Left Coast Sports Babe

RIP Orlando Cepeda, 86, less than two weeks after Willie Mays, 93, passed away. Thinking baseball heaven has added enough SF Francisco Giants to their All-Star roster for a while.

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(And if you want to honor Cepeda, the Cha Cha Bowl at Orlando’s Carribbean BBQ is one of the best things at Oracle Park.)

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As the NBA draft concluded, kind of cool that more Americans probably know big names drafted in the WNBA than the NBA for 2024.

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SCOTUS just ruled six-three that the judiciary, not experts who work in government agencies, should be in charge of making regulatory decisions.

So when those six get sick assume they will ask their fellow conservatives for medical advice rather than going to a doctor?

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Nonpolitical rant: Summer started last week – And this week’s Safeway ad has “Early back to school sale.”

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Asked about Trump’s iie that she was responsible for January 6, Nancy Pelosi responded “He thinks I planned my own assassination? He’s sicker than i thought.”

Madame Speaker Emeritus is, as always, badass.

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Thinking back to 2016, remember media making big deal of Trump bringing Bill Clinton’s accusers to one of Donald’s debates w/ Hillary. They barely mention not only did Melania not bother to show up, but also Trump is a felon in part because jury said he DID have sex w/ porn star.

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Buried lede in NY Times anti-Biden editorial. “It is a tragedy that Republicans themselves are not engaged in deeper soul-searching after Thursday’s debate. Mr. Trump’s own performance ought to be regarded as disqualifying.”

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Remember, the NY Times, who now wants President Biden to step down, earlier this year wanted President Biden to sit down for an one-on-one interview but Joe refused…

They haven’t forgiven him…. Same as Maureen Dowd didn’t forgive Obama for blowing her off once.

All the news that’s fit to be petulant.

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NY Times “Former President Trump’s attacks were frequently false, lacked context or were vague enough to be misleading.” Why is it so hard for them them to say these two words “Trump lies”?

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If you needed reminder that far more important than Biden having bad night are 200+ judges Joe & Dems have gotten confirmed:

Supreme Court overturns 1984 Chevron precedent, curbing power of federal government. Want more Biden judges? Or more judges like Alito & Aileen Cannon?

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President Biden will not be on the ballot in 2028

Donald Trump will not be on the ballot in 2028

Whoever is elected President in November, however, will appoint federal judges between now and 2028 who will have lifetime appointments. Vote accordingly.

Sigh, who else saw Luke Jackson coming in the 10th and thought “game over?” #SFGiants

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Can anyone imagine if SCOTUS were asked to rule on treating a medical emergency of a man taking Viagra and having an “erection lasting more than four hours”? They’d have a decision in mens’ favor within four hours

Yes, President Biden had a raspy voice and seemed like he had a bad cold. Not his best performance. But Washington Post headline. “Biden struggles. Trump deflects questions.” Should have at the least been “Biden struggles, Trump lies.”

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A CNN exec in the control room reportedly said “We are very proud of Jake and Dana. Our job was to make sure candidates were heard so voters can make informed decisions and we are pleased we were able to do that.”

Has someone drug tested CNN executives?

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Now I REALLY wish Dana Bash had skipped the debate to announce the women’s Congressional Softball Game as she usually has done last night… She’s good at it, far better than her softball performance as a CNN moderator tonight.

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President Biden says Trump has the morals of an alley cat. Okay, Joe’s first lie of the night. Alley-cats have far better morals than Donald Trump.

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Can someone remind Donald Trump please during this campaign that the people he is now bragging about firing, he HIRED IN THE FIRST PLACE?

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NY Times “Facing Trump’s Misleading Attacks, Biden Appears Shaky at Times.” They have no problem attacking Biden but can’t say “Facing Trump’s LIES?”

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But hey, anyone still on fence about voting in November?

Presidents appoint Federal Justices beyond SCOTUS. Biden has now gotten over 200 judges confirmed & would get probably that many confirmed in 2nd term with a blue Senate. Want more Biden judges? Or judges like Aileen Cannon?

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President Biden stutters & at times sounds old.

Joe’s been a great president and surrounds himself with a strong staff & Dem leaders who he trusts and relies on for advice & counsel

Trump blusters & lies at top of his voice. He listens only to himself. The choice isn’t hard.

Big Caitlin Clark fan but hate this headline. “Clark struggles, Boston exits as Fever routed by Liberty.” Fever got #1 WNBA draft pick for a reason. They were bad. And coming off a back to back.

Liberty were 32-8 in 2023, were expected to beat Las Vegas Aces in finals & are 7-2 in 2024. Give NY women their due.-

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But how cool was it that the Chicago Sky and the Indiana Fever were on National television – ESPN on Saturday?

Thank you Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark.

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(And even rookie of the year Wemby couldn’t get the Spurs more than the 4th worst record in the NBA.)

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It’s been 31 years since any team from Canada won Stanley Cup.

And Edmonton Oilers are in NHL finals.

There was the usual nice display of sportsmanship with Dallas Stars shaking hands at end of game. Wonder if Trump or one of his Texas minions will call the Stars “losers” & claim the series was rigged?

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Tonight’s Trump fundraising email…. “A jury just convicted Trump! This is SICK!” No, this is justice.

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Mitt Romney actually said Alvin Bragg should have settled the case against Donald. “as would have been the normal procedure,” instead of bringing it to trial.

Uh, Mitt is not a stupid man. Presumably he knows that to settle a case a defendant has to admit SOME responsibility.

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Meanwhile, as Senate returns this week, Politico headline “Eight Senate Republicans vow to oppose all Biden nominees, Democratic legislation.” The far-right Republicans are led by Mike Lee & include VP wannabes J.D. Vance & Rick Scott. So it’s a day ending in Y?

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GOP pretends they care about issues that matter to Americans. What is House doing? Fighting internally, sabotaging border bills, defending a convicted felon & having performative hearings like next’s week’s attack on Dr Fauci.

Democrats are the party that cares about our lives.

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As we approach the 80th anniversary of D-Day imagine if we had today’s Republicans at the time. GOP would have opposed the invasion, claiming that Hitler guy wasn’t really a threat to us, and because it could have helped FDR against Dewey.

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1st: Donald Trump was convicted in STATE not Federal Court & President Biden had nothing to do with the trial. 2nd:

if Joe Biden was both all-powerful & unscrupulous enough to use courts for his personal gain, wouldn’t you think he’d have made Hunter Biden’s charges go away?

In “As Good as it Gets,” Jack Nicholson says to Helen Hunt “You make me want to be a better man.”

Joe Biden inspires us all to be better men and women.

Watching the increasing level of anti-democracy vitriol from Trump supporters, it’s clear he wants them to be worse.

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Today’s GOP: There’s no problem with supporting Donald Trump, a convicted felon with other pending cases, to be re-elected as Presidentf.

Also today’s GOP: Joe Biden’s unconditional love for his son, who is facing charges from his addict days, makes him unfit to be President.-

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Meanwhile, congratulations to Claudia Sheinbaum, who will become Mexico’s first female president. And Mexico becomes yet another country to leapfrog the United States.

Two big leads lost late in three games. Who do the Indiana Pacers think they are? The NY Mets?

Whatever happens this season, the SF Giants at least won’t have fans turning off the game early.

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It’s less that Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever got their first WNBA win yesterday, against the LA Sparks.., with Clark’s late three being the dagger. But that millions of sports fans and media, actually cared. The #WNBA is for real.

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Washington Post Headline “Trump loudly heckled and booed at Libertarian National Convention.

NY Times “Trump Will Address the Libertarian Convention. Some Members Are Outraged.”

Waiting for them to say how this is bad for President Biden.

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Let’s sum it up for today’s GOP. To be considered as a possible VP candidate for the Republican candidate in 2024 election. You have to promise you won’t accept election results unless you win.

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RFK Jr actually compared wearing a mask to being a slave, and said he’d rather die of COVID than wear one.

So presume he doesn’t wear a seatbelt either?

Washington Post didn’t cover Alito’s upside down flag when they first learned about it in Jan 2021, because they decided it was just his wife’s doing. But Washington Post has no problem covering & amplifying Trump’s lies about Judge Merchan’s daughter.

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As insane as Donald Trump is sometimes, there’s a way in which his insistence he is winning every state makes sense. Because then when he loses in November he can scream “stolen” and get his cult members to try to overturn the election again.

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Can’t be coincidence that today’s Trump fundraising email is to launch his new MAGA flag.

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My father, a professor at Duke, passed away 4 years ago. We didn’t agree on much politically but he’d have appreciated logical falacy that Democrats’ Biden & Merchan are influenced by their adult children, but GOP judges Thomas & Alito pay no attention to their wives’ doings.

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Meanwhile, would President Biden get more attention for his accomplishments if he promised to talk about them in a press conference where he took no questions