August 2025 - Page 5 of 8

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?

Sending Troops to D.C. Is the Act of a Bully

August 12, 2025 Buck Banks

“He’s sending in the troops because he can—because D.C., as a federal enclave with few protections from presidential overreach, makes for a uniquely soft target. This ostensible show of strength is more like an admission of weakness. It is the behavior of a bully: very bad for the people it touches, but not a likely prelude to full authoritarian takeover.”

— Quinta Jurecic

Record Number in Immigrant Detention

August 12, 2025 Buck Banks

60,000

“The number of people in immigration detention reached a new high of more than 60,000 on Monday, breaking a modern record set during the first Trump administration,” the New York Times reports.

Loomer Bashes Taylor Greene

August 12, 2025 Buck Banks

“I wish Marjorie Taylor Greene got on her knees for her lord and savior as much as she got on her knees for men who aren’t her husband. Just another fake Christian.”

— Laura Loomer, on X.

Trump’s Law Will Push Millions Off Food Assistance

August 12, 2025 Buck Banks

2.4 million

“Republican-led cuts to public assistance programs – carried out at the behest of Donald Trump’s administration – will lead to 2.4 million fewer Americans receiving food stamps, among them families with children,” The Guardian reports.

$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.

$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.

“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.

$52.8 billion

— Quinta Jurecic

60,000

“The number of people in immigration detention reached a new high of more than 60,000 on Monday, breaking a modern record set during the first Trump administration,” the New York Times reports.

“I wish Marjorie Taylor Greene got on her knees for her lord and savior as much as she got on her knees for men who aren’t her husband. Just another fake Christian.”

— Laura Loomer, on X.

2.4 million

“Republican-led cuts to public assistance programs – carried out at the behest of Donald Trump’s administration – will lead to 2.4 million fewer Americans receiving food stamps, among them families with children,” The Guardian reports.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

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30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%