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Minorities Had A Longer Wait To Vote Than Whites
Most people didn't have to wait a long time at the polling stations to vote in the recent election. About 80% of the public said they waited 10 minutes or less. Read more
Posted on 18 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Majority Of Public Says Cohen's Allegations Are Credible
Is Michael Cohen telling the truth about Trump? Trump says he's lying. But then Trump says everything he doesn't like is untrue. The American public disagrees. Read more
Posted on 18 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump (And Family/Friends) Targeted By 17 Investigations
(Cartoon image is by Dave Granlund at davegranlund.com.) Donald Trump has been rage-tweeting against the Mueller investigation, and that's understandable since... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Judge's Obamacare Decision Could Spell Big Trouble For GOP
Last week, a federal Texas judge ruled that the entire Obamacare law was unconstitutional. Obamacare remains in place (at least the portion not overturned by th... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Not Buying Trump Denials About Meuller Investigation
For months now, Donald Trump has been denying any wrongdoing in regards to the Mueller investigation. He has called it a with hunt, and said it was politically... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Does Justice Really Require Executions ?
The chart above, from the Dallas Morning News, shows the seven states that conduct the most executions in the United States. Texas is the leader by a large... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Senate & Public Repudiate Trump's Defense Of Saudi Arabia
The chart above shows the results of a new NBC News / Wall Street Journal Poll -- done between December 9th and 12th of a national sample of 900 adults, with a... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Biden, Sanders, And O'Rourke Top Iowa Democratic Poll
The Des Moines Register has released its first poll on the 2020 primary race for president among Democrats. The Des Moines Register / CNN / Mediacom Poll was... Read more
Posted on 16 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Whites Only Very Slim Majority of Post-Millennials (Gen Z)
The chart above is from the Pew Research Center. It shows why the Republicans are so frightened -- and doing everything they can to suppress the votes of... Read more
Posted on 16 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Latest Poll Among Democrats About 2020 Nomination
The CNN / SSRS Poll question 463 Democrats between December 6th and 9th about their presidential preference. The margin of error was 5.6 points. Read more
Posted on 16 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Things Trump Didn't Count On Happening
(This caricature of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) The biggest thing Donald Trump never expected to happen was his winning the 2016 election. He was just... Read more
Posted on 16 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Over 6 Out Of 10 Workers Did NOT Get A Raise This Year
Donald Trump and congressional Republicans touted their tax cut as being for the "middle class", even though most of the cuts went to the rich and corporations. Read more
Posted on 15 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
CNN Rates The 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination
This chart shows how Chris Cillizza and Harry ententes at CNN thinks the 2020 presidential nomination race stands currently among Democrats. They update their... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Erosion Of Worker Power Has Damaged Worker Wages
The chart above shows a rather shocking, but unsurprising truth -- that the bottom 90% of Americans have been hurt by Republican policies that tilted the... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
There Were Nearly 40,000 Gun Deaths In U.S. In 2017
There is an average of one mass shooting every day in the United States. That alone should convince rational people that we have a serious problem with gun... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Republicans Have Decimated The IRS Over Last Few Years
Even though the population of the United States has grown, the taxes received by the federal government has dropped (as a percentage of GDP). Read more
Posted on 14 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Can A Sitting President Be Indicted For Criminal Behavior?
(These caricatures of Donald Trump and Robert Mueller are by DonkeyHotey.) In 1974, a special prosecutor found President Richard Nixon had committed felony... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Public Expects Mueller's Investigation To Find Evidence Of A Trump Campaign...
The Mueller investigation was started to find out whether there was a conspiracy between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia to affect the 2016 election for... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Is Government Privatization Good For U.S. Citizens?
(Cartoon image is by Monte Wolverton at cagle.com.) Republicans love to promote the privatization of governmental functions. They claim that private businesses... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Congressional Dems Discuss Climate Change - GOP Doesn't
I found this interesting. The website Quorum tracked how many times between 2013 and 2018 the congressional members of each party discussed global climate chang... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY