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Dealing Illegal Diesel

October 30, 2026 Buck Banks


A three-ship shipment of sanctioned Russian diesel is in transit,
But the specter of sanctions and possible legal woes haunts it.
Most say Trump’s deal with Putin was corrupt and illegal,
And American companies are reluctant to buy tainted diesel,
So Trump has three boatloads of fuel, but no one wants to touch it.

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Trump’s Tit for Tat

October 6, 2026 Buck Banks


On the campaign trail Trump shares more Iran War news,
He’s got so many options, it’s really hard to choose.
He could bomb Iran into oblivion,
Or starve them into submission,
Or, he could trade L.A. and San Diego for the Strait of Hormuz.

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Farce of a Deal

March 24, 2026March 29, 2026 Buck Banks


In his latest fight against windmills, Trump seems to have won,
Canceling $1 billion in wind farm leases by a French corporation.
If the French invest it in American oil and gas,
We give them every one of the billion dollars back,
Which seems like a really stupid way for a government to be run.

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The ‘Dumb’ in Martyrdom
Buck Banks | Oct. 9, 2026

For many, a televised execution‘s a nonstarter,
They wouldn’t watch with a spouse, son or daughter.
And by the way, Secretary Hegseth,
If you shoot Nidal Hasan to death
On live TV you’ll make him another Muslim martyr.

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Verbatim

    “One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

    — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

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    “I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

    — Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

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    “Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

    — Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

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Numerati

    3,824

    A record number of women are running for state legislative seats this November, more than two-thirds of whom are Democrats, reports Florida Phoenix. Across the 46 states with legislative seats on the ballot, a total of 3,824 women are running — up from 2022’s previous record of 3,621 women candidates, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. Women make up 35.5% of all state legislative candidates this cycle. Currently, women hold about one-third of state legislative seats across the country — a record level of representation but nowhere near parity.

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    $1.4 billion

    “Prediction markets about the 2026 midterm elections have surpassed $1.4 billion in trading volume as Election Day fast approaches,” CNN reports. “This year has seen massive growth in the prediction industry, where people can bet on real-world events like sports, entertainment and the weather. While small-scale election markets have been around for a while, they gained traction before the 2024 presidential election and have seen huge numbers for the 2026 midterms.”

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    -35 points

    G. Elliot Morris: “Low-knowledge 2024 voters say they backed Trump by 8 points, according to our poll. Today they give him a net job approval of ?27, a 35-point shift. Compare that to Trump’s approval rating among voters who got both questions right: These voters backed Harris by 1 point and now give Trump a net ?24 approval, a 23-point shift. … Low-information voters have moved against Trump at a higher rate than high-information voters, by 12 points.”

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    31%

    President Donald ?Trump’s approval rating fell to a record low as Americans worried about high gasoline prices and appeared ready to punish his Republican Party in the November 3 congressional elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday. Some 31% of Americans approve of Trump’s ?performance in office, down a percentage point from two weeks earlier and the lowest level in ?either of his presidential terms, the four-day poll showed.

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    63% to 38%

    KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”

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