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All Sales Final

July 26, 2024 Buck Banks

They might take a do-over if they had the chance,
Now that everybody’s looking at him kind of askance.
We’ve all felt it, of course,
That thing called buyer’s remorse.
And the Republican Party’s got it bad over JD Vance.

U.S. Economy Grew Faster than Expected in Q2

July 26, 2024 Buck Banks

2.8%

“Economic activity in the U.S. was considerably stronger than expected during the second quarter,” CNBC reports. “Real gross domestic product, a measure of all the goods and services produced during the April-through-June period, increased at a 2.8% annualized pace adjusted for seasonality and inflation. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for growth of 2.1% following a 1.4% increase in the first quarter.”

If the Stigma Fits …

July 25, 2024 Buck Banks

Some say we shouldn’t call Trump a “felon,”
‘Cause it “stigmatizes” criminals by the millions.
That kind of logic, we insist,
Applied to “racist” and “fascist,”
Also accurately “stigmatizes” millions of Republicans.

Vance’s Convention Bump Is Minus Six Points

July 24, 2024 Buck Banks

-6 points

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is making history as the least liked vice presidential nominee since 1980 following his party’s nominating convention, CNN reports. He’s also the first to have a net negative favorable rating.

Most Americans Want Trump Gone from the Campaign

July 23, 2024 Buck Banks

57%

A new AP-NORC poll shows 57% of Americans want Trump to drop out of the race: 51% of Independents, 86% of Democrats, and 26% of Republicans. The survey also showed that just 21% of Americans believe Trump is honest.

Snatched from the Jaws of Victory …

July 23, 2024 Buck Banks

“Trump has never been closer to losing than at this moment.”

— GOP strategist Alex Castellanos, on X, on the 2024 presidential race.

Harris Campaign Smashes Fundraising Record

July 23, 2024July 23, 2024 Buck Banks

$81 million

Kamala Harris is smashing fundraising records as the Democratic Party’s donors — big and small — open their wallets for the vice president in the immediate aftermath of President Joe Biden’s stunning decision to step aside, reported the Associated Press. In total, Harris’ team raised more than $81 million in the 24-hour period since Biden’s announcement, campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz said Monday.

Harris Campaign Brings Surge in Volunteers

July 23, 2024 Buck Banks

28,000

“The Biden campaign said that more than 28,000 people signed up to volunteer for the first time after President Biden dropped out and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris,” the New York Times reports.

Harris Says She Knows Trump’s Type

July 23, 2024 Buck Banks

“I took on perpetrators of all kinds. Predators who abused women. Fraudsters who ripped off consumers. Cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. So hear me when I say: I know Donald Trump’s type.”

— “Vice President Kamala Harris drew on her past as a prosecutor on Monday in her first campaign appearance since President Biden dropped his re-election bid, saying her law enforcement background would help her defeat a rival who is a convicted criminal,” the New York Times reports.

Beshear Bashes Vance

July 23, 2024 Buck Banks

“J.D. Vance is a phony, he’s fake. I mean, he first says that Donald Trump is like Hitler, and now he’s acting like he’s Lincoln. The problem with J.D. Vance is he has no conviction, but I guess his running mate has 34.”

2.8%

-6 points

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is making history as the least liked vice presidential nominee since 1980 following his party’s nominating convention, CNN reports. He’s also the first to have a net negative favorable rating.

57%

A new AP-NORC poll shows 57% of Americans want Trump to drop out of the race: 51% of Independents, 86% of Democrats, and 26% of Republicans. The survey also showed that just 21% of Americans believe Trump is honest.

“Trump has never been closer to losing than at this moment.”

— GOP strategist Alex Castellanos, on X, on the 2024 presidential race.

$81 million

28,000

“The Biden campaign said that more than 28,000 people signed up to volunteer for the first time after President Biden dropped out and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris,” the New York Times reports.

“I took on perpetrators of all kinds. Predators who abused women. Fraudsters who ripped off consumers. Cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. So hear me when I say: I know Donald Trump’s type.”

— “Vice President Kamala Harris drew on her past as a prosecutor on Monday in her first campaign appearance since President Biden dropped his re-election bid, saying her law enforcement background would help her defeat a rival who is a convicted criminal,” the New York Times reports.

“J.D. Vance is a phony, he’s fake. I mean, he first says that Donald Trump is like Hitler, and now he’s acting like he’s Lincoln. The problem with J.D. Vance is he has no conviction, but I guess his running mate has 34.”

— Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D), on CNN.

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

11

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%