Posted tagged ‘news’

Boys and man children of summer

June 20, 2025

So NBA 2024-25 finals game seven will be June 22.

About three months and two weeks before the first NBA 2025-2026 preseason game.

And the league wonders why Americans seem to be losing interest.

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Shedeur Sanders, cited this week for driving 101 MPH in Ohio, was also pulled over 2 weeks ago for allegedly driving 91 MPH.

The Browns say they have “addressed the citations.”

How about addressing telling Sanders to stick to taxis and Ubers?

From my funny friend Marc Ragovin:


Thu, Jun 19 at 11:51 AM

“Now that the Stanley Cup Finals are over, the eye and ear of South Florida are laser focused on the Marlins”

Some bots and trolls on social are attacking the Los Angeles Dodgers for denying entrance to ICE agents today. And some anti-immigrant folks are CLAIMING they’ll never go to a Dodgers game again. But have to think for most fans the reaction is “Promise?”

Remember back in April the Dodgers faced some controversy for all showing up at the White House. Kershaw even made a speech & LA gave Trump a Jersey. Today Donald repays them by sending ICE to the ballpark. Another example- you can’t win by appeasing tyrants.

No idea if the rumors that Trump has cut Tulsi Gabbard out of his inner circle and might yet fire her are true…


Can’t stand Gabbard. But…

OTOH, it would make sense that the first person out of the Trump cabinet would be a woman of mixed-race ancestry.

Of course Donald will make a decision on whether or not to attack Iran “in the next two weeks.” While he’s working on his beautiful healthcare plan, ending the war in Ukraine, deciding on tariffs, etc…

Does anyone REALLY think that Donald Trump thinks as he posted, that he US has “too many non-working holidays?” Velveeta Voldemort just wants the only holiday this month to be June 14.

Can some reporter please ask how many pardoned January 6 felons have been hired by ICE?

The price of everything?

June 19, 2025

Billionaire Mark Walter just bought the Los Angeles Lakers for $10 billion.

Tell me again why he needs a tax cut?

Baseball happens.

SF Giants have lost 4 in a row, scored 4 runs in last 2 games, (3 for 19 with RISP.

Meanwhile, NL East leading NY Yankees have lost 6 in a row, and have scored 7 runs in 7 games.

Wonder what the odds are that US is considering starting WWIII because Donald doesn’t like the nickname TACO?

Trump to workers putting up he claims $100,000 flagpoles at White House

“Do we have any illegal immigrants here” No response. He said news media, not him, would check. “They’ll find out. They’ll check you. Your whole life will be destroyed because of this press conference.”

Donald. Is. Insane.

Estimates were if Donald kept National Guard in Los Angeles for 60 days it would cost $134 million. Now he’s sending 2,000 MORE? This on top of his ICE terror squad. Our tax $$ at work. (Leaving aside that 2,000 more people will be taken away from their families/day jobs)

A question on SCOTUS decison to uphold Tennessee’s ban on all transgender medical treatment, not just surgery but medicaitons.

I thought conservatives were all about parental rights. So why are they against minors WITH parental consent from taking puberty blockers etc?

While we discuss mental acuity, I’m pretty sure that if President Biden had been re-elected he wouldn’t have walked out of G7 to claim he was addressing a potential war then gone home to put up flag poles at the White house…

After an ICE raid that arrested most of their staff, Glenn Valley Foods, which said they had used E-verify, closed their Omaha, Nebraska, beef plant this week—an operation many supermarkets rely on for their steak and burger supply.

I’m missing Fox News etc showing Americans lining up to take these meatpacking jobs now that Trump is deporting immigrants.

Meanwhile, should be bigger story?!

U.S. Steel shares stopped trading on NYSE after Japan’s Nippon Steel completed acquisition.

Donald has insisted companies would form “partnership” & U.S. Steel would remain US-owned.

But U.S. Steel has become wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Steel North America.”

Are we great yet?

Sign of the times?

June 18, 2025

With everything going on in the Mideast right now might be accurate but perhaps not quite as funny to say “The Colorado Rockies have won three in a row. Let’s hope this isn’t a sign of the apocalypse.”

Whole SF Giants team showed up to watch Rafael Devers’ introductory press conference. Alas felt too much like the hitters then just showed up to watch him bat during the game. 1 for 13 with RISP.

Small nice thing. The WNBA is regularly now featured in the headlines and on Sportscenter.

From my Twitter friend Sarah Ironside ” Good thing for Jim Jordan that trump is setting the world on fire. Maybe now no one will notice that the documentary about him covering up sexual abuse at Ohio State just came out on HBO Max.”

Media paid little attention to Donald Trump’s comment at G7

“The UK is very well protected. You know why? Because I like them, That’s the ultimate protection.”

Heather Cox Richardson “Commenters often note Trump talks like mob boss, but rarely has his organized-crime style of governance been clearer…

With everything going on in the word, Donald posted tonight to brag that he is putting two huge flag poles on the White House lawn.


Ther question, what flags will he raise? US flags? Russian flags? Trump flags?

Senator John Cornyn claims it is urgent the Senate have hearings into former President Biden’s mental acuity….

At same time our current President is rage tweeting in middle of the night, name-calling other elected officials and contradicting himself on a daily basis…

As former Senator Bob Menendez reports to prison after being convicted on bribery charges, too soon to start the pool on when Donald will pardon him in exchange for becoming a Republican?

Not getting enough coverage why Mike Lee finally deleted tweets about MN assassinations He told a reporter that talking to Amy Klobuchar made difference “It was important to her I take it down. “We’re good friends. I took it down.” Reaching across aisle still matters.

(And yes, it’s sad he cared more about losing Klobuchar as a friend then the fact that two people were murdered – plus their dog – and two more were injured)

I miss slow news days

June 13, 2025


Random unimportant thought, the league MIGHT be spacing NBA finals games too far apart when many fans have to wonder, so how many days until the next game?

As SF Giants lose their seven game streak, and the game by allowing the Rockies to score three in the y bottom of the ninth, a reminder that nothing is certain but death, taxes, and you can’t give up walks and make errors at Coors Field.

Pete Hegseth today before House Armed Services Committee actually said it’s fine for POTUS to wear MAGA hat while speaking to troops Rep. Pat Ryan ends with “I do not say this lightly, I think your tenure as Sec of Def has been shameful & weak & you should resign. “

Gavin Newsom was re-elected with 59.2% of the vote. Almost a full 10 points higher than Velveeta Voldemort. And Karen Bass was elected with 54.8% of the vote. What happened to “elections have consequences

The war in Ukraine, launched by Trump’s friend Putin, shows no signs of stopping.

Also Donald cannot stop Israel, one of the few remaining countries the USA is still on good terms with, from pre-emptively bombing Iran. Are we great yet?

Even Fox News:

Kristi Noem’s DHS said Padilla did not initially identify himself as senator & wasn’t wearing Senate security pin. However, footage captured by Fox News shows him saying, “I’m Senator Alex Padilla, have questions for the secretary,” as he was taken out of room then taken down and handcuffed.

Kristi Noem had U.S Senator Alex Padilla physically attacked and thrown out of her Press Conference just for trying to ask a question. Given Noem’s history when she is annoyed at behavior I guess Padilla is lucky she didn’t shoot him.

David Hogg is out as DNC Vice Chair. (Better now than 2026.)

But pundits are making it sound like it’s “generational.” Uh, Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta is 34. Wasn’t Hogg’s age, it was his attitude

Meanwhile, as RFK Jr, continues his anti-vax, anti-science ramage at HHS….

Do billionaires think their money will somehow save them or their children when they get a deadly preventable disease?

Meanwhile as Israel attacks Iran and much of the world worries about WWIII, Donald has scheduled a situation room meeting at 11a.

Clearly a top priority. Between makeup and hair and whatever, Trump doesn’t often golf untll noon.

So close?

June 12, 2025

GOP beat the Democorats 13-2 in today’s Congressional baseball game.

Last year Republicans won 31-11.

So a sign that the comeback is beginning?

(Though semi-seriously, perhaps former MLB player and manager Gabe Kapler, an avowed Democrat, might consider running for Congress.)

The SF Giants won their seventh in a row but disappointed some fans in breaking their near record breaking streak of eight one run games Only in baseball world does that statement make sense.

From Heather Cox Richardson “Politico reported today that of the 50 Republican members of Congress they surveyed, only 7 said they planned to go to the June 14 military parade in Washington, D.C.” Sorry Donald, they’re just not that into you.

Follow the money. If you wanted for whatever reason to go to DC for the vanity parade, you can get a nice Westin for $229 a night, and a Kimpton near the Capitol for $110, while the Monaco is as low as $144

This is half to a quarter regular prices .

Pete Hegseth had a birthday last week. June 6. So give the guy a break if he’s seemed distracted. It’s can be a tough decision to choose what makeup gift you will receive from Sephora.

Pete Hegseth lies and says politics won’t matter in his military.

Then why take the name of a veteran who was assassinated in public office off the name of a ship? #HarveyMilk

So Trump and Vance were attending Les Miserables tonight. Do either of them know the PLOT of Les Miserables?

(if anyone has a picture of Donald Trump falling asleep or leaving early tonight from Les Miserable at the Kennedy Center it would be very disrespectful to post it.

Idea that we need to get people off Medicaid & into jobs offering insurance is particularly cruel/out of touch. 1. Gig economy jobs don’t offer insurance, Uber, Doordash, etc.

2. Many BIG companies carefully schedule hourly employees to keep them under minimum hours for benefits.

High-profile ICE raids are overwhelmingly in blue states, or blue cities (Omaha) in red states. If Trump & Miller want to deport as many as planned, however, they’re need to start going after immigrants in rural areas & red states… Trump voters about to get big dose of FAFO.

And I missed the stories about all the Trump supporters having their car wash and meat packing plant jobs taken by immigrants.. (Meat packing jobs in Nebraska from what I can see pay about $15 an hour. Thats about $30,000 a year….average cost for childcae for an infant is about $14,000 a year. Just saying.)

Serious travel point – As Trump travel ban 2.0 takes affect, how long until other countries start retaliating against US tourists? And anyone when vaccine cards were required for some countries? With RFK Jr, at HHS, won’t be long until civilized countries start demanding them again for Americans.

LA LA land..

June 11, 2025

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts indicated there was a chance Shohei Ohtani could return to pitching before the All-Star break.

Fans of San Diego Padres and SF Giants have to be of mixed minds. The way Los Angeles pitchers – (14 or 15 last count) have ended up on IL this year, this might be the only way to slow down the Dodgers superstar.

SF Giants traveling to LA this weekend to play the Dodgers. Considering that many of Giants’ star players are brown or black, seriously wondering if team will have to be confined to the hotel so Trump’s ICE goons don’t try to arrest them.

Trump talks about “paid troublemakers” in Los Angeles. Wonder which of his allies paid them

Per Fox News “Senator Tom Cotton aims to put down riots with tough new proposals.” 1 Arkansas has the 3rd highest crime rate in USA. 2. So what happens if ICE shows up at Arkansas poultry processing plants? AR also #3 in US in terms of poultry production. And many workers are undocumented.

“California may be the first but other states will be next…. The most important office in this country is not President or Governor, it is ‘citizen.’ Do not give in to him.” Best speech I have heard Gavin Newsom give.

Remember now watching Fox News pretend Los Angeles is on fire, when Amy Klobuchar talked in 2024 about those in right-wing media bubble really believing lie that Democrats killed babies.

Fox wants to scare viewers now with lies so they support whatever insane thing Velveeta Voldemort does…

Donald is renaming military bases originally named for Confederate leaders “Great loyal Americans like Robert E Lee?!” What’s next. A pardon for Benedict Arnold?

Tom Cotton’s “Mitigating Extreme Lawlessness & Threats Act, would increase max. punishment for rioting from 5-10 yrs, with mandatory minimu of 1 yr in prison for participating in ANY riot-related act of violence &/or assaulting member of fed law enforcement.

“Any riot-related act assaulting a member of federal law enforcement.?. Except I guess Capitol police

Meanwhile, maybe it wasn’t a good idea to turn over responsibility for the health of the United State to a former heroin addict with a brain worm?

As GOP Whip Steve Scalise slams California blaming Democrats for violent crime, your reminder. HIS state of Louisiana has the 4th highest violent crime rate in the United States (below only New Mexico, Alaska and Arkansas)

Pentagon says deploying Marines and National Guard to protests in Los Angeles will cost $134 million.

$134 MILLION?!! And now they are saying at least 60 days?!! How many children and elderly people could that feed? How many veterans could that help?

It’s not just performative, it’s a horrible waste of our tax dollars.

O-fer and out

June 3, 2025

Barry Bonds at 60 might have a better chance of an RBI than this SF Giants offense lately.

and anyone got Madison Bumgarner’s number?

Or anyone seen Annie Savoy.?

Donald Trump golfed all weekend, and hasn’t been seen publicly. As much as he loves the camera there were no public events Monday nor are any scheduled for Tuesday.

A hair disaster? A black eye from Little X? Or did he get called on the carpet by his boss Vlad for not finding out in advance and telling Russia about Ukraine’s plans.

And this is two days after Donold posted the wild conspiracy theory about Biden being replaced with a robot…

Starter thought for MAGA who don’t get what Palantir database means: They will have access to your bank account info.. If you’re not reporting all your income, if you’re hiring undocumented workers, if you’re spending money on something private. Big Brother will know….

Palantir won’t just go after liberals. They’ll have info on everything. Your guns, your spending, your hiring practices, your banking details, your medical history…

Was wondering how Fox News would spin Joni Ernst’s “we’re all going to die” comment…. Surprise, they aren’t covering it at all. But Fox found time for this headline on their website “Two bikers crash into six-foot alligator on Florida interstate”

As Trump makes attack in Boulder about himself & blames Biden, your reminder that it is May. And Donald’s ICE has been deporting people regularly since January, including children.

Egyptian suspect was in system w/ expired visa, why couldn’t ICE/DHS find him in Colorado?

So would some reporter like to ask Louisiana Senators John Kennedy and Bill Cassidy about the director of FEMA not realizing the US has a hurricane season?

GOP Senate leader John Thune whining again on Democrats slowing down confirmation process even for noncontroversial nominees:

1. He didn’t have problem with it when Coach Tubby held up all military promotions

2. Media, you say Dems aren’t fighting, Why aren’t you covering this?!

Filling holes

June 1, 2025

The Los Angeles Dodgers now have 15 pitchers on the IL

So what is Los Angeles going to do at the trade deadline? Buy the Detroit Tigers?

Washington Nationals scored 10 runs in the first inning yesterday. Until today, the SF Giants had scored 10 runs in the last 7 games.

Meanwhile, the Colorado Rockies swept again and are the 3rd fastest to 50 losses in MLB history. The fastest in the modern era since 1900.

27 games behind the Dodgers on June 1. Will the Rockies be the first team mathematically eliminated from winning their division befoe the All-Star Break?


So were people like Joni Ernst always this awful or has serving Trump destroyed their souls?

Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth are actually using polygraph tests in efforts to find leakers in the FBI and DOD. Too bad we couldn’t have given them both lie detector tests during their confirmation hearings.

Again, wonder why right wing media viewers/readers seem to live in different world? Fox News not even covering insanity of Donald’s reposting conspiracy theory that Biden was executed. While Daily Mail “Trump shares astonishing theory about Joe Biden that is sure to upset Jill”

Can we get the reporter who asked Velveeta Voldemort about TACO on a Sunday show? Where she could have asked GOP politicians if they agree with Joni Ernst and what they think of Donald’s reposting an insane conspiracy theory.

Anyone asked Sarah Palin, who accused Democrats of “death panels” what she thinks of Joni Ernst’s “we’re all going to die?”


Elon Musk: “I’m a little stuck in a bind, where I’m like, well, I don’t wanna, you know, speak up against the administration, but I also don’t wanna take responsibility for everything this administration’s doing.”

He already destroyed government agencies and made the lives of everyone still working for the federal government miserable. While enriching himself and ending investigations into his companies. He’s responsible whether he likes it or not.

Well played Rep. Kenyatta. Positively Presidential.

His tweet today “HAPPY PRIDE TO ALL, INCLUDING THE SCUM THAT SPENT THE LAST 4 MONTHS RAISING PRICES & MAKING LIFE WORSE FOR THE FAMILIES OF OUR COUNTRY THROUGH WARPED RADICAL MAGA AGENDA. BUT FEAR NOT, DEMS WILL FLIP THE HOUSE & MAKE LIFE BETTER! AGAIN, HAPPY PRIDE MONTH, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Bright lights not big city

June 1, 2025

Oklahoma City population, under 800,000.

Indianapolis population under 900,000

Together less than a NYC borough. Sorry not sorry ESPN.

But with the NBA Finals set, and OKC a heavy favorite, we still don’t know for sure who will win.

One thing that might be a safe bet- the winning team will NOT be invited to the White House.

(especially as OKC star SGA is Canadian, and Eastern Conference MVP Pascal Siakam is from Cameroon.)

Random sports fun fact I learned tonight – Tyrese Haliburton and Brock Purdy are friends back from their days at sports powerhouse Iowa State.

Fox News headline “Cancer patient DJ Daniel faces 3 new tumors after inspiring Trump & others.

How can anyone not root for DJ? Evn if Donald did use him as a prop in SOTU.

What Fox doesn’t say. Donald not just deporting immigrant kids w/ cancer, but he & RFK Jr, cutting research that kept DJ alive for years

Trump pulled own NASA nominee, AFTER Jared Isaacman was approved by Senate on Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee on 19-to-9 vote. He would’ve been confirmed. But apparently besides donating to Donald, Jared also donated to some Dems. Even the hint of less than abject loyalty is the kiss of death for dear leader.

Apparently Velveeta Voldemort was particularly upset when asked about TACO — Trump Always Chickens Out – because no one in the White House had told him about it first. Uh, who would have dared?

Trump spokesperson “Harvard decided to litigate on MSNBC, NPR & ratings-disaster CNN instead of acting like adults as their competitors have done & engaging in fruitful conversations & actions that would’ve saved them from self-inflicted demise.” In other words, they didn’t cave.

Some Democratic campaigns against sitting GOP Senators may struggle to find talking points. Not I think so much for whoever wins the Democratic primary against “We’re all going to die” Joni Ernst.

So with some quasi-legal drugs at best, sounds like Muskrat was behaving in a way that would have gotten most immigrants deported these days.

Today’s word “transgenic” Transgenic refers to organism/cell whose genome has been altered by the introduction of one or more foreign DNA sequences from another species by artificial means. Transgenic mice are used for for research purposes. Trump thinks it means “transgender.”

If a star falls in the forest and nobody hears…

May 29, 2025

Bummer that Caitlin Clark has a quad injury and will be out at least two weeks.


But again cool that this is one of ESPN’s top 5 headlines “Fever fall to Mystics in first game without Caitlin Clark.

Wasn’t that long ago that many might have seen Fever and Mystics and figured it had something to do with COVID or some other disease and odd cure ideas.

Need a reason to root for OKC in the NBA finals? Their superstar, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, SGA, is Canadian.

Since the foreign students in USA, at Harvard and elsewhere, all have visas, the government already knows their names. And a lot more personal details. This is all performative.


Trump: “Harvard wants to fight. They want to show how smart they are. And they’re getting their ass kicked.”

What does he think this is? A schoolyard fight between 12 year old boys at his fancy prep school?

How long until David Hogg publicly says he’s become a Republican?

How do you KNOW when a reporter at a Trump press conference nails something? When Velveeta Voldemort’s response is “that’s a nasty question.”

Lost in the coverage of Donald’s outrage over TACO label is coveage of the fact he said he won young people by 37%.

Trump did NOT win young people by 37% He didn’t even win “young people.” While admittedly by less of a margin than Joe Biden, Kamala Harris did.

Dementia dementia dementia… Where’s the book – Orange Sin?

If someone like Marco Rubio were in charge when his grandfather came to the United States, Marco himself would never have been born with a chance for US citizenship.

Hey fellow Democrats. Maybe if we want to protest Trump events we should put a “Trump Always Chickens Out” Taco Truck at every rally corner.

So which restaurant will first offer the “Trump chicken TACO?” “Like nothing you’ve ever seen before, orange, fatty, supposed to be hot but slathered in Russian dressing.” And a lot more expensive than advertised.

Numbers games

May 26, 2025

Of course it’s way too early to look seriously at the standings. But if MLB season ended today, four playoff teams would be from AL Central (Tigers, Guardians, Twins, Royals) and three (Dodgers, Giants, Padres), from NL West.

Minnesota Twins fall short 2-1 to Royals with tying run on 3rd and winning run on 2nd in 10th…. but baseball friend pointed out, had they pulled it out would have been first 3 game sweep with all wins by walkoff in franchise history. Baseball is the best nerd game.


Whether or not Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark really was fouled late in a two point game against the NY Liberty it’s kind of cool that social media is in an uproar over women’s basketball.

All these 20 plus point comebacks in NBA playoffs. Maybe it’s good for advertisers in the 4th quarter. But have to wonder, how many people are figuring there’s no need to turn in for the first quarter?

Trump DOJ investigating Chicago mayor for possibly hiring too many Black people. His office workforce is 30% White, 34% Black. Chicago city population is 31.4% white, 28.7% black.

Meanwhile 40% of Americans are people of color. Trump cabinet, 17% people of color. Where’s THAT investigation?


He’s going to pardon the “late great Al Capone”, isn’t he?

Wow. CNN’s “Change the Channel” Scott Jennings in a speech promoting his own book said that when he first met Trump at the White House, Donald told him “You look terrific.” So is Jennings hoping when Velveeta Voldemort runs out of Fox folks to hire he’ll offer him a job?

Buried in NY Times article today. “In no county where Trump increased his share of vote did majority of adults have college degree. And in no county voting more Democratic did fewer than 20% of adults have college degree.” Why Trump feels safe going after Harvard.

Now he’s attacking the “big beautiful bill.” Twice in one month Trump actually has me agreeing with… Rand Paul?

Personally I’m fine with Tommy Tuberville running for Alabama governor. But does this mean he’d actually have to move back to the state from Florida?

NY Times Headline “Europe Negotiating by the Book, but Trump Is Tearing It Up.” Buried lede: “Trump sees tariff talks as chance to pressure rival into concessions. E.U. officials have acted as if they were dealing w/ an ally.”

Think about it. Memorial Day weekend, four months into Trump second term, USA is no longer an ally of Europe.

When #FAFO trends now we all know it’s another Trump about a Trump voter or voters who voted for him to hurt other people. And now discovered they ARE the other people.

Trump at West Point “You will become officers of the greatest & most powerful army the world has ever known. And I know, because I rebuilt that army, & I rebuilt the military. And we rebuilt it like nobody has ever rebuilt it before in my 1st term…” Dementia in plain sight.

Down is up

May 24, 2025

At 8-42, the Rockies just finished the worst 50 games in MLB history since 1895.

Tonight, they knocked off the AL East leading NY Yankees 3-2.

Baseball is a funny game.

Do any of these folks cheering Trump attacks on Harvard realize that he won’t stop at Harvard? It’ll be your alma-mater next. Or if you didn’t go to University, maybe the school with your favorite college football or basketball team.

Hey MAGA. As Donald escalates his xenophobia to banning foreign college students, are you ready to kiss even red-state teams’ successes goodbye?

Florida just won national NCAA men’s basketball championship with Australian power forward , Nigerian center and Slovenian guard.

WTAF? Trump now justifying his attacks on Harvard by alleging that it’s foreign students at Harvard who need “remedial math?” Man who bankrupted CASINOS and who thinks tariffs are not a tax says what?

I’m so old I remember when Trump criticized Biden over Hurricane Helene relief & lied that FEMA spent money helping immigrants & not North Carolina residents. He got NC electoral votes & now takes FEMA money from the state to pay for billionaire tax cuts and his military parade

There is one reason Velveeta Voldemort is threatening 50% tariffs on the EU. They had the audacity to sign a rare minerals deal with Greenland.

The Independent and others are reporting that at Donald’s high priced crypto coin dinner the food was awful. “Spirit Airlines level” said one..“Worst food I’ve ever had at a Trump golf course,” TikTok personality Nick Pinto, who invested $300,000 in Trump family cryptocurrency, ..only good thing was bread & butter.”

So overpriced, overhyped crap. Sounds like a metaphor for his presidency.

Bible says “it profit not a man to gain the whole world if he loses his soul.”. Meanwhile Jake Tapper sold his soul, (and trashed his ratings) in hopes of a bestseller and will have his books on the remainder shelf by summer.

Former Republican member of Congress David Jolly of Florida goes there. “Donald Trump is increasingly unstable and arguably unwell.” Biden is no longer President and no longer has power. We need to focus on the threat to our country right now.

We need a book about Trump’s decline and the coverup. Some REAL journalist want to write it? Got the title for you – “Orange Sin.”

Rich get richer

May 22, 2025

Nothing against the Knicks but seeing how much ESPN, the NBA and most media are rooting for New York in the finals, got to be cheering for the Pacers. Oklahoma City, Indianapolis and Minneapolis together don’t quite have 2 million population.

The 10 FBS commissioners & Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua, the CFP’s management committee, said they are moving to a straight playoff seeding model this fall, giving the committee’s top four teams the top four seeds and a first-round bye. (Instead of giving those spots to the four top ranked conference winners.)

The change benefits Notre Dame and the SEC. What took them so long?

Colorado Rockies have fallen to 8-42 — now the worst start of a year since 1895.

Watching the headlines since January 20, 2025, is it time to name the Rockies “America’s team?”

Why are media going so hard now against Biden?

Seems to me answer is simple: Their normalizing Trump & both-sides-ism last year really helped Donald get reelected. Easier to blame Joe than to accept blame for the disaster for America that is Velveeta Voldemort’s second term.

Trump plays a faked video and lies about white Genocide in South Africa. Posting pictures from the Congo as being in South African among other things.

Meanwhile Fox Faux News presents this all as fact. “HAPPENING NOW: Trump confronts South African president with video on treatment of White farmers.”

State TV has arrived.

As GOP goes nuclear on the filibuster to pass a law against California’s Clean Air act, imagine how they’ll react if when Democrats get power again Senate dems use the same trick to go after, for example, red-state anti-abortion laws?

Defunding Planned Parenthood doesn’t save lives.

Many poor women not only won’t be able to get birth control, or STD testing, they won’t get wellness checks or cancer screenings. & if women get pregnant, GOP just made it harder for them to get Medicaid & SNAP. Pro life my ass

For purposes of Medicaid/SNAP work requirement GOP is dropping age of dependent children whose parents must work to 7. Yes, seven. Of course if you leave a seven year old home alone or even let them walk home from school alone you’ll probably be arrested for child endangerment.

If you needed any more proof of how awful Jake Tapper’s book is, Press Secretary Barbie (AKA Caroline Leavitt was praising it today.

Meanwhile CNN increasingly focuses less on news and more on hyping their colleague’s book. They’re going to need to change their name from CNN to CCN – Change Channel Network

Should be a bigger story.

Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner, who was only 70, passed away, March 2. Greg Abbott refused to call a special election until Nov 4, so district will not have a representative for most of 2025. GOP & Trump’s bloated ugly bill passed by ONE vote.-

Supposedly this bill from hell has $1000 for babies born to US Citizens going into “Trump accounts.” To encourage people having babies. ” The average cost of infant care in the US is over $1000 for ONE MONTH.

Colorado Democratic Rep Joe Neguse makes simple point on bill hearing that started at 1am. What’s the urgency that it couldn’t have started at 6a, 7a? The only reason to debate this Bloated Ugly bill in middle of the night is that GOP hopes Americans never find out what they are doing.

GOP Press conference boasting about the big ugly bill they passed by one vote looks like a polar bear conference, only whiter.

Star power

May 17, 2025

Friday night Wilmer Flores won the game for SF Giants with 8 RBI’s on 3 home runs. (Giants won 9-1)

Tonight he Wilmer won the game with an RBI bases loaded walk.

Baseball is a very funny game.

Flores has 42 RBIs, Judge now has 41.

Arson Judge: 2025 Salary $40,000,000

Wilmer Flores: 2025 Salary: $3,500,000

Wilmer Flores now has seven career grand slams. To put this in perspective, Barry Bonds only had 11.


Guess we’re not going to hear MAGA crow about Journalism after today’s race. #Preakness150

There have been major wildfires in Minnesota Tornados did major damage and killed at least 27 people in Missouri and Kentucky

Meanwhile our President is ranting on line about Taylor Swift, Bruce Springstein & SCOTUS justices he himself appointed.

I miss Consoler-in-Chief Joe Biden.

As New Jersey Transit engineers strike enters its second day, have to think Joe Biden, who loves trains and unions, would have brokered a deal by now.

Donold also posted an AI video of himself performing Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing.”

Journey is a San Francisco band who has already told one member not to perform for Trump. Lawsuit coming in 3.2.1….


But both Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg have spoken up strongly in last week about Trump & his administration trying nonstop distraction. And media ignores their warnings and takes the bait.

“So grandpa, why is USA no longer considered a world power? “Well, you see, sonny, we elected a mad tyrant bent on destroying our country from within but people and the media were too focused on the previous President being old…”

And then there’s the faux outrage on the seashells 8647 picture James Comey posted.

A meaning I remember of 86 from my waitress days is “sold out”

And after this week watching him kissing up to Mideast royalty in exchange for a plane & no doubt other promises, thinking millions of American can agree that Donald has definitely sold out

FBI reportedly moving 1,500 personnel from D.C., closing storied headquarters

Kash Patel lives in Las Vegas. What’s he going to do? Demand the federal government build a new FBI headquarters on the Strip?

Fox News never missed a chance to attack President Biden when the economy had so much as a hiccup. Now for the first time in history, Moody’s has downgraded the U.S. credit rating from Aaa to Aa1.

Fox News. Crickets.

Really interesting that none of the three judges Trump appointed are backing him on his most egregious acts. (Alito, appointed by W. and Thomas, appointed by his dad, are Donald’s most steadfast disciples.)

SNL season 50 finale tonight – James Austin Johnson as Trump in cold open “See you in the fall… if we still a country.”

Blowing in the smoke

May 8, 2025

Actually had stayed with CNN this am because I liked watching the seagulls and their baby seagull…

Is it just possible that the Cardinals decided to get even with Trump for that blasphemous picture by deciding on a new pope a few minutes after Donald announced his big beautiful concept of a trade deal?

Oh, this could be fun… New Pope Robert Francis Prevost “is known for his commitment to the poor and migrants.” Attacks on him by Donald in 3.2.1…

Friend says that with the new Pope from Chicago that at Wrigley Field they should start blowing white smoke for a Cubs win and black smoke for a loss.

(though apparently the new Pope is a White Sox fan. Wins may require miracles above his pay grade.)

The Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night looked like a team that might never lose again in this postseason.

But otherwise all the insanity in predicting the NBA Champion looks about as easy as it was predicting a new Pope.

President Obama tweeted Congratulations to the new Pope, “a fellow Chicagoan.”

If someone somewhere can find an old picture of the new Pope with Obama imagine how much MAGA heads will explode.

So will Jeanine Pirro have a driver or will her first act as acting interim U.S Attorney for DC be to legalize DUIs in Washington?

Trump was asked -“Why did you pick a woman for surgeon general who didn’t finish her residency and is not a practicing physician?” “Bobby thought she was fantastic.” Heaven help us.

No lie too small – or too ridiculous Donald actually said that his new surgeon general nominee graduated “first in her class at Stanford.” Think every Stanford person I know would join me in saying “No bleeping way is that true.”

New Pope Leo XIV, who’s been critical on Twitter of JD Vance, is registered Republican who voted absentee in 2024 election. No way of knowing who he voted for but probably just as well he’s registered GOP. If not Trump would use him as an example to gut voting from abroad.

Libearian of Congress Carla Hayden was nominated by President Obama & confirmed in 2016 by GOP Controlled Senate in 74-18 vote. Her 10-year term was set to expire next year.

The cruelty is the point. Also Trump hates books.

Pro-Trump American Accountability Foundation tweeted BEFORE Carla Hayden fired as Librarian of Congress, “It’s time to get her OUT & hire a new guy for the job!”

Uh..

1. new “GUY?”

2. AAF is 501c3 – tax-exempt nonprofit. And Trump wants to take tax-exempt status from Harvard?

Underrated

May 7, 2025

MLB RBI leaders

Pete Alonso – 34 – 2025 salary $27 million

Teoscar Hernández -34 – 2025 salary $23.5 million

Aaron Judge – 34 – 2025 salary $40 million

Wilmer Flores – 33 – 2025 salary $3.5 million.

Best value in baseball #SFGiants

There were times that it looked like Oklahoma City Thunder weren’t going to lose in the playoffs.

Now it looks like they might not lose again.

All you need to know about how stretched out the NBA Playoff season is…. Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry has a hamstring injury and will be out at “least a week.” In a seven game series, if his injury lasts eight days, he will miss two more games.

JD Vance actually “joked” that the USA would deport visitors who come here to watch the FIFA World Cup. As if soccer fans felt good about coming to the US as it is.

First he broke the National Championship trophy, now VP is breaking World Cup ticket sales,

United Airlines, which has 65% of the flights at Newark, donated $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration… They must be so pleased.

How much would we all like to be flies on the wall when Canadian PM Mark Carney gets home and into a private place to talk about his visit to Trump’s White House?

So what’s Velveeta Voldemort going to do to distract from the fact that Donald is not going to be elected Pope?

Trumps’s new surgeon general nominee is Casey Means who withdrew from her medical residency at age 30.

She is anti-vax, and thinks you can stay healthy by focusing on metabolic health and glucose testing?! And Laura Loomer got rid of the original nominee for being too pro-vaccine?

We’re living in a bad SNL skit.

“Just heard about it….They’ve been fighting for many years, many decades actually… I just hope it ends quickly.” Donald Trump on India-Pakistan being on the brink of war… Do we feel safe yet?

So how many more fighter jets have to fall off US aircraft carriers before even Republicans decide that DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth is really really bad at his job?

Does Donald realize that calling California’s governor “Gavin Newscum” at a Press Conference is much more demeaning to him as President than it is to Newsom?

Former RFK Jr. running mate Nicole Shanahan: “I don’t know if RFK very clearly lied to me, or what is going on.”

He apparently promised her neither surgeon general nominee Casey Means nor her brother would be part of his administration.

Man who cheated on his ex-wife and his current wife and who has been disowned by his family might not be trustworthy? Who knew?

Moving on

May 1, 2025

Ottawa Senators tied Maple Leafs in the 3rd period until Toronto went ahead for good 3-2 with 5:39 left. Leafs improved to 2-13 (!) in potential series-clinching games since 2018. Wonder how many past & present Toronto fans figured Leafs would blow THIS 3-0 series lead?

(lived in Toronto 4 of 5 years between 1968 to 1973- when we moved there the Leafs were GOOD.)

Entering the playoffs, apprarently more money had been wagered on the Los Angeles Lakers to win the Finals than on any other team at multiple sportsbooks. Thoughts and prayers.

Anyone else ever think that when Donald has a chance to make any appointment he asks himself “Who is the worst person I can possibly choose?” and then picks them just to prove he can?

Tommy Tuberville actually defending Pete Hegseth today on Senate floor. He’s attacking Democratic colleagues, “RINOs” & media who criticize Pete as wanting America to fail.. Your reminder that the last two universities who hired Coach Tubby paid him millions to go away.

So now Waltz is the nominee for Ambassador to the United Nations. Yeah, I’m sure other countries will feel very confident dealing with a man who Fubared up US National Security so badly with Signalgate that he got fired.

So did Trump nominate Mike Waltz for UN Ambassador to keep him from writing a tell-all book?

Trump claims he deserves a “pass” on the GDP contracting because it’s Biden’s fault? But he also demands his cabinet cult praise him for the best 100 days ever in our country? Make it makes sense.

Can we start calling it the Trump Cult Cabinet?

Donald Trump fired Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish, along with other Biden appointees. from the the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Who is Velveeta Voldemort going to replace Emhoff with, David Duke?

So much gaslighting. When many Americans can’t afford to buy groceries due to tariffs will Trump claim it’s all part of his plan to have us lose weight?

So in Trump world, some kids who would have had 30 dolls for Christmas now will get two. But those children whose parents’ could barely afford one doll will get zero. Trump Tariffs are a war on Christmas.

Trump is now vowing to defund PBS and NPR

A war on Easter with egg prices

A war on Christmas with tariffs on toys.

Now a war on Elmo and Cookie Monster?

Americans, when you can’t afford to buy one doll this Christmas, let alone necessities, think of Thom Tillis (NC) Jon Husted (OH) Pete Ricketts (NE) Steve Daines (MT) Joni Ernst (IA) Dan Sullivan (AS) & other GOP Senators running in 2026 who wouldn’t vote against Trump tariffs.

100 daze…

April 29, 2025

ICYMI, Jalen Hurts had “scheduling conflicts” and passed on the Philadelphia Eagles visit to the White House.

Hope he enjoyed washing his hair

On Sunday, Los Angeles Lakers blew a 10 point lead starting the 4th quarter to lose to the MinnesotaTimberwolves.

Tuesday, Milwaukee Bucks with 7 point lead over Indiana Paces with 40 seconds to go. “Hold our beer”

A fractious Canada was getting tired of Trudeau. Then jealous Trump picked a fight with Justin, who ended up resigning. Now Canada’s new PM, Harvard/ Oxford educated economist, has both a unified country AND a mandate. And Mark Carney will run rings around Donold. Karma, eh?

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney: “We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we must never forget the lessons. We have to look out for ourselves and take care of each other.” How many other world leaders are thinking the same thing?

Suppose Canadian PM Mark Carney is too much of a grown-up in his election victory speech to thank Governor Trump.

So has Velveeta Voldemort accused the Canadian election of being stolen yet?

Trump might think he’s running the world. He’s not even running Canada.

Don’t think of it as 100 days into Donald’s presidency, think of it as only 1362 days left of his Presidency.

So the biggliest baby called one of his pet billionaires Jeff Bezos to complain about Amazon adding a tariff surcharge and Bezos backed down. Again. Guess Jeff needs another tax cut to buy another yacht. Chaos up, corruption up, costs up.

Donald thinks being called consequential is a complement. It isn’t –

Rolling Stone “Donald Trump’s first 100 days have been the most chaotic and consequential in modern political memory.”

“I’d like to be Pope.” Not that it will happen. And his cult members will laugh it off as a joke. But Trump. Does. Not. Joke.


Then Lindsey Graham tweeted (yes, I checked it not satire.I was excited to hear that President Trump is open to the idea of being the next Pope. This would truly be a dark horse candidate, but I would ask the papal conclave and Catholic faithful to keep an open mind about this possibility!

One of Trump’s executive orders directed Department of Transportation to include English literacy tests for US truckers. Anyone think Donald himself could pass that test?

Still no word from Donald about the 11 people killed by a car driving into a crowd in Vancouver. And he never posted or talked about Florida State victims. But he had time to golf, and he has time to rant about polls

And don’t forget, many people plan vacations months in advance with nonrefundable tickets so they couldn’t back out without losing them. Just wait until we see the numbers for summer….

Little boys of not quite summer?

April 28, 2025

NY Mets, after scoring five runs in the first inning in Little League fashion on a total three hits, then managed to LOSE their game to the Washington Nationals 8-7 on a walk-off throwing error by Pete Alonso.

But speaking of Little League. Texas Rangers vs SF Giants. Hold our root beer.

Should do wonders for conspiracy theorists who think NBA is rigged for big market teams.

NBA just admitted refs missed DET’s Tim Hardaway Jr. being fouled by NY’s Josh Hart on last play of Pistons’ 94-93 loss to Knicks. He shot w/ 0.3 seconds left. Tim would’ve had 3 free throws.-

Embattled Canadian PM Justin Trudeau resigned January 6. A poll in mid-January showed Liberals trailing Conservatives 47% to 20%. And today, April 28. Canada is expected to re-elect Mark Carney over Trump wannabe Pierre Marcel Poilievre. #ETTD

Trump actually posted of Putin – “It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war.” Even a squirrel blind enough to wear a blue suit to the Pope’s funeral finds a nut sometimes.

Presidents Obama and Biden are no longer in office, but were invited to Pope Francis’s funeral anyway. Does ANYONE think if the Pope had died before January 20, and his second inauguration, that Velveeta Voldemort would have been invited?

Not the Onion

Asked about Melania’s birthday on Saturday , Donald responded. “I haven’t had time to buy presents, it’s been pretty busy.” Asked if he would be taking Melania to dinner to mark her birthday, “I’m taking her for dinner on Air Force One.”

Trump says he will decide “in two weeks” whether or not he can trust Vladimir Putin – Wasn’t it two weeks about eight years ago on his beautiful healthcare plan. And when is infrastructure week?

Eleven dead after a horrific car attack in Vancouver.

And the same evil man who wants to make Canada the 51st state has said not a word on it.

President Joe Biden would have issued a statement and probably offered to PM Mark Carney to call victims’ families.

Hey media.

Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries did a sit in on U.S. Capitol stepp Sunday. From social media I’d read that that Chris Coons, Brian Schatz, Amy Klobuchar and Reverend Warnock have joined them. Am sure there have been and will be others.

Do your damn job & cover this instead of bitching that Dems aren’t speaking out.

Heroes and zeroes

April 26, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Judges today, will they arrest journalists tomorrow?

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

Has Trump pardoned George Santos yet?