March 2, 2022 - Pensito

DeSantis Courts Disaster

March 2, 2022 Buck Banks

For an ivy-leaguer Ron DeSantis can sure act dumb.
Refusing to send guardsmen to D.C. was dumb — and then some.
It was spiteful and trifling,
And left Floridians asking,
Hey Ron, who you gonna call when the hurricanes come?

Human Traffickers Cut Through Trump’s Wall Over 3,000 Times

March 2, 2022 Buck Banks

3,272

“Mexican smuggling gangs have sawed through new segments of border wall 3,272 times over the past three years,” the Washington Post reports.

Doctor DeSantis Scolds Students for Wearing Masks

March 2, 2022 Buck Banks

“You do not have to wear those masks. I mean, please take them off. Honestly, it’s not doing anything and we’ve gotta stop with this Covid theater. So if you want to wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous.”

— Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) made his frustration with face masks known when he scolded a group of students who were wearing them, WFLA reports.

U.S. Left Behind 78,000 Afghan Allies

March 2, 2022 Buck Banks

78,000

“The United States has evacuated only about 3 percent of Afghans who worked for the American government and applied for special visas, leaving behind an estimated 78,000,” NBC News reports.

A War Putin Can’t Win

March 2, 2022 Buck Banks

“As the Russo-Ukrainian War takes a darker turn it is important to emphasize this essential point. This is a war that Vladimir Putin cannot win, however long it lasts and however cruel his methods.”

— Lawrence Freedman

Private-Sector Employment Surged in February

March 2, 2022 Buck Banks

475,000

“U.S. private employers hired more workers than expected in February and data for the prior month was revised sharply higher to show strong job gains instead of losses, aligning with other reports that have painted an upbeat picture of the labor market,” Reuters reports.

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Biden’s Speech Laid Out Administration’s Plan

March 2, 2022 Buck Banks

“In the end, the State of the Union is just a speech. The impact is often overstated and the politics over-analyzed. But the speech given by the President last night tells me he and his team understand the cause of their political problems and have a plan to address them.”

— Dan Pfeiffer

Three-Quarters Liked Biden’s State of the Union Speech

March 2, 2022 Buck Banks

78%

A new CBS News poll finds most Americans who watched President Biden’s first State of the Union address approved of what they heard, and many said it made them feel optimistic and proud.

DeSantis Refused to Send Florida National Guard to Protect SOTU

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 Buck Banks

“Last week, the Biden Administration requested the assistance of State National Guards to deploy to Washington D.C. I have rejected this request — there will be no @FLGuardsent to D.C. for Biden’s State of the Union.”

3,272

“Mexican smuggling gangs have sawed through new segments of border wall 3,272 times over the past three years,” the Washington Post reports.

“You do not have to wear those masks. I mean, please take them off. Honestly, it’s not doing anything and we’ve gotta stop with this Covid theater. So if you want to wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous.”

— Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) made his frustration with face masks known when he scolded a group of students who were wearing them, WFLA reports.

78,000

“The United States has evacuated only about 3 percent of Afghans who worked for the American government and applied for special visas, leaving behind an estimated 78,000,” NBC News reports.

“As the Russo-Ukrainian War takes a darker turn it is important to emphasize this essential point. This is a war that Vladimir Putin cannot win, however long it lasts and however cruel his methods.”

— Lawrence Freedman

475,000

“U.S. private employers hired more workers than expected in February and data for the prior month was revised sharply higher to show strong job gains instead of losses, aligning with other reports that have painted an upbeat picture of the labor market,” Reuters reports. Tweet

“In the end, the State of the Union is just a speech. The impact is often overstated and the politics over-analyzed. But the speech given by the President last night tells me he and his team understand the cause of their political problems and have a plan to address them.”

— Dan Pfeiffer

78%

A new CBS News poll finds most Americans who watched President Biden’s first State of the Union address approved of what they heard, and many said it made them feel optimistic and proud.

“Last week, the Biden Administration requested the assistance of State National Guards to deploy to Washington D.C. I have rejected this request — there will be no @FLGuardsent to D.C. for Biden’s State of the Union.”

— A tweet from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ Twitter account., reports MSN

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

44%

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by Deadline, in his July 4th message.

“I think it’s embarrassing, still, even more so. I mean, sure, like, take care of yourself, get healthy, but who gets to take four months off of work because they’re sad?”

— Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) called Rep. Tom Kean Jr’s (R-NJ) explanation on Tuesday for his prolonged absence from Congress “embarrassing” in an interview with TMZ, Mediaite reports.

Numerati

61% to 35%

81

A Reuters analysis of Trump’s public comments from June 23 through July 6 (13 days) — when a string of left-wing Democratic candidates won their party’s primaries in New York — found he invoked communism 81 times.

$3.81 billion

53%

A new Cato Institute poll found that only 53% of Americans could correctly identify the adoption of the Declaration of Independence as the historical event marked by July 4. And 46% said they did not know what the day commemorated, including 61% of Gen Z respondents.

$26 million

“President Donald Trump said he had earned at least $26 million in income from an array of new real estate ventures abroad, illustrating how his fortune has grown as his family embraces foreign deal-making in his second term,” Bloomberg reports.

“U.S. private employers hired more workers than expected in February and data for the prior month was revised sharply higher to show strong job gains instead of losses, aligning with other reports that have painted an upbeat picture of the labor market,” Reuters reports.

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