Author: Buck Banks
Just a Third of Americans Approve of Trump’s Handling of Everything
33%
A new AP-NORC poll shows just 33% of adults approve of the way President Trump is managing the government, down from 42% in March.
Trump’s War on Affordability
Maybe it’s just another sign of Donald Trump’s increasing senility,
But he refuses to believe his policies are creating economic difficulty.
Of course, he’s never bought gas or groceries in his life,
And he hasn’t a clue about Americans’ economic strife.
All he knows is, he doesn’t want his aides to talk to him about “affordability.”
The Shutdown Clowns
For 40 days and 40 nights, it looked like democracy might be saved.
The Democrats were united while the Republicans just looked depraved.
But faced with the GOP’s lust for cruelty,
Out the window went party fealty,
And without a concession or compromise, eight cowardly Democrats caved.
Clueless in Kentucky
Some people think of Kentuckians as uninformed, uneducated hicks,
But they want to exercise their right to vote, even in the sticks.
Kentucky’s secretary of state went to work,
Saying they couldn’t vote for mayor of New York,
But assured that Kentucky’s polls would open again for elections — in 2026.
Layoffs Total 1.1 Million for 2025
1.1 million
Companies said they laid off 153,074 employees last month, the most since 2003, according to a report the consulting firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas published yesterday. That’s nearly triple the number of jobs cut in September, and it puts the total for the year through October at almost 1.1 million jobs lost—44% more than in all of 2024. Most of October’s redundancies came from just two industries. Warehouses were the biggest job cutters last month with 48,000 layoffs, followed by 33,000 in tech. Amazon, UPS, Paramount, and Target were just some corporate names that announced layoffs last month.
Patel’s Plane Pain
Keystone Kash Patel’s jet-setting at our expense has got to end,
His frivolous flights are an abuse of power he can’t defend.
And it was a predictable disaster,
You’d expect from a second-rate podcaster,
Though we were surprised and amused to learn Kash has a girlfriend.
A Sandwich Hero
To be a U.S. Border Protection agent you must be a tough sumbitch,
Able to arrest and detain immigrants or citizens without a hitch.
But then along comes Sean Charles Dunn,
Considered a hero of the resistance by some,
Who bravely stood up to fascist invaders armed only with a Subway sandwich.
