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Pelosi Uses the ‘I’ Word on ’60 Minutes’

January 11, 2021 Buck Banks

“This president is guilty of inciting insurrection. He has to pay a price for that.”

— Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on “60 Minutes.”

Pentagon Took Hours to Approve National Guard Deployment at Capitol

January 11, 2021 Buck Banks

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“Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Sunday it took nearly two hours for the Pentagon to give authorization for his state to send its National Guard into Washington to help protect the U.S. Capitol as it came under attack from a violent pro-Trump mob,” USA Today reports.

Corker: Trump a ‘Tin Pot Dictator’

January 11, 2021 Buck Banks

“My observations about his character and his conduct certainly have been validated, unfortunately, with people’s lives being lost. And our country appearing to be run by a tin pot dictator to people around the world.”

— Former Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), quoted by Politico, on President Trump.

Majority Says Trump Should Be Removed

January 11, 2021 Buck Banks

56%

A majority of the country, 56%, believes President Trump should be removed before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20 and two-thirds hold him accountable for the violent insurrection on Capitol Hill, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday.

King Rat, Abandoned

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Buck Banks

Donald Trump’s seditious insurrection
Has fostered a wave of resignations.
In a state of hugh dudgeon
His once-loyal followers trudge on,
Leaving Trump angry, vengeful, in isolation.

Pelosi Take Pre-Emptive Measures

January 8, 2021 Buck Banks

“This morning, I spoke to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike.”

— Speaker Nancy Pelosi, quoted by Fox News.

Sidney Powell Sued for $1.3 Billion

January 8, 2021 Buck Banks

$1.3 billion

Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell, demanding more than $1.3 billion in damages for havoc it says Powell has caused by spreading “wild” and “demonstrably false” allegations, including that Dominion played a central role in a fantastical scheme to steal the 2020 election from President Trump, the Washington Post reports.

Job Losses Escalate as Virus Surges

January 8, 2021 Buck Banks

140,000

Wall Street Journal reports. “After the sharp contraction in March and April, the labor market quickly snapped back to life, adding a total 9.3 million jobs over the next three months. Since then, job growth has eased each month.”

Will: Trump, Cruz and Hawley Marked with Scarlet S for ‘Seditionist’

January 8, 2021 Buck Banks

“The Trump-Hawley-Cruz insurrection against constitutional government will be an indelible stain on the nation. They, however, will not be so permanent. In 14 days, one of them will be removed from office by the constitutional processes he neither fathoms nor favors. It will take longer to scrub the other two from public life. Until that hygienic outcome is accomplished, from this day forward, everything they say or do or advocate should be disregarded as patent attempts to distract attention from the lurid fact of what they have become. Each will wear a scarlet ‘S’ as a seditionist.”

— George Will

Maryland Governor’s Request for Guard Denied for 90 Minutes

January 8, 2021 Buck Banks

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) told the Washington Post that requests to send in the Maryland National Guard to protect the U.S. Capitol against rioters were rejected for 90 minutes on Wednesday. Hogan said the request was repeatedly rebuffed by the head of the National Guard at the federal level.

“This president is guilty of inciting insurrection. He has to pay a price for that.”

— Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on “60 Minutes.”

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“Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Sunday it took nearly two hours for the Pentagon to give authorization for his state to send its National Guard into Washington to help protect the U.S. Capitol as it came under attack from a violent pro-Trump mob,” USA Today reports.

“My observations about his character and his conduct certainly have been validated, unfortunately, with people’s lives being lost. And our country appearing to be run by a tin pot dictator to people around the world.”

— Former Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), quoted by Politico, on President Trump.

56%

A majority of the country, 56%, believes President Trump should be removed before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20 and two-thirds hold him accountable for the violent insurrection on Capitol Hill, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday.

“This morning, I spoke to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike.”

— Speaker Nancy Pelosi, quoted by Fox News.

$1.3 billion

140,000

— George Will

90

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) told the Washington Post that requests to send in the Maryland National Guard to protect the U.S. Capitol against rioters were rejected for 90 minutes on Wednesday. Hogan said the request was repeatedly rebuffed by the head of the National Guard at the federal level.

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%