April 10, 2014 - Pensito

The Urinal Test

April 10, 2014 Buck Banks

Why women gather in the powder room remains a mystery
To a real man’s man like Big Mike Huckabee.
Guys can go fishin’
And guys can go huntin’,
But a REAL man walks alone when he gets up to pee.

Huckabee: ‘I’m a Man’s Man’

April 10, 2014April 10, 2014 Buck Banks

Guys like to go fishing with other men. They like to go hunting with other men. Women like to go to the restroom with other women. I don’t get that. I can tell you this much: if I ever say, ‘I have to go to the restroom’ and some guy says, ‘I’ll go with you,’ he ain’t goin’ with me. That much I know.

— Mike Huckabee, quoted by TPM at a speech in Iowa.

Congress’ Approval Rating Remains in the Basement

April 10, 2014 Buck Banks

13%

Americans’ approval of Congress in April, inching down from 15% in March, and currently standing only four percentage points higher than the all-time low of 9% in November 2013, says Gallup. Congress’ job approval rating has ranged between 12% and 15% since December.

Carter Criticizes Clinton’s Secretary Tenure

April 10, 2014 Buck Banks

I know from experience that the best way to have the United States be a mediator is for the President himself to be deeply involved. In this occasion, when Secretary Clinton was Secretary of State, she took very little action to bring about peace.

— Jimmy Carter, taking a shot at Hillary Clinton and her tenure as the nation’s top diplomat in an interview with Time.

House Member Says Democrats Using Women’s Issues as ‘Pawns’

April 10, 2014 Buck Banks

Many ladies I know feel like they are being used as pawns, and find it condescending [that] Democrats are trying to use this issue as a political distraction from the failures of their economic policy.

Day: April 10, 2014

The Urinal Test

Huckabee: ‘I’m a Man’s Man’

— Mike Huckabee, quoted by TPM at a speech in Iowa.

Congress’ Approval Rating Remains in the Basement

13%

Americans’ approval of Congress in April, inching down from 15% in March, and currently standing only four percentage points higher than the all-time low of 9% in November 2013, says Gallup. Congress’ job approval rating has ranged between 12% and 15% since December.

Carter Criticizes Clinton’s Secretary Tenure

I know from experience that the best way to have the United States be a mediator is for the President himself to be deeply involved. In this occasion, when Secretary Clinton was Secretary of State, she took very little action to bring about peace.

— Jimmy Carter, taking a shot at Hillary Clinton and her tenure as the nation’s top diplomat in an interview with Time.

House Member Says Democrats Using Women’s Issues as ‘Pawns’

Many ladies I know feel like they are being used as pawns, and find it condescending [that] Democrats are trying to use this issue as a political distraction from the failures of their economic policy.

— Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), saying Democrats’ push for pay equity between men and women is “condescending,” the Huffington Post reports.

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%

38%

31%