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16 Jan, 2025

How Obama Came to Trust Sharpton

August 22, 2014 Buck Banks

He realized I wasn’t as irrational or as crazy as people thought.

— Rev. Al Sharpton, in an interview with Politico, on how he became President Obama’s confidant on race.

Reclaim the Restoring

August 30, 2010May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

Al Sharpton left me feeling bored
And listening to Sarah Palin’s a chore.
But hey, what the heck,
Thanks to Glenn Beck,
Today, I feel like my honor’s restored.

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How Obama Came to Trust Sharpton

He realized I wasn’t as irrational or as crazy as people thought.

— Rev. Al Sharpton, in an interview with Politico, on how he became President Obama’s confidant on race.

Reclaim the Restoring

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“How many senators have showed up drunk to vote at night? Have any of you guys asked them to step down and resign from their jobs? And don’t tell me you haven’t seen it, because I know you have.”

— Sen. Markwayne Mullen (R-OK), quoted by the Daily Beast, defending Secretary of Defense-designate Pete Hegseth.

“I think these days of thunder starting next week are going to be incredibly, incredibly intense.”

— Steve Bannon, quoted by Politico, on the start of Donald Trump’s second term.

“Because he put money in, I was prepared to tolerate it. I’m not prepared to tolerate it anymore.”

— Steve Bannon, quoted by the Daily Beast, promising to get “evil” Elon Musk kicked out of Donald Trump’s inner circle.

Numerati

19%

A new AP-NORC poll finds just 19% of Americans approve of Pete Hegseth being nominated as the secretary of defense.

$83 billion

“Senate Democrats are warning that the Laken Riley Act is unworkable in its current form, requiring tens of billions in new spending and enforcement resources that are ‘not feasible’ to detain undocumented immigrants accused of theft,” Semafor reports.

~40%

46,000+

256,000