December 7, 2010

Tim and Ben Discuss Debt Liquification

December 7, 2010December 9, 2010 Buck Banks

Verbatim

December 7, 2010 Buck Banks

I don’t think there are any sure things in this kind of endeavor. And I wouldn’t be honest with you and with the viewers if I didn’t convey
that.

— Gen. David Petraeus, in an interview with ABC News, saying he’s not sure of victory in Afghanistan by 2014.

The Stinking Deal

December 7, 2010 Buck Banks

The Republicans have just out-psyched
The president on the Bush-era tax hikes.
And they’ll take away healthcare
And they’ll stop START right there —
So is this what “compromise” smells like?

Democrat Donations Likely to Fall Behind Tax Deal

December 7, 2010December 7, 2010 Buck Banks

74%

Share of contributors to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign who are opposed to his deal with Republicans to extend the Bush-era tax breaks for those making over $250,000 a year, with 51% saying they are less likely to contribute to Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign and 57% saying they are less likely to support congressional Democrats who support the deal in 2012.

Verbatim

December 7, 2010 Buck Banks

Day: December 7, 2010

Tim and Ben Discuss Debt Liquification

Verbatim

I don’t think there are any sure things in this kind of endeavor. And I wouldn’t be honest with you and with the viewers if I didn’t convey
that.

— Gen. David Petraeus, in an interview with ABC News, saying he’s not sure of victory in Afghanistan by 2014.

The Stinking Deal

Democrat Donations Likely to Fall Behind Tax Deal

74%

Verbatim

What I got out of the election is not so much that we won but they lost. Now we’ve been given a second chance. But we have to go earn it.

— House Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH), quoted by the New Yorker, saying the Republicans’ landslide victory in November was probationary.

Poetic Justice

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

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.

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.

$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.

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.

I don’t think there are any sure things in this kind of endeavor. And I wouldn’t be honest with you and with the viewers if I didn’t convey that.

— Gen. David Petraeus, in an interview with ABC News, saying he’s not sure of victory in Afghanistan by 2014.

74%

What I got out of the election is not so much that we won but they lost. Now we’ve been given a second chance. But we have to go earn it.

— House Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH), quoted by the New Yorker, saying the Republicans’ landslide victory in November was probationary.

Poetic Justice

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

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.

71%

$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.

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.

I don’t think there are any sure things in this kind of endeavor. And I wouldn’t be honest with you and with the viewers if I didn’t convey
that.