MSNBC has called the South Carolina primary, and although the vast majority of votes have yet to be counted, it appears that Obama has a double-digit lead over Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. CNN says its too early to call the winner for second place, however.
Poetic Justice
Buck Banks | Sep. 12, 2026
Pundits say that Trump’s $5,000 midterm bribe was an overreach,
And they agree that if lies were a crime, he’d be impeached.
Despite all the dividend promises he’s made,
The fact is, not one has ever been paid,
So even before the midterms, he already owes us $8,000* each.
*$5000 stimulus checks via “DOGE dividend”; $2000 stimulus checks via a “tariff dividend”; $1000-plus checks via “savings” from expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies
Verbatim
“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”
— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.
“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”
— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.
“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”
— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.
Numerati
1,000
“Donald Trump made over a thousand stock sales and purchases worth between $79m and $270m in July,” The Guardian reports. “His two largest sales were of Amazon and Microsoft stock, selling between $5m and $25m each on 20 July. That same day, he also sold up to $5m worth of Oracle and Costco stock, $500,000 to $1m in Nvidia, and bought up to $5m worth of shares in Intuit and Salesforce, among dozens of other transactions.”
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10%
“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.
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71%
A new Fox News Poll finds 71% of voters think the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the Iran War, including 95% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 43% of Republicans. Sixty percent say U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, while just 37% say it was right.
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$9.5 billion
“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.
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470
Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.
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It looks like Obama’s pandering to the SC religious nutjobs using homophobic speakers helped him nail down some of their votes. Just like Bill Clinton, he threw gays under the bus and exploited that act for votes.
What does any body see in the BLACK ASS! JOHN EDWARDS HAS ACTED SPOKEN and MADE MORE SENSE than any of the CANDIDATES and RON PAUL has more sense than any of the REPUGS!!! IF BLACK ASS BAMMER gets the nomination and is pitted against THE REPUGS then i am a TOTAL DEMOCRAT that is going to VOTE REPUG ThIS YEAR!
HWAT IS WRONG WITH AMERICA!!!!!!!! JOHN EDWARDS makes MORE SENSE EVERY TIME I HEAR HIM SPEAK AND IS AT LEAST FOR US WORKING CLASS THAT IS GETTING SCREWED EVERY DAY BY BUSH AND THE REPUGS!!!!! ABOUT THIS REBATE of bush and CONGRESS!!! WILL WE GET IT??? ME AND MY WIFE DID NOT GET ANY OF HIS TAX BREAK IN 2000 BUT YOU CAN BET YOUR SWEET ASS BUSHES RICH CRONIES GOT IT LIKE THEY DID THE BIG SURPLUS MONIES CLINTON LEFT FOR BUSH TO GIVE THEM!!!!!!
Another Thing JOHN F KENNEDY and Robert WERE SMART MEN BUT IT APPEARS THAT TED KENNEDY HAS HIS HEAD UP HIS ASS!!!! A TOTAL FOOL FOR ENDORSING THAT BLACK ASS BAMMER!!!!!! BAMMER HAS TO STOP AND STUTTER AND THNK TO ANSWER THE QUESTION HE IS ASKED HEY!!! I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING!!!! HE WOULD MAKE A GREAT PRESIDENT FOR–KENYA— US ELECT HIM their PRES!!!!!!
OF THE 24% of WHITE BIGGERS that voted for BAMMER I HOPE THAT THEY GET THEIR ROYAL SCREWING FROM HIM! WHEN HE STARTS WHITE OPRESSION!!!!!! ESPECIALLY KERRY AND KENNEDYS who are endorsing HIM!
“White” Demo primary voters for Obama are not white, they’re liberals. It will not hold up in a general election. Thank God.