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Day: July 30, 2013

Nate Silver Says Most Political Pundits are Useless

July 30, 2013 Buck Banks

Obviously, there are SOME sports pundits who are total hacks. But I’d argue that MOST political pundits are completely useless; the outliers are the few who are actually worth reading.

— Nate Silver, in a Q&A on Deadspin.

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Weiner Pooh-Poohs Comments by Non-New Yorkers

July 30, 2013 Buck Banks

I am not terribly interested in what people who are not voters in the city of New York have to say.

— Anthony Weiner, quoted by the New York Daily News, in response to a question about whether Bill and Hillary Clinton, who live in Westchester County, could influence his decision to stay in the mayoral race.

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Pro-Clinton Campaign Has Raised More than $1 Million

July 30, 2013 Buck Banks

$1 million

Amount raised by a new group, Ready for Hillary, which is dedicated to paving the way for a Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016. The group has already recruited dozens of the Democratic Party’s elite donors and bundlers, effectively kicking off the presidential money hunt more than three years before Election Day, the New York Times reports.

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McCain Pushes for Immigration Reform to Save the GOP

July 30, 2013 Buck Banks

If we don’t do that, frankly I see further polarization of the Hispanic voter. And the demographics are clear that are the Republican Party cannot win a national election. That’s just a fact.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), in an interview on the News Hour , on the need for immigration reform.

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Last ‘Moral Monday’ of N.C. Legislative Session Draws Huge Crowd

July 30, 2013 Jon Ponder

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Never-Ending Dividending
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

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    “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.

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    “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.

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    “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.

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    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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