We find ourselves at the twilight of democracy,
And the rise of Trump’s billionaire’s plutocracy.
His intentions are criminal
His nominations, imbeciles,
Which is why we’ll end up with a kakistocracy.
Poetic Justice
Buck Banks | Aug. 5, 2025
NASA’s Sean Duffy wants a lunar nuclear reactor — and soon!
We’ve perfected the tech on earth, so the timing’s opportune!
Just like Elon Musk’s electric cars,
We’ll need electricity to get to Mars,
And an extension cord that reaches from there to the Moon.
Verbatim
“We had the island to ourselves which was very cool. I had never been to Disneyland. I thought it was awesome… Sorry to all the people that are Disneyland for the longer lines, but we had a very good time.”
— Vice President JD Vance, talking to Katie Miller, on Disneyland being shut down for one of his many family vacations.
“He’s sending in the troops because he can—because D.C., as a federal enclave with few protections from presidential overreach, makes for a uniquely soft target. This ostensible show of strength is more like an admission of weakness. It is the behavior of a bully: very bad for the people it touches, but not a likely prelude to full authoritarian takeover.”
— Quinta Jurecic
“I wish Marjorie Taylor Greene got on her knees for her lord and savior as much as she got on her knees for men who aren’t her husband. Just another fake Christian.”
— Laura Loomer, on X.
Numerati
$37 trillion
“The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, a record that highlights the accelerating debt on America’s balance sheet and increased cost pressures on taxpayers,” the AP reports.
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$291 billion
“The U.S. government’s budget deficit grew nearly 20% in July to $291 billion despite a $21 billion jump in customs duty collections from President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with outlays growing faster than receipts,” Reuters reports.
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$52.8 billion
“The Trump administration’s claim that it is saving billions of dollars through DOGE-related cuts to federal contracts is drastically exaggerated,” Politico reports. “Through July, DOGE said it has saved taxpayers $52.8 billion by canceling contracts, but of the $32.7 billion in actual claimed contract savings that Politico could verify, DOGE’s savings over that period were closer to $1.4 billion.”
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60,000
“The number of people in immigration detention reached a new high of more than 60,000 on Monday, breaking a modern record set during the first Trump administration,” the New York Times reports.
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2.4 million
“Republican-led cuts to public assistance programs – carried out at the behest of Donald Trump’s administration – will lead to 2.4 million fewer Americans receiving food stamps, among them families with children,” The Guardian reports.
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