Author: Buck Banks
Nearly Half Would Support a Third Party
49%
A new Quinnipiac poll finds 49% of voters would consider joining a third party as an alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties, while 45% say they would not consider joining a third party.
Jeffries Calls for Full Disclosure of Epstein Files
“If you’re not hiding anything, prove that to the American people. And if you are trying to hide something, as many of Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters apparently believe, then the Congress should work hard to uncover the truth for the American people.”
— House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), quoted by the Washington Post, calling for the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
He’s In ‘Em
As his MAGA coalition is beset by competing conspiracy styles.
Now Trump says they were written
By Obama, Clinton, Comey and Biden.
But there’s a simple reason why Trump won’t release the Epstein files.
Trumpian Soliloquy on Peace
Forsooth, when you consider the deals I’ve made, logic it defies.
Look at what I did for India and Pakistan,
And all I accomplished by bombing Iran.
Alas, cruel world, am I to never get my Nobel Peace Prize?
The Harshest Truth About Trump’s Big Bill
“This may have been a loss for the American people, but this was a big Trump win. He continues to plow through the norms, institutions, and guardrails of government, and he will use the BBB to accelerate his momentum. … Acknowledging this is not defeatism: it’s a recognition of the challenge ahead.”
— Charlie Sykes
U.S. Measles Cases Just Reached a 33-Year High
Measles cases in the U.S. have reached a 33-year high, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Outbreak Response Innovation (CORI). The center reports that there are now 1,277 confirmed cases across 38 states and the District of Columbia, the highest annual tally since 1992. The U.S. had achieved measles-free status in 2000.
“It’s a harbinger of things to come,” Eric Ball, a leading pediatrician, told the Washington Post. “Once we see a resurgence of measles, we know that other diseases are going to come behind it.”
Even amid a flurry of vaccine disinformation, the rate of MMR (measles, mumps and rubella vaccine) jabs administered in 2019 was at 95% — the rate experts believe curtails outbreaks. It has now slid to below 93%, and outbreaks are occurring in dozens of states. Anti-vaccine messaging and distrust in federal health agencies have contributed to the decline.
Three people have died of measles-related complications this year, while 155 people have been hospitalized. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that just three people died of measles complications between 2001 and 2024.
Everglades Devil’s Island
And Ron DeSantis and James Uthmeier are his kind of lads.
The boys built an ICE camp for Trump
In the heart of a dismal, dangerous swamp,
So it’s just hot, nasty and cruel enough, Trump’s Alligator Alcatraz.
Politics of Names
But his “America Party” and “Democrat Party” are both grammatically lame:
See, “America” is a proper noun, but not an adjective,
Whereas “American” can be either one — it’s relative.
As with “Democrat Party,” Musk is about to find out what’s in a name.
