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• Support For Trump/GOP Tax Law Remains Very Low

  

  The Republicans were proud of themselves for passing their tax law, and they believed it would be the vehicle that saved them in the 2018 congressional... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Portrait Of A Real Hero

  

  If you ever had any doubt as to what a real hero looks like, just look at the photo above of James Shaw, Jr. The photo above and the post below are both from... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Evangelicals Are Fighting A Losing Battle On LGBT Rights

  

  Evangelicals continue their fight to be able to discriminate against the LGBT community. That's one of their reasons for supporting an obviously immoral man to... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Good News And Bad News In The 2018 Senate Races

  

  The chart above is from talkingpointsmemo.com. It shows the campaign money situation in the most competitive U.S. Senate races in 2018 -- the money raised in th... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Anti-Refugee Sentiment Is Nothing New In The U.S.

  

  This picture shows Jewish refugees aboard the ship "St. Louis" in 1939. They were fleeing from Nazi Germany, but were denied entrance into the United States... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Best Candidate Is NEVER A Republican

  

  I have been voting for slightly over five decades now, and I can honestly say I have never voted for a Republican (and I never will). That statement shocks... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Is Destroying The U.S. Reputation In Latin America

  

  Why did Donald Trump decide to skip the Summit of the Americas recently, and send the vic-president instead. The charts above could be a big clue. Most of the... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Tax Law Claims Are Not Evidence-Based

  

  (Photo from npr.org is by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images, and shows Republicans celebrating the passage of their new tax law.) The Republicans made a lot of... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Presidential Job Approval After 456 Days In Office

  

  The chart above (using info from fivethirtyeight.com) shows each president's job approval after he had been in office for 456 days. It is an average of the poll... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• There Is An Anti-Incumbent Mood In The Country This Year

  

  The chart above is from the Gallup Poll. It shows the feeling among the public at this time of the year regarding off-year elections for Congress from 1994 to... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Evangelicals Traded Religion For A Socio-Political Agenda

  

  (Cartoon image is by Drew Sheneman in the New Jersey Star-Ledger.) Evangelism is defined as spreading the gospel of christianity. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Did Collude With Russia To Affect The 2016 Election

  

  (Cartoon image is by Clay Bennett in the Chattanooga Times Free Press.) Donald Trump has repeatedly denied that he colluded with Russia to affect the outcome... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Evidence That A Blue Wave Is Forming

  

  If someone suggested a couple of years ago (or even months) that a Democrat might be elected to the U.S. Senate from the state of Arizona, they would have been... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• These 10 Charts Show Texas Is Changing

  

  Texas is a red state. No Democrat has won a statewide office in more than two decades, and the Republicans have been able to easily sell their right-wing agenda... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Emma, Jaclyn, Cameron, Alex, And David

  

  Time Magazine has published its list of the 100 most influential people in 2018, and making that list this year are five students from Parkland Florida... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poll Shows O'Rourke Closing The Gap On Cruz In Texas

  

  It's been over 20 years since a Democrat won a statewide race in Texas -- or even came close to winning. But if this poll is correct, that has changed. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Are The Republicans Such Big Climate Change Deniers?

  

  The charts above reflect information in a new Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between April 15th and 17th of a random national sample of 1,500 adults, with a... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• White Evangelical Support For Trump Is At An All-Time High

  

  This chart is from a recent Public Religion Research Institute Poll -- done between March 14th and 25th of a random national sample pot 2,020 adults (including... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congress Must Act To Protect Mueller (And Our Democracy)

  

  (These caricatures of Robert Mueller and Donald Trump are by DonkeyHotey.) Can a president obstruct justice by firing officials who are investigating possible... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No! Donald Trump's Job Approval Is NOT Improving!

  

  I have heard some pundits on cable news recently remarking that Donald Trump's job approval has improved recently. That's wishful thinking on their part. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY