June 10, 2013 - Pensito

As the Supreme Court prepares a decision on the fate of Proposition 8, nearly six in 10 California voters now believe same-sex marriage should be legal, with support rising among older voters and in all regions of the state, a new poll has found.

The USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll reveals that attitudes in the state toward gay marriage have changed significantly since Californians banned it in 2008 by a vote of 52 percent to 48 percent. The Supreme Court will decide this month whether the ban will continue.

“There has been movement across the board” in favor of same-sex marriage, said Dave Kanevsky, research director of the American Viewpoint, a Republican polling firm that helped conduct the survey. “Every group has moved.”

The poll found that 58 percent of the state’s registered voters believe same-sex marriage should be legal, compared with 36 percent against, a margin of 22 points. When the same pollsters asked that question three years ago, 52 percent favored gay marriage and 40 percent opposed it, a 12-point spread…

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Economy Continuing Moderate Growth

June 10, 2013 Buck Banks

175,000

Number of jobs the U.S. economy added in May, signaling the economic recovery remains broadly on track, reported the Wall Street Journal: “The Labor Department said the unemployment rate rose slightly to 7.6% from 7.5% in April.”

Weiner’s Joke Makes Audience Uncomfortable

June 10, 2013 Buck Banks

Were you raising your hand or flirting with me?

— Anthony Weiner, quoted by Politicker, noting the “off-the-cuff comment drew laughter — if slightly uncomfortable — from the largely positive crowd.”

The Shortest Fundraising Speech Ever

June 10, 2013 Buck Banks

I can be really brief tonight and just say Mitch McConnell sucks.

— Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY), quoted by WHAS-TV, at a fundraising dinner for Kentucky Democrats.

GOP: Old and In the Way

June 10, 2013 Buck Banks

The modernity gap that haunted the Republican Party on Election Day 2012 has since worsened. Demographics, attitudes and technology continue to make the Republicans look like out-of-touch relics of a bygone era. A record-high 30 percent of Americans now identify as socially liberal, Democratic-leaning single mothers are a growing portion of the electorate, and more Americans than not have an unfavorable view of the GOP, notwithstanding the recent spate of negative news surrounding the administration.

Day: June 10, 2013

Poll: 58% of Californians Support Gay Marriage

Economy Continuing Moderate Growth

175,000

Number of jobs the U.S. economy added in May, signaling the economic recovery remains broadly on track, reported the Wall Street Journal: “The Labor Department said the unemployment rate rose slightly to 7.6% from 7.5% in April.”

Weiner’s Joke Makes Audience Uncomfortable

Were you raising your hand or flirting with me?

— Anthony Weiner, quoted by Politicker, noting the “off-the-cuff comment drew laughter — if slightly uncomfortable — from the largely positive crowd.”

The Shortest Fundraising Speech Ever

I can be really brief tonight and just say Mitch McConnell sucks.

— Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY), quoted by WHAS-TV, at a fundraising dinner for Kentucky Democrats.

GOP: Old and In the Way

— Lloyd Grove, writing in the Daily Beast.

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.