Left Coast Sports Babe

Apparently Donald was planning to make “a surprise appearance” at game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals had the Knicks not swept.

So he couldn’t go to his own son’s wedding but he was going to go ruin a game in NY for Knicks fans. Very on brand.

Does he know the Knicks, if they win, probably won’t go to the White House?

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So Donald Trump, who wants to show up & disrupt a Knicks game, thinks being in as public a space as Madison Square Garden in New York would be safe.
But claims even Secret Service can’t keep him safe at the White House without a bunker ballroom?
Make it make sense.

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Spurs didn’t bring their A game in Western Conference Game 5. But when officiating is as bad as it was tonight, and NBC signs off their coverage “brought to you by Draft Kings” it’s not a good look for the NBA.

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Ouch, Shawn Estes points out that the SF Giants when behind after six innings in 2026 are 0 and 26.

An automatic team this year. No clutch.

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It is not a routine annual checkup when you have one several times a year.

Just saying.

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Donald Trump has now been to Walter Reed three time in the last year for “routine physicals.”

But the medical facilities at the White House are better than most of us experience in our lifetimes. So whatever he is going to Walter Reed for is clearly very specialized.

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Trump is calling all his cabinet to Camp David.

“At the meeting, officials will discuss “recent successes of the administration including economy & small business wins, Task Force to Eliminate Fraud highlights, and foreign policy updates.”

So he needs more praise. Got it.

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Wait, Trump JUST scheduled a Cabinet meeting at Camp David; then moved it to the White House less than a day later – citing “bad weather?”

Either the voices in his head are shouting over each other or Donald’s cuts to National Weather Service are having serious effects already.

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Trump said on Memorial day that United States service members killed during the Iran war died to ensure Iran “will never have a nuclear weapon.”

Except that President Obama had a deal that ensured Iran would never have a nuclear weapon.

And Donald tore it up.

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Markwayne Mullen apparently wants to stop processing international passengers & cargo arriving by air in blue cities..

Including Denver, LAX, SFO, Chicago, PHL, JFK, Newark & Seattle.

Uh, what’s left? MSP? PDX? Nope.

Even the cities of Houston, Miami, Dallas & Orlando vote blue

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I don’t really care if RFK Jr is crazy enough to play with snakes, poisonous or otherwise. I DO care that he’s crazy enough to play with Americans’ health.

Okay, an OKC sweep wasn’t surprising. But who expected the Lakers would come closer to winning tonight in Los Angeles than the Dodgers?

#SFGiants

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Only two of the four NBA second round series – Spurs-Timberwolves and Pistons-Cavaliers, will go beyond four games.as both the Thunder and Knicks swept.

Between various channels and streaming services, wonder how many millions of Americans haven’t even figured out how to watch their preferred playoff games yet.

If a President falls asleep regularly in televised cabinet meetings but press conferences and Fox News doesn’t cover it, does he still make a snoring sound?

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If Trump only cared half as much about the United States of America as he does about his ballroom, his arch and now his reflecting pool.

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Hoping Hantavirus turns out not to be a big deal for Americans.

But it would serve us right if now that Trump withdrew the US from the World Health Organization, if WHO charged us a LOT of money to help.

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Trump said he obliterated Iran’s nuclear program last July. The Strait of Hormuz was open in February. We’re all now paying higher gas prices not because of national security, but because Donald wanted to distract from the Epstein files.

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So now that Senator Thom Tillis has dropped his objection to Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair in exchange for Trump DOJ dropping the sham investigation into Jerome Powell, a simple question.

How long after Warsh is confirmed will Trump order the Powell investigation to start again?

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Now “Price reflects effort necessary to expedite timeline of completing project ahead of our 250th.

If it was that important to have it down why not have started it earlier?

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“Cost of news reflecting pool repairs balloon by $11.3 million, to $13.1 million.

So anyone brought back from the Hantavirus cruise ship to the United States is apparently being given the option to stay in quarantine or to isolate at home. On the honor system… Trump administration trusts people more who may be contagious for a deadly disease than they do verified US citizens who want to cast a vote.

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Average price of a gallon of gas now is $4.52 a gallon & rising. It was $2.98 before Donald started his war on February 28.

And Trump plans to “solve” this by getting rid of the 18 cents a gallon gas tax, which will lower it to $4.34.

Like throwing a cup of water on a bonfire.

16 Games, 16.1 innings, 1-1 record with 0.55 ERA, 0.73 WHIP, 10 strikeouts.

Would be nice to have someone like that in SF Giants bullpen.

But SF Giants didn’t make a competitive offer to now Blue Jays pitcher Tyler Rogers.

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The Orlando Magic were up 62-38 at half time with a 97.9% chance of winning in a close-out game 6.

And they lost to the Detroit Pistons 93-79.

Magic scored 19 points in the 2nd half.

Most embarrassing performance in Florida today not involving Trump’s speech at the Villages.

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We all know Donald cheats at golf.

We have only HIS word for what his doctor actually has told him after the tests.

Does Trump think if he keeps taking that cognitive test for Dementia he’ll somehow raise his score?

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Trump says hostilities with Iran have “terminated.”

But the Strait of Hormuz is still closed.

(and gas prices continue to skyrocket)

Explain it to me like I’m six years old.

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Good to hear United & American plan SHORT TERM to help Spirit Airlines fliers if they shut down.

But United CEO Scott Kirby has long said budget airline model is unsustainable.

And certainly budget airlines have put pressure on United fares.

Stand by for even higher fares!

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Sex is dangerous for many older men, especially anyone with heart conditions.

So GOP would be good if a liberal circuit court for “health reasons” outlaws mail order Viagra in the US?

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Wait. Trump says Iran is a “great victory” like Venezuela.

But he also says that we need to be patient with Iran because Vietnam went on for years.

So which is it?

Donald Trump went to going to the Villages retirement community in Florida supposedly to talk about his “no tax on social security” before yet another golf weekend.

Alas no reporter asked him about GOP candidate Sununu’s plan to institute work requirements for seniors on Medicare?

(or for that matter than the “no tax on social security” is temporary and only a relatively small tax credit.

Daniel Susac, 7 hits and a walk in his first 9 AB

Patrick Bailey Pipp.?

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A day worried about a US President using nukes puts sports in perspective. But really really glad Wemby does not appear to be seriously injured. We need all the joy and fun we can get. (And the Spurs bandwagon is accepting riders.) #porvida

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So the Big Ten wins both men’s and women’s college basketball championships.

Still doesn’t make sense that one of those Big Ten teams is UCLA.

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Wondering what it will take.

If Trump wears a tan suit will Republicans finally turn on him?

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So is Trump going to demand a Peace Prize for not dropping nukes?

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And don’t forget that many consider women too emotional to be President.

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I’m so old I remember when Americans were the good guys trying to stop crazy dictators from destroying the rest of the world.

Donald Trump is treating most of the world like he’s a depraved child and we are neighborhood pets he is torturing for fun.

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Add to the list of questions the media needs to ask Speaker Mike Johnson

What does he think of Trump’s claim that HE took out Osama Bin Laden?

(Not to mention – did you see Dear Leader’s Easter tweet?)

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At this point it’s not just that he was threatening the death of a entire civilization.

It’s that most of us believe he’s crazy enough to do it.

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Amazing how many of the same media who took every verbal stumble Joe Biden, a lifelong stutterer, made as a sign of dementia, and yet listens to increasingly unhinged and nonsensical rants from Donald Trump and just shrugs.

CBS announced “Byron Allen’s ‘Comics Unleashed’ will replace late-night host Stephen Colbert.

Who else isn’t watching?

This man shouldn’t be in charge of an homeowner’s association, let alone be the US President.

So IF this ceasefire holds for a week or so, what country will Trump start a war with next to distract from the fact that there are credible allegations (and possible videos) of him raping children?

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Ceasefire “plan”reportedly includes allowing Iran & Oman to charge fees on ships transiting through Strait of Hormuz
Apparently Iran will use money raised for reconstruction.”

So we wasted billions, got 13 American soldiers killed & countless injured for THIS?

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New DHS Sec MarkWayne Mullen now questions if sanctuary cities should be allowed to process customs at international airports..

For starters, does he realize even DALLAS is being investigated by TX AG Ken Paxton as a sanctuary city.

Where exactly does he want planes to land?

Okay, does anyone believe that Donald Trump in his right mind would have abandoned a prime time stage with all networks agreeing to cover it in less than an hour

And yes, it was barely 20 minutes…

An eternity in sports. Nothing in speech time.

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Very few positive ways to spin tonight’s rambling wreck on Iran, where Donald looked & sounded really old.

IF smart people around Trump see his decline and want to push him out, then suggesting he should make that prime time speech might have been an opening salvo…

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When “sundown” trends this time of year, we should be thinking “Passover.”

Instead, how many millions of us figure it refers to the current President of the United States?

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If anyone’s plan was to drink everytime Trump lies tonight hhey probably passed out in the first five minutes…

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The #PresidentialAddress SHOULD be The Gardens Court in Palm Beach Gardens.

Just looked it up, less than 20 minutes from Mar-A-Lago and it’s rated one of the top nursing homes in the country.

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Very few positive ways to spin tonight’s rambling wreck on Iran, where Donald looked & sounded really old.

IF smart people around Trump see his decline and want to push him out, then suggesting he should make that prime time speech might have been an opening salvo…

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Donald’s now saying this Iran war is not a big deal because World War I and II, and other wars lasted years…

And his war is “nearing completion.”

I’m sure that’s a comfort to the military who will actually be facing death, and their families.

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So per the NY Times, President Trump has discussed firing Pam Bondi.

Not because she’s awful.

But because she’s not being awful enough.

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As Ron DeSantis tries to out-Trump Trump with Florida voter suppression law…which will probably be blocked anyway.

Does he realize how many Republicans vote by mail?

And how many have moved from other states & thus may have a harder time obtaining the proof of citizenship?

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As Don Jr. shared a headline “NATO didn’t show up — now Trump’s asking why we stay.”

Actually NATO’s Article 5 has been invoked exactly once, on America’s behalf. After 9-11

Putin must be so proud of his puppets.-

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All these MAGA type who are cheering Pete Hegseth’s decision not to investigate military helicopter pilots who did a fly by at Kid Rocks’ house.

I am sure they’d be equally sanguine about it if some liberal helicopter pilot does the same for Jane Fonda or Bruce Springsteen.

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Is it just possible that Wednesday’s lost and rambling speech by Donald Trump trying to justify his Iran war may go down in history as more damaging to his Presidency as Joe Biden’s 2024 debate performance was to his?