Month: August 2025

Trump’s Infantile Invective

Buck Banks

“I would say also that his personal attacks on me are just evidence of a guy who’s still living in fifth grade. He’s the kind of bully that throws invectives at people – because he knows that what he’s saying is actually commentary on himself.”

— Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), quoted by The Guardian, responding to President Trump’s insults about his fitness.

GOP Candidate Vows to ‘End Islam,’ Burns Koran

Buck Banks

“Your daughters will be raped and your sons beheaded, unless we stop Islam once and for all. America is a Christian nation, so those terrorist Muslims can fuck off to any of the 57 Muslim nations. There is only one true God, and that is the God of Israel.”

— Valentina Gomez, a Republican running for Congress in Texas, shared a video of her burning the Koran with a flamethrower as part of her effort to “end Islam,” the Daily Beast reports.

MAGA Rep. Nancy Mace Event Cancelled Due to Lack of Interest

Pensito Editors

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Whatever Rep. Nancy Mace (MAGA-SC) is selling in her run for South Carolina governor, they weren’t buying it at a church in Myrtle Beach last Thursday. Mace was set to give a speech at a Moms for Liberty event expecting about 100 people, but when she arrived at the church she found just eight people in the audience – and that number included reporters and security. Mace canceled the speech, took a few questions from reporters and left.

Nearly Half of Californians Would Vote for Newsom’s Redistricting Plan

Buck Banks

48%

UC Berkeley poll in California finds asked about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push for mid-cycle redistricting: 46% said it was a good idea, while 36% said it was a bad idea. Slightly more, 48%, said they would vote in favor of the temporary gerrymandering efforts if it appeared on the statewide special election ballot in November. Nearly a third said they would vote no, while 20% said they were undecided.