October 2024 - Page 6 of 8

Jimmy Kimmel Makes a Trump/Hitler Joke

October 16, 2024 Buck Banks

“Just a former president suggesting he’ll use the military against his fellow citizens for exercising their freedom of speech. Nothing to worry about, folks. Seriously, when is he gonna grow that little mustache already? Because there’s only three weeks left!”

— Jimmy Kimmel, on his show last night.

Max Rose Offers a Dispassionate Diagnosis of Trump’s Mental State

October 16, 2024 Buck Banks

“He’s a couple fries short of a Happy Meal at this point.”

— Former Rep. Max Rose (D-NY), on MSNBC, about Donald Trump’s bonkers town hall event last night.

At 100, Pres. Carter Casts His Vote against Fascism, for Kamala Harris

October 15, 2024 Pensito Editors

Meidas Touch Network: [The president’s grandson] Jason Carter told the Journal-Constitution in August that the former president is “more alert and interested in politics and the war in Gaza.” In June, Jason told reporters that Carter was no longer awake every day, and was “experiencing the world as best he can as he continues through this process.” The former president voted in the Georgia primary in May.

Carter has been in hospice care since February of 2023 after receiving treatment for metastatic brain cancer. Carter’s wife of 77 years, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter passed away in November.

The Great Pumpkin Has Arrived

October 15, 2024 Buck Banks

2,471

A pumpkin weighing 2,471 pounds wins a California contest, reports the AP. A Minnesota horticulture teacher remained the reigning champion of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California. His massive gourds have won the top prize four years in a row.

Migrant Deaths in New Mexico 10 Times Higher than Five Years Ago

October 15, 2024 Buck Banks

10x

Ten times as many migrants died in New Mexico near the U.S.-Mexico border in each of the last two years compared with just five years ago as smuggling gangs steer them — exhausted, dehydrated and malnourished — mostly into the hot desert, canyons or mountains west of El Paso, Texas, the Associated Press reports.

Harris Slams Trump’s ‘Enemy Within’ Paranoia

October 15, 2024 Buck Banks

“He considers anyone who doesn’t support him or who will not bend to his will an enemy of our country. This is among the reasons I believe so strongly that a second Trump term would be a huge risk for America, and dangerous.”

— Kamala Harris, at her rally in northwestern Pennsylvania, called Trump a serious threat to American democracy who is “out for unchecked power,” reports the Associated Press.

James Carville Is ‘Scared’

October 15, 2024 Buck Banks

“I’m scared. I was scared before and I’m still scared — scared to death. Because I have a pretty good idea of what happens if this thing goes the wrong way.”

— James Carville, quoted by Puck.

Welcome to ‘Two Months of Hate’

October 15, 2024 Buck Banks

“The Two Minutes Hate was a famous feature of Orwell’s portrayal of Oceania in 1984. The Two Months of Hate is now a notable feature of the 2024 U.S. presidential contest. Donald Trump and his allies are closing this campaign with two months of hate in a way we’ve never seen before. And it could work.”

— William Kristol

The Enemy Within HIM

October 15, 2024 Buck Banks

Trump’s latest bogeyman is “the enemy within,”
Which will be unleashed, he says, if he doesn’t win.
He says the election’s rigged,
But we think he’s flipped his wig,
And the real enemy within is him! It’s HIM!

Trump Owes Four Cities $750,000 for Campaign Events

October 14, 2024 Buck Banks

$750,000

Several cities are seeking more than $750,000 in unpaid fees from Donald Trump’s campaign for rallies held over the past several years, NBC News reports. Four cities say Trump owes them reimbursements for the costs of local law enforcement and first responder support at his campaign events.

“Just a former president suggesting he’ll use the military against his fellow citizens for exercising their freedom of speech. Nothing to worry about, folks. Seriously, when is he gonna grow that little mustache already? Because there’s only three weeks left!”

— Jimmy Kimmel, on his show last night.

“He’s a couple fries short of a Happy Meal at this point.”

— Former Rep. Max Rose (D-NY), on MSNBC, about Donald Trump’s bonkers town hall event last night.

2,471

A pumpkin weighing 2,471 pounds wins a California contest, reports the AP. A Minnesota horticulture teacher remained the reigning champion of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California. His massive gourds have won the top prize four years in a row.

10x

“He considers anyone who doesn’t support him or who will not bend to his will an enemy of our country. This is among the reasons I believe so strongly that a second Trump term would be a huge risk for America, and dangerous.”

— Kamala Harris, at her rally in northwestern Pennsylvania, called Trump a serious threat to American democracy who is “out for unchecked power,” reports the Associated Press.

“I’m scared. I was scared before and I’m still scared — scared to death. Because I have a pretty good idea of what happens if this thing goes the wrong way.”

— James Carville, quoted by Puck.

— William Kristol

$750,000

Several cities are seeking more than $750,000 in unpaid fees from Donald Trump’s campaign for rallies held over the past several years, NBC News reports. Four cities say Trump owes them reimbursements for the costs of local law enforcement and first responder support at his campaign events.

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%