Author: Buck Banks
Republicans Growing More Pessimistic About Country’s Direction
51%
Since June, the share of adults who say the country is on the wrong track increased 13 percentage points from 62% to 75%, according to a new AP-NORC poll. The shift occurred primarily among Republicans. In June, 29% of Republicans said the country was heading in the wrong direction. That number is now 51%. The vast majority of Democrats have felt the country is headed in the wrong direction since Donald Trump won the election in 2024.
Americans Think SCOTUS Is too Conservative
43%
A record number of Americans think the Supreme Court has tilted too far to the right, polling released Wednesday shows. Forty-three percent of U.S. adults described the court as “too conservative” in Gallup’s Sept. 2–16 Governance poll—the highest figure the organization has ever measured, surpassing the previous high of 42 percent recorded in 2022. By comparison, 36 percent said the court is “about right,” while just 17 percent labeled it “too liberal.”
Chairman of the Bored
Donald Trump thinks he should chair an international “board of peace”
To rebuild Gaza if the Israelis ever tire of war and desist and cease.
But he wants to take Baghram back from the Taliban
And he’s been doing a lot of blowing up of Venezuelans,
So from his actions, it seems more likely that Trump is already bored of peace.
Disney’s Streaming Services Had 1.7 Million Cancellations After Kimmel Suspension
1.7 million
Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancellations in the week after suspending Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show, The Handbasket reports.
Shaman Suit’s a Hoot
No one would accuse rioter Jacob Chansley of being a polymath,
But on January 6, the “QAnon Shaman” was clearly on the war path.
Now his $40 trillion Trump suit
Will surely get the judicial boot,
Because it’s 26 pages long and written in a single paragraph.
Strange Bed, Fellows
It was deleted from Trump’s Truth Social before it was widely read.
It was an AI deepfake with an AI Donald Trump as a talking head
Pitching us a kooky QAnon conspiracy
Mashed up with pseudoscientific technology,
With huckster Trump promising we’ll each get a card for our own miracle MedBed.
Kimmel Has the Last Word
“Even though we are still being preempted in 60 American cities, on Tuesday, we had our second-highest rated show in almost 23 years on the air. Our monologue from Tuesday night has more than 21 million views just on YouTube alone. And I want to say, we couldn’t have done it without you, Mr. President. Thank you very much. We got the Trump bump, and we appreciate it.”
— Jimmy Kimmel, on his show Friday night.
Timid Titans Temporize
Capitulating to Trump requires an act of moral desertion;
It just emboldens the bully to double down on intimidation.
Look, bending a knee
Will not set you free,
It just encourages Trump to commit greater acts of extortion.
