Left Coast Sports Babe

California fights back

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Meanwhile in DC, at a trial of a man accused of throwing a sandwich against an FBI agent, the FBI agent testified “he “could feel it though his ballistic vest”, and the sandwich “exploded all over” him.”

As an SF Giants fan who saw their relief pitching fail late in the season, I would like that sandwich thrower brought in for a tryout. That is some serious gas he was throwing..


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So if you listen to Donald Trump all elections where he and GOP win are good. And any election he loses is rigged. Sorest loser EVER.

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Meanwhile in CIncy, Mayor Aftab Pureval, the son of immigrants who is Tibetian and Indian, won re-election tonight, 78% to 22%, against Cory Bowman.

Bowman was endorsed by half-brother and VP JD Vance.

Looks like JD Vance is less popular in Cincinnati than whoever plays the Reds on MLB opening day.

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All these pundits saying about how XYZ candidate in 2026 is outperforming Trump in 2024 Let’s say the real truth Trump himself would do less well in 2026 than he did in 2024… #BuyersRemorse

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I feel for whoever is on ketchup bottle duty tonight at the White House.

A White House advisor said Trump would start going after GOP Senators who opposed his will on issues, including calling them at 3:00am..

Has it occurred to Donald that with Americans increasingly turning against him that attacks by him on US Senators may actually boost their chances in 2026? Oh, and many GOP senators may be old but they still know how to turn off their phones at night.

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So MAGA Mike Johnson on Tuesday attacks Democrats and says “we trust the American people” What’s he going to say after tonight’s election results?

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A White House spokesperson said by him on US Senators may actually boost their chances in 2026? Oh, and many GOP senators may be old but they still know how to turn off their phones at night.

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Fox News pretends tonight is some sort of a socialist/communist revolution.

Uh, has Fox actually listened to newly elected Governors Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill?

Or more to the point listened to what far-left progressives say about both moderate liberal women?

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The same President who says he “hope he goes to heaven,” is trying to starve women and children to score political points.

Got news for him. If there’s a heaven, it is NOT going to be his final destination.

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As a California voter I was cautiously optimistic that Prop 50 would pass..

But 65-35? This isn’t just a win. It’s a statement. Democracy matters.

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Finally, RIP Dick Cheney

I’m so old I remember when he was the worst President we could imagine.

And, in referencing a comment my dad in his later age once said -as a compliment to both me and him – “Cheney raised a daughter who could think for herself.”

SF Giants had an up and down August.

Could have used a lefthanded hitter with 7 home runs and 13 RBI this month slugging .630.

The player with those states? Mike Yastrzemski

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As former Yankee  Mark Teixeira runs for Congress, and many in DC realize Democrats thus might not win a Congressional baseball game for the foreseeable future…dear Gabe Kapler. You are a Democrat, maybe it’s time to give up on the coaching side for a while and run for office.

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For a while there we were wondering…. Did Gavin’s tweets kill him?

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And right on cue after Donald wasn’t seen in public for four days, Fox News jumps in with the headline “Bill Clinton’s health in question after he is seen with possible medical device…”

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If he IS having a complicated medical procedure, your reminder, his administration wants to cut funding, for medical research AND take healthcare away from millions of Americans.

Marco Rubio was confirmed 99-0. Based on his record, Senators of both parties thought he would be one of Trump’s more reasonable choices. So some made an excusable mistake.

But based on HIS record Senators of both parties knew RFK Jr. was dangerously insane. No excuses.

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Here’s four Republican Senators up for re-election who voted to confirm Robert Kennedy for HHS Secretary

Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, John Husted, Dan Sullivan,

Husted, from Ohio, was appointed to take Sherrod Brown’s place. Ohio, you can correct this error by putting Sherrod back in the Senate

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Just maybe it wasn’t a good idea to put a man who had part of his brain eaten by a worm in charge of our nation’s healthcare system.

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Hey media, if you’re too scared or can’t get access to Donald, what about asking every GOP Senator when they return in September if they and their children are vaccinated. And for those under 65, ask particularly about COVID

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As a friend said “We all have to make compromises in life. But we all have a line. Where is Marco Rubio’s line?”

Thinking like in Mean Girls “The limit does not exist.”

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Trump just had DOT cancel $679 Million for offshore wind projects . It’s ALL retribution. In 2012, Trump went to Scotland in hopes of stopping wind turbines near his Aderdeen golf course “His opposition has become govt policy in world’s biggest economy.”

No detail he won’t lie about? (while bragging about attending in 2024.)

“If you took an Alabama-LSU football game that holds 128,000 people… if you took that & doubled it, that’s what used to flow into our country on a daily basis.” Alabama-LSU game, a sellout, held 102,283.

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SF Giants have two starting pitchers on the All-Star team and Landen Roupp turns in the ace performance they desperately needed. Just like we all expected.

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Imagine your job required you to do something tough but necessary & instead of doing it you just went on vacation weeks early without finishing your other work.

That’s what MAGA Mike Johnson has done with the House because he doesn’t want a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Minnesota State Senator Bruce Anderson, 75, passed away suddenly

Didn’t know him but among those posting thoughtful condolences, Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan, Senator Amy Klobuchar. Anderson was a Republican.

Miss the days when bipartisan kindness wasn’t surprising.

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One of today’s “breaking news” “Former lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein, Roy Black has died.

Now, Black was 80. But I can’t be the only one whose first reaction was “did he fall out of a window?

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As a Democrat, I’ve sadly accepted that Bill Clinton, who I’ve supporteds since 1991, could be on Epstein’s list. Not quite getting all these GOP who are willing to do ANYTHING not to release list to protect Donald Trump. Beginning to wonder how many are protecting themselves?

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President Obamas office sums it up.

“Nothing in document issued last week undercuts conclusion Russia worked to influence 2016 presidential election but didn’t successfully manipulate any votes. Findings affirmed in 2020 report by bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by Chair Marco Rubio”

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Would any reporter dare to ask Marco Rubio about that report?

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George H.W. Bush invited SNL’s Dana Carvey “wouldn’t be prudent” to perform his impersonation at the White House.

Donald Trump got Stephen Colbert fired. Petty scared little man.

Donald talking about trade and foreign visits: “I’ve been invited by a lot of people.” And he’ll tell us who in about two weeks?

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Trump told Mike Johnson to send House home early so they wouldn’t have to vote on Epstein files. But he wants Senate in session in August to confirm his judges. So to save Senate vacations, we just need bipartisan resolution to release Epstein files. Problem solved.

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Amy Klobuchar gets it: With Lawrence O’Donnell tonight as she did with Jake Tapper Amy talks about corruption with Trump & Epstein files. But pivots to broken promises on prices. Inflation is bad & getting worse, ACA premiums go up this year. Chaos, corruption & COSTS all up.

Maybe it’s not true that nothing good happens after midnight.

But relatively few good decisions are made after midnight… And Republicans are trying to create a bill, on the fly, now at about 330a in Washington DC that would change the direction of our country for years.

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Boston Red Sox scored 13 runs Monday night, after scoring 15 runs on Saturday. Meanwhile Rafael Devers was 0-4 and SF Giants have scored 7 runs in last 4 games. Maybe Giants should have traded for Red Sox hitting coach?

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There are other GOP Senators who know Amy Klobuchar is correct; it’s a Big Beautiful Betrayal. They could follow Tillis. Or announce intention to resign. They’d sleep better, get well-paying job if they want, or write book that would sell much better than Jake Tapper’s

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If the Big Beautiful Betrayal really contained good things for most Americans, Fox News would be highlighting them nonstop.

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And the Big Beautiful Betrayal voting marathon continues on Monday a reminder how much state elections matter. The closest 2024 Senate rate was in Pennsylvania…. what a difference it could have made to have Democrat Bob Casey still as U.S. Senator from the state. And make it 52-48.

Anyone who thought Mitch McConnell was trying to save his soul by voting against Trump on a few occasions this year, think again.

He hasn’t issued as much as a whimper against the Big Beautiful Betrayal.

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GOP Big Beautiful Betrayal would be so awful for so many Americans in both red and blue states that it’s hard to imagine they think they can pass it and ever win an election again. Are Republicans planning ever to have an election again?

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So the suspect in Idaho who allegedly lured firefighters into an ambush, killing two and critically injuring a third, was apparently a white young man with MAGA parents. Another story you will never hear on Fox News

Non political weirdness for the night LA Dodgers, San Diego Padres and SF Giants, three of best records in baseball. All shut out Friday night. (By Pirates, Rays and Rangers.)

Imagine being Cam Ward, #1 pick in the NFL draft. And all the media is about the guy who HASN’T been drafted yet.

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So Donald took to social media to attack NFL owners for not picking Shedeur Sanders in the 1st round of the draft because Deion’s son has “PHENOMENAL GENES, and is all set for Greatness.” Now Shedeur hasn’t been drafted through THREE rounds. Almost as if #ETTD

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Although as he talks about “phenomenal genes” we should remember that many have pointed out that Barron Trump was turned down by Harvard.

I’m sure Trump’s vendetta against Harvard has nothing to do with that.

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For those trying to excuse Trump’s arresting a judge.. Yes, criminals should not walk free. But if undocumented people can be arrested simply when they appear in courtroom, what happens if immigrants witness crime, robbery, assault, even murder? They won’t show up as witnesses.

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When Trump says “unlike every other President I took the cognitive test and I aced it 100%….” Your reminder. In general a cognitive test is not part of an average physical. A cognitive test is given to a patient suspected of having dementia or Alzheimers.

(and it’s not a test you “ace.” It’s more like pass-fail.”

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CNN reporting Trump now saying he said he would end war in 24 hours “in jest.”

Erin Burnett points out Trump said ‘I will end the Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours’ “at least 53 times.”

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US Bureau of Economic Analysis says California made $4.1 trillion in GDP last year. Pushing the state past Japan to be the 4th largest economy in the world. If Trump keeps cutting funding to the state, maybe California should stop paying federal taxes? Just saying.

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Judges today, will they arrest journalists tomorrow?

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Donald refuses to say if Chinese President Xi has called him. Translation. Xi hasn’t called. He’s enjoying this.

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Has Trump pardoned George Santos yet?

Due to bad weather in the San Francisco Bay Area delaying and canceling flights it took some media folks longer to fly to Las Vegas, normally about 90 minutes, than it took others to drive (by car it takes about 8 hours)  Normally the only thing that wastes an entire day at a time this week involves a Super Bowl pre-game show.

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So now that the flag football is out of the way, what’s the NFL going to do to keep getting headlines the rest of the week?

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And for $7,000 and up a ticket do attendees at least get a download of all the commercials?

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How upset must Donald Trump be about King Charles III having cancer? All the speculation on the type of cancer will be taking attention away from HIM.

(Yes, I was being snarky. but Donald’s all-caps Truth Social post did talk about Charles, “who I got to know very well….”)

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So if Texas secedes how quickly can the rest of the country limit how many Texans cross our USA border?

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Has Trump called the Border Patrol Union RINOs yet?

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How many Senators, including GOP leaders, spent how many hours on negotiating a bill Republicans said they wanted? And how many of their staffers probably gave up nights and weekends to get it done. Only for GOP to turn around and say, “Just kidding.”

Our allies are already despairing of us with GOP controlling House and Trump controlling MAGA Mike Johnson?

But why should ANY American trust anything any Republican politician says ever again.

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Hey Senate GOP.

1. Trump lost last time, if he loses again he won’t have much power over you.

2. IF he wins, he will make your lives hell and eventually throw you under the bus anyway. So why not grow a spine and do the right thing?

Jim Jordan says “Let American people decide’ on border bill in Nov.

WIll someone ask Gym on camera if border is a crisis, why wait 9 months before trying to solve it?

And since GOP is saying “We’ll do nothing until election,” basically abdicating their jobs, can we cut off their pay until Nov?

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So if the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941 with today’s House GOP in charge would they have said, well, we’re going to have to wait until the next election to respond because we don’t want to make FDR look good?

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Stephen Colbert on Trump saying he thinks he can flip New York and New Jersey. “There is no way on earth Trump is flipping those states. Though I can think of one thing voters in New York and New Jersey would be willing to flip him.”

The Pro Bowl on Sunday has devolved into some skill events and flag football games.

And yes, you can bet on them.

But if you know what those events are, and/or have made betting plans, you just might have a gambling problem.

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As a number of big name free-agents remain unsigned, I’m so old I remember when we talked about pitchers and catchers reporting, we knew basically which team’s they’d be reporting to

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The Dow on Thursday added 369.54 points, or 0.97% to close at 38,519.84. A new record.

This wasn’t a headline with most major national media.

But they found time to cover polls, and GOP chaos, and why “fill-in-the-blank” is a problem for Biden

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Nikki Haley says “This is not personal for me. I don’t have issues with Donald Trump.” Uh she professes to care about democracy, leaving aside fact Nikki is a woman and daughter of immigrants. Can someone ask Haley why DOESN’T she have issues with Donald Trump?

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Calling Donald Trump a sick F*ck actually seems like a more accurate demonstration of mental competence than “person woman man camera tv.”

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While 150 Democrats is trending on social media and GOP is trying to stir up outrage, your reminder, President George W. Bush had a DUI, and VP Dick Cheney had two DUIs.

(Their proposed law makes any non-citizen deportable for a DUI conviction or even charge.)

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GOP House new proposed law makes someone convicted of even or charged with DUI not only deportable but inadmissable from USA. So if other countries say someone convicted or charged with crime is inadmissable, gonna make it real hard for Trump if re-elected to go to most summits.

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Tom Cotton went to Harvard and served in US Military. Pretty sure he knows that Singapore, one of the most capitalist countries in the world, is not China. But he’s hoping GOP voters don’t.

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Travel agents know weird trivia. For example, air distance between Singapore & Shanghai is 2359 miles, further than from Los Angeles to Washington DC.( Singapore Beijing is 400 miles further.) Practically right next door. In case Tom Cotton supporters needed a geography lesson.

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Interesting little sidebar on yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with the biggest social media companies. No executive from Trump’s Truth Social was included. Not because they behave better. But because they don’t matter. #Irrelevant