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Bondi’s Fiscal Worth Has Skyrocketed Since Her Election as Florida Attorney General

July 9, 2013 Buck Banks

65%

Amount Pam Bondi’s fiscal worth has risen since her election as Florida attorney general, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

What’s Bad on TV Is Bad for Americans

July 8, 2013 Buck Banks

55%

Of Americans say television is the main place they turn to for news about current events, leading the Internet, at 21%, according to Gallup. Nine percent say newspapers or other print publications are their main news source, followed by radio, at 6%.

What’s Bad for America Is Good for TV

July 8, 2013 Buck Banks

Super PACs may be bad for America, but they’re very good for CBS.

— CBS CEO Leslie Moonves, quoted by the New York Times.

Dems Prepared to Counter GOP Argument that Hillary Clinton is Too Old to Be President

July 8, 2013 Buck Banks

If Secretary Clinton runs, she’ll be the nominee — the first female nominee of either party. That breaks through the ‘old’ tagline that the Republican geniuses are cooking up because, if handled correctly, women of all ages will absolutely be inspired by that. I don’t recommend that be the totality of her message or platform, but there’s no way to hide that fact and it certainly shouldn’t be discounted.

— Democratic operative Stephanie Cuitter, countering the GOP’s early attempts to position Hillary Clinton as a tired relic of the past.

Even After Years, Spitzer Can’t Catch a Break

July 8, 2013 Buck Banks

Here we ho again.

— New York Post headline on the political comeback attempt by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D).

Morsi or Less?

July 3, 2013 Buck Banks

We pity Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi,
A nice Muslim guy trying to run his country.
The Arab spring
Didn’t do a thing
To distinguish between Egyptian democracy and anarchy.

Snowden’s Asylum Request Denied by Eight Countries

July 3, 2013 Buck Banks

8

Number of countries that have denied Edward Snowden’s request for political asylum. Gawker: “We still don’t know where NSA leaker Edward Snowden, still technically ‘in transit’ in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, will end up next. But now that more than a third of the countries from which he’s applied for asylum have said ‘no,’ we can get a good sense of where he’s not going.”

McConnell gets a Democratic Challenger

July 3, 2013 Buck Banks

Accepting the invitation from countless Washington liberals to become President Obama’s Kentucky candidate was a courageous decision by Alison Lundergan Grimes and I look forward to a respectful exchange of ideas.

— Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), quoted by ABC News, after drawing a Democratic challenger to his re-election bid.

Majority Doesn’t Like SCOTUS Voting-Rights Ruling

July 3, 2013 Buck Banks

51%

Of Americans disapprove of the Supreme Court’s ruling dismantling a key element of the Voting Rights Act, a new ABC News-Washington Post poll finds. Just 33% approve, while among blacks, disapproval of the ruling soars to 71%.

Michelle Obama Equates Being First Lady to Prison

July 3, 2013 Buck Banks

65%

Amount Pam Bondi’s fiscal worth has risen since her election as Florida attorney general, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

55%

Of Americans say television is the main place they turn to for news about current events, leading the Internet, at 21%, according to Gallup. Nine percent say newspapers or other print publications are their main news source, followed by radio, at 6%.

Super PACs may be bad for America, but they’re very good for CBS.

— CBS CEO Leslie Moonves, quoted by the New York Times.

— Democratic operative Stephanie Cuitter, countering the GOP’s early attempts to position Hillary Clinton as a tired relic of the past.

Here we ho again.

— New York Post headline on the political comeback attempt by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D).

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Accepting the invitation from countless Washington liberals to become President Obama’s Kentucky candidate was a courageous decision by Alison Lundergan Grimes and I look forward to a respectful exchange of ideas.

— Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), quoted by ABC News, after drawing a Democratic challenger to his re-election bid.

51%

Of Americans disapprove of the Supreme Court’s ruling dismantling a key element of the Voting Rights Act, a new ABC News-Washington Post poll finds. Just 33% approve, while among blacks, disapproval of the ruling soars to 71%.

There are prison-like elements, but it’s a really nice prison. You can’t complain.

— Michelle Obama, quoted by Newsmax, on being First Lady.

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%