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Netanyahu: Israel Can Go It Alone

May 10, 2024 Buck Banks

“If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone.”

— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel was strong enough to fight alone as the United States warned that it could cut military aid to the country, the Washington Post reports.

Republican Rhetoric: There’s No Bottom to It

May 10, 2024 Buck Banks

“You either die a Kennedy with a hole in the brain or live long enough to become a Kennedy with a hole in the brain.”

— Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) actually tweeted that.

A Third of World’s Energy Produced by Renewables Last Year

May 9, 2024 Buck Banks

30%

CNN: A record-breaking 30% of the world’s electricity was produced by renewables last year as wind and solar power got more popular.

Trump Tax Cuts Could Add $4.6 Trillion to Deficit

May 9, 2024May 9, 2024 Buck Banks

$4.6 trillion

“The cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts for households, small businesses and the estates of wealthy individuals enacted under President Donald Trump has expanded to $4.6 trillion,” Bloomberg reports. “That puts a massive price tag on what is likely to be a top issue in Washington next year as lawmakers grapple with the future of Trump’s tax cuts, which are slated to expire at the end of 2025.”

Dems Give Johnson a Reprieve

May 9, 2024 Buck Banks

359 to 43

The House resoundingly defeated a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, Punchbowl News reports. The vote was 359 to 43. Eleven Republicans voted against tabling the resolution, effectively voting to oust Johnson. Seven lawmakers voted present.

GOP Lawmaker: Child Marriage Prevents Abortions

May 8, 2024 Buck Banks

“When we do this to people who are of ripe, fertile age and may have a pregnancy and a baby involved, are we not in fact, making abortion a much more desirable alternative when marriage might be the right solution for some freedom loving couples?”

— New Hampshire state Rep. Jess Edwards (R) opposed raising the age of marriage to 18 years old and “drew gasps and groans from lawmakers,” the Granite Post reports.

Kennedy’s Bad Brain

May 8, 2024 Buck Banks

RFK Jr. is ramping up his campaign,
But we think he’s got a lot to explain.
Why is he anti-vaccines?
And why all the conspiracy memes?
Said Kennedy: “That easy, a worm ate my brain.”

House GOP Down to Majority of One

May 8, 2024 Buck Banks

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“Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-NY) was sworn in on the House floor Monday, replacing the now-retired Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY) and leaving Republicans with just a one-vote margin for any partisan vote,” The Hill reports.

It’s Going to Be a Busy Day

May 8, 2024 Buck Banks

“Donald Trump is scheduled to give the keynote address at the Minnesota Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner on May 17, the same day he requested off court to attend his son Barron Trump’s graduation ceremony”

— Newsweek

Trump’s Net Favorability Avergage Lower than Biden’s

May 8, 2024 Buck Banks

-13%

At 41.4%, Donald Trump’s favorability rating is the lowest in the Decision Desk HQ/The Hill average since last December. Trump’s net favorability rating of -13.0% is lower than Joe Biden’s for the first time since last August.

“If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone.”

— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel was strong enough to fight alone as the United States warned that it could cut military aid to the country, the Washington Post reports.

“You either die a Kennedy with a hole in the brain or live long enough to become a Kennedy with a hole in the brain.”

— Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) actually tweeted that.

30%

CNN: A record-breaking 30% of the world’s electricity was produced by renewables last year as wind and solar power got more popular.

$4.6 trillion

359 to 43

The House resoundingly defeated a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, Punchbowl News reports. The vote was 359 to 43. Eleven Republicans voted against tabling the resolution, effectively voting to oust Johnson. Seven lawmakers voted present.

“When we do this to people who are of ripe, fertile age and may have a pregnancy and a baby involved, are we not in fact, making abortion a much more desirable alternative when marriage might be the right solution for some freedom loving couples?”

— New Hampshire state Rep. Jess Edwards (R) opposed raising the age of marriage to 18 years old and “drew gasps and groans from lawmakers,” the Granite Post reports.

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“Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-NY) was sworn in on the House floor Monday, replacing the now-retired Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY) and leaving Republicans with just a one-vote margin for any partisan vote,” The Hill reports.

“Donald Trump is scheduled to give the keynote address at the Minnesota Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner on May 17, the same day he requested off court to attend his son Barron Trump’s graduation ceremony”

— Newsweek

-13%

At 41.4%, Donald Trump’s favorability rating is the lowest in the Decision Desk HQ/The Hill average since last December. Trump’s net favorability rating of -13.0% is lower than Joe Biden’s for the first time since last August.

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.