November 2016 - Page 3 of 10

Record 77 Percent of Americans See Nation as Divided

November 23, 2016 Buck Banks

77%

Of Americans — a new high — believe the nation is divided on the most important values, while 21% believe it is united and in agreement, according to Gallup.

In Case You Needed Another Reason to Wage War on Xmas

November 23, 2016November 23, 2016 Buck Banks

In another sign that Donald Trump plans to be our first entrepreneurial president, he is selling Christmas tree ornaments in the shape of his red “Make America Great Again” baseball cap on the Trump-Pence website.

The iconic symbol from the Trump campaign is made of brass and finished in 24-karat gold. Oh, and it’s just $149.

Obama Approval Hits Seven-Year High

November 23, 2016 Buck Banks

57%

President Obama’s approval rating, which is at a seven-year high, a new CNN/ORC poll shows. It’s his highest mark since September 2009, when his approval rating sat at 58%.

Trump Part of Larger Movement to Discredit the Press

November 23, 2016November 28, 2016 Buck Banks

In the last few years, Trump has been joined by at least two billionaires who are determined to exploit cracks in the wall of defense around the press. The members of this club are innovators. They have sued or funded suits to defend reputations or protect privacy. But an underlying aim appears to be to punish critics… or even destroy entire media outlets. … This kind of manipulation of the law is unfolding at a keen moment of weakness for the press, which has already been buffeted by falling revenue and mounting public disaffection.

— New York Times

Trump Doesn’t Believe in Conflict of Interest

November 23, 2016November 28, 2016 Buck Banks

The law’s totally on my side, the president can’t have a conflict of interest.

— Donald Trump, in an interview with the New York Times, on whether his businesses will create a conflict of interest while he serves as president.

The Screwing of Low-Income Workers Begins

November 23, 2016 Buck Banks

$65.6 billion

Deep within the recesses of recent tax policy is an anti-fraud provision that will delay refunds for millions of taxpayers who file for two popular credits aimed at helping low-income workers. The change means that the 26 million workers claiming $65.6 billion of Earned Income Tax Credits for 2015 will not get money back from the IRS before Feb.15.

Trump Has Induced Schizophrenia in Americans

November 22, 2016 Buck Banks

59% to 37%

Margin by which a new Quinnipiac poll finds American voters say they are “optimistic about the next four years with Donald Trump as president.” That said, by a 52% to 42% margin they say he is not honest and by 57% to 38% spread they say he is not level-headed.

Democrats Should Be an Opposition, Not a Minority, Party

November 22, 2016 Buck Banks

More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than for Donald Trump. More Americans voted for Democratic Senate candidates than for Republican Senate candidates. And while we don’t have final numbers yet, it looks likely that more Americans will have voted for House Democrats than for House Republicans. … So why aren’t Democrats acting like it? Why aren’t they trying to force Republicans, the media, and the emergent Trump White House to act like it?

— Ezra Klein

Electors Seeking to Deny Trump’s Election

November 22, 2016 Buck Banks

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“Number of Democratic electors who “have signed onto an attempt to block Donald Trump from winning an Electoral College majority, an effort designed not only to deny Trump the presidency but also to undermine the legitimacy of the institution,” Politico reports. “Even the most optimistic among the Democratic electors acknowledges they’re unlikely to convince the necessary 37 Republican electors to reject Trump — the number they’d likely need to deny him the presidency and send the final decision to the House of Representatives. And even if they do, the Republican-run House might simply elect Trump anyway.”

Trump Blames the Media for His Conflicts of Interest

November 22, 2016 Buck Banks

77%

Of Americans — a new high — believe the nation is divided on the most important values, while 21% believe it is united and in agreement, according to Gallup.

57%

President Obama’s approval rating, which is at a seven-year high, a new CNN/ORC poll shows. It’s his highest mark since September 2009, when his approval rating sat at 58%.

— New York Times

The law’s totally on my side, the president can’t have a conflict of interest.

— Donald Trump, in an interview with the New York Times, on whether his businesses will create a conflict of interest while he serves as president.

$65.6 billion

59% to 37%

Margin by which a new Quinnipiac poll finds American voters say they are “optimistic about the next four years with Donald Trump as president.” That said, by a 52% to 42% margin they say he is not honest and by 57% to 38% spread they say he is not level-headed.

— Ezra Klein

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Prior to the election it was well known that I have interests in properties all over the world.Only the crooked media makes this a big deal!

— Donald Trump, on Twitter.

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%