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Nearly Two-Thirds Say Federal Government Has too Much Power

October 10, 2025 Buck Banks

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Gallup: “Sixty-two percent of Americans say the federal government has too much power, with most of the rest saying the government’s power is about right. This latest reading, the first in President Donald Trump’s second term, is up from 51% a year ago and is the highest in Gallup’s trend since 2002, by two percentage points.”

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Dictator of Culture

February 10, 2025 Buck Banks

When it comes to culture, Trump thinks he knows what’s best.
He’s taking control of the Kennedy Center at no one’s behest.
Gone will be the orchestras,
The virtuosos and the operas,
And in their stead we’ll get Kid Rock, Carrie Underwood and Kanye West.

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Squeezing a Lemon
Buck Banks | Apr. 1, 2026

There was a gay, black journo named Don Lemon,
Who stopped in Minneapolis to ask questions.
But ICE got to arresting
And now Trump’s lawyers are testing
The use of the civil rights FACE Act to convict ‘im.

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    “So the world’s greatest military power went to war with a poor, medievalist theocracy. It was an incredibly uneven match … Yet Iran won. The Iranian regime has emerged far stronger than it was before, controlling the Strait of Hormuz and having demonstrated its ability to inflict damage on both its neighbors and the world economy. The U.S. has emerged far weaker, having demonstrated the limitations of its military technology, its strategic ineptitude and, when push comes to shove, its cowardice. … We’ve also destroyed our moral credibility: Trump may have TACOed at the last minute, but he threatened to commit gigantic war crimes — and for all practical purposes our political and civil institutions gave him permission to do so.”

    — Paul Krugman

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    “God deserves all the glory. Tens of thousands of strikes carried out under the protection of divine providence. A massive effort with miraculous protection. God is good.”

    — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaking to reporters.

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    “Trump is a military moron.”

    — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), quoted by the Wall Street Journal.

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    134

    G. Elliot Morris: “New estimates I’ve produced show that Trump’s approval rating is below 50% among registered voters in 135 Republican-held congressional seats — 104 in the House and 31 in the Senate. … And his approval is below 45% in jurisdictions represented by 44 Republican members of Congress — 34 in the House and 10 in the Senate.”

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    60%

    A new Pew Research poll finds 60% of U.S. adults now have an unfavorable view of Israel.

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    57%

    A new survey finds that approximately 20% of 2024 Trump voters may not vote Republican in 2028, and that almost 57% of voters who switched from Biden in 2020 to Trump in 2024 are considering abandoning the Republican party in 2028.

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    86%

    A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds 86 percent of Americans are concerned for the lives of U.S. military personnel in Iran — and 56 percent believe the war will have a negative impact on their personal financial situation.

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    60%

    Financial Times: “Oil prices posted the biggest rise in decades this month as the war in Iran chokes global energy supplies and sends shockwaves across major financial markets and economies. … “Brent crude, the international benchmark, settled at $118.35 on Tuesday, close to its highest level since the start of the conflict in the Middle East, as traders fearing a prolonged shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz rushed to secure cargoes. … The price has risen more than 60 percent in March, eclipsing the previous record gain of 46 percent following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990.”

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