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From what I see...
The opinion of Democrat voters about the current Democrats in office is not a good one. (understatement)
Poll after poll show that less than half (much less than half, even less than a quarter) of Democrat voters like their representatives.
On the other hand, polls looking forward to the 2026 election cycle seem to show that Democrats have a preference.
2026 Generic Congressional Vote
www.realclearpolling.com
...
RCP Average 5/30 - 7/22
Democrats: 45.5
Republicans: 42.6
Democrats: +2.9
...
So, the question ten seems to become, will the Democrats put forth new candidates who will do something, or will the Democrats put forth the same old, same old?
Stated differently and bluntly, do the Democrats have a clue?
So, I learned something.
sure, Jan
en.wiktionary.org
... Etymology
Referencing a scene from the American comedy film A Very Brady Sequel (1996), in which the character Jan Brady (Jennifer Elise Cox) is lying about having a boyfriend named George Glass at school, to which her sister Marcia Brady (Christine Taylor) replies, "Sure, Jan." The phrase was popularized in early 2015 on Tumblr and other websites, chiefly through image macros and GIFs featuring the original scene from the film.[1] ...
Phrase
sure, Jan
(Internet slang) Used sarcastically to express dismissal or disbelief in relation to a statement ...
From NHK ...
Hiroshima victims remembered 80 years on
www3.nhk.or.jp
... People across Japan are remembering one of the darkest days in the country's history. Wednesday marks 80 years since an atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima.
Hiroshima fell silent at 8:15 a.m. -- the same moment the bomb dropped in 1945. The heat and radiation from the blast destroyed the city, killing an estimated 140,000 people by the end of the year. ...
How much of a fine might Henry face?
New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Henry (1971)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
[Verse 1]
Every year along about this time it all goes dry
Nothing 'round for love or money that'll get you high
Henry got pissed off and said he'd run to Mexico
To see if he could come back holding twenty keys of gold
Now the road to Acapulco is very hard indeed
And it isn't any better if you haven't any weed
Henry's driving hard and straight on twisty mountain roads
Fifty people waiting back at home for Henry's load
[Chorus]
And now he's rolling down the mountain, going fast, fast, fast
And if he blows it, this one's gonna be his last
Run to Acapulco to turn the golden keys
Henry, keep your brakes on for this corner if you please
[Verse 2]
Henry got to Mexico and turned his truck around
He's talking with the man who has it growing from the ground
Henry tasted, he got wasted, couldn't even see
How he's gonna drive like that is not too clear to me
...
???
OK, there seems to be this ...
DOGE continues to say it's cutting costs, but savings are fraction of what's claimed, CBS News analysis finds
www.cbsnews.com
... The spotlight may have moved off the Department of Government Efficiency since the departure of Elon Musk, but the Trump administration's DOGE continues to post about cost cutting on its so-called "wall of receipts." And once again, some of its claims about savings appear to be significantly overstated, according to a CBS News review.
The review of three of the largest cuts claimed so far indicates the savings from those contracts are less than 3% of what DOGE said they were.
On July 27, DOGE added 705 canceled contracts to the website it uses to track and declare savings from the agency's cost cutting across the federal government, among them three of the largest claimed cuts posted since President Trump launched DOGE in January.
The three contracts -- all from the Department of Health and Human Services -- funded COVID-19 testing and treatment for people who were uninsured or underinsured during the pandemic. DOGE claims canceling those contracts saved $6.4 billion.
But CBS News' review of transaction records indicates the actual savings is just a small fraction of that -- around $165 million. ...
@#12 ... the exuberance of North Korean state TV readers ...
I've seen them when I watch NHK news here.
Based upon what I have seen, your comment is not an exaggeration.
And CBS seems to have started to slow walk to such capitulation.
CBS, the home of Walter Cronkite.
Walter Cronkite
en.wikipedia.org
... Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 " July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News[1] from 1962 to 1981.
During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll.[2][3][4] ...
And now CBS seems to have dumped that honored history for more added money going to its wealthy owners.
Policy Basics: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (Novmber 2024)
www.cbpp.org
... SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, is the nation's most important anti-hunger program.
In an average month in 2024, SNAP helped an average of more than 41 million low-income people in the United States afford a nutritionally adequate diet. ...
Energy Sec Wright on X ...
x.com
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