Left Coast Sports Babe

Hope SF Giants pitchers who wrote bible verses on their caps on Pride night watched Jarron Collins’ beautiful tribute to his brother Jason who posthumously won the Arthur Ashe ESPY Courage award.

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Don’t really know soccer but England’s play late in the second half against Argentina in the World Cup semifinal looked reminiscent of a NFL prevent defense.

And I’m not the only person who thinks “prevent defenses prevent you winning.”

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One more day of the All-Star Break. Which means SF Giants fans are guaranteed not to be disappointed by the team for another day.

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Apparently Trump administration has put original copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment to an exhibit at the Lincoln memorial that is not temporatured/light controled, which is exposing the rare documents to harsh light and heat.

How long until the administration says the documents have been lost or destroyed?

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Meanwhile on the opposite of courage.

It’s not enough that Donald’s nominees now have to praise him. They now have to parrot every single lie he says.

Lately it’s the 2020 election, which he will never get over losing.

But I’d love to see a nominee just asked if he thinks the President is 6’3 and 238 pounds.

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He’s back to the “most people don’t know Dumb has a B in it..

Something that most people do know has a B “Brain” Something that has largely stopped working with Trump

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Since the Reflecting Pool is a story again.

A reminder to those who are either misinformed or spending lies about “vandals.”

The pool has had a 24-7 Earthcam on it for decades.

On top of everything else, vandals would have had to be invisible

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Buried in a Fox News story about the SAVE Act:

“But Center for Election Innovation & Research, a nonprofit election policy group that describes itself as nonpartisan, has found voter registration of noncitizens is rare.
“When investigations do turn up rare instances of improper registration or voting, officials take swift action to ensure that American elections remain secure.”

Hoping their readers don’t read.

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Todd Blanche on Trump

“I’m his lawyer, was his lawyer.”

He was right the first time.

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Trump has endorsed Mike Lindell for Minnesota Governor against Amy Klobuchar.

Come on Minnesota voters. Tell Donald and Lindell to put a Pillow in it.

NCAA is expanding March Madness to 76 teams.

Can’t wait to hear the screams in March 2027 from fans of the teams who end up rated 77th or 78th

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SF Giants lose a doubleheader by blowing leads in the bottom of the 9th inning in both games and finish April 13 and-18 aftter being swept by the Phillies.- who came in 9-19

Could be worse, but most fans had higher expectations for April than “at least we aren’t the Mets.”

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In 2024 56% of voters ages 50-64 voted for Trump & gave GOP control of House & Senate.

Now GOP Senate candidate John Sinunu says he will introduce legislation for Medicare work requirements for able-bodied Seniors!

None of those voters really wanted to retire anyway right?

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I would like to challenge even the most Trump loving Americans to find a single instance in 2024 when he campaigned on building a ballroom

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As Donald said goodbye to Charles today he was seen asking the King, ‘Are you going to come to Turnberry in a few months? The King said no.

But Trump added “I’ll be coming over for a couple of weeks.’

So taxpayers will be subsidizing another expensive paid vacation.

And it’s not just subsidizing Trump and family.

Secret Service must stay at Turnberry too and he charges them high prices… all the profit goes into his pocket..

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Donald’s new nominee for Surgeon General appears to be at least SLIGHTLY saner than the last one.

But, Nicole Saphier, a Fox News contributor, “sells a line of supplements called DropRx, including herbal tinctures for stress relief & focus.”

Will she divest? Or be another grifter.

Louisiana Senator John Kennedy says Trump has “oranges the size of beach balls.”

Is “oranges” his slang for diapers?

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And so it begins for US travelers. Due to fuel prices, United Airlines cancelling many flights today for summer travel on popular routes- SFO- Dulles, SFO to Chicago, etc & rescheduling ticketed travelers earlier or later.

Fewer flights. Higher fares. Thank you Donald Trump

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So Graham Platner supposedly is disavowing his most misogynistic and racist comments, some of them quite recent, and we’re supposed to accept that.

At the same time immigrants are being deported for transgressions 10-20 years ago or more.

“Siri, what is White Male Privilege?”

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There’s no difference between Democrats & Republicans.

The Supreme Court doesn’t matter.

Abortion rights are safe.

Any compromise on climate change is as bad as not believing in it.

Vote your conscience.

Just a handful of the far-left’s lies that have crippled democracy.

Jimmy Kimmel tonight

“I want to commend the handful of Republicans who have spoken out to defend our 1st Amendment rights. Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and James Comer

Everyone of them I have made fun of repeatedly and viciously. And none of them have pressured ABC to fire me for it.”

Seems like King Charles and Queen Camilla had a successful US visit. If nothing else millions of Americans now know the British slang “Bell end.”

Sometimes Heisman voters get it wrong. Not I think this year.

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But for how many NFL football fans is this postseason coming down to “Who do we hate the least?”

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As Sean Payton knows, Drew Brees is only three years older than Philip Rivers. Just saying

Well, all those who complained that Bo Nix wasn’t an NFL quarterback, now will see if the Denver Broncos can get to the Super Bowl with someone who REALLY isn’t an NFL quarterback. (at least not for the past 2 years.)

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Meanwhile, it has just been announced that Green Day will perform at the Super Bowl Opening Ceremony on February 9.

Welcome to the resistance, NFL

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MAGA is losing their minds over Green Day being added to the Super Bowl artists performing

Wait until they play “American Idiot.”

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US Cities hosting World Cup: Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, NYC/New Jersey, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area, & Seattle.

ALL these cities have Democratic mayors. Why, knowing Trump’s ICE war on Dems, would ANY foreigners risk attending?

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Lebron James was not selected as an All-Star Starter for the first time in over 20 years. And yet he didn’t throw a tantrum and call the NBA illegitmate or threaten to invade anyone over it.

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Is there a company in the DC area who can print out a giant banner with Trump’s letter to the Norwegian prime minister on it, and hang it from the U.S. Capitol so no Republican in Washington can claim they haven’t seen it? I’d join the Go Fund Me for that. Who’s with me?

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Donald Trump had his motorcade make a 9 minute stop at a furniture store in West Palm Beach on his way back to Mar-A-Lago. Was he looking for a trophy case for all the medals he’s planning to extort? Or given his age & health, did he need a quick potty break?

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If MLK Jr’s family offered Trump one of Dr. King’s many awards – maybe his Time Magazine 1963 “Man of the Year” cover, or his Grammy, THEN would Donald issue a Presidential proclamation on MLK day?

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Regarding some hotels canceling ICE bookings: Hotels cater to business travelers & tourists, often from out of state or US.

Can’t imagine being hotel guest, regardless of politics, & knowing if you simply run into angry ICE agent (or someone who hasn’t met their quota), on your way to breakfast or ice machine you could be detained or arrested.

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Every GOP Senator who thinks that selling their soul to appease Trump will benefit them in the long run should take a long hard look at what happened to Bill Cassidy.

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The real reason Trump is endorsing Julia Letlow for Bill Cassidy’s Senate seat: “Letlow has said she would have joined other GOP representatives in objecting to the results of the 2020 presidential election in Congress, had she been in office at the time.”

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So Trump is going after GOP Senator Bill Cassidy by endorsing Julia Letlow, who got into Congress when her 41 yr-old husband died of COVID. I know some have tried, but maybe it’s worth revisiting a conversation about US Senate run with former Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards?

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Some Republicans want a bill to require Americans to have a passport to vote.

As a believer in voting rights I think this is wrong.

But most Americans with passports are Democrats. As my late great Stepmother used to say “humanity survives in large part because criminals are stupid.”

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Trump fundraising email Saturday night:

Sat, Jan 17 at 5:13 PM “It’s Trump. I’m in the Oval Office, & I can’t stop thinking about you.” Except he’s at Mar-A-Lago. Losing track of where you are is a sign of advanced dementia..

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups & Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were among several people reportedly arrested by FBI on Thursday as part of two separate illegal gambling-related cases,

Waiting for ESPN “This report brought to you by Draft Kings.”

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Ann Killion in the SF Chronicle “Any assumptions that this scandal was limited to those currently implicated or that this was a one-off in the sports world would be incredibly naive.”

Two words that may turn out to be the most damaging ever to the integrity of sports – “prop bets”

And not that the horse isn’t already out of the barn and half way across the pasture, but will any two words turn out to be so damaging to the integrity of sports as “prop bets?”

So if they lose this World Series will the Dodgers just buy the Blue Jays?

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A $1,000,000,000,000.00 -yes, one trillion increase in our national debt in 2 months.

Where are all the GOP deficit hawks on this one?

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To all those who want Dems to trust Trump & vote for CR because he says he’ll have GOP negotiate then Remember this on his new WH ballroom? “It’ll be near it but not touching it & pay total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.” The East Wing is gone.

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So many bots and trolls trying to defend Trump demolishing the East Wing – without notice and without permits. Donald could burn the whole White House to the ground and replace it with Trump Tower and they’d shrug and say he was entitled to remodel.

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To all those who want Dems to trust Trump & vote for CR because he says he’ll have GOP negotiate then

Remember this on his new WH ballroom? “It’ll be near it but not touching it & pay total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.” The East Wing is gone.

Let us be crystal clear If Donald were proud of tearing down the East Wing he would have done it on camera with him pretending to do some of the destruction work.

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Donald Trump says he builds”on budget and on time,”

He said in July his White House ballroom would cost $200 million

In September he said $250 million Now it’s $300 million. Dibs on $1 billion in the pool

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No way this destruction suddenly happened without a lot of people knowing. What happened to all the treasures in the East Wing, of real or simply sentimental value? Did he destory them or steal them?

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When asked by a reporter about not being transparent about knocking down entire East Wing, Trump said he’d shown plans to “everybody that would listen.”

Give me a bleeping break.

While he hired at least a dozen of them, he has half the people left at Fox News on speed dial.

Are these name tags in front of Hegseth and Bondi and his other cabinet members during all their joint appearances with Trump for the press, or to remind Donald of their names?

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Fox News headline JB Pritzker accuses ICE of ‘racial profiling,’ defends comparing agents to Nazis Gov. of Illinois insisted ICE agents’ misconduct happens ‘all the time’ “They’re literally going after Black & Brown people because of the color of their skin,” No lies detected.

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Amy Klobuchar this week “I don’t know what Trump is going to do…rubber stampers behind closed doors say to us, ‘We really need to do something about these [health care] premiums. We know it, we understand it, but they’re waiting for his orders.”

While Americans peacefully protest for NO Kings. GOP acts like we elected a king.

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We shouldn’t have trusted the national championship trophy in the hands of JD Vance.

Shouldn’t trust him with his hands on our democracy either.

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-On a rare bright note on a rough day. Paige Bueckers, as expected, was taken first in the WNBA draft.

Wasnt that long ago that many Americans, even sports fans, may not have realized the WNBA HAD a draft.

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Many have thought American democracy is unsinkable.. Tonight the night of April 14,/15 1912, after disregarding many ice warnings, the Titanic hit that iceberg. How many warnings do we need?

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When Hitler took power in January 1933 he started opening concentration camps. Dachau was one of the first. It wasn’t originally for Jews. It was for the mass imprisonment (& murder) of political opponents. Including journalists.

If you’re not afraid you’re not paying attention.

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Meanwhile, for those who despise elite universities.

Or those who still don’t think lack of due process wil happen to them… at least until a friend or family member is deported..

Donold still has crazy tariffs. About 60 percent of all imports sold in Walmart — were made in China.

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Remember Joe Biden calling Peter Doocy “stupid S.O.B?” under his breath, when he didn’t realize the mic was on? ” Right wing media lost their minds.

Even though Biden apologized to Doocy and Peter accepted it.

Trump says out loud to Kaitlin Collins that “CNN hates our country.” And “Let’s hear the question from this very low-rated anchor at CNN.”

Right-wing media cheers!

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Fox News headline “Senate DOGE leader (Joni Ernst) targets tax-dodging government workers.” Fine, can she include members of Congress?

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47 Democratic Senators can all express outrage.

213 Democratic Representatives can all express outrage.

Won’t matter. Republicans have the gavels. We need just a few of them to remember the oath they took to the constitution and this country.

“Homegrowns are next.”

All these people who say Democrats were fearmongering and the USA would never overturn Roe v. Wade now say Trump would never send U.S. Citizens to be imprisoned in a foreign counry.