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Most Oppose Deploying National Guard to D.C.

August 28, 2025 Buck Banks

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%.

U.S. Fatal Police Shootings Approaches 400 in First Five Months of 2015

June 1, 2015 Buck Banks

385

Number of people shot and killed by police nationwide during the first five months of 2015, more than two a day, according to a Washington Post analysis. That is more than twice the rate of fatal police shootings tallied by the federal government over the past decade, a count that officials concede is incomplete.

Army of Robocops

August 18, 2014 Buck Banks

A growing trend that should make us all wary
Is their change from mildly threatening to really scary.
Ferguson just proves it —
If they own it, they’ll shoot it,
As cops become less like police and more like the military.

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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%.

U.S. Fatal Police Shootings Approaches 400 in First Five Months of 2015

385

Army of Robocops

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%

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