January 15, 2026

26 Aug, 2026

A Little Nobel Palm Oil

January 15, 2026 Buck Banks

Maria Corina Machado came to meet Trump, smiling like a bride,
She came to convince “Acting Presidente” to back her Venezuela side.
She slipped him her Nobel,
So the meeting went well,
Though Trump, Machado and you and me know it was just a stinking bribe.

Even Lindsey Graham Knows Trump’s a Lunatic

January 15, 2026 Buck Banks

Day: January 15, 2026

A Little Nobel Palm Oil

Even Lindsey Graham Knows Trump’s a Lunatic

“If you told him Martians came and stole votes, he’d be inclined to believe it.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by the New York Times, in secret grand jury testimony on Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“Every time J.D. Vance opens his mouth, the first two things I can think are, man, that guy is boring. And second, Peter Thiel had to spend a ton of money to get that man elected, barely in the state of Ohio.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), on MS NOW.

“If any politician wants to get mothers on their side, they should adopt this issue. It’s such an obvious electoral winner. And what I’ve learned is there is no force in the universe stronger than mothers trying to protect their kids.”

— Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, quoted by Politico, on the threats posed by social media and artificial intelligence.

“I’m very good at flagpoles!”

— President Trump bragged during an “impromptu tour of his various White House construction projects,” Mediaite reports.

Numerati

200,000

35%

+150

+750

“The number of U.S. service members wounded since the start of the Iran war has passed 750, according to the Defense Department’s war casualty database,” CNN reports.

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.