November 2, 2022

An Evil Place

November 2, 2022 Buck Banks

They joked and mocked when Paul Pelosi was attacked,
They deleted their mean tweets, but did not retract.
It seems that Republicans
Have devolved into subhumans
Inhabiting an evil place from which they can’t come back.

The Dark Heart of the Republican Party

November 2, 2022 Buck Banks

“One might think that it would be easy for America, as one nation, to condemn an attempt to kidnap the woman second in line to the presidency that resulted in the beating of her husband with a hammer. As Ernest Hemingway would say: Pretty to think so. Instead, we have seen the dark heart of the Republican Party, with a reaction so callous, so flippantly sadistic, so hateful, that it all feels irredeemable.”

— Tom Nichols

Kinzinger, Cheney ‘Surrounded by Cowards’

November 2, 2022 Buck Banks

“Liz Cheney and I are not courageous. There’s no strength in this. We’re just surrounded by cowards.”

— Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), on Morning Joe, on why Republicans are having such a hard time condemning the violent assault on Paul Pelosi.

Biden Entreats God to Enlighten Republicans

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Buck Banks

Day: November 2, 2022

An Evil Place

The Dark Heart of the Republican Party

— Tom Nichols

Kinzinger, Cheney ‘Surrounded by Cowards’

“Liz Cheney and I are not courageous. There’s no strength in this. We’re just surrounded by cowards.”

— Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), on Morning Joe, on why Republicans are having such a hard time condemning the violent assault on Paul Pelosi.

Biden Entreats God to Enlighten Republicans

“God, give some of our Republican friends some enlightenment.”

— President Joe Biden, campaigning in Florida Tuesday, the AP reports.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Miami Herald

“We care more about the safety of our staff than a name attached to an article.”

— Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX), on CNN.

— 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.

Numerati

77%

A new Siena poll finds that by a 54% to 30% margin, New Yorkers say Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial is “legitimate” — the view of 77% of Democrats and 44% of independents — rather than a “witch hunt,” the view of 66% of Republicans.

51% to 48%

300 million

Spotify said Taylor Swift’s new album was the first to have over 300 million streams in a single day on Friday.

28%

15% to 7%

— Tom Nichols

— Yair Rosenberg

“Liz Cheney and I are not courageous. There’s no strength in this. We’re just surrounded by cowards.”

— Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), on Morning Joe, on why Republicans are having such a hard time condemning the violent assault on Paul Pelosi.

“God, give some of our Republican friends some enlightenment.”

— President Joe Biden, campaigning in Florida Tuesday, the AP reports.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Miami Herald

“We care more about the safety of our staff than a name attached to an article.”

— Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX), on CNN.

— 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.

Numerati

77%

A new Siena poll finds that by a 54% to 30% margin, New Yorkers say Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial is “legitimate” — the view of 77% of Democrats and 44% of independents — rather than a “witch hunt,” the view of 66% of Republicans.

51% to 48%

300 million

Spotify said Taylor Swift’s new album was the first to have over 300 million streams in a single day on Friday.

28%

15% to 7%