April 8, 2026 - Pensito

The Cessation Question

April 8, 2026 Buck Banks

It’s been five weeks, yet the Iran War is still transpiring,
And Trump’s deadline capitulation was anything but inspiring.
And though it came down to the wire,
Pakistan has brokered a cease-fire,
So now that a cease-fire’s in place, when will they cease firing?

Trump Is Underwater in 134 Republican-Held Districts

April 8, 2026April 13, 2026 Buck Banks

135

G. Elliot Morris: “New estimates I’ve produced show that Trump’s approval rating is below 50% among registered voters in 135 Republican-held congressional seats — 104 in the House and 31 in the Senate. … And his approval is below 45% in jurisdictions represented by 44 Republican members of Congress — 34 in the House and 10 in the Senate.”

Americans Are Fed Up With Israel’s Nonsense

April 8, 2026 Buck Banks

Day: April 8, 2026

The Cessation Question

Trump Is Underwater in 134 Republican-Held Districts

135

Americans Are Fed Up With Israel’s Nonsense

60%

A new Pew Research poll finds 60% of U.S. adults now have an unfavorable view of Israel.

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

11

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%