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Let ‘Em Go, Joe

March 19, 2021March 22, 2021 Buck Banks

For hoarding vaccine, we’ve been beat like a pinata,
‘Cause we’ve got millions of doses of AstraZeneca.
So now President Biden’s
Looking to dump them —
Why not on our neighbors, Mexico and Canada?

Majority Believe Aid to Egypt Should Be Stopped

August 20, 2013August 20, 2013 Buck Banks

51%

Of Americans think aid to Egypt should be cut off, a new Pew Research poll finds, and 50% think President Obama’s response has not been tough enough. The office of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the head of the appropriations state and foreign-operations subcommittee, said Monday that $500 million in military aid to Egypt has been temporarily cut off.

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Let ‘Em Go, Joe

Majority Believe Aid to Egypt Should Be Stopped

51%

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“House Republicans are gleefully letting Donald Trump function as their chief political strategist at the expense of American families. Trump’s behavior is shameful, but unsurprising from someone who has demonstrated he couldn’t care less about the American people.”

— A spokesman for President Biden’s campaign hit House Republicans for heeding Donald Trump’s calls to dig in on a government shutdown if they don’t get “everything,” The Hill reports.

“I honestly don’t know what to say to my fellow Republicans other than you’re gonna eat a shit sandwich, and you probably deserve to eat it.”

— Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), talking to Fox News about the impending government shutdown.

— Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), on CNN.

— Politico

— Attorney General Merrick Garland, testifying before the House Judiciary Committee/Inquisition.

Numerati

65%

A new Pew Research poll finds that 65% of Americans “say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency. …. A third favor keeping the current Electoral College system.”

45%

A new Saint Anselm Poll in New Hampshire finds Donald Trump leading the GOP presidential race with 45%, followed by Nikki Haley at 15%, Ron DeSantis at 11%, Chris Christie at 10%, Vivek Ramaswamy at 6% and Tim Scott at 3%.

8%

A new Insider Advantage poll in New Hampshire finds Donald Trump leading the GOP primary field with 42%, followed by Nikki Haley at 14%, Chris Christie at 10%, Ron DeSantis at 8%, Vivek Ramaswamy at 5%, Tim Scott at 5% and Doug Burgum at 4%.

$2.2 million

Rock and roll legend Eric Clapton raised $2.2 million for Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., at a recent campaign event, Fox News reports.

42 million

“Almost 42 million Americans – over one-eighth of the US population – are estimated to have lived within one mile of a mass shooting since 2014,” CNN reports.