February 19, 2013

Americans’ Approval of Congress Holds Steady

February 19, 2013 Buck Banks

15%

Americans’ approval of Congress, which held steady in February, compared with 14% in January and exactly matching the 15% average for all of 2012. Congress’ current disapproval rating is 81%.

New Bowles-Simpson Budget Would Trim $2.4 Trillion Over 10 Years

February 19, 2013 Buck Banks

$2.4 trillion

Amount Erskine Bowles’ and Alan Simpson’s proposed new budget framework would cut the country’s debt over the next decade, CNN reports.

Thanks, Dead Ed!

February 19, 2013June 23, 2015 Buck Banks

As previously noted, endorsements don’t count for much.
They’re usually bestowed by celebrities and such.
But for candidate Chris Quinn
It will be extra hard to cash in
On an endorsement from recently deceased Ed Koch.

Then Why Not Go By Theodore?

February 19, 2013 Buck Banks

Yes, I’m Teddy Turner. You can’t pick your parents.

— Teddy Turner (R), quoted by Politico, “trashing his dad every chance he gets to show voters of the 1st Congressional District he’s not some tree-hugging lefty — or worse yet, Jane Fonda’s son.”

Michelle’s Bangs are Signs of Her Midlife Crisis

February 19, 2013 Buck Banks

This is my midlife crisis, the bangs. I couldn’t get a sports car. They won’t let me bungee jump. So instead, I cut my bangs.

— First Lady Michelle Obama, on why she cut her hair, the New York Daily News reports.

In Alabama Fetuses are Bigger than the Brain

February 19, 2013 Buck Banks

When a physician removes a child from a woman, that is the largest organ in a body. That’s a big thing. That’s a big surgery. You don’t have any other organs in your body that are bigger than that.

Day: February 19, 2013

Americans’ Approval of Congress Holds Steady

15%

Americans’ approval of Congress, which held steady in February, compared with 14% in January and exactly matching the 15% average for all of 2012. Congress’ current disapproval rating is 81%.

New Bowles-Simpson Budget Would Trim $2.4 Trillion Over 10 Years

$2.4 trillion

Amount Erskine Bowles’ and Alan Simpson’s proposed new budget framework would cut the country’s debt over the next decade, CNN reports.

Thanks, Dead Ed!

Then Why Not Go By Theodore?

Yes, I’m Teddy Turner. You can’t pick your parents.

— Teddy Turner (R), quoted by Politico, “trashing his dad every chance he gets to show voters of the 1st Congressional District he’s not some tree-hugging lefty — or worse yet, Jane Fonda’s son.”

Michelle’s Bangs are Signs of Her Midlife Crisis

This is my midlife crisis, the bangs. I couldn’t get a sports car. They won’t let me bungee jump. So instead, I cut my bangs.

— First Lady Michelle Obama, on why she cut her hair, the New York Daily News reports.

In Alabama Fetuses are Bigger than the Brain

When a physician removes a child from a woman, that is the largest organ in a body. That’s a big thing. That’s a big surgery. You don’t have any other organs in your body that are bigger than that.

— Alabama state Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin (R), in an interview with the Montgomery Advertiser, defending her sweeping anti-abortion bill.

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%

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