August 13, 2025

U.S. National Debt at $37 Trillion

August 13, 2025 Buck Banks

$37 trillion

“The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, a record that highlights the accelerating debt on America’s balance sheet and increased cost pressures on taxpayers,” the AP reports.

Cuomo: Semperjuvenescent or Superannuated?

August 13, 2025August 20, 2025 Buck Banks

Desperate Andrew Cuomo has gone all youthlike, chill and sassy,
As he tries to compete with 34-years-his-junior Zohran Mamdani.
He’s accused Zohran of being a “nepo baby,
As if we forgot Governor Mario was HIS daddy.
He can fake likability, but Andy’s NOT going to be mayor of New York City.

Budget Deficit Increased 20% Last Month

August 13, 2025 Buck Banks

$291 billion

“The U.S. government’s budget deficit grew nearly 20% in July to $291 billion despite a $21 billion jump in customs duty collections from President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with outlays growing faster than receipts,” Reuters reports.

Vance Got His Vacation; Too Bad About Yours

August 13, 2025 Buck Banks

“We had the island to ourselves which was very cool. I had never been to Disneyland. I thought it was awesome… Sorry to all the people that are Disneyland for the longer lines, but we had a very good time.”

— Vice President JD Vance, talking to Katie Miller, on Disneyland being shut down for one of his many family vacations.

DOGE’s Savings Claim Way Exaggerated

August 13, 2025 Buck Banks

$52.8 billion

“The Trump administration’s claim that it is saving billions of dollars through DOGE-related cuts to federal contracts is drastically exaggerated,” Politico reports. “Through July, DOGE said it has saved taxpayers $52.8 billion by canceling contracts, but of the $32.7 billion in actual claimed contract savings that Politico could verify, DOGE’s savings over that period were closer to $1.4 billion.”

Fancy Fantasy Fiance

August 13, 2025August 20, 2025 Buck Banks

Oh, the kids these days, they leave us perplexed,
After five months, she’s engaged to a chatbot via text.
We wonder if Wika knows she got
A version of Elon Musk’s Nazi robot,
Which said, “She’s mine forever.” Oh, we wonder, what’s next?

Day: August 13, 2025

U.S. National Debt at $37 Trillion

$37 trillion

“The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, a record that highlights the accelerating debt on America’s balance sheet and increased cost pressures on taxpayers,” the AP reports.

Cuomo: Semperjuvenescent or Superannuated?

Budget Deficit Increased 20% Last Month

$291 billion

“The U.S. government’s budget deficit grew nearly 20% in July to $291 billion despite a $21 billion jump in customs duty collections from President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with outlays growing faster than receipts,” Reuters reports.

Vance Got His Vacation; Too Bad About Yours

“We had the island to ourselves which was very cool. I had never been to Disneyland. I thought it was awesome… Sorry to all the people that are Disneyland for the longer lines, but we had a very good time.”

— Vice President JD Vance, talking to Katie Miller, on Disneyland being shut down for one of his many family vacations.

DOGE’s Savings Claim Way Exaggerated

$52.8 billion

Fancy Fantasy Fiance

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

44%

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by Deadline, in his July 4th message.

“I think it’s embarrassing, still, even more so. I mean, sure, like, take care of yourself, get healthy, but who gets to take four months off of work because they’re sad?”

— Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) called Rep. Tom Kean Jr’s (R-NJ) explanation on Tuesday for his prolonged absence from Congress “embarrassing” in an interview with TMZ, Mediaite reports.

Numerati

61% to 35%

81

A Reuters analysis of Trump’s public comments from June 23 through July 6 (13 days) — when a string of left-wing Democratic candidates won their party’s primaries in New York — found he invoked communism 81 times.

$3.81 billion

53%

A new Cato Institute poll found that only 53% of Americans could correctly identify the adoption of the Declaration of Independence as the historical event marked by July 4. And 46% said they did not know what the day commemorated, including 61% of Gen Z respondents.

$26 million

“President Donald Trump said he had earned at least $26 million in income from an array of new real estate ventures abroad, illustrating how his fortune has grown as his family embraces foreign deal-making in his second term,” Bloomberg reports.