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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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YES! The 2018 Election Will Be A Referendum On Trump
(This caricature of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) I have heard many media pundits claim that the Democrats need to have a clearer agenda for the 2018... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Believes 2018 Will Not Be A Good Year For Peace
If you're like me, you go into a new year hoping that the world will be a more peaceful place than before (and 2017 was a very bloody year worldwide, with wars... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
U.S. Police Kill Over 1,000 In 2017 (68 Of The Unarmed)
(Cartoon image is by Bill Day at cagle.com.) The following is from Celisa Calacal at Alternet: News headlines in 2017 were primarily dominated by coverage of... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump's "Fake News" Technique Is Being Copied Worldwide
(Cartoon image is by Pat Byrnes in The New Yorker.) The following article at Axios was written by Mike Allen, Sara Fischer, and Jim Vandehei: Donald Trump in on... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Wants Congress To Act On Gun Violence In 2018
As we end 2017, this country has suffered another year with too much gun violence and deaths. Mass shootings in Nevada and Texas made the headlines, but they... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Majority Of Public Is Opposed To Drilling In The ANWR
One of the things slipped into the new tax law passed by the Republican Congress (and signed by Trump) is a provision that allows drilling for oil in the... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Jobs Leaving The U.S. INCREASED Under Trump In 2017
(Cartoon image is by Tom Tales in The Washington Post.) One of the campaign promises Donald Trump made was to stop the flow of American jobs to other... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Most Think Race Relations Are Worse Under Trump
Donald Trump has said he wants to be a "uniter". That may be the most hypocritical thing he has ever said. He campaigned as a racist and bigot, and since being... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Some Of Those Parting With Us In 2017
Here are some notable people who we lost in 2017: 1/16 -- Gene Cernan (astronaut) 1/25 -- John Hurt (actor) 1/25 -- Mary Tyler Moore (actress) 2/7 -- Richard... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Tells 25 Lies In 30-Minute NY Times Interview
(Image of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) Donald Trump has lied every single day he's been in office. He is the most dishonest president this country has ever... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Public's Predictions For 2018 Are Not Great
This chart is from the Gallup Poll. The poll was done between December 4th and 11th of a random national sample of 1,049 adults, with a 4 point margin of... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
2017 Saw Trump Damage U.S. Reputation In The World
The chart above is from the Pew Research Center. It shows that by the end of his term, Bush had damaged the U.S. reputation in Western Europe (specifically in... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Minnesota Voters Did Not Want Sen. Franken To Resign
Senator Al Franken has said he will resign his senate seat in a few days (January 2nd). I am sorry to see him go. He was a reliable voice and vote for... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Has Abdicated U.S. Leadership In The World
(Cartoon image of Trump is by Ben Jennings at i-news.) Since World War II ended, the United States has been a leader in the world -- encouraging freedom,... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Says Trump Has NOT Made U.S. Safer From Terrorism
One of Donald Trump's campaign promises was to make the United States safe from terrorism. That has turned out to be just another of his many lies. Read more
Posted on 29 December 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
More Refugees Now Than At The End Of World War II
The number of refugees worldwide is at an all-time high. Currently there are 65.3 million refugees -- about one out of every 113 people on the planet, and more... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
2017 Job Creation Was Not As Great As Trump Claims
Trump has bragged several times about what a great job of growing jobs his administration has done -- even though he did nothing to spur growth or job creation. Read more
Posted on 29 December 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Donald Trump - The Laziest And Most Corrupt President
Donald Trump has not only taken more vacation days than any president in recent history, but he has spent all that vacation time at businesses that he owns --... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Obama And Clinton Still Top Gallup's Most Admired List
This has to make the narcissist in the White House very unhappy. The Gallup Poll has released their annual survey of the men and women who are most admired by... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
More Evidence Of The Public's Dislike Of Trump
These charts reflect the results of the newest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between December 24th and 26th of a random national sample of 1,500 adults... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY