April 21, 2010 - Pensito

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Bernie Goldberg Fires Back

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The Passion of Crist

April 21, 2010April 21, 2010 Buck Banks

To Washington he craves to be sent,
Even though that means paying his rent.
Charlie Crist merely seeks
To whip Rubio and Meek,
By running as a scared independent.

— Sue Lowden (R), the front-running challenger to Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), suggesting that health care could be paid for using the barter system without estimating how many chickens it would take to pay off an appendectomy.

If Charlie Switches…or, How to Change Everything With One Primary

April 21, 2010April 26, 2010 Trish

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Each hour closer to the April 30 deadline for Charlie Crist to switch ’em if he’s got ’em (parties, that is) brings more scenario-spinning in Florida. The currently Republican governor was lagging in polls behind former state House Speaker Marco Rubio in the Republican primary. Democrat Kendall Meek, who will face either the winner of the primary, or both men if Crist bails on the GOP, is a mostly forgotten opponent.

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Worshiped by Tea Baggers, Now Glenn Beck Says He’s Had a Revelation from God

April 21, 2010April 22, 2010 Jon Ponder

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Last week, we found what we thought was a definitive poll result in the New York Times/CBS News survey of self-identified tea baggers. The fact that 57 percent of them still support George W. Bush speaks volumes.

But uber-pollster Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com looked at the same poll and found a factor that is much more revelatory and potentially alarming:

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Day: April 21, 2010

Jon Stewart Compares Fox News to an Autoimmune Disorder, with Gospel Choir Accompaniment

The Passion of Crist

Verbatim

— Sue Lowden (R), the front-running challenger to Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), suggesting that health care could be paid for using the barter system without estimating how many chickens it would take to pay off an appendectomy.

If Charlie Switches…or, How to Change Everything With One Primary

Worshiped by Tea Baggers, Now Glenn Beck Says He’s Had a Revelation from God

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”

— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.

“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”

— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.

Numerati

1,000

10%

“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.

71%

A new Fox News Poll finds 71% of voters think the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the Iran War, including 95% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 43% of Republicans. Sixty percent say U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, while just 37% say it was right.

$9.5 billion

“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.