Jack Benny honored at Carnegie Hall, 1961
Quoting another honoree – this one possibly fictitious;
- President Biden’s popularity has taken a nosedive. At jobsanger, Ted McLaughlin dives into the numbers. Biden is more popular than Congress. And, more than either, President Biden’s programs remain at a crowd pleasing level.
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This is quite the graphic. pic.twitter.com/NDYFFuO5Hg
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) January 25, 2022
- In Letters from an American, noted historian Heather Cox Richardson sees an economic contradiction. The economy is growing at a rate not seen in a generation. Voters seem ready to blame Democrats for perceived shortcomings, largely because of news media downplaying the phenomenal growth.
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Trump: I tried to steal the last election and I'm running again to do the same. Here it is in writing
Biden: Trump just told us in his own words that he's going to steal the next election, let's do something about it
Media: Why do both sides cast doubt on our elections? https://t.co/QjFslOTwvS
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 21, 2022
- Tommy Christopher sees many excellent choices for the primetime slot that had, until recently, been occupied by Chris Cuomo, with Jim Acosta as the perfect choice.
- Nan’s Notebook guests a local editorial on why voters should not tar all office-holders with the same brush. Throw the bums out might better be Throw some of the bums out or at least pick and choose among the bums.
- Among those not entirely pleased with President Biden’s foreign policy, Wisconsin conservative James Wigderson gets a little sarcastic at US and allied plans for retaliation in case Putin invades Ukraine:
This way Russian troops' credit cards won't work at gas stations and toll booths. https://t.co/7TArB9OL2A pic.twitter.com/Wfhyls1SJO
— James Wigderson (@jwigderson) January 29, 2022
- MadMikesAmerica goes picture-worth-a-thousand as Vlad Putin plays a game of Risk over Ukraine.
- In the Palmer Report, Robert Harrington has weapons grade chemical reason to regard Vlad Putin with contempt and hatred as a dangerous and evil presence.
- Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo of Rewire News Group join in podcasting, with expert legal analysis of the Breyer retirement and prospective replacement. A transcript will arrive soon.
- At The Moderate Voice, Paul Collins of Amherst University considers the retirement and sees a moderate, pragmatic legacy.
- tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors visits GOP attacks on President Biden’s Supreme Court pick while the nominee is still unknown to any of them. They’re against whomever no matter whomever the whom might be. For principled reasons, of course.
- News Corpse brings us Tucker Carlson raging against the idea that President Biden might nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court.
- Continuing the pattern established on proposed voting rights legislation, The Onion has President Biden meeting with Democrats to discuss breaking up his Supreme Court nominee and confirming her in parts.
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Come on, folks. Mr Trump is absolutely right.
Next thing you know they'll lock her in a cage with other kids, and have her sleep on a concrete floor with an aluminum blanket, before shipping her away from her family forever.
— Burr Deming (@BurrLand01) January 23, 2022
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