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Until it’s over.

May 6, 2025

Boston Celtics blew a 20 point lead third quarter to the NY Knicks and lost 116-113 in OT.

Then Oklahoma City Thunder vs Denver Nuggest with a 13 point lead with under 7 minutes to go, and a 7 point lead with about minutes to go. Hold our beer.

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But last night St Louis Blues might still have them beat. 2-0 lead with 2 minutes in the 3rd period. 2-1 lead with 2 SECONDS left in the 3rd period. And they lost in OT.

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So within about 24 hour, three teams lost seemingly insurmontable leads faster than Canadian and Australian conservative leaders tied to Donald Trump.

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Over 5 million student loan borrowers are currently in default with another 4 million are at risk of default.

Wonder how many of them voted for Trump, or didn’t vote because they didn’t think Biden did enough, or they just didn’t like Kamala?

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Still wondering why Donald is obsessed about “30 dolls.” Is he still upset that he missed out on making billions on Beanie Babies?

GOP Rep Harriett Hageman, who defeated Liz Cheney in Wyoming ” I think another reason we should change the name to The Gulf of America is for over 40 years, Mexico has been dumping raw sewage in the area near San Diego… That’s another reason we need to retake and claim ownership of this area”

Sometimes the stupid burns.

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Media: Democrats need to speak out more.

Democrats: Many good leaders speaking up and speaking out.

Media: Democrats are saying boring rational things. Let’s cover the latest insanity that popped into Donald’s head and he decided to announce to the world.

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So was Velveeta Voldemort flipping channels late Friday night when he saw an old movie or something that inspired him to say he wants to re-open Alcatraz?

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Trump isn’t going to reopen Alcatraz: But it’s a great diversion- from things like Donald now signing a proclamation for “National Hurricane Preparedness Week.” At the same time he’s cutting NOAA and FEMA.

Dr. Strangelove was funny as a movie, it’s not funny as a documentary.

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Pete Hegseth wants to fire “20%” of 4 star generals and admirals.” There are only 37 4-star generals and admirals right now. So Pete wants to fire the 8 or so who are the least subservient to him.

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Trump on picture of himself as Pope “They can’t take a joke. You mean the fake news media. The Catholics loved it. I had nothing to do with it…The White House Twitter account posted it.”

Does he think Americans are stupid? Rhetorical question. Sigh

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Not that the Catholic Church is in the trolling business. But how wonderful would it be if Vatican announced they were considering Pope Joe Biden?

Tariffs may annoy the rich, but they really hurt the poor: The kids whose parents can afford 30 dolls will still be able to afford 30 dolls. The kids whose parents can afford only 1 doll won’t get any dolls. #TrumpWarOnChristmas

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Those in the travel industry remember: When Biden was President: Travelers weren’t terrified that customs/border agents would harass or detain them. The dollar was about 15% higher. Air traffic controllers weren’t quitting. Newark wasn’t a third world airport. For starters.

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Not that the Catholic Church is in the trolling business. But how wonderful would it be if Vatican announced they were considering Pope Joe Biden?

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As Newark & other airports, deal with Air Traffic Controller shortages, why would ANYONE sign up now? Not only is job stressful, but the mad narcissist could wake up one morning & decide to fire everyone. “Why do people need 30 flights a year, they could just fly once or twice?

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Can some reporter please find out which VIP/VIPs were on those military helicopters whose flights caused two commercial flights to divert from National to avoid a collision last week? Thank you.

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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.)

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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Can we start calling it the Trump Cult Cabinet?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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.

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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

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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”

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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?

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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?

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.”

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“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!

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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?

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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

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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….

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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.-

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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

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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.

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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.”

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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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.”

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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.

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Judges today, will they arrest journalists tomorrow?

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

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Has Trump pardoned George Santos yet?

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A loss is a loss?

April 22, 2025

Well, the SF Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers both gave up 11 runs to their opponents on Tuesday night.

The Giants lost 11-3, the Dodgers blew a 10-7 lead late and lost 11-10 in ten innings.

They count the same in the standings.

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Anyone else who remembers the original six NHL teams, or even when the league had about 20 teams, still have it feel a bit odd when you see a playoff game between Florida and Tampa??

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So does Elon Musk in returning to Tesla think his potential buyers will all forget that little side hustle he had as acting President?

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Two young men, one whose girlfriend had his ID, one whose mom had birth certificate, already mistakenly detained as undocumented immigrants. What makes anyone think Trump hasn’t already deported a US citizen. If someone is single & had no one to vouch for him, how would we know?

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Does anyone really think Pete Hegseth has only had two Signal chats with top secret information? And open note to any journalist who might have been included -Please come forward instead of saving it for a book.

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Another week, another allegation of incompetence. Has a single Republican who wanted Lloyd Austin to resign as DOD Secretary because he supposedly lost his department’s confidence by hiding his hospitalization, said one word about Pete Hegseth?

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Have no idea why Kristi Noem had $3,000 in her purse. But sure seems like right-wing media and GOP who want to give HER the benefit of the doubt, won’t do the same to anyone who is an immigrant or person of color.

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North Carolina, still recovering from Hurricane Helene, now has the added blow of losing the CDC disaster team who Trump/Musk laid off. President Biden would have kept that team in place Kamala Harris would have kept that team in place.

Elections have consequences.

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So did they need a conclave at the Vatican before the Pope’s funeral to decide if they really had to invite the President of the United States?

Why is it that hard to understand why Donald hates our country . IMHO the answer is not that hard. America rejected him once in 2020.

It’s ALL about revenge. He won’t live forever. But he hopes his destruction will be permanent..

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Huntington Beach is the Florida of California. -IYKYK

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Never say never

April 21, 2025

If you’re looking for mIracles… the Detroit Pistons snapped a 15 game NBA playoff streak dating back to May 2008.

How long ago was that?

Forget revenge against having a black President. Many Americans in May 2008 couldn’t yet imagine having a black President.

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And Not Catholic, not close to Catholic. But seems that, on the whole, Francis was a decent man.

At a time when we need more of them. RIP Pope.

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Not satire.

Velveeta Voldemort actually posted that “Melania and I will be going to the funeral of Pope Francis, in Rome. We look forward to being there.”

What kind of sick f*ck (leade) says publicly ‘we look forward to being” at a funeral.

(yes I am aware many Americans may say that in private.. 🙂

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Pope Francis died of a stroke and heart failure, the Vatican’s press office said in a statement today.

Yes, he was an old man who wasn’t in the greatest health. But can’t imagine meeting JD Vance was a stress-free experience.

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Has Donald demanded he be appointed Pope yet?

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At this point have to wonder how many journalists have been included on Pete Hegseth SiGNAL chats and have just decided to save it for their books?

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Amy Klobuchar said the US Supreme court should hold Trump administration officials in contempt if they continue to ignore court orders…

Dear Chief Justice Frankenstein/Roberts – i know it’s tough… but this is one way to go get your monster.

Also your reminder.

Trump chose Jerome Powell as chair of Federal Reserve.

As he appointed Chris Krebs.

As he appointed Christopher Wray at FBI

As he chose Mike Pence as VP. Sooner or later everyone ends up under the Trump bus.

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And besides doing his BFF’s Vlad’s bidding, some ask, why would Donald try to destroy America?

Because we rejected him, once. In 2020. And he knows it. Revenge is his number one motivation.

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Now reportedly Hegseth shared attack details in a second signal chat. If there’s two, there’s three. If there’s three there’s four. If there’s four, there’s more.

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Let’s not forget, Pete Hegseth was fired from not one but two veterans’ nonprofits over allegations of mismanagement. Btw, anyone talked to Senators Joni Ernst or Thom Tillis lately?

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When millions of Americans voted for lower prices, don’t think the stock market was what they had in mind. “Dow drops 1,200 points, S&P 500 loses 3% as Trump again attacks Powell and sows investor doubt.”

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It’s not over til it’s over

April 18, 2025

Why baseball is the best sport:

No clock

“Arizona, became just 3rd team over the past 50 seasons to lose a game in which it had a 10-run inning at any point.”

The Diamondbacks had their 10 run inning in the 8th, took an 11-7 lead to the bottom of the 8th. And lost… 13-11.

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I’m so old I remember when an 82 game season that allowed 16 of 30 teams into the NBA postseason was considered enough of a “play-in round.”

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Kilmar Abergo Garcia was wearing a KC Chiefs hat in his meeting with Chris Van Hollen today. So is ICE gonna start arresting and deporting Chiefs fans now too?

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Aaron Rodgers now saying he is uncertain about his future and could even retire. Or maybe Mr. “I do my own research” is hoping to work with RFK Jr. at HHS?

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How many times do we all need to hear this? Personally apologizing to the President of the United States should NEVER be a requirement for a state to receive federal funds, or a university to keep its tax exempt status.


I missed “It’s going to take some time” and “we’re going to have to go through some pain” from Trump and GOP on the 2024 campaign trail…

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Trump’s latest acting IRS commission has been fired, fewer than three days after being appointed.

Heck, Donald’s relationship with Stormy Daniels almost lasted longer than that

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And now Trump administration is blaming Harvard for their confrontation because they say the letter most recently send with unreasonable demands was a mistake and Harvard should have known that?

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Harvard Thursday: “We will continue to comply with the law. And we expect the administration to do the same.” Hello, 911, I’d like to report a major burn.

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Trump has done the impossible: Made Harvard into a courageous underdog.

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This White House is the gang that couldn’t shoot democracy straight…

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I really don’t like this documentary combined sequel to Dr. Strangelove and the Manchurian Candidate.

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Velveeta Voldemort wants the FDA to stop routine food safety inspections. And the GOP is silent. Once again Pro Life My Ass..

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Donald Trump appointed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chair.

Donald Trump chose Christopher Wray to lead FBI.

Donald Trump put Christopher Krebs in charge of the new Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency. See the pattern?

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Very impressed with Senator Chris Van Hollen who got to see Kilmar Garcia. Have to wonder… did it help that he is a low-key white guy, who no one can accuse of being far-left or media-focused?

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A reminder. The Germans outsourced their worst concentration/death camps to Nazi Germany occupied Poland. Now Trump is outsourcing US concentration/death camps to US funded El Salvador.

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Again for those in the back:

Democrats believe in the rule of law Democrats DO also believe in due process. Which benefits all of us. If charges alone were enough to throw someone in jail or deport them, Biden could have sent Trump to prison or Moscow years ago.


The suspect in Thursday’s Florida State shooting is the son of a sheriff’s deputy. So a good guy with a gun until he wasn’t?

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Trump used the mother of a woman murdered by an immigrant in a photo op to somehow justify sending Kilmar Alberto Garcia to El Salvador.

Are we going to deport some children of sheriff’s deputies because one of them just killed two people at Florida State?

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Fumbled

April 15, 2025

We shouldn’t have trusted the national championship trophy in the hands of JD Vance.

Shouldn’t trust him with his hands on our democracy either.

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-On a rare bright note on a rough day. Paige Bueckers, as expected, was taken first in the WNBA draft.

Wasnt that long ago that many Americans, even sports fans, may not have realized the WNBA HAD a draft.

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Many have thought American democracy is unsinkable.. Tonight the night of April 14,/15 1912, after disregarding many ice warnings, the Titanic hit that iceberg. How many warnings do we need?

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When Hitler took power in January 1933 he started opening concentration camps. Dachau was one of the first. It wasn’t originally for Jews. It was for the mass imprisonment (& murder) of political opponents. Including journalists.

If you’re not afraid you’re not paying attention.

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Meanwhile, for those who despise elite universities.

Or those who still don’t think lack of due process wil happen to them… at least until a friend or family member is deported..

Donold still has crazy tariffs. About 60 percent of all imports sold in Walmart — were made in China.

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Remember Joe Biden calling Peter Doocy “stupid S.O.B?” under his breath, when he didn’t realize the mic was on? ” Right wing media lost their minds.

Even though Biden apologized to Doocy and Peter accepted it.

Trump says out loud to Kaitlin Collins that “CNN hates our country.” And “Let’s hear the question from this very low-rated anchor at CNN.”

Right-wing media cheers!

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Fox News headline “Senate DOGE leader (Joni Ernst) targets tax-dodging government workers.” Fine, can she include members of Congress?

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47 Democratic Senators can all express outrage.

213 Democratic Representatives can all express outrage.

Won’t matter. Republicans have the gavels. We need just a few of them to remember the oath they took to the constitution and this country.


“Homegrowns are next.”

All these people who say Democrats were fearmongering and the USA would never overturn Roe v. Wade now say Trump would never send U.S. Citizens to be imprisoned in a foreign counry.

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If you can make it there..

April 12, 2025

Wilmer Flores with his sixth home run of the season Saturday in New York’s Yankee Stadium

Who does he think he is? Arson Judge?

Baseball taketh away and then giveth.

If you’re an SF Giants fan who had no fun watching the Giants Yankees game today, a 4-8 loss, other than Wilmer’s great day , the Dodgers Cubs game might have made up for it. (And 0-16 loss. Not a typo)

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The NBA regular season ends today. April 13. Which means we are only 2 months and 9 days from a potential NBA finals game 7.

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Donald Trump got Bucharest to give the Tate brothers, their confiscated passports back so they could leave the country.

The Tate brothers face civil and criminal claims in the UK, US and Romania.

But he can’t get his good buddy in El Salvador to release a innocent man? Two words. Yeah. Right.

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So in Donald’s world El Salvador is a proud and sovereign nation.

But Greenland and Canada are not?

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So smartphones are excluded from the tariffs? Someone told Velveeta Voldemort that Americans “screwing in little screws” wasn’t going to happen.

But doubling the price of Americans’ iPhones was going to screw the GOP.

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Either that or “Tim Apple” more than doubled his donation to Trump.

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Velveeta Voldemort is now selling “Gulf of America” hats for $47 Because 49.8% of Americans absolutely voted last year that chase, corruption and higher prices were worth it to rename maps?

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Marco Rubio’s grandfather was ordered deported because he entered the United States without a visa and had worked for Castro government. The cruelty, and the hypocrisy, is the point.

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Karoline Leavitt keeps talking about Trump’s “incredible stamina and work ethic.” As Velveeta Voldmort heads to Mar-A-Lago for yet another golf weekend. He hasn’t stayed in DC ONCE since his inauguaral.

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Egg prices skyrocketing again.

Tequila, Mexican beer & avocados (90% grown in Mexico) prices are going up.

Fireworks, costumes & Christmas decorations (all made in China) prices are going up.

Trump is starting a war on Easter, Cinco de Mayo, 4th of July, Halloween & Christmas!

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Math games

April 11, 2025

There are five teams within one game of each other for the last three guaranteed playoff sports and the top two spots in the play in tournament- with two games left in the regular season. And if you can figure out all the permutations, be glad you learned math before Trump guts education.

4Nuggets48-322
5Clippers48-322
6Warriors47-332
—PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT——
7Grizzlies47-332
8Timberwolves47-332

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The US base commander in Greenland, who spoke out against JD Vance, has been fired.

Her trangression? Having more cojones than most men.

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Rachel Maddow tonight talking of Avelo Airlines, budget carrier serving smaller airports that dropped many flights in order to use the planes to carry out Trump deportations. And we thought Southwest getting rid of “bags fly free” was the worst airline PR disaster of the year.

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Trump on his new $5 million gold card: “It’s a road to citizenship for people, essentially people of wealth, or for people of wealth pay for people of talent to get in.” Translation: old rich men who want young beautiful women can give them something better than a genius visa.

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Vanity Fair has an article “A Peek Inside Usha Vance’s “Very Lonely, Lonely World” Think I’ll pass on reading it. But thoughts and prayers.

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GOP Senate apoplectic that Schumer is slowed down the appointment of the new Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, Dan Caine, who was eventually confirmed 60-25 in the early hours of the morning.. They didn’t mind when Tommy Tuberville blocked hundreds of military appointments for 10 months..

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Democrats, with only 47 seats, can’t stop appointments. But they sure can keep some rich GOP Senators from enjoying their nights & weekends.

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Hope some of these rich white men in the GOP Senate don’t mind giving up nights and weekends.

Trump is the sort of guy who when you play poker with him and he bluffs and loses with a pair of sixes, will upend the table and say the game is rigged.

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Wrong turn

April 8, 2025


As the biggest payroll in baseball Los Angeles Dodgers appeared at the White House today while our stock market craters, would it be wrong as an SF Giants fan to hope #ETTD?

(And LA then did go out and lost to the the Nationals.)

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Donold couldn’t resist swipping at California’s Senators when the Los Angeles Dodgers visited today.

Imagine if when the 2016 Super Bowl Champions Denver Broncos came to the White House President Obama had taken the time to insult and refuse to acknowledge by name Colorado GOP Senator Cory Gardner.

But that wouldn’t have happened. because Barack is not a petty little b*tch.

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We are about 14 months away from the World Cup at this point. Leaving aside tourists wanting to go somewhere else, Why would any young man who isn’t blond hair and blue-eyed risk coming here?


At this point how many other countries would back Greenland or Canada in trying to annex the United States?

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Anyone remember Trump during the campaign talking about an economic revolution and the pain we’d all have to go through for his vision?

Me neither.

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Even as a political junkie I somehow missed the 2024 Trump campaign slogan “Sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something.”

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In 17th & 18th century England, wreckers took valuables from ships that ran aground in Devon & Cornwall. Some claimed that wreckers actually decoyed ships with lights to crash into the coast.

Those stories may be myths, but what Trump & his buddies are doing to wreck the US economy IS deliberate.

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A garment worker in Vietnam makes $200-300 a month.

Someone who makes shoes in China makes $400-600 a month

People who put together iPhones in China make about $3.00 a hour.

But yeah, tell me how we’re going to move manufacturing to the US.

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On Twitter, Maga trolls and bots posting near identical posts accusing Democrats of being pro slave labor in response to anyone pointing out how much less manufacturing salaries are overseas.

Yet in the US, Republicans want not to raise the minimum wage and make child labor legal.

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Amy Coney Barrett is an anti-choice conservative SCOTUS justice

But she is not apparently a monster.

So MAGA is big mad at her.

Seems sadly on brand.

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Why isn’t media hammering this point?

Could Trump demand El Salvador return innocent man? Perhaps not.

Could he ask? Yes. And why wouldn’t President of El Salvador do a favor for his good friend?

Donold wants to make all deportations, even of innocent people, irrevocable.

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GOP Rep. Darrell Issa, who got rich by bringing us car alarms, now has No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) act which would limit district court judges’ ability to issue orders blocking Trump policies nationwide. Funny, GOP didn’t mind when district judges blocked Biden policies.

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We’ve had recession and depressions. Can we start calling this a Trumpression?

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The market has circuit breakers. It is a shame the USA doesn’t have circuit breakers that would trigger an election.

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Opening Daze

April 5, 2025

Yes, it ain’t gonna last but

About 10 days into the season who had the only 1 loss teams in MLB being the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants?

Now all of you liars put your hands down.

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You know it’s been a rough March Madness for Cinderellas when America is shocked by two lesser #1 seeds beating higher #1 seats in the Final Four

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Something we can all do w/ media failing us; talk to other Americans. Was in Safeway, clerk & guy in front of me talking Easter & high-priced eggs. Brought up Cinco de Mayo. “It won’t just be tequila & Mexican beer; did you know 90% of avocados sold in US were grown in Mexico?”

They didn’t. They do now.


This should be a bigger story. It’s not that some liberal reporter found out Donald is golfing after destroying Americans’ savings; it was the official WHITE HOUSE statement. Bragging about his win.

A White House statement, per pool just now: “The President won his second round matchup of the Senior Club Championship today in Jupiter, FL, and advances to the Championship Round tomorrow.”

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Lindsey Graham was actually on Senate floor Friday now talking about supporting our military. Can someone ask Senator Graham on camera why DonOld prioritized golfing with Saudis over the dignified transfer of fallen US soldiers last night? And VP Vance was too busy doing… something?

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Seriously. Vance had time to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on a stunt trip to Greenland, but he couldn’t make it to Dover Air Force base in Delaware?

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Meanwhile….while not sure anyone else in the Senate has the stamina of former Stanford football player Cory Booker, Senate Democrats were standing up all day until 3a talking about the Trump Tariff tax and what damage this billionaire tax cut budget will do to average Americans.

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Chuck Schumer thanked cloakroom staffers for late night efforts, while GOP passes 2025 billionaire budget plan, a simple fact: Even as a visitor to go to Senate gallery, ALL electronic devices, even fitbits, must be put in Senate cloakroom. And yet DOD plans wars on Signal

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Laura Loomer is now in charge of personnel decisions at the White House? I’m so old I remember when most Americans were appalled that Nancy Reagan was letting her astrologer influence Presidential polic

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Well well, even Fox News took notice: “Thousands” however? There were thousands of protests. Total protester number well over a million. Maybe multiple millions. “Dem slams Trump as ‘economy-crashing dictator’ while thousands protest against MAGA agenda.”

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Now some GOP saying “just wait a few months.” What about people planning to retire now, what about people laid off who need to access their savings NOW, what about people planning to use stock funds to pay for their children’s college? Why does GOP hate everyone who isn’t rich?

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The best of teams the worst of teams.

April 3, 2025

Dodgers are now 8-0 after a comeback win against the lowly (0-7) Atlanta Braves.

Max Muncy “It feels like this clubhouse is carrying a little bit of the attitude we had last year that we’re never out of a game and we’re resilient, and we’ve been carrying it into this season… the guys don’t give up. Bad things have happened, and no one’s really been down or out.”

“Resilence?””

Because we know that our competitive balance tax payroll will be estimated $393.75 million?? Before trades.

(about as much as the bottom five MLB payroll team put together)

Meanwhile, speaking of the bottom teams.

The former Oakland As , and probably future Las Vegas As just finished their home opening series against the Cubs.

They lost three games 3-18, 4-7 and 2-10.

It’s a minor league ballpark. And they are doing their best to play like a minor league team.

On the other hand, the team refused to put “Sacramento” in their name. Which these days the city of Sacramento has to feel pretty good about. At least their AAA team (the rivercats) is respectable.

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Amy Klobuchar tonight w/ Lawrence O’Donnell “tourism is down 70% from Canada.” “People are pissed off.” Sen. Klobuchar doesn’t usually use that phrase, but Canadians don’t normally get that pissed off.

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Wonder why Fox News viewers act brainwashed? Donald Trump wandered off the stage today and had to be reminded to sign his tariff executive orders.

What’s the Fox headline? “Top Biden aide describes ‘out of it’ president before Trump debate.”

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Well well Yes the House is recalcitrant at best. But four GOP Senators actually stood up to Trump on tariffs on Canada.

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So the President’s top campaign donor may be leaving DOGE and Donold’s inner circle. Would we say Elon’s being thrown not under the bus but under the Cybertruck?

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People do sometimes vote for higher taxes to get a fairer systems. And I get it, if you’re comfortably off it’s easier. But many Trump voters voted purely for their own self-interest. They’re about to find out “A tariff is a tax.” is not just a Democratic talking point.

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Meanwhile, coming soon to the GOP House Circus – new representative Randy Fine. Who won a Florida deep red district by about half the margin Trump had.

GOP Ron DeSantis said he nominated Fine for FAU president because “he repelled people in the (GOP led) state legislature. They wanted to get him out of the legislature, so they asked me to put him up for Florida Atlantic president”

Pass the popcorn.

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Rich get richer

March 31, 2025

Both March Madness final fours are set.

And U Conn, a #2 seed, is the closest thing to a Cinderella left in the tournament.

All four mens teams and three of the other four women’s teams are #1 seeds.

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Owner John Fisher could have had the As play in Oakland until if and when the Las Vegas stadium is built. Instead, he insisted the team move to the 14,000 capacity Sutter Heath Field in Sacramento.

Where it will be triple digit temperatures for much of the summer.

In a likely metaphor for the season, the A’s lost their season home opener, 18 to 3.

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Hey Green Bay Wisconsin. No billionaire could pay you enough to root against the Packers. Why would you let a billionaire buy your Supreme Court vote?

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Serious thought. Can believe Trump absolutely has no plans to leave the White House after his second term. But if he has dementia, as his father did, it will get worse and impossible to ignore before 2028. Then what?

Media: Democrats really need to do a better job of getting their message out.

Also media: Oooh, Velveeta Voldemort or his top campaign donor said something insane, let’s devote all our airtime/space to covering it.

Chris Murphy and Andy Kim (so far) joining Cory Booker tonight on Senate floor as Senator Booker continues his speech into the night to protest Trump/Doge administration policies. It’s not that we don’t have good Democratic leaders. But they don’t get the coverage that the other side’s crazies get.

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Cory Booker’s been speaking for over 7 hrs & he’s doing far better job of explaining why Social Security is NOT a Ponzi scheme than Musk does at any time lying about it. Put simply, Booker is explaining how every insurance needs adjustments. & changes needed would be negligible.

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Standings

March 30, 2025

Two games into the season, the Chicago White Sox, at 1-1, are tied for the lead in the AL Central. High watermark of 2025?

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After the NHL worst San Jose Sharks lost 6-1 to the NY Rangers, the Rangers team bus apparently backed into Macklin Celebrini’s car in the parking lot.

Talk about a metaphor for the season.

Alysa Liu, a 19 year old who has already retired and come back, makes me feel old. But her winning the Figure Skating World Championship to the music of Donna Summer (MacArthur Park) makes me feel young!

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Velveeta Voldemort even wants to attack what he perceives as wokeness at the Smithsonian National Zoo. What’s he going to do at the zoo? Have Jr lead monthly hunting days?

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Trump won Stefanik’s district by 30 percentage points last November. So if things are going as well as DonOld claims, why is he worried about losing Elise’s seat?

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RFK Jr. claimed “COVID was disease that attacked the sick, as w/ all infectious diseases.” Per NY Times 2021 study of Covid mortality in 560,000 people found roughly 30% of Covid deaths occurred in patients w/o underlying diseases. And does RFK Jr consider being over 65 “sick?

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I guess we were warned. Amy Klobuchar in 2020 on Trump. “He blames everyone for everything that happened: Obama, head of Federal Reserve, generals… He blames entire kingdom of Denmark. Who does that? He recently went after prime minister of Canada…

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J.D. Vance says he went with his wife Usha to “check out what’s goin’ on with the security there of Greenland.” Based on the Signal debacle this week how long until Greenland sends visitors to see whats going on with the security of the USA?

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One of the troll message about Social Security these day that we should all have been able to do our own investing. Rather ironic as the stock market is falling today and is down about 5% this year since DonOld took office.

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Learned something from the twitter bot troll farm today. Trump’s biggest campaign donor’s latest big lie is telling Americans that Social Security is about to fall apart. So when DOGE destroys it they can shrug & say, would have happened anyway.

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Colin Jost mocked the Signal cluster f*ck by referencing “my Aunt Janice’s texting skills.” As a semi-luddite who is several people’s aunt want to say there is no way I – or most of my friends who are aunts -would be anywhere near that stupid while texting.

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Does anyone else think Trump might drop all his tariffs if someone figures out how to give him a Medal of Honor and Five Stars to wear on his blazer in advance of Liberation Day?

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Another close call near National Airport, between Air Force plane & Delta plane. Crickets on Fox News.

Also not mentioned on Fox, 4 US soldiers missing & presumed dead in Lithuania.

And they’ve moved on from Signal debacle.

Nor do they hear about Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to meetings involving sensitive information with foreign diplomats.

Fox doesn’t think their viewers can handle the truth

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As Musk tries to bribe Wisconsin voters with $100 payouts and a million dollar bonus for a few, your reminder that in Georgia GOP outlawed handing water to anyone waiting in line to vote.

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If I were in Wisconsin and a South Africian billionaire was trying to buy our election, I’d be pretty cheesed off.

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Busted

March 27, 2025

SF Giants are undefeated in the Buster Posey ownership era.

Arkansas blew a 16 point lead midway through the 2nd half and a 6 point leaded with 1 minute and 15 seconds left and the ball, to lose to Texas Tech in OT 85-83

This is the most embarrassing thing to happen to Arkansas since they elected Sarah Huckabee Sanders governor.

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No team lower than a 3 seed into the first half of the Elite Eight. No double digit seed left with 12 teams to go. Cinderella left early to beat the rush.

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For all the focus on Elise Stefanik, Trump plucked Mike Waltz out of a GOP Congressional Seat in Florida. While it’s a red district special election polls are now closer than expected & Waltz appears to be idiot who put reporter into war planning Signal chat.

Maybe GOP should have gotten Elise confirmed & left Waltz in Florida.

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Can’t be said enough. If Trump thought his and DOGE policies were popular he wouldn’t be worried about a special election in New York. Heck, he’d have a handpicked crony already endorsed for Stefanik’s seat.

Elise Stefanik gave up her House leadership position for nothing. Thoughts and prayers.

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Velveeta Voldemort today says he ‘always thought’ Waltz was responsible for Signal chat scandal.

1. He didn’t know what Signal was.

2. He can’t admit he made a major error in picking Hegseth.

3. So we know the next person to be thrown under the Trump bus.

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Next time if you or anyone you know overdraws their checking account by a few dollars and gets charged a $35 fee, thank Republicans. They just voted to overturn a Biden CFPB rule to cap such fees at $5

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JD and Usha Vance have now scrapped all pretense of their upcoming visit to Greenland being about culture and tourism as they will be kept away from residents. Give Trump credit. He’s the first US President to get America hated by Canada, Denmark and Greenland.

Four soldiers are still missing and presumed dead in Lithuania. At his press conference yesterday Trump had no clue anything had happened. And if you get news from Fox News you won’t see a word about it.

I’m 65, started paying into social security when I was 15. How about everyone else? PS – It’s not a ponzi scheme, it’s OUR money

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Seeing some of these social security stories from many of us who’ve been paying in since we were teens reminds me of guy I dated ONCE Freshman year.

He was going to go skiing at Christmas, asked what I was doing. Said I was going home, would see friends but would do a lot of waitressing. His response “Why? Just ask mom & dad for money.” Wonder how many of these DOGE types who want to slash social security ever had a job in high school?

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Falling stars

March 25, 2025

This sucks. Period. Not a USC fan but Juju Watkins is one of the best basketball players in the country.

And a reason many Americans were planning to tune into the women’s tournament. Especially the expected Juju matchup up against UC Conn’s Paige Bueckers.

She just tore her ACL. Hoping for a quick recovery

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Yes, it can be fun. But five of the most useless words in sports:


“The Giants won spring training.”

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Donold’s response about war plan text chain debacle:

“I don’t know anything about it. You’re telling me about it for the first time. I am not a big fan of the Atlantic.”

He is laser focused on a five year old portrait he doesn’t like…but doesn’t know about his DOD’s own war plans?

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Some Democrats have demanded Chuck Schumer resign from Senate leadership since he backtracked & agreed to keep goverment open.

Have ANY GOP demanded Pete Hegseth resign over putting National security at risk with planning a bombing mission on unsecured Signal app? I’ll wait.

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Senator Mark Warner on the Signal group chat cluster f*ck “This crowd is not ready for prime-time” Understatement of the year.

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Fox News Jesse Watters’ “We’ve all texted the wrong person before?”

True. Sometimes the mistake is worse than others. Can break up a marriage or lose you a job. (both have happened to people I know.) But most of us don’t have sensitive security clearances and aren’t planning to bomb another country.

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Senator Mark Kelly points out they were so casual on that group chat about bombing Yemen that it was as if they were ordering a pizza. Next are we gonna find out the pizza delivery guy was included on the text chain too?

Everyone screaming at Democrats “do something” and “speak out…” They are speaking out. (Many Senators on TV and social media.)

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We don’t have the votes nor the gavels. GOP has to remember the oaths they took – or where they put their spines, and start investigation…

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Did Velveeta Voldemort make DeJoy resign today as postmaster general because as much as DeJoy has damaged the post office Biden still won the 2020 election and Don can’t forgive him allowing that to happen?

Pretty clear Trump wants to destroy the post office. But he’s making it as popular as it was in Miracle on 34th Street.

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Under the radar but a late February Executive Order banned all non-essential federal employee travel. “all non-essential travel” – but the President’s top campaign donor can fly around with him for golf and sportings events weekend. Got it.

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As the Signal story gets wilder and wilder, who knew that 2025 would be the year we saw Dr. Strangelove remade as a documentary?

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Trump wants green card applicants legally in US to hand over social media profiles. Does anyone think this will stop at green card applicants?

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We’ve all had good friends who end up marrying someone we hate and at least temporarily it turns them into a different person we don’t want to be around anymore. As far as the rest of the free world feels, the United States has become that friend.

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Before midnight

March 24, 2025

One #10 seed left.- Arkansas

But sure looks like Cinderella took an Uber home early from this year’s NCAA March Madness.

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Derik Queen with the biggest buzzer beater shot of the NCAA tournament.

It won the game for his home state school of Maryland to beat Colorado State 72-21.

When Queen was asked postgame “Where does that confidence come from? “I’m from Baltimore, that’s why.”

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Who says there’s no good news these days. Coach Rick Pitino’s team was upset and is out of the NCAA tournament.

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ACA’s 15th anniversary today. If you’re 26 or younger & on your parents’ healthcare. Or if your children or grandchildren or friends or friends of friends are 26 or younger and still on parents’ healthcare. Thank Democrats & President Obama!

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Same MAGA trolls telling us Americans have nothing to worry about with Medicaid /Medicare are the same ones that told us Project 2025 was a myth and immigrants in the US legally could stay here.

Trump buddy Steve Witkoff on Ukraine: “There’s a view within the country of Russia that these are Russian territories,. I just don’t see that [Putin] wants to take all of Europe … I take him as his word.”


Remember when we thought George W Bush’s comment about Putin “I looked into his eyes and got a sense of his soul” was as bad as it could be?

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Trumpty Dumpty is actually soliciting corporate sponsors for this year’s White House Easter Egg Roll. No grift too small.

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The Pentagon just announced leak probe that will include polygraphs. While they’re at it how about a polygraph for Secretary Hegseth about his sister-in-law’s and others’ accusations?

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Fox News seldom covers anything that makes Democrats look good, But if you want to know when Donald & his biggest campaign donor have really gone too far,, look for what they don’t cover. Like tonight, no mention on Fox website about JD attacking Denmark as “not a good ally.”,

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And the madness begins.

March 21, 2025

Wonder if more people would vote if we could somehow put candidates into brackets before the primaries and have online and office pools.

Thought for the morning: May our troubles last as long as our perfect brackets.

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So has Donald Trump already announced that he had a perfect March Madness bracket and won the White House pool?

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Donald Trump’s response to losing ANYTHING, from an election to a court case, is to accuse the other side of cheating or being “crooked” He can’t even accept losing in golf. Imagine rooting for a sports team that declares themselves undefeated & all losses to be illegal.

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Point of fact… Judge Boasberg, who Velveeta Voldemort, Leon and the right wing call a“Democrat activist,” was originally appointed by President George W. Bush. Yeah, the same as MAGA’s beloved SCOTUS judge Alito.

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Rachel Maddow covering Trump publishing unredacted papers on JFK Assassination. Redacted parts turned out to be personal details including social security numbers & birthdates for everyone involved. Many were young at time & are still alive. The “King” is a clown Prince.

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In Georgia, Republicans stopped people from offering WATER to people waiting in line to vote because they considered it buying votes. Elon Musk’s PAC is now offering $100 to Wisconsin voters to sign a petition against “activist judges.”

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So much insanity nonstop things like this barely make news: “Administration quietly rescinded order blocking major Dominican sugar producer w/ ties to Trump from shipping sugar to USA because of allegations of forced labor at company.” Donold wants a servant class here too.

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Apparently Minnesota Senate GOP will move to expel Sen. Justin Eichorn after his arrest for allegedly seeking sex from a 16 year old girl. So yes, Virginia, there are still Republicans with SOME scruples.

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Minnesota State Senator Justin Eichorn, who wanted to classify “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a mental illness, has now resigned after being arrested for soliciting a 16 year old girl for sex.

Wonder if Donald will pardon him and offer Eichorn a job?

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