May 11, 2018 - Pensito

Joe Biden Doesn’t Like What the Trump White House Sniped About John McCain

May 11, 2018May 12, 2018 Trish

But we doubt this is the lowest they will go.

It’s Convention Apprehension

May 11, 2018 Buck Banks

They say desperation is the mother of invention,
And the GOP is starting to feel some frustration.
As they scour the country,
They keep coming up empty —
No one wants to host the 2020 Republican national convention.

Kelly ‘Fesses Up to Jingoistic, Racist Views

May 11, 2018 Buck Banks

“They’re overwhelmingly rural people. In the countries they come from, fourth-, fifth-, sixth-grade educations are kind of the norm. They don’t speak English; obviously that’s a big thing… They don’t integrate well; they don’t have skills. They’re not bad people. They’re coming here for a reason. And I sympathize with the reason. But the laws are the laws.”

— White House chief of staff John Kelly, in a NPR interview.

Merkel: Europe Can No Longer Count on the U.S.

May 11, 2018 Buck Banks

“It’s no longer the case that the United States will simply just protect us. Rather, Europe needs to take its fate into its own hands. That’s the task for the future.”

— German Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying Europe can no longer count on the U.S. for military protection and must “take its destiny into its own hands,” Bloomberg reports.

ESPN: Putin Scored Five Goals in Exhibition Hockey Game

May 11, 2018 Buck Banks

5

“Russian President Vladimir Putin scored five goals in an exhibition hockey game with former NHL stars on Thursday,” ESPN reports.“Five goals was on the low side by Putin’s standards — he scored eight in the 2015 game and seven last year.”

Two-Thirds of Republicans Believe Trump Is Being Framed by the FBI

May 11, 2018 Buck Banks

61%

A new Economist/YouGov poll finds that 61% of Republicans think President Trump is being framed by the FBI and Justice Department, while just 17% said he is not and 21% said they are not sure. Overall, just 29% said Trump is being set up by the law enforcement agencies, compared to 45% who said he is not being framed and 26% who are not sure.

Thank You for Imprisoning and then Returning Our Citizens!

May 11, 2018 Buck Banks

“We want to thank Kim Jong Un, who really was excellent to these three incredible people.”

— President Trump, quoted by Politico, on the return of three Americans who had been imprisoned by North Korea.

One in Five Americans Has No Religious Affiliation

May 11, 2018 Buck Banks

21%

A new ABC News poll finds the number of adults expressing no religious affiliation has risen from 12% in 2003 to 21% of all adults in 2017. That includes 3% who say they’re atheists, 3% agnostic and 15% who say they have no religion. The largest shifts during this 15-year period include 16-point increases among young adults (age 18 to 29) and political liberals.

Pence Is Actually Worse than Trump

May 11, 2018 Buck Banks

“Donald Trump, with his feral cunning, knew. The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure. And Pence, who has reached this pinnacle by dethroning his benefactor, is augmenting the public stock of useful knowledge. Because his is the authentic voice of today’s lickspittle Republican Party, he clarifies this year’s elections: Vote Republican to ratify groveling as governing. … There will be negligible legislating by the next Congress, so ballots cast this November will be most important as validations or repudiations of the harmonizing voices of Trump, Pence, Arpaio and the like. Trump is what he is, a floundering, inarticulate jumble of gnawing insecurities and not-at-all compensating vanities, which is pathetic. Pence is what he has chosen to be, which is horrifying.”

Day: May 11, 2018

Joe Biden Doesn’t Like What the Trump White House Sniped About John McCain

It’s Convention Apprehension

Kelly ‘Fesses Up to Jingoistic, Racist Views

— White House chief of staff John Kelly, in a NPR interview.

Merkel: Europe Can No Longer Count on the U.S.

“It’s no longer the case that the United States will simply just protect us. Rather, Europe needs to take its fate into its own hands. That’s the task for the future.”

— German Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying Europe can no longer count on the U.S. for military protection and must “take its destiny into its own hands,” Bloomberg reports.

ESPN: Putin Scored Five Goals in Exhibition Hockey Game

5

“Russian President Vladimir Putin scored five goals in an exhibition hockey game with former NHL stars on Thursday,” ESPN reports.“Five goals was on the low side by Putin’s standards — he scored eight in the 2015 game and seven last year.”

Two-Thirds of Republicans Believe Trump Is Being Framed by the FBI

61%

Thank You for Imprisoning and then Returning Our Citizens!

“We want to thank Kim Jong Un, who really was excellent to these three incredible people.”

— President Trump, quoted by Politico, on the return of three Americans who had been imprisoned by North Korea.

One in Five Americans Has No Religious Affiliation

21%

Pence Is Actually Worse than Trump

— George Will

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rick Wilson

— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the “resign or be fired” ultimatum from the GOP’s Freedom Caucus just 174 days into his tenure as sp[eaker, reported by Punchbowl News.

“Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head droops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.”

— Law360 reports from the second day of Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial.

— Jonathan Last

“He’s f**king crazy! The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy. And I’ll say it this way: I don’t think he’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution. But I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out!”

— New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), quoted by the Associated Press two years ago. Sununu is now backing Trump for president.

Numerati

$71.1 million to $45.2 million

56% to 37%

270,000

50 of 96

New York Times: “Of the 96 possible jurors brought into the room, more than 50 raised their hands to say they couldn’t be fair. They were immediately excused.”

20%