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Twitter: ‘Turns out sending some badass special ops guys into Pakistan is a more effective way of killing Bin Laden than invading Iraq’

Verbatim

May 1, 2011 Trish

Turns out sending some badass special ops guys into Pakistan is a more effective way of killing Bin Laden than invading Iraq

— David Roberts, aka @drgrist, on Twitter

Why Did Gov. Rick Scott Attend Washington Insider Event?

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Much has been made of how the White House Correspondents’ annual dinner has become a celebrity fest. Everyone from Cee Lo Green to Bristol Palin to Paula Abdul attended, along with journalists. But can someone please explain to me why Tea Party Republican Gov. Rick Scott felt he needed to leave Florida to be there? Scott can be clearly seen checking to see if it’s O.K. with Donald to laugh at the Trump jokes, at about 1:40 on the right of the screen. Is this what Florida hired Scott to do?

As a side note, while Trump and Scott certainly share the crazy, their hairstyles offer an interesting contrast. Who says the GOP isn’t full of diversity?

Pet Obesity

May 1, 2011 Trish

Month: May 2011

Obama Slams Trump at Correspondents Dinner

Obama Really Did Have More Important Things to Worry About than Birth Certificates

Verbatim

Turns out sending some badass special ops guys into Pakistan is a more effective way of killing Bin Laden than invading Iraq

— David Roberts, aka @drgrist, on Twitter

Why Did Gov. Rick Scott Attend Washington Insider Event?

Pet Obesity

$25,000,000

Amount, according to Harper’s Magazine, spent by Americans in 2010 to treat their pets for obesity.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

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30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%