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Turning away

July 23, 2026

The Spanish World Cup team wouldn’t give Donald Trump his photo op.

But the Los Angeles Dodgers, who play in a blue city, with a largely Latino fan base, had no problem doing so.

Just saying.

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At least the SF Giants, who admittedly botched Pride Night, won’t have this problem

How many Democrats have to wish now Ruth Bader Ginsberg had either been kept on life support….

Or her body put in cold storage, with fake proof of life pictures, until after Nov. 2020 elections.

Heck, had she seen what’s happening w/ Mitch, RBG would have demanded that now.

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JD Vance is abusing his privileges as Vice President to have Secret Service transport his family like royalty, with helicopter rides to a child’s golf lesson and who knows what else.

And the repercussions happen.. not to him, but to the agent who they think leaked it. Very on brand

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Many around the world calling for Gianni Infantino to resign as head of FIFA & Trump has said he wants his buddy to head the UN.. (Not a joke)

So what, does Donald then think FIFA should name Barron – “my son is a tremendous soccer fan, ” as their new leader?

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Trump says he’s made deal for billions that could allow Saudi Arabia to have nuclear weapons.

While he posted horrific list about past war deaths & his Iran “military conflict” only having 18 dead.

Number not on his list.

2977 killed on 9-11.

All but one hijacker was Saudi.

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Darline Graham Nordine has long legally gone by her husband’s name.

Now on the ballot in November she wants to appear as Darline Graham.

So ICYMI she wants to become a US Senator under a name where the SAVE act would not allow her to vote. .

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Gary Peters points out the President has said the Iran war is over 30 times.

If anything he is underestimating.

“How many deaths will it take until we know, that too many people have died?”

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So wait, Hegseth now claims the Pentagon needs $1.5 TRILLION because of “gross negligence” under President Biden.

Uh, Biden didn’t start a trillion dollar war!

But wait, Joe didn’t have Epstein files to distract from

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As Hegseth claims DOD needs more of our taxpayer dollars, could some Senator ask him how much money it is costing to replace senior military leadership and not promoting qualified officers just because they are women and minorities?

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As oil hits $100 a barrel, does Donald suggest Americans who can’t afford gas not pay their bills and tell their credit card companies that “affordability” is a Democratic hoax?

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At luxury hotel event in 2025, Maui hotel sales rep bemoaned plan to bring 50 top Canadian travel agents to Maui for familiarization trip.

They canceled, saying Canadians don’t want to come to US.

Inbound tourism has fallen off a cliff.

We’re ALL paying for Trump’s tantrums.

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Trump literally complained at a rally yesterday that he gets “no credit” for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The SOB KNEW it was airborne and covered it up

Many people died and others got very sick

(Remember Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s husband? She talked about how they’d been wiping everything down like we all did but he met a friend for a drink & got it that way. He ended up in ICU and almost died.)

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This should be bigger story. Mexican man killed by truck as he ran from ICE in Florida recently identified as a tourist.

He had already bought a return ticket. He was just terrified, no doubt because of stories about trigger-happy ICE agents. And he was sadly correct.

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Courage

July 15, 2026

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.

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New world order.

July 15, 2026

Good week for the World Cup to pick up new US fans with MLB, NFL and NBA all off this week

Except the games in US are at 12n to 3p on a weekday

(Good for fans in Europe, who can stay up. Rough for many in North America who works and wants to watch the games…

Almost as if FIFA doesn’t care..

(Or maybe they wanted to get the semi finals in before Donald’s nap time?)

Has Donald said he would have won the Home Run Derby yet?

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Tuned in to watch the MLB All-Star game and watched the entire NL team do a great impersonation of the SF Giants offense we fans have endured much of the year…

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As a Wemby fan was kind of rooting for France today

(Though prefer England to win it all..)

But given how much Trump hates Spain the possibility of him boycotting the trophy ceremony at least is attractive.

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It took Mike Johnson 50 days (!) to swear in Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva after she won her special election in 2025.

GOP swore in Lindsey Graham’s sister as a Senator about 60 hours (!) after he died.

As unqualified as Lindsey Graham’s sister is to be in the Senate, she’s not nearly the most unqualified person in that chamber.

Paging Coach Tubby?

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Has a single social media troll using the mantra “just obey police officers and you won’t be shot,” also justified the shooting of Ashli Babbitt?

I’ll wait.

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A tube of Krazy Glue was spotted on Trump’s Oval Office desk today.

So is this what they use to keep him from falling out of his chair?

Trump today in DC just praised “The president of General Motors—Mark Reuss. Great company, hot company. We just ordered a lot of Escalades for security purposes and we do a lot of business with General Electric.”

So he’s confused General Motors with General Electric? Amazed Donald didn’t refer to their President as General Robert E Lee.

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How much is it killing Trump that as controversial and maddening that Lindsey Graham could be at times, it’s pretty clear that his Senate colleagues, even many Democrats, really LIKED and will mourn him?

Apparently Trump says US latest attacks “knocked out’ Iran’s missile sites tonight.

So just how many times can you completely decimate an opponent’s military?

And how much did THIS latest mission cost?…

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A reminder, under ” Sleepy Joe” we could go to sleep at night without worrying about waking up to “WTF did POTUS do now?

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Break time.

July 13, 2026

San Francisco did win the game. (Helps to play the Colorado Rockies, one of the other worst teams in baseball)

But the last game before the All-Star Break for the SF Giants and the second pitch to the Colorado Rockies ends up an inside the park home run. Kind of sums up the first half of the 2026 season

#NothingLikeIt

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino says they will discuss expanding the men’s World Cup to 64 teams, saying “every nation should have the chance to dream of playing in the event.”

Leaving aside how much more money the tournament could make, some might add “as long as officiating makes sure most of the top teams advance to the quarters/semis.

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We’ll never know.

But Donald Trump did talk to Lindsey Graham a few hours before his death.

Did he say anything to stress Graham out or raise his blood pressure?

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The best thing Lindsey Graham ever tweeted…

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So is this insanity with Mitch McConnell’s nebulous life status a test run to see how long GOP might be able to hide Donald’s status someday?

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Just trying to imagine if you disappeared from work for month (or months) refused to call your bosses & expected to keep your job, your health insurance AND to be paid.

And yet GOP Rep. Thomas Kean & Sen. Mitch McConnell have both done that.

We US taxpayers are their bosses.

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Friend just got tickets to the Obama Presidential Library and needed to wait in a 45 minute online queue.

Meanwhile the last day of Trump’s Great American State Fair was partly “postponed.”. Must have disappointed over a dozen people

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If the stories about Trump’s Qatar plane weren’t true FBI wouldn’t be investigating the “leak.”

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Riley Gaines: It’s pretty easy to not get shot by an ICE officer… if you are still in this country illegally, be prepared to be forcefully removed.

Alex Pretti and Renee Good have entered the chat. Or rather would if they were still alive.

Note, Gaines is MARRIED to an immigrant who had issues with his immigration status over refusing a COVID vaccine, but he happens to be white. But besides that, how did a 5th place finish in a US swimming event qualify Riley Gaines to be an expert on ANYTHING?

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Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit.
Asked on presidential run:, Khanna “I’m strongly considering it & I’m more resolved to consider it after this trip.”


Please. Ro’s been been planning to run since he 1st primaried Mike Honda for congress.

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Por vida

July 10, 2026

Can we have a bipartisan moment of glee – for Spurs fans and for those who believe in joy in sports

The San Antonio Spurts just signed Wemby to a five year, less than the maximum, multi-year contract extension

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https://www.si.com/nba/spurs/victor-wembanyama-selfless-contract-move-compete-long-term

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As Trump continues with his efforts to destroy the White House.

Who expected that Congress would act like they have less power than a random small town HOA.

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-JD Vance actually said this out loud on a podcast:

“My life is– dude, totally transformed. People go to the grocery store for me. I don’t have to cook anymore because I have an army of people willing to cook my food. No more TSA lines for me.”

If you’re struggling to put food on the table, just think, you could maybe now get a side hustle shopping or cooking for JD Vance..

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The reflecting pool..

His Qatar plane..

Americans should all shudder to think if the columns at the White House will hold up.

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Meanwhile, while almost NO one has shown up at the Great American State Fair

If you were thinking of going to Chicago and the Obama Presidential Center

“Museum tickets are currently sold out.

Demand for Museum tickets is high. We update availability on the second Wednesday of every month at 10 a.m. CT.”

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Number one Fox News website headline:

“Trump warns ‘they want to take out the US leader’ as assassination plot surfaces.

Because when things are going so badly nothing else will do, an “assassination attempt” is Donald’s perceived gold card of distraction.

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So was Rep. Tom Kean’s 117 day unexplained absence a dress rehearsal for hiding Mitch McConnell’s status?

And maybe someday for doing the same with POTUS?

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JD Vance continues to brag gleefully about vacations, and not having to shop or cook for himself, etc,

Every time JD says this sort of thing… it should come with the reminder to him and to all of us in the USA

That it’s at taxpayer expense. Our expense.

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So where’s the new bumpersticker?

“Honk if you haven’t talked to Mitch McConnell”

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Another reason to vote blue and work for US Democratic Senate campaigns this fall.

Seems pretty likely that Fetterman will switch parties. IF GOP keeps a majority or his vote would give them the majority.

Need to flip enough seats that this snake doesn’t matter.

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And just to follow up.

Trump left Turkey on OLDER Air Force One Jet, but then switched to new Qatar plane in Britain for flight to DC.

Assassination fears?
Trying to pretend there was credible threat?
Stunt?

He couldn’t have stayed with ONE plane?

And how much did this cost taxpayers?

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Foul play?

July 5, 2026

T.S. Eliot had the best line on FIFA rescinding Balogun’s World Cup red card.

“The last temptation is the greatest treason. To do the right thing for the wrong reason.”

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Even the Netherlands is going to be rooting for Belgium vs the USA now

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Glad that Folarin Balogun can play but as Trump praises FIFA, Donald and his cult members are just going to ignore the fact that Balogun can only play for USMNT at all due to birthright citizenship??!!

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Let’s be VERY clear, If Folarin Balogun,who is a US citizen only because his pregnant mother was not allowed to board a flight home to England, were a potential Nobel prize winning biochemist trying to cure cancer, then Trump would have gladly signed his deporation orders.

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“Reflecting pool vandals” are this year’s “They’re eating the dogs and cats.”

GOP hasn’t paid a penalty with voters for their lies, yet, so they keep on telling them.

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Random baseball thought

I get the difference between earned and unearned runs. But always seems a bit off when a run doesn’t count against a pitcher’s ERA when the error is his own.

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Meanwhile, as Donald’s new favorite insult seems to be “communist,” – McCarthyism: the political practice of making unfair, unsubstantiated accusations of disloyalty or subversion—particularly regarding supposed communist sympathies—without regard for evidence.”

“Trumpism” will someday be a more derogatory noun.

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MAGA claiming over 100,000 people in attendance tonight to watch Trump speak after 11p.

All of them rushed back through security after bad weather.

So it’s pretty clear, Donald absolutely doesn’t need a half billion dollar ballroom.

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Just noticed

@Freedom250 claims in Twitter bio “Freedom 250 is a non-partisan organization delivering presidential-level celebrations for our nation’s 250th birthday.” Uh,

@America250 is bipartisan. Freedom 250 was established by Trump to override it. No lie too small.

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To be fair, Donald Trump was the first President to preside over 5th of July fireworks!

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Some GOP want to claim it was liberals dressed up as Nazis, who marched in DC on the 4th of July

Uh, NEWSNATION – which is to the right of Fox News – posted videos that show that Thomas Rousseau, Patriot Front’s leader was there and proudly leading the march.

So why the silence, NY Times and other MSM?

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Then there were 28

June 29, 2026

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So who knows how far USMNT will go in the World Cup. But they are alive longer than both Germany and the Netherlands.

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So it’s been a rough year for the SF Giants.

At this point perhaps the most optimistic thing they can say “At least we’re not the Mets.”

(The teams have similar records – but the Giants payroll is about $222 million, while the Mets are $365 million.


Clearly many of the attendees at the “Great American State Fair” managed to steal the invisibility cloaks from the leftist reflecting pool vandals.

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GOP Family Values alert, The Daily Mail reported Ken Paxton, Donald Trump’s choice for US Senate from Texas, was seen with his mistress on a “secret” trip to Iceland.

But James Talarico once ordered a potato, egg and cheese taco…

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Not happy with SCOTUS decision allowing a President to fire  [the leaders of independent agencies for any reason or no reason, Ju


So does this mean that a Democratic president can immediately fire all Trump’s hacks, lackeys and cronies?

Fox News headline

“Conservatives revolt after Trump-appointed Barrett joins liberals in ‘shockingly wrong’ ruling.

John Roberts also joined the majority in allowing mail in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted later.

But of course the woman is one the Fox goes after.

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On deporting Haitians “”It’s a mistake for a number of reasons…You cannot fly into Port-au-Prince…It is clearly not safe…It is worse than it has ever been…It’s not in the U.S. interest, certainly not in Ohio’s interest, to have people who are working every single day, who are supporting a family, who are buying houses, fixing up old houses, starting businesses, and put deep roots in this country and really are contributing — and yank them out…That is a huge, huge mistake.”

Another bleeding heart liberal? Nope, Ohio REPUBLICAN governor Mike DeWine.

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When you’re a star

June 12, 2026

Texas Tech is doing a lot of sanctimonious handwringing about giving Quarterback Brendan Sorsby a chance and caring about the “young man” and how he needs to play for his recovery etc.

Not getting as much coverage. Sorsby, who played two years (and bet on games) at Indian,a, became a star in his last two years Cincinnati. He just transfered to Texas Tech. Has no allegiance to the school or vice versa. Probably hasn’t been to a class.

But the Red Raiders think hey can get them to the CFB playoffs, and he thinks they can make him a top draft pick.

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We know prefrontal cortex, part of the brain involved in decision-making, is usually not fully developed until about the age of 25.


And yet Spurs player who made inexplicable decision not to dribble out clock last night was De’Aaron Fox, old man of San Antonio’s starters at 28.

Jimmy Kimmel tonight on the UFC White House Circus.

“It is sponsored by Monster Energy drinks.”

‘One of the Monster Energy Flavors is Mango Loco – Which would actually be a perfect nickname for the President.”

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So Trump says repeatedly we have stopped immigrants coming into this country.

But he needed $70 BILLION more for ICE??!

While we can’t afford healthcare, daycare, etc. for Americans.

Make it make sense.

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Donald today called Graham Platner a “thug.”

In Trump-speak isn’t that a compliment?-

Trump: “I watch that thug that’s up in Maine. He’s a thug. And they’re trying to make excuses for him. I mean, he’s worse than any human being that’s ever run for office.”

-“Worse than any human being that’s ever run for office probably.”

Give me a break, not a Platner fan but he wouldn’t even be in the worst half of Trump’s cabinet.

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North Dakota GOP Senator Kevin Cramer, said today that people living outside of Washington, D.C., don’t care about Trump’s renovation projects and instead are focused on “the price of gas.”

Attacks by Trump on Cramer in 3.2.1…

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So what bets in the prediction markets did Trump and his family make on TACO Thursday?

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Pentagon was under lockdown Thursday due to “a hazardous materials incident.” Does it involve Pete Hegseth’s makeup?

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Trump says he has all the cards in his latest war.

More likely he has a low pair

Iran has a straight.

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While millions of Americans have a hard time even getting to see a doctor when they are sick, apparently President Trump was seen by 22 (!) specialists during his last checkup.

Not just a sign of healthcare inequality, but a sign that something is very very wrong.

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As the games begin

June 10, 2026

USA probably is never going to be awarded an Olympics or World Cup again are we?

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As an increasing number of stars now back out of the invitation to the UFC circus match at the White House, the Trump family – ie the Trump Organization headed by Donald and Eric, is selling gold coins priced as high as $12,000.

But don’t forget. Hunter Biden sold a few paintings.

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Need another reason to root for the San Antonio Spurs?

Lip readers said during Game 3 Trump was considering returning to New York to present the Knicks with NBA championship trophy if they swept.

So Spurs win kept him back in DC

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How furious is Trump really over Steve Hilton getting into the November election against Xavier Becerra? By beating out billionaire Tom Steyer for second.

Hilton just majorly messed up Donald’s dishonest claim that California elections are rigged.

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So Tom Steyer spent about a quarter BILLION dollars in his run for Governor, only to finish third.

It’s a free country, but imagine what he could have done with that money.

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MAGA bots and trolls are having a hard time with their James Talarico attacks. They can’t figure out if they’re supposed to call him another closeted gay politician or another Bill Clinton with women.

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Not getting as much publicity as his failed concerts, but Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Adam Sandler, Jared Leto, & Mario Lopez have ALL declined invitations to attend Trump’s UFC White House birthday event.

Almost as if NOBODY wants to be seen with Donald.

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I miss Stephen Colbert a lot.

But Jimmy Kimmel is growing on me.

After a montage of Trump promises on the war…

“This guy is about as close to a deal with Iran as he is to touching his toes right now.”

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And about Donald attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals: “The first sitting President who shut down an entire city to take a nap in front of a sold out crowd.”

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If you can wreck things there you’ll wreck things anywhere

June 7, 2026

Barack Obama is a serious basketball fan.

But as President he never attended an NBA finals game

He knew security etc would make things much worse for all other fans.

On top of everything else Velveeta Voldemort doesn’t care who or what he ruins.

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Have been a Spurs fan for decades in large part due to Gregg Popovich.

And I miss him as head coach. How much do I wish especially that Pop was coaching Monday to be asked what he thought of Trump attending the game in MSG?

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And while we’re on the subject of basketball, how much grief did Obama get for turning an outdoor tennis court at the White House into a basketball court, which required no demolition of buildings- just painting basketball lines, and installing retractable hoops? (And which the Obamas paid for.)


Not even talked about as NY closes area around MSG. Madison Square Garden is right above Penn Station Major hub for Amtrak, Long Island RR, NJ Transit. So is Velveeta Voldemort’s NBA finals visit going to f*ck up everyone’s commute and all the trains too?

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Wemby missed his last shot Friday night. Jimmy Kimmel didn’t. “You’d think Trump would be rooting for the Spurs. It’s what got him out of Vietnam.”

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Former Senator Bob Packwood died this weekend at 93. The one time very powerful GOP Senator had to resign in the 1990s when 19 women accused him of sexual misconduct.

Yes Virginia, there was a time when not just Democrats but top REPUBLICANS actually had to resign due to allegations of sexual misconduct.

Lost in Trump’s temper tantrum walkout from his interview w/ Welker “If it was up to me, I’d pay them the kind of money that they deserve… Lives have been destroyed. Many suicides, think of it,”

Uh, four suicides in the six months after January 6 were police officers.

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Even Fox News has this today “TRUMP DOUBLES DOWN ON $1.8 BILLION ‘SLUSH FUND’ THAT KILLED HIS AGENDA, SPURRED REPUBLICAN REBELLION.

The Telfon is wearing off faster than his cheap fake gold paint everywhere.

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Youth and skill

June 5, 2026

Don’t look now, but Bryce Eldridge is batting .293

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And the SF Giants, one of the worst teams in MLB, have the most grand slams in MLB – now six!

Baseball is a very strange game…

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His game winner didn’t go in. But if anyone else has tried that last shot fans would be screaming “why didn’t they give it to Wemby?”

As Molly Ivins book title said. “You got to dance with them that brung you”

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Spurs finished the 1st quarrter with a higher percentage (13-20) on field goals than free throws (4-8) Basketball can be a funny game. (and as it turned out, a couple of those FTs would have mattered.)

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Last night while Senate Vote-a-rama continued towards dawn in DC, Adam Schiff introduces a 430am amendment

“No payment shall be authorized that arises out of a claim from a President or a Vice President”

Does anyone here believe this slush fund is a good idea?

It was voted down

GOP profiles in cowardice.

Hey media

Not a Platner fan, but why is he a nonstop story and not Ken Paxton’s being impeached on TWENTY charges by a GOP led-Texas legislature, securities fraud charges and his wife’s filing for divorce on “biblical grounds?”

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Yes, Dems need to flip some GOP US Senate seats.

But while most Americans know who Graham Platner is, few have heard of Josh Turek.

Nice job media.

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Also he’s working class Navy vet, former National guard member, mechanic & former union leader at Kellogg’s plant. Andhe’s been married 25 years with 3 kids.

So why isn’t media talking about Dan Osborn? Who could win.

A Nebraska Senate seat counts as much as one from Maine.

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Remember constantly of what Amy Klobuchar said in 2024 of some Trump voters – in Fox News/right wing social media bubble they hear nonstop negatives on Dems. And NOTHING negative on Donald.

Wonder how many millions of MAGA don’t even know he falls asleep regularly on camera.

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And the hits just keep on coming

June 5, 2026

SF Giants manage to lose 16-2 then 8-3 to the Milwaukee Brewers

Then they (barely) hold on to win 1-0 and (barely) hold on to win 12-9. In the same week

Baseball is a weird game.

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Meanwhile Donald Trump has decided he will go to game 3 of the NBA finals, and while he says he is a Knicks fan he mentions none of their players but does mention Wemby as a great player

Now as a Spurs fan I must say this is one of the few times I actually agree with Donald.

But uh, Victor Wembanyama is FRENCH. How’s MAGA gonna take that

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Short term memory is the first to go.

How close are we to having some reporter asking Trump about his favorite player on the Knicks now and Donald responding “Patrick Ewing”?

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Trump seems so obsessed with attacking Kaitlin Collins these days you’d think she turned him down for a date.

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Jimmy Kimmel pointed out tonight that one of six statements made at every meeting open to the press is his adminstration/cabinet praising Trump.

“Say what you will about Bill Clinton, when he had hid staff “bleep” him he didn’t make us watch.”

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When old male cats get dementia some of them start spraying everywhere – due to combined confusion and a perceived need to marking terrority. Sounds like what Donald’s doing in DC with his signs and monuments. #TrumpPromenade

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Trump seems so obsessed with attacking Kaitlin Collins these days you’d think she turned him down for a date.

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So many posts about US Senate race & probable Democratic Candidate in Maine.

Can we start paying attention to OTHER races and candidates that matter?

These lesser known people in red states can WIN.

Mary Peltola
Josh Turek
Dan Osborn

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Not to mention Sherrod Brown

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The day after

June 3, 2026

We are now about 24 hours after the polls closed in California.

Which means we’re about 2 weeks from ballots all being counted.

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And of course Trump is pretending it is some sort of conspiracy. Ironic since he’s still trying to recount votes from 2020.

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So go figure.

A guy named Victor somehow won a game for his team tonight.

And it wasn’t Wemby.

Victor Bericoto for the SF Giants with his first MLB home run in a 1-0 win against the Brewers.

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Can media stop pretending it’s a big deal Spencer Pratt got about 30% of vote for Los Angeles mayor?

Heck, Steve Garvey, whose experience was simply being good at baseball (and who got two women pregnant while he was engaged to a third received 41% of the vote vs now Senator Adam Schiff.

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Wait, I thought Trump says Kaitlin Collins never smiles. “

“I never see a smile on her face. I see her standing there with hatred in her eyes.”

So we shouldn’t share this picture, it would upset Donald.

We shouldn’t share this picture, it will upset him.

Oops.

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Marco Rubio claims that Trump never falls asleep and by way of defense says Donald has called him at 2 a.m. and 5 a.m.
Not the flex he thinks it is: dementia patients often can’t sleep through the night and then can’t stay awake during the day.

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60 Minutes deserves a better home. MSNow? PBS? Netflix? Who wants to start the bidding war. Oh, and f*ck CBS.

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Amy Klobuchar speaking on the 40th anniversary of C-Span 2, notes that the presiding officer on June 2, 1986, their inaugural broadcast, was Senator Chuck Grassley-

(And he’d already been a Senator for five years.)

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Senator Maggie Hassan today

“Except for inflation, the economic data is very strong.”

Except for that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?

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Donald had a closed to press dinner in what he calls “The Rose Garden Club.”

It’s a small detail in the grand scheme of things.

But it is NOT the bleeping “Rose Garden Club”

It is the “Rose Garden.”

In the American people’s White House. Not Velveeta Voldemort’s Club.

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Will take probably serious two weeks for final results but Matt Mahan and Katie Porter both have conceded in the California Gubernatorial Primary.

They could have given those speeches last week… Or last month.

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I’m trying to imagine what the $200 million Tom Steyer spent in the California primary could have done and could do in swing districts and purple states across the country.

If Tom were only able to put aside his ego to let others lead and be elected.

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Hasan Piker made a last minute endorsement for Tom Steyer

If anyone needed another reason to vote for Xavier Becerra.

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Steyer’s cost for funding his campaign is probably going to be record breaking.

But there’s also $35 million spent by Matt Mahan campaign for about 210,000 votes.

Even if Mahan gets up to about 250,000 that’s about $120 a vote.

And his campaign spent less per vote than Steyer.

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Not so old men

May 29, 2026

Not only would most of the spurs, except Wemby, be carded trying to buy a beer, two of them, Dylan Harper and Carter Bryant, both 20, actually aren’t old enough to buy a drink in the US

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How young is San Antonio Spurs coach Mitch Johnson?

He was a four-year point guard at Stanford.

Two of his teammates? Robin and Brook Lopez

(Brook is still playing for the Clippers.)

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Meanwhile you know it’s been a tough year when as an SF Giants fan who was otherwise occupied Thursday to be able to think “okay the team absolutely won’t let fans down tonight.)

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Giants had an off day


Listing Milli Vanilli, a group who ended up admitting they didn’t actually sing on their records, and one of whose members is now dead, as performers for Freedom 250, is one of the most on brand things Trump has done.

Almost all his Freedom 250 performers have dropped out.

So for retribution is Trump going to outlaw music now?

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She was one of the later to withdraw, citing not being told that it was a partisan event. But can anyone imagine Trump listening to Martina McBride singing her hit about an abused woman setting the house on fire with her husband in it?

“Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay
It’s Independence Day”

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How long until the Freedom 250 headliners come down to Kid Rock and Lara Trump?

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So Tuesday night, Ken Paxton got 885,949 GOP US Senate primary votes.

Just putting these numbers from the Democratic US Senate primary out there James Talarico -1,103,371 Jasmine Crockett – 943,168

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Night one watching Jimmy Kimmel (and the late night ABC local news instead of CBS)

So far so good.

This line – “Donald put the ‘me’ in Memorial Day.”

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Scott Bessent, justifying the $1.776 Billion Trump Slush fund says “no American should be targeted for political reasons.”

Thinking today that it’s hard to remember most of the cabinet in Trump’s first term.

Because they mostly weren’t attention whores and batsh*t crazy.

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CBS News has become an oxymoron.

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Night one watching Jimmy Kimmel (and the late night ABC local news instead of CBS)

So far so good.

This line – “Donald put the ‘me’ in Memorial Day.”

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So if Donald has 100% approval ratings or whatever he claims why has almost every performer listed for his Great American State Fair dropped out?

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Open note to MAGA trolls who say it’s fine if Trump goes to public sporting events because they have security.

Have they been to sporting events vs secure areas in DC?

Yeah, they check you going into a game. But NOTHING like the Senate galleries, for starters. Where they take everything. Even doublechecked my watch to make sure it did nothing but tell time.

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Has Trump blamed Romania for being hit by a Russian drone yet?

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Now Donald claims it’s going to be “the most successful World Cup they have ever had.”

Because they gave him a trophy.

It is going to be an economic disaster for hotels and perhaps for cities hosting the games.

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Jimmy Kimmel last night

“Trump’s approval rating among Americans is down to 37%. But in that Cabinet room it’s about 110%.”

If Kimmel is wrong it’s that he’s underestimating the 110%.

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Weekly thoughts

May 23, 2026

Hey SF Giants.

Great to see a game like today, but this is not the NFL, you need more than one great offensive team performance a week.

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Understand my favorite athletes may not share my political beliefs.


Drew Brees criticized kneeling as disrespecting flag in 2020. Outraged Saints teammates.

He apologized.

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Since many of my fellow Democrats are outraged by Jaxson Dart introducing Donald Trump at a rally, would like to remind them that New Orleans Saints QB Tyler Shough endorsed Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.


But now? W/ Trump historically unpopular.

And NFL teams being 70% black?


WTF was Jaxson Dart thinkng

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Can we start the pool as to when Donald first turns on new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh?

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Donald Trump actually said of his new Federal Reserve chair “I want Kevin to be totally independent.”

Translation: “Totally independent until he does something I doesn’t like. And then I will make sure he will be totally f*cked.”

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Many of us have that relative who needs to make every holiday all about them.

On top of everything else the President of the United States is that relative.

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Many of us who are frequent travelers have experienced cell phone issues or wi-fi outrages that make it difficult to work.

This doesn’t happen for Donald Trump.

He could work anywhere, if he wants to.

Missing his son’s wedding is an excuse. For something.

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Raul Castro, who will turn 95 in June, is not that popular at this point in Cuba.

What would make him popular?

A US invasion

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Hard to forgive Tillis for voting to confirm Pete Hegseth.

But I like Thom unleashed

Talking about Trump’s slush fund “Stupid on stilts.”

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For most Americans, if they’ve heard of the Suez Canal crisis in 1956, it was in “The Crown.”

For the English & Anglophiles, it’s often considered the end of Great Britain’s reign as a superpower.

Trump’s deal, if it holds, may well be America’s Suez Canal moment.

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Last late night …

May 21, 2026

Two SF Giants alums pitching tonight in Yankees – Blue Jays game

Camillo Doval gave up a home run in .2 innings and now has a 5.68 ERA.

Tyler Rogers pitched a scoreless 8th ending with getting Aaron Judge to hit into a DP.
His 9th “hold” And he now has a 1.54 ERA.

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Not the Onion

Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr are behind “The Enhanced Games.” A mini-Olympics where PEDs are allowed and even encouraged.

Cheating meets reality TV. So on brand for the Trump family.

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So just how many GOP Senators has Donald thrown under the bus?

Cassidy and Cornyn just this week

Murkowski and Collins have never been on his good side.

Tillis is mad. and out of f*cks.

And Mitch McConnell, for all the evil he has done in this world, hears “time’s winged chariot hurrying near…”

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Asked about Stephen Colbert’s last show tonight, Donald Trump responded

“I’ll have a message at a later date.”

In two weeks?

DHS head Markwayne Mullen told travel executives that he’s serious about curbing international flights to U.S. airports in cities with “sanctuary” policies…Does this moron realize that most cities, even in red states, are blue?

What’s he going to do, try to make DFW the only international airport? Along with maybe Miami?

May I suggest he try this out a couple weeks before the midterms?

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During House hearing DOT Secretary Duffy was asked, how he managed to work while on his road trip, at the same time DOT & Trump administration has stopped allowing remote work for other federal government employees?

Of course he dodged the question

As the media talks today about the 2024 DNC autopsy report something is missing.

The nonstop 2024 bothsides-ing, sanewashing of Donald Trump, and nonstop attacks on Joe Biden’s age… by hose same journalists..

Et tu, media?

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Sean Duffy, justifying his corporate funded vacation: “Seeing your country, experiencing your country through window of a car is a beautiful thing. It actually unites America.”

More like it unites milllions of Americans in anger because they can’t afford gas for a road trip.

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Trump rants at Coast Guard commencement on being a “hot” country, while attacking others & musing about 3rd term.

Fox News headline “HAPPENING NOW: Trump recognizes parents, families in speech at Coast Guard Academy: ‘Thank you'”

And we wonder why Fox viewers still support him?

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As “acting” AG, Todd Blanche can stay in his position indefinitely.

And who knew the formerly respected Federal prosecutor might actually be worse than Pam Bondi?

As Trump keeps saying that the Iran war will be over “pretty soon.”

Wishing he’d told CBS to end the Late Show with Stephen Colbert “pretty soon.”

We’d be watching Colbert with our grandchildren

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Bruce Springsteen to Stephen Colbert “You’re the 1st guy in America to lose a show because the President can’t take a joke” And because Larry & David Ellison feel they need to kiss his ass to get what they want.”

Then he played “Streets of Minneapolis.”

Well played, Boss.

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Written before the last Late Show.

(Also the last time I watch the CBS local news before the late show..)

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Calling occupants of interplantary craft…

May 18, 2026

Can’t understand why people call him an alien

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1463077225003241

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Look, trans athletes competing at a high level is a tough issue. Though such a small number of actual athletes.

But have to love Charlotte Clymer’s tweet today “Wemby is destroying male sports with his unfair biological advantage.

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Meanwhile, a Canadian team actually still has a chance to win the Stanley Cup. Somehow.

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Minnesota US Attorney Daniel Rosen said Aimee Bock, convicted last year, should be sentenced to 50 years in prison for “masterminding the biggest pandemic era fraud in the US.

Aimee Bock is a blonde white woman.

But GOP will probably be furious somehow because Aimee Bock isn’t an Somalian immigrant.

(And as a friend said, will Trump pardon her if she blames someone Somali?)

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How long until GOP claims dead people are eating the dogs and cats?

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Again, if you want to know how state TV operates.

Wonder how Fox News is reporting the $1.7 billion trust fund that Trump demanded his DOJ set up for his supporters who were “wronged” by Democrats?

On their website, crickets. Not mentioned.

They don’t spin, they just hide.

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NY Times “Trump had been asked about extent to which economy factored into his plans to end the war and responded that disarmament was his sole concern.”

Have they been listening to Donald?

His ballroom is his sole concern. (that and the Epstein files)

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For those who don’t follow politics closely Thomas Massie is about as conservative as they come. MAGA all the way.

But he wants the Epstein files released.

And THAT is why Trump wants him out.

A five year old could connect these dots.

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GOP Representative Thomas Massie wants the Epstein files released.

All of them

If the files exonerated Trump and implicated Democrats Donald would give Massie the Presidential medal of honor.

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Democrats probably have no chance in state wide race in Louisiana

But for all headlines about Trump having GOP control.

There are 2,964,882 registered voters in the state.

401,000 of them voted in GOP primary, 344,000 in Dem primary. 25% turnout

Primaries skew hardcore.

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Can some election denier conspiracy theorist explain to us how Trump won when Obama and Biden were Presidents, and yet Democrats managed to rig an election when Trump was in charge?

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Speaker Mike Johnson, explaining why members of Congress need to be able to trade stocks (Yes this is real)

“We have to have sympathy. We need to at least let them engage in some stock trading so they can continue to take care of their family.”=

This should be a Democratic ad shown nonstop in October.

Maybe $174,000 per year (plus a large expense account) isn’t enough to take care of a family in New York City or Los Angeles, but in most of the country….

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Ball drop

May 10, 2026

Sunday is the NBA ping-pong ball draft lottery

Let the conspiracy theories begin.

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When Buster Posey shipped Patrick Bailey to the Cleveland Guardians he couldn’t get them to take Ryan Walker too?

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Media has forgotten something:

Under the Trump administration, federal government employees, no matter how productive they had been, were ORDERED to return to the office full time or lose their jobs.

But DOT Secretary Duffy says he did “some work” on his seven month road trip….

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(Now, he’s adding that most of this was done on weekends and spring break for the kids. – Apparently United Airlines gave them free tickets to and from many of the destinations. How nice for them.)

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Duffy’s statement on the man who managed to get over a fence and onto a runway where he was killed by a Frontier plane “No one should EVER trespass on an airport.”

He made no reference to the death of the trespasser. Nor did the DOT secretary issue a statement on the death of a Delta worker when a tug hit the jet bridge at Orlando Airport.

(Side serious note, as it turns out 12 people were injured, when the plane hit the man. But how much worse could it have been. What if the trespasser were armed? Or carrying bombs?)

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VIrginia has a blue state legislature.

Don’t like what Tennessee has done in gerrymandering.

But if this is how GOP wants to play it, why can’t the Virginia legislature just do the same thing and impose
same 10-1 map voters approved?

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Meanwhile, hard not to think that DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth and Dear Leader are treating attacks on small boats in the Caribbean like some sort of combination of video game and snuff film:

“U.S. Conducts Third Boat Strike in 5 Days, Killing 2 and Leaving a Survivor”

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The only problem with Colin Jost and Aziz Ansari’s as hard-drinking Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel on SNL is sometimes it’s hard to tellt they’re not the real thing.

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But NOT the SNL cold open

Donald Trump talking about paving the White House Rose garden

“Brooke Rollins (Sec of Agriculture) would get up & start making magnificent speech & she’d be standing in mud, her speeches would never be as good as they could have been, because she was always concerned about ruining her shoes.”

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Forget running Cabinet departments, is there a single member of the Trump administration most Americans would trust to water their plants?

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Timing is everything

May 5, 2026

So NBA has a generational talent (& interesting young man) Victor Wembanyama with the Spurs.

And Anthony Edwards returning from injury sooner than anyone expected.

And they’re starting round 2 of NBA playoffs at nearly 9pm in San Antonio.

Even though they’re playing another central time zone team in the Timberwolves.

Almost 10pm on the East Coast. And only on Peacock

Game finished after midnight on the East Coast. After 11p on a school night for local fans of both teams.

Way to grow the game Adam Silver especially with children.

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The Giants win a game, the Giants win a game.

This should not be as exciting as it is in May.

Or as surprising that the game stars were Casey Schmitt and Trevor McDonald..

We SF Giants fans in 2026 take all the good days we can get.

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Apparently this United flight from Venice to Newark that hit a light pole and a bakery truck as they approached the runway, the first time a US commercial plane that was still in the air has collided with a vehicle on a highway.

Has Sean Duffy explained yet how this is Joe Biden’s fault

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Anyone heard lately about ..

Those two rescued pilots?

The big beautiful healthcare plan?

The Epstein files?

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So US military says they have sunk six smalI Iranian boats as they are trying to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

And the UAE says they are being attacked by Iran.

Trump’s campaign for next year’s Nobel Peace Prize is going well…

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-Oh, how much would I have loved to hear Camilla talking privately with Charles over that room while sharing a nightcap.

King Charles looked a lot happier in a brief conversation with Senator Amy Klobuchar than he ever did with Trump

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The Supreme Court this morning restored mail access to mifepristone.

That’s the headline.

But the truth is they restored mail access for ONE week.

This isn’t over.

Our rights are NOT safe.

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Finally, it’s now may 5. But for all the star wars jokes, May 4 was also the date that many of us first learned that the US Government could shoot and kill US Citizens.

#Kentstate

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Never enough

May 1, 2026

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.”

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