Author: Buck Banks
Most Disapprove of Trump’s Recent Pardons
66%
A new Economist/YouGov poll finds 66% of Americans disapprove and 15% approve of the pardon of Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife, who had been charged with accepting $600,000 in bribes. And 66% disapprove and 13% approve of the pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Gift Keeps on Grifting
There’s a failed state park in New York named for Donald J. Trump.
He donated the land after his golf course plan hit a slump.
It’s just trash, asbestos, brambles and no amenities,
Though he took a $100 million tax cut with a grifter’s ease,
May we suggest a new name: the Donald J. Trump State Dump.
Trump Killed Rob Reiner At least he seems to take credit for it ...
Trump watches the news like an evil, demented Elf on the Shelf,
He hates to share the news cycle because of his declining mental health.
When Rob and Michele Reiner were murdered in their home,
Trump blamed the family tragedy on Trump Derangement Syndrome,
Because the Narcissist-in-Chief just has to make EVERYTHING about himself.
The Usual Xmas Excess
Despite the Affordability Crisis, American households will be going all out this year, spending almost $2 billion on real Christmas trees in 2024, according to an analysis by finder.com.
Here are the stats:
- Spending on real Christmas trees will hit $1.94 billion in 2025.
- In 2024, American households spent $1.87 billion on real trees.
- An estimated 23.2 million real trees will be purchased at a projected median cost of $83.87.
- The 2025 forecast of $83.87 is 5.75% higher than the average spend of $126.20 in 2025.
- About 31.68 million fake trees will be bought at an average cost of $126.20.
- 78% of American households will display a Christmas tree in 2025, according to the American Christmas Tree Association.
- Americans spent about $5.57 billion on Christmas trees in 2023 and about $5.94 billion in 2024.
- Christmas tree spending is projected to grow 6.56% in 2025 compared to 2024.
Trump’s ‘Creepy Obsession’ with Omar
“There’s this creepy obsession that he seems to have on me that just feels pretty obnoxious. I’ve never been one to dwell on the words or attacks of bullies.”
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), quoted by the Washington Post, on President Trump calling her “garbage” and saying she should be deported to her native Somalia.
Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing
Donald Trump fancies himself a bit of a thespian,
But of the reality-show type — not a Shakespearian.
Though as he totters across the political stage,
His mind befuddled by vengeance and rage,
He seems less “The Apprentice’ and ever more Mad King Learian.
Donald Trump’s Really Especially Bad Day
In his “To the Contrary” Substack Charlie Sykes summed up Friday, Dec. 12, the worst day of Donald Trump’s second term:
“The House rejected one of his executive orders; another grand jury refused to indict Letitia James; a judge freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia and called out the Administration’s bullshit; Kristi Noem faceplanted in congressional testimony; his concept of a health care plan crashed in the Senate; and his poll numbers continued to crater.”
“But all of this was merely prologue to Trump’s humiliation by the sort of Republicans we are thought were utterly extinct.”
“Despite a vicious pressure campaign, the Republican-dominated Indiana Senate overwhelmingly rejected Trump’s demand that they gerrymander the state’s congressional map to benefit the GOP.”
“What happened yesterday — an outburst of Republican courage — was as rare as a sighting of Bigfoot, Lindsey Graham’s spine, or natural breasts at Mar-a-Lago.”
