January 7, 2011

01 Nov, 2026

Republican Reading Wreck

January 7, 2011 Buck Banks

Public reading requires good locution
And the outgoing persona of a showman.
But one thing you really need
Before you begin to read
Is knowledge of what’s in the Constitution.

U.S. Unemployment Lowest in 19 Months

January 7, 2011 Buck Banks

9.4%

U.S. unemployment dropped in December to its lowest level in 19 months, the Department of Labor announced Friday. The economy added 103,000 new jobs, up from November’s revised estimate of 71,000.

Day: January 7, 2011

Republican Reading Wreck

U.S. Unemployment Lowest in 19 Months

9.4%

U.S. unemployment dropped in December to its lowest level in 19 months, the Department of Labor announced Friday. The economy added 103,000 new jobs, up from November’s revised estimate of 71,000.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”