July 2024 - Pensito

Harris Chides Trump Over Debate

July 31, 2024 Buck Banks

“Well Donald, I do hope you’ll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage… Because as the saying goes, ‘If you’ve got something to say, say it to my face.’”

— Kamala Harris, quoted by the New York Times.

Large Majority of Dems Satisfied with Harris as Candidate

July 31, 2024 Buck Banks

79%

A new Associated Press poll shows that 79% of Democrats are satisfied with Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee — more than double the 37% who were satisfied with Joe Biden as the nominee in a poll earlier this month.

‘White Dudes’ Raise $4 Million for Harris in Video Rally

July 31, 2024 Buck Banks

$4 million

A star-studded live video call under the rubric “White Dudes for Harris” urging white men to vote for Kamala Harris raised about $4 million on Monday night for the U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, attracting over 190,000 people including ‘Star Wars’ actor Mark Hamill and singer Josh Groban, Reuters reports.

Little Marco’s Third-Grade Retort

July 31, 2024 Buck Banks

“They called us weird so I’ll call them weirder. That’s what I used to do back in high school.”

— Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) told HuffPost’s Igor Bobic on Tuesday.

The 2025 Zombie

July 31, 2024 Buck Banks

Don’t be fooled by changes reported at Project 2025,
That plan to turn government into a right-wing hive.
The press says it’s falling apart,
That Dems and Trump staked its evil heart,
But like a zombie, it may seem dead, but it’s very alive.

Murkowski on Vance: ‘I Don’t Think This Is Working’

July 31, 2024 Buck Banks

“If the Republican Party is trying to improve its image with women, I don’t think that this is working.”

— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) hit her party’s own vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), for what she called “offensive” comments about “childless cat ladies,” Politico reports.

Government to Vaccinate Farmworkers to Prevent Bird Flu Spread

July 31, 2024 Buck Banks

$5 million

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday said it will spend $5 million to buy seasonal flu shots and get livestock workers vaccinated this fall, working with state and local officials. Another $5 million will be spent to promote the shots, reports the Associated Press.

Beware, Robed Rogues

July 30, 2024July 30, 2024 Buck Banks

So, Joe Biden has decided to float us
His plan for fixing a corrupt SCOTUS.
It’s light on the specifics,
But heavy on the ethics.
Warning, robed rogues — don’t f*ck with a lame-duck POTUS!

Harris Passes Trump in National Poll

July 30, 2024 Buck Banks

47% to 46%

A new Morning Consult poll finds Kamala Harris edging Donald Trump nationally in the presidential race, 47% to 46%. Perhaps more interesting is that Harris’s favorability is now 50% to 46% — up from 43% to 51% last week.

Trump’s Legal Bills Drop Precipitously

July 29, 2024 Buck Banks

$83 million

“Donald Trump’s Save America PAC has paid at least $83 million to 80+ law firms and individual attorneys representing him and current and former aides since January 2022,” Axios reports. “Just $827,000 was paid in June — the first time a monthly total has dipped below $1 million in two years.”

“Well Donald, I do hope you’ll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage… Because as the saying goes, ‘If you’ve got something to say, say it to my face.’”

— Kamala Harris, quoted by the New York Times.

79%

A new Associated Press poll shows that 79% of Democrats are satisfied with Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee — more than double the 37% who were satisfied with Joe Biden as the nominee in a poll earlier this month.

$4 million

“They called us weird so I’ll call them weirder. That’s what I used to do back in high school.”

— Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) told HuffPost’s Igor Bobic on Tuesday.

“If the Republican Party is trying to improve its image with women, I don’t think that this is working.”

— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) hit her party’s own vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), for what she called “offensive” comments about “childless cat ladies,” Politico reports.

$5 million

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday said it will spend $5 million to buy seasonal flu shots and get livestock workers vaccinated this fall, working with state and local officials. Another $5 million will be spent to promote the shots, reports the Associated Press.

47% to 46%

A new Morning Consult poll finds Kamala Harris edging Donald Trump nationally in the presidential race, 47% to 46%. Perhaps more interesting is that Harris’s favorability is now 50% to 46% — up from 43% to 51% last week.

$83 million

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“Cheney and I agree on nothing — no issues. But what we do believe in is that the United States should retain its democratic foundations …. I applaud the Cheneys for their courage in defending democracy.”

— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), on Meet the Press.

“A series of tests confront Trump heading into Tuesday’s event, about self-discipline, knowledge, his age and acuity, his overall temperament, and how he deals with the issues of race and gender. For the past six weeks, he’s often been failing those tests.”

— Dan Balz

“Donald Trump has risen in the polls the more the people have reacted negatively to his treatment in the courtroom. And if the judge had gone ahead with this, it could have easily been the October surprise.”

— Karl Rove told Fox News that allowing sentencing to proceed in Donald Trump’s New York hush money case could have given Trump a boost in the polls.

“In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump. He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He can never be trusted with power again.”

— Former Vice President Dick Cheney, in a statement explaining that he’ll vote for Kamala Harris.

— Florida Politics

Numerati

$1.3 billion

“The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency announced Friday, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden’s signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022,” the AP reports.

46% to 45%

$48% to 43%

$25 million

~$20