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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 16721 )
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The Electoral Map Is Complete And Biden Wins 306 To 232
The electoral college map is complete. The state of North Carolina goes into the red column, while Arizona and Georgia go blue. That gives Joe Biden 306... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Continues To Hold Out, But Has No Real Plan
Donald Trump continues to refuse to concede the 2020 election. He's claiming fraud, asking for recounts, filing lawsuits, and tweeting. Read more
Posted on 14 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
About 709,000 Workers Filed For Unemployment Last Week
The Labor Department has released its statistics for last week. It showed that in the week ending on November 7th, another 709,000 workers filed for unemploymen... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Minimum Wage Is Not A Livable Wage In Too Many States
The charts above are from the Economic Policy Institute. They show the federal minimum wage (the gray/blue chart) and the minimum wage for tipped workers (the... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Is Scamming His Supporters To Profit Himself
Donald Trump is still refusing to concede the election, and is asking his supporters for money to file lawsuits claiming election fraud. Read more
Posted on 13 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Barr's Memo Is A Meaningless Gesture To Appease Trump
On November 9th, Attorney General Barr issued a memo to his assistants and the Director of the FBI. His memo gave them permission to investigate any instances o... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Disagrees With Trump's Resistance To Accept Results
The charts above reflect the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between November 8th and 10th of a national sample of 1,500 registered voters, with ... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Is Terrified Of What Will Happen After Leaving Office
Why is Trump being such a jerk about the election -- refusing to concede, lodging numerous ridiculous lawsuits, and refusing to allow the transition process to... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Unemployment Rate Fell One Point In October To 6.9%
The Labor Department has released it unemployment statistics for the month of October. It showed that 638,000 people went back to work and the unemployment... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
70% Of Republicans Say The Election Was Not Free & Fair
The chart above reflects the results of the new Politico / Morning Consult Poll -- done between November 6th and 9th of a national sample of 1,987 registered... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The GOP Is Raising Taxes On Everyone But The Rich
Remember the 2017 Republican tax cut -- the one that they called a "middle class tax cut"? As you surely know by now, most of those tax cuts went to the rich an... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Nearly 7 Ot Of 10 In U.S. Support Marijuana Legalization
The support for the legalization of marijuana in the United States continues to climb. Now nearly 7 out of 10 Americans support legalization (68%). That's the... Read more
Posted on 10 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
COVID-19 Cases Top 10 Million In The U.S. & Still Rising Fast
The chart above, from CNN.com, shows the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. -- from the first to the most recent, as reported by Johns Hopkins. Read more
Posted on 10 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Refuses To Allow Transition Process To Begin
In the past, outgoing administrations immediately provided money and office space for the incoming administration as soon as the winner of the presidential... Read more
Posted on 10 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Shows He Has No Class By Continuing To Lie
Most of us have known for quite a while that class and honor are attributes that Donald Trump doesn't have. And he seems determined to prove that in his last fe... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Biden Will Begin By Immediately Reversing Trump Executive Orders
We don't know what the make-up of the Senate is going to be yet. If the Democrats can win a couple of run-offs in Georgia they will control the Senate. Read more
Posted on 09 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Transcript Of Joe Biden's Powerful Victory Speech
Joe Biden wasn't able to give his victory speech on Election Night as most presidents have been able to do. He had to wait an agonizing four days as several... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
COVID-19 Growth In Each State In The Last Two Weeks
In the excitement of the run-up to the presidential election. I neglected to post the weekly growth of the Coronavirus in each state last week. I apologize. Read more
Posted on 08 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Percentage Of Eligible Voters Voting Is Highest Since 1900
From Axios.com:Tuesday's turnout rate of the voting-eligible population eclipsed elections in most Americans' lifetimes, and is on pace to break a century-old... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
10:25am (CST) - The Dream Came True & America Celebrates
It's finally over. At 10:25am CST, Joe Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election! Pennsylvania put him over the top with its 20 electoral votes... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY
