There are two ways to love and two ways to hate U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) in a poll at his hometown paper’s site. Grayson, of course, recently boiled down the Republican alternatives to health care reform as, “Don’t get sick,” and, “If you get sick, die quickly.” Now the Orlando Sentinel wants to know if you think he owes anyone an apology. Not to influence you, but puh-lease. As if. Seriously? O.K., just take the poll yourself.
Poetic Justice
Buck Banks | Sep. 12, 2026
Pundits say that Trump’s $5,000 midterm bribe was an overreach,
And they agree that if lies were a crime, he’d be impeached.
Despite all the dividend promises he’s made,
The fact is, not one has ever been paid,
So even before the midterms, he already owes us $8,000* each.
*$5000 stimulus checks via “DOGE dividend”; $2000 stimulus checks via a “tariff dividend”; $1000-plus checks via “savings” from expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies
Verbatim
“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”
— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.
“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”
— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.
“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”
— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.
Numerati
1,000
“Donald Trump made over a thousand stock sales and purchases worth between $79m and $270m in July,” The Guardian reports. “His two largest sales were of Amazon and Microsoft stock, selling between $5m and $25m each on 20 July. That same day, he also sold up to $5m worth of Oracle and Costco stock, $500,000 to $1m in Nvidia, and bought up to $5m worth of shares in Intuit and Salesforce, among dozens of other transactions.”
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10%
“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.
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71%
A new Fox News Poll finds 71% of voters think the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the Iran War, including 95% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 43% of Republicans. Sixty percent say U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, while just 37% say it was right.
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$9.5 billion
“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.
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470
Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.
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i support grayson…i find it outrageous that after all the lies and distortions the republicans have said, that this guy is coming under attack….republicans seem to get away with being untruthful and outrageous but don’t dare let a democrat “be in your face” with the truth
It would be great if the President and the Democratic Party responded like Grayson.
We need many more straight talkers like Grayson, he is a breath of fresh air.
Alan Grayson is my new hero. Someone has to speak the truth plainly. The GOP simply wants to disrupt the political process. Their main tactic is misinformation. We need a hundred more like Grayson.
Yes I support him 100%. He is not the only one with brass b__s in the congress. Another is congressman Tim Ryan of Ohio. The progressives need to support them 100%. you know now that the repubs will go after them when election time comes up. If all the dems would go after them like this, it would be very hard to punish a few brave leaders. When one of the filthy repubs get in trouble, they are night behind them. No matter what kind of trouble they are in. The dems need to go after these filthy phoney religous organizations, who give aid and comfort to these criminals. They are not going to vote for progressives anyway. S_rew Them!