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• Has Putin Compromised Trump And Now Controls Him?

  

  (Cartoon image is by Kevin Siers in The Charlotte Observer.) There's been a lot of talk on cable news and social media the last few days about a New York Times... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The House Must Act Now To Raise The Minimum Wage

  

  The chart above shows a national tragedy. Millions of Americans make at or near the minimum wage, and many of them are single parents trying to raise a child... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Is Not Helping Himself (Or The GOP) With Shutdown

  

  On January 7th and 8th, Public Policy Polling surveyed adults in seven states -- Alaska (898), Arizona (741), Colorado (706), Georgia (943), Iowa (1,031),... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• House Of Representatives Should Expel Steve King (R-Iowa)

  

  The graphic image above leaves little doubt that Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is a racist and a white supremacist. This is not the first time King has showed his... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Evidence Says Trump Campaign DID Conspire With Russia

  

  The names in the column to the left are the members of Donald Trump's family and campaign staff that met with Russians during the presidential campaign and/or... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democratic Party Changes Won't Help Sanders In 2020

  

  (Photo of Bernie Sanders, from cnbc.com, is by Aaron P. Bernstein / Getty Images.) Bernie Sanders finished about 3,000,000 votes behind Hillary Clinton in the... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Is Utterly Incompetent At Political Negotiating

  

  (This caricature of "great negotiator" Donald Trump is by the inimitable DonkeyHotey.) During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump told voters that he,... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Will Donald Trump Take The Authoritarian Way Out Of His Self-Imposed Dilemma?

  

  Today marks the 20th day of Donald Trump's shutdown of the government. In only two more days, the shutdown will be the longest government shutdown in United... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Polls Agree - Public Blames Trump For The Shutdown

  

  The Reuters / Ipsos Poll was done between January 1st and 7th of a national sample of 2,203 adults, with a 2 point margin of error. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Nine "Border" Facts That Trump Ignores (Or Lies About)

  

  (Cartoon image is by Lalo Alcaraz.) We are in the third week of Trump's border shutdown. He's done it to try and force Congress to give him $5 billion to start... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The U.S. Health Care System Is Broken & Needs Big Changes

  

  The charts above are from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. They show that health care in the United States costs more than twice the cost... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Ideological Make-Up Of The American Public

  

  The charts above reflect information in a recent Gallup Poll. Gallup questioned 13,852 adults during 2018 to find out their ideological stance. The poll has a... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senator Warren Reports On A Very Successful Trip To Iowa

  

  Council Bluffs, Iowa Sioux City, Iowa Storm Lake, Iowa Des Moines, Iowa In the final days of 2018, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) declared her... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Independents Than Democrats Or Republicans In U.S.

  

  This chart is from the Gallup Poll. They questioned 13,852 adults in 2018, and the poll has a margin of error of only 1 point. As the chart shows, there are mor... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A 70% Top Marginal Tax Rate Makes Economic Sense

  

  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has proposed adding a top tax rate of 70% that would only apply to income of over $10 million. Republicans are... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Vermont Paper Begs Bernie To Stay Out Of 2020 Race

  

  (This photo of Senator Bernie Sanders was found at Politico.com.) One of the big questions facing Democrats is whether Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) will try... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Percentage In U.S. Who Would Like To Migrate To Another Country Rose...

  

  Each year, the Gallup Poll asks about 1,000 people in many countries if they would like to migrate to another country. The chart above shows the results of the... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Could Trump Declare A National Emergency & Use The Military To Build A Border...

  

  (This caricature of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) Reality is starting to dawn on Donald Trump. He is starting to realize that Congress is not going to fully... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Religious Makeup Of The 116th Congress

  

  I just found this interesting, and thought you might also. These charts are from the Pew Research Center. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Shutdown Won't Last For Months - And Here's Why

  

  On Friday, Donald Trump doubled down on his refusal to open the portion of the government that has been shut down. He said if he doesn't get $5 billion to... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY