October 16, 2026

20 Oct, 2026

Zacharia, We Hardly Knew Ya

October 16, 2026October 16, 2026 Buck Banks

Trump probably hired Katie Zacharia ’cause he thought she’s a cutie,
But there’s more to press secretary-ing than being a blonde beauty.
She wasn’t fully vetted,
Now her hiring is regretted,
So her tenure was short — she didn’t even last a full Scaramucci.*

*Anthony Scaramucci was press secretary in Trump’s first administration for 11 days.

Day: October 16, 2026

Zacharia, We Hardly Knew Ya

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— President Trump, quoted by NewsNation.

— Paul Krugman

“We’re not talking about socialists, these are communists, Marxists and anarchists. You got to be kidding. They want us to call them democratic socialists, there’s nothing democratic about these people.”

— Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), quoted by Fox News.

Numerati

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”

29,000

Wall Street Journal: “The U.S. added 29,000 jobs in September, far short of expectations, in a sign that the labor market remains steady but may not be able to deliver consistent and sizable employment gains like it did in the past.”

13%

1,000