May 7, 2010 - Pensito

Verbatim

May 7, 2010 Buck Banks

He was a fool when he stepped off the plane in Louisiana 4½ years ago, and unfortunately for him, he apparently still is.

— Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), quoted by Politico, on the attempted comeback of former FEMA Director Michael Brown.

Poll: Meet the Birthers, 14% of Americans Are Stubbornly Ignorant

May 7, 2010May 11, 2010 Jon Ponder

Facts may be stubborn things, but they are no match for the 14 percent of Americans who, despite evidence to the contrary, not to mention common-sense reasoning, still believe Pres. Obama was born outside the United States:

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McCollum Paid Presumably Gay Baptist Homophobe $120,000 to Spread Lies

May 7, 2010May 11, 2010 Trish

AdoptiveParentsSm
Lies, lies, lies. So many lies that the mind reels and the stomach lurches, trying to keep up. The lies that have been told by Christian extremists in Florida to preserve the state’s archaic and cruel law prohibiting gay adoption should shame anyone who still supports it.

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Day: May 7, 2010

Verbatim

He was a fool when he stepped off the plane in Louisiana 4½ years ago, and unfortunately for him, he apparently still is.

— Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), quoted by Politico, on the attempted comeback of former FEMA Director Michael Brown.

Poll: Meet the Birthers, 14% of Americans Are Stubbornly Ignorant

McCollum Paid Presumably Gay Baptist Homophobe $120,000 to Spread Lies

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“They’ve invested heavily in AI labs. They’ve invested heavily in data centers. So, the first family has a financial stake in this industry, and as a result, the president of the United States is compromised.”

— “Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on Monday said President Trump will likely not heed calls from technology leaders to implement guardrails on the development of artificial intelligence because of his family’s investments in the industry,” NewsNation reports.

— Jane Haman

“We’re working through some political issues in Israel. I think we agree with them on the end state. They just have a crazy election, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards.”

— Jared Kushner, quoted by CBS News, on the lack of progress in Gaza.

Numerati

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.

$184 million

50%

38%

31%