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Day: September 2, 2014

Republicans Flip-Flop on America’s Role in the World

September 2, 2014 Buck Banks

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Of Republicans said the U.S. does too much to help solve global problems in a survey last fall, while just 18% said it does too little. Today, 46% of Republicans think the U.S. does too little to solve global problems, while 37% say it does too much, according tom a USAToday/Pew Research poll.

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Obama’s Take on the World: It’s a Mess

September 2, 2014 Buck Banks

If you watch the nightly news, it feels like the world is falling apart… And I can see why a lot of folks are troubled…. the truth of the matter is, is that the world has always been messy.

— President Obama, quoted by BuzzFeed, at a Democratic fundraiser.

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Wealthy Donors Paying More for Political Klout

September 2, 2014 Buck Banks

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Donors gave a combined $11.6 million more by this summer than would have been allowed before the McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission ruling, the Washington Post notes. Their contributions favored Republican candidates and committees over Democratic ones by 2 to 1.

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What Australia Can Teach America About Gun Safety, After a Few Years of Detox

September 2, 2014 Trish

Watch the funniest — and most sensible — arguments for gun control yet.

It will be interesting to see what kind of refutations appear in the comments.

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Dishonest to a Fault
Buck Banks | Jul. 22, 2026

From Trump’s “stolen election” lies, we can’t get no relief,
He carps on about stolen votes, but he never names the thief.
Somebody needs to tell this guy
Americans aren’t buying his lies,
And that he’s turned us into the United States of Disbelief.

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    “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.

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    “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.

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    “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.

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    +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.

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    $4,600

    President Donald Trump is asking for $1,500,000 million for the military for next year. That’s close to $600 billion (adjusted for inflation) more than we were spending on the military in fiscal year 2025, before Trump took office, Alternet reports. This increase is huge by any measure. It comes to around $4,600 per household. It is around 8% of the total budget.

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    A new Emerson College survey of likely 2026 voters finds the Democrats with an 11-point advantage over the Republicans on the generic congressional ballot, leading 53% to 42%. President Trump holds a 39% job approval rating, consistent with the past two months, whereas his disapproval increased another point, to 57%.

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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.

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    61% to 35%

    Wall Street Journal: “Around 40% of voters in the 2024 election said the economy was their top issue, far outstripping any other matter. And those voters favored Donald Trump by 60% to 38%. Many say they were moved by his pledges to tame inflation, rebuild U.S. infrastructure, cut red tape and trim government waste. … About a year and a half later, more voters disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy than approve, 61% to 35%, an average of polls by the Cook Political Report found this month.”

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