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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 ( 16965 )
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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 -
Trump's Farewell Address (A Satire By James Carville)
Democratic activist James Carville (pictured) has written a witty bit of satire at thebulwark.com. It was just too good to not pass on. Read more
Posted on 02 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Coronavirus Is Growing Fast In "Reopened" Texas
The numbers in the chart above are from The COVID Tracking Project. They show the number of new cases of coronavirus sickness for each day of the month of June... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Not Happy With How Trump Has Handled COVID-19
The charts above reflect the results of the Morning Consult Poll -- done in recent weeks of a national sample of about 2,000 adults, with a 2 point margin of... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Phone Calls To Other Leaders Alarmed Officials
We know that Trump's incompetence and narcissism has damaged the reputation of the United States in the world. But it is even worse than a loss of face. Read more
Posted on 01 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Law
The charts above are from the Gallup Poll. The poll was done between May 1st and 13th of a national sample of 1,028 adults with a 4 point margin of error. Read more
Posted on 30 June 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New PPP Poll Has Biden Leading In Georgia
The charts above are from a new Public Policy Polling survey -- done on June 25th and 26th of 734 registered voters in Georgia, with a 3.6 point margin of error... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Pandemic Has Exposed The U.S. Healthcare System
It's no secret that the United States has a broken heal care system. The U.S. is the only developed nation that does not consider healthcare to be a citizens... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Doesn't Like Trump's Handing Of Protests / COVID-19
These charts reflect the results of a new CBS News / YouGov Poll -- done between June 23rd and 26th of a national sample of 2,009 adults, with a 2.6 point margi... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump / GOP Are Out-Of-Step With Public Opinion
These charts reflect the results of the newest Yahoo / YouGov Poll -- done on June 24th and 25th of a national sample of 1,507 adults, with a 3.6 point margin o... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Who Are The Biggest "Looters"? (It Ain't The Protesters)
When the protests were happening after the murder of George Floyd, there was some looting that happened. It wasn't as much as some news sites (like Fox) would... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Coronavirus Is Getting Out Of Control In Texas
The chart numbers are from The COVID Tracking Project. The top chart shows the number of new cases of COVID-19 each day in Texas for the last 15 days. Read more
Posted on 28 June 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 6/20/20. The second number is the number o... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
How Can Anyone Not Rich Vote For Republicans?
I am continually amazed that working people in America can vote for the Republican Party -- especially considering the policies supported by that party. Read more
Posted on 28 June 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Russia Puts Bounty On U.S. Soldiers - Trump Does NOTHING!
For three years we have been wondering why Donald Trump has been pandering to Vladimir Putin of Russia. Immediately after taking office, Trump tried to remove... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY
