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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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The Number Of Deaths In Each U.S. State And Territory
On Sunday, Donald Trump abandoned his rosy forecast for the Coronavirus in the United States. Instead of claiming it was a hoax, or would be quickly dealt... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Social Media Hoaxes About Coronavirus Cures
There is no cure for the Coronavirus illness, and the only prevention lies in social distancing. But that hasn't prevented people from flooding social media wit... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Dems Like Biden's Promise To Choose Woman As Veep
The charts above reflect the results of the latest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between March 22nd and 24th of of a national sample of 547 Democratic... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Texas GOP Uses Virus Crisis To Further A Political Agenda
The paragraph above is the summary of an opinion from Republican Attorney General Paxton of Texas. He has declared that gun shops cannot be closed like other... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
America's Leaders Need To Tell Some Hard Truths
The following is just part of an excellent article in The New York Times by Dr. Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker: When leaders tell the truth about even... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Coronavirus Has Grown In Every State Over The Last Week
As I write this, the number of people found to have the Coronavirus is nearing 120,000, and the number of deaths from the virus is about 2,000. Those are... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New Fox Poll Has Biden Leading Trump By 9 Points
The charts above are from a new Fox News Poll -- done between March 21st and 24th of a national sample of 1,011 registered voters, with a 3 point margin of... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Supports Social Distancing To Stop Coronavirus
These charts are from the Morning Consult Poll -- done between March 24th and 26th of a national sample of 1,990 voters, with a 2 point margin of error. Read more
Posted on 29 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Unemployment Is Already Bad - And It Will Get Worse
Last week, unemployment spiked in the United States. The charts above show how serious it was -- with about 3.3 million new unemployment claims. Read more
Posted on 28 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump's "Back To Work" Plan Would Put Millions In Danger
These charts are from the Gallup Poll. The top chart shows the states with the most and least high-risk individuals. The second chart shows the percentage and... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump & His Family Benefit BIGLY From Coronavirus Bill
When the over $2 trillion Coronavirus bill was agreed to, Democrats celebrated the fact that they had been able to include a provision that would prevent... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans Support A National Quarantine
Donald Trump still doesn't realize the seriousness of the Coronavirus epidemic in the United States. He won't invoke the act to supply what our hospitals and... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans Beginning To Understand We're Facing Recession
The charts above are from the Gallup Poll. It is from surveys done between March 13-16, March 17-19, and March 20-22. The latest poll had a national sample of... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Unemployment Claims Are Over 3 Million For Last Week
The days of 3.5% unemployment are over -- at least for quite a while. As expected, millions of people have lost their jobs thanks to efforts to control the... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
There Was A Plan - But Trump Chose Not To Follow It
Donald Trump has said no one could have predicted that the vial pandemic would happen. He has said that our public health system was broken, and that he fixed... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Biden Currently Leads Trump By Four Points
The chart above reflects the results of the latest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between March 22nd and 24th of a national sample of 1170 registered voters,... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Number Of Coronavirus Cases Is Growing In Every State
Donald Trump has said he wants to open America for business again and send people back to work by April 12th (Easter). He thinks the economy going into recessio... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Says Coronavirus Is An Emergency & Won't End Soon
The charts above reflect the results of the newest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between March 22nd and 24th of a national sample of 1500 adults, with a 3.2... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Wants To Send People Back To Work (But He Can't)
Donald Trump told Americans in his daily briefing on Monday, "We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem. Then he tweeted that again on Monday night. Read more
Posted on 25 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans More Accepting Of Social Distancing
The charts above are from the Gallup Poll. They show that Americans are becoming more comfortable with, and complying with measures to socially distance the... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY
