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It’s Done — Trump Won

November 12, 2024August 14, 2026 Buck Banks

The intelligence of the American electorate eludes detection.
Millions of votes were cast without thought or introspection.
Despite the Dem’s campaign spending,
It looks like democracy’s ending,
Because rapist, felon, grifter Donald Trump has won re-election.

Fetterman: Picking on Trans or Gay People Does Not Make You a Man

November 4, 2024 Buck Banks

“If your political capital comes from picking on trans kids or gay kids or anything like that, you’re just bankrupt throughout all of this. My version of being a man is like, hey, I like rib-eyes, I like Motörhead, and I’m never going to pick on trans kids and gay kids… It doesn’t make you tough. It doesn’t make you a man to pick on trans or gay kids. It just makes you an asshole.”

— Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), on CNN.

More than 78 Million Have Already Voted

November 4, 2024November 4, 2024 Buck Banks

78,041,301

As of 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday, Nov. 4, a total of 78,041,301 early votes had been cast in the 2024 general election. In-person early votes totaled 42,664,880, with 35,376,421 mail ballots returned out of 67,464,164 mail ballots requested, according to the University of Florida Election Lab.

Feeling Nauseously Optimistic?

November 4, 2024 Buck Banks

“I’m not making any predictions, but one phrase (I don’t know who coined it) is sticking with me. I find myself ‘nauseously optimistic.’ It’s not based on the polls, the odds, or the punditry. It rests solely on my (possibly naive) belief that the American people cannot and will not look at Donald Trump and say, ‘Yeah, that’s who we are.’”

— Charlie Sykes

Hey Cat Ladies (and Men), Trump’s Tarriffs Would Raise Cat Food between 19% and 30%

November 1, 2024 Pensito Editors

GlobalPets.com: The Pet Food Institute (PFI) warns that imposing these additional tariffs on consumer goods will increase the production costs of canned cat and dog food. “Those costs will be passed down to Americans who rely on affordable, quality canned pet food,” the PFI warns.

The US does not manufacture a sufficient supply of tinplate steel and relies on imports from other countries. The trade association representing American pet food and treat manufacturers told GlobalPETS that around 62% of tinplate steel was imported last year.

Consumer Brands Association (CBA) stated that if the tariffs go into effect, companies will be forced to raise food prices, which could decrease domestic output, placing up to 2,800 tinplate manufacturing jobs in danger.

It is estimated that the cost of canned food and products could increase between 19% and 30% if the new tariff receives the green light from US officials. Additionally, up to 40,000 manufacturing jobs could be cut.

Message to MAGA Wives: Your Vote is Private

November 1, 2024 Pensito Editors

Boing Boing: If anti-Trump Republicans like Mitt Romney and Mike Pence aren’t courageous enough to endorse Kamala Harris, how can we expect an anti-Trump voter married to a trigger-happy MAGA bully to speak up? Well, in the voting booth she doesn’t have to, says a new Lincoln Project ad called “Secret.”

Julia Roberts narrates the ad for the Lincoln Project:

Month: November 2024

It’s Done — Trump Won

Fetterman: Picking on Trans or Gay People Does Not Make You a Man

— Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), on CNN.

More than 78 Million Have Already Voted

78,041,301

As of 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday, Nov. 4, a total of 78,041,301 early votes had been cast in the 2024 general election. In-person early votes totaled 42,664,880, with 35,376,421 mail ballots returned out of 67,464,164 mail ballots requested, according to the University of Florida Election Lab.

Feeling Nauseously Optimistic?

— Charlie Sykes

Hey Cat Ladies (and Men), Trump’s Tarriffs Would Raise Cat Food between 19% and 30%

Message to MAGA Wives: Your Vote is Private

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by CBS News.

“Here’s the problem with the red meat: It becomes an addiction. Once you go there and you put that out there, then you’re forced to defend it. So what do they do? They double down. They triple down again.”

— Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by the Washington Post, on Republicans relying on anti-Muslim attacks in the Michigan U.S. Senate race.

— Stephen Miller, quoted by The Guardian, pledging “total devotion” to President Trump.

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%).”