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• For 3rd Year U.S. Is Averaging Over 1 Mass Shooting Per Day

  

  In only a few days, two mass shootings have hit the national headlines -- one killing 8 people in the Atlanta (Georgia) area, and the other killing 10 people... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Wants To Create His Own Social Media Platform

  

  While in office, Donald Trump told over 30,000 lies. Many, if not most, of those lies were spread on social media -- with Twitter being his favorite way to lie... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Majority Of Public Supports $15 An Hour Minimum Wage

  

  The top three charts are from the Amazon / Ipsos Poll -- done between January 28th and February 8th of a national sample of 6,354 adults, with a 1.23 point... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• China's Sharing Its Vaccine With World - U.S. Should Also

  

  These charts are from Axios.com. The top chart shows that the United States has purchased about 1.2 billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. They have nor all bee... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• We Need To Collect Taxes On Money The Wealthy Hide

  

  Republicans like to claim the federal government is spending too much money. Democrats counter that taxes should be raised on the rich so the government can do... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• President Biden's Job Approval Remains Strong

  

  The charts above are from the latest Reuters / Ipsos Poll -- done on March 17th and 18th of a national sample of 1,005 Americans, with a 3.5 point margin of... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Progress Of COVID-19 Vaccinations In The U.S.

  

  While a couple of vaccines were approved in the final days of the Trump administration, there were no plans made on how to get those vaccines into the arms of... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Warren Discusses Filibuster (And The Need To Get Rid Of It)

  

  It has become obvious recently that the Senate Republicans, under Smith McConnell's leadership, is going to use the filibuster to block everything President... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Voters Like The Democrats More Than The Republicans

  

  The charts above reflect the results of the newest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between March 13th and 17th of a national sample of 1,218 registered voters,... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Easy Gun Access = Rising Number Of Unnecessary Deaths

  

  Another mass shooting has put gun deaths back in the headlines -- this time in Atlanta, Georgia. But mass shootings, even though they occur far too often, are... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poll Numbers Show Gov. Cuomo Is Still In Trouble

  

  The charts above reflect the results of a new Quinnipiac University Poll -- done on March 16th and 17th of a sample of 905 registered voters in New York, with... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Study: Trump's Virus Slur Caused Anti-Asian Sentiment

  

  There have been nearly 3800 incidents of discrimination against Asian-Americans in the United States in just the last year. While discrimination has existed in... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senator Warnock's First Speech On The Senate Floor

  

  On Wednesday (3/17/21), Georgia's newly-elected Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock gave his "maiden" speech on the floor of the Senate. It was a great one!Here... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another 770,000 Workers Filed For Unemployment Last Week

  

  The Labor Department released its weekly unemployment statistics on Thursday. It showed that 770,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 2020 Dark Money Shifts From Republicans To Democrats

  

  Dark Money in politics was caused by two Supreme Court decisions. Buckley vs. Valeo (1976) restricted the those subject to election finance laws, and Citizens... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 12 Republicans Voted Against Honoring Capitol/DC Police

  

  The House passed a bill honoring the Capitol and D.C. Police who protected the Capitol on January 6th. The vote was 413 to 12. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Demographic Breakdown Of President Biden's Job Approval

  

  The chart above is from the Gallup Poll. It shows the overall job approval for President Biden (56% approval to 39% disapproval), and a demographic breakdown... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Intelligence Report Warns of Increase In Domestic Terrorism

  

  The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has issued a new report on Domestic Violence Extremism (DVE) -- more commonly called Domestic Terrorism. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Jobsanger Is 15 Years Old!

  

  This blog had its 15th birthday on March 16th. That was the day I wrote the first blog post in 2006.I want to thank all of my readers, and I hope you'll stick... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Americans Support Raising Minimum Wage To $15

  

  The charts above are from an Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between March 6th and 9th of a national sample of 1,500 adults, with a 2.7 point margin of error. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY