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• Trump Is Running Scared - Issues Tweet Full Of Lies

  

  Donald Trump is running scared. He knows the Mueller investigation is closing in on him, and that the firings of Come and McCabe have backfired -- making him... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Our Parents Would NOT Recognize This Republican Party

  

  (Cartoon image is by Joe Heller at hellertoon.com.) What has happened to the Republican Party? That party once produced presidents like Lincoln, Roosevelt, and... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Wants To See A Democrat-Controlled Congress

  

  I think Donald Trump frightens most Americans. They are worried about his constant lying, his attacks on the press, his inability to get along with our best... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• State Department "Is No Place For Toadies Or Ideologues"

  

  One of the more troubling aspects of the Trump Administration is the way it has damaged the State Department (which is the primary way we reach out to other... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Is Alienating The Countries We Like The Best

  

  The chart above displays a very troubling thing. It shows the countries viewed most favorably by the citizens of the United States, and along with that, what th... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Exposes Himself As Mean, Petty, And Vindictive

  

  (Caricature of a vicious Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) What if you had worked for a company for 20 years, and your peers considered you to be an honest and... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Teachers Say No To Trump's Wish To Arm Them

  

  Right after the Parkland (Florida) shooting that killed 17 people, Donald Trump held a White House meeting. In that meeting he acted like he was listening to... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Disagrees With Trump About Mueller And Russia

  

  Donald Trump has done his best to convince Americans that his campaign did not collude with Russia in the 2016 campaign, and that Robert Mueller is just... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It Was Race (Not Economics) That Helped Trump Win

  

  The Nation has an excellent article, written by Sean McElwee and Jason McDaniel, on what propelled Donald Trump to his win in the 2016 election. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• This Blog Is 12 Years Old Today

  

  On March 16th of 2006, I wrote my first post on this blog. That means that today marks the 12th blogiversary for jobsanger. During that time, I have posted... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Was Violating Russian Sanctions While Campaigning

  

  (This caricature of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) Although Trump has denied it, we know that his organization has received loans from Russia. This has been... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Donald Trump Has Ignored The Wishes Of The Public

  

  Since the horrible tragedy in a Parkland High School in Florida, the debate on gun violence (and how to keep it out of our schools) is raging again. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Donald Trump Is "Dimmer Than A 5-Watt Bulb"

  

  (Illustration is by Luci Gutierrez in The New Yorker.) Donald Trump has bragged repeatedly about having a very high IQ. His rampant narcissism demands that he... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Nancy Pelosi Really A Problem For Democrats ?

  

  I'm not surprised that the Republicans are trying to demonize Rep. Nancy Pelosi. She used to be the Speaker, and Republicans want to convince Americans that... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Doesn't This Look Like The Recipe For A Wave Election ?

  

  Political pundits are predicting a wave election this year (an election that will result in the flipping of control of one or both houses of Congress -- from... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Opinion On What Is Moral And What Is Not

  

  I find it interesting to see what my fellow humans consider to be moral and what they consider to be immoral, and how that changes over time. The chart above... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• As We Remember Hawking, We Must Heed His Warning

  

  Stephen Hawking has died, and the world will be a little worse for his absence. Fortunately, he left a remarkable body of scientific work. He also warned us... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pennsylvania District 18 Results Should Embarrass Trump

  

  Pennsylvania's House District 18 is normally a very Republican district. Donald Trump carried it by 20 points in 2016 -- and Republican House candidates have fo... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Tillerson Fails Donald Trump's Sycophancy Requirement

  

  Rex Tillerson is out as Secretary of State. That really shouldn't surprise anyone. While Tillerson was the basic corporatist Republican, he also had the... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump's Job Approval Is Still Very Low With Public

  

  Trump's job approval numbers have been upside-down since he was sworn in, and he hasn't been able to change that. The chart above is from the new CBS News Poll... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY