Month: August 2025

RFK Jr. Pulls $500 Million in Vaccine Development Projects

Buck Banks

$500 million

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary and a longtime vaccine critic, announced in a statement Tuesday that $500 million worth of vaccine development projects, all using mRNA technology, will be halted,” the AP reports. “The projects — 22 of them — are being led by some of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna to prevent flu, Covid-19 and H5N1 infections.”

Rove: Trump Is Repeating Biden’s Mistake

Buck Banks

“To me, what’s ironic is, is that the Trump administration is making the same mistake that the Biden administration made, which was to basically, remember we had Bidenomics is working, well, now we have the Golden Age of American Prosperity is returned, and Americans are not feeling that. Better to say we’re working hard to put America on the right road, rather than declaring premature victory. … I think that’s a big mistake for the White House and is likely to come back and bite them in the midterm election.”

Karl Rove told Fox News that President Trump that he’s “making the same mistake” Joe Biden did and is likely to pay a political price for it.”

Latino and Hispanic Voters, Please Note

Buck Banks

“These people do it naturally — naturally. I said, what happens if they get it to a farmer the other day? What happens if they get a bad back? He said, ‘They don’t get a bad back, sir, because if they get a bad back, they die.’ I said, that’s interesting, isn’t it? In many ways, they’re very, very special people.”

— President Donald Trump told CNBC that migrants are “naturally” able to do farm work in a way American citizens can’t.

CBO Now Says Trump’s Megabill Will Add $4.1 Trillion to Deficit

Buck Banks

$4.1 trillion

“Interest rates will be higher over the next decade because of the GOP’s megabill and drive up borrowing costs even for the federal government, Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper predicts in a new report released Monday,” Politico reports. “In a final “dynamic” analysis of the bill President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, the Congressional Budget Office estimated the measure will increase the federal deficit by $4.1 trillion over a decade.”

Alligator Alcatraz: High Name Recognition, Low Approval Among Florida Voters

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Alligator Alcatraz (ABC News)

In advertising, a catchy name makes all the difference, and so it is with Alligator Alcatraz, Florida’s newest and cruelest immigration detention center located on the edge of the Everglades.

A new poll by the Florida Communications and Research Hub found very high name recognition for the migrant center that opened in July, with 89% of respondents saying they were aware of the facility and 45% saying they had heard “a lot” about it.

But about 43% of respondents held a negative view of the center — 35% strongly negative. That compares to 34% who like the project and just 18% who strongly favor it.

Unsurprisingly, Republicans are more likely to approve of the detention center, with about 56% of GOP respondents having a positive view and 32% expressing strong support. About one in five GOP voters holds an unfavorable view.

Also unsurprisingly, 74% of Democrats view the center unfavorably, with 65% strongly disliking it.

About 47% of voters unaffiliated with either party view it unfavorably, compared to 32% who approve.

Predictably, Republicans and Democrats say they have heard different coverage of the facility. About 22% of Republicans say most of what they have heard about Alligator Alcatraz was positive, while 46% said the coverage was mixed. But 65% of Democrats and 43% of unaffiliated voters say the coverage they remember has been mostly negative.

Blue Rose Research surveyed more than 3,200 voters in web panels July 25-27. Pollsters report a 1.7% margin of error in the results.