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Americans Chose a Criminal Over the Constitution

February 8, 2026 Buck Banks

“Whether you liked Ms. Harris or not, this last election was a choice, a very simple one. You had the choice between the Constitution and the criminal. And this country chose the criminal. You put a criminal at the top of America. A convicted felon.”

— Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura (I), on a podcast.

As If There Weren’t Enough Clowns Running for President Already

March 7, 2016 Buck Banks

I’m a centrist … fiscally conservative and socially liberal. All the people in the middle, that’s how I won. It’s the middle that controls your election.

— Jesse Ventura told CNN that he is considering a third-party presidential bid and will decide “in the next month.”

Paul’s Ventura Highway

April 7, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

Jesse Ventura said he’d run as veep with Ron Paul,
Only not as a Republican, that’s all.
He said, “We’d run as independents,
In pink boas, resplendent,
And I’d protect the little feller in a brawl.”

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Americans Chose a Criminal Over the Constitution

“Whether you liked Ms. Harris or not, this last election was a choice, a very simple one. You had the choice between the Constitution and the criminal. And this country chose the criminal. You put a criminal at the top of America. A convicted felon.”

— Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura (I), on a podcast.

As If There Weren’t Enough Clowns Running for President Already

I’m a centrist … fiscally conservative and socially liberal. All the people in the middle, that’s how I won. It’s the middle that controls your election.

— Jesse Ventura told CNN that he is considering a third-party presidential bid and will decide “in the next month.”

Paul’s Ventura Highway

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“They’ve invested heavily in AI labs. They’ve invested heavily in data centers. So, the first family has a financial stake in this industry, and as a result, the president of the United States is compromised.”

— “Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on Monday said President Trump will likely not heed calls from technology leaders to implement guardrails on the development of artificial intelligence because of his family’s investments in the industry,” NewsNation reports.

— Jane Haman

“We’re working through some political issues in Israel. I think we agree with them on the end state. They just have a crazy election, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards.”

— Jared Kushner, quoted by CBS News, on the lack of progress in Gaza.

Numerati

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.

$184 million

50%

38%

31%