April 25, 2024 - Pensito

Elected to Kill

April 25, 2024 Buck Banks

Donald Trump has never believed in equal opportunity.
He does believe he should be able to crime with impunity.
So, if he decided to assassinate
Joe Biden or some other potentate,
A President Trump says he could do it with absolute immunity.

Support for Israel Aid Drops in Swing States

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51%

A new Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll find 51% of registered voters “in the seven states that will decide the 2024 presidential election said they either strongly or somewhat support aid to Israel. … That’s down 11 percentage points from November, when 62% of respondents said they supported the aid.”

Trump Holds Slim Lead in Red Florida

April 25, 2024 Buck Banks

2%

A new University of North Florida poll in Florida finds Donald Trump leading Joe Biden, 47% to 45% among likely voters. About 4% said another candidate, 2% said they do not plan on voting, and 3% said they do not know, or refused to answer.

Christie Shares Trump’s Fears of Jail

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“He said, ‘Oh, my God, Chris. I could never do that. I can never go to jail. They tell you when to go to bed at night and when to wake up in the morning and what to wear and what to do, who you can talk to and what you can eat. I could never do that.’”

— Former Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by the Washington Post, on Donald Trump’s fears of going to jail.

Mitt Dumps on Trump

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“I think everybody has made their own assessment of President Trump’s character, and so far as I know you don’t pay someone $130,000 not to have sex with you.”

Day: April 25, 2024

Elected to Kill

Support for Israel Aid Drops in Swing States

51%

Trump Holds Slim Lead in Red Florida

2%

A new University of North Florida poll in Florida finds Donald Trump leading Joe Biden, 47% to 45% among likely voters. About 4% said another candidate, 2% said they do not plan on voting, and 3% said they do not know, or refused to answer.

Christie Shares Trump’s Fears of Jail

“He said, ‘Oh, my God, Chris. I could never do that. I can never go to jail. They tell you when to go to bed at night and when to wake up in the morning and what to wear and what to do, who you can talk to and what you can eat. I could never do that.’”

— Former Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by the Washington Post, on Donald Trump’s fears of going to jail.

Mitt Dumps on Trump

“I think everybody has made their own assessment of President Trump’s character, and so far as I know you don’t pay someone $130,000 not to have sex with you.”

— Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), on CNN.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“This is the biggest deployment of my life, and there won’t be a drop of alcohol on my lips while I’m doing it.”

— Pete Hegseth, pledging to Megan Kelly to not drink alcohol while serving as defense secretary.

“The damage that the 2024 campaign has done — the damage that this decade has done to a Democratic brand — is almost unfathomable.”

— James Carville, quoted by USA Today.

“As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and chooses his closet advisers ahead of Inauguration Day, many African American leaders are asking why more Black people haven’t been appointed to key positions.”

— ABC News

“If you defended the 34x felon, who committed sexual assault, stole national security documents, and tried running a coup on his country… you can sit out the Hunter Biden pardon discussion.”

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), on X.

— Benjamin Wittes</h2>

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Numerati

$9 billion

$500,000 to $2,000,000

“If you want to rub elbows with President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration during inaugural celebrations, it’ll cost you — between half a million and $2 million, specifically,” USA Today reports.

227,000

$250 million

$30 million

51%

2%

A new University of North Florida poll in Florida finds Donald Trump leading Joe Biden, 47% to 45% among likely voters. About 4% said another candidate, 2% said they do not plan on voting, and 3% said they do not know, or refused to answer.

“He said, ‘Oh, my God, Chris. I could never do that. I can never go to jail. They tell you when to go to bed at night and when to wake up in the morning and what to wear and what to do, who you can talk to and what you can eat. I could never do that.’”

— Former Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by the Washington Post, on Donald Trump’s fears of going to jail.

“I think everybody has made their own assessment of President Trump’s character, and so far as I know you don’t pay someone $130,000 not to have sex with you.”

— Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), on CNN.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“This is the biggest deployment of my life, and there won’t be a drop of alcohol on my lips while I’m doing it.”

— Pete Hegseth, pledging to Megan Kelly to not drink alcohol while serving as defense secretary.

“The damage that the 2024 campaign has done — the damage that this decade has done to a Democratic brand — is almost unfathomable.”

— James Carville, quoted by USA Today.

“As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and chooses his closet advisers ahead of Inauguration Day, many African American leaders are asking why more Black people haven’t been appointed to key positions.”

— ABC News

“If you defended the 34x felon, who committed sexual assault, stole national security documents, and tried running a coup on his country… you can sit out the Hunter Biden pardon discussion.”

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), on X.

— Benjamin Wittes</h2> Comment »

Numerati

$9 billion

$500,000 to $2,000,000

“If you want to rub elbows with President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration during inaugural celebrations, it’ll cost you — between half a million and $2 million, specifically,” USA Today reports.

227,000

$250 million

$30 million

— Benjamin Wittes</h2>

Comment »