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Day: April 8, 2015

Cruz Makes Record Fundraising Haul

April 8, 2015April 9, 2015 Buck Banks

$31 million

Amount that a cluster of affiliated super-political action committees that was formed only this week to support Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign is expected to have in the bank by Friday, Bloomberg reports. “There are no known cases in which an operation backing a White House hopeful has collected this much money in less than a week.”

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Chris Christie Explains His Bluntness

April 8, 2015 Buck Banks

I try to reach the balance. That’s going to lead to good moments, and some not-so-good moments.

— New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, criticizing politicians who say “the blandest, most vanilla thing” to not offend voters, and defending his own style of communication, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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Why Bill Clinton Is Not a Good Campaigner Anymore

April 8, 2015 Buck Banks

I’ve told Hillary that I don’t think I’m good at campaigning anymore because I’m not mad at anybody.

— Bill Clinton, quoted by CNN.

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Ben Carson Makes ACA Sound Like Mind Control

April 8, 2015 Buck Banks

If you can control the most important thing a person has — their health and their health care – then you’re well on your way to controlling every aspect of their life.

— Ben Carson, quoted by the Concord Monitor, explaining his opposition to the Affordable Care Act.

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Williams Blames Brokaw

April 8, 2015 Buck Banks

Chalk one up for Brokaw.

— NBC News anchor Brian Williams, quoted by Vanity Fair, talking to a friend about why he was suspended from his anchor chair.

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GPS of the Resistance
Buck Banks | Sep. 1, 2026

Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario has created a litmus test —
Yield, and rename it Lake America, at Donald Trump’s behest,
Like Google and Apple, which already capitulated,
Changing the name just like Dear Leader stipulated,
But there’s one defiant holdout — the original mapping site, Mapquest.

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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.

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    “Young Americans today have never witnessed Congress authorize a war, they’ve never seen a U.S. administration balance its books, they’ve never watched a well-funded and empowered state department operate, and they see only mistrust between allies. They assume the situation is normal. It is not. … The real cost of forgetting the pre-9/11 world is not a country that has changed, but one that no longer knows it could be different.”

    — Jane Haman

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    “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.

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    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.

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    $184 million

    “Iranian strikes have damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings and other structures at bases across the Middle East, and caused about $184 million worth of damage at U.S. diplomatic facilities, according to a Pentagon watchdog report,” the Washington Post reports. “The inspector general’s report to Congress on Operation Epic Fury — the Trump administration’s name for the war with Iran — also details the extent of U.S. munitions shortages, in the first comprehensive public accounting of the war, which is now in its seventh month.”

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    50%

    Half (50%) of U.S. adults say they are either very concerned (23%) or somewhat concerned (27%) about the possibility that AI will cause the end of humanity, a new YouGov survey finds. Another 39% of Americans say they’re not very concerned (21%) or not at all concerned (17%) about an AI apocalypse, while 11% aren’t sure.

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    38%

    A majority of Americans ages 55 and up and a majority of Republicans of all ages support the use of Flock technologies in their communities, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted from August 28 to 31. Split by age, party, education level and gender, no other demographic group had a majority of support for the cameras. Among age groups, younger Americans were the least likely to support Flock, with only 21% of respondents aged 18 to 34 in favor of the technology.

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    31%

    About one-third (31%) of Americans strongly or somewhat approve of how the U.S. Supreme Court is handling its job, according to the latest Economist/YouGov Survey, while 53% disapprove. Almost all Democrats disapprove of the Supreme Court’s job handling (12% approve and 79% disapprove), while most Republicans approve (63% vs. 26%). Republicans who say they’re MAGA supporters overwhelmingly approve of the Supreme Court’s job handling (73% vs. 19%), while non-MAGA Republicans are more closely divided (49% vs. 36%).

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