July 29, 2014 - Pensito

Most Voters Wouldn’t Want Obama as a Running Mate This Year

July 29, 2014 Buck Banks

57%

Of American voters would not want President Obama to campaign with them if they were running for office this year, while 41% said they would, according to a new Fox News poll.

Conservative Strikeforce Pocketed 92 Percent of Donations Intended for Candidates

July 29, 2014July 29, 2014 Buck Banks

8%

Amount of the $10 million raised since 2010 by the Conservative Strikeforce that actually went to candidates. More than $9 million of the loot was paid to the fundraisers, Fox Detroit reports.

Pastor Welcomes Endorsement by Strip Club

July 29, 2014 Buck Banks

The Lord works in mysterious ways.

— Rev. Jarrett Maupin, Democratic candidate for Congress from Arizona, accepting the endorsement of a Phoenix strip club called the Great Alaskan Bush Co., the Arizona Republic reports.

McCain Says No to Impeachment

July 29, 2014 Buck Banks

We’re not gonna impeach the president of the United States. There just aren’t the votes there even if we believed that it was warranted.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), in an interview with KFYI.

Clinton Thinks ‘Anybody Can Run’

July 29, 2014 Buck Banks

Well, I think there will probably be many candidates. I mean, I’m somebody who believes anybody can run.

— Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Fusion, on the 2016 presidential field.

N.C. Dem Attorney General Roy Cooper: State Will No Longer Defend Same-Sex Marriage Ban

July 29, 2014July 29, 2014 Jon Ponder

Roy Cooper, the attorney general of North Carolina Attorney — and one of the few Democratic statewide officials to survive the 2010 tea party electoral sweep that put Republicans in control of North Carolina for the first time since the 1870s — announced this week that his department will no longer defend the state’s ban on marriage equality. The decision comes after judges in the federal appeals court whose jurisdiction includes North Carolina struck down a similar ban in Virginia:

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Day: July 29, 2014

Most Voters Wouldn’t Want Obama as a Running Mate This Year

57%

Of American voters would not want President Obama to campaign with them if they were running for office this year, while 41% said they would, according to a new Fox News poll.

Conservative Strikeforce Pocketed 92 Percent of Donations Intended for Candidates

8%

Amount of the $10 million raised since 2010 by the Conservative Strikeforce that actually went to candidates. More than $9 million of the loot was paid to the fundraisers, Fox Detroit reports.

Pastor Welcomes Endorsement by Strip Club

The Lord works in mysterious ways.

— Rev. Jarrett Maupin, Democratic candidate for Congress from Arizona, accepting the endorsement of a Phoenix strip club called the Great Alaskan Bush Co., the Arizona Republic reports.

McCain Says No to Impeachment

We’re not gonna impeach the president of the United States. There just aren’t the votes there even if we believed that it was warranted.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), in an interview with KFYI.

Clinton Thinks ‘Anybody Can Run’

Well, I think there will probably be many candidates. I mean, I’m somebody who believes anybody can run.

— Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Fusion, on the 2016 presidential field.

N.C. Dem Attorney General Roy Cooper: State Will No Longer Defend Same-Sex Marriage Ban

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%

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