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Dissatisfaction Is Growing With Position Of Women In U.S.
This year could be shaping up as the year of the woman. Women are beginning to speak out on sexual harassment and abuse. And there are a record number of women... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Low-Wage Walmart Is The Largest Employer In 22 States
The map above (and the list below) is from didyouknowfacts.com. They show the largest employer in each of the states. Sadly, Walmart (noted for paying very low... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Oprah Winfrey Vs. Donald Trump - Who Would Win ?
(These photos are from the Wikipedia pages of Winfrey and Trump.) Do not construe this post as an endorsement for Oprah Winfrey to be the Democratic nominee... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Poll Shows Arpaio Could Win Arizona GOP Senate Primary
The racist convicted criminal (and Trump pardoned) Joe Arpaio has announced that he will run for the Senate seat in Arizona being vacated by Republican Jeff... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Has Told Over 2,000 Lies In His First Year
(This caricature of Trump as a liar is by DonkeyHotey.) This is from The Washington Post: “With just 10 days before he finishes his first year as president,... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump/GOP's Holding "Dreamers" Hostage Is Just WRONG
(This image is by Lalo Alcaraz at pocho.com.) Donald Trump has rescinded the protection President Obama gave to "Dreamers", and if Congress doesn't act soon,... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
55 Minute News Conference Exposes Trump Incompetence
(Photo of Trump is from The Telegraph.) Trump invited a couple of dozen Congress members to the White House for "negotiations" on immigration. Then he invited... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Democrats Get Lucky - Joe Arpaio Is Running For Senate
(Photo of Joe Arpaio from Wikipedia is by Gage Skidmore.) Former Sheriff and convicted criminal Joe Arpaio has announced that he is running for the U.S. Senate... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Projected Winners And Losers After The 2020 Census
We are only a couple of years away from a new census, and the changes that will bring. The bottom chart shows what happened after the 2010 census, and the top... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
CNN Gives Us Four Scary Numbers For Republicans
(The Republican and Democratic symbols above are from Alltop.) There is really only one number that really matters in the coming election -- the number of voter... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Republicans War On Unions Is A Class War
The Republican Party has never liked labor unions, and they have fought against them for decades. While the Democrats controlled Congress, the GOP war on... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Independents Are The Largest Political Group (Sort Of)
These charts are from a recently released Gallup Poll -- done in 2017 of a random national sample of 13,185 adults, with only a 1 point margin of error. Read more
Posted on 09 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Transcript Of Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globes Speech
(This photo of Oprah Winfrey at the Golden Globes is by Paul Drinkwater / AP, and was found at Axios.com.) On Sunday night, Oprah Winfrey was given the Cecil... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Donald Trump Is The "Vacation" President
Donald Trump made fun of President Obama for playing golf during his term (even though Obama spent less time on vacation than Reagan, Bush I or Bush II). Read more
Posted on 08 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Donald Trump = Fredo Corleone
(Cartoon image is by Sally Edelstein at Envisioning The American Dream.) From David Frum in The Atlantic: “I can handle things. I’m smart! Not like everybody... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Exploited Racism To Win (& Are Now Controlled By It)
(Cartoon image is by Bob Englehart at cagle.com.) From Paul Krugman in the New York Times: I haven’t yet read Wolff’s book – do I really have to? Read more
Posted on 08 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Congress Still Very Unpopular (And GOP Is Blamed)
These charts were made using numbers in the newest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between December 31st and January 2nd of a random national sample of 1,500... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Is NOT Happy With The Gov. In Washington
These charts show that most Americans are very unhappy with the Republican-controlled government in Washington (D.C.). About 80% say they are dissatisfied or... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Donald Trump Is Unfit To Be The U.S. President
(The caricature of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) David Remnick has written an excellent article for The New Yorker on Donald Trump's increasing unfitness to... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Republicans Are Setting Us Up For An Economic Disaster
The chart above shows the inequality in the United States from 1913 through 2013. Note that the highest inequality was in 1929, when the richest 1% had 23.9%... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY