June 24, 2013 - Pensito

A Wayward Edward

June 24, 2013 Buck Banks

Snowden’s in motion, he shall not be detained.
Ecuador will take him; USA wants him enchained.
Now to Cuba via Aeroflot,
But comes a twist in the plot —
The media’s there but there’s no Snowden on the plane.

Cuomo Not Fazed by KKK’s ‘Death Ray’

June 24, 2013June 24, 2013 Buck Banks

These extreme right wing nutsies think of everything.

— New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), quoted by the New York Daily News, laughing off news that he was being targeted by a “death ray.”

Most Favor Immigration Reform

June 24, 2013 Buck Banks

71%

Of Americans think undocumented immigrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S., but by a 49% to 43% margin people are split on when they should be allowed to apply — while border security improvements are being made or when they are actually implemented, a new Pew/USA Today poll finds.

Today’s 30-Somethings Worse Off Than Their Parents in 1983

June 24, 2013 Buck Banks

21%

Percentage by which the net worth of today’s 30-somethings — adjusted for inflation — is down from what 30-somethings enjoyed in 1983, a new Urban Institute study finds.

Rubio’s Popularity in Free-Fall

June 24, 2013 Buck Banks

58%

Sen. Marco Rubio’s favorabilty among Republican voters, a new Rasmussen Reports survey finds. That’s down 10 points from May and down 15 points from February.

It’s a Bad Sign When Republican Candidates Run Against Their Party

June 24, 2013 Buck Banks

See, one of the things we’re going to do, we’re going to change part of the Republican Party. They’re wrong on too many issues. I mean, you know, you gotta realize, they gotta realize we’re in the 21st century.

Day: June 24, 2013

A Wayward Edward

Cuomo Not Fazed by KKK’s ‘Death Ray’

These extreme right wing nutsies think of everything.

— New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), quoted by the New York Daily News, laughing off news that he was being targeted by a “death ray.”

Most Favor Immigration Reform

71%

Of Americans think undocumented immigrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S., but by a 49% to 43% margin people are split on when they should be allowed to apply — while border security improvements are being made or when they are actually implemented, a new Pew/USA Today poll finds.

Today’s 30-Somethings Worse Off Than Their Parents in 1983

21%

Percentage by which the net worth of today’s 30-somethings — adjusted for inflation — is down from what 30-somethings enjoyed in 1983, a new Urban Institute study finds.

Rubio’s Popularity in Free-Fall

58%

Sen. Marco Rubio’s favorabilty among Republican voters, a new Rasmussen Reports survey finds. That’s down 10 points from May and down 15 points from February.

It’s a Bad Sign When Republican Candidates Run Against Their Party

See, one of the things we’re going to do, we’re going to change part of the Republican Party. They’re wrong on too many issues. I mean, you know, you gotta realize, they gotta realize we’re in the 21st century.

— Massachusetts Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez (R), quoted by WBUR-TV, running against his own party.

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%).”