So close

Posted October 11, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Mike Krukow has retired and wouldn’t have called Brewers-Dodgers playoff game anyway.

But SF Giants cans had to be able to hear him in their heads tonight #Laugher

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(2-1 Milwaukee win, and it might have been closer than the score sounded)

Thought the New Orleans Saints played some of the sloppiest football I’ve seen in a long time
Seattle Seahawks offense today in the first half “Hold our beer.”

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But then, let’s see, Washington Commanders in field goal range at the 26 yard line to win a game vs the NY Giants in OT with 55 seconds to go…

Ran THREE plays, never spiked the ball, and ran out of time…

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Hillary Clinton, Oct 19, 2016

Russian President Vladimir Putin “would rather have a puppet as president of the United States”.

Was Hillary a perfect candidate. No. But she was usually right – Especially about EVERYTHING involving Trump

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Wrap your head around this headline:

“Trump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelenskyy for US diesel prices.”

This would never happen if Republican Senators were alive.

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We should all know now the videos of the US military strikes murdering random fishermen were just warmups for a scheduled livestreamed firing squad execution.

What’s next?

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It deserves more attention but Trump never walks on his own now in public. Someone always walks as his minder/guide. Take a look at any time you see him walk to or from Marine One or Air Force One.

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Malignant narcissists cannot stand other people’s joy.


The worst malignant narcissists cannot imagine happy people in a world existing after they are gone.


So why is it so hard for some to understand why Trump now, very aware of his own mortality, does things hat appear designed to destroy the United States?

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As GOP spreads lies about James Talarico’s being off the campaign trail with the flu, your reminder, Tom Kean was gone for FOUR MONTHS without a word to his constituents until he returned.

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So if James Talarico had decided to drag himself out of bed with the flu and appeared in public, with a cough and fever, GOP would have attacked him nonstop either for looking bad or spreading germs or both.

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How much trouble is Kimberly in for soliticiting bribes?

Except that Guilfoyle was engaged to Don Jr for years.

She bragged about raising money for January 6 and appeared at the rally. So Guilfoyle probably knows a lot…

Kimberly might want to stay away from windows.

Markwayne Mullin today on Face the Nation
“I think people need to understand, if you attack America, we will come after you and we will make sure that the punishment fits the crime.”

Unless you attack the US Capitol on behalf of Donald Trump.

This you, Markwayne?

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Longest odds..

Posted October 10, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Stanford is 39.5 point underdogs to #3 Notre Dame

Last week the Cardinal lost 57-3 to Wake Forest.

(So if Vegas wasn’t worried about a trap game the spread would have been 60?)

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Due to Hurricane Isaias, Donald Trump will no longer attend Saturday’s SEC matchup between Alabama and Georgia.
Does he care about inconveniencing fans? No.

He does care about getting his hair wet.

PS Hope people stay safe. But, maybe Trump shouldn’t have been attacking Mother Nature.

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As Isaias hits Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, why didn’t Trump just Sharpie the Hurricane away?

Now all these Republican candidates are rushing to distance themselves from Donald Trump.

And yeah, sure. They’ll do anything to stand up for their constituents — except vote against anything or anyone he wants.

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GOP and Fox pretend they want to protect women’s sports.

So now that WNBA finals are set, is the Fox News website talking about the Valkyries & the Dream?

Nope, they’re still on about Sophie Cunningham, and attacking A’ja Wilson.

James Talarico is back on the campaign trail after a bout of flu.
But Trump attacked him anyway – “12 days is a long time to rid yourself of the so-called flu bug. What’s going on?”
Anyone asked Donald lately about Mitch McConnell?

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So has Trump said yet that Russia will deliver the oil after the midterms?

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JD Vance says Trump administration will suspend Microsoft from the H1-B Visa/ Green Card program.

Translation. Microsoft hasn’t bent the knee nor donated enough to Donald.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle demanding a donor pay her $100,000 American Express bill is one of the wildest grifting stories of the year.. And yet Fox News website still hasn’t found room to cover it. Coincidence? #ThingsYouWontSeeOnFoxNews

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Thanks to Trump & DOT Secretary Duffy, on October 19, airlines will no longer have to compensate travelers for delays caused by “10 delineated causes.”

These are the 10. Which are worth the long read.

Maybe some seem reasonable.

But “government failures” could be interpreted as ALL air traffic delays.

And baggage delays? Assume airlines will always blame the airport

And the big one “Unscheduled, non-deferrable maintenance (that must be addressed pre-flight)”

Isn’t almost ALL maintenance that delays flights unscheduled?

Passenger death (requiring aircraft cleaning)
Aircraft damage (such as from extreme weather debris or sabotage)
Baggage or cargo delays (caused by an outage of a non-carrier-controlled baggage system)
Cybersecurity attacks
Government system shutdowns or failures (affecting flight safety or operations)
Overheated brakes (requiring emergency safety procedures)
Unscheduled, non-deferrable maintenance (that must be addressed pre-flight)
Medical emergencies (not caused by the carrier)
Unruly passengers (requiring removal or security intervention)
Airport closures (due to events like volcanic ash, high winds, or wind shear)

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Then there were five

Posted October 8, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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A potential game tying home run was overturned at Yankee Stadium because of fan interfence- by a Yankees fan… and turned into a one run double instead of a two run home run…

And the Tampa Bay Rays won the game by 4-3 and swept the series

Well, at least maybe that Yankees fan will be welcome if he retires to Florida.

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Remaining teams now in MLB playoffs. LA, Tampa Bay, Milwaukee, Cleveland and Chicago White Sox.

All four teams except the Dodgers put together have payrolls that about equal that of the Dodgers.

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f you only follow Fox News is missing some good WNBA semi-finals games with great players, Angel Reese, Gabby Williams, A’Ja Wilson…

Alas, Fox’s darling is a mediocre player on a team that wasn’t good enough to make the semi finals.

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Americans must live with Susan Collins’ decision to vote for Brett Kavanaugh for as long as Kavanaugh lives or decides to stay on SCOTUS.

Now Alito says he’s retiring. Why isn’t it more discussed that a Maine Senator might be the deciding vote for his potential replacement?

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If Susan Collins loses will she write a book and emulate Thom Tillis’s “regrets” tour?

Asking for a really tired country

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So when someone else gets the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, who is Donald going to drop bombs on?

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Trump now says that Secret Service and the Military asked him to convert his West Palm Beach golf course into a new version of Camp David.

Of all the things that didn’t happen today, this didn’t happen the most.

Just saying, President Joe Biden didn’t need an expensive helipad to get to Marine One. He could walk on grass.

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Not that Gavin Newsom is close to my top choice for President in 2028.

But if Republicans were going to try to use Gavin’s past (confessed) adultery against him, thinking that argument just took a major hit since his wife at the time was Kimberly Guilfoyle.

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Fox News headline

“Putin offers to help end Iran war as Trump touts ‘productive discussions’ with Tehran.”

Well, I guess it makes sense. When your employee screws up big time isn’t it ultimately your job as their boss to come in and fix it?

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Donald tells reporters in the Oval Office when asked about Russia Wednesday “today is Vladimir Putin’s birthday.”

Bet he doesn’t know his own children’s birthdays.

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As Hegseth vows to make the firing squad execution of U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan public, can someone ask why Trump didn’t make the attempted execution of Christa Pike public?

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Let’s be honest here:

As disgusting as the idea of a public execution is, at this point the main reasons Hegseth is suggesting it is are to distract from how badly Trump’s war with Iran is going, and how badly the US economy is working for average Americans.

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Even most banana republics allow international election monitors.

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All countries except Russia, Belarus, and now the United States.

How far and how fast democracy in the US has fallen.

If you needed another reason to crawl over broken glass to vote this November…

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Four week countdown

Posted October 6, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Heck of a game between the San Diego Padres and the Milwaukee Brewers.

But it finished after midnight in Milwaukee, after 1a the East Coast, on a school night…

And MLB wonders why kids these days aren’t that into baseball

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Prefer the Brewers to beat the Padres, though like both teams better than the Dodgers.

But in retrospect, glad the Padres won. Since San Diego Padress closer ended up on the paternity list tonight for the birth of his first child. And these days, haters, trolls and bettors would have made his life miserable for a long time had Milwaukee come back and won in the ninth

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Mother Nature doesn’t have a vote in this year’s midterms. But maybe she has an opinion?

“Hurricane Isaias threatens Georgia vs. Alabama SEC showdown as Trump plans Tuscaloosa visit”

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Wow.

Third email from Trump with this message this week.

“I’ve never asked for sympathy.

I’ve never asked this country to feel sorry for me.

I’ve never asked for anything.”

What a pathetic whiny old man he has become.

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But Trump says he has a call scheduled “very soon” with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding reports about a Russian lab leak..

Thinking Donald used to talk to Vlad every night until he found Natalie

Jean Valjean stole bread to feed his family.

Many of these parasites who surround Trump have more money than they can ever spend, and they still seem focused on stealing as much as they can from the United States and American taxpayers.

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A reminder as inflation and high gas prices make life incredibly difficult for millions of Americans….

Whatever he says, Donald started this war to distract from the Epstein Files.

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Jean Valjean stole bread to feed his family.

Many of these parasites who surround Trump have more money than they can ever spend, and they still seem focused on stealing as much as they can from the United States and American taxpayers.

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Fox News website headline:

“TRADE ROUTE FEAR
Ship sunk w/ crew missing after brazen strike inside NATO member’s waters”

Must click into story to see attack was from Russia.

To MAGA trolls saying USA should not support Ukraine-

This is PRECISELY why we should support Ukraine.

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And the last shall be…?

Posted October 6, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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The Rays and White Sox, with the 25th and 26th payrolls out of 30 MLB teams, are both 2-0 in their ALDS series.

Of course, the Guardians are also a well-managed low payroll team.

And the Yankees, without Aaron Judge, are so far doing their best imitation of the Mets.

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But for any Dodger fans, or readers with friends who are Dodgers fans..

Rays or White Sox could face LA in the World Series.

If it happens, both teams, while they have starts, don’t have a stable of three $30 million a year pitchers, and several $20 million a year pitchers to appear any time in a game…. Not to mention All-Stars who may not even start.

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New Orleans Saints commemorated the 20th anniversary of their rebirth game Monday night against the Atlanta Falcons.

The Saints might have looked better if the old-timers from that game had played… #Whodat

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Angela Paxton, who divorced her ex on “biblical grounds” has ad saying GOP needs “not to hand the future of Texas to the other team.”

Other team? So we’re doing football analogies? Just how bad would QB have to be to make that not true?


Felon, murderer, rapist, pedophile? Guess we know answer to that.

Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News Media as a contributor.

Wasn’t Karoline as Trump’s Press Secretary effectively already a Fox News contributor?

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Trump today “If Democrats win the midterms, everything we’ve accomplished, we’ll never be able to do it again”

If you STILL needed a reason to vote..

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Tonight Donald adds lawnmowers to the things he can’t figure out… Computers, showers, etc.. Does Natalie on top of everything else have to help him use his cellphone?

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For some reason Fox News isn’t reporting on Donald Trump’s rally crowd sizes.

Or lack thereof.

Coincidence?

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Have been on three flights within US over 5 hours in last month.

Only on Delta Airlines did the Wifi work, American it worked for 2 of 5 1/2 hours. United (supposedly Starlink) not at all.

And tech bros want to convince us the world will be better off with them in charge?

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So national Fox News won’t cover it, but anyone seen reaction to Trump’s saying “let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego” from KTTV Los Angeles and KSWB-TV San Diego? (Fox affliates in those cities.)

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What’s in a (cat) name?

Posted October 3, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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As many on the internet have noticed, this is the first time in NFL history that all four feline teams are playing each others.

Jaguars-Bengals / Lions-Panthers.

Hey GOP Senators, a cheat sheet for you.

Bengals are not same as Tigers Lots of college Tigers..

The Panthers are Carolina, not the Pitt Panthers,

Only Southern University in Baton Rouge is the Jaguars, so you’re probably safe there.

Lions are Detroit, not Columbia or the Penn State Nittany Lions…

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Even though I live in California, am a Saints fan, not a 49ers fan.

But NFL suspended SF CEO six games for being arrested in a prostitution sting?!

They never suspended Robert Kraft, who apparently was paying regularly for sex.

(Different rules for Brady AND Patriots owner?)

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So as Jon Gruden made an appearance tonight to support Trump, a reminder for sports fans.

In 2021 Las Vegas owner of two pro teams Mark Davis made two coaching decisions.

  1. He fired Gruden as the head coach of the Raiders.
  2. He hired Becky Hammon to coach the Aces.

Both very smart moves.

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As Trump endorses Vivek Ramaswamy for Governor of Ohio, deportations of Asian immigrants, particularly Indian nationals, even some with green cards, have risen sharply. And who knows how many Indian-American citizens have been detained.
Can someone ask Donald or Vivek about that?

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As bad as the September jobs report is, remember, this is Trump’s Labor department doing the numbers…

Samuel Alito actually said that “very harsh” criticism of SCOTUS by political leaders can be “quite damaging” to the Supreme Court

Not a fraction as damaging as very political behavior can be to the Supreme Court.

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Thinking at this point even Richard Nixon doesn’t want his legacy to be linked with Donald Trump’s..

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Coming up Aces

Posted October 1, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Watching Aces play basketball & reminded of years Becky Hammon was Spurs assistant w/ Gregg Popovich.
Becky said when she was hired she talked to A’ja Wilson about treating her like Pop coached Tim Duncan.
“You’re the star. If I coach you hard & you accept it, the team will accept it.”

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At least Mike Yastrzemski is still playing in the MLB postseason

#ForeverGiant

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GOP stopped subsides for Americans to afford Obamacare. Now Trump’s sending out a million $500 check. Top states for refunds are Texas, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina & Michigan.

This isn’t Donald caring about Americans, this is him sending bribes in states with close elections.

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Grampa’s latest crazy rant about James Talarico… “He’s a vaygan, and you know what a vaygan is? You know what he does after he eats? He throws up. He gets rid of the meat.”

Donald’s not talking about being vegan, he’s talking about bulimia. Just what IS he learning from Natalie?

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So do we think that Natalie was the one who first told Donald that dumb has a “b” in it?

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Reminder, since no one know what events and crises will happen in the future, a necessary quality for any Governor is the ability to think and react in real time.

And Amy Klobuchar just proved, to Eric Schmitt along with everyone watching, that she has that ability.

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What’s in a name…

Posted September 30, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Eric Schmitt got schooled by Amy Klobuchar when he dishonestly attacked Jack Smith for going to ATL Hawks game. Smith had gone to Iowa HAWKEYES game featuring Caitlin Clark.
Gets worse. Schmitt had introduced anti-trans amendment to SAVE act – claiming to care about women sports.

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Here’s a link to a short version of the interaction:

So what is Rachel Dratch doing this weekend and can she get to New York for SNL to play Amy Klobuchar again when the cold open features Eric Schmitt not knowing the difference between sports team names? The possibilities are endless.

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Donald Trump Jr. claims .
“Sen. Eric Schmit delivered perhaps hearing’s most explosive attack, accusing Smith of perjury while questioning him about possible coordination w/ Fani Willis.
“You may think you’re a hero. But you’re the villain.”
Jr left out that SCHMITT is villainous buffoon of the day for claiming Smith was in Atlanta at a Hawks game when he was at an Iowa Hawkeyes game.

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Sherrod Brown, besides being a champion for working men and women, is a huge sports fan.

Meanwhile, has anyone made sure to tell Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy that Milwaukee Bucks play in NBA?

While the Buckeyes are the teams for “The” Ohio State University?

So now that we know from Katie Britt’s horrified face at Schmitt’s disastrous questioning that she knows sports teams, will GOP leader John Thune assign her to school other Senators on various mascots and team names?

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DOJ says they’re filing misconduct complaints against all but 1 district court judges in Minnesota.

Less than 24 hours after future Minnesota Governor Amy Klobuchar blew up GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt’s dishonest attack on Jack Smith. And justifiably embarrassed Schmitt.

Coincidence?

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Steve Hilton seems to be banking on the idea that a British accent making everything he says sound less stupid…

Here’s a one sentence summation of him: In Britain, Hilton was a leading voice in favor of Brexit.

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Per Fox News “Pete Hegseth today “announced plans to build a modern, self-sustaining military fortress, saying the site will be selected through a merit-based competition among governors pitching their states as potential locations.”

Sounds an awful lot like a reality show game…

(Presumably with extra points for how much the proposals honor “dear leader.”)

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Marsha Blackburn is suing Jack Smith over obtaining her Jan 6 phone logs. But she skipped yesterday’s Senate Judiciary hearing.

Maybe because she didn’t know.

Memphis Tigers- not the Detroit Tigers
Commodores- Vanderbilt teams – not the old Lionel Richie Band.
Blue Raiders -Middle Tennessee teams -not the Oakland Raiders.

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Meanwhile in the Iowa US Senate race… Josh Turek is a wheelchair basketball player, I presume he knows who the Hawkeyes are.

Wonder if Ashley Hinson is studying up on state sports teams…

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Hey Eric Schmitt; since you supposedly represent Missouri a few hints:
Missouri Tigers play college sports. Detroit Tigers play in MLB.
St Louis Cardinals play in MLB. Arizona Cardinals play in NFL. Louisville Cardinals play college sports.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Hey Fox News.

It was a headline story for weeks when Obama misspoke and said he’d campaigned in 57 states.

And he quickly caught the mistake.

Donald Trump: “We have now I think under construction probably 97 car plants”

So why aren’t you covering it?

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Seeing this new “patriotic” US passport, which may have Trump’s picture, I can’t be the only one who is glad they renewed last year.

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Post season blues and green

Posted September 28, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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As MLB playoffs start and Dodgers fans fight back about accusations that they are trying to buy another championship, a reminder….

The fact that NY Mets also keep trying to buy a championship but are really bad at it doesn’t negate the point.

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Went to Fox News website to see if they were covering the WNBA playoffs.

Nope. But there is a headline at the top of their sports section:

“Be like Sophie Cunningham, not Chris Simms — never give in to the outrage mob“.

Readers might never know the team Sophie plays for, the Indiana Fever is in the playoffs, and down 1-0 to the Aces.

In a best of three series.

In case anyone thinks Fox actually cares about the actual WNBA games?

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Your reminder, GOP now controls US Senate so EVERYTHING brought to floor for vote is at discretion of leader John Thune.
Which means as desperate as Americans are for economic relief right now, most important thing for Thune & GOP in the last week before Senate recesses for the midterms is College Sports Act & NILs for student-athletes

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Trump bragging about “fantastic” arrest in England of potential terror suspects targeting a US air base.

“working with British worked out great …we had them under view for a long time & we got em.”

But suspects were only seen & caught because local farmer alerted police.

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Tonight’s #ThingsYouWontSeeOnFoxNews

1. Pentagon breach exposed sensitive data on nearly 3 million people. 2. In internal memo, F.B.I. said it believed hackers may have stolen sensitive information on ALL of its employees. 3. Trump fell asleep in the Oval Office today. Again.

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A nasty and brutish season.

Posted September 27, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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But only the duo of Kruk and Kuip in 2026 were too short.

Very fitting for the last game of a lost 2026 season that the SF Giants bullpen implodes with two outs in the 10th inning

Mike Krukow not mincing words “Another hanging slider middle in… and the Dodgers aren’t missing them.”

How much are we going to miss Kruk?

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Heard so many Krukow stories today, most of them I’d heard before.

But not this one.

Wes Krukow, 36, Mike’s youngest son, adores his dad, and today said his dad was driving him to school when he was eight years old. And out of the blue said to him “It’s okay to love anyone you want to love. I just want you to be happy.”

As Wes punctuated the story. “I was EIGHT.”

And he is happily married to another man.

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The SF 49ers won, but MAGAF 49er Nick Bosa has injured his calf and will be out “multiple weeks.”

So I guess he and Jaxson Dart have plenty of time to campaign for Donald Trump before the midterns.

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Meanwhile, from “The Hill.” yesterday

“Live updates: Trump returns to White House after Texas-Tennessee game”

Subtly fake headline.

Donald didn’t return to White House after the game.

After spending millions of taxpayer dollars & inconveniencing 100,000 fans, Donald bailed on the game at halftime.

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(And look, as a sports fan I get the appeal of being President and getting to go to any game you want, and to be treated like a king.. but then to blow off a close game….because you really didn’t care about it at all anyway?)

So if the next Democratic president bans Fox News from the White House as a “sacred place” and from Air Force One, GOP will be fine with it?

To the victor the spoils and all that?

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Many of GOP/right wing media unconcerned by Trump defying a court order to keep CNN off Air Force One – a plane PAID for by taxpayers – lost their minds when Biden referred to Peter Doocy as a “stupid SOB.” (even though Joe apologized & Peter accepted it.)

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Washington Post reporting administration is considering having MLB game at a national park -scouting where it could build baseball facility in Grand Teton National Park.

Presume they would have to name it Trump Park?

Got to love MAGA cult members praising Donald’s energy tonight because Trump had the energy to fly on Air Force One to attend 1st half of college football game & then golf tournament Sunday….

While many Americans worry if they will be able to afford DRIVING home for holidays

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Watching at home.

Posted September 25, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Donald Trump announced yesterday that he’d be attending the University of Texas vs University of Tennessee football game.

Since then, resale ticket prices have fallen about 20%

(Seriously the game is at noon. Apparently fans have been told they need to get there much earlier to park. And they will have much greater security to get into the game and will need to get in line well before ticketing. Translation, a very early morning and a lot of stress. So good luck tailgating

#ETTD

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The Green Bay Packers, who haven’t lost a home opener in 13 years, tonight lost to the previously 0-2 Atlanta Falcons 35-14.

Wisconsinites haven’t been that embarrassed since the last time Senator Ron Johnson opened his mouth.

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Jimmy Kimmel summed up tonight’s state dinner for Donald Trump honoring President Xi

“The guest list included everyone who’s ruining everything.”

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Fox News almost completely ignored the royal treat Trump gave communist China President Xi this week.

They did have this headline “Trump’s surprising menu for state dinner with Xi was missing key American staple.”

(The staple was beef. With all the imported unexpected stuff Donald is bringing in, could even the White House assure the Chinese that it was safe?”)

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Although not that it matters really,

But does anyone think Donald at the dinner courses of squash veloute and crusted sea bass?

Or did he have a late night Big Mac with Natalie?

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Imagine Fox News /GOP reaction if any Democrat running for office, or in office now, praised a Communist dictator.

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Whatever “concerns” GOP Senators pretend to have about an Iran war that’s cost lives, billions of $ & caused higher prices for all Americans, GOP just blocked war powers resolution to stop military action.
As Rachel Maddow says, don’t listen to what they say, watch what they do.

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In particularly, Ohio Senator Jon Hustedt voted against an Iran war powers resolution after saying he wants the war to come to an end.

Liar liar pants on fire….

Ohio, you have a chance to fix an error

Vote to send Sherrod Brown back to the Senate

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Under water

Posted September 24, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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With both the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers losing, this means the two leaders of the American League West are now 78-80 with 3 games to play.

There has never been a team under .500 that won a division. The San Diego Padres DID hold the worst record by a division champion in. They won the National League West in 2005 with an 82-80 record.

Don’t mess with Texas.

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Noon games are rough for tailgaters in college football. As a friend says “prosecco and doughnuts.”

What’s even rougher than a noon game? A noon game where Donald Trump has decided to show up and security in the perimeter means having to show up several hours in advance, and then lines to get into the stadium will mean leaving the tailgate an hour or two before the game.

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So you just want to travel and ignore politics.

Good luck with that.

Trump’s DOT has 10 new exemptions when airlines don’t have to refund your ticket for cancellations or delays.

Including “unscheduled maintenance.” Uh, isn’t that most maintenance delays?

https://www.the-independent.com/travel/news-and-advice/trump-flight-rules-change-delays-refunds-b3053822.html

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Donald can’t make up his mind.

Tuesday in New York

“The Republican Party is running, and I’ll be helping them, but I am not running.”

Wednesday Trump fundraising email

“The rest of my presidency IS on the ballot.”

What will he say tomorrow?

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GOP Senator Roger Wicker is upset on Trump having Chinese leader Xi as a guest. “he’s a brutal, unelected and oppressive dictator.”

Roger’s so close to getting it.

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Whoever wants to win the Presidency in 2028 needs to make this campaign promise.

“I will issue an executive order on Day 1 to take Donald Trump’s name off everything he has put it on in Washington DC.”

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Falling forward

Posted September 23, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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With five games left in MLB season, the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers are tied atop the AL West.

both with records of 78-79.

Which means there is a chance either of them as a division winner will end up below .500.

The Texas jokes write themselves…

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The SF Giants, or rather the Sacramento Rivercats wearing SF Giants uniforms, close with three games against Los Angeles.

Maybe it will hurt the Dodgers in the postseason to be out of practice against Major League competition.

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NY Giants QB Jaxson Dart, who caused offseason off field controversy by appearing at a Trump rally, is going to be out for a while for a knee injury. Well. guess this does give him time to do more campaign events for Donald…

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Dr. Oz says Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have “never filed a claim”

Will he tell automobile insurers to kick people who haven’t had accidents off their policies too?

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Brook Rollins, Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture: “If beef is too expensive, choose a cheaper protein.”

And to double down on her Marie Antoinette moment, she didn’t even say peanut butter or beans…. her list of cheaper proteins included… salmon?!!

Salmon is cheap compared to what? Crab legs? Caviar?

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Local Safeway has a SALE on salmon filets for “Safeway for U” members, $6.99 for 7 ounces. Limit four.

That’s $15.98 a pound.

And Agriculture Sec Brooke Rollins wants Americans to eat salmon if they can’t afford ground beef?

She’s as cringeworthy as any man in Trump’s Cabinet.

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Is there a single American ally or former ally at the UN this week (other than Israel) who Donald Trump hasn’t alienated and attacked?

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NY Times headline: “Republicans in Tight Senate Races Call for End to Iran War”
“Ashley Hinson of Iowa & Mike Rogers of Michigan distanced themselves from Trump amid concern that high diesel prices could hurt the party in Nov.”

How cute.

If elected they’ll support Donald 100%

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So wonder if Natalie Harp shows Donald Trump clips of what the media is now saying about her?

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But seriously, since she’s now the most powerful person in Washington DC, a simple question – “Who elected Natalie Harp?”

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A note about Texas Senate race..

No one likes Ted Cruz. But most admt he’s very smart, and he’s a powerful Senator.

Ken Paxton makes Cruz look like Ms. Congenialitiy by comparison and the only real power he has is enriching himself.

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So since Trump doesn’t want all these major networks to cover him, why don’t they cover other news and other people?

If an man biovates and lies in a White House or plane and no one hears, does he still make a sound?

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Donald Trump at his convention last week.

“Pretend I am on the ballot.”

Donald Trump today in front of the UN

“I’m not running, the Republican party is running.”

Someone must have seen some polling.

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With a little bit of Slough

Posted September 21, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Okay, am a Saints fan but did not see that coming!

Apparently Tyler Shough was about 25th in fantasy football projections this year…

Thought he’d be much better than expected. But the Ravens are an actual elite team.

Shough to Olave is already really fun to watch!

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There are eight different ways in English to pronounce OUGH. Have heard them all and then some.

(Ours is like rough & tough- ie like UFF.)

Never heard UCK before.

Cheerfully resigned to having my name mispronounced on future visits to New Orleans for a while.

#WhoDat

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Not sure when relief pitchers were first referred to as ‘firemen,” but the SF Giants bullpen is definitely an arson squad

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Congratulations to Olivia Miles of the Minnesota Lynx who just broke Caitlin Clark’s WNBA rookie points record.

Now to be fair, WNBA players aren’t household names, especially before the playoffs.

But I looked her up on Fox News website. Nothing at all about Olivia since she was in college in 2025. While Sophie Cunningham, who barely plays, is a daily story

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At this point if an ICE agent shot Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, Fox and DHS would immediately say Santa had no legal right to be in this country….

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The conservative Daily Mail says that Donald only revoked CNN, MS Now and Politico’s White House press passes, because Natalie Harp showed him some negative clips they’d said about him


So they’re saying that Natalie Harp is now really the one in charge and effectively telling Donald what to do? Does the Daily Mail have a press pass Trump can revoke?

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NY Times story that Richard Grenell pursued plan to replace works in John F, Kennedy Ceenter’s art collection, including gifts from foreign nations honoring Kennedy w/ art selected by Trump patrons

“Figure out everything you don’t want & just send it back A.S.A.P.”


(And presumably sell or steal the rest)

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The odds are bad…

Posted September 19, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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As the gambling case of former Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase’s trial is set to start in November, apparently federal prosecutors are focusing on 18 allegedly rigged pitches, including one from a 2024 playoff game.

Will trial coverage be brought to us by Draft Kings?

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Fox News website headline today “Former ESPN anchor under fire for racism accusations aimed at Caitlin Clark fans.”

If only they could do something novel, like actually cover WNBA games?

Wonder how many Fox viewers knew about FIBA World Cup, or that playoffs start soon, etc…

(For what it’s worth, I’m a fan of Caitlin Clark. I’m also a fan of A’ja Wilson and the Aces in general. )

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GOP spent most of 2024 claiming Democrats cared more about cultural & social issues than economic issues.

Now that prices are through the roof, and getting worse, GOP is trying to convince Americans they should forget the economy and concentrate on cultural & social issues.

So how long until Donald Trump starts offering interest-free loans for Americans to fill up their gas tanks?

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A serious question.

Trump is increasingly falling asleep in public.

Fox News has never covered it.

Is he trying to ban CNN, Politico and MS Now because his doctors have told him he’s getting worse and/or that he is also likely to fall in public and he doesn’t want it covered?

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Listening to the Secretary of Homeland Security talking to Dana Bash on CNN…

Markwayne Mullen was a strong contender for stupidest person in the Senate.

Now he’s a frontrunner for stupidest person in Trump’s cabinet.

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Meanwhile, in Texas, so Ken Paxton apparently left land in Maui off his financial disclosures.

To be fair, I guess if you have 15 separate properties it’s easy to lose track.

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Speaker Mike Johnson sent the House home until after the midterms.

Under his leadership, or lack thereof, our U.S. taxpayer paid Representatives don’t work enough to fulfill proposed GOP work requirements for Medicaid.

Actual Fox News headline:

“Black smoke rises after ‘airborne attack’ hits key US partner in new flashpoint.”

A jet fuel facility at Riyadh International Airport in Saudi Arabia was hit.

Wait, I thought Iran’s military was destroyed.

This is so confusing…

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And Trump said on September 16. “Wait, Trump yesterday said “the war is going to end very soon.”

Leaving aside didn’t he just call it not a war but a “conflict?”

Many things he says don’t age well, this may be up there at the top/bottom

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The cost of things

Posted September 17, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Yes, the Los Angeles Dodgers are a good baseball team, with the top payroll in MLB

The Dodgers, Braves (#9 in payroll), & Brewers (#19) will all win their NL division.

But to put the discrepancy in perspective, LA’s payroll is more than Milwaukee and Atlanta’s put together.

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ICYMI – “Record ratings for women’s FIBA World Cup on TNT- average of 1.2 million people watched USA beat France in Sunday’s gold medal game in Germany”

Fox News viewers “What FIBA world cup?”

Fox just covers Sophie Cunningham & 2 washed up NBA players’ WNBA draft stunt.

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We are just nine days from NBC SNL season opener. How are the writers EVER going to narrow down the potential dozens of cold opens?

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Amy Klobuchar: “People didn’t want to go to a war in Iran, and now they’re finding out it costs $40 billion, and he’s still asking for $70 billion more. This election is going to be about values, it’s going to be about people’s priorities. Do they want to spend $70 billion more on this war on Iran, or do they want to get two years of the ACA tax credits?”

It’s actually worse than that. The costs Senator Klobuchar is citing on the war don’t include the benefits paid not just to family members of military killed in the war, but the cost for medical care for the hundreds/thousands of Americans who’ve been injured . Some unknown number of them are permanently disabled.

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WTAF?

Now Don Jr. has an email to supporters attacking James Talarico because Talarico once named his favorite drag queen.

Did the devil make him do it?

(Anyone over 55, including his dad, loved Geraldine.)

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Now Trump’s moving his abuser behavior to Canada and Europe.

He has “broken up” with Canada. But if the country moves on to partner with the EU, he wants to punish them both.

“If I can’t have her, no one will.”

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Powerless?

Posted September 16, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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NCAA’s FBS oversight committee said it “does not have the authority” to overturn the result of WMU’s loss to Michigan.

They added, that instant replay protocols “were not followed” by the Big Ten, and that had protocols been followed, “the outcome of the game would have been different.”

Translation, Western Michigan should have done. But we’re not going to do a damn thing about it.

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Nothing is certain but death, taxes, and the SF Giants bullpen imploding on a regular basis.

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Baseball is a weird game.

Anthony Molina today for SF Giants. 5 2/3 innings of shutout baseball, leaves with 1-0 lead.

Reiver Sanmartin 1 PITCH, to get out of an ugly blown save (4 -2 lead turned into a tie-game situation with two outs in the 9th

Giants win 6-5 in 10

Sanmartin gets the win.

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A starter list of things Donald did not ever mention in his 2024 campaign.

Starting a war with Iran
Building an Arch.
Tearing down White House East Wing for a ballroom.

Selling off National Park lands

Closing and tearing down the Kennedy Center..

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So did Speaker Mike Johnson decide to leave Washington along with the rest of the GOP House so he wouldn’t have to answer questions about when Trump starts tearing the Kennedy Center down?

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Trump, who regularly insults Latin America, has started an economic war with Canada, and is threatening to cut off trade to Europe.
If Russia or China actually did attack the USA now, who in the world would help defend us?

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Mitch McConnell disappears for months while still being paid.

Speaker Mike Johnson, who just sent all the House home until after the midterms: ‘Hold our beer.”

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Washington Post reports on documents “Federal officials acknowledge that Trump’s planned 250-ft-tall arch will harm nearby historic sites, but say it must proceed. The “adverse effects cannot be fully avoided,”

“Must proceed?” Or what, Donald will throw another tantrum and close or tear something else down?

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Last night Jimmy Kimmel referred to Donald as ‘Teddy Doze-evelt” and I am so here for it.

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Almost fall-ing

Posted September 15, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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So we’ve gone from Rafi and the Rivercats to Bryce and the Babies

SF Giants are still more fun than they were for most of the year.

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Meanwhile, as many bad long-term contracts as the SF Giants might have signed, that 2022 Carlos Correa deal falling apart over an old RIGHT lower-leg/ankle injury from 2014 might have been the best bullet they dodged.

Correa’s had more than his share of injuries since.

Today the Houston Astros said that Carlos, sidelined this time since May from a LEFT ankle injury, will be out for the remainder of the year.

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More on that Bo French tweet: (it’s pretty vile if you haven’t seen it, racist attack on University of Texas, who appear to be Indian-American, celebrating the Longhorns’ win over Ohio State

MAGA claims they want immigrants to “assimilate.”

But as witnessed by children of 1st/2nd generation immigrants from India including UT students (and Usha Vance!) pretty clear that Indians are assimilating just fine.

Maybe it was never about “merit.”

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On top of Russian Oligarch paying for his wedding, this quote from Don Jr. “I got to marry the love of my life.”

Now I can see Don wanting to forget his 6 years w/ Kimberly Guilfoyle. But wonder how his FIVE children with Vanessa Trump feel about him calling new wife Bettina “the love of his life?

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If for some reason if you go to Fox News website, you won’t see on their front page ANYTHING about Trump ordering his board to close Kennedy Center because they won’t put his name on it…
(Fox found room for Jemele Hill suggesting Atlanta Falcons should sign Colin Kaepernick)

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Since Trump wants everything to be a monument to him, why doesn’t he announce – before the midterms- that he will order the name Donald J Trump to be prominently displayed on ALL new data centers?

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Is there anything more typical of an abuser than “if I can’t have something or someone no one will.”

And yes, Trump just commanded his board to shut down the Kennedy Center.

What a pathetic, fragile little abusive bully he is.

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So as Velveeta Voldemort’s cronies have voted to shutter the Kennedy Center, maybe some reasonable billionaire should offer to fund it, reopen it, put in new management and fire the entire board.

Oh yeah, and keep the Kennedy Center name.

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GOP loves to rant Soros Soros Soros..

The billionaire & his family HAVE donated about $100 million to Democrats & progressive causes so far in the 2026 midterm election cycle.

Not a word about how Elon Musk has donated more to GOP candidates for the midterms than that by himself.

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Has anyone else noticed that the most taboo words in this Trump administration are “I may have made a mistake?

Now, Amy Klobuchar did ask Kash Patel “You oversaw an investigation in which subpoenas were issued to New York Times journalists. These were withdrawn because a judge found the Department failed to follow its own rules. Is that correct?

And Patel responded “I think that’s an accurate summary.”

But then added “We are not targeting journalists.”

Two words. “Yeah, right.”

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Donald Trump is not happy with his usually lapdog SCOTUS over mail in voting

His rant today includes – “nation destroying scam” that makes the US “‘a laughing stock all over the world.”

Once again, Freud NAILS projection

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Susan Collins voted yesterday to confirm an anti-abortion judge

This is an underappreciated point.

John McCain actually saved Obamacare

But Collins does her performative “no” votes when they don’t matter.

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Cabinet members like Rubio, Burgum, Bessent, Rollins & Duffy may have been either considered to be reasonable people or not well-known to Senators.

But almost EVERYONE knew Patel, RFK Jr & Hegseth were probable disasters. And GOP still bent the knee & voted yes. #VoteBlue

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Bad calls?

Posted September 14, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Just when we were having fun with Rafi and the Rivercats, Rafael Devers goes on the IL for the rest of the season

Leaving Jung Hoo Lee as the only starter from opening day in the SF Giants lineup. And there is now talk of shutting Logan Webb down too.

Understand that the Giants are fielding a AAA team at this point. Might be nice if they reduced some concessions to AAA prices?

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Yes, I understand the risk of injury.

But imagine if Saints QB Tyler Shough had an actual pre-season instead of having the first half of the season opener be his preseason.

(Even so, if a fumble/lateral pass by the Lions that turned into a Saints TD wasn’t overturn on replay (easy to google if you haven’t seen it) New Orleans would have won…

Officials said the QB’s “intent” was to throw…. Who does Goff think he is? Tom Brady?

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A tale of two headlines.

Fox News – “Caitlin Clark’s emergence off the bench electrifies US World Cup victory over France

Espn : “Greatest winner” Stewart guides U.S. to fifth straight World Cup title.

Now, I love watching Caitlin Clark. And respect her “sticking to sports.”

And Brenna Stewart is white, but outspoken on racial justice, and married to another woman.

Coincidence?

(Note the stats, Stewart 22 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists. Clark, 12 points 1 rebound, 3 assists. Now, a cool story was Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese seeming to have fun playing together… But that was not even mentioned on Fox.)

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Can someone please ask Trump on camera how he can talk about unifying Ireland into one country, when he on a regular basis treats the USA like two countries, red states and blue states?

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Meanwhile, Donald says the Kennedy Center may have to declare bankruptcy and close, unless they allow him to put his name on it and raise money (?) to keep it open.

“Nice little memorial you have here.

Shame if something happened to it…”

How long until President Mob Boss tries the same on other memorials and buildings around DC?

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Asked about Trump’s promised bribe.

“I commit that Congress will work through it and find consensus on that, like I have to do everything else.”

How much dressing does Mike Johnson need for that world salad?

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Univ. of Texas, after 2023 SCOTUS decision, no longer allowed to use race or ethnicity in admissions decisions.

Which means UT Asian & Latino students got in because of better grades & test scores than others.

How long until white men demand affirmative action for themselves?

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Fun and games.

Posted September 13, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Rumors are that College Gameday Week 4 will be in Athens, Georgia, for the Oklahoma – UGA game.

So since ESPN had Ted Cruz on today, presume they will invite Jon Ossoff then for equal time?

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Nice win, 17-10, for Michigan as clock ran out with Oklahoma on their own 35 and no time to get off a 4th down play.

But to be fair the Wolverines should have given the Sooners an extra second to try a Hail Mary.

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And while Ohio State blew a 20 point lead in the 4th quarter to lose to Texas, this 1979 memory from when Stanford played then #1 USC

The Cardinal were down 21-0 to the Trojans. One of the members of the Stanford Band had a phrase on his tuba in duct tape “But we’re smarter”

Stanford came back to TIE 21-21. Tuba tape postgame said “AND we’re smarter.”

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FIBA World Cup women’s basketball final is Sunday.

Now to be fair, with baseball playoffs approaching and both the NFL and NCAA football seasson starting, it’s understandable that many sports fans aren’t paying attention.

Yet Fox News has their now almost daily report on Sophie Cunningham, pretending they care about WNBA.

Check their website daily …. not a word about FIBA Women’s basketball World Cup.

Bet Fox won’t cover WNBA playoffs either. Unless Sophie gets to play a few minutes.

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Meanwhile, worth a minute:

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All these trolls saying Jimmy Kimmel wouldn’t have Ken Paxton on his show..

Kimmel last night on his show said he has invited Paxton to appear. And invited him again live on camera.

Ken is as scared of a talk show interview as he is of actual news reporters.

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Trump wants the Smithsonian to remove a modern art sculpture “Infinity” outside the Museum of American History with a “colossus” 30 foot statue of George Washington.

George Washington wouldn’t WANT a 30 foot statue of himself outside the Smithsonian. He rejected titles like “Your Excellency” and voluntarily stepped down after two terms. #NoKings

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State TV – Fox News at it again.

This story about a Sonoma county politician

“Ex-Dem mayor found liable for alleged sexual assaults of 7 women, ordered to pay $13M”

Dominic Foppoli is a scumbag. But alleged assaults started in 2001. He was Republican until 2016, when he switched to Dem, as he had statewide ambitions.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-democratic-mayor-found-liable-sexually-assaulting-7-women-jury-awards-13-million

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Trump today says a trade deal Canada could come “fairly soon.”

In two weeks?

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Trump is talking about a united Ireland

So far the only country he’s “united” is Canada

Against the USA

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Atlantic Industrial Coatings, Trump’s reflecting pool Contractor “blamed its own errors (for liner damage) in a report dated Aug. 14, then provided more detail on Sept. 2.”
So Trump has KNOWN this while he was still blaming mythical vandals & his own DOJ dropped the case.

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Not getting enough attention. Trump on voting yesterday told attendees at his vanity convention rally in Dallas to pledge allegiance to him and to vote “I don’t care if I’m registered or not, I’m going to try to cheat like hell like they do.” Every accusation is a confession.

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