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• New Poll Shows Trump Is Losing The Shutdown Battle

  

  We are now in the 28th day of the government shutdown with no solution in sight. That makes this the longest government shutdown in United States history -- wit... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 57% Say They Would Definitely Vote Against Trump In 2020

  

  The chart above shows the results of the new NPR / PBS NewsHour / Marist Poll -- done between January 10th and 13th of a national sample of 1,023 respondents,... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pelosi Outmaneuvers Trump -- Again

  

  If Trump was counting on a national-televised speech before the entire government (and the nation) to tell more lies to get his wall, it looks like he will be... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Donald Trump: Russian Agent Or "Useful Idiot"?

  

  (Photo of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is from yle.fi.) We don't know what was said in any of Donald Trump's meetings with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democrats Introduce Bill To Raise The Minimum Wage

  

  House Democrats didn't waste any time. It's only a couple of weeks since they gained control of the House of Representatives, and they have introduced a bill... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump's Average Job Approval In 2018 Was Only 40%

  

  The chart above is from the Gallup Poll. It shows Trump's monthly job approval ratings for all of 2018. Gallup questioned 72,453 adults nationwide between... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Says "Poor Leadership" Is Biggest Problem In U.S.

  

  What is the biggest problem currently facing the United States? The top four problems are illustrated in the chart above. About 7% say it is health care, 8%... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rich Are Paying Less Tax And Making More Money Off Gov.

  

  Government is funded through taxes -- and even the money it borrows must eventually be repaid by taxpayers. In the past, the largest tax burden was born by the... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• I'm Not Impressed By GOP Actions On Rep. Steve King

  

  The Republicans in the House of Representatives has barred Rep. Steve King for his defense of white supremacy. This is not the first time King has showed his... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Overwhelmingly Supports Background Checks For Guns

  

  There was about 40,000 deaths from guns in 2018. In just the first 15 days of 2019, there were 557 deaths -- including 21 deaths of children (age 0-11) and 84... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie Sanders Finished A Poor 5th In Liberal Straw Poll

  

  The liberal website Daily Kos recently conducted a straw poll of its readers. They asked those readers who they currently support for the 2020 Democratic... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• National Debt - Another Broken Campaign Promise By Trump

  

  (Cartoon image is by R.J. Matson in Roll Call.) During his campaign in 2016, Donald Trump bragged that he would completely eliminate the huge national debt in... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump's Approval Drops As He's Blamed For Shutdown

  

  These charts use information contained in the newest CNN / SSRS Poll -- done on January 10th and 11th of a national sample of 848 adults, with a 4.1 point margi... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 70% In The U.S. Say Health System Is In A State Of Crisis

  

  It turned out that health care was one of the primary issues in the 2018 election. The Republicans didn't see that, and the result was that they lost 40 seats i... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 18 Reasons Why One Could Believe Trump's A Russian Asset

  

  That was Trump's answer on Monday morning when a reporter asked him if he was working for Russia. A couple of days earlier, he had said he was insulted. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Does Trump Conceal What He Discussed With Putin?

  

  The statement above is Donald Trump's reaction to a Washington Post story about the abnormal secrecy Trump has imposed over his one-on-one meetings with... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Doesn't Support Wall, Shutdown, Or Emergency

  

  The charts above use information contained in a new Washington Post / ABC News Poll -- done between January 8th and 11th of a national sample of 788 adults, wit... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The ACLU Lists 5 Lies Trump Tells To Get His Border Wall

  

  (This caricature of Liar-In-Chief Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) Donald Trump seems determined to build an unnecessary wall between Mexico and the United... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Say NO To Declaring An Emergency For A Wall

  

  The government remains shutdown, and is now the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Trump is still trying to cause undocumented immigration a crisis fo... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another Poll Shows Americans Don't Want Trump's Wall

  

  The chart above is from a survey done by the Public Religion Research Institute. As other polls have shown, the American public simply doesn't want a border wal... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY