Posted tagged ‘Trump’

Stumbling into the week

November 18, 2024

So the Cleveland Browns missed three field goals in the first half against the New Orleans Saints, while the Cincinnati Bengals missed two late 4th quarter potential game winning field goals against the LA Chargers.

If you’re in Ohio, and can kick a football, maybe sit by your phone with a bag packed next week.

While I greatly respect and admire Taylor Swift, it’s a good day when the Chiefs lose.

May your day be going as well as anyone who had New Orleans Saints swiss-army-knife Tayson Hill on their fantasy team.

(About 140 receiving yards, about 60 rushing yards, one kick return, 3 TDs, a completed pass and a tackle)

For all GOP love to find any excuse to talk about immigrants harming Americans… They say nothing about the immigrant owning this app and the harm he has done to American democracy.

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Since GOP attitude now seems to be….who cares if Vladimir marches into Kiev, exactly what countries in Europe would it bother Republicans when Putin invades and bombs them after Ukraine?

Meanwhile great comeback win for Stanford vs Louisville with a walk-off field goal yesterday afternoon in front of an intimate crowd. Sean Spicer would have said it was a sell-out

Many of same GOP who demonize immigrants and LGBTQ people just for existing, are twisting themselves into knots to defend Pete Hegseth and Matt Gaetz.

Hey MAGA. It’s very simple. If the GOP-LED House Ethics committee report exonerated Matt Gaetz, it would be read in its entirety on Fox News.


Oh this is gonna be fun… Especially as RFK Jr, is a media darling for his crazy quotes.

And we all know how much 45 likes to be upstaged. Besides criticizing his favorite food.

RFK Jr talking on Joe Polish Show, attacking Trump’s food choices. “‘Stuff that he eats is really, like, bad.” Campaign food is always bad, but the food on his airplane is just poison. You don’t have choice, you’re either given KFC or Big Macs.”

Meanwhile, Tammy Baldwin won re-election to the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. Meanwhile Eric Hovde still won’t concede and is making up lies like “Baldwin won ‘nearly 90% of absentee ballots.

Colin Jost on NBC SNL weekend update about 45’s cabinet picks: “Donald Trump continued to announce everyone he’s going to fire in six months.”

If Tulsi Gabbard isn’t a Russian asset why is Russian TV so happy about her DNI nomination?

As 45 keeps choosing his personal attorneys to serve in his upcoming administration who else thinks he’s giving them the appointments in lieu of paying them?

45’s latest grifting fundraiser. “We are going to sell out soon, but I hope that you will pick your FAVORITE STOCKING. Mine is the RED MAGA STOCKING but ELON loves the DARK MAGA STOCKING!”

How sad again for DonOld’s ego #ElonIsTheRealPresident

What a petty little man. Makes me ashamed as California voter to admit Eric’s resident of my state.

So what happened to J.D. Vance now that Elon Musk is the last person in the room for Donald’s decisions?

The Supreme Court says a President has immunity for official acts while in office.

Okay then, while in office, Joe Biden should release House Ethics committee report on Matt Gaetz, and all Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents. For starters.

Send in the clowns

November 15, 2024

Am I the only one who didn’t know, or care about Jake Paul fighting Mike Tyson?


Mike Johnson, who now wants to bury the results of an Ethics investigation against an alleged pedophile, has given up talking to his Christian God in favor of talking to his Orange God.

Trump worshipping Republicans seem to be fine with a man being attorney general they wouldn’t trust to drive their daughters home.


Almost as if Wall Street doesn’t like chaos… From NY Times “Stocks Fall as Wall Street’s Election Enthusiasm Subsides.’

All you need to know about Kash Patel was Amy Klobuchar being asked about him by Jake Tapper. “I don’t know him but Bill Barr at the time when he was Trump’s AG, when Patel was considered for another position said “Over my dead body would I put this person in.”


Mike Pence is opposing RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary because he says he’s too pro abortion?!! Despite what T.S. Eliot said about the last temptation, at this point think I and millions in our country will happily take someone “doing the right thing for the wrong reason.”

So which company is doing background checks for Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard and where are they located in Russia?

So if a President has unlimited power and can make recess appointments, why doesn’t President Biden just appoint all the judges he wants as soon as Congress adjourns for the year. For that matter, what is stopping Joe from expanding the Supreme Court before he leaves?

Trump popular vote margin was smaller than both Biden’s and Obama’s (and for that matter, Hillary’s.)

And with California still counting, it’s shrinking by the day.

Jamie Dimon: “I wish the president well” but “I’ve not had a boss in 25 years, and I’m not ready to start”

So since Jamie said no, of course Trump has to post that Dimon won’t be invited to join his administration. (Donald, even your voters don’t believe you)

As many conservative GOP Senators now worry about deciding whether to confirm Trump’s nominees or being primaried by his sycophants bankrolled by Musk, your reminder. Had more of them just voted to impeach Donald after January 6, this wouldn’t be an issue.

One of my favorite headlines, from the Tucson Star

“Kari Lake comes closer than in past to conceding campaign loss”


I guess Kari’s lost enough times she’s finally getting better at it?

And more good news, because we need it. Ob-gyn Kelly Morrison was elected to the U.S. House from Minnesota, in the district Dean Phillips chose not to run again because he was running for President.

Dr. Morrison is going to be such an improvement over Drop out Dean

So Mitch McConnell refused even to bring Obama SCOTUS nominee Merrick Garland to the Senate floor because he said it was the Senate’s duty to “advise and consent.” Where’s the Turtle’s pushback on the idea of recess appointments?

Lawrence O’Donnell refers to Elon as being like the little dog Fala who followed FDR around and I am so here for it.


All this blame game about who voted for Trump. How about the approximately 1/3 of eligible voters in this country who didn’t vote? They’re about to find out. Both parties are not the same.

Day of reckoning

November 5, 2024

Not my line but

“The Carolinia Panthers being the ones to get Dennis Allen fired might be their most impressive feat this season.”

Can we get bipartisan agreement on the fact that NFL regular season overtime rules suck?

Your reminder.

The Apprentice got canceled in 2007.

Donald Trump was voted out of the White House in 2020

November 5, 2024, America is going for the trifecta.

Thought the stupidest thing that JD Vance did in this campaign was to insult cat ladies. Then he called Kamala Harris “trash.’

Mike Pence made Dan Quayle look good by comparison. J.D Vance makes Mike Pence AND Sarah Palin look good by comparison.

But on a positive VP note.

Tim Walz “Let me speak to the guys in the crowd tonight. Think about the women if your life that you love. Their lives are at stake in this election. Trump is proud of overturning Roe v. Wade, glad that those women you love have fewer rights than their mothers or grandmothers.” “Kamala and I trust women, it’s that simple. We’re going to send a message to Donald Trump. Whether he likes it or not.”

Now Trump is musing about putting Mike Tyson in the ring with Kamala Harris, and whether he should ‘hit back’ at Michelle Obama. Is the dementia getting worse, or is Donald just being more public with his violent misogyny?

North Carolina hasn’t voted for a Democrat for President since they voted for Barack Obama in 2008. They voted for Romney in 2012! And Donald Trump is spending some of the last day of his campaign in North Carolina. Someone seems big scared.

“Optimism is a choice. Pessimism is a choice too.” Lawrence O’Donnell quoting anonymous Oscar winning friend. And he added “If you suffer a loss you will be in just as much pain as if you saw it coming. There is no reason not to go to sleep without hope.” Sums up being a cynical optimist perfectly.

In a world where media wants to both-sides everything, it bears repeating, only one side is refusing to say they’ll accept the results of the election if they lose.

When this election is over perhaps we need to have a conversation on whether men are too irrational and emotional to vote.

All Crazy Conference.

November 2, 2024

As Stanford plays Saturday Nov 2 against NC State, the Cardinal will now have played two more games against each of teams from North Carolina and Texas than they will have against teams from Calfiornia.


NY Yankees especially in game 5 of the World Series bring to mind a very old joke. What do the NY Yankees and Michael Jackson have in common? They both wore gloves on one hand for no discernible reason.

One brighter note on Dodger victory for anyone outside Los Angeles. The last time they won a World Series, Trump lost a Presidential election. If that’s the devil’s bargain in 2024, I’ll take it.

Why isn’t this a bigger story? Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin wrote the ACA provision to allow young people to stay on their parents health insurance until they are 26.

Her opponent Eric Hovde wants to take that away. “It’s a stupid idea for this reason. All we’re doing is delaying younger people’s maturation. “And they need to grow up and move on and stand on their own two feet.

Of course Hovde is a multi-millionaire. If one of his kids’ had graduated from college and wanted to do an internship or study as a grad student without benefit, he’d either help them with insurance or medical bills.

(Dave McCormick, a hedge fund mega-millionaire has made similar statements. Pretty damn sure his kids have nothing to worry about either. 

JD Vance says he’s been “red-pilled” on vaccines. Oh, please, does anyone think HIS kids aren’t vaccinated?

Is it possible that Trump’s speeches are becoming increasingly lengthy because he thinks there’s a good chance after November 5 no one will want to pay any attention to anything he says again?

The biggest rating he’s going to get for an appearance after November 5 might be for the one that will start “Will the defendant please rise.”

Oops: MAGA Mike Johnson, campaigning for NY GOP Rep Brandon Williams was asked if he’d repeal Biden’s CHIPS Act.

Which per NY TImes brought “$100 billion worth of investment in semiconductor industry to Syracuse area. “I expect we probably will,

– Williams soon jumped in to say that he opposed repealing the CHIPS Act and would lobby the speaker.” They are so bad at governing.

How can Presidential candidate say of Liz Cheney “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with 9 barrels shooting at her. Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when guns are trained on her face.”

Most would be arrested. Media still hung up on Biden’s garbage phrasing.

NY Times “Trump Attacks Liz Cheney Using Violent War Imagery.” Understand space is at a premium, but it doesn’t take more space to write the truth: “Trump Calls for Liz Cheney to be Executed by Firing Squad.”

Give Trump credit for one accomplishment. Gotten me to believe that for all I disagree with her on so many things, Liz Cheney is an admirable and brave patriot.

As we approach final weekend before election, remember, confirmation bias makes it very difficult to change a vote.

Much easier, convincing someone not planning to vote that their vote matters. If our votes didn’t matter, GOP wouldn’t be trying so hard to take them away.

Taking sides

October 28, 2024

Gregg Popovich -calling out Republcans who support Trump now “They’ve called him xenophob, a religious bigot, a racist,, unfit for office, on and on and on. Their words ― but they’re right there with him,”

“Do they not know that they have children and grandchildren, probably, that are gonna lose freedom if this guy is elected? I’m not talking about a policy, I’m talking about the idea of our country.”

Some ask why I am a San Antonio Spurs fan. I ask. “How can you not be?”

Washington Comannders QB Jayden WIlliams threw a great “Hail Mary to win the game aganst the Bears today as time expired. A clean catch too.. (Google it if you haven’t seen it.

Chicago CB Tyrique Stevenson could be seen taunting fans seconds before— and he was late covering the play.

Mean b*tch karma hates bad sports.

Haven’t been an SF 49ers fan since Eddie DeBartolo’s rape accusation and settlement . But I remember the uproad before 2019 NFL. draft when Bosa’s racist and homophobic social media posts emerged… He “apologized” as he knew SF wanted to draft him.

Now today after the 49ers beat the truly bad Dallas Cowboys, Bosa nterrupted and photobombed Brock Purdy’s post game interview with his MAGA hate show support for Trump.

On the same day Trump headlined one of the most racist rallies of the year in Madison Square Garden.

Will never root for the Cowboys. But Bosa doesn’t have a ring. And hope he never gets one.

Puerto Rico is a beautiful island full of good American people Madison Square Garden today was an island of garbage.

Credit where credit is due:

NY Times got a headlne right “Racist Remarks and Insults Mark Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally.”

Eric Adams defending Donald Trump tells you all you need to know about Eric Adams.

Senator Lisa Murkowski from Alaska says she will not vote for Harris nor Trump.
“I want to vote for somebody and not against someone…I am going to be voting for someone and hopefully I will feel good about that, even knowing that that individual probably is not going to be in the winner’s column.”

So disappointing. Lisa has been one of the few Republicans I admire. So disappointed. Alaska elected her to make tough choices, and this one is not hard.

It’s not a dating app. It’s not even “do you wish there were other choices?” There is one choice. Democracy or dictatorship.

100%. Voting in 2024 makes me think of Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve gotten until it’s gone …”

Real steals

October 25, 2024

New Orleans Saints fans would like to welcome the Minnesota Vikings to the “scr*wed by the refs in favor of the Los Angeles Rams club.”

Am a San Antonio Spurs fan but it still feels really weird to see Klay Thompson play for the Dallas Mavericks.

Sometimes it’s hard to understand why Donald Trump is campaigning in various locations. Other times it’s easy. He ended up tonight in Las Vegas. So he could bill US Taxpayers inflated prices for Secret Service agents who had to stay at his Trump hotel in town.

Some of Trump’s most fervent supporters are now going after Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift. Both Bruce and Taylor will continue to have the ability to sell out concerts many times over. Maybe more so as some will pay more for a MAGA free zone.

Hillary Clinton: “How we can be back here even entertaining the idea that someone who frankly makes Nixon looks like a lesser threat ?”

A phrase I never thought I’d say. Nixon WAS a lesser threat.

At a Vance Town Hall in Detroit, Trump actually called in to ask JD Vance: ‘How Brilliant Is Donald Trump?’

Would the wrong answer have gotten JD on the “to be hanged list?”

As we learn more about the Trump supporter arrested for shooting a local Democratic office in Phoenix Arizona, three times – and allegedly planning a “mass casualty event” wondered how Fox News was spinning the story.

Surprise, ,they aren’t covering it. At all.

Eric Hovde, a Laguna CA businessman running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, appeared on Fox News with the back ground of the Minneapolis Minnesota skyline.


Maybe someone should send Hovde a Minnesota Vikings jersey and send him out to campaig in Wisconsin.. That would be must see TV.

Didn’t know that much about Independent Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn But how do you not love someone quoting Robin Williams tonight on The Last Word “Politicians should be wearing NASCAR jackets with patches of their sponsors so we know how they’re going to vote

Trump says if he is reelected he would fire special prosecutor Jack Smith “in two seconds.” So here’s Donald’s message to sum up: Vote for me so I can stay out of prison.

J.D. Vance says everything John Kelly says about Trump “is not true.”

Uh, J.D. Vance now says many things he himself said about Trump are not true.

As President Biden plans Friday to apologize for Indian boarding schools where hundreds of children died…. reminder of yet another reason to vote Harris Walz. Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan would, if Walz becomes VP, be the first Native American Governor of a US State.

Broken

October 23, 2024

Am a New Orleans Saints fan but also a San Antonio Spurs fan so don’t pay that much attention to the NBA Pelicans.

But long time Spurs star Dejounte Murray (who spent two years with the Atlanta Hawks) just had his season opening with the Pelicans. And fractured his hand. Murray will be out for a while.

Saints after a 2-0 start now have what feels like about half their starters injured.

Maybe New Orleans teams need to hire a voodoo queen?

MLB wants to find Tampa Bay Rays a temporary home near Tampa at least the start of the 2025 season if roof damage to Tropicana Field from Hurricane Milton cannot be repaired in time.

Well, MLB already okayed the A’s playing in a minor league stadium, what’s one more tea

(Sadly, for we old fans of Les Expos, Montreal MIGHT have been an option. But the stadium is being renovated.)

From Marc Ragovin :”In a newly unsealed recording, Stormy Daniels can be heard telling Donald Trump: “I knew Arnold Palmer. I played golf with Arnold Palmer. And you sir, are no Arnold Palmer.”


Former supposed moderate Republican Governor Chris Sinunu is smart enough not to be believe lie he is telling.which is that we we know how Trump would govern in his second term because we saw his first term

1. In his first term Trump had guardrails, people like John Kelly.

2. In his first term Trump was 70, now he’s a rapidly aging 78.

Important reminder. Tonight’s CNN Town Hall with Kamala Harris was intended to be a second debate. But Donald Trump was too afraid or exhausted to show up.

Four-star general leading U.S. Southern Command, responsible for American military operations in Central America, South America & Caribbean. Homeland Security Secretary CHOSEN by Trump who then hired him as Chief of State. That’s John Kelly. I’ll take his word over Donald’s.

Your reminder, as Trump now calls FOUR STAR GENERAL John Kelly a “low-life,” that Donald as President not only hired him as his Department of Homeland Security Secretary, he then hired him as Chief of Staff.

A dishonest ad campaign featuring three supposedly Jewish women voting for Trump deliberately mispronounces Kamala Harris’s name. It’s comma-la. They know this. No lie too small.

Just what would it take for some of these so-called reasonable Republicans – Haley, Sinunu, Youngkin, etc – to switch their votes from Trump?

Not even close

October 21, 2024

So after the Dodger -Yankees World Series, will the losing team go to a $500 million payroll this offseason to try win in 2025?

(Cleveland Guardians 2024 payroll $106,000,000. New York Yankees 2024 salaries for Aaron Judge, Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton, $103,000,000 And the Yankees have a lower overall payroll than the Mets and Dodgers, who are both over $300,000,000. MLB billionaire boys of summer club.)

On top of all the other reasons to dislike USC football, the Trojans were the primary movers to destroy the Pac 12 by leaving for the Big 10. 3-4 start couldn’t happen to a nicer team.

Tennessee, now 6-1, just upset Alabama, now 5-2 So how long until SEC starts talking about 2 or even 3 loss teams making the CFB playoffs?

Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson signed a five year deal with the Cleveland Browns in 2022, despite an 11-game suspension, after more than two dozen women accused him of sexual assault and inappropriate conduct during massage sessions.

And today he may have suffered a season-ending Achilles injury.

If you can’t say anything nice….

No comment.

Antonio Brown appeared at Trump’s PA rally Saturday. Brown has been arrested multiple times on charges including sexual assault & domestic violence, says he has CTE and has declared bankruptcy. Yep, a perfect Donald surrogate.

None of the six NLCS games between the Mets and the Dodgers was closer than 4 runs. Three of the Dodgers four wins were by 8 or more., and tonight’s Los Angeles series clincher was 10-5

Not sure about ratings yet, but the WNBA final, which went to OT, was a much better game.

RIP. Phillp Zimbardo, 91. A fascinating man I was lucky enough to take a class from back in the day.

His prison experiment probably did as much as anything in the United States in my lifetime to show us how good people can be indoctrinated to do bad things.

Trump showed up to watch Aaron Rodgers play tonight, a few months after Rodgers posted a picture of them together. And the Jets QB, despite being reunited with his former favorite receiver Davante Adams, had one of his worst games of 2024. Almost as if #ETTD

Actual Trump fundraising email. “I just left McDonald’s. That was fun! I am first & only 2024 presidential nominee to work at McDonald’s.” Yet another lie.

Leaving aside that the restaurant was closed for him and all the “customers” were fake, Donald is obsessed with Kamala Harris having worked at McDonalds.

Sometimes dementia patients fixate on the weirdest things.

Dn’t think Fox News viewers live in an alternate reality? This is top Fox headline tonight ” “Trump echoes Reagan in swing state as workers take rally stage to praise ‘greatest president’” Not a word about Donald discussing Arnold Palmer’s junk, for starters.

Mitch McConnell to Politico “Whatever I may have said about President Trump pales in comparison to what JD Vance, Lindsey Graham,& others have said about him, but we are all on the same team now.” Siri, what is a self-own?

Last night Fox News actually cut away from Trump’s rally and switched to Kamala Harris’s rally. Maybe it’s even occuring to Fox News that Kamala brings them better ratings than Trump, whose rants are increasingly boring


Another Fox News alternate reality headline. “Trump has survived multiple assassination attempts & continues to attend football games.” Fixed it “Trump ducks MSM interviews but demands $$$ Secret Service projection for photo ops at games where he comes late & leaves early.”

Can we get it right?

October 19, 2024

Another game, another ball four called strike three in the bottom of the ninth in the Yankees-Indians game.

If only baseball had technology and replay rules. Oh, wait, never mind.

Time to allow challenges for balls and strikes. Past time.

Meanwhile in the NLCS, if you had a friend who’d never seen baseball before and you told him or her that it was usually a close, relatively low-scoring game,… they might not believe you. After the Mets 12-6 win in game 4, the closest game is still their 7-3 win in game 2.

Meanwhile from SI.COM

Through four back-and-forth games, it seems like neither the Lynx nor the Liberty are going to lose this series. The only losers may be the officials.

You know the WNBA has become big time in the USA when the headlines complain about officiating .

Lindsey Graham actually said “I think Donald Trump would be the best commander in chief of anybody available on the planet based on his performance before”

On what planet? Mustafar?

Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, when her opponent in their debate made not-so-subtle homphobic attack on her “partner,”

“Eric Hovde should stay out of my personal life. And I think I speak for most Wisconsin women that he should stay out of all of our personal lives.”

Nailed it.

Trump says “people from Fox” helped him write his Al Smith dinner jokes. At the same time Donald wants to take away the broadcast licenses of any network he perceives as helping Kamala Harris.

If Trump is too exhausted to do interviews how in the world do even Republican voters think he’ll be able to handle that “3am phone call?”

Donald Trump keeps insisting Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are not smart. At the same time he says they have completely taken over the U.S. Justice system, the media, etc. Logic has a liberal bias.

Just saying… If Donald Trump knew he could “ace” a cognitive test he’d take the test publicly and demand national media cover it live.


Stephen Colbert on Kamala refusing to let Baier bait her into insulting Trump voters “I would never call Americans stupid.” “No, they’re not stupid Brett, they’ve been watching your network who feeds them lies. It’s like Taco Bell asking “why do all these people have diarrhea.”

Not close

October 16, 2024

Well, if you’re not watching the Dodgers -Mets NLCS because you don’t really like either team (or don’t like the idea of $300 million plus payrolls,) you haven’t exactly missed close exiting baseball games.

(Dodgers win 9-0 and 8-0, Mets win 7-3)

Meanwhile, I’m a Las Vegas Aces fan, but if you gave up watching the WNBA when Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever were eliminated, you’re really missing out!

(Sabrina Ionescu won the game for NY Liberty against the Minnesota Lynx with a shot that would have made Clark, or Steph Curry, proud.)

In Trump world, a woman or girl’s death only warrants “Say Her Name” if she is murdered by an undocumented immigrant.

But if a woman like Amber Thurman dies because Trump SCOTUS nominees overturned abortion rights, then it’s a joking matter.

There is no bottom.

Since Stormy Daniels is back in the news with an another alleged Trump attempt to pay her hush money, what could Donald possibly care now about her not sharing?

Pictures?

One of the stupidest arguments defending almost any Trump threat.

“He didn’t do ‘fill-in-the-blank” his 1st term, why would anyone think he’d do it in a 2nd”

Because in his 1st term Trump had sane people to stop him. And Donald didn’t have a slavish SCOTUS to make him a king.

Nancy Mace on CNN. “To my knowledge no one in Ohio has been threatened because of something Trump has said… I haven’t seen that.” Even Stevie Wonder could see that Haitian legal immigrants have been threatened in Ohio because of Trump.


Kamala Harris ‘s best line with Fox News. “This is a democracy. And the President of the United States should be able to handle criticism without saying he’d lock people up for doing it.”

After Kamala Harris’s strong interview with Bret Baier, how long until NY Times attacks Kamala Harris for daring to answer Fox News questions with complete sentences and no music?

From the NY Times… “Three billionaires — Elon Musk, Miriam Adelson and Dick Uihlein — put a combined $220 million into groups supporting former President Donald J. Trump in July, August and September,” Yeah, Don’s a real man of the people.

An old but perhaps apocryphal story of Henry VIII. When his third wife Jane Seymour was in labor with their son Edward, doctors told him they might be only able to save her or the baby. His response “The child, the child, other wives can easily be found.

Sound familiar?

Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is a rock star.

“Everyone has an issue. If I have you for 5 seconds, I’d say, whatever your most important issue is, google Project 2025 and see what it says about it. If you like what Project 2025 says, vote for the Orange one. If not, vote for Harris-Walz.”

Dear American women.

If you don’t think you have time to vote this November, then you certainly don’t have time to plan an escape trip out of your state for critical reproductive care.

Money talks, and walks, and hits.

October 16, 2024

Yankees payroll $309.40 million

Tigers payroll $98 million, Royals, $122 million, Guardians $106 million

So yes, the New York Yankees payroll is almost as much as the THREE AL Central teams who made the playoffs. Combined.

Wonder how the Yankees would do vs an AL Central all star team

At a stressful time for our country, at least there are still some simple pleasures…. like watching Aaron Rodgers lose. on #MNF

(And the Dallas Cowboys, any day.)

Here’s a bizarre stat: Three of four starting pitchers Monday in the ALCS and NLCS are former San Francisco Giants. (Rodon in 2022, Manaea in 2023, Cobb in 2024.)

What is it with clueless MAGA types and sports. Dave McCormick, running against Senator Bob Casey in Pennsylvania, goes to a Phiadelphia tailgate and praises… the Steelers? Which is like going to San Francisco and praising the Dodgers.

And this deserves more attention – Musk said he roots for the Steelers AND the Eagles? #heresy

Not just national races. Jon Tester’s Montana US Senate race remains tight, despite GOP candidate TIm Sheehy frequently having been caught lying.-( including about claiming his accidentally shooting himself on vacation as a gunshot wound inr Afghanistan), and making racist anti-Indigenous statements.

And not only does MT, with smaller population than San Diego, have 2 US Senate seats, each vote there counts about twice as a California vote in electoral college.

This sounds like a bad joke. It isn’t. Trump is trying to sabotage Hurricane recovery. “Urgent message from U.S. Forest Service, part of the Hurricane Helene recovery efforts, indicated that National Guard troops encountered militia members claiming they were “hunting FEMA.”

When almost all Trump supporters have to keep telling the media that Donald doesn’t mean what he says then he is clearly not saying sane things.

Trump is now attacking pro-business Bloomberg news. But what should get more attention, Trump is also attacking that noted bastion of liberalism the Wall Street Journal….

As Trump now talks about wonderfu peacefull people – “peace and love” on January 6.

We have gone from “no lie too small” to “how big can I make the lie

Fox News originally was touting Trump’s interview with Bloomberg in Chicago

. You know how bad the interview was for Donald when you go to the Fox News website and there’s no longer a word about it.

I’m so old I remember nonstop headlines & media outrage that President Biden wasn’t releasing ENOUGH medical records. Joe had one bad debate.

Donald Trump has increasingly spewed angry nonsense. Where’s the outrage now that Trump won’t release any records?


Donald Trump today railed against what he described as “bad stories…. “We have to straighten out our press because we have a corrupt press. That’s the one we really have to straighten out.” Remember, Hitler sent journalists to Dachau before he sent Jews.

Jake Tapper on Monday was fact checking VA Gov Youngkin as Glenn lies repeatedly that Trump has NOT threatened his political opponents: Youngkin refuses to accept Trump actual quotes: “Thing that’s tougher to handle are these lunatics that we have inside, like Adam Schiff.” It’s a cult.

At 9:56 am day after his 30 minute dancing coma Trump tweeted “Kamala’s Medical Report is really bad. With all of the problems that she has, there is a real question as to whether or not she should be running for President! MY REPORT IS PERFECT – NO PROBLEMS!!” He. Is. Insane..

If Trump were the Captain of the Titanic, his MAGA followers would not only exonerate him of all blame, they would demand he be given a medal for valiantly fighting the “woke” iceberg.

Finally Interrupting insanity for facts: Per Bureau of Labor Statistics; USA lost 2.7 million jobs during Trump’s presidency. If the pandemic months are excluded, he added 6.7 million jobs. By contrast, 15.4 million jobs were added during Biden’s presidency. Democrats deliver!

A day late

October 16, 2024

9-0 for the Los Angeles Dodgers over the NY Mets in game to some makes the NLCS feel like it’s over.

Remembering when a certain series felt like it was over after a 16-4 game.

Yep, game five, World Series. SF Giants vs the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2002.

Meanwhile, David McCormick, who is running for US Senate in Pennsylvania while living in oonnecticut, went to an NFL tailgate ih Philadelphia. Then posted pictures talking about cheering on … the Steelers.

This is like going to a fundraiser Sunday in San Francisco and talking about how you were rooting tonight for the Dodgers.
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Sure looking like it may have been not that the New Orleans Saints were that good. But that the Dallas Cowboys are that bad. #WhoDat

Trump scary quote getting attention about “people from within, we have some very bad people, sick people, radical left lunatics. And it should be easily handled by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military,”

Buts even scarier. Who does he single out? “thing that’s tougher to handle are these lunatics that we have inside, like Adam Schiff.”

Whatever you think of Schiff, even most Republicans wouldn’t call him a “radical left lunatic.”

NY Times poll of Latino voters including immigrants found many don’t believe Trump is referring to people like them when he talks about immigrants. Got news for them; only immigrants safe under Trump’s proposed deportations are white men & beautiful women who will marry old men

Speaker Mike Johnson says that there was a peaceful transfer of power despite January 6.

Try telling a police officer that it was fine that you were driving drunk or driving 100 mph because you didn’t actually crash.

President Biden was in Florida today. A state probably as likely to vote for Harris as California is to vote for Trump. Joe announced additional $612 million to support communities unplaced by recent hurricanes. No insults, no threats. It’s so nice having a real President.

It’s never over

October 10, 2024

If you stopped watching the WNBA after Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever were eliminated, you’re missing some really good basketball. The Minnesota Linx were down 15 (!)with less than five minutes remaining in regulation, and won in OT.

The miuch disliked Pohlad family is selling the Minnesota Twins.

Don’t follow the Minnesota Twins closely but gather this is good news for Twins fans. Now if A’s owner John Fisher will do the same thing.

onald Trump shows up in Detroit, tells many lies, including about how bad the city is, and the Tigers lose a lead late in a potential series clinching ALDS game. Almost as if #ETTD

Soo many lies going around about FEMA response, amplified by Donald Trump.

Fox News, watched by many GOP, if they actually cared about life, could debunk lies for their viewers & readers. But they don’t.

Fox would rather have people die than have FEMA & Biden-Harris look good.

Meanwhile, ICYMI with Hurricane Milton, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is SUING television stations for airing a paid ad for the abortion amendment on the November ballot he dislikes. If you wanted an idea of what life would be like with Trump back in the White House, watch Florida.

There’s a recall over listeria of almost 10 million pounds of BrucePac, ready-to-eat meat and poultry products.

But come on, it’s only science. Waiting for Trump to tell his followers eat recalled meat, own the libs

Great Dark Brandon energy from Joe Biden today, when asked if he’d talked to Trump “Are you kidding me? Trump, get a life man, help these people.” Asked on holding Donald accountable. “The public will hold him accountable & YOU press, hold him accountable. You know the truth.”

Barack Obama on Trump, who is claiming now he will be women’s “protector.” “I’ll tell you how he protected you. He picked three judges who overturned Roe V. Wade.” Nailed it.

Give me a bleeping break.

Ron DeathSantis claims he won’t speak to Kamala Harris because as VP and a candidate she has “no role” with hurricane relief. But this morning CANDIDATE Trump released a video bragging that he’s been talking to the Florida Governor. No lie too small.

Nowhere lower to go

October 6, 2024

Alabama’s loss to Vanderbil Saturday was the most embarrassing thing to happen to the state since they elected Tommy Tuberville.

40 cars started NASCAR race at Talladega Sunday. A late crash involving 28 of them wiped out most of the field.

Has Trump blamed this on Democrat yet?

As MLB division series started this weekend:. Tigers, Royals & Guardians payrolls total about $298 million between them. Which means all 3 of them together pay their teams less than NY Mets. (not to mention 1/2 billion $ payroll Dodgers would have if they couldn’t play accounting games.)

I am not a Cal fan but that was targeting last night. Second week in a row that Miami gets a gift from ACC officials.

I really don’t care what Melania Trump says at this point, do u?

National Hurricane Center warns that a tropical storm -Melvin – in the Gulf of Mexico could become a major hurricane & hit West Coast of Florida late this week.

Meanwhile, reminder that as Marge 3 Names says Democrats control weather- not a single major storm has hit Mar-A-Lago.

Trump told GOP to tank their own bipartisan border bill so things wouldn’t improve before the election Now has he told Speaker Mike Johnson, whose GOP wouldn’t vote for supplemental FEMA funding, not to call House back in session so more people will suffer before election?

All votes count equally. But media spending most of their energy on “undecideds” at this point is like teachers paying most of their attention to kids who don’t do their homework until the night before.

Even conservative Politico: “Johnson won’t condemn Eric Trump comments blaming Dems for assassination tries.” Never noticed MAGA Mike complaining when Donald calls Harris “evil” and saying “she should be impeached and prosecuted for her actions.”

So Kamala Harris repeated “32 days… 32 days before the election” when her teleprompter went out. I guess MAGAs think she should have rambled about Hannibal Lecter, windmill cancer and water-free bathrooms to sound Presidential?

The VP debate is over and J.D. Vance has done his moderate act in front of millions of viewers he hopes are gullible. Today after the Butler, PA rally, Vance confirms a Trump-Vance administration would defund Planned Parenthood..

It’s great living in a state that actually wants all eligible voters to vote. “This is a message from the California Secretary of State on behalf of County of Santa Clara Registrar of Voters. Your ballot for the upcoming November 5, 2024, General Election has been mailed to you.’

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Michael Che on SNL’s Weekend Update: “Donald Trump refused to release his medical records I bet I know what he’s hiding. But I’m not allowed “dementia it.”

Women lead

September 25, 2024

Former San Antonio Spurs asst coach Becky Hammon, a Gregg Popovich protege, interviewed repeatedly for NBA head coaching jobs. She never got an offer; whisper was she “wasn’t head coaching material.” Mark Davis paid her $1 million to coach the Las Vegas Aces.

Result, repeat WNBA championships.

And a first round sweep tonight.

Los Angeles Dodgers, down 4-2 with two on, nobody out in bottom of the 9th, ground into game ending triple play (!) to lose to the San Diego Padres. No punch line. as an SF Giants fan I just like reporting that.

Speaker Mike Johnson says GOP House will certify the election, “if it’s a free and fair election.” Translation. Republicans are only agreeing to accept the election results if they win.

Imagine, seriously, if sports fans said they would accept the outcome of games, only if THEIR teams won.

On the Late Show, Stephen Colbert asked Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on Americans crossing border for lower drug prices. “We’re happy to try to help you out, but would be really easier if you guys had Universal Health Care.

If US only cared about health as much as gun rights.

Trump bragging on how he will take care of women by eliminating their rights: “You will no longer have anxiety from all the problems our country has today… You will be protected, & will be your protector.” Trump isn’t running for President. He’s running for Stalker in Chief.

But seriously wrap your head around this:

A candidate for President has been found guilty of sexual assault and denies dozens of accusations from others by saying things like “she would not be the chosen one.” That same candidate now calls himself “a protector of women.”

Just saying for anyone who knows someone in Texas. Avote for Colin Allred is not only a vote to send Ted Cruz back to Texas, (or Canada)

It’s also a vote to keep Mitch McConnell’s GOP replacement from being Senate Majority Leader. And a vote to keep GOP from refusing to confirm judicial nominees even if Kamala Harris is elected.


Anyone who knows the history of the Holocaust knows… It didn’t start with Nazi death camps. It started with serial numbers, registration, demonizing non-Aryans, punishing dissidents and political enemies…

If you want to know how unhinged Trump’s latest speech today was don’t take my word for it. Go to Fox News website. They aren’t even mentioning it.

(not the first time either.)

Mitch McConnell actually spoke today on the Senate floor about Democrats trying to destroy the legitimacy of the Supreme Court. Funeral services for satire are pending.

Joe Manchin having hissy fit & won’t endorse Kamala Harris, because she supports ending filibuster to codify Roe V. Wade. “Shame on her. She knows the filibuster is the holy grail of democracy.” What will Manchin say if GOP takes back Senate & eliminates filibuster on day 1?

So since Trump is promising everything else why hasn’t he said if he were President he’d Sharpie the hurricane away from Florida?

Race to the bottom

September 21, 2024

The Chicago White Sox now have the modern day American League record for losses – 119 – set by the 2003 Detroit Tigers. One more will tie the 120 losses by the 1962 expansion NY Mets.

Seven games left. It’s good to have achievable goals.

So the Bears fans are great on social media, but tonight was an object lesson in why it’s never a smart idea for Stanford fans to root for Cal… They SHOULD have stopped that d*mn FSU chop. Too many penalties, missed red zone chances and 2 missed FGs.

Trump says he won the debate against Kamala Harris. If he really thought he’d won the debate he’d be accepting the CNN debate, and asking for at least one more. Donald lost And HE KNOWS it.

At Trump’s North Carolina Rally, he introduced his 5 year old granddaughter.

‘Her name is Carolina and she’s beautiful and she’s sweet and she doesn’t know how evil life is – she hasn’t experienced it yet.”

“How evil life is? About and in front of a 5 year old? Beyond weird.

If you have a few seconds, go to http://JimJordan24.com

Sometimes I love American ingenuity.

Almost impossible to do but by comparison –
J.D. Vance actually makes Ted Cruz look less weird.

An AP story on early voting quoted a Trump voter in Minnesota saying “Not that I like him, but he’s a business person, and I like someone who can run a business,” Guessing Fox News hasn’t ever mentioned just how many businesses Trump has run into the ground.

In 2020 in North Carolina, Democrat Cal Cunningham was leading in US Senate race against Republican Thom Tillis. Then Cal was caught sexting a woman and having an affair summer before election. He lost Some of the stupidest behavior for a would be NC leader in memory. Mark Robinson “hold my beer.”

While Kamala Harris accepted a CNN invitation for a second debate, today Trump said it was “too late” to have another debate. Translation = Donald doesn’t want to be embarrassed again on national television.

Trump says he can’t do another debate with Harris because it’s too late, people are already voting. But Donald had no problem ramming through his SCOTUS pick after RBG died in Sept 2020,

When as Amy Klobuchar in a brilliant rant in the Judiciary committee against Ted Cruz said “people are voting right now.”

Unpacked 12

September 19, 2024

So as the college football conference schedule gets into full swing- Stanford plays Friday in Syracuse… UCLA plays LSU, and USC plays Michigan… Can we blame Trump?

JD Vance says of Haitians who immigrated legally to Ohio “I’m still gonna call them illegal aliens.” Imagine if any Democrat made that kind of statement about legal Immigrants from India – like Vance’s in-laws?

Person with “self-trained bomb-detecting dog” accused of falsely reporting threat at Trump rally.

There was NO bomb threat at Trump’s rally.

But yes there have been bomb threats in Springfield Ohio due to Trump’s lies about immigrant

In 2000, lawyer John Roberts, who assisted George W. in Bush v. Gore, ADOPTED his 2 children, a boy & girl born 5 months apart.

So by Sarah Sanders & J.D. Vance standards, he has “nothing” keeping him humble, & should barely have right to vote, let alone be SCOTUS Chief Justice

As Senate GOP again blocked bill to guarantee access to IVF nationwide – Senate Whip John Thune says he ‘doesn’t know of any GOP not in favor of IVF, Mandate part, that’s a challenging issue….

” Translation, if voters put Republicans in control we’ll find a reason to ban IVF.

Question of the day. J.D. Vance has admitting to having “created” the story about immigrants eating pets to get the media to pay attention. So what OTHER stories have J.D and Donald created where they haven’t been caught in the lie yet?

Tommy Tuberville issued a statement saying that the Fed had no right to cut interest rates this close to an election and claims Jay Powell is just trying to “tip the election to Kamala Harris.”

No matter that lower interest rates benefit most Americans.

Coach Tuberville is a Senator who is supposed to be working for America. Instead he’s rooting for us to lose. What team is he on?


Your reminder that while Fox News and other pundits are screaming about the need to provide more security to Donald Trump, that for the past few years are have also been complaining about spending taxpayer money to build a security fence around President Biden’s Delaware beach home.

-Trump pretending he has nothing to do with Project 2025 is another of the Trump Vance created stories.

Donald Trump Jr sent out an email with the headline –

“Agencies ignored red flags on Trump shooter.”

1. He didn’t actually shoot.

2. So now would his dad like to talk about gun control red flag laws?

Donald Trump, who took away the SALT deduction in large part to punish blue states, now says he will bring it back if voters re-elect him. I believe the punchline to this bad joke is “You knew I was a snake when you picked me up.” #VoteBlue

Who done dat?

September 16, 2024

“Just the way we expected Sunday’s game against the Cowboys to go” said no honest Saints fan.

But for the residents of 49 states outside of Texas and maybe those in Houston too, that was a serious beat down of self-proclaimed “America’s Team” and Jerry Jones by the New Orleans Saints. 44-19. You’re welcome.

WNBA playoffs start next Sunday.

Wonder if they will join the list of leagues whose playoffs outdraw at least early round playoffs for Major League Baseball?

Philadelphia Inquirer with nominee for headline of the year!.

“Kristi Noem, who shot her dog, is stumping for Trump in Pa. after he claimed that immigrants are eating pets.”

Brittany Mahomes apparently is rethinking her support of Donald Trump after he posted “I hate Taylor Swift.” (Mahomes and Swift have become friends.)

I’m a Democrat, I believe in education. So hope Brittany has learned something. If not yet perhaps she should read up on what Trump and Vance are saying about people who aren’t white. and Brittany and Patrick do have mixed-race children.

Washington Post out with a story saying that Secret Service warned Trump early in his Presidency that photographers could shoot long range pictures of him golfing, and that similarly, someone with a gun might be able to get access.

He didn’t want to stop golfing. Or close his clubs when he was on the premises. Secret Service COULD close off Trump’s clubs completely to the public. But Donald still doesn’t want this. He wants to be able to make lots of money from the public visiting his clubs. And he wants the adulation from rich acolytes.

Louisiana requires 10 Commandments to be posted in public schools. Many GOP want them in all schools. How about posting them in the US Senate?

Starting with JD Vance’s office.

Number 9 -“You shall not give false witness against your neighbor.”

Trump today blaming Biden and Harris saying “their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at…”

At the same his VP admits to making up stories that are harming innocent Haitians, Donald calling Biden & Harris “evil” and saying “I hate Taylor Swift.”

Since the white man in Florida who apparently wanted to shoot at Trump was a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, is NOW a good time to talk about sensible gun control reform?


Candice Bergen at Emmy’s mentioned Dan Quayle criticizing TV show “Murphy Brown” after Murphy, unmarried & pregnant, decided to keep her baby.

“Today Republican candidate for vice president would never attack a woman for having kids. So as they say, my work here is done. Meow.”

Finally saw the interview with J.D. Vance seriously sneering while he tells Dana Bash that he created the story about pets being eaten.

While he lied about the Haitians being there illegally…. (they are LEGAL migrants.) J.D. Vance really hates women

Mitt Romney, who says he is not voting for Trump, was asked again about supporting Harris, Romney said: “I don’t have anything on that at this stage.”

So uh, Mitt, what would it take?

Why does media act so shocked that the suspect knew Trump would be golfing. Surely it’s obvious when his plane lands and/or when Donald is at Mar-A-Lago due to added security. And if he’s home during the day, if he’s not ranting on social media, he golfs.

Worse and worser

September 12, 2024

Billionaire Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, says”the “year has been very painful for all,” in a statement released today after the White Sox lost their 114th game.

And then did he get in his private plane and fly home?

As the White Sox may break the 1962 Mets modern record for the most losses., here’s what Reinsdorf is probably really thinking… “Maybe no one will notice becauee I’m not John Fisher.”.

Please do not adjust your set, yes, the SF Giants put up 13 runs on the first place Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday night in an 13-2 win.

(Giants fans hope this means the team doesn’t get shut out for the rest of the week.)


You think you have a tough job. Imagine being a Trump surrogate Wednesday morning.

Trump is big mad over Taylor Swift endorsing Kamala Harris. “I actually like Mrs. Mahomes much better.”

How long until Donald says his daughter-in-law Lara Trump is a better singer?

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, a conservative Republican, today rebutted the Haitians eating pets lie, and said he spoke to the mayor of Springfield, Ohio who said the rumor wasn’t true. So what happened? MAGAs on social media are attacking DeWine. It’s a cult.

Heard a GOP pundit brush off the debate as “With Trump you know what you’re doing to get.” But wasn’t the whole point of GOP attacks on President Biden that Joe was getting older with cognitive decline. And DonOld Trump is a 78 year old man with an unhealthy lifestyle.

‘This was my best debate ever. I thought it was very good.” Quote from Donald Trump after last night’s debate.

So is he somehow trying to avoid losing by proving that he’s too old to run for President.

Seriously in the old Twitter days a comment like Elon Musk made to Taylor Swift would have gotten his account suspended.

(What he said – “Fine Taylor … you win … I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life,”

Getting closer NY Times.. “During the debate, Donald Trump used a false charge to attack Kamala Harris for her support of abortion rights.” But “used a false charge” is ungainly & takes up four words. How about “Donald Trump LIED?”

Gone guy

September 11, 2024

So not much good news tonight for the SF Giants, four hits, none with RISP in a 3-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.

But ,tonight was the last night they apparently will ever wear the City Connect Orange Creamsicle uniforms. #Smallmercies IYKYK

Iterrupt debate talk for some bipartisan outrage. Trader Joe’s is selling ‘Pumpkin Spice Chardonnay.” No joke

#JustSayNo

Sen. John Cornyn, who knows better, whining today that Dems prioritizing confirming judges over Defense authorization bill. 1. If GOP didn’t demand performative votes Biden could get judges confirmed faster. 2. Where was Cornyn when Tuberville was holding up military promotions?

1. It’s already illegal for noncitizens to vote. 2. Imagine if Dems announced plan to force rural white working class voters in red states to pay for certified copies of birth certificates NOW to vote in November. GOP would be livid. Some people don’t want some people to vote.

“I have the concepts of a plan.” What happened to the big beautiful healthcare plan Trump was going to unveil in two weeks?

Was a delegate to the California Democratic convention in San Francisco. When Tulsi Gabbard was a Democrat. Suffice it to say her speech was an indication of how well she’d do as Trump’s debate coach.

Donald, tonight”I have nothing to do with Project 2025.” “I didn’t read it.” Well the second Trump statement is true.


JD Vance went from a Never-Trumper to a supporter to a full on cult-member. And tonight in the debate Donald repaid his running mate for his loyalty. Asked about signing Vance’s statement Trump would sign an abortion ban, Donald said ‘I haven’t talked to J.D. about that…”

Anyone got an “under the bus” tally for this year’s Trump campaign


Forget the have a beer test – which of these two candidates would you trust to to catsit your cat?

Viktor Orban, the dictator President of Hungary is the leader Trump is using as a reference? WTAF?

So how many big strong men with tears in their eyes will Trump say “Sir You Won the Debate” tomorrow?

f you don’t already love Minnesota Governor and future VP Tim Walz. “Trump can’t at nearly 80 years old do something I told my fourth graders. When you lose a game you go shake hands and congratulate the other person and move on.”

Tariffs are a sales tax. Tariffs are a sales tax. Tariffs are a sales tax.

Once again for those in the back. Tariffs are a sales tax.

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Yes, people have varying reasons for still being “Undecided” in November. But why do I feel a bit like we’re rewarding the kids in class who didn’t do their homework and now are scrambling to get it done at the last minute?

Only real winners on Trump side of the debate -those who bet he wouldn’t mention “the late great Hannibal Lecter.”

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As someone who has long considered Ted Cruz the worst person in the Senate, I must confess I really underestimated the awfulness of J.D. Vance.