Poetic Justice
Buck Banks | Feb. 8, 2026
Since 4chan in 2017 the QAnon conspiracy has been going strong,
Though the theory of a cabal of cannibal pedophiles could be wrong.
But now the facts emerging from the Epstein files
Have us starting to question our wits and wiles,
And beginning to wonder if the QAnon believers were right all along.
Verbatim
“Donald Trump told us that even though he had dinner with these people in New York City and West Palm Beach, that he would be transparent. But he’s not. He’s still in with the Epstein class. This is the Epstein administration.”
— Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), on ABC News.
“I wouldn’t put anything past Donald Trump and this administration. We’ve seen these guys over and over again double down on stupid.”
— Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) told Politico he wouldn’t be surprised if the Trump administration tries to take another run at punishing him over a video telling troops not to obey unlawful orders.
“I’m not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.”
— Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, on a podcast.
Numerati
4,400
The federal courts have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that the Trump administration has detained immigrants unlawfully, “a sweeping legal rebuke of Trump’s immigration crackdown” as the administration continues to hold some immigrants despite court orders, Reuters reports.
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$133,333 each
The cost per deportation, according to the Associated Press. The Trump administration spent at least $40 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to countries other than their own as immigration officials expanded the practice over the last year to carry out President Donald Trump’s goals of quickly removing immigrants from the U.S., according to a report compiled by the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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54%
A new Hart Research poll commissioned by the Senate Democrat-aligned Senate Majority PAC found that 54% of likely midterm voters express support for Democrats demanding reforms to ICE and blocking DHS funding unless those reforms are adopted. And six in 10 view Republicans’ refusal to accept changes requested by Democrats negatively.
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$64 trillion
“The United States’ national debt is set to balloon to $64 trillion over the next 10 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday, citing a jump in annual deficits that owes in part to tax cuts enacted by President Donald Trump,” ABC News reports.
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51.8%
Portion of young Miami residents who said in a recent survey they were likely to leave, with the area’s cost of living a key factor.
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