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Yale Drag Fail

August 12, 2024August 14, 2026 Buck Banks

As a teen, JD questioned, which doesn’t make him a fag.
While at Yale, he dressed like a girl (we assume) as a gag.
The eyeliner was smokey,
But the blonde wig was hokey,
And Trump’s VP looked like a childless cat lady in drag.

Trump Exceeds His Old Pace of Lies Told Per Minute

August 12, 2024 Buck Banks

162

NPR reviewed the transcript of Donald Trump’s news conference and found at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes. “That’s more than two a minute. It’s a stunning number for anyone – and even more problematic for a person running to lead the free world.”

Buttigieg Remains the Thorn in Vance’s Side

August 8, 2024 Buck Banks

“Come to think of it, denigrating the worth of a soldier’s service based on whether he deployed to a war zone is … kind of like denigrating the worth of a woman’s citizenship based on whether she happens to have children.”

— Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, on X, defending Gov. Tim Walz against accusations by Sen. J.D. Vance.

Walz Pick Boosts Harris’ Fundraising

August 8, 2024 Buck Banks

$36 million

Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign raised $36 million in the 24 hours after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) was added to the ticket, The Hill reports.

Walz Ready to Debate Vance

August 7, 2024 Buck Banks

“I can’t wait to debate the guy. That is, if he’s willing to get off his couch and show up.”

— Gov. Tim Walz, speaking at a rally, about Sen. J.D. Vance.

Harris Raises $20 Million After Walz Announcement

August 7, 2024 Buck Banks

$20 million

Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate has been another fundraising boon for the Democratic presidential ticket, the AP reports. Her campaign announced shortly before 6:30 p.m. that it has raised more than $20 million since the vice president unveiled the Minnesota governor as her running mate.

Half Think Trump’s Too Old to Be President

August 6, 2024 Buck Banks

50%

A new Morning Consult poll finds 50% of voters say Donald Trump is “too old” to be president. By contrast, only 12% say the same of Kamala Harris, compared with 70% who said the same of Biden.

He’s Just Unbearable

August 6, 2024August 14, 2026 Buck Banks

No doubt, it’s a quixotic campaign on which he’s embarked.
So, is Robert Kennedy Jr. serious or is it all just a lark?
Why hasn’t his anti-vaxxer conspiracy
And bug-eaten brain shit-canned his candidacy?
And do we really want to elect a guy who dumped a dead bear in Central Park?

It’s Nice to Have Plouffe on the Harris Team

August 4, 2024 Buck Banks

“Donald Trump is cowardly backing out of the debate he agreed to. One just like the debate he did in June. Now, he seems only comfortable in a cocoon, asking his happy place Fox to host a Trump rally and call it a debate. Maybe he can only handle debating someone his own age.”

— Harris campaign adviser David Plouffe, on X.

Trump: ‘Nobody Called from Google’

August 4, 2024 Buck Banks

“Google, nobody called from Google. One of the things like doing a show like yours, your show, you know, you see it on Fox, but when you really see it is all over the place, they take clips of your show that you’re doing right now with me and if I do a good job, they’re gonna vote for me, they’re gonna vote for me because it’s not just on Fox, it’s on Fox is a smaller part of it. You’re on all over this, those little beautiful cell phones you’re on, you’re all over the place. You have a product, you have a great product. You have a great brand. So you have to get out, you have to get out, you have to do things like your show and other shows and Google has been very bad. They’ve been very irresponsible and I have a feeling that Google is gonna be close to shut down.”

162

NPR reviewed the transcript of Donald Trump’s news conference and found at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes. “That’s more than two a minute. It’s a stunning number for anyone – and even more problematic for a person running to lead the free world.”

“Come to think of it, denigrating the worth of a soldier’s service based on whether he deployed to a war zone is … kind of like denigrating the worth of a woman’s citizenship based on whether she happens to have children.”

— Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, on X, defending Gov. Tim Walz against accusations by Sen. J.D. Vance.

$36 million

Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign raised $36 million in the 24 hours after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) was added to the ticket, The Hill reports.

“I can’t wait to debate the guy. That is, if he’s willing to get off his couch and show up.”

— Gov. Tim Walz, speaking at a rally, about Sen. J.D. Vance.

$20 million

50%

A new Morning Consult poll finds 50% of voters say Donald Trump is “too old” to be president. By contrast, only 12% say the same of Kamala Harris, compared with 70% who said the same of Biden.

“Donald Trump is cowardly backing out of the debate he agreed to. One just like the debate he did in June. Now, he seems only comfortable in a cocoon, asking his happy place Fox to host a Trump rally and call it a debate. Maybe he can only handle debating someone his own age.”

— Harris campaign adviser David Plouffe, on X.

— Donald Trump, on Fox Business.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”

— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.

“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”

— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.

Numerati

1,000

10%

“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.

71%

$9.5 billion

“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.