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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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Donald Trump Tells Over 200 Lies In Only Two Weeks
(This image of Trump as Pinocchio is from YouTube.) Presidents sometimes lie to the public. That has always been true. Sometimes it is for national security... Read more
Posted on 11 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
4 Texas Dem. House Candidates Have Raised Over $1 Million
(The photo of Mary "MJ" Hegar , Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 31 in Texas, is from her campaign website.) In a normal election year, if a House... Read more
Posted on 11 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Confidence In U.S. Leadership Now Low In NATO Nations
Trump is to meet with the heads of the NATO nations in Belgium today and tomorrow (July 11th and 12th). It's an understatement to say most of those nations are... Read more
Posted on 11 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Is No Dealmaker - Just A Bully And A Con Man
Donald Trump claims to be a great negotiator and dealmaker, but the truth is that he's yet to make a single deal since being sworn in to office. Read more
Posted on 11 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Roe v Wade & Obergefell v Hodges Will Now Be Overturned
(Photo of Brett Kavanaugh and Donald Trump is from NBC News.) Donald Trump promised his evangelical base that he would appoint justices to the Supreme Court tha... Read more
Posted on 10 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Reuters Poll Has Democrats With 8.4 Point Advantage
The chart above shows the results of the Reuters Weekly Poll from April 15th through July 1st. It has the Democrats currently leading by 8.4 points on the... Read more
Posted on 10 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Cruz Violates Campaign Finance Law - Retains Race Lead
Where does the U.S. Senate race in Texas stand? Can Democrat Beto O'Rourke really unseat Republican Ted Cruz? Frankly, It's anyone's guess right now. Read more
Posted on 10 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New Survey Shows Trump Is Damaging The U.S. Democracy
The chart above is from the 2018 V-DEM Annual Democracy Report. They surveyed the state of Democracy in 178 countries around the world. Read more
Posted on 10 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Damage Is Already Starting From Trump's Trade War
In spite of opposition from both parties on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump has started his trade war with China, Canada, Mexico, and the European Union. Read more
Posted on 09 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
U.S. Has Too Many Guns And Too Little Control Of Them
These charts are from the Small Arms Survey. That survey estimates that there are 857,396,100 firearms in civilian hands worldwide. About 393,347,000 of them ar... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump "Wimps Out" & Will Mostly Avoid London In U.K. Visit
(Cartoon image is by Clay Jones at claytoonz.com.) Trump likes to brag about himself, and portray himself as brave. He's not. He's a think-skinned narcissist wh... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
It's The Gender Gap That Should Worry GOP Candidates
Donald Trump again attacked the "Me Too" movement in a recent rally. Evidently, he doesn't think Republican candidates need women's votes in the coming election. Read more
Posted on 08 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Most Of The World Has A Poor Opinion Of Trump
We know that Trump's likability and job approval numbers are upside-down in the United States, and are unlikely to improve (since the public doesn't think he... Read more
Posted on 08 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Far More GOP House Seats Are In Danger Than Dem Seats
From The Cook Political Report. Read more
Posted on 08 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
People Of Color Are More Likely To Be Paid Poverty Wage
Far too many people in this country (of all colors and ethnicities) are being paid a wage that forces them to live in poverty. Read more
Posted on 08 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
One Example Of What NATO Has Done For The U.S.
Donald Trump again blasted the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in a speech this week. He said we are the "schmucks" paying for NATO, and questioned... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The U.S. Public Sees Trump As Being Too Soft On Putin
One of the first things Donald Trump tried to do after being sworn in was to move to remove the economic sanctions that had been put on Russia. Congress had to... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Unemployment Rate Rises By 0.2% In June
The Labor Department has released its statistics for the month of June, and it shows the downward trend of the unemployment rate has stopped. The rate actually... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Democrats - This Is NOT The Time For Civility
Recently, some Trump officials have been bothered while eating out in a restaurant. One (Sarah Sanders) was even asked to leave by the owners. Read more
Posted on 07 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Scott Pruitt "Resigns" (Was Fired) As EPA Administrator
(Cartoon image is by Steve Sack in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.) On Thursday, Trump sent the tweet above, announcing that he had accepted the resignation of... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY