Umpire Joe West is not afraid of COVID-19 “‘Look, most of these people that they’re reporting are dying are not healthy to begin with….I don’t believe in my heart that all these deaths have been from the coronavirus”
Sounds like West is as much an expert on medicine as he is on calling balls and strikes.

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On a lighter note, with college football moving towards only conference games in 2020, if a season happens at all, rumors are Notre Dame might have to join the ACC.
Who cares? Well, the Fighting Irish have a huge contract with NBC through 2025 to televise all their home games, for millions of dollars per game. and as an independent they don’t have to share ANY of the money. Conference teams have to share TV $$$ in conference….

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If we’re going to bet on sports should we bet on what major professional sports league decides to give up on their 2020 season first?

Am a really strong believer in mean bitch Karma. But she’s building up a helluva long to-do list.

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CEO of Goya Foods, facing calls for a boycott after he praised Trump, says “It’s suppression of speech, I’m not apologizing!’

Uh, no, it’s not suppression of speech, it’s the free market and free choice. And millions of Americans are just choosing now not to buy Goya’s products.

(and yeah, last year I had just discovered their really good hot taquera salsa. no more. #Priorities)

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Kayleigh McEnany said Trump won yesterday’s Supreme Court 7-2 decision. So who took Press Secretary’s Math SAT’s to get her into Harvard?

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Remember those days being a kid when you would dig and wonder if you could hypothetically dig far enough to come out on the other side of the Earth? That’s kind of how I feel when I hear people ask “How low can Trump go?”

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Today, after flying from DC to Miami, Donald Trump FLEW Air Force One to Ft. Lauderdale for a fundraiser.  Miami to Ft. Lauderdale.  On a 747.  About 30 miles it’s like flying from JFK to Newark. Or from National Airport in DC to Dulles. Why did Donald need private time on the plane? And why isn’t this a bigger story?

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Biden wasn’t my preferred candidate either in 2020 Presidential Primary. But for all those who’ve said they’d rather die than vote for Joe…. we’re getting close to that being the choice.

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Joe Biden could make a gaffe every day in the middle of 5th Avenue and should not lose any supporters.

40 hospitals in Florida already have run out of room in their ICUs. Maybe as Disney World reopens they can figure out a way to help the state issue “Fast-Passes” for hospitalization?

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Scary. Florida finally relented & released hospitalization data: 6,991 COVID-19 patients in Florida’s hospitals, Miami-Dade County, where Trump’s Doral is located, tops chart w/ 1,578 COVID patients. Scarier: There are 10 counties for which there is NO data reported at all

Uh, open note to Washington football team considering a name change. You all do know that @warriors   on Twitter is already taken, right?

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At least when  Biden takes over in 2021 perhaps it won’t be so pejorative to refer to a team as “Washington.”

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Meanwhile,  as the Big Ten and possibly other conferences move away from non conference games, look for Alabama to ask for an emergency proclamation to have “Tennessee-Martin” declared an honorary SEC member.

(No joke the Tennesse-Martin Skyhawks are on the Crimson Tide’s schedule for November 14, 2020.

Been a heck of a week. So who is Donald Trump going to fire this Friday night?

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Doug Ducey says Trump phones him so often the Arizona Governor changed his ringtone to “Hail to The Chief” for when Donald calls. Uh, paging campaign staff for Arizona Senate Candidate Mark Kelly,  I think I have an ad idea for you.

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Trump on Hannity said he “actually took” a cognitive test at Walter Reed and “I aced the test.” Wonder if Donald though of having Joe Shapiro take the test for him?

Just thinking, one sign of failing a cognitive test at Walter Reed might be forgetting that you didn’t want to admit to having taken a cognitive test. 

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Arizona COVID-19 cases already at record levels, But remember this about Trump’s Phoenix rally on June 23. It was 3,000 mostly college students! Which means some might get really sick, more will end up asymptomatic/mildly symptomatic spreaders. And they don’t believe in masks.

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“Both of Trump’s SCOTUS appointees, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, ruled against him.” No punchline, I just like writing that.

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So who’s going to tell Donald he can’t fire the Supreme Court?

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Have been lucky enough to see both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama speak live. Joe Biden isn’t the orator either of those Presidents were. But he doesn’t need to be. President Biden will be just fine. Better than fine.

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GOP officials are looking into moving next month’s RNC convention to an outdoor stadium in Jacksonville. I used to live in Florida. Jacksonville. Outdoors. In August.
That’s the punchline.

As Redskins considers a name change, perhaps they could temporarily become the Washington Republicans? Because if 2020 season happens we’ll know it’s a losing year for them by November.

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Due to the pandemic,  Stanford is cutting 11 of 36 varsity sports.  Sad. Though even as an alum not sure I could have come close to naming all 36 varsity sports.

Okay, I know putting blue fingernail polish on my hands won’t really help #FlipTheSenateBlue. But reminders can’t hurt.

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As the Supreme Court upheld the right of employers not to cover birth control in employee health plans for reason of religious freedom, I must have missed the part of the Bible where it talked about the God-given right to Viagra. 

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Mississippi governor Tate Reeves is now warning anyone who’s had contact with anyone in the Mississippi legislature to get a COVID-19 test. They had an in-person session, no masks. 26 members now positive. 

 So how are those plans for RNC convention in Jacksonville going?

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New Jersey will require masks be worn in public. It being New Jersey, thinking someone’s going to make a lot of money coming up with masks with really smart ass statements on them.

Can Betsy Devos and Dr. Birx both put a scarf in it?

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Trump fundraising email “The Radical Left (the cancel everything party) will try and keep our schools closed FOREVER.”   Uh, Donald, 130,000 Americans would like to tell you about the real meaning of “FOREVER.”

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All you need to know about Betsy Devos: She was more concerned about the danger to school children from grizzly bears than from COVID-19.

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Trump threatening to withhold federal funds from schools that don’t reopen. So assume every member of Donald’s White House and every GOP member of Congress is sending his/her children and grandchildren to school.

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Karen Pence, 63, is an art teacher at a private Christian school. So is she going back to teach this fall?

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So as people line up for hours to get tested in Arizona, wonder just how many of the best and most expensive COVID-19 tests were used, repeatedly, on Trump, the Secret Service and his acolytes to make sure Dear Leader was safe during his Phoenix vanity rally .

(at taxpayer expense.)

Wow, just saw USA hit 62,000 cases today, (a new record) and close to 1,000 deaths again, highest 2 day total in a month. Missed the Trump tweet taking credit.

If people need to bet one baseball wouldn’t it be more logical to bet on the day the 2020 season gets shut down. As opposed to who a possible World Series winner might be?

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Really rich people have been able to buy their mediocre kids’ way into good universities for decades. And colleges admissions were easier in the 1960s. So just how stupid is Trump that he needed to pay someone to take his SAT for him to get into Wharton?

Trump tonight on Fox News attacks Anthony Fauci “I think we are in a good place. I disagree with him.” Great, can Donald fire Dr. Fauci so Biden can add him to the campaign team? 

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Mary Kay LeTourneau has died of cancer. Which isn’t particularly shocking. But admit to being shocked to see she was actually a little younger than me.

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You know life is surreal when you wait 90 minutes at the DMW for a Real ID and you think how much more competent the whole operation is than the White House.

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Tucker Carlson tonight of Tammy Duckworth – “Keep in mind (she) not a child, at least not technically – she is a sitting US senator, who is often described as a hero Yet Duckworth is too afraid to defend her own statements on cable TV show. What a coward.”
Pass. The. Popcorn.

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John McCain would be defending Tammy Duckworth tonight. And shame on GOP Senators who aren’t.

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But what’s got Donald Trump most upset tonight? Mary’s book? Or the realization he may never be able to come up with a nasty nickname for Tammy Duckworth?

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Forget age as a major factor, if older rich white men with younger wives were dying at a high rate from COVID-19, Trump would have been wearing a mask months ago.

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As Trump administration withdraws from WHO, could someone ask Donald who at WHO really upset him so much – Roger Daltry or Pete Townshend.

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There’s a reason Betsy Devos has lasted so long in the Trump administration. She’s as loathsome as Donald is.

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Two questions I wish a reporter would ask Trump. 1. Would you send your grandchildren to school this fall? 2. Could you name your grandchildren?

PSA: If you feel you really need to be seen without a mask, please rewrite your will to request an open casket.

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56 Florida ICUs have hit capacity under Governor Ron DeSantis’s lack of leadership.  I miss the days when Florida Man was only a danger to himself.

If MLB season gets started Dodgers & Giants will play 10 times in first 33 games. Translation, the league wanted as many rivalry games as possible before it all probably gets shut down.

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Trump now ranting about the Redskins and Indians potential name changes. How long until out of embarrassment Syracuse changes their name from “Orange?”

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Of all the things I expected after Trump was elected in 2016, did not have “Make NASCAR look like the voice of liberal reason.”

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Uh oh, Lindsey Graham  may not get another golf invite: “I don’t think Bubba Wallace has anything to apologize for. You saw the best in NASCAR…they all rallied to Bubba’s side, I’d be looking to celebrate that kind of attitude more than being worried about it being a hoax.”

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Two things. 1. Hated Charlie Daniels’ politics. 2. Loved “Devil Went Down to Georgia.” R.I.P.

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Going to say this again, if you claim to be a strong supporter of a candidate but still trash someone he/she has endorsed, then you really don’t think that much of their judgment.

Kayleigh McEnany “The President said he’s not making a judgment one way or the other.” I’m sorry, if you’re not denouncing the Confederate flag you ARE making a judgment. And the wrong one. Period.

History will be kinder to John Kasich than to Donald Trump and his enablers.

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Trump tweet “Corrupt Joe Biden and the Democrats don’t want to open schools in the Fall for political reasons, not for health reasons! ” So are Donald and GOP members of Congress all sending THEIR kids to school?

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Waiting for Nepotism Barbie to defend her father’s tweet by saying she and Jared are sending their kids to school this fall….

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One of the worst things about Trump and Confederate flag/statues, you know Donald isn’t a Southerner and doesn’t give a damn about either of them. But he’s using Confederacy symbols as an evil dog whistle to his racist base.

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Katie Miller is married to Stephen Miller and is now pregnant. Presume it would be inappropriate to make references to “Rosemary’s Baby.” 

This week in Washington DC may finally bring Redskins name being taken off the NFL team A hopeful precursor to Trump name being taken off the White House.

Whatever gets decided on the potential Redskins name change, figure it’s a slam dunk at this point. Not just the mood of the county, but in a year where NFL teams might not be able to sell tickets, a new name will probably make merchandise for Washington DC’s team the hottest selling in the league.

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AP reports Rochester NY police say Frederick Douglass statue was taken from its base & damaged Sunday in Maplewood Park, a site along Underground Railroad where Douglas & Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape. Thinking we might wait long time for Trump to condemn THIS statue attack.

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RIP Nick Cordero. Saw him in “The Bronx Tale” just a few years ago. He was 41 years old. Trump is wrong. Wear. A. Mask.

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Also for those thinking they can’t  get COVID-19 from 1 random encounter?

Old birthday math problem: It’s 2 in 365 chance of having same birthday as someone you meet. But with only 23 ppl,   it’s 50-50 chance of at least 2 people having same birthday. In room of 75 it’s 99.9% chance of at least 2 people matching. Wear. A. Mask.

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Seeing a lot of people talking about Joe Biden’s  VP choice needing to be “an experienced campaigner.” Does anyone think we’re going to have anything like a regular campaign experience this fall?

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Hey folks, it’s not that Kanye will get actual votes. Too late for him to be on ballots. But the media will give his BS rants and attacks more attention than they give Biden’s speeches.

1. A vote for anyone but Joe Biden is a vote for Trump. 2. Not voting in November 3 election is a vote for Trump. Any questions?

If we originally called COVID-19 the China Virus because it originated in China, seems fair that we rename it #TrumpVirus because it’s now spreading like wildfire through the US because of Trump.

If you’re young.

Atlanta Braves star Freddie Freeman has COVID-19. Wife says it “hit him like a ton of bricks.  He has “body aches, headaches, chills & high fever.” “He’s someone who never gets sick; hit him like ton of bricks. We haven’t gone to grocery store, we haven’t gone out to dinner, we haven’t seen friends, ..still got it.”

Freeman is 30.

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David Price is sitting out the 2020 season, saying the decision “is in the best interest of my health and my family’s health.” Whatever you think about Price, he’s a graduate of Vanderbilt, one of the top universities in the country, and he is not a stupid man.

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Also, Buster Posey now says he’s considering opting out of MLB’s 2020 season depending how pandemic goes in next couple weeks. Posey was valedictorian of his high school & academic All-American at Florida State. 

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I’m sure our Founding Fathers would be so proud they fought for Independence from a mad King so we could have a mad President spend the day rage tweeting from the White House.

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Oh please oh please can someone ask Trump on camera what he thinks about mobs tearing down the statue of George Hanover in New York City?

July 9, 1776 – George Hanover was also known as King George III.

Your reminder, as Trump continues his COVID-19 lies, including his China travel ban, the EU has lifted their travel ban for residents of 15 countries. China is on the list. USA still banned. So much winning.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle and Don Jr say they will drive back from South Dakota to DC. (Presumably they were going to fly on Air Force One.) Secret service agents overseeing the trip will need to isolate for two weeks. Your tax dollars at work.

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Speaking of American heroes, thinking the first statue President Biden might commission will be a tribute to essential workers who are risking their lives to help us through this pandemic.

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Kanye running for President?! Go home, 2020, you’re drunk.

If you wonder how we got into this nightmare, a simple sentence – Kanye West announcing he is running for President has gotten more attention today than anything Joe Biden has said..

Let me be very very very clear: Any vote for ANYONE not named  Joe Biden is a vote for Trump. Pass it on.

I’m so old I remember when the off-season sports headlines we hated to see were about arrests instead of positive COVID-19 tests.

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Washington Redskins have announced they will conduct “a thorough review of the team name.” Since Nike, FedEx and Pepsi have all indicated they could end relationships with Washington over the current name, presume the review is being done by the team’s accountants.

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Jeffrey Epstein’s friend Ghislaine Maxwell, arrested in New Hampshire, is now awaiting transfer to New York, where she could be held in same Manhattan jail where Epstein died last year. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

SF Chronicle headline “How to stop a July 4 party from becoming a ‘super spreader’ event.” Real simple. Don’t have a party.

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USA just blew past 57,000 reported COVID-19 cases for the day.   To put this in perspective this is about 1/3 of England’s total cases. FOR THE YEAR.

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As much as I dislike Trump, calling him “Benedict Donald” isn’t accurate. Benedict Arnold at least was actually a competent and successful leader before he defected.

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I know Secret Service agents understood when they took the job they might have to give their lives for Vice President and President. But don’t think “being infected with a potential deadly virus for a vanity rally” was on anyone’s list.

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Wonder how Stephen Miller’s Trump speech tonight sounded in the original German?

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Saw “Abbott Out” trending.  So as far as I can tell, half of Texans want Greg Abbott out because he’s telling people to wear masks, and the other half want him out because he was too late to tell people to wear masks. Who says bipartisan agreement doesn’t exist in this country? 

Trump wants a statue of himself. Can we make it one of those State Fair butter statues? Yellow, fatty and they melt away in the sun.

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Anyone know what drugs was Trump on tonight?

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All these people packed in shoulder to shoulder in 90 degree heat without masks are definitely doing their best to shatter the myth of white supremacy

Must say, not that it cures everything but watching an old episode of the West Wing is not a bad antidote for watching a Trump speech.

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On a day when Don Jr. attacks Biden for gaffes that “show a lapse of basic reasoning,” his girlfriend, who along with him hasn’t been social distancing or wear a mask, tests positive for COVID-19. Somewhere mean bitch Karma is popping a socially distanced cold one.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly didn’t travel on Air Force One. So how did she get to South Dakota, and how many people did Kimberly expose?

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Kimberly Guilfoyle apparently attended Trump rallies in both Tulsa & AZ. Can we start calling these events what they really are “Taxpayer Funded Vanity Super Spreading?”

Well, I agree with Donald Trump on one thing. “The best is yet to come.” Starting on January 20, 2021. #PresidentBiden

Just wondering, why do we need ANY national anthem before NFL games?

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NFL reportedly going to fine players for conduct detrimental if they are found to have engaged in “reckless” behavior away from the team facility, “such as eating out in restaurants and using ride-sharing services. ”  Well, it’s a good thing we know pro-football players have never engaged in “reckless” behavior in the past.

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As USA blows past 55,000 COVID-19 confirmed cases in a day and likely hits 60,000 this weekend, Rachel Maddow points out that most Americans STILL can’t get tested. So what are our REAL numbers?

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So where have all these COVIDiots anti-mask people been for years as far as protesting places that say “No shirts, no shoes, no service?”

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Epstein’s friend  Ghislaine Maxwell arrested in New Hampshire. I’m so old I remember when worrying about harm coming to important suspects in custody in USA was only a thing on “24” episodes.

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Maybe it’s just me but having Trump & Pence fly around US, leaving little COVID-19 clusters in their wake, along with infected Secret Service agents, might not be the best way for Donald’s reelection campaign to show Americans the pandemic is over?

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Looking through the rules for 7,500 ticket holders to Trump’s vanity fireworks rally at Mount Rushmore. One of the prohibited items is “firearms.” So what about Donald’s beloved 2nd Amendment?

Trump had “a group of over 50 surrogates to campaign on behalf of President Trump” at Tulsa rally. Group included: Sen. James Lankford, Sen. Tom Cotton, Rep. Jim Jordan. Herman Cain, Diamond & Silk, & Terrence K. Williams.

And Herman Cain now has COVID-19 When he decided to go to the rally why didn’t someone tell him Nein, Nein, Nein?

My better angels are telling me I better not say any more on this one.

Trump tweeted “There is a rise in Coronavirus cases because our testing is so massive and so good, far bigger and better than any other country. This is great news.” “Great news?” The President of the United States is insane. Pass it on.

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Supported Barack Obama from when he was thinking about running in 2006 through both of his terms. But how lovely was it to go days without being concerned what POTUS might have said on Twitter?

While Tammy Duckworth  may not be an exciting speaker, she’s impressive, would pass “Day 1” ready test and it’s really hard to imagine what if any attacks could be used against her as Biden’s running mate. Just saying.

And meanwhile, Sen. Duckworth to block more than 1,000 military promotions unless Pentagon vows not to retaliate against Lt. Col. Vindman.    Three words – You. Go. Girl.

ESPN reports that operating the three-month completion of the NBA season in a bubble Walt Disney World Resort will cost the NBA more than $150 million.   And what fraction is $150 million of the TV revenue the league will get for those three months?

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Does Trump still think he can treat COVID-19 like a porn star – pay it to go away?

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Starting on Sept 7, 1940 London was bombed by Luftwaffe for 56 of following 57 days & nights.
And some Americans couldn’t go 57 days without going to a bar?

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So now Donald basically is saying he could let Russia shoot troops in the middle of 5th Avenue and not lose supporters?

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WTF alert – I understand that ads are designed in advance but today’s Safeway ad features large “Grab N’ Go” party appetizer trays? (Including shareable spinach dip in a giant bread bowl. Yeah, right.)

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Molly Ivins would be only 76 if she were still alive. I think I’d be waking up every morning now both in fear of her contracting COVID-19 in Texas, and in awe of what she’d be writing.

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When Trump travels to Mar-A-Lago, Air Force One lands at PBI- Palm Beach International Airport, which is closest to West Palm Beach. Mayor of West Palm Beach is Keith James, a Democrat. Who’s with me on getting “Black Lives Matter”  painted on PBI tarmac?

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“I don’t agree with being told we can’t do anything. Especially on a holiday where we’re supposed to be celebrating Independence.” Southern California man, not wearing mask near beach complaining on CNN. Sigh. Independence and Ignorance start and end with the same letters….

Chuck Grassley: “The more empathy the president can show, the more he’s going to go up in the polls.” Trump showing empathy is as likely as SF Giants fans showing love to the Dodgers.

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Forget the fact that the Lone Ranger’s mask was around his eyes, not his nose and mouth. If Trump thought he looked good in a mask you’d never see him without one. Period.

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Today Trump finally said “I’m all for masks. I think masks are good.” How long until Donald says he was one of the first to support the need for masks and anyone who says otherwise is “Fake News.”

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Washington Post opinion piece attacked Joe Biden for being in favor of penalties for burning US flag back in 1989. Uh, back in 2009, Trump was a Democrat.

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Polls show Montana Governor Steve Bullock leading in the state’s Senate race. One of many reasons I like him – Steve didn’t want to run for Senate. Democrats asked him to run, because Bullock was our best chance. And he finally agreed.
Being a team player matters. #TeamJoe

MLB legally can’t identify players who test positive during the pandemic.  But hey, expect that information will remain as confidential as those “anonymous” early MLB steroid tests.

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MLB just announced there will be no Minor League Baseball in 2020. “Who are we, chopped liver?” responded the Mets.

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Trump campaign is so desperate they are running anti-Biden ads on MSNBC?
Isn’t that in a normal year like running an ad for Yankees tickets in Boston?

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On a brighter note if we will all have to keep wearing masks indefinitely it’s going to be a lot easier to find presents for dads this year for Christmas that aren’t ties or socks.

So how long until Trump tweets an attack on Mississippi for abandoning the Confederate flag?

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Trump actually tweeted about Donna Brazile “She gets fired by CNN forr giving Crooked Hillary the debate questions, and gets hired by Fox News.   Where are you Roger Ailes?” Another sad symptom of dementia I remember from my mother – talking to dead people.

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Speaking about Donald Trump today “He sprays a mask on his face every day for vanity, but an actual mask that would protect other people, that he will not do.” Anderson Cooper has no more f*cks to give. And I am so here for it.

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Remember Christine “I am not a witch” O’Donnell? Lauren Boebert, who just won GOP primary in Colorado 3rd district makes O’Donnell look reasonable by comparison.

A virtual fundraiser for GOP Senator Martha McSally in Arizona featured McSally and George W. Bush. Along with GOP Senators Susan Collins (ME) , Thom Tillis (NC), and Cory Gardner (CO)
“Siri, tell me five people who won’t have a job next January.”

As someone who has been going to bars since I was 16 (yeah, statute of limitation has passed on that one), & who loves & misses the conviviality of a good bar, WTF are y’all thinking? Instead of “Bar Lives Matter,” more honest slogan should be “We’re dying for a drink.”

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So at these “Bar Lives Matter” places, are they doing 2 for 1 Happy Hour prices on bleach cocktails?

NBA and players union have agreed to have “Black Lives Matter” painted on the courts  at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex when season hope to resume on July 30.

Thereby not only addressing racial inequality, this should keep Trump from even THINKING of attending an NBA playoff game.

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42% approval rating for Trump on Rasmussen? That seemed as likely as NFL actually ever seriously punishing Patriots for cheating.

Mayor of Eagar, AZ, Bryce Hamblin, will not require masks nor cancel town’s 4th of July parade “My response from the onset of COVID-19 pandemic has been that we will err on the side of freedom.” What’s that line “Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose?”

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Justice Clarence Thomas, in scathing dissent today “Iidea that Framers of the 14th Amendment understood Due Process Clause to protect right to abortion is farcical.” Uh, Justice Thomas, “Framers of the 14th Amendment” didn’t think Blacks should vote, let alone sit on Supreme Court.

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I’m so old I remember Kayleigh McEnany telling the press “I will never lie to you.”

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Saw a report that Barack Obama has counseled Joe Biden to trim his speeches. Makes sense to me. Think Joe is a great guy but only have seen him give one speech live. It was a great 20 minute speech. That lasted an hour.

Susan Collins now claiming in a statement “Kavanaugh gave no indication in his dissenting opinion that he supports overturning Roe.” It ignores the “precedent” of other abortion cases.” So is Collins that duplicitous, or should she be testing herself for dementia?

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Rachel Maddow Monday night  says “I am old, I am 47.” Excuse me, 47 is NOT old. Even if we all feel we’ve aged decades since January 2020.

Meanwhile on Maddow,  Susan Rice seemed like a very plausible VP. And she was really p*ssed off. As she should be.

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When we get Trump out of office and onto the scrap heap of history, anyone but me feel they never want to watch a movie or read a book about a foreign power trying to infiltrate US government and take down the country again?

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Your reminder, as we wonder how many Americans may have died because Trump ignored stories of Russian bounties on our troops, millions of Americans may not have voted for Hillary Clinton simply because of oft-repeated idea a private server MAY have exposed her emails and thus been a US security threat.

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Meanwhile, Trump fundraising email of the night starts out “You up?” (no joke) So even prostitutes and porn stars aren’t answering him these days?

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Is it wrong to hope the SS Trumptanic is way short on lifeboats?

NFL penalized New England Patriots  $1.1 million and loss of a draft pick for their television crew filming the Bengals-Browns game in December ahead of New England’s game with Cincinnati.

Wait, when you have to cheat to beat the BENGALS?

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But meanwhile, did anyone expect the Patrios would replace Tom Brady with a likable mild-mannered quarterback?

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So as retail slowly returns, who’s going to make a fortune making and marketing to Republicans a line of jewelry made of clutchable pearls?

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Guess I understand why White House cult members feel compelled to defend their boss, but what’s Chris Christie’s excuse?

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VP Mike Pence has canceled events this week Florida and Arizona. So much for that victory lap speech for him to brag about how after “Memorial Day weekend we had this coronavirus epidemic behind us.”

Dr. Fauci today, worried even vaccine may not stop COVID-19 in US-“there is a general anti-science, anti-authority, anti-vaccine feeling among some people in this country — alarmingly large % of people, relatively speaking.” Trump really IS going to try to kill us all, isn’t he?

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So how many scarves did Trump give Dr. Birx for her soul?

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Used to live in Central Florida. Even a fraction of the residents protesting Trump at wealthy retirement community “The Villages” is as likely as Mississippi or NASCAR getting rid of the Confederate flag.

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A Trump spokesperson said Donald didn’t hear a MAGA supporter at the Villages yelling “White Power” on a video he retweeted? “Siri, is hearing loss another symptom of dementia?”

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Latest Trump fundraising email is from ERIC Trump, “My father needs your support.” Okay, with all due respect, who’s the genius in the MAGA world thought up – a direct appeal from Donald won’t work so let’s see if we get better response from Eric?

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IF you believe Press Secretary Barbie that neither Trump nor Pence were briefed on the Russian bounty intelligence report… what else haven’t they been briefed about?

Trump tweeted “actually Absentee Ballots are fine. A person has to go through a process to get and use them. Mail-In Voting, on the other hand, will lead to the most corrupt Election in USA history.”   Who wants to tell him?

Florida is still telling travelers from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to quarantine for 14 days. This would kind of be like the Houston Astros making a video telling the rest of baseball not to cheat.

Clemson announced Friday that 14 additional football players tested positive for COVID-19.  So now that’s 37 players, about a 1/3 of the roster.

I suppose it would be churlish to say that’s the most players on a NCAA CFB playoff football team in a month ever to have taken a test?

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Apparently several employees of the Texas Rangers have tested positive for COVID-19, and ESPN reports some employees said they fear for their health and want to work from home.

And MLB really thinks they’re going to have a season?

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Trump signed an “Executive Order protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues.” Biden will sign Executive Orders protecting American lives – starting by mandating masks.

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Trump  also claims “I was going to go to Bedminster, New Jersey, this weekend, but wanted to stay in Washington, D.C. to make sure LAW & ORDER is enforced.” Translation, New Jersey probably secretly warned Donald as someone who had been in Arizona last week he would not be welcome.

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Pence at today’s COVID-19 task force briefing – “The reality is we’re in a much better place.” Uh, “in a much better place” is a phrase usually used at funerals.

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Founder of Re-Open Maryland admits now has COVID-19. But he says he’s starting a church & “No one ever got sick at any of our rallies, to include me! I got it because Satan deemed me to get it. Because he wanted to quiet my work.” Uh, even Satan is going, “Nah, Hell has enough stupid.”

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Some opponents of DC statehood are saying the District, with a population under 1 million, should just become part of Maryland. So by that logic when are we combining North and South Dakota?

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Reading some of GOP arguments against statehood for D.C. Wonder if we’d have the same resistance if our nation’s capital were Virginia Beach, which is about 2/3 the size, but also about 2/3 Caucasian.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says he won’t mandate masks but “trusts people to make the right decision.” Uh, if Floridians had made the right decision, they wouldn’t have elected DeSantis.

If Trump wants the biggest most memorable Fourth of July celebration ever he should pick that date to resign.

Lots of talk yesterday how the whole Bubba Watson potential hate-crime was just made up, especially as the rope was “just a garage pull.”

So NASCAR released a picture of the “garage pull.”

Two words. Yeah. Right.

I will really miss Chuck E Cheese’s pizza said nobody.

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ESPN headline today is about fantasy football. Beginning to think in 2020 the fantasy is that we can play football.

Headline “Dennis Quaid says 39-year age difference with new wife ‘just doesn’t come up'” You know, there are drugs for that…

As House prepares to vote on DC statehood, Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton argues agains it. “Yes, Wyoming is smaller than Washington by population, but it has three times as many workers in mining, logging and construction, and ten times as many workers in manufacturing. In other words, Wyoming is a well-rounded working-class state.

That’s  a pretty long-winded way of saying Wyoming is white.

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Trump apparently has ordered that the Washington DC statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike, torn down last week by protesters, be put back up. Could Donald even tell you who Pike was? And uh, paging Mayor Muriel Bowser –  Trump is not the boss of DC.

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Trump in Wisconsin  “if we didn’t have testing we wouldn’t have COVID-19 cases. Next up – Donald eliminates police radar and breathalyzers and claims he has stopped speeding and DUIs in US.

More Trump in Wisconsin “If we didn’t wanna test, or if we didn’t test, we wouldn’t have cases. But we have cases because we test.” Dear gawd. Donald probably killed fewer people when he talked about drinking bleach.

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Hey Trump supporters and science deniers. You DO have a choice about whether or not to wear a mask. Wear one …. or stay home.

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You know who doesn’t need to wear a mask? Dead bodies in coffins. Pass it on.

If you need a couple hours diversion and a reminder of when Texas had a REAL governor. (PS Again, I miss Molly Ivins, who was Ann’s friend.)

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/ann-full-episode-3fpvx3/11569/

In a day when US COVID-19 cases hit their highest number ever, the Trump administration urges Supreme Court to invalidate Affordable Care Act. Once again, four words. “Pro Life My Ass.”

When ESPN headlines have to do less with game results than positive test results, we have a problem.

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Trump has a planned golf weekend at his Bedminister club in New Jersey. Donald has recently been in Arizona, but a White House spokesman said he will not abide by new 14-day quarantine regulations. #LockHimUp

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Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, who will not wear a mask to protect Americans, says he will issue an executive order to protect statues. November 3 cannot come soon enough.

Donald Trump indicates he’s going to issue an executive order protecting statues.  If Donald cares so much about these Confederate statues perhaps he can reinstall them on the grounds of Mar-A-Lago?

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Trump tweet tonight  “How Trump Is Making Black America Great Again, The Untold Story Of Black Advancement in the Era of Trump.” By Horace Cooper A great new book!

So this is a blank book, right?

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Latest poll has Biden ahead of Trump by 22 points with women. And 3 points with men. Well, this should take care of the myth of male supremacy once and for all.

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Wait…. if NY/NJ/CT edit holds, this means residents of those three states who go to Republican National Convention will have to quarantine for two weeks upon returning. Bummer.

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So what’s AG Bill Barr’s excuse going to be for not testifying? No prize, but serious bragging rights for the winner.

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As COVID-19 spikes cause the Dow to fall 700 points & even Texas Gov. Abbott to consider restrictions, Trump fundraising email is about his wall & “Radical Left” ignoring “dangerous illegal criminals who illegally cross our borders.” Time to start a pool on tweets about caravans!

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Psst… Poland is paying for US troops like Mexico is paying for the wall. Pass it on.

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So what time Friday night will Trump fire today’s DOJ whistleblowers?

Trying to be happy about baseball’s return. And looking at COVID-19 spikes, don’t see how they’ll make it through a second spring training.

Southern California and Houston have two of the worst COVID-19 spikes in US. Angels manager Joe Maddon is 66, Astros manager Dusty Baker is 71. MLB better not f*ck this up. Seriously.

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Of course I wish Novak Djokovic a full recovery from COVID-19. But maybe mean bitch Karma was listening when in April of this year Djokovic declared himself an anti-vaxxer.

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175,000 people (including me) attended grassroots virtual fundraiser for Joe Biden with Barack Obama.  Minimum donation was $5.  It raised $7.6 million.

But 175,000 people?  We should not share this number, it will make Donald Trump really upset and jealous.

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Trump seems so fixated on not testing as a way to pretend COVID-19 cases don’t exist, have to wonder, has Donald himself ever been tested for an STD?

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Uh oh, Cadet Bone Spurs up late and rant tweeting about John Bolton. Think Donald had someone secretly buy him a copy so he can check to see how many times he’s mentioned in the book?? Narcissists gonna narcissist.

If Americans are banned from traveling to some countries it will be the largely the Southern states, reopening early & not wearing masks, that made us such pariahs. Is it too late to let them secede?

If Jesus were watching today’s unmasked, tightly packed, Trump hate rally, would he say again “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do?”

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At this point cult leader Donald Trump will kill exponentially more people than cult leader Jim Jones.

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132 days from Tuesday night is Election Night, Nov 3. To give you idea how much things can change in 132 days… 132 days ago  we thought we had no COVID-19 deaths in US, Breonna Taylor & George Floyd were alive, Bernie Sanders won NH Primary over Pete Buttigieg & Amy Klobuchar.