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Wins and a big loss

August 26, 2026

Two starting pitchers injured in two days.

Butt the Sacramento Rivercats wearing SF Giants uniforms have won their first series in recent memory

ICYMI, SEC just joined Big Ten in passing rule unanimously opposing athletes leaving NFL & returning to college teams.
When professional sports leagues deal with REAL issues they fix them.
Whatever Fox News and GOP want to claim, transgender women aren’t playing in the WNBA

One of of my favorite Dolly Parton lines.

“I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb… and I also know that I’m not blonde.”

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Never paid much attention to Jelly Roll But he had one of best lines of the week subbing for Jimmy Kimmel “Any US President should be able to handle a few jokes. But he also should be able to handle gas prices, healthcare and the occasional international conflict.”

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Perhaps should be getting more attention that the Wall Street Journal increasingly appears to be done with Trump.

Today a really negative article on his decision to start the Iran war.

And my money’s on the WSJ surviving a lot longer than he does.

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Media keeps calling her Darline Graham

Until Lindsey died she was Darline Graham Nordone.

So she would NOT have been able to vote under the SAVE Act she champions without reregistering to vote with a passport etc.

Something not all S. Carolina women voters could afford.

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Darline Graham: Government run health care…. bad idea after bad idea. Annie Andrews backs it all. I have a different background. My parents worked long, hard hours. If that were sick, they had to get up and go to work. My mother passed away when I was 11 and my father just over a year later.”

So “Vote for me and you won’t have to take care of your elderly parents because they will die young?”

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Amy Klobuchar has been posting about on a 9-county rural economy tour in Minnesota & talking about her plans as Governor.

Some fun stories, often incluiding meeting residents who have never seen a Senator.

What’s national media covering? Mike Lindell backing out of paying for a recount. Why it matters? Because this contributes to voters’ “politicians are bad/useless” mentality.

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Finally, not my idea

But let’s make September 25 Dolly Parton Day

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The kids were alright

August 24, 2026

Wow. The Sacramento River Cats wearing SF Giants uniforms just knocked off the Cincinnati Reds and the Reds All-Star best pitcher Chase Burns, who was 14-2.

(only Jung Hoo Lee and Rafael Devers of the SF Giants starting nine were on the opening day roster. And of their six pitchers, only Ryan Walker, who pitched two innings of middle relief, was on the roster.)

WNBA playoffs start a month from today.

Anyone think,Fox News, which is doing nonstop stories on Sophie Cunningham, Enes Kanter, and the nonexistent issue about rransgender women playing in the league, will actually cover games?

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FBI director Kash Patel is rumored to be going this fall to Russia

FBI will not comment on this.

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Wait until pictures of Patel emerge with him doing vodka shots with Russian athletes.

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Wrap your head around this.

Jed York is San Francisco Bay area billionaire. Presumably with access to many of discreet “escort” services. And he gets arrested in a prostitution/juman trafficking sting in a mobile home park in Ohio.

Men are just way too careless and impulsive to be trusted with power.

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Latest SCOTUS decision did not weigh in on LEGALITY of Trump’s EO against mail-in voting.

But it’s another cudgel Donald can weld to claim the election was stolen, when GOP increasingly looks to be trounced in the midterms.

“Most recent refugee report from US State Dept. Of the 10,258 refugees admitted to the US between 1 October 2025 and 31 July 2026, 10,255 were from South Africa. “

Wow. Very white of them .

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JD Vance actually BRAGGED about this in public today ” “The Second Lady said, ‘Well, you can have one of two things. You can be VP, or you can have a fourth child.’ Ladies and gentlemen, I must be pretty persuasive, because I got both.”

So he’s saying, at best, he coerced Usha into having another baby?

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If we already won the war with Iran, why does Trump need to threaten more sanctions?

Asking for a tired country.

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Turn around

August 18, 2026

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Los Angeles Dodgers just put closer Edwin Diaz on injured list because of inflammation in the right side of his neck.

Probably caused by Diaz turning around so often to see where the balls hit off him were going.

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Fox News dishonest headline again.

“WNBA team throws league under bus after security forces fans to cover shirts”

“At least 3 fans were told to cover their shirts, 2 wearing XX-XY Athletics brand “which advocates for protection of women’s sports from biological males.

You have to scroll past ads to see fan w/ transgender support shirt was told to cover up too.

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Hey MAGA pretend WNBA fans 5th straight win for Indiana Fever, 101-95 in Toronto, ICYMI, Kelsey Mitchell, 29 pts, Caitlin Clark, 24 pts.

Sophie Cunningham was Fever’s 4th leading score w/ 13 pts. WNBA has some real stars. Tune in if you care about more than politics.

Who needs Oxempic with the Trump administration?

Lettuce, eggs, blueberries, jalapenos…

Just eat unregulated food and extra weight could be suddenly “eliminated.”

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Would it be wrong to refer to Natalie Harp as Trump’s human Saran Wrap?

Asking for a friend.

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Hey kids (ie anyone under 40)

If you don’t already know it google “Streisand effect.”

Thank you for your attention to this matter

#NatalieHarp

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When a President with his own plane claims it’s too hard for him to vote in person, would GOP politicians and Fox News like to explain why, for example, a working mother or someone working two jobs to pay the rent should have no problem waiting in line on election day?

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Yes, President Trump will pardon people now for payback.

But if anyone working for Trump thinks he will help protect them after he leaves office, remember, he left his Secretary of State and other staffers on a plane he thought might be shot down.

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Know nothings.

August 9, 2026

Wonder how many MAGA now pretending to be outraged at the WNBA can name a player other than Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark?

Or even answer “Who are the WNBA defending champions?

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SF Giants, now 49-69 have 5th worst record in MLB. But the 6th HIGHEST beer prices. Kind of a lost season but seems like ownership should at least try to correlate this one.

Trump’s inability to admit when he messes up means he will not let go of his attacks on former US Olympian David Hearn, even though his handmaiden Jeanine Pirro dropped charges because there is absolutely no evidence David damaged the reflecting pool

OTOH, it would be funny if he weren’t putting Hearn’s life in danger from Trump cult members.

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Pretty stunning in many ways:

GOP has gotten many Americans to be more afraid and angry about handful of transwomen & girls playing sports.

Than those same Americans are afraid & angry that powerful men who raped little girls are getting off scot-free under Trump administration

Ohio Representative, Marcy Kaptur, 80, was injured in a hit and run acciden a week ago.. Today she posted a video from her rehab center, thanking everyone for the well wishes.

So why hasn’t Mitch McConnell, IF he’s alive, done something like this?

Even if he looks awful, Donald Trump is daily proof of the wonders of makeup.

Apparently per Euronews ” Melania Trump will be subject of a new Amazon Prime documentary series set to premiere this fall, per her senior adviser, who said that the new production will offer viewers “a part of the first lady that hasn’t been seen yet.””

Uh, nothing against nude modeling, but there is NO part of the first lady that hasn’t been seen yet.

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The anti-DEI crowd has no problem with idea that a random woman with no political experience should – for at least six years- become one of the 100 most powerful people in the United States. Simply because she was born a future Senator’s sister.

You cannot make this “stuff” up.

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Going going?

August 6, 2026

Senator Tommy Tuberville: “If we don’t straighten out this country’s voting and immigration system, we’re not gonna make it. It’s gonna be over. I’m gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state.”

30 foot wall? Really Coach Tubby, the Berlin Wall was only about 12 feet tall. But I can understand why you might want to keep Alabama residents from escaping.

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FIFA Statement after Infantinos’s planned selloff to a group of investors including Jared Kushner fell apart. “There are always lessons to be learned, and FIFA will continue to improve its processes in light of this experience.”
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“FIFA will no longer tolerate any attacks on its integrity, good governance and due process and will take all necessary measures to protect and safeguard its name and reputation.”

What “name and reputation?”

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The Los Angeles Dodgers have lost six games in a row. No punchline, i just like writing it.

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Wow:

NYTimes: “One person w/ knowledge of the discussions said Mr. Trump had been considering decommissioning 1 of 2 older Air Force One jets to display at his Presidential library, but that he also planned to take the Qatari jet as well.”

And the grift just keeps on coming.

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JD Vance: “We don’t want the next administration, whoever — god forbid you’re gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ..


Uh, JD, most Americans would be thrilled to have a third term from Barack Hussein Obama… PS Your white hood is showing….even if you tried to hide it under your couch.

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Had Donald’s “tax cut” speech on as background noise while working.today.

On top of everything else he’s getting less coherent and more boring.

Worse than Biden on his worst day

Why doesn’t media comment on that?

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Anyone else think that the domestic abuse allegations against Max Miller make Trump like him BETTER?

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Sky high

May 8, 2026

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Ticket prices on the resale market are falling and there are reports that many tickets remain unsold

FIFA tripled the price of its best available tickets to the final , offering $32,970 seats for the July 19 match

Hoping to get some millionaires and billionares to make up for the empty seats?

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If someone had said preseason that the NY Mets and SF Giants would have the same records on May 7, SF Giants at least would have been pleased.

But that’s where we are.

Except both teams have a record of 14-23..

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President Trump said retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets “It’s just a love tap.”

“Just a love tap?”

Anyone still don’t think he’s an abuser?

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Marco Rubio is getting positive media coverage for his recent press conference and meeting with the Pope.

How long until he really upsets Trump for stealing Donald’s limelight?

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Too soon to think seriously about 2028. Have to survive 2026 midterms first.

But what delightful karma if Hegseth’s attacks on Mark Kelly helped vault him to the Presidency.

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Why isn’t it a bigger national story that World Cup hotels are not only not full, their business is way below expectations. 12.5 BILLION lost in inbound tourism for Americans in 2025 2026 will be much worse. #ETTD

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So RFK Jr, who insists that even puberty blockers are bad, has just blocked a proposed FDA rule banning children under 18 from using indoor tanning beds.

Puberty blockers are temporary and reversible.

Skin cancer not so much.

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If Trump had been told hanavirus was airborne would he have told Americans?

Asking for a country that went through this before.

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Ted Turner never minced words.

If he didn’t have Lewy body dementia in his later years have to think Ted have spoken out about CNN, the network he created, increasingly bending the knee.

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Raining and reigning.

April 21, 2026

Still early in the MLB season, but how about these stats?

4-1, 2.28 ERA

And who’d expect they’d belong to Landen Roupp?

(Yes, he has 4 of the 10 SF Giants wins.)

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So is tonight a sign that things are improving? Or will it be the high water mark of the SF Giants season? #BeatLA

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When the SF Giants were up 3-1 in bottom six and it started raining, how many Giants fans hoped for a downpour to call the game?

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Sucks that Wemby has a concussion. But hoping he’ll be back within a week.

Although actually Spurs were ahead of the Portland Trail Blazers in game 2 until Harrison Barnes and Dylan Harper also got hurt.

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“Trump says the U.S. will extend its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request”

Well, it is TACO Tuesday

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Have seen Democratic and Republican administrations.

Never seen ANY administration so incapable of talking about their own accomplishments, whether legitimate or not, without bashing their predecessor(s).

Is Biden and Obama bashing mandatory in every Cabinet member’s speeches?

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“Five months. I would have won Vietnam, very quickly. I would have, if I were president. I would have won Iraq in the same amount of time”

Cadet Bone Spurs is speaking.

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Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nominee as Fed chair, has said that he will be an “independent actor, not beholden to the President.”

If that’s true he won’t last a Scaramucci

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Your reminder that no one was interested in redistricting for the 2026 election until Velveeta Voldemort ordered Texas to get him more GOP congressional seats.

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A Twitter friend shouted out the Atlantic reporters for posting their story about Kash Patel instead of waiting to put it in a book.

Amen.

Et Tu Bob Woodward?

(How many died because he sat on Donald’s admission that they KNEW Covid was airborne?)

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As Xavier Becerra surges & Dem Gubernatorial prospects in California seem better, thinking again of friend’s idea:

She thought Swalwell allegations just after he became frontrunner maybe weren’t leaked by GOP but by Democrats worried they’d come out in May, or worse, October.

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So Lori Chavez-Deremer is out as Labor Secretary.

Guess in the Trump administrations you can get away with drinking and misconduct allegations only if you’re male.

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Have no problem with Sade in the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame.

But again and not for the last time, Carpenters should be in there too.

Not just for all the hits, but how influential their music and arrangements turned out to be.

And Karen had one of the best voices, EVER.

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High Gatorade mark…

September 16, 2025

On Friday night Sept 12, the SF Giants beat the LA Dodges with a walkoff grand slam by Patrick Bailey.

They haven’t won since.

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Meanwhile, in the NFL, there is controversy over Fox News broadcaster and Oakland Raiders part owner Tom Brady sitting in the coaching booth for games, and getting potential inside information before pre-games that could benefit his team..

The man who got the benefit of most NFL calls on the field might now be getting preferential treatment and inside information as an owner? I am shocked, shocked…

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As we remember Robert Redford in “All the President’s Men,” remember that Richard Nixon was openly hostile to the Washington Post, but publisher Katharine Graham refused to bow to him. Jeff Bezos, you’re no Katharine Graham.

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As Trump visits Great Britain… A YouGov poll in July found 16% of Britons surveyed say they have a positive view of him…. That high?

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“I’ve never loved my country more desperately. God Bless America.” Stephen Colbert, accepting his Emmy award.

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RIP Robert Redford. This exchange from “The Way We Were” always stuck with me. Hubbell, “I don’t see how you can do it.” Katie “And I don’t see how you can’t” Worth watching if you haven’t seen it, or if you have forgotten. Set partly during the McCarthy era…

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NY Times, once again with a headline that is, to say the least, understated. “In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission President Trump does not subscribe to the traditional notion of being president for all Americans.”

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MSNBC reporting that ICE came into Hyundai plant with warrants for four Hispanic men. And left with almost 500 handcuffed & shackled South Korean men. Men now complaining about really bad treatment… Why would ANY foreign government consider building a plant now in USA?

So are any of the big law firms who genuflected before Velveeta Voldemort now being asked to donate legal services to his efforts to sue the NY Times? Asking for a country who would really like to see the release of the Epstein files.

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Molly Ivins was one of my heroes. While liberal she believed in free speech. Left half her estate to the ACLU.

Can still remember meeting her in 1993 at Printer’s Ink in Palo Alto and hearing her say “Ya’ll think free speech is easy. It’s not. If you believe in it you have to believe in free speech for Skokie neoNazis.”

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Trump fundraising email today:

“The Radical Left wants one thing & one thing only: TO IMPEACH ME AND REMOVE ME FROM OFFICE LIKE A DOG!”

1. Liberals want many things, healthcare, education, vaccines, food security, clean air/water etc…

2. But on a simpler note, he uses “dog” like it’s a slur.

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Meanwhile, over in England, Queen Camilla just said she is sick and is avoiding meeting Donald, leaving the duty to her husband.

We are all Camilla.

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Until it’s over.

May 6, 2025

Boston Celtics blew a 20 point lead third quarter to the NY Knicks and lost 116-113 in OT.

Then Oklahoma City Thunder vs Denver Nuggest with a 13 point lead with under 7 minutes to go, and a 7 point lead with about minutes to go. Hold our beer.

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But last night St Louis Blues might still have them beat. 2-0 lead with 2 minutes in the 3rd period. 2-1 lead with 2 SECONDS left in the 3rd period. And they lost in OT.

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So within about 24 hour, three teams lost seemingly insurmontable leads faster than Canadian and Australian conservative leaders tied to Donald Trump.

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Over 5 million student loan borrowers are currently in default with another 4 million are at risk of default.

Wonder how many of them voted for Trump, or didn’t vote because they didn’t think Biden did enough, or they just didn’t like Kamala?

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Still wondering why Donald is obsessed about “30 dolls.” Is he still upset that he missed out on making billions on Beanie Babies?

GOP Rep Harriett Hageman, who defeated Liz Cheney in Wyoming ” I think another reason we should change the name to The Gulf of America is for over 40 years, Mexico has been dumping raw sewage in the area near San Diego… That’s another reason we need to retake and claim ownership of this area”

Sometimes the stupid burns.

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Media: Democrats need to speak out more.

Democrats: Many good leaders speaking up and speaking out.

Media: Democrats are saying boring rational things. Let’s cover the latest insanity that popped into Donald’s head and he decided to announce to the world.

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So was Velveeta Voldemort flipping channels late Friday night when he saw an old movie or something that inspired him to say he wants to re-open Alcatraz?

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Trump isn’t going to reopen Alcatraz: But it’s a great diversion- from things like Donald now signing a proclamation for “National Hurricane Preparedness Week.” At the same time he’s cutting NOAA and FEMA.

Dr. Strangelove was funny as a movie, it’s not funny as a documentary.

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Pete Hegseth wants to fire “20%” of 4 star generals and admirals.” There are only 37 4-star generals and admirals right now. So Pete wants to fire the 8 or so who are the least subservient to him.

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Trump on picture of himself as Pope “They can’t take a joke. You mean the fake news media. The Catholics loved it. I had nothing to do with it…The White House Twitter account posted it.”

Does he think Americans are stupid? Rhetorical question. Sigh

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Not that the Catholic Church is in the trolling business. But how wonderful would it be if Vatican announced they were considering Pope Joe Biden?

Tariffs may annoy the rich, but they really hurt the poor: The kids whose parents can afford 30 dolls will still be able to afford 30 dolls. The kids whose parents can afford only 1 doll won’t get any dolls. #TrumpWarOnChristmas

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Those in the travel industry remember: When Biden was President: Travelers weren’t terrified that customs/border agents would harass or detain them. The dollar was about 15% higher. Air traffic controllers weren’t quitting. Newark wasn’t a third world airport. For starters.

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Not that the Catholic Church is in the trolling business. But how wonderful would it be if Vatican announced they were considering Pope Joe Biden?

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As Newark & other airports, deal with Air Traffic Controller shortages, why would ANYONE sign up now? Not only is job stressful, but the mad narcissist could wake up one morning & decide to fire everyone. “Why do people need 30 flights a year, they could just fly once or twice?

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Can some reporter please find out which VIP/VIPs were on those military helicopters whose flights caused two commercial flights to divert from National to avoid a collision last week? Thank you.

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Rich get richer

March 31, 2025

Both March Madness final fours are set.

And U Conn, a #2 seed, is the closest thing to a Cinderella left in the tournament.

All four mens teams and three of the other four women’s teams are #1 seeds.

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Owner John Fisher could have had the As play in Oakland until if and when the Las Vegas stadium is built. Instead, he insisted the team move to the 14,000 capacity Sutter Heath Field in Sacramento.

Where it will be triple digit temperatures for much of the summer.

In a likely metaphor for the season, the A’s lost their season home opener, 18 to 3.

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Hey Green Bay Wisconsin. No billionaire could pay you enough to root against the Packers. Why would you let a billionaire buy your Supreme Court vote?

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Serious thought. Can believe Trump absolutely has no plans to leave the White House after his second term. But if he has dementia, as his father did, it will get worse and impossible to ignore before 2028. Then what?

Media: Democrats really need to do a better job of getting their message out.

Also media: Oooh, Velveeta Voldemort or his top campaign donor said something insane, let’s devote all our airtime/space to covering it.

Chris Murphy and Andy Kim (so far) joining Cory Booker tonight on Senate floor as Senator Booker continues his speech into the night to protest Trump/Doge administration policies. It’s not that we don’t have good Democratic leaders. But they don’t get the coverage that the other side’s crazies get.

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Cory Booker’s been speaking for over 7 hrs & he’s doing far better job of explaining why Social Security is NOT a Ponzi scheme than Musk does at any time lying about it. Put simply, Booker is explaining how every insurance needs adjustments. & changes needed would be negligible.

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