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The President’s Racist Henchman

November 20, 2019 Buck Banks

“Every day Stephen Miller remains in the White House is an emergency.”

— Hillary Clinton, on Twitter.

— Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, quoted by the Daily Beast, during his opening testimony before the House Intelligence Committee.

The hearings got Trump’s choler up to white heat,
And Republicans are worried about a 2020 defeat.
His tampering and obstruction
Sparked a Fox & Friends intervention —
“Whatever you do, just please don’t tweet!”

Vindman Sets Nunes Straight

November 19, 2019 Buck Banks

“Ranking member, it’s Lt. Col. Vindman, please.”

— In a somewhat tense moment during today’s House Intelligence Committee hearing, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman corrected Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) after the ranking member referred to the Iraq War veteran as “Mr. Vindman.”

Sanders Has 4 Million Donors

November 19, 2019 Buck Banks

4 million

Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign announced on Tuesday that it has reached 4 million individual donors, The Hill reports.

Akerman: ‘Trump Is Toast’

November 19, 2019 Buck Banks

“Donald Trump is toast.”

— “Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman on Monday predicted Donald Trump will be doomed by EU ambassador Gordon Sondland’s upcoming congressional testimony in the impeachment inquiry into the president,” the HuffPost reports. Akerman claimed Sondland has “got no choice here” but to “come clean” about his role and Trump. He added: “Otherwise he’s gonna wind up like Roger Stone in federal prison, with Roger Stone as his roommate. I mean, he does not want that to happen.”

Team Trump — Rumbling, Fumbling, Bungling Impeachment

November 19, 2019 Buck Banks

“As televised impeachment hearings roll into Week 2, one surprise has been how many of the Trump team’s wounds have been self-inflicted, because of his allies’ curious habit of leaking on themselves. … The leaks and revelations have thrown President Trump into a constant state of defensiveness, and turned a growing number of Republicans into frustrated, sometimes bewildered, defenders. … From revelations about secret servers to off-the-books diplomacy said to resemble ‘drug deals,’ many of the juiciest details about the impeachment case came not from Democrats but from Team Trump.”

— Mike Allen

Swalwell Denies Farting on National TV

November 19, 2019 Buck Banks

“It was not me!!!!! Ha… It’s funny though.”

— In an interview on MSNBC, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) “appeared to… well, rip an absolutely enormous fart,” BuzzFeed News reports.

Wisconsin Could Purge 234,000 Voters from Rolls Before 2020 Primaries

November 19, 2019 Buck Banks

234,000

“More than 234,000 voters in Wisconsin would be made unable to cast their ballot unless they register again before the next election under a lawsuit filed Wednesday that liberals fear could dampen turnout among Democrats in the 2020 presidential race,” the AP reports. “The lawsuit could affect how many voters are able to cast ballots in both the April presidential primary and November 2020 general election in Wisconsin, a key swing state that both sides are targeting.”

Steyer to Spend $45 Million to Get Out the Youth Vote

November 19, 2019 Buck Banks

$45 million

A progressive nonprofit funded mainly by Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer is investing $45 million as part of a youth voter turnout campaign ahead of the 2020 election, The Hill reports.

Year: 2019

The President’s Racist Henchman

“Every day Stephen Miller remains in the White House is an emergency.”

— Hillary Clinton, on Twitter.

Vindman Vents a Little

“Dad, I’m sitting here today, in the U.S. Capitol talking to our elected professionals — is proof that you made the right decision 40 years ago to leave the Soviet Union. Do not worry, I will be fine for telling the truth.”

— Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, quoted by the Daily Beast, during his opening testimony before the House Intelligence Committee.

Impeachment Intervention

Vindman Sets Nunes Straight

“Ranking member, it’s Lt. Col. Vindman, please.”

— In a somewhat tense moment during today’s House Intelligence Committee hearing, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman corrected Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) after the ranking member referred to the Iraq War veteran as “Mr. Vindman.”

Sanders Has 4 Million Donors

4 million

Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign announced on Tuesday that it has reached 4 million individual donors, The Hill reports.

Akerman: ‘Trump Is Toast’

“Donald Trump is toast.”

Team Trump — Rumbling, Fumbling, Bungling Impeachment

— Mike Allen

Swalwell Denies Farting on National TV

“It was not me!!!!! Ha… It’s funny though.”

— In an interview on MSNBC, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) “appeared to… well, rip an absolutely enormous fart,” BuzzFeed News reports.

Wisconsin Could Purge 234,000 Voters from Rolls Before 2020 Primaries

234,000

Steyer to Spend $45 Million to Get Out the Youth Vote

$45 million

A progressive nonprofit funded mainly by Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer is investing $45 million as part of a youth voter turnout campaign ahead of the 2020 election, The Hill reports.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by CBS News.

“Here’s the problem with the red meat: It becomes an addiction. Once you go there and you put that out there, then you’re forced to defend it. So what do they do? They double down. They triple down again.”

— Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by the Washington Post, on Republicans relying on anti-Muslim attacks in the Michigan U.S. Senate race.

— Stephen Miller, quoted by The Guardian, pledging “total devotion” to President Trump.

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%).”