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21 Apr, 2026

A Waterfront Affront

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025 Buck Banks

Trump’s legacy library, like his presidency, will be contrary —
A gaudy, gilded, tasteless 47-story scar on the skyline of Miami.
There will be condos, a hotel, a rooftop restaurant,
No parking, but a shop full of Trump merch you won’t want,
And one thing’s certain — there won’t be many books in the Trump Library.

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A Waterfront Affront

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“Many of our former strengths, based on our close ties to America, have become weaknesses.”

— Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, quoted by the Associated Press.

— Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), on Benny Johnson’s podcast.

— Pew Research

Numerati

$250 million

FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic magazine on Monday, saying a recent story about his alleged frequent drinking and absences included “false and obviously fabricated” claims, CBS News reports.

$50 billion

“The world has lost over $50 billion worth of crude oil that has not been produced since the Iran ?war began nearly 50 days ago and the aftershock of the crisis will be felt for months and even years to come,” Reuters reports.

42%

A new Gallup poll finds 42% of young men saying religion is very important to them, up sharply from 28% in 2022-2023. By contrast, during this period, young women’s attachment to religion has held steady at about 30%.

+50%

US business adoption of AI crosses 50% for the first time in March, according to Ramp AI Index; Anthropic goes from 7% to 30% market share year-over-year, nearly equal to OpenAI (35%).

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