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Pelosi: It’s Too Soon to Talk About Impeachment

February 7, 2017 Buck Banks

When and if he breaks the law, that is when something like that will come up.

— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, saying so-called President Trump hasn’t acted in a way that warrants impeachment — yet, Politico reports.

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Don’t Credit Trump with Creating ‘Disruption’

February 6, 2017 Buck Banks

We must resist a bad habit infecting political commentary that sees Trump’s irresponsibility, bigotry and casual cruelty as a heroic form of “disruption” aimed at bringing down “the establishment.” No. The people in the streets rallying against Trump are not the establishment. Those political and business leaders who are, for now, playing along with and enabling Trump very much are the establishment.

— E.J. Dionne

Political Turmoil Is Good for SNL

February 6, 2017 Buck Banks

19%

Political turmoil has been very, very good to “Saturday Night Live,” Variety reports. “Overall, SNL viewership for the season to date is up 19% in adults 18-49 (3.5 vs. 2.9 rating) and up 22% in total viewers (10.6 million vs. 8.7 million) over the comparable period in the 2015-16 season. This marks the show’s strongest ratings performance in 22 years, since the 1994-95 season, according to NBC.

Sanders Says Trump Is a ‘Fraud’

February 6, 2017 Buck Banks

It is hard not to laugh, to see President Trump alongside these Wall Street guys. I have to say this Jake, and I don’t mean to be disrespectful, this guy is a fraud.

— Sen. Bernie Sanders, in an interview on CNN.

Brits: Trump Is a Threat to World Stability

February 6, 2017 Buck Banks

64%

Of the British public believe Donald Trump is a threat to international stability and a clear majority believe he will be a bad president, according to a new Opinium/Observer poll.

Schumer: My Job Is to Make Sure Trump Doesn’t ‘Get Away with Stuff’

February 6, 2017 Buck Banks

The number one thing that’s going to determine whether we win or lose? If Trump’s at 35% we could take back the Senate. If Trump’s at 55%, we could lose the whole ball of wax. So part of my job is to make sure that we don’t let Trump get away with stuff.

— Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), quoted by the Washington Post.

A Message from Germany, the New Leader of the Free World

February 5, 2017 Jon Ponder

A 20-Question Quiz for the Media

February 4, 2017February 5, 2017 Buck Banks

We live in an era where the very foundations of journalism are increasingly under attack, where “fake news” is ascendent and the intellect and attention span of the public is on the decline.

In response, the editors of Pensito Review, in consultation with researchers at the Moscow Center for Media Studies, have crafted this 20-question quiz to help journalists clarify their mission and find their place in the cosmos during the current Trump administration.

1. Are you feeling depressed, demoralized, disgusted, disenfranchised or simply dissed by the state of the news media and its public perception today? (select one)

One of them
Two of them
Three of them
All of them
None of them

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Thank You, Germany!

February 3, 2017 Buck Banks

A picture tells a thousand bad executive orders …

More Than Half of Americans Disapprove of How Trump Is Doing His Job

February 3, 2017November 1, 2019 Buck Banks

53%

A new CNN/ORC poll finds that 53% of Americans disapprove of the way the president is handling his job, “marking the highest disapproval for a new elected president since polls began tracking those results.” That’s up 13 points from just a week ago.

When and if he breaks the law, that is when something like that will come up.

— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, saying so-called President Trump hasn’t acted in a way that warrants impeachment — yet, Politico reports. Tweet

— E.J. Dionne

19%

It is hard not to laugh, to see President Trump alongside these Wall Street guys. I have to say this Jake, and I don’t mean to be disrespectful, this guy is a fraud.

— Sen. Bernie Sanders, in an interview on CNN.

64%

Of the British public believe Donald Trump is a threat to international stability and a clear majority believe he will be a bad president, according to a new Opinium/Observer poll.

The number one thing that’s going to determine whether we win or lose? If Trump’s at 35% we could take back the Senate. If Trump’s at 55%, we could lose the whole ball of wax. So part of my job is to make sure that we don’t let Trump get away with stuff.

— Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), quoted by the Washington Post.

53%

A new CNN/ORC poll finds that 53% of Americans disapprove of the way the president is handling his job, “marking the highest disapproval for a new elected president since polls began tracking those results.” That’s up 13 points from just a week ago.

Poetic Justice

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“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”

— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.

“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”

— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.

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1,000

10%

“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.

71%

$9.5 billion

“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.

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.

— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, saying so-called President Trump hasn’t acted in a way that warrants impeachment — yet, Politico reports.

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