December 26, 2013

Majority Says This is the Worst Congress Ever

December 26, 2013 Buck Banks

67%

Of those questioned think the current Congress is the worst in their lifetime, with 28% disagreeing, a new CNN/ORC poll finds. Pollster Keating Holland: “That sentiment exists among all demographic and political subgroups. Men, women, rich, poor, young, old — all think this year’s Congress has been the worst they can remember.”

Let It Snowden, Let It Snowden, Let It Snowden!

December 26, 2013 Buck Banks

Recently we learned that our governments, working in concert, have created a system of worldwide mass surveillance watching everything we do. Great Britain’s George Orwell warned us of the danger of this kind of information. The types of collection in the book — microphones and video cameras, TVs that watch us — are nothing compared to what we have available today.

— Edward Snowden, in an “alternative Christmas message” broadcast on U.K. television.

A Ten-Month Truce

December 26, 2013 Buck Banks

Say so long to cold Black Friday.
Say good riddance to Cyber Monday.
Though we haven’t won,
At least the fighting’s done,
And the War on Xmas can take a holiday.

Day: December 26, 2013

Majority Says This is the Worst Congress Ever

67%

Let It Snowden, Let It Snowden, Let It Snowden!

— Edward Snowden, in an “alternative Christmas message” broadcast on U.K. television.

A Ten-Month Truce

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%).”