Author: Buck Banks
Trump Is Totally a Totalitarian
“Nothing happens in public life without Trump putting his stamp on it. Cooperstown? Cracker Barrel? The Kennedy Center Honors? Trump has a will to dominate them. … He is the living embodiment of the leviathan, the totalized state. … No sector of American life exists beyond the reach of this president. There is no private sphere or civil society he feels should be outside his influence or control. There is only the dear leader, whose views must be considered in all matters.”
— Jonathan Last
Most Oppose Deploying National Guard to D.C.
56% to 41%
A new Quinnipiac poll finds voters oppose the move to send National Guard troops to Washington D.C. in an effort to reduce crime by 56% to 41%. Overall, President Trump’s approval rate is a dismal 37% to 55%.
Big Majority Opposes Military Aid to Israel
60%
A new Quinnipiac poll finds 60% of voters oppose the United States sending more military aid to Israel for their efforts in the war with Hamas, while 32% support it. Meanwhile, 50% think Israel is committing genocide based on what they know about the situation in Gaza, while 35% do not think Israel is committing genocide and 15% did not offer an opinion.
Ideological Ban and Switch
To win the culture wars, right-wingers employ a tautology,
And they back that up with a kind of inverse psychology.
So they’re into film and book banning,
And art and rainbow crosswalk panning,
But stamping out my ideology doesn’t replace it with your ideology.
Consumer Confidence Dipped in August
-1.3 points
The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index ticked down by 1.3 points to 97.4 in August, down from July’s 98.7, but in the same narrow range of the past three months, the AP reported. A measure of Americans’ short-term expectations for their income, business conditions and the job market fell by 1.2 points to 74.8, remaining significantly below 80, the marker that can signal a recession ahead.
Trump Thinks He Can Do Anything He Wants
“I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.”
— President Trump, speaking to reporters at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday.
Crosswalk Poppycock
Florida’s fascists have achieved a new depth of lunacy:
They believe painted streets are liberal advocacy.
At the presser we expected DeSantis to say
Rainbow crosswalks are recruitment tools for gays,
As the Free State of Florida sinks ever closer to idiocy.
