Left Coast Sports Babe

Italy beat Team USA 8-6 in the WBC pool play Tuesday night,, one of the biggest upsets in the tournament’s 20-year history,

Many weird rules but it means team USA has a chance of being eliminated in the first round.

A journeyman pitcher, Michael Lorenzen pitched 4 1/3 shutout innings ..

One of the reasons baseball is the greatest game – all the money and loaded lineups in the world can’t overcome any pitcher who gets in a grove.

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With 83 points tonight the Cleveland Cavaliers, Bam Adebayo passed Kobe Bryant for second-highest-scoring game in NBA history.

Should NBA records against the Wizards have an asterisk?

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Kansas Senator. Roger Marshall on high gas prices: “Freedom is not free. Americans are gonna have to make some sacrifices.”

Roger Marshall’s net worth? About 6 milllion dollars.

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Can media stop asking how far Donald Trump would go to stop a free and fair election in 2026?

We already know how far he went on January 6 to overturn a free and fair election in 2020.

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As the number of injured service men and women in Trump’s Iran war grows and still may be understated, anyone else remember this?

When in 2024 he described Traumatic brain injuries sustained by US Troops in Iraq during his first term as a “headache?”

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How mad will air travelers be at Trump’s war?

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So WTF do sports and trangender rights have to do with protections?

It’s the SAVE Donald’s Ass Act

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Rumors that Iran is activating “sleeper cells” around the world, putting Americans everywhere at first

And what is Kash Patel doing at the FBI to keep us safe?

He just subpoenaed records from the discredited “Cyber Ninjas” audit of Arizona’s 2020 election.

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As GOP blames Democrats for airport lines, need to inform, or remind Americans..

Democrats HAVE a bill to fully fund TSA and FEMA.

GOP just insists they need to give money to DHS and ICE too…

This after more stories of Kristie Noem’s mismanagement of taxpayer dollars.

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Apparently the “Trump Organization” is trying to trademark “America 250″‘ to brand their products.

And their point is?

The Trump name in the USA by July 4 is likely to be as popular as that of Benedict Arnold.

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During her most recent appearance before Congress on the Epstein FIles, Pam Bondi loudly responded that the lack of indictments didn’t matter because “The DOW is over 50,000.”

That is aging well…

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Price for new premium economy ticket today I just issued

San Diego London roundtrip

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FARE USD 430.00 TAX 11.20AY TAX 46.80US TAX 3.84XA TAX 13.50XF TAX 7.00XY TAX 7.39YC TAX 327.10GB TAX 68.10UB TAX 1200.00YQ

$2140.93 total. 1200.00YQ is fuel surcharge.

Yes, sports is a distraction from real life

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But sometimes as with SNL tonight it’s a pretty good one..

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“Don’t worry, we saw your show..
(Heated Rivalry)

It was going to be
just us but we thought we’d invite the guys too…we thought we’d give them a little moment to shine.”

SNL for a gold medal monologue.

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RIP Neil Sedaka, 86

For anyone who grew up in 60-70s.
Even if you didn’t know they were his songs, you know his songs..(yes, some were earworms)

“Breaking up is Hard to Do”
“Love Will Keep Us Together

Always liked “Solitaire” actually – he at one time opened for Carpenters.

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“Maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover of Cuba?”

Possible translation, at this point Greenland and Canada aren’t distracting enough from the Epstein files.

Other possible translation. His dementia is advancing quickly.

And now we’re onto…

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“Operation Distract from the Epstein Files”

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So will all these MAGA trolls celebrating Dear Leader’s war be at US military recruiting offices Monday to sign up?

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JD Vance said there is “no chance” the USA will end up in an extended war with Iran.

Guess “No chance” is JD’s version of “Mission Accomplished?”

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“The lives of American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties – that often happens in war.”

And how many of these lost lives will come from middle and working class families who just thought they were voting for lower prices?

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Before he bombed Iran, Trump, still upset about tariffs, actually asked SCOTUS on Truth Social today “Is a Rehearing or Readjucation of this case possible?”

Millions of Americans are now wondering “Is a Rehearing or Readjudication of the Presidential Absolute Immunity case possible?”

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So has anyone leaked a Hegseth SIGNAL chat about the war yet?

Things Trump says we don’t have money for.

FEMA
Healthcare subsidies
SNAP benefits
Veterans benefits

Things Trump says we do have money for

Regime change abroad
Kristi Noem’s private love-nest jet
Kash Patel’s junkets & FBI teams to protect his girlfriend.
His ugly ballroom

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Bumper sticker I want “Don’t blame me, I voted for the women.”

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Today is another reminder that with “Sleepy Joe” Americans could sleep at night.

Is it just possible Trump delivered the longest SOTU speech ever because he’s worried about making it to the next one?

Lawrence O’Donnell “The biggest applause tonight was for a goalie. Not the President.”

We should not share this. It will really incense Donald Trump.

Oops.

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Trump did give Team USA goalie Connor Hellebuyck the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Besides dissing the women’s Gold Medal winning team, he hasn’t even mentioned Gold Medal figure skater Alysa Liu

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Bill Clinton was a great speaker back in the day, though he needed an editor.

Fox News tonight “record-breaking speech” &
“Trump shatters Clinton’s 26-year-old record.”

So they’re BRAGGING?

Donald almost 2 hr speech broke Clinton’s too-long 2000 speech by 20 minutes…

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How quickly did members of Congress rush out after that SOTUS ended?

Most of us only move that fast when the dentist says ‘you’re done now.”

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Trump “We will insure that members of Congress cannot profit from insider trading information.”

Members of my cabinet, however, and my family, who are already rich, will continue to get much richer.

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Anyone else notice how almost gleeful Donald Trump sounds during SOTU when graphically describing wounds suffered by soldiers or victims?

Rachel Maddow called it “violently pornographic riffing?

Whistleblower now saying after Brown University mass shooting FBI Director Patel was in Florida using FBI plane to visit parents.
So FBI eam couldn’t get to Providence promptly.
And MIT professor was shot 2 days later.
Kash isn’t just spending taxpayer $$, he’s making us less safe.

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Trump’s real State of the Union Message on the economy:

“Who are you going to believe? Me or your lying receipts?”

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Senate leader Thune, attacking Dems efforts for ICE accountability: “GOP are not going to do anything that makes it more dangerous for law enforcement to do their job.”

Anything? Except shrug it off when Trump PARDONED felons who actually attacked law enforcement on January 6.

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Meanwhile, the US Ambassador to France, Charles Kushner, has managed to seriously offend the French with both provocative comments AND not showing up to summonses to explain those comments. So he’s been banned temporarily at least from speaking to French officials.

Kushner isn’t just father of Ivanka’s husband.
He’s convicted felon who was angry at his sister for testifying against him…so he hired prostitute to seduce her husband & record it on video.
Then he sent video to his sister.
Worst of the worst.

Apparently Trump had planned, then canceled a trip to the Olympics for the gold medal hockey

The coward didn’t want to be booed.

Great news for the Olympics. It would have caused security nightmares and no one wants to see him.

(Or it it possible he wouldn’t go because they wouldn’t give him a medal?

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He still haan’t made any statements of congratulations. Only attacks on athletes he thinks weren’t respectful to hi.

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I do hope Governors honor our athletes, even if Americans’ mad king won.td

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Look, I get it, opposing Trump & his policies can be scary

But Donald is NOT popular with most of US now, and GOP Senators have the option of taxpayer funded security.

You’d think some of them would have as much courage as a Minneapolis woman in a bathrobe.

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Amy Klobuchar on MSN on SCOTUS tariff decision. “Public is so mad at Trump right now, with cost, chaos, and corruption up. Maybe he needs to rethink what he’s doing. The Supreme Court has given him a gift.”

Amy’s right, but that would require Donald admitting he made a mistake.

Trump is demanding Netflix fire Susan Rice as a board member

If they cave to Donald’s demonic demands he’ll just ask for more.

And Donald will still favor Paramount as they try to upset Netlix’s deal to take over Warner Brothers / Discovery

What did she say? that corporations, media companies, law firms and universities that “take a knee” to Trump should not expect Democrats to “forgive and forget.”

“It’s not going to end well for them,…hey’re going to be held accountable by those who come in opposition to Trump and win at the ballot box,

Accountability is not in Trump’s vocabulary.

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WTAF?
Rep. Lauren Boebert criticized CO sex education programs for teaching young children about gender identity & self-pleasure. She advocated for 10 Commandments in schools.
Boebert had son at 18, he had son at 18. (And Tyler has been arrested for child endangerment. Twice.)

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Meanwhile in Texas, Rep Tony Gonzales is under investigation for an alleged affair

He’s married father of 6, running for re-election. And Texas GOP is fine with it.

The woman staffer in question told people about it, and died by suicide – setting herself on fire last September

Family values

The real MVP of today’s NBA All-Star game(s) Sunday – Victor Wembanyama. Because Wemby decided to show up and play hard, everyone played hard.

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Also at the NBA All-Star Game, Barack Obama, sitting courtside, not in a suite, caught a ball that flew out of bounds and was heading towards Michelle.

How cool is this?

Can anyone imagine the current inhabitant of the White House:

1. – catching the ball? 2. Trying to protect his wife?

I miss President Obama.

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And the current inhabitant of the White House, while he’s attacked those he perceives as having criticized HIM, hasn’t yet congratulated a single USA Olympic medalist.

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Although on a nonpolitical Olympics thought, my friend Marc Ragovin – A Norwegian biathlete who won a bronze medal admitted to cheating on his girlfriend in a post-event interview.  

Making him the first biathlete to shoot himself in the foot.  

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Trump pardoned five former NFL players for crimes including drug trafficking.

Meanwhile another U.S. military strike blew up a boat and killed three people allegedly for drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea on Friday. When you’re an NFL star (or a big donor) they let you do it?

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear sums up Trump’s petty behavior on the Governor’s dinner perfectly.

“He has taken annual bipartisan tradition & he’s turned it into his own 12-year-old birthday party, where he’s going to invite some people & not invite others. “Everybody but Billy is invited”

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So many guesses as to why Trump prioritized terrorizing Minneapolis.

It could be as simple as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz calling Donald “Weird.”

Minnesota Star Tribune reports -At least 5 Minnesota shootings in which initial descriptions by ICE were later contradicted by video evidence…

How many shootings & injuries happened without video evidence?

Shaquille O’Neal tonight “San Antonio will beat OKC in the Western Conference finals.”

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Has Trump demanded the Olympics give him a gold medal yet?

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Meanwhile F-22s were pulled from the Super Bowl flyover for “operational reasons.”

So is Velveeta Voldemort going to start another war or just pouting that no one wants him at the Super Bowl?

And your reminder – Donald is not making an easy 5 HOUR flight on Air Force One to the Super Bowl because he is afraid of being booed at a record level for a President.

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As most of the world covers right-wing social media & Fox News are ignoring how much JD Vance was booed at the Olympics opening ceremonies,

Have to figure GOP is thrilled and relieved Donald Trump won’t be at the Super Bowl.

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Donald Trump on posting his racist video against the Obamas responds with one of his mantras

“I didn’t make a mistake.”

“I never lost anything, I never make a mistake….”

America made the biggliest mistake twice in 2016 and 2024

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Really loved Timothy Busfield’s character reporter Danny Concannon on “The West Wing.” (who ended up marrying CJ)

Today Busfeld was indicted on child sex abuse charges by New Mexico grand jury.

Sad, but if he’s found guilty he should rot in jail.

See how easy that is?

If you’re not in a cult.

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All this MAGA outrage is probably going to get a lot of boomers and Gen Xers who might have skipped the halftime show to tune in to see what the Bad Bunny fuss is about.

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White House excluding Democratic governors from its annual governors meeting.

Donald is still mad at Maine Governor Janet Mills for challenging him publicly last year

Biggliest baby ever.

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Agree with Jasmine Crockett, who has reason to be furious about Trump’s racist Obama meme.
Jasmine says, Yes, it’s awful, but we’ve KNOWN he’s racist. He’s also REALLY good at distraction. And right now he’s distracting from the Epstein files & allegations of raping little girls

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So let’s get this straight.

A racist meme with the Obamas suddenly offends Republicans.

But they had no problem with Donald’s birth certificate lies.
Or JD Vance’s “they’re eating the dogs and cats” lies.
Or Trump’s demonizing entire population of Somalis.

If the hood fits…

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So Trump is now blaming a staffer for the racist meme he posted about the Obamas..

But what does President Stephen Miller say?

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He wants to deport Liam because the little boy made him look bad. It’s that simple.

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Chuck Schumer calls Trump claim Dem leader suggested renaming Penn Station after him ‘absolute lie’

Anyone following me knows I’m not huge Schumer fan. Wish he’d given Senate leadership to Amy Klobuchar.

But Chuck has more 100 % than integrity than Donald.

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Starry likes Amy Klobuchar’s voice. She is a good judge of character.

“It’s been the most difficult time & year. Doesn’t mean that we just look away & look down & say I’ve had it. I think it means the opposite. You stand your ground, you get involved & you never give up…”.

Meanwhile back in the assisted living home that the White House has become, Donald posted dozens of insane things last night. Including that Barack Obama had manufactured evidence against him and his “landslide victory” in 2016, to help steal the 2020 election.

Donald is beyond insane.

If Barack Obama were both that all powerful and that evil, don’t you think he’d have figured out a way to rig the election for Hillary Clinton?

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Formerly sane conservative Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota claimed on Fox that most protestors in Minnesota are from out of state…

As if most people from out of state could handle the cold…

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Melania calls her husband “the unifier President”

Apparently now his pressing Jeff Bezos on a vanity project has unified Americans in agreeing on the biggest flop movie of all time.

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Melania this morning in an interview about the demands of parenting “You need to be there for a child nonstop, especially when they need you, especially at that age that Barron is.”

1. Barron is 19.
2. He didn’t even show up for his mom’s movie tonight.

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As Trump prepares to name a new Fed chair and continually attacks Jerome Powell, it’s useful to remember who appointed Chairman Powell in the first place.

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Susan Collins says today that ICE has ended enhanced operations in Maine.

And how troubled will she be when she finds out Donald has lied to her?

Or did it just occur to Trump that GOP is about to lose another Senate seat?