Author: Buck Banks

Another Reason Championship Teams Shouldn’t Visit the White House

Buck Banks

JD Vance is rumblin’, bumblin’, fumblin’.

The Ohio State Buckeyes won the first title in the first year of the 12-team playoff, defeating Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame in the final. So, like many championship teams do, they visited the White House for a photo op with the president and vice president.

Then Vance — the farthest thing from a championship athlete (or effective vice president) — fumbled the national trophy.

This Is a ‘Moment of Extraordinary Danger’

Buck Banks

“We are living in a moment of extraordinary danger, and how we respond to this moment will not only impact our lives but it will affect the lives of our kids and future generations. We are living in a moment where a handful of billionaires control the economic and political life of our country.”

— Sen. Bernie Sanders, quoted by the Washington Post.

‘Worst Self-Inflicted Wound’ Ever

Buck Banks

$4,000

“This is the worst self-inflicted wound that I have ever seen an administration impose on a well-functioning economy.”

— Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who said President Trump’s shifting tariff policy has increased the odds the U.S. will enter into a recession, the Wall Street Journal reports.“Yellen said the Trump administration’s tariff policies could cost the average U.S. household $4,000 a year.”