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27 Apr, 2025

Fart of a Deal

April 10, 2025April 11, 2025 Buck Banks

Something’s not right about this tariff postponement, methinks.
And it seems that Trump’s up to market manipulation hijinks.
Tuesday’s “rumor” was the “tell,”
That come Wednesday — short sell.
There’s something about this fart of a deal that just stinks.

40 Percent Ready to Impeach Trump

February 3, 2017February 3, 2017 Buck Banks

40%

A new Public Policy Polling survey shows 40% of American voters already want to impeach President Trump. That’s up from 35% of voters who wanted to impeach him a week ago. Only 48% of voters say that they would be opposed to Trump’s impeachment.

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Fart of a Deal

40 Percent Ready to Impeach Trump

40%

A new Public Policy Polling survey shows 40% of American voters already want to impeach President Trump. That’s up from 35% of voters who wanted to impeach him a week ago. Only 48% of voters say that they would be opposed to Trump’s impeachment.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“Let’s be honest. This uncertainty, this chaos, is no accident. The president of the United States has chosen. Chosen to destroy the federal government’s ability to help people.”

— Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), quoted by The Hill.

— Will Saletan

“We live in a moment when our freedoms are once again under attack from the highest office in the land. We see things that would be familiar to our revolutionary predecessors: the silencing of critics, the disappearing of people from our streets, demands for unquestioning fealty.”

— Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D), quoted by the Boston Globe.

— https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-asha-rangappa.html?lctg=75845185

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— Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, a Reagan appointee and conservative icon, in an opinion about the Maryland man wrongly-deported to El Salvador.

Numerati

$100 million

40%

Donald Trump’s approval rating, according to the latest Pew Poll. Another 10 point drop, and he will likely be in serious political trouble.

44%

$1 trillion

Wall Street Journal: “The wealthiest have gotten richer, and control a record share of America’s wealth. New data suggest $1 trillion of wealth was created for the 19 richest American households alone in 2024. … That is more than the value of Switzerland’s entire economy.”

1.8%

40%

A new Public Policy Polling survey shows 40% of American voters already want to impeach President Trump. That’s up from 35% of voters who wanted to impeach him a week ago. Only 48% of voters say that they would be opposed to Trump’s impeachment.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“Let’s be honest. This uncertainty, this chaos, is no accident. The president of the United States has chosen. Chosen to destroy the federal government’s ability to help people.”

— Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), quoted by The Hill.

— Will Saletan

“We live in a moment when our freedoms are once again under attack from the highest office in the land. We see things that would be familiar to our revolutionary predecessors: the silencing of critics, the disappearing of people from our streets, demands for unquestioning fealty.”

— Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D), quoted by the Boston Globe.

— https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-asha-rangappa.html?lctg=75845185 Comment »

— Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, a Reagan appointee and conservative icon, in an opinion about the Maryland man wrongly-deported to El Salvador.

Numerati

$100 million

40%

Donald Trump’s approval rating, according to the latest Pew Poll. Another 10 point drop, and he will likely be in serious political trouble.

44%

$1 trillion

Wall Street Journal: “The wealthiest have gotten richer, and control a record share of America’s wealth. New data suggest $1 trillion of wealth was created for the 19 richest American households alone in 2024. … That is more than the value of Switzerland’s entire economy.”

1.8%

— https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-asha-rangappa.html?lctg=75845185

Comment »