September 23, 2016

National Debt Would Rise with Trump Proposals

September 23, 2016 Buck Banks

$5.3 trillion

Amount that Donald Trump’s latest tax proposals would increase the federal debt over the next decade, compared with $200 billion if Hillary Clinton’s ideas were enacted, according to a new analysis from a nonpartisan group, the AP reports.

— President Obama, in a Vanity Fair interview with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.

He’s got a reputation for nabobbery and knavery,
And his comments range from stupid to unsavory.
But when Donald Trump said never
Have blacks “been in worse shape” — ever,
He kind of overlooked Jim Crow laws, voting rights and slavery.

Trump Gets His Moderator Facts Wrong — Again

September 23, 2016 Buck Banks

Lester is a professional, but we’ll see what happens … By the way, Lester is a Democrat. It’s a phony system. They are all Democrats. It’s a very unfair system. I’ve worked pretty well within the system.”

— Donald Trump, in a Fox News interview, on debate moderator Lester Holt, who has been a registered Republican longer than Trump has.

Three-Quarters of Voters Set to Watch First Debate

September 23, 2016September 23, 2016 Buck Banks

75%

Of registered voters plan to watch the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton next week, according to a new Morning Consult poll. When asked who they think will win the debate, 37% picked Clinton and 31% chose Trump while 32% either didn’t know or had no opinion.

Adelson Goes All-In For Trump

September 23, 2016 Buck Banks

$45 million

Amount conservative mega-donor Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, have committed so far to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and down-ballot Republicans’ attempt to control Congress, CNN reports. “The spending amounts to a historic investment in the Republican Party ticket’s hopes for November, putting millions of dollars behind Trump’s bid in a groundbreaking donation that could redefine the final two months of the 2016 campaign.”

Day: September 23, 2016

National Debt Would Rise with Trump Proposals

$5.3 trillion

Amount that Donald Trump’s latest tax proposals would increase the federal debt over the next decade, compared with $200 billion if Hillary Clinton’s ideas were enacted, according to a new analysis from a nonpartisan group, the AP reports.

POTUS Has a Potty Mouth

I curse more than I should, and I find myself cursing more in this office than I had in my previous life. And fortunately both my chief of staff and my national-security adviser have even bigger potty mouths than me, so it’s O.K.

— President Obama, in a Vanity Fair interview with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Black History Dunce

Trump Gets His Moderator Facts Wrong — Again

Lester is a professional, but we’ll see what happens … By the way, Lester is a Democrat. It’s a phony system. They are all Democrats. It’s a very unfair system. I’ve worked pretty well within the system.”

— Donald Trump, in a Fox News interview, on debate moderator Lester Holt, who has been a registered Republican longer than Trump has.

Three-Quarters of Voters Set to Watch First Debate

75%

Of registered voters plan to watch the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton next week, according to a new Morning Consult poll. When asked who they think will win the debate, 37% picked Clinton and 31% chose Trump while 32% either didn’t know or had no opinion.

Adelson Goes All-In For Trump

$45 million

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

11

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%