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McConnell to Endorse Paul for Prez

December 9, 2014 Buck Banks

I’m almost certainly going to be doing that at some point.

— Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), telling CNN that he plans to endorse Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), in his widely expected bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

Obama Hijacks the Show but Colbert Report Pulls No Punches

December 9, 2014 Trish

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If you missed it, watch the revamped segment Colbert calls, “The Word,” but which Obama called, “The Decree.” The president out-deadpans the deadpanner himself.

Half of Senators Who Voted for ACA Are Gone from Senate

December 8, 2014 Buck Banks

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Of the Senators who voted to pass the Affordable Care Act will still be in office in 2015, when the new members are sworn in, Bloomberg notes. “Nineteen of them retired or resigned, eight were defeated for re-election and three died in office.”

Michele Bachmann Claims She’s Not a Politician

December 8, 2014 Buck Banks

I didn’t get sucked into the system of Washington. I didn’t become a politician.

— Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), in an interview with the Associated Press, on her retirement from Congress.

George Bush: Pushing Jeb to Run Doesn’t Help

December 8, 2014 Buck Banks

I have no clue where his head is now. By the way, people say: ‘Convince your brother to run.’ You can’t convince him to run – only he can make the decision. And pushing him doesn’t help, by the way.

— Former President George W. Bush, in a CNN interview.

Orion: Another Triumph of Red, White & Blue American Socialism

December 6, 2014 Jon Ponder

screenshot-orion

Sorry, government-haters, but yesterday was a big day for NASA, the government’s space-exploration department, which successfully launched and recovered its new Orion spacecraft. According to NASA, the craft was sent into a brief orbit “atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket Dec. 5 at 7:05 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Orion’s Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), is the first flight test for NASA’s new deep space capsule and is a critical step on NASA’s journey to Mars.”

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No SOTU Blues

December 5, 2014 Buck Banks

The opportunities for a president to address the nation are few,
But the GOP wants to punish him for pushing immigration reform through.
They want to put the kibosh on
This year’s State of the Union,
But it’ll be a sad day if POTUS doesn’t get to give his SOTU.

Emanuel Apparently Doesn’t Miss the White House or Congress

December 5, 2014 Buck Banks

No f**king way.

— Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, when asked by Roll Call if he missed being in the White House or Congress.

Romney Tweets Had to Be Approved by 22 People

December 5, 2014 Buck Banks

22

Number of people on the digital team of Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign who needed to approve every tweet, Facebook post, blog post or photo issued by the campaign, according to a New Media Society study.

Administration Posts Strong Year-End Jobs Report

December 5, 2014December 16, 2014 Buck Banks

I’m almost certainly going to be doing that at some point.

— Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), telling CNN that he plans to endorse Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), in his widely expected bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

1/2

Of the Senators who voted to pass the Affordable Care Act will still be in office in 2015, when the new members are sworn in, Bloomberg notes. “Nineteen of them retired or resigned, eight were defeated for re-election and three died in office.”

I didn’t get sucked into the system of Washington. I didn’t become a politician.

— Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), in an interview with the Associated Press, on her retirement from Congress.

I have no clue where his head is now. By the way, people say: ‘Convince your brother to run.’ You can’t convince him to run – only he can make the decision. And pushing him doesn’t help, by the way.

— Former President George W. Bush, in a CNN interview.

No f**king way.

— Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, when asked by Roll Call if he missed being in the White House or Congress.

22

Number of people on the digital team of Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign who needed to approve every tweet, Facebook post, blog post or photo issued by the campaign, according to a New Media Society study.

321,000

Number of jobs the U.S. economy added in November; the unemployment rate held at 5.8%, according to Wonk Wire.

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%