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Aging and raging

February 13, 2026

LeBron James, 41, became the oldest player in NBA history to have a triple-double tonight.

So for his 10th rebound in the 4th quarter, did he scream at younger players. “Get off my lane?

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As Spring Training approaches apparently many MLB teams started trying to get their Venezuelan players back to the US in January due to visa issues. And Dominican Republic players had to start early too. Even with priority processing- and exemptions for Venezuelan athlete, apparently there have been delays.

Does anyone still think the US can pull off a World Cup?

Curling has an ever increasing fan base

Makes sense. Not that it’s an easy sport but have to think armchair athletes have to think they have a better chance of placing that shot rock than of landing a quadruple lutz.

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As ICE claims to be withdrawing from Minneapolis, your reminder.. ICE actually killed two citizens, abducted a little boy in a bunny hat, and threatened residents for a month. And they still couldn’t provoke the riot they wanted to invoke martial law.

This will go down as one of the great non-violent displays of resistance in recent US history

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Now even WSJ did expose on Kristi Noem’s bad behavior… (not just her doing a bad job.) – An inappropriate relationship with her also married chief of staff, fury at not being on TV enough, trying to fire a pilot for leaving her blanket on her private plane…


Why does she still have a job. Though maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise… shooting a puppy and bragging about it would have disqualified her from being hired by any decent person.

Judge just blocked DOD reducing Senator Mark Kelly’s rank and says Hegseth is “unlawfully retaliating.”

“To say the least our retired veterans deserve more respect from our government and our constitution demands they receive it!”

Am sure Hegseth & Trump will take this in a calm mature fashion

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Trump will now limit Small Business Administration loans to U.S. citizens, barring green card holders.

Immigrants create twice as many small businesses as Americans, & small busineses create 2/3 of new US jobs.

Guess Donald thinks only business that should be owned by foreigners is his Presidency.

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Amy Klobuchar with a fact tonight on with Jen Psaki that should resonate with all Americans, not just Minnesotans.

ICE’s reign of terror is not free. GOP put taxpayers are on the hook for $75 billion extra to them.

Think about that if you can’t afford healthcare.

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Oklahoma Senator Lankford in Senate hearing yesterday: “What about all the people ICE/CBP doesn’t murder?

Isn’t that like “What about all the people Jeffrey Dahmer didn’t eat?”

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Kristi Noem is having a Press Conference Friday, 2/13, in Phoenix, Arizona on election security??!


Well, Astronaut Senator Mark Kelly has made Donald Trump look bad lately, so his state of Arizona probably jumped to the top of the retribution line..

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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is very conservative, anti-abortion, pro-gun, anti-Medicaid expansion etc.. But he said the National Governor’s Association, which he heads, will not go to the White House after Trump disinvited Democratic Governors.

So of course Trump attacked him on social media Per Donald apparently having a sense of right and wrong makes you a RINO now.

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MAGA Mike Johnson is claiming Democrats are stealing elections everywhere.

Uh, some of GOP biggest losses recently have been in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma!!

Is he out of his mind or does he think voters are?

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Federal judges in upstate New York appointed Donald Kinsella as U.S. attorney in Northern District of NY Wednesday. Trump fired him hours later. For being too competent or too honest?

So per NY Times AND WSJ, the whistleblower’s classified intelligence report allegedly buried by Tulsi Gabbard involved Jared Kushner…

“I’m shocked” said nobody.

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Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years

So the question – bribed or threatened?

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Not sure that “It’s okay if rich men and politicians rape little girls as long as the Dow hits 50,000″ is the flex Pam Bondi thinks it is.”

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Games on..

February 11, 2026

So silver for Team USA curling mixed doubles.

And now it’s not just figure skaters who have increased our vocabularies…. (“triple lutz, “quad axel,”, etc) Korey and Cory have now made sure maybe millions of Americans know what a “shot rock’ is…

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Team USA isn’t great in short track speed skating…

Imagine how well we might been had if our country hadn’t basically abandoned roller derby.

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Silly side note: Not the NBA All Star game Halftime score nor a typo.

San Antonio Spurs – 84

Los Angeles Lakers – 55

Many have compared the newly released Ring camera footage outside Nancy Guthrie’s house of a masked intruder to masked ICE agents.

But impossible not to see this and also be reminded of Melissa and Mark Hortmann’s murderer.

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Can some reporter ask Karoline Leavitt why she said says Trump ‘floated’ naming Penn Station & Dulles airport after himself.

When Trump on Air Force One told reporters “Chuck Schumer suggested to me about changing the name of Penn Station to Trump Station. ”

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Once again, lying or dementia?

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AsTrump & GOP tries to stop vote-by-mail

Just going to leave this here:

“Voters ages 65+ were most likely to use mail-in voting. And 1 in 3 white voters cast ballots by mail in 2024. White voters cast the greatest number of mail-in ballots of all racial demographic groups.”

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The National Governors Association (NGA) has canceled its annual White House meeting after President Trump only invited Republican governors to the gathering.  Per AP Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) wrote in a letter announcing plans to forgo the meeting. “Because NGA’s mission is to represent all 55 governors, the Association is no longer serving as the facilitator for that event, and it is no longer included in our official program,


Never thought I’d be praising Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt but he did the right thing here. Not just for Democrats or for Republicans but for the USA.

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Trump administration spent a lot of time today trying to downplay Wednesday’s delayed January jobs report. Even though THEY control the BLS. It must be really really bad..

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Stealing half of Canada’s bridge, renaming Penn station and Dulles airport, picking fights w/ Olympic medal winners.


Insane & demented yes.


But also quite possibly strategy to see just how outrageous Trump can be to get media & Americans to stop talking about the Epstein files.

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You heard it here first

February 7, 2026

Shaquille O’Neal tonight “San Antonio will beat OKC in the Western Conference finals.”

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Has Trump demanded the Olympics give him a gold medal yet?

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Meanwhile F-22s were pulled from the Super Bowl flyover for “operational reasons.”

So is Velveeta Voldemort going to start another war or just pouting that no one wants him at the Super Bowl?

And your reminder – Donald is not making an easy 5 HOUR flight on Air Force One to the Super Bowl because he is afraid of being booed at a record level for a President.

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As most of the world covers right-wing social media & Fox News are ignoring how much JD Vance was booed at the Olympics opening ceremonies,

Have to figure GOP is thrilled and relieved Donald Trump won’t be at the Super Bowl.

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Donald Trump on posting his racist video against the Obamas responds with one of his mantras

“I didn’t make a mistake.”

“I never lost anything, I never make a mistake….”

America made the biggliest mistake twice in 2016 and 2024

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Really loved Timothy Busfield’s character reporter Danny Concannon on “The West Wing.” (who ended up marrying CJ)

Today Busfeld was indicted on child sex abuse charges by New Mexico grand jury.

Sad, but if he’s found guilty he should rot in jail.

See how easy that is?

If you’re not in a cult.

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All this MAGA outrage is probably going to get a lot of boomers and Gen Xers who might have skipped the halftime show to tune in to see what the Bad Bunny fuss is about.

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White House excluding Democratic governors from its annual governors meeting.

Donald is still mad at Maine Governor Janet Mills for challenging him publicly last year

Biggliest baby ever.

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Agree with Jasmine Crockett, who has reason to be furious about Trump’s racist Obama meme.
Jasmine says, Yes, it’s awful, but we’ve KNOWN he’s racist. He’s also REALLY good at distraction. And right now he’s distracting from the Epstein files & allegations of raping little girls

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So let’s get this straight.

A racist meme with the Obamas suddenly offends Republicans.

But they had no problem with Donald’s birth certificate lies.
Or JD Vance’s “they’re eating the dogs and cats” lies.
Or Trump’s demonizing entire population of Somalis.

If the hood fits…

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So Trump is now blaming a staffer for the racist meme he posted about the Obamas..

But what does President Stephen Miller say?

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He wants to deport Liam because the little boy made him look bad. It’s that simple.

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Chuck Schumer calls Trump claim Dem leader suggested renaming Penn Station after him ‘absolute lie’


Anyone following me knows I’m not huge Schumer fan. Wish he’d given Senate leadership to Amy Klobuchar.

But Chuck has more 100 % than integrity than Donald.

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Lighting the flame…

February 5, 2026

The Olympics in Europe is always especially difficult to follow in the US with time zone issues.

In fact, just discovered I’ve missed some early curling. The horror.

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San Antonio Spurs won but were 12-20 – 60% – from the free throw line tonight against the Thunder If Pop were still coaching thinking free throw practice might start tomorrow at 8a. #PorVida

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s take on Donald Trump’s telling Kaitlan Collins to “smile.”

“So we thought we’d give women something to smile about. One day he’ll be gone…”

Not just that Donald is bragging about cognitive tests where he identifies animals like a zebra.

  1. Those tests are given to probable dementia patients.
  2. Since he lies about everything think we have to assume that more than once he’s gotten the animal wrong

Let’s be VERY clear.

If the Epstein files exonerated Trump and had proof of guilt of Democratic politicians, Donald would NOT be saying the country wants to move on.

In fact he’d have gotten Bondi and Blanche to issue indictments by now.

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Tom Homan actually said today “we have nothing to hide.”

Yes, the same Tom Homan who was recorded in 2024 by FBI agents taking a $50,000 bribe.

This would be funny if it weren’t our democracy we’re talking about.

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As JD Vance refuses to apologize for the lies he reposted about Alex Pretti, we all need to remember something.

Alex Pretti was protesting on behalf of Minneapolis residents who are being detained & arrested for no other reason than they look like Vance’s wife & children!

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DHS withdrawing 700 ICE troops from Minnesota and leaving over 2,000 still means there are about triple the number of ICE agents in MSP area than local law enforcement officers.

And Tom Homan wants applause for it? Or maybe given his past another $50,000 in a paper bag?

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Wrap your head around this.

There is not a single state that Trump lost that he thinks runs elections fairly.

Well, maybe Hawaii. But Donald may not realize it’s a state.

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Doesn’t get enough media coverage but not just people like Renee Good or Alex Pretti who get no sympathy from GOP politicians.
Every month, average of more than 70 women in the USA are shot & killed by an intimate partner.
But if that partner isn’t an immigrant, GOP doesn’t care

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Not up in the air

February 2, 2026

Hard to feel sorry for pro athletes making big money.


But San Antonio Spurs had yesterday’s 2p game in Charlotte moved up 11a in hopes of beating the bomb cyclone. Didn’t work. Team still sat on plane for 2 hrs before it was cancelled.

So they rescheduled for this morning, had the flight to San Antonio diverted to Atlanta for a mechanical issue. Finally made it back about 4p, (And had their game start time vs Orlando delayed twice, from 3p to 6p to 8pm.)

Even chartered planes are no match for Mother Nature

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So is there ANYTHING Donald won’t destroy or tear down to feed his monstrous ego? We’ve elected a Trumpzilla. #KennedyCenter

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So since Bad Bunny won the top award tonight, how long until Donald Trump tries to shut the Grammys down?

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So MAGA, admittedly I didn’t hear all his speeches but I missed Trump’s promise “vote for me and I’ll shut down the Kennedy Center for two years…”

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“Melania” received an 11% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes despite scoring 99% with the site’s “verified audience.”

They’re saying the people who actually saw the documentary liked it?

Both of them?

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So how long do theaters who have agreed to show the Melania movie have to keep it on screen before they pull it?

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Would love to see the number of Americans who streamed or watched Catherine O’Hara movies and shows this weekend compared to those seeing the Melania movie.

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Getting all kinds of ads and offers to resubscribe to the Washington Post. At the same time the paper is reportedly gutting its staff. Hard pass.

Haven’t given up on the NY Times yet, but even in California, besides our local SF Chronicle, my newspaper money is much better spent on the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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On SNL Cold Open last night on ICE Tom Homan asks “What have you learned? An ICE agent responds Maybe I’ve got this wrong but ..you hired a bunch of angry aggressive guys, gave us guns and didn’t train us so maybe this is what you wanted to happen?”

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Florida Surgeon General on ending vaccine requirements for kids in school

“Who am I to tell you what to put in your body?”

So Joseph Ladapo is endorsing women’s right to take the abortion pill. Got it. #Smallmercies

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Cats know

January 30, 2026

Starry likes Amy Klobuchar’s voice. She is a good judge of character.

“It’s been the most difficult time & year. Doesn’t mean that we just look away & look down & say I’ve had it. I think it means the opposite. You stand your ground, you get involved & you never give up…”.

Meanwhile back in the assisted living home that the White House has become, Donald posted dozens of insane things last night. Including that Barack Obama had manufactured evidence against him and his “landslide victory” in 2016, to help steal the 2020 election.

Donald is beyond insane.

If Barack Obama were both that all powerful and that evil, don’t you think he’d have figured out a way to rig the election for Hillary Clinton?

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Formerly sane conservative Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota claimed on Fox that most protestors in Minnesota are from out of state…

As if most people from out of state could handle the cold…

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Melania calls her husband “the unifier President”

Apparently now his pressing Jeff Bezos on a vanity project has unified Americans in agreeing on the biggest flop movie of all time.

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Melania this morning in an interview about the demands of parenting “You need to be there for a child nonstop, especially when they need you, especially at that age that Barron is.”

  1. Barron is 19.
  2. He didn’t even show up for his mom’s movie tonight.

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As Trump prepares to name a new Fed chair and continually attacks Jerome Powell, it’s useful to remember who appointed Chairman Powell in the first place.

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Susan Collins says today that ICE has ended enhanced operations in Maine.

And how troubled will she be when she finds out Donald has lied to her?

Or did it just occur to Trump that GOP is about to lose another Senate seat?

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Strong man

January 29, 2026

Victor Wembanyama’s full comments today on the shooting of another civilian by federal agents in Minneapolis:

“PR (Spurs Public Relations) has tried. but I’m not going to sit here and give some politcally correct . Every day I see the news and I’m horrified. I think it’s crazy that some people might make it seem like or make it sound like it’s acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable….. It’s terrible. I know I’m a foreigner, but I live in this counrtry and I am concerned.”

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Then Wemby went out and led the Spurs to a big comeback win over the Houston Rockets. (28 pts, 16 rebounds, 5 blocks.)

Hope Gregg Popovich was watching the comments and his play.

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Trump is bragging that he will give every U.S Citizen child now born in the US $1000 in a “Trump account.”

$1000 won’t even cover a month of infant child care in the US.

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It’s a scary time to be a person of color in the United States

But for someone looking for a safe space for a couple hours, maybe buy a theater ticket to the Melania movie. No one will be in there.

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In case it’s a matter of not learning geography, here’s a map for DHS/ICE

Note the Southern Border. Minnesota is far enough but of the lower 48 no state is further than Maine.

Life in right-wing bubble:
Daily Mail headline today

“”Shameful past of madman who squirted Ilhan Omar with syringe, as his lengthy rap sheet & VERY woke children are revealed
Andy Kazmierczak, 55, is a MAGA faithful w/ liberal children & lengthy rap sheet.”

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The man regularly posted pro-Trump stuff on social media, but so i’s his KIDS’ fault?

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Louisiana Senator GOP John Kennedy says of immigrants “no one is above the law.”

Could some reporter ask Kennedy how we’ve missed his outrage over all the million and billion dollar fraudsters who Donald has pardoned?

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Melania actually said today on Fox News of her husband “He’s a unifier not just here in the United States.”

This is true, he has unified most of the free world against the United States of America.

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Meanwhile, forget undocumented immigrants, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said state would investigate public agencies & universities that employ those with H-1B visas.

Well this ought to be great for the Texas tech industry

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Now some have seized on a video of Alex Pretti kicking out an ICE tail light after Renee Good’s death as justification for his being shot to death.

So car damage is a capital offense?

Unless you’re MAGA.

Then you can be armed with a knife trying to break into House Chambers at the US Capitol and when you get shot resisting police orders you become a martyr.

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Some days it feels like there is no good news.

But today.

  1. Wordle in 1.
  2. Adam Kinzinger started following me
  3. San Antonio Spurs come back from down 16 to beat the Houston Rockets.

Small and not so small mercies.

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Not sticking to sports

January 25, 2026

Well played, NBPA, well played

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And meanwhile, with Bad Bunny at Halftime and Green Day as the Super Bowl opening act, Donald Trump says he will skip the Super Bowl. Who says there’s no good news these days.

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Almost feels now like Trump’s ICE is trying for the most outrageous killings possible in Minnesota in hopes of being able to declare martial law.

What’s next, sending Kristi Noem in personally to shoot puppies?

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So if you are a minor with a gun you’re not allowed to carry, bring it to a protest & fatally shoot protesters, GOP will call you a hero

But if you legally carry a gun to a protest, are stripped of it by ICE, and get fatally shot yourself, GOP will say you deserve it.

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If you are a white American citizen & have been telling yourself “it can’t happen to me”

Just exactly how many deaths will it take until you know..?

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“2nd amendment diehards keep saying “for the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep bear Arms, shall not be infringed’

Have any of them responded to US citizen w/ a permit to carry, being disarmed, & then fatally shot in back, by the “free State”?

I’ll wait.

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And here’s State TV Fox News headline take

“Unrest grows, details emerge after Border Patrol agent shoots, kills suspect with ‘defensive shots'”

The man was lying on the ground, then had been beaten after his gun was taken away.

This was murder. Period.


Many Trump acolytes say that Alex Pretti shouldn’t have had a gun at a protest. So explain why they glorify Kyle Rittenhouse?

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So let me get this straight. The gospel according to today’s GOP. The 2nd Amendment is the most important part of the constitution. But if you carry a gun that is justification enough to kill you.

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And the last shall be first

January 24, 2026

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Indiana Pacers
10-35, 2-19 Away
Oklahoma City Thunder
37-8, 20-2 Home

And the Pacers just won 117-114 in OKC

Hope this is not ANOTHER sign of the apocalypse.

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So when is Trump going to Sharpie away the winter storm?

Asking for cult members who still believe he has that power.

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Trump posted a picture today, presumably a rendering of Greenland where he was walking holding the hand of a penguin holding an American flag.

With the caption

“Embrace the penguin.’


There are no penguins in Greenland.

There are, however, polar bears in Greenland.

Perhaps Donald would like to try to embrace one?

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Although are we sure that the “embrace the Penguin” idiocy isn’t signaling that the next distraction from the Epstein Files will be Donald insisting the US needs to acquire Antarctica?

In one of Gavin Newsom’s great trolls of Trump today he talked about living rent free in Donald’s head

Should we tell Donald Eric Swalwell is running to be your successor?

Or would it make his head explode? Don’t want to be accused of elder abuse.

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Immigration visas have now been paused for 75 countries.

INCLUDING for children that American families are trying to adopt.

Any reporter actually dare to ask the President or any member of his “pro-family” administration about that?

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Not usually an opera fan, but I admire greatness.

“Renée Fleming regrets that, due to a scheduling conflict, she must withdraw from her May 2026 concerts at the Kennedy Center”

Got it, it turns out to be a week she planned to do her nails. Slowly. Well played Ms. Fleming.

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Trump’s healthcare plan to throw a couple thousand dollars at Americans so they can buy their own healthcare is as if your car was totaled and the insurance company says “here’s enough money to buy a couple tires”

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Approaching medals?

January 22, 2026

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Two weeks until the start of the Winter Olympics. That wonderful time every four years when people who can’t get across the ice at a holiday rink suddenly become experts on a triple or quadruple lutz.

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Commissioners of the NBA, NFL, MLB & NHL are being called to the Oval Office by next week “to present activation plans for the 250th anniversary of the United States.”

Possible translation “He will demand all of them give him a trophy.”

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Trump claims that federal workers instead of working were at the ballfield or out playing golf After he spent the weekend at taxpayer expense playing golf and going to a football game. SNL cold open writers are going “We give up.”

Minnesota, now Maine.

Could he find states further from the Southern Border? What’s next? ICE invasion of Hawaii?

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Trump has become the man that if you’re visiting an elderly relative in a nursing home and you see him rambling and talking to himself, you try to get out of his sight before he comes in your direction.

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Feb 2023. Fox News headline “Biden stumbles over word in Philadelphia speech: ‘Recalibration’

Jan 2026: President refers repeatedly to “Greenland” as “Iceland” Fox News – crickets

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Wonder how many members of the Trump administration shorted the stock market for one day before his TACO on the tariffs?

Fox News headline:

“The era of liberal talk shows only inviting Dem candidates is over, FCC says” They’re upset that late night hosts have too many liberals. Waiting for GOP wannabes & current administration to accept being on Colbert, Kimmel & Fallon.

Bring. It. On.

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Wrap your head around this one. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who thinks it’s normal for Americans to have 5 + homes for retirement, just called California Gov. Gavin Newsom “economically illiterate.”-

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Jane Fonda tonight on Stephen Colbert. “They are kidnapping people, they are illegally deporting American citizens… all kinds of really bad things are happening. It’s not a question of right or left, I don’t care what party you belong to. It’s a question of right or wrong.”

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So what crazy thing will Donald Trump do Thursday to distract from Jack Smith’s testimony? Sorry. No prize or trophy for the correct answer. But winning answer gets serious bragging rights.

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A normally non-political friend summed it up So basically Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave the Hugh Grant from ” Love Actually” speech for real.

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Usha Vance is pregnant.

To celebrate maybe her husband could push the Trump administration to ensure that ALL pregnant women have access to healthcare?

Oh, who am I kidding?

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After this week’s press conference and speech in Davos it is increasingly obvious that the man in the White House with the nuclear codes is not a man most Americans would trust in their neighborhood to water their plants.

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Air Mendoza

January 20, 2026

Sometimes Heisman voters get it wrong. Not I think this year.

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But for how many NFL football fans is this postseason coming down to “Who do we hate the least?”

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As Sean Payton knows, Drew Brees is only three years older than Philip Rivers. Just saying

Well, all those who complained that Bo Nix wasn’t an NFL quarterback, now will see if the Denver Broncos can get to the Super Bowl with someone who REALLY isn’t an NFL quarterback. (at least not for the past 2 years.)

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Meanwhile, it has just been announced that Green Day will perform at the Super Bowl Opening Ceremony on February 9.

Welcome to the resistance, NFL

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MAGA is losing their minds over Green Day being added to the Super Bowl artists performing

Wait until they play “American Idiot.”

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US Cities hosting World Cup: Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, NYC/New Jersey, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area, & Seattle.

ALL these cities have Democratic mayors. Why, knowing Trump’s ICE war on Dems, would ANY foreigners risk attending?

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Lebron James was not selected as an All-Star Starter for the first time in over 20 years. And yet he didn’t throw a tantrum and call the NBA illegitmate or threaten to invade anyone over it.

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Is there a company in the DC area who can print out a giant banner with Trump’s letter to the Norwegian prime minister on it, and hang it from the U.S. Capitol so no Republican in Washington can claim they haven’t seen it? I’d join the Go Fund Me for that. Who’s with me?

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Donald Trump had his motorcade make a 9 minute stop at a furniture store in West Palm Beach on his way back to Mar-A-Lago. Was he looking for a trophy case for all the medals he’s planning to extort? Or given his age & health, did he need a quick potty break?

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If MLK Jr’s family offered Trump one of Dr. King’s many awards – maybe his Time Magazine 1963 “Man of the Year” cover, or his Grammy, THEN would Donald issue a Presidential proclamation on MLK day?

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Regarding some hotels canceling ICE bookings: Hotels cater to business travelers & tourists, often from out of state or US.

Can’t imagine being hotel guest, regardless of politics, & knowing if you simply run into angry ICE agent (or someone who hasn’t met their quota), on your way to breakfast or ice machine you could be detained or arrested.

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Every GOP Senator who thinks that selling their soul to appease Trump will benefit them in the long run should take a long hard look at what happened to Bill Cassidy.

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The real reason Trump is endorsing Julia Letlow for Bill Cassidy’s Senate seat: “Letlow has said she would have joined other GOP representatives in objecting to the results of the 2020 presidential election in Congress, had she been in office at the time.”

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So Trump is going after GOP Senator Bill Cassidy by endorsing Julia Letlow, who got into Congress when her 41 yr-old husband died of COVID. I know some have tried, but maybe it’s worth revisiting a conversation about US Senate run with former Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards?

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Some Republicans want a bill to require Americans to have a passport to vote.

As a believer in voting rights I think this is wrong.

But most Americans with passports are Democrats. As my late great Stepmother used to say “humanity survives in large part because criminals are stupid.”

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Trump fundraising email Saturday night:

Sat, Jan 17 at 5:13 PM “It’s Trump. I’m in the Oval Office, & I can’t stop thinking about you.” Except he’s at Mar-A-Lago. Losing track of where you are is a sign of advanced dementia..

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Long weekend

January 17, 2026

The NFL will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by displaying “Choose Love” in the end zones and on helmet decals for all divisional round playoff games this weekend.

Waiting for the GOP rebuttal.

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“Choose Love” and “It Takes All of Us” will appear on opposite end zones at the Super Bowl next month. Host teams will sel

The College Football Championship game is January 19 in Miami, Florida. Not too far from Mar-A-Lago

So what trophy will Donald demand the NCAA give him for showing up?

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Trump claims he will put a 10% tariff on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands and Finland on Feb 1 over acquiring Greenland. Is there a petty little b*tch award, and can Donald get a lifetime achievement version?

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Anyone talked to Louisiana GOP Senator John Kennedy this morning? Senate Republican: Greenland invasion would be ‘weapons-grade stupid’

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Apparently ICE agents ate lunch at a small local Mexican restaurant in Minnesota, enjoyed their meal, then came back later that night as the restaurant was closing down and arrested the people who had served them.

How do these people sleep at night?

Oh, I know, upside down and hanging from the ceiling.

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USA Today headline kind of sums it up: “DOJ begins probe of governor, mayor in Minnesota after killing of Renee Good.” Not being probed by DOJ? The man who fired the shots that killed Renee.

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Hey MAGA Undecided if you are upset that Trump’s DOJ hasn’t released the Epstein files? Read ‘Nobody’s Girl” by the late Virginia Giuffre. Maybe read it out loud at home to your family if you have kids. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

 

Stephen Colbert: “Germany announced they are sending troops to Greenland. Making it the first time in human history anyone ever said “good news, the German troops are on the way.””

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Serious question: As DOJ increasingly is pushing Trumped up and nonsensical investigations against his enemies, how long until administration needs to waive the bar exam requirement for lawyers? Because they won’t find enough stupid and/or craven prosecutors otherwise.

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Dr. Oz actually says it’s “pretty cool” that since many areas in Alabama don’t have OB GYNs that women can get ultrasounds done by robots.

Two things. 1. Pennsylvania, you actually COULD have done worse than Senator Fetterman

2. Pennsylvania, you could have chosen Conor Lamb

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Former governor of Puerto Rico Wanda Vázquez Garced pleaded guilty last year to accepting a campaign finance violation from a Venezuelan banker in 2020.

She also endorsed Trump in 2024. He just pardoned her. If you praise or bribe Dear Leader, crime does pay.

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Millions of Americans went through hell to get Real ID to fly: birth certificates, social security numbers, 2 proofs of residency – utility bills, mortgage statements etc. Plus in person DMV meeting/fingerprinting. But Trump’s untrained ICE says, nah, we don’t trust them.

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So will the US actually pull out of NATO because Donald Trump is terrified of releasing the Epstein Files?

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Funny thing- as most people approach 80 years old they downsize – getting rid of things since “you can’t take it with you.” But Donald seems increasingly fixated on acquiring gaudy “stuff.” What’s he planning, something like a pyramid to function someday as his temple tomb?

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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr “A good mother shouldn’t trust experts. Instead she should do her own research.” If he really wants to make the point, the next time RFK Jr has a medical issue hope he follows his own advice and tries to heal himself.

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Tom Emmer is now doing Trump’s bidding and calling for Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to resign. I’m so old I remember when Donald referred to him as ” RINO Tom Emmer” and scuttled him being chosen House Speaker. Wonder what price Emmer got for his soul?

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Random number stuff

January 14, 2026

We are less than half way through the NBA season

We are less than a month away from pitchers and catchers reporting.

And there are WAY too many damn channels to try to watch the NFL playoffs.

(If the NFL could they’d split the Super Bowl into one quarter on broadcast, one on cable, and two quarters streaming.)

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As James Comer threatens to hold Bill Clinton in contempt for not being willing to testify PRIVATELY on Epstein, (Bill says he is willing to testify publicy) perhaps Clinton should say he’ll come in on the same day as Trump.

TJ Sabula was the UAW worker who called Donald Trump a “predator protector.” (Prompting the President to flip him off. Sabula has been suspended.

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Hey Marco Rubio. This you last week? “Well, I mean, broadly, we’re concerned about any place first and foremost where American free speech could be implicated.”

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And think I’m ready to make a donation to any politician willing to bring TJ Sabula as their guest at the State of the Union.

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Amy Klobuchar pointing out, there are more than twice as many ICE agents in Minneapolis than there are police, who are overextended and spending a lot of time trying to protect residents from ICE.

When the POLICE are publicly on the side of the liberals in town….

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Meanwhile in Minneapolis, Nazis with a dose of McCarthyism “Sigüenza, a U.S. citizen, detained temporarily by ICE, said an immigration officer who questioned him Sunday even offered him money or legal protection if he gave up the names of organizers or neighbors who are in the country illegally.”

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SIX DOJ Prosecutors have apparently resigned in Minnesota over Trump administration’s push after Renee Good’s shooting, to probe her widow… Yes, the woman who saw her wife shot before her eyes. There is no bottom.

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Would James Comer like to explain publicly why he HAS to have Bill Clinton come to testify on the Epstein files but hasn’t subpoenaed ANY prominent Republican? Asking for a country. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Trump calls his invasion of Venezuela, “The most brilliant attack we’ve had in 100 years.” Leaving aside Obama’s successfully taking out Osama Bin Laden…thinking Eisenhower with D-Day would like a word.

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So Donald posting on Truth Social to Iranian protestors “Take over your institutions.” While in the USA he thinks people should be killed for being ‘”disrepectful…” Meanwhile, #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Glimmers of sunshine?

January 12, 2026

Pitchers and catchers report in about four weeks…

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And just saying.

The seven NFL teams who have advanced in the NFL playoffs pending the Monday night wild card game are ALL from blue states.

Almost as if God is both p*ssed off and a football fan.

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Even George W. Bush only said “mission accomplished.” He didn’t declare himself the “acting President of Iraq.”

Tonight Trump posted on Truth Social that he was “Acting President of Venezuela”

The Golden Globes were Sunday night tonight. Could the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), offer Donald Trump an award if he simply resigned?

At this point if a child had a lemonade stand with a sign saying proceeds would be to elect Democrats in 2026, pretty sure Trump would defend any ICE agent who shot the kid for his or her attitude. I wish I were joking

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And maybe lost in the insanity: Trump Organization is opening new luxury golf club complex in one of Saudi Arabia’s largest government-owned real estate developments, 1 of 2 Trump projects underway in the kingdom. So who cares if MBS ordered a journalist killed? Quid pro quo

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Trump adminstration has opened a criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell over whether Powell lied to Congress about the scope of renovation of the Fed’s Washington headquarters..

Lying about renovations?

July 31, 2025. Trump said his ballroom “won’t interfere with the current building. … It will be near it but not touching it. It pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of. It’s my favorite place. I love it.”.

Jean Smart – BEFORE she won the Golden Globe tonight. “I don’t feel that my opinion matters more than anyone else’s… But I feel if you have the chance to speak up… you should use it.” #Legend

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Knowing the score, if you can find it.

January 11, 2026

I’m so old I can remember when NFL playoff games at least were on actual regular channels.

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So former Indiana Gov Mike Pence refuses Trump’s illegal order to overturn the election.

Indiana GOP state representatives refuse Donald’s gerrymandering demands.

Indiana Senator Todd Young votes against war with Venezuela without Congressional consent.

Go Hoosiers!

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Trump is furious at Mike Pence. Trump is furious with Indiana GOP state senators who voted down his gerrymandering. Trump is furious at Todd Young who voted against him on Venezuela.

If Indiana wins CFP college football national championship will he disinvite team from WH?

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Either way there will be no SEC team in the College Football Championship. What’s next? The CFP committee insisting SEC must have at least six teams in the playoffs plus home field advantage throughout?

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When NY Times asked if RFK Jr had gone too far in discouraging vaccination, Mr. Trump responded, “No, I think it’s good.” Wonder if Donald has a brain worm too.

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Trump just said about Renee Nicole Good “She was an agitator, probably a bad agitator, she wouldn’t stop screaming….”

Renee’s LAST words, said calmly to the officer “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.”

Is Trump a liar, or insane?

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Don’t think the world has noticed how bad things are?

From Travel Weekly (industry publication) not only was “Inbound travel from Canada down 24%, inbound travel overall was down 6.3%.
Per US Travel Association “it makes US the only nation in the world seeing a reduction in travel in 2025.”

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-Seen on Twitter:

Trump would rather start World War III than release the Epstein files…

Hey Republicans. Trump is allegedly bombing people to save Christians. Renee Nicole Good was a Christian. Did missionary work in Northern Ireand.

@FoxNews, why aren’t you covering this?

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President Grandpa now is losing it so much he’s recycling insults:

“What a beautiful place, but it’s being destroyed. It’s got an incompetent governor fool. I mean, he’s a stupid person…”

Not California this time, but Minnesota.

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“I know he knows better.”

Amy Klobuchar to Jen Psaki -being more than charitable about VP JD Vance.

Vance has 3 kids, including a 6 year old.

He knows better.

Thomas More “It profit not a man if he gains the whole world if he lose his soul.”

But for the vice presidency?

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Meanwhile Fox News headline:

“Trump says US is making moves to acquire Greenland ‘whether they like it or not'”

“I moved on Greenland like a bitch, but she was married to Denmark…”

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So after Ken Jennings made some anti-Trump social media posts, some MAGA folks are now saying they are going to boycott Jeopardy.

Don’t you have to watch a show first in order to boycott it?

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GOP keeps pretending mail-in voting isn’t secure or worse “fake.”
If anything it’s checked more carefully in California. As I will keep saying, husband few years ago scrawled signature on mail-in ballot.
Got returned to him. “Your signature doesn’t match. Please sign legibly & remail asap or in person”

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The good the bad and the really ugly

January 8, 2026

San Antonio Spurs just beat the Lakers handily. After losing to the Grizzlies.

Victor Wembanyama talking two days ago about the Spurs’ frustrating tendency to play down to competition: “The good this is, we can match up with everybody and look anybody in the eye. The bad thing is, we look everybody in the eye.”

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Stanford football fans remember this. There were years the Cardinal would beat a team like Oregon and USC, then lose to San Jose State.

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Just saying, while RFK Jr, says we should eat meat and fat and avoid sugar, a Big Mac has as much sugar as two Oreos.

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Remember when Kristi Noem was supposedly on Trump’s VP list until she bragged in a book about shooting her dog? Beginning to think that killing actually raised her in Donald’s estimation.

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So if Renee Nicole Good instead of trying to drive away from ICE agents had jumped on the window of an ICE building with agents inside and tried to break in with a knife would Trump supporters be eulogizing her?

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A 30 something Chicago friend of mine helped stand peacefully outside her child’s school last year to protect kids from being snatched by ICE to lure the parents. Told her good for her. She did say at one point “They won’t shoot me, I’m white.” Guess we’ve sadly proven that wrong..

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Trump administration is considering offering the people of Greenland $10,000 to $100,000 per person to vote to secede and join the United States.

To join a country where random Federal agents with limited training can shoot you dead if you make them angry? Thinking hard pass..

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In NY Times interview “Trump did not give precise time range for how long USA would remain Venezuela’s political overlord. Would it be 3 months? 6 months? A year? Longer? “I would say much longer,” Trump replied. How long until he sends US military to fight & die there?

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How rest of world sees us:

BBC : “Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty & dozens of other groups White House says decision was taken because those entities “no longer serve American interests” Half of those 66 groups were focused on climate change. Some on preventing sexual violence.

We have become a sh*thole country

Trump just said he’ll take steps to keep large institutional investors from buying single family homes. Shares of Blackstone, largest such investor, fell 9% Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman is a leading Trump donor So what donation or prize will Schwarzman need to give to Trump to get an exemption?

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Noem “The officer was hit by the vehicle. She hit him. He went to the hospital. A doctor did treat him. He has been released, but he’s going to spend some time with his family.” Translation, we want him out of public eye until he can claim he was miraculously healed.

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Politics aside, if Trump will lie about a fatal shooting that we could all see with our own eyes… What else does he lie about?

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“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions” Lillian Hellman, 1952, to the Un-American Committee of the US House of Representatives. Would that GOP members of Congress had her conscience, or cojones.

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One week in…

January 7, 2026

Already, feeling like the longest year in US history.

Where’s another PopTarts bowl when we need one.


Between Mike Pence and the GOP state senators I am actually rooting for Indiana to win the National College Football Championship.

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This is the week when NFL coaches whose teams underperformed in 2025 get fired, even with a long-term contract. Shame in the US we can’t do that with our President.

Hey GOP members of Congress, none of you would trust Donald Trump to feed your cat for a weekend. Or probably even water your plants. Why are you trusting him to be a de facto King?.

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Note to Republicans and Trump toadies saying “Greenland SHOULD be part of the United States,” the country actually closest to Greenland is Canada.

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Meanwhile just because the Venezuelan people didn’t want to be run by their own crazy dictator, doesn’t mean they want to be run by America’s crazy dictator.

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Marco Rubio is claiming that he cares about protecting free speech for Americans. He won’t even speak out to protect free speech for one of his former Senate colleagues, Mark Kelly

Trump was right about something, he is “Little Marco.”

The problem is that Trump has gotten into his head that the ‘Donroe Doctrine’ is his thing. He’s now very focused on this. And it’s hard to come to an agreement with the Danes when Trump thinks he can just take it.”

Is it time to start checking for brain worms?

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It’s not just the ACA subsidies. Trump’s petty revenge against blue states by cutting off money will make it almost impossible for Republicans to win.

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Among the campaign issues of 2024, I somehow missed the “cost be damned, morals be damned, the US has the imperial right to take over anyone we want..”

“Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland”

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GOP Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla tweeted this weekend “Democrats have total egg on their face[s] from previous operations saying we’re going to be in these protracted long-war operations that did not take place. President Trump is not the protracted war president.” Maybe bookmark this tweet?


Whatever else Trump is throwing at the wall- wars, invasions. attacks on immigrans as well as Americans who disagree with him #EpsteinTrumpCoverUp is still trending on Twitter-

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Have heard Senator Amy Klobuchar talk of how on January 6 she and her fellow Senators were in hiding in fear of their lives.

She was especially concerned about some of the older Senators and Capitol Police break into the cafeteria to get food for everyone.

Republican Senators were there. But sniveling cowards now won’t stand up for the truth.

Assuming even most of the older ones remember…

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And upon further reflection. Yes, I’d love Amy Klobuchar to lead Democrats in the Senate, at the very least. But watching the GOP led-Senate kowtow to a would-be King, short-term Amy may be able to mount a more effective resistance as Governor of a purple state.

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Outrages big and small

January 4, 2026

Plenty of talk on how neither the 8-8 Buccaneers nor Panthers deserve a playoff home game just because they won a bad division

The New Orleans Saints, 11-5 in 2011, but who had to travel to Seattle to play the 7-9 Seattle Seahawks, would have agreed. #WhoDat

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Many fans are complaining that the 49ers and Seahawks had to play a Saturday night game after both teams had previous games on short rest.

And some ask, how could the NFL schedule the game Saturday? The answer probably is, because they couldn’t do Friday. #Ratings

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My father made us children watch CBS News every single night. “And that’s the way it was” to me often meant “we can go now?”

But I remember the casualty counts released by our government every week. “Viet cong” and “US Soldiers/Allies” And the counts were always hugely higher on the “enemy” side. I remember asking my dad. “If we’re killing so many more of them than they are killing of us, why aren’t we winning?”

And his response, well, ‘For one thing, our government is lying.”

Wonder how honest Trump will be about US casualties in Venezuela?

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JD Vance “Maduro is the newest person to find out that President Trump means what he says.”

He “means what he says?” “I’ll end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours.” “I’ll release the Epstein files?” “I’ll lower prices on day one.” “It won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it but not touching it.”

Two words. “Yeah. Right.”

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So Trump has decided he can unilaterally take over a country if he doesn’t like their leader or if they don’t do what he wants.

Seriously, how long until NATO countries have to invoke Article 5 against USinvasion? (Denmark, Greenland, another country who won’t kowtow to him?)

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Trump says the United States is going to run Venezuela? With approval ratings in the 30s, pretty clear Donald can’t even run the United States.

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Trump: “We’re going to have a presence as it pertains to oil. We’re going to be taking tremendous amount of wealth out of the ground, it will go to the people of Venezuela & also to USA as reimbursement for the damages done to us by that country.”

Boots on the ground, for oil. Didn’t we just do that?

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Did ANYONE vote for Trump in 2024 because they wanted him to bomb Venezuela? Asking for a country

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But okay all these MAGA types celebrating Trump’s attack on Venezuela and arrest of Maduro and his wife… Are they volunteering, or volunteering their kids and grandkids, to go fight this war?

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Yes, Rubio said it: “Are we going to live in a world where some American puts up a social media post,then gets to some airport somewhere & is arrested?” While anyone who wants to visit USA must turn over social media records for 5 yrs. Funeral services for irony are pending

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Hey media and potentially bored reporters.

So many billionaires, many Trump buddies, celebrated New Year’s Eve in St. Barts, reachable by ferry from St Maarten, by expensive small planes & by private jets.

Flights were canceled Saturday January 3. Many are canceled tomorrow. Wonder how many billionaires might have been warned to leave yesterday.

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As 2026 begins…

January 3, 2026

Alabama will be watching at home

Ohio State will be watching at home.

Lane Kiffin will be watching at home.

And Notre Dame has been sulking for a month at home because they didn’t get asked. (And missed out on the Pop Tarts bowl.

It’s going to be a good College Football playoff semi-finals and finals.

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Meanwhile in college basketball, Stanford upset #16 Louisville and Cal upset Notre Dame. The ACC may not be that happy about picking up what they thought were the dregs of the old Pac 12.

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From CBS News – “We’ve taken into account the perspective of advocates & not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites & not enough on you.” So yeah, who needs experts – bring on conspiracy theories & what your crazy uncle on FB says.

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From Heather Cox Richardson: “The Wall Street Journal article was significant not because it acknowledges weaknesses many journalists have already recorded, but because a leading right-leaning media outlet is suggesting that Trump is not up to the task of the presidency.”

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So apparently Grandpa’s war games now extend to bombing Caracas. Just now far will he go to distract from the Epstein Files?

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Did ANYONE who volunteered to serve the United Status in the US Military do so with hopes of risking their life in Venezuela? For regime change, oil, and/or distraction from the Epstein files?

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Still hard to wrap my head around. If you need surgery you want a top doctor. I

If you need lawyer, you want someone who wins.

If you need home repairs you want well-rated construction team.

So why do so many MAGA accept news & so-called “facts” from random conspiracy theorists?

Almost as if there’s something, or rather someone, toxic about the company – From SF Chronicle “Tesla loses title as world’s biggest electric vehicle maker as sales fall for second year in a row”

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If Donald Trump is so good at these cognitive tests why doesn’t he take one live on TV? #Ratings

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Now anti-abortion activists want the Environmental Protection Agency to add abortion drug mifepristone to its list of water contaminants. Have they forgotten that Trump wants to eliminate almost all EPA regulations on water and other contaminants?

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Wilted roses

December 30, 2025

Rose Bowl ticket prices on Stubhub starting now about $100

Anyone remember who’s playing in the Rose Bowl?

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On behalf of millions of Americans would like to thank the Cleveland Browns, who have had their usual bad season, for a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers that MIGHT end up knocking “I do my own research” Aaron Rodgers out of the postseason.

Up to you Baltimore Ravens!

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The FIFA Peace Prize The Israel Price Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center I miss the days when participation trophies were just handed out to kids playing sports.

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Since every accusation is a confession the apparent lie about Ukraine attacking Putin’s residence probably means that Russia is planning to go after Zelenskyy personally.

Fox News completely dishonest headline “READ IT:Sealed transcript released in alleged Charlie Kirk shooting plot. Click on story & it has nothing to do with a “plot” but rather about a hearing for the SINGLE alleged assassin. But conspiracy theorists won’t read details.

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While everyone is attacking Ilhan Omar over her supposed net worth, can we talk about Mitch McConnell?

Mitch has never in his life had other than a government job & has been in the Senate for 40 years. His estimated net worth is now approximately $66.13 million .

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And btw, Ilhan is too far left for me personally, but you are apoplectic about fraud in Minnesota, (which the BIDEN FBI found and charged,) but shrug off the pardons Trump has given to those who stole billions, then you might be a MAGA cult member.

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Trump & Kennedy Center director Richard Grenell forgot to register their domain names before the change. And former South Park Toby Morton, a creative man, thought ahead & bought “http://trumpkennedycenter.org. ” We should not go to that website; Donald doesn’t like it. Oops.

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