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• GOP Immigration Policy Is Driven By The "Politics Of Fear"

  

  (This cartoon image was found at World Citizen.) One of the biggest debates in this country right now, and in Congress, is what to do about immigration (both... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Warning: The U.S. Is On The Path Toward Authoritarianism

  

  (The cartoon image is by Rod Anderson in The Christian Post.) If you really want to know what it's like living under an authoritarian government, then you shoul... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Military Budget - A Giant Hole In Which To Throw Dollars

  

  (Cartoon image is by Khalil Bendib at Other Words.) Donald Trump, and his Republican cohorts in Congress, want to increase the already bloated military budget -... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dems Still Hold Advantage On Generic Congressional Ballot

  

  This chart uses information from the latest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between January 28th and 30th of a random national sample of 1,500 adults... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congress Remains Very Unpopular With The Public

  

  The Republican-controlled 115th Congress remains very unpopular with the public. Only a tiny 11% approve of the job Congress is doing, while 63% say they... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump's Deregulation Is Really A War On Workers

  

  (This caricature of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) It is obvious to any thinking person that Trump's new tax cuts did little to nothing for the middle class... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• In An Amazing Transformation, The GOP Is Now Anti-FBI

  

  I am an older guy, and I can't remember a time when the Republican Party didn't pride itself on being the "law and order" party. This continued until very... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most People Want Trump Questioned By Mueller (Under Oath)

  

  Trump has been all over the map when questioned about whether he would testify in the Mueller investigation of his possible collusion and other illegal... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump And His Tax Plan Are Equally Unpopular

  

  For all the spinning and posturing there remains a fundamental challenge for the Republicans: the tax bill won’t become more popular unless the president become... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Is Planning To Attack Social Security And Medicare

  

  (Cartoon image is by Steve Greenberg at [email protected].) From the blog of former Labor Secretary Robert Reich: Fresh off passing massive tax cuts for... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unemployment Rate Is 4.1% For Fourth Month In A Row

  

  The Labor Department has released it's statistics for the month of January. It was not great. The economy produced 200,000 new jobs, but that was not enough to... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• There's No Beef In The GOP Memo - It's A Nothing-Burger

  

  The House Republicans, with the blessing of Donald Trump have released the Nunes memo. Was it a success? Did they successfully indict law enforcement (FBI)? Wer... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Turns Public Lands Over To Greedy Corporations

  

  Republican Teddy Roosevelt is largely responsible for protecting many of our national resources and treasures -- and urged others who followed him in power to d... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• There is A Political Shift Toward The Democratic Party

  

  These charts all represent the findings of a recently released Gallup Poll. They questioned 180,106 adults in the 50 states throughout 2017, and their poll has ... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump's SOTU Audience Was Smaller Than Last 3 Presidents

  

  Trump is once again showing his complete lack of regard for the truth. He is claiming that the audience for his first State of the Union speech was the... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The New Tax Law Is Still Not Very Popular

  

  Republicans tried to frame their arguments in favor of their new tax law as being beneficial mainly to the middle class. But Americans are not that stupid. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• In An "Alternate Universe" Would The GOP Be As Forgiving ?

  

  The following is part of an op-ed by Bret Stephens in the New York Times. He poses an interesting and thought-provoking question -- what if Hillary Clinton had... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Know That Wealth Inequality Is Growing In U.S.

  

  Donald Trump would have Americans believe that the American economy is fair to everyone, and will be even fairer now that his tax plan has been passed. Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Shouldn't Demand Loyalty From FBI Or Fire Mueller

  

  Donald Trump has been furious that he can't demand loyalty from federal government law enforcement agencies. He fired James Comey, who wouldn't swear loyalty... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Transcript Of The Democratic Rebuttal To Trump's SOTU

  

  (Photo of Rep. Joe Kennedy is from ABC News.) Republicans cheered as their favorite racist, xenophobic, misogynistic, corporate-loving dinosaur gave his State o... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY