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Yellow-Bellied Journalism

February 8, 2026February 8, 2026 Buck Banks

The mass layoffs at WaPo gave us a sense of bereavement,
And gutting the Post is Jeff Bezos’ crowning achievement.
We had low expectations when he bought it,
But we never foresaw the lesson he taught us
In the paper’s new tagline: Democracy Dies in Appeasement.

What Would Q Do?

February 8, 2026February 8, 2026 Buck Banks

Since 4chan in 2017 the QAnon conspiracy has been going strong,
Though the theory of a cabal of cannibal pedophiles could be wrong.
But now the facts emerging from the Epstein files
Have us starting to question our wits and wiles,
And beginning to wonder if the QAnon believers were right all along.

Freezing Their Assets Off

February 6, 2026 Buck Banks

The Trumps said the crypto market was a good one to enter,
But that was before the value of bitcoin began to splinter.
Now it’s worth even less
Than when Trump took office,
So welcome to 12 to 18 months of cold, cruel crypto winter.

Prescription for Obfuscation

February 6, 2026February 11, 2026 Buck Banks

For Donald Trump, media manipulation is almost a reflex,
Which is how we got to his latest diversion: TrumpRx.
It’s certainly not an affordability solution,
But it is a rather effective prescription
To divert attention away from the Epstein files and illegal sex.

Yellow-Bellied Journalism

What Would Q Do?

Freezing Their Assets Off

Prescription for Obfuscation

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“Whether you liked Ms. Harris or not, this last election was a choice, a very simple one. You had the choice between the Constitution and the criminal. And this country chose the criminal. You put a criminal at the top of America. A convicted felon.”

— Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura (I), on a podcast.

“You can kiss the midterms goodbye.”

— Former Trump Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, on NewsNation, after President Trump shared a racist post of the Obamas.

“I did this to go on offense. And to put them in a position where they’re tap dancing. To put them in a position where they have to own their choices of using a U.S. attorney’s office to come after a senator.”

— Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is refusing to voluntarily comply with a Justice Department investigation into a video she organized urging U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders” — escalating a dispute that President Trump has publicly pushed, the AP reports.

Numerati

51.8%

Portion of young Miami residents who said in a recent survey they were likely to leave, with the area’s cost of living a key factor.

$1,000

“President Donald Trump’s tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation,” ABC News reports. “The cost is set to go even higher this year to $1,300 per household, assuming the existing tariffs stay in place.”

14%

“Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump’s first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses,” CBS News reports.

37 points

Chasity Verret Martinez (D) won Saturday’s special election for Louisiana State House District 60, defeating Brad Daigle (R), 62% to 38%, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports. The Downballot reports it was “a massive 37-point overperformance compared to the 2024 presidential result.”

108,435

Employers laid off 108,435 people last month, the highest January number since 2009, according to a new report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas. At the same time, hiring intentions haven’t been lower since then.