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• Losing The War On COVID-19 Is A Failure Of Leadership

  

  For a brief period of time, it looked like the United States might actually be getting a handle on the COVID-19 pandemic -- in spite of the delays and bungling... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump's Job Approval Has Dropped Among All Groups

  

  The chart above is from the Gallup Poll. It shows the job approval of Donald Trump -- and compares what it was earlier in the year to what it is now. Note that... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• COVID-19 Pandemic Is Out-Of-Control In Texas

  

  Donald Trump has badly mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. He waited too late to act, and did far too little when he finally did act. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Donald Trump's 25-Point Plan To Stay In Office

  

  The following is from the blog of former Labor Secretary Robert Reich: Trump will do anything to be re-elected. His opponents are limited because they believe i... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Electoral College Map For 2020 Now Favors Joe Biden

  

  This map of how the electoral college is predicted to go is from Taegan Goddard. Here's what he had to say about how he arrived at this map. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Jimmy Carter Releases A Statement On Racial Justice

  

  Former President Jimmy Carter released the following statement on racial justice on June 3rd. These are the words we need to hear from our current president --... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Growth Of COVID-19 Cases In Each State In The Last Week

  These numbers are from The COVID Tracking Project. The first number for each state is the number of cases they had on 6/27/20. The second number is the number o... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Poll Shows The Public's Views On America

  

  Since we just celebrated the birthday of this country, I thought you might be interested in this poll about Americans views on how the country is doing. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Majority Of Voters Now Support "Black Lives Matter"

  

  The chart above is from the Civiqs Poll. They have questioned 119,022 registered voters between April 25th (2017) and July 2nd (2020). Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Has A Re-Election Agenda - It's "White Power"

  

  Many news sites have been talking recently about Trump's inability to frame a re-election agenda when asked by Fox News. The general consensus seems to be that... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas Governor Issues Order Requiring Masks

  

  On May 1st, Texas Governor Greg Abbott decided to follow the Republican line and reopen the state of Texas. He eliminated requirements in place for social... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poll Shows Texas Is A Toss-Up In 2020 Presidential Race

  

  These charts are from a new Public Policy Polling survey -- done on June 24th and 25th of 729 Texas voters. The 2 point lead by Biden over Trump is likely withi... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Virus Is Spreading And The Economy Is Stalling

  

  There are over 130,000 Americans who have died from the COVID-19 virus, and that is very likely a serious undercount. But you'd never know that to listen to... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Biden Has Raised More Donations Than Trump For 2 Months

  

  Poll after poll has shown Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the race for the presidency this year. But it's not just the polls where Biden has an edge. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Polls Have Biden Leading By 8.7 And 12 Points

  

  The charts above reflect the results of the latest USA Today / Suffolk University Poll -- done between June 25th and 29th of a national sample of 1,000... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Official Unemployment Rate For June Is 11.1%

  

  The Labor Department released its unemployment statistics for June on Thursday. It showed the official unemployment rate was 11.1% -- 2.2% below the figure for... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Death Toll From COVID-19 Is Much Higher Than Reported

  

  As I write this post, the number of deaths from COVID-19 stands officially at over 130,000. That's a terrible number, especially considering it didn't have to b... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Disagrees With Trump About Putin And Russia

  

  It has recently come to light that Trump has known (maybe for as long as a year) that Russia is paying the Taliban a bounty for killing U.S. and Coalition... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is It Patriotic To Do These Things?

  

  The charts above reflect the results of the new Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between June 28th and 30th of a national sample of 1,500 adults, with a 3.3 poin... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Most Unequal Country In The Developed World

  

  At the end of 2019, the United States had 788 billionaires (a 12% increase over 2018), and they controlled $3.4 trillion of the nation's wealth (14% more than... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY