Posted tagged ‘politics’

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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. .

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?”

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

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?

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?

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.

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.)

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.

Almost final

July 19, 2026

France and England combined to score TEN goals in their third place game.

Figured at the time probably a lot more than the SF Giants and Seattle Mariners will combine to score tonight.

(And even in 10 innings they only scored…)

Logan Webb pitched a one hit shutout into the 7th, and left after giving up only two hits. Alas, the 2nd was a home run after a walk and HBP. Giants baseball… nothing like it.

Things could have been worse with this World Cup.

Iranian team treated badly, Somalian ref denied a visa, along with many fans..

But no ICE killings or mass arrests. Though many stayed home in fear.

Event has been popular on television & stadiums filled up, eventually.

Not talked about enough, however,, many hotels, especially luxury hotels, took a bath on bookings.

Now at least two more dead in a war that should never have started…

And that Trump claims to have ended about 10 times.

When will even Republicans say enough and take the keys from this angry elderly man?

So Todd Blanche wants us to believe he doesn’t have power to indict anyone with the Epstein Files…

But he had power (and time) to indict James Comey over a photo posted on social media of seashells arranged to read “86 47”.

Meanwhile, in Maine, 12 candidates are running to replace Graham Platner as Dem nominee for Senate.

At least 6 have serious backgrounds in politics.

If you look at Fox News/right wing media, headlines are about trans woman who would be a fringe candidate regardless of gender

Wonder how Fox News is spinning Trump’s teleprompter operator being put on leave for using insider knowledge to bet and win on prediction markets about what the President would say in his speeches?

Surprise, they aren’t covering it. At all

It’s not on their website.

Fox doesn’t cover Donald’s naps either…


How long until one of these testosterone-fueled fly bys that Pete Hegseth loves ends up in tragedy? And when it happens, who will he blame?

John Fetterman has become the media’s new Joe Manchin.

Perhaps the most covered “Democratic” Senator, generally at odds with the rest of the party…

And someone who takes airtime away from good Democrats who are actually doing their jobs and trying to help the American people,.

If you try to take disability or paid leave from your job, there are procedures you or your family need to go through, along with generally plenty of paperwork.

So why aren’t we, American taxpayers, demanding Mitch McConnell or his wife go through those procedures?

But all Mitch has to do if he’s alive & conscious (which the pictures claim he is) is call Beshear to say hello. Facetime works…

Think we’d all trust Andy’s word on the call. Or Beshear should fly to DC and ask for a private hospita visit, no cameras.

I like the Kentucky Govenor a lot. But it’s time for Andy, however he wants to do it, to demand proof of life from his state’s senior Senator

GOP Rep Andy Ogles wants to modify the 22nd Amendment to allow someone to serve up to three nonconsecutive terms! Okay then #Obama2028


The same people who didn’t think Hunter Biden, a Georgetown and Yale Law graduate, was qualified to sit on a few boards have no problem with saying Darline Graham is qualified to win a six year term to be one of the most powerful Americans in the country

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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.

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.”

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.

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?

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.

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

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

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.

Todd Blanche on Trump

“I’m his lawyer, was his lawyer.”

He was right the first time.

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.

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?

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…

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.

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?

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.

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.

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?…

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

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

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.

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…

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?

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.

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

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

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?

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.

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

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

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..

The reflecting pool..

His Qatar plane..

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

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.”

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.

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?

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.

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.

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?

Giant attitude problem

July 8, 2026

When it comes down to cheering for a walk to break up a perfect game.

Matt Cain’s gem should stand alone!

And when the biggest cheers end up being for Toronto’s pitcher after he threw 8 no-hit innings.

Sigh. At this point all SF Giants fans can hope for is that Trump becomes a Dodgers fan.

(Not that the Giants will win, but maybe someone else can.)

It all started going downhill for SF Giants pitching when they didn’t resign Tyler Rogers.

The leader of the bullpen. And look at that ERA in Toronto. Hope he gets to go to the All-Star game.

So Ryan Walker irritated many of the SF Giants fan base with blown saves.
Was sent down to AAA.
Returned, upset many more fans with his bible verse Pride Night statement.
And now has an ERA approaching 7.

So why isn’t he pitching now for some “Christian” softball team?

A European reporter asks Donald Trump

“Why are you unable to end the Iran war?

Hey USA media, this is how it’s done.

US is bombing Iran again.

That FIFA peace prize is looking as tarnished as Donald’s getting FIFA to overturn Balogun’s red card.

I guess the NATO summit could have been worse with Donald there.

After the World Cup game Trump could have said he was going to attack Belgium.

POTUS “I’ve been elected three times.”

His brain is murkier than the Reflecting Pool.

Donald Trump in today’s press conference says “NATO laughed at us, everybody laughed at us, they don’t laugh any more, there’s no more laughing”

More like there’s plenty of laughing, it’s just mixed with crying.

Trump is now calling the Iranians, “scum,” “sick people,” etc…

What’s next, he’s going to accuse them of being Democrats?

So how long until we hear that the new Air Force One was vandalized by the same invisible people who cut up the reflecting pool?

Never been a huge Newsom fan.

But in the wake of yet another politician resigning while still denying allegations, will always admire when after Gavin behaved badly in 2007 at end of his marriage to Kimberly Guilfoyle- affair with a good friend’s wife, he publicly stated: “I want to make it clear that everything you’ve heard and read is true, and I’m deeply sorry about that. I’ve hurt someone I care deeply about”

Refreshing then, and even more now.

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.”

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

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??!!

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.

“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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

Seeing red.

July 2, 2026

Got to love MAGA trolls on Social Media screaming about Folarin Balogun’s red card.

While also demanding end to birthright citizenship.

Balogun, born to British-Nigerian parents, only eligible to play for USMNT because his 7 1/2 months pregnant mom wasn’t allowed to fly home to UK .


Have long since made my peace w/ rooting for athletes who don’t share my political views:

But despite being SF Giants fan since 1986, Landen Roupp making such a public point about his homophobia on Pride Night made it easy not to mind him giving up 3 runs in first inning yesterday to the AZ Dbacks.

Then Ryan Walker, another who chose to write a bible verse, instead of just wearing a regular non-Pride cap, came in tonight when the Giants were up 6-0, gave up 4 runs without an out, although SF hung on to win 6-4.

Almost as if God is telling them “stick to sports?”

(or get a day job)

Illinois Governor JB Pritzer says out loud what many think, that Donald Trump has dementia.

Assume Donald will want to sue. Wonder if any of his advisors will tell him “discovery is a b*tch?”

Happy Canada Day, eh? (now belated)

(Has our US President said a word? Suppose given his usual comments about our neighbor to the north, we should be grateful he hasn’t.)

I’d say the idea of Jeannine Pirro on SCOTUS has to be a bad joke But many if not most of Trump’s appointees to important positions are bad jokes.

Trump steals $1.3M from National Parks budget for Italian granite near Oval Office

When you can’t find a park ranger or a working bathroom at a National Park this summer, console yourself with the fact that POTUS is walking on fancy Italian granite…

So if Mitch McConnell did pass away would Trump demand the news be kept private until after the 4th of July so as not to distract from his Freedom 250 party?

As Washington Post reports Trump has skirted the rules to use a $500M no-bid contract to build his White House ballroom…

where are all the “Deficit Hawk” Republicans on this one?

GOP lost their minds when Lloyd Austin did not divulge he was hospitalized for two weeks after prostate cancer surgery in 2024. Meanwhile Rep. Tom Kean was MIA for four months And has anyone in GOP released ANY update on Mitch McConnell who was hospitalized over two weeks ago?

Troy Nehls, bragging of buying lobster & steak while 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck

“Maybe they don’t work as hard as I do”.

Nehls is retiring. He’ll have served SIX years in Congress; will receive full pension for life.

What a jacka**.

Trump asked about $1 billion he made last year “The stock market’s up… everybody’s profiting”

Sure this is very comforting to 40% or so of Americans who own no stock even in retirement plans.

And to working class Americans who mostly don’t have stock & who voted for Trump

Good news.

The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship

Bad news:

There were three SCOTUS judges who would have taken it away.

Depression is a real illness & good for GOP Rep. Tom Kean for getting help.


But he got in hospital medical treatment and was able to keep his taxpayer funded job while missing work for FOUR months.


How many Americans could do that, especially as Kean & GOP have taken away healthcare subsidies?

Then there were 28

June 29, 2026

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

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…

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.

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.

Next rounds

June 27, 2026

Dear Buster Posey

Do not ever trade Logan Webb.

Sincerely,

Remaining SF Giants fans who haven’t given up on the team for the forseeable future

(Logan threw 7 innings of 1 hit ball vs Atlanta and the bullpen didn’t blow it for a 5-0 win)

Meanwhile as a long time SF Giants fan who remembers games at Candlestick Park, can say definitively that the park had more fans on a Tuesday night against the Montreal Expos than Donald’s “Freedom 250” “Great American State Fair.”

Clearly many of the attendees managed to steal the invisibility cloaks from the leftist reflecting pool vandals?

In Saturday’s NHL draft, (admittedly it was the 7th round, the San Jose Sharks drafted 18 year old defenseman Alexander Karmanov. Who is 7 foot, 1 inch tall.

Is this Wemby effect transcending basketball?

The White House official social media account actually posted

·”America has always been, and always will be, ONE NATION UNDER GOD.’

Give me a break.

“The phrase “under God” was added to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance on June 14, 1954, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill into law. “

Eisenhower, however, would be appalled by this administration.

So the President of the United States, who thinks he should be “respected, does not know the difference between a passport for Americans and a visa for visitors. “Welcome, be good”

All I can say about Donald Trump’s proposed new passport is “Thank God I just got my passport renewed a few months ago.”

The US just struck Iran again.

Donald’s Nobel Peace prize campaign is going well ..

So clearly police probably have contact info for person who targeted Pete Buttigieg’s family with a false report & had him taken away from his kids overnight.


DOJ/FBI is arresting people over paint chips & putting their fingers in water; why hasn’t this person been taken into custody? Or at least been the subject of an investigation

Aftter the tragic earthquake, there is anger in Venezuela over lack of government help.

But isn’t the US effectively in charge of the country now? In May, Trump talked about making it the 51st state.

Rounded out

June 25, 2026

So who has Trump blamed Turkiye’s last minute goal again USMNT on?

The 2026 NBA Draft is over.

And for anyone wanting nonpartisan amusement, save some of the “winners and losers” projections. Especially these days.

For comparison, Tim Duncan and Stephen Curry were drafted at 2 after four years of college

Most top picks these days are 19

 Golden State Warriors actually picked the oldest player in the first round – Yaxel Lendeborg. He’ll be 24 when the NBA season starts. Older than most of the San Antonio Spurs starters.

Realize as a sports fan that many athletes I root for don’t share my political/religious beliefs. And that’s fine. I have friends who I disagree with politically

But when players put their political/religious beliefs out there publicly it does invite controversy. Especially when they aren’t playing very well. Yes, I am talking to you, some SF Giants pitchers.

Sean Duffy’s youngest child, who is seven, has Down’s Syndrome, which means the girl will probably hear many derogatory insults in her life from ignorant hateful people

But yesterday it was her father throwing around the term “libtard.”

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Amy Coney Barrett has 2 children adopted from Haiti

At same time she voted with SCOTUS majority to deny TPS status to people, including children, from Haiti.

So Haitian parents who love & want better life for their kids should just beg rich white Americans to take & adopt them?

As some media report National Park Service official lie about reflecting pool being cut, despite 24-7 surveillance etc.

“If someone says it’s raining & another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out window & find out which is true.”

Trump now put up a temporary Ferris wheel on the National Mall.

Okay, I’ve seen what happened with the reflecting pool.

Ride on that Ferris wheel? I’d rather get on a ride put up temporarily in a Kroger’s parking lot by an old drunk carnie.

Mike Lee, who has become a true cult member, is one of Donald’s staunchest allies on the “Save America Act.”

Senator Lee is from UTAH.

Which has 100% vote by mail.

Make it make sense.

So oil prices are at least temporarily failing
Meanwhile, carrier fuel surcharges jumped over 30% when the war started. From about $2100 to $2800 on a business class ticket to Europe.
Anyone want to opine on when or if THEY will fall?

The Save America act is an oxymoron.

What a complete sh*t he is

“Trump cancels bipartisan housing bill signing in effort to pressure lawmakers on election legislation”

Got news for him.

Americans didn’t vote for him to rig elections.

Americans voted for lower prices, including w/ housing.

November is coming.

Looking backwards and forwards

June 17, 2026

In 2003, when San Antonio Spurs won 1st championship with Pop, Tony, Manu & Tim, Parker was 21 yrs old, Ginóbil, 26, & Duncan, 27. 2026 Spurs big 3 are Wemby, 22, Castle, 21 & Harper 20 Sure, they acted young at times. But at their ages many are still in school or living at home.

Game five averaged 24.5 million viewers on ABC and ESPN “making it the most-watched Game 5 since 1998.”

Imagine what a game six tonight would have gotten. Sigh.

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Quarterback Brendan Sorsby, who’s admitted to countless bets, including on his own teams in college , is going to give up on playing for Texas Tech and will enter the NFL draft

What could possibly go wrong?

We all know Roger Goodell would never let money stand in the way of the integrity of the game.

Rachel Maddow Monday talking about how Trump is trying to stop the opening of the US Canada Gordie Howe International bridge.

Because while the bridge was 100% funded by Canada, Donald wants half ownership for the US.

We don’t have a president. We have a mob boss.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney should just open the Canadian side of the Gordie Howe bridge and dare Trump to stop cars. Or invade.

TACO! TACO! TACO!

Even when they cover the worst Fox News sanewashes

Headline.

‘I didn’t like that sh–‘ says Gillis after Hokit makes crude remark about Michelle Obama

Story about Shane Gillis as controversial comedian. Only in 2nd paragraph does it say “Hokit claimed “without evidence that Michelle Obama is a man.”

And yeah ‘without evidence” is a lot of letters to say “lying”


This line from Trump to Macron in France did not get the attention it deserved. On the UFC: “Is that maybe more important than the World Cup? To some people it might be”

Jimmy Kimmel on the UFC circus.

“Last night Trump turned the White House into a Waffle House.”

To be fair, most of us would rather have been at a Waffle House. They’re friendly and the food is good!

So inflation is high, gas prices remain through the roof, and a recent CBS poll found “67% of Americans say they’re actively stressed about money”

GOP solution. Let’s get people upset about MLB players not being able to put bible verses on baseball caps.

About this Pride MLB madness:

Why are all these MAGA folks suddenly upset about a rainbow patch on a cap that shows soliditary with LGBTQ community?

While their MAGA caps show solidatory with a man who CHOSE to commit adultery in all 3 of his marriages?

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Senator Josh Hawley has decided putting bible verses on hats is an issue he cares about.


So he’d be OK with this verse on immigrant players’ hats?


Leviticus 19:33-34: “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt”.

Trump seems excited that French President Emmanuel Macron invited him to a dinner at Versailles on Wednesday.

Does anyone think Donald knows what happened to the last King who lived at Versailles?

Is it just possible Macron invited Trump to a Wednesday night dinner at Versailles (starting early am Thursday DC Time) to make sure Donald was passed out asleep during the opening of Emmanuel’s friend Barack Obama’s Presidential Library?

Six members of our US Military along with two Boeing employees, died yesterday in a B-52 crash at Edwards Air Force Base and already the story is gone from Fox News website.

Imagine if Biden were President and Lloyd Austin were Secretary of Defense.

And still no words of condolences from Donald…

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.

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.

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.

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…

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


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

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

More likely he has a low pair

Iran has a straight.

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.

As the games begin

June 10, 2026

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.”

Alien invasion.

June 8, 2026

In Madison Square Garden

In the end, the tall Frenchman was more at home tonight than the orange Floridian.

This is a good year to be both an SF Giants and San Antonio Spurs fan.

(emphasis on the latter)

The Knicks could still win game 3 if Mike Pence has the courage to do the right thing.

Jame: Talarico showed up to this Spurs watch party in Austin at halftime. Bet unlike our President, Talarico could actually name some players without notes.

Trump told reporters he was cheered at the Knicks game: “I thought it was very good. It was certainly amazing. I think mostly cheers. It was loud. And it was very enthusiastic”

So when Donald has his next cognitive test will the doctors at Walter Reed also check his hearing?

So since Velveeta Voldemort feels safe there, for the remainder of his term can we save taxpayers billions and just use Madison Square Garden as the White House Ballroom?

If MAGA Mike were under any delusion he too won’t someday end up under the Trump bus.

Per the Daily Mail “I have two jobs: being president and being speaker,’ Trump joked in front of Johnson & conservative leaders in the Oval Office.

Trump does not joke.

Trump had four years out of office

Didn’t go to a New York Knicks game once.

Didn’t even post about the Knicks.

He’s not a fan.

Donald just can’t bear a big news story not to be about him.

From the Texas Tribune:

After Mexican officials confirmed case of screwworm in Nov. 2024, USDA, under Joe Biden, closed southern ports of entry to live cattle imports to prevent spread of screwworm into U.S. Move also strained supply of cattle in Texas….
USDA reversed course in Feb 2025, after Trump took office, announcing opening of ports”

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.

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?

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?

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.”

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.

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.

Youth and skill

June 5, 2026

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

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…

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”

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.)

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?”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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”?

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

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.”

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

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

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


Not to mention Sherrod Brown

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.)

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?

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.

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.

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.

Hasan Piker made a last minute endorsement for Tom Steyer

If anyone needed another reason to vote for Xavier Becerra.

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.