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New Conspiracy Theory

November 17, 2010May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

Barbara Walters is interviewing the Obamas, they say.
It’s to broadcast on Thanksgiving, plus one day.
Am I just being sensitive?
Are the schedulers conservative?
Or is it just a coincidence it airs on “Black Friday?”

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Lying Windbag Returns

November 11, 2010May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

I remember back when television sets had knobs,
Back when real journalists could get TV jobs.
But now I’m singin’ the blues
‘Cause all we’ve got is Fox News,
And fat-headed lying windbags like Lou Dobbs.

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The Unearned Honorific

November 6, 2010June 19, 2015 Buck Banks

With Fox News and the tea-baggers are lovin’ her,
Sarah Palin craves the limelight they’re givin’ her.
But her title don’t fit,
Because remember — she quit!
So I think they should stop calling her “governor.”

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Far Gone Juan

October 25, 2010May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

The leadership at NPR insists
Juan is gone and he won’t be missed.
They say on Fox in his new position
Williams is validating their decision —
He’s keeping the “anal” in “news analyst.”

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Juan Williams’ Song

October 22, 2010March 8, 2019 Buck Banks

I don’t like Muslims on my plane,
I don’t like Muslims, they’re all the same.
I don’t want Muslims at Ground Zero
And Bill O’Reilly is my hero.
I’m scared of Muslims, that’s what I say,
And I’ll get fired for $2 million any day.

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New 9/11 Hijackers

September 10, 2010May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

Terry Jones and his church are a bunch of dumb Crackers,
Islamophobic haters and mean ol’ attackers.
But with a tip of the hat,
You’ve got to hand it to them that
They’re a savvy bunch of media hijackers.

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Scott Rasmussen’s Bias

August 31, 2010May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

I’m not saying he doesn’t deserve to live,
I’m just saying his polls tend to be negative.
I’m not saying he’s right,
I’m just saying he’s RIGHT,
And his stats always help the conservatives.

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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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It’s No Dream

August 27, 2010May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

They’re gathering on the Washington Mall,
The right-wingers, tea-baggers and all.
No matter how peaceful it seems,
This wasn’t MLK’s dream —
It’s the nightmare of Glenn Beck’s goddamn gall.

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Slide On, Steve

August 12, 2010May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

We can sympathize with Stephen Slater.
Air travel will get to you, sooner or later.
It takes chutzpah and aplomb
To shout out the F-bomb
And still come off as a hero, not a hater.

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Russian to Judgment
Buck Banks | Oct. 19, 2026

The United States and Ukraine no longer seem to be in synch,
After Trump lifted Russia sanctions with a grin and a wink.
Trump coordinated it with Putin,
Who ramped up the drone shooting,
After Trump and Elon Musk throttled Ukraine’s Starlink.

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Verbatim

    “Take, for example, the French Revolution. Remember when Marie Antoinette said, ‘Let them eat cake’? Now, is that a problem of accountability and tyranny, a corrupt government? Or is it a problem of affordability and standard of living? It’s both! Authoritarianism and tyranny are extremely expensive for the people. And it’s the exact same thing when you go down the line with Donald Trump. So, are we going to go after the corruption? Yeah, you’re damn right. And are we going to go after affordability and making people’s lives easier? Yeah, you’re damn right. We’re going to do both of them.”

    — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by CBS News.

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    “Here’s the problem with the red meat: It becomes an addiction. Once you go there and you put that out there, then you’re forced to defend it. So what do they do? They double down. They triple down again.”

    — Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by the Washington Post, on Republicans relying on anti-Muslim attacks in the Michigan U.S. Senate race.

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    “If it wasn’t for President Trump the United States of America would not exist right now. This man saved America. He saved our military from collapse. He saved our economy from destruction. He saved our border from annihilation. He saved our country from threats at home and abroad which would have been the end of the American dream for ever.”

    — Stephen Miller, quoted by The Guardian, pledging “total devotion” to President Trump.

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    3,824

    A record number of women are running for state legislative seats this November, more than two-thirds of whom are Democrats, reports Florida Phoenix. Across the 46 states with legislative seats on the ballot, a total of 3,824 women are running — up from 2022’s previous record of 3,621 women candidates, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. Women make up 35.5% of all state legislative candidates this cycle. Currently, women hold about one-third of state legislative seats across the country — a record level of representation but nowhere near parity.

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    $1.4 billion

    “Prediction markets about the 2026 midterm elections have surpassed $1.4 billion in trading volume as Election Day fast approaches,” CNN reports. “This year has seen massive growth in the prediction industry, where people can bet on real-world events like sports, entertainment and the weather. While small-scale election markets have been around for a while, they gained traction before the 2024 presidential election and have seen huge numbers for the 2026 midterms.”

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    -35 points

    G. Elliot Morris: “Low-knowledge 2024 voters say they backed Trump by 8 points, according to our poll. Today they give him a net job approval of ?27, a 35-point shift. Compare that to Trump’s approval rating among voters who got both questions right: These voters backed Harris by 1 point and now give Trump a net ?24 approval, a 23-point shift. … Low-information voters have moved against Trump at a higher rate than high-information voters, by 12 points.”

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    31%

    President Donald ?Trump’s approval rating fell to a record low as Americans worried about high gasoline prices and appeared ready to punish his Republican Party in the November 3 congressional elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday. Some 31% of Americans approve of Trump’s ?performance in office, down a percentage point from two weeks earlier and the lowest level in ?either of his presidential terms, the four-day poll showed.

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    63% to 38%

    KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”

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