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• Maps Can Hide Or Reveal The Truth

  

  The maps above are from The New York Times. Both show the results of the 2018 congressional elections. But they are also a prime example of how a map can hide a... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Version Of Capitalism Is Obsolete & Must Change

  

  This cartoon (by Mike Stanfill at farleftside.com) shows one of the disadvantages of the kind of largely unregulated capitalism in the United States. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• McConnell Shows Himself To Be A Master Of Hypocrisy

  

  (Caricature of Mitch McConnell is by DonkeyHotey.) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wrote an op-ed for Fox News a couple of days ago. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Has A Lot Of Ground To Make Up Before 2020

  

  This chart reflects the results of the newest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between November 11th and 13th of a national sample of 1,500 adults (including... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• War Has Cost The United States $5.9 Trillion Since 2001

  

  The chart above (from Forbes.com) shows the number of bombs dropped on Afghanistan by year (between 2004 and 2018). Note that 2018 has the record for the... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Would Anti-Pelosi Dem Faction Help Elect A GOP Speaker ?

  

  It is now known that the Democrats will have a significant majority in the next House of Representatives (that will be seated in early January of 2019). Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Says NO To Social Security/Medicare Cuts

  

  After ballooning the deficit to a trillion dollars a year with their tax cuts for the rich, the Republicans thought they could reduce that by cutting Social... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Like The Results Of The 2018 Election

  

  We now know that the Democrats will have a substantial majority in the House in the 116th Congress, and the Republicans will retain a small majority in the... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• White House Is In Chaos After A Very Bad Week For Trump

  

  (Caricature of Trump is by the inimitable DonkeyHotey.) Over 70% of the candidates Donald Trump supported lost their election bids. But that was just the start... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hate Crimes Rose More Than 17% In Trump's First Year

  

  The two charts above are from the FBI count of hate crimes in 2017 (the first year of the Trump administration). Note that the number of hate crimes rose by... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democrats Need To Stop Trying To Demonize Pelosi

  

  Nancy Pelosi has always been a good Democrat. She supports the liberal agenda. She is intelligent, knows the House rules better than anyone, and is not afraid t... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Candidates Are On Democratic Minds For 2020 ?

  

  I know it's early (perhaps too early) to be thinking about the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, but I doubt I'm the only one considering it. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• N. Korea Pegged Trump As A Fool And They Played Him

  

  That was Donald Trump's tweet as he returned from meeting with Kim Jong-Un in Singapore. He was convinced (or at least tried to convince us) that he had saved... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The REAL Investigations Will Start In January

  

  (Cartoon image is by Steve Sack in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.) For the last couple of years, Donald Trump (and his cronies in the presidential administration... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 116th Senate Will Look Much Like The 115th Senate

  

  ARIZONA Senate Race FLORIDA Senate Race If you listened to the cable news talking heads on election night, you might think the Republicans scored a huge... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democrats Think Republicans Are Racist (& They're Right)

  

  This chart is from an Axios / SurveyMonkey Poll that was done between October 30th and November 2nd of a national sample of 3,215 adults, with a 3 point margin... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Voters Reject Trumpism (Need To Finish The Job In 2020)

  

  (Cartoon image is by Bob Englehart at cagle.com.) Trump would have you believe that the Republicans did great on election day, and it was completely due to... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Embarrasses Himself (And U.S.) On Trip To Paris

  

  The top and left pictures are from The New York Times, and the right picture is from Facebook. They provide a rather embarrassing portrait of Donald Trump's... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• United States Needs A Bigger House Of Representatives

  

  Does this country need a larger House of Representatives? The editorial board of The New York Times believes we do, and they make a good case for increasing it... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Exit Poll: Demographics Of Voting In Texas Senate Race

  

  These charts are from exit polling by CNN in the race for the Senate in Texas. It shows the percentage of the vote by each demographic group, and the... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY