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The Public Is Demanding Changes To Our Gun Control Laws
As the top chart shows, the public has no confidence that the Republican-controlled 115th Congress will take any action to control gun violence in this country. Read more
Posted on 01 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump's Amazing Hypocrisy About Protecting Classified Info
(Caricature of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) Donald Trump railed about Hillary Clinton refusing to protect classified information by using a private e-mail... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
CNN Poll Shows Dems Have A Healthy Lead Among Voters
These new numbers from the latest CNN / SSRS Poll should encourage Democrats. It shows they have a 16 point lead over Republicans among registered voters (54% t... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans Are Not Happy With Efforts To Protect Elections
Overall, how concerned are you about : How confident are you that each of the following is doing enough to prevent foreign countries from influencing future U.S. Read more
Posted on 28 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Puts Foot In Mouth And Declares Himself A Hero
When he met with some of the nation's governors about gun violence, Donald Trump made an extremely stupid comment. He said if he had been at the high school in... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
What Kind Of Country Do You Want To Live In ?
Since Donald Trump was sworn in, he has attempted to take America back to what he calls a "great America" -- a return to an unchallengeable gun culture, more... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Texas Early Voting Numbers After 6 Days of Voting
The chart above shows the results by party (and combined) of Texas early voting after 6 days in the 15 largest counties (which have about 66% of the states... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Poll Shows Nation Identifies More With The Democratic Party
These charts were made with numbers from the Gallup Poll. The top chart shows the people who identify as Democrats, Republicans, or Independents between 2004 an... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Study Shows Trump's Claim Of Criminal Immigrants Is A LIE
Donald Trump campaigned on an allegation that immigrants, especially undocumented immigrants, were a danger to the American society. Read more
Posted on 27 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Donald Trump Continues His Failed North Korea Policy
(This photo of Ivanka Trump, from Wikipedia, is by Michael Vadon.) The words in the photo here are from Ivanka Trump, as she met with South Korean officials... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New Poll Has Trump Job Approval At Only 35%
The charts reflect the job approval numbers of Donald Trump in the latest CNN / SSRS Poll -- done between February 20th and 23rd of a random national sample of... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Supreme Court Will Hear Case Attacking Unions This Week
This week, the Supreme Court will hear a very important case on unions, and their right to collect fees from all workers that benefit from the union's collectiv... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Interesting Financial Numbers In Texas U.S. Senate Race
Here's a little more evidence that the Texas race for the U.S. Senate could be closer than some people think. We already know that Texas Democrats are enthused... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Orders His Military Parade Be Held On Veterans Day
(Cartoon image is by Dicky Neely at Laguna Madre Blues.) Donald Trump is jealous of the world's autocrats. They get to have a military parade to show off their... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Sociopathy Of Evangelical Christians In The U.S.
(Cartoon image is by David Horsey in the Los Angeles Times.) American evangelicals seem to have decided that political power is more important than religious... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Texas Dems Lead Primary Early Voting In Texas After 3 Days
If you had any doubt that Democrats are enthusiastic about this year's election, Texas Democrats are answering those doubts. After 3 days of early voting,... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Is Not On Board With Trump's Arming Of Teachers
The top chart represents a sad fact about mass shootings in America today. About 53% say they are not surprised to hear about a new mass shooting in this... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
About Half Of Americans Say Russian Affected 2016 Election
Donald Trump has emphatically denied that the Russians interfered with the 2016 presidential election, and still will not admit that (even going so far as to sa... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
"Young Adults With Passion Can Change The World"
(Photo of teens from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is from NBC News.) Dan Rather is exactly right in this comment from his Facebook page: We can have a... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Will Trump Will Actually Do Anything About Gun Violence ?
(Caricature of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) Donald Trump held a "listening session" on Wednesday to hear from people angry about the mass shootings in this... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY