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Day: May 28, 2013

Dole: GOP Is Broken

May 28, 2013 Buck Banks

I think they ought to put a sign on the national committee doors that says ‘closed for repairs’ until New Year’s Day next year and spend that time going over ideas and positive agendas.

— Former Sen. Bob Dole, quoted by CBS News, on the Republican party’s problems.

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Majority Doesn’t Support Obamacare

May 28, 2013May 30, 2013 Buck Banks

54%

Of Americans oppose President Obama’s new health care law, three years after he signed what was his signature domestic policy achievement, a new CNN/ORC Poll finds. But the poll also indicates that more than a quarter of those who oppose Obamacare say they don’t support the measure because it doesn’t go far enough.

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Trump Researching a 2016 Prez Run

May 28, 2013 Buck Banks

+$1 million

Amount Donald Trump has spent on “electoral research” for a potential presidential run in 2016, the New York Post reports.

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Weiner Wonders at Newspaper Coverage

May 28, 2013 Buck Banks

I have no idea how a struggling newspaper has nine reporters covering us.

— New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner (D), quoted by BuzzFeed, ribbing a New York Post reporter.

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Snowe: GOP Needs a Rethink

May 28, 2013 Buck Banks

The Republican Party is undergoing some, you know, significant and serious changes and they are going to have to rethink their approach as a political party and how they are going to regroup and become a governing majority party that appeals to a broader group of Americans than they do today.

— Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), in an interview on MSNBC.

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Out of Order

May 28, 2013 Buck Banks

The GOP finds itself in a sorry state of affairs,
Unable to govern and obsessed with Obamacare.
You know you’re in the hole
When former Senator Bob Dole
Says the Republican Party should be “closed for repairs.”

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GPS of the Resistance
Buck Banks | Sep. 1, 2026

Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario has created a litmus test —
Yield, and rename it Lake America, at Donald Trump’s behest,
Like Google and Apple, which already capitulated,
Changing the name just like Dear Leader stipulated,
But there’s one defiant holdout — the original mapping site, Mapquest.

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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.

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    “Young Americans today have never witnessed Congress authorize a war, they’ve never seen a U.S. administration balance its books, they’ve never watched a well-funded and empowered state department operate, and they see only mistrust between allies. They assume the situation is normal. It is not. … The real cost of forgetting the pre-9/11 world is not a country that has changed, but one that no longer knows it could be different.”

    — Jane Haman

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    “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.

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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.

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    $184 million

    “Iranian strikes have damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings and other structures at bases across the Middle East, and caused about $184 million worth of damage at U.S. diplomatic facilities, according to a Pentagon watchdog report,” the Washington Post reports. “The inspector general’s report to Congress on Operation Epic Fury — the Trump administration’s name for the war with Iran — also details the extent of U.S. munitions shortages, in the first comprehensive public accounting of the war, which is now in its seventh month.”

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    50%

    Half (50%) of U.S. adults say they are either very concerned (23%) or somewhat concerned (27%) about the possibility that AI will cause the end of humanity, a new YouGov survey finds. Another 39% of Americans say they’re not very concerned (21%) or not at all concerned (17%) about an AI apocalypse, while 11% aren’t sure.

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    38%

    A majority of Americans ages 55 and up and a majority of Republicans of all ages support the use of Flock technologies in their communities, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted from August 28 to 31. Split by age, party, education level and gender, no other demographic group had a majority of support for the cameras. Among age groups, younger Americans were the least likely to support Flock, with only 21% of respondents aged 18 to 34 in favor of the technology.

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    31%

    About one-third (31%) of Americans strongly or somewhat approve of how the U.S. Supreme Court is handling its job, according to the latest Economist/YouGov Survey, while 53% disapprove. Almost all Democrats disapprove of the Supreme Court’s job handling (12% approve and 79% disapprove), while most Republicans approve (63% vs. 26%). Republicans who say they’re MAGA supporters overwhelmingly approve of the Supreme Court’s job handling (73% vs. 19%), while non-MAGA Republicans are more closely divided (49% vs. 36%).

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