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The latest Siena poll finds New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio earned 0% support for president in New York City, The Week reports. He also did not crack 1% support across New York state in the poll.

Construction of Trump’s Wall Could Destroy Archeological Sites

September 18, 2019 Buck Banks

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“The bulldozers and excavators rushing to install President Trump’s border fence could damage or destroy up to 22 archaeological sites within Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in coming months,” according to an internal National Park Service report obtained by the Washington Post.

Sean Spicer Embarrasses Himself — Again

September 18, 2019 Buck Banks

“Despite its best efforts, America could not shame Sean Spicer out of joining Dancing With the Stars. So there was the former White House press secretary on the ABC reality show’s 28th season premiere on Monday night, wearing a frilly yellow shirt that evoked Big Bird and a pair of tight-fitting white pants. … It didn’t get any better after that.”

Warren Draws 20,000 to NYC Rally

September 18, 2019 Buck Banks

20,000

BuzzFeed News: “At the marble arches that stand atop this lower Manhattan landmark, a crowd of an estimated 20,000 people on Monday night wielded signs about ‘big structural change.’ Introductory speakers told the crowd that Democrats didn’t just need the energy of a ‘blue wave’ — but ‘a plan.’”

Gabbard Nails Trump’s Relationship to the Saudis

September 18, 2019 Buck Banks

“Having our country act as Saudi Arabia’s bitch is not ‘America First.’”

— Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), saying on Twitter that President Trump is awaiting “instructions from his Saudi masters.”

Trump Campaign Was Run By Criminals

September 18, 2019 Buck Banks

“His campaign manager is a felon. His deputy campaign manager is a felon. His personal lawyer is a felon. His foreign policy advisor is a felon. His national security advisor is a felon. The Trump campaign was run by criminals.”

— GOP strategist Stuart Stevens, on Twitter.

We do not lack symptoms that Trump is deranged,
But still, his war on lightbulbs is exceedingly strange.
His attacks on energy efficiency
Just highlight his deficiencies,
While the LEDs, he says, just make him look orange.

450,000 Enter Andrew Yang’s Raffle

September 16, 2019 Buck Banks

450,000

“Andrew Yang’s surprising debate gambit — giving away $120,000 to 10 families over a year to highlight his universal basic income proposal — helped the outsider candidate raise $1 million in the 72 hours since the debate and collect more than 450,000 email addresses from people who entered the online raffle,” Politico reports

Most Americans Back Action on Climate Change

September 16, 2019 Buck Banks

70%

A new CBS News poll finds a majority of Americans think action needs to be taken right now to address climate change. “Most consider it at least to be a serious problem — including more than a quarter who say it is a crisis. Seven in 10 think human activity contributes a lot or some to climate change, and most feel they have a personal responsibility to do something about it, although many say they cannot afford to.”

Trump GOP Challengers Challenge the GOP

September 16, 2019 Buck Banks

“The saying ‘may the best man win’ is a quintessential value that the Republican Party must honor if we are to command the respect of the American people. Cowards run from fights.”

Month: September 2019

De Blasio Gets 0% in NYC

0%

The latest Siena poll finds New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio earned 0% support for president in New York City, The Week reports. He also did not crack 1% support across New York state in the poll.

Construction of Trump’s Wall Could Destroy Archeological Sites

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Sean Spicer Embarrasses Himself — Again

— Daily Beast

Warren Draws 20,000 to NYC Rally

20,000

Gabbard Nails Trump’s Relationship to the Saudis

“Having our country act as Saudi Arabia’s bitch is not ‘America First.’”

— Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), saying on Twitter that President Trump is awaiting “instructions from his Saudi masters.”

Trump Campaign Was Run By Criminals

“His campaign manager is a felon. His deputy campaign manager is a felon. His personal lawyer is a felon. His foreign policy advisor is a felon. His national security advisor is a felon. The Trump campaign was run by criminals.”

— GOP strategist Stuart Stevens, on Twitter.

Light’s Not Right

450,000 Enter Andrew Yang’s Raffle

450,000

Most Americans Back Action on Climate Change

70%

Trump GOP Challengers Challenge the GOP

“The saying ‘may the best man win’ is a quintessential value that the Republican Party must honor if we are to command the respect of the American people. Cowards run from fights.”

— Mark Sanford, Joe Walsh, and Bill Weld, writing in the Washington Post that the Republican Party has “taken a wrong turn” in canceling primaries.

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%