January 20, 2017

Americans Believe Nation’s Divisions Will Persist

January 20, 2017 Buck Banks

86%

Of Americans describe the country as more politically divided today than in the past, while just 12% say the country is no more divided, a new Pew Research survey finds. “The nature of the country’s political divisions is a rare point of partisan agreement: Comparable majorities of Democrats and Democratic leaners (88%) and Republicans and Republican leaners (84%) say the country is more divided these days than in the past.”

A Demagogue Crowned

January 20, 2017February 23, 2017 Buck Banks

The inauguration — it’s hard to ignore.
There’s pomp, there’s circumstance galore!
In the drizzly gloom,
Some read portents of doom,
But really, we can’t imagine what Trump has in store.

Russian Nationalists Celebrate Trump Inauguration

January 20, 2017 Buck Banks

Washington will be ours.

— Konstantin Rykov, a former pro-Putin lawmaker and one of the promoters of an all-night party for Russian nationalists at what used to be the main Soviet-era post office in Moscow to celebrate Donald Trump’s inauguration, Reuters reports. Rykov said on social media it was right to celebrate the first phase of the “New World Order.”

It’s Donald’s Inauguration Day …

January 20, 2017January 20, 2017 Buck Banks

Donald Trump’s inauguration by the numbers, according to Reuters

900,000: The number of people expected to attend, including protesters; about half the amount of President Obama’s inauguration.
20: The expected duration, in minutes, of Trump’s inauguration speech.
105: The longest inaugural speech, in minutes. It was delivered by William Henry Harrison in 1841 in a snowstorm. He wasn’t wearing a hat or coat. He died of pneumonia a month later.
270,000: The number of protesters expected to converge on Washington.

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D.C. Weed Group Has Rolled 5,500 Free Joints for Inauguration

January 20, 2017 Buck Banks

5,500

Number of free joints rolled and handed out by DCMJ, a Washington, D.C.–based marijuana advocacy group that successfully lobbied for weed legalization in the district, reports Time. “DCMJ says the marijuana hand-out is not necessarily an anti-Trump protest, since both revelers and protesters are invited to partake. Instead, says DCMJ co-founder Nikolas Schiller, the event is supposed to be for anybody who supports cannabis reform.”

Day: January 20, 2017

Americans Believe Nation’s Divisions Will Persist

86%

A Demagogue Crowned

Russian Nationalists Celebrate Trump Inauguration

Washington will be ours.

It’s Donald’s Inauguration Day …

D.C. Weed Group Has Rolled 5,500 Free Joints for Inauguration

5,500

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”