Author: Buck Banks

Trump and His Plans Are Popular — For Now

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53% to 47%

With most describing him as “tough,” “energetic,” “focused” and “effective” — and as doing what he’d promised during his campaign, a new CBS News poll finds President Trump has started his term with an approval rate of 53% to 47%. One takeaway: 59% of voters approve of mass deportation and 64% support sending troops to the U.S. Mexico border.

Voters Are Lighting Up the Senate Switchboard

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1,600

New York Times: “Senators were informed this week that the Senate phone system was receiving 1,600 calls per minute, a sharp increase from the usual 40 calls a minute … While the phones had not completely stopped ringing, as they have in the past under heavy loads, members were told that some constituents would be sent straight to voice mail to prevent a complete shutdown.”

Texas Democrat Calls for Trump’s Third Impeachment

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“I rise to announce that the movement to impeach the president has begun. I rise to announce that I will bring articles of impeachment against the president for dastardly deeds proposed and dastardly deeds done. I also rise to say that the impeachment movement is going to be a grass up movement, not a top down. The people have got to move forward. The people have to demand it, and when the people demand it, it will be done. … On some issues, it is better to stand alone than not stand at all. On this issue, I stand alone, but I stand for justice.”

— Rep. Al Green (D-TX), reported by Real Clear Politics.

Democrat: ‘We Are Not Cooked’

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“I’m not here to suggest that people shouldn’t be alarmed. I think they should be alarmed, but I also think that one of Trump’s great advantages is that he’s a very effective bluffer. And most of this stuff is going to cause a ton of damage, but will eventually be found to be illegal. There’s a real difference between understanding that this is a deadly serious situation and catastrophizing by saying, ‘We’re cooked.’ We are not cooked.”

— Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), in an interview with the New Yorker.