April 25, 2024 - Pensito

Elected to Kill

April 25, 2024 Buck Banks

Donald Trump has never believed in equal opportunity.
He does believe he should be able to crime with impunity.
So, if he decided to assassinate
Joe Biden or some other potentate,
A President Trump says he could do it with absolute immunity.

Support for Israel Aid Drops in Swing States

April 25, 2024May 1, 2024 Buck Banks

51%

A new Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll find 51% of registered voters “in the seven states that will decide the 2024 presidential election said they either strongly or somewhat support aid to Israel. … That’s down 11 percentage points from November, when 62% of respondents said they supported the aid.”

Trump Holds Slim Lead in Red Florida

April 25, 2024 Buck Banks

2%

A new University of North Florida poll in Florida finds Donald Trump leading Joe Biden, 47% to 45% among likely voters. About 4% said another candidate, 2% said they do not plan on voting, and 3% said they do not know, or refused to answer.

Christie Shares Trump’s Fears of Jail

April 25, 2024 Buck Banks

“He said, ‘Oh, my God, Chris. I could never do that. I can never go to jail. They tell you when to go to bed at night and when to wake up in the morning and what to wear and what to do, who you can talk to and what you can eat. I could never do that.’”

— Former Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by the Washington Post, on Donald Trump’s fears of going to jail.

Mitt Dumps on Trump

April 25, 2024 Buck Banks

“I think everybody has made their own assessment of President Trump’s character, and so far as I know you don’t pay someone $130,000 not to have sex with you.”

Day: April 25, 2024

Elected to Kill

Support for Israel Aid Drops in Swing States

51%

Trump Holds Slim Lead in Red Florida

2%

A new University of North Florida poll in Florida finds Donald Trump leading Joe Biden, 47% to 45% among likely voters. About 4% said another candidate, 2% said they do not plan on voting, and 3% said they do not know, or refused to answer.

Christie Shares Trump’s Fears of Jail

“He said, ‘Oh, my God, Chris. I could never do that. I can never go to jail. They tell you when to go to bed at night and when to wake up in the morning and what to wear and what to do, who you can talk to and what you can eat. I could never do that.’”

— Former Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by the Washington Post, on Donald Trump’s fears of going to jail.

Mitt Dumps on Trump

“I think everybody has made their own assessment of President Trump’s character, and so far as I know you don’t pay someone $130,000 not to have sex with you.”

— Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), on CNN.

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%).”