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Most People Want Trump Questioned By Mueller (Under Oath)
Trump has been all over the map when questioned about whether he would testify in the Mueller investigation of his possible collusion and other illegal... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump And His Tax Plan Are Equally Unpopular
For all the spinning and posturing there remains a fundamental challenge for the Republicans: the tax bill won’t become more popular unless the president become... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Is Planning To Attack Social Security And Medicare
(Cartoon image is by Steve Greenberg at [email protected].) From the blog of former Labor Secretary Robert Reich: Fresh off passing massive tax cuts for... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Unemployment Rate Is 4.1% For Fourth Month In A Row
The Labor Department has released it's statistics for the month of January. It was not great. The economy produced 200,000 new jobs, but that was not enough to... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
There's No Beef In The GOP Memo - It's A Nothing-Burger
The House Republicans, with the blessing of Donald Trump have released the Nunes memo. Was it a success? Did they successfully indict law enforcement (FBI)? Wer... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Turns Public Lands Over To Greedy Corporations
Republican Teddy Roosevelt is largely responsible for protecting many of our national resources and treasures -- and urged others who followed him in power to d... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
There is A Political Shift Toward The Democratic Party
These charts all represent the findings of a recently released Gallup Poll. They questioned 180,106 adults in the 50 states throughout 2017, and their poll has ... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump's SOTU Audience Was Smaller Than Last 3 Presidents
Trump is once again showing his complete lack of regard for the truth. He is claiming that the audience for his first State of the Union speech was the... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The New Tax Law Is Still Not Very Popular
Republicans tried to frame their arguments in favor of their new tax law as being beneficial mainly to the middle class. But Americans are not that stupid. Read more
Posted on 02 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
In An "Alternate Universe" Would The GOP Be As Forgiving ?
The following is part of an op-ed by Bret Stephens in the New York Times. He poses an interesting and thought-provoking question -- what if Hillary Clinton had... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans Know That Wealth Inequality Is Growing In U.S.
Donald Trump would have Americans believe that the American economy is fair to everyone, and will be even fairer now that his tax plan has been passed. Read more
Posted on 01 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Shouldn't Demand Loyalty From FBI Or Fire Mueller
Donald Trump has been furious that he can't demand loyalty from federal government law enforcement agencies. He fired James Comey, who wouldn't swear loyalty... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Transcript Of The Democratic Rebuttal To Trump's SOTU
(Photo of Rep. Joe Kennedy is from ABC News.) Republicans cheered as their favorite racist, xenophobic, misogynistic, corporate-loving dinosaur gave his State o... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump's Job Approval/Disapproval In Each Of The States
The charts above use information from a recently released Gallup Poll. They show the average job approval for Donald Trump in 2017 in each of the states (and th... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Bows To Russia Again - Will Not Impose Sanctions
The charts above reflect the results of a recent Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between January 21st and 23rd of a random national sample of 1,500 adults,... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Dems Could Flip The House In 2018 - The Senate Is Tougher
These charts are from Bloomberg News. They show why pundits are saying that the control of the House of Representatives could flip to the Democrats in the 2018... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Republican Party Is Now A "Conspiracy Of Dunces"
(Caricature is by the inimitable DonkeyHotey.) Donald Trump, Fox News, and other right-wingers have transformed the Republican Party. It is no longer a... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Generic Ballot Still Favors The Democratic Party
Like other polls, this Rasmussen Poll shows the Democrats have an 8 point edge on the generic congressional ballot. There's still plenty of time for that to... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Republicans Are In Trouble With Young Voters (18-34)
These charts were made using results from a recent NBC News / GenForward - University of Chicago Survey -- done between January 3rd and 16th of a random nationa... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
O'Rourke Outraises Cruz But Still Trails In Cash On Hand
The chart above shows the money raised by the leading senate candidates in Texas for the last three quarters of 2017. Those candidates are Beto O'Rourke... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY