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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 16965 )
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Russia Used Facebook To Help Trump Win In 2016
It is thought by many that all Russia did in the 2016 election was to hack into Democratic Party accounts and provide that information. That is not true. Read more
Posted on 13 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Doesn't Think Corporations And Rich Need Tax Cuts
Donald Trump and the Republican Congress are promising tax cuts, and they claim those cuts would help the middle class. The problem is that is not who would... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
48% Of Democrats Now Self-Identify As Liberal
The top chart reflects polls done by the Pew Research Center of Democrats from 2000 through 2017. The bottom chart shows a demographic breakdown of Democrats... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Portrait Of Bigotry In U.S. (By Using Twitter Remarks)
I found this interesting, and I thought you might also. It is from Mic Network Inc, and uses the Twitter remarks to judge how bigoted the parts of the country Read more
Posted on 12 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Hillary Will Not Run In 2020 (And Neither Should Bernie)
There have been some Hillary Clinton supporters on social media recently that are encouraging her to run for president again in 2020. Yesterday, on CBS, she... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Is Blamed More Than Dems For Dysfunctional Congress
All recent polls have shown that the public is still extremely unhappy with the job (or lack of it) that Congress is currently doing. Read more
Posted on 11 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Killing DACA Hurts Both "Dreamer" And Citizen Workers
Trump has said he wants to help American workers, but eliminating DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) does just the opposite. It actually hurts all... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans Overwhelmingly Want Congress To Compromise
The job approval for Congress is still extremely low, and it has been for several years now. The parties seem to think that it's low because they can't get all... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Not All Protestant Groups Are The Same On Moral Issues
From the Gallup Poll. Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted as part of Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs surveys each May... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
10 Stupid Things That Most Trumpistas Believe
(Image is from abcnews.go.com.) The following is from Allen Clifton at Forward Progressives: There’s a difference between believing in things that aren’t... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Still Disagrees With Trump/GOP On Climate Change
It's the opinion of Donald Trump that global climate change is not happening -- that it's just a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese to hurt American industry.... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
These Congressmen Should Be Ashamed Of Themselves
Congress has passed a funding resolution that gives about $15 billion to help recover from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. About $7. Read more
Posted on 09 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Prefers Democrats (But Work Still Needs To Be Done)
These charts reflect the results of the latest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between September 3rd and 5th of a random national sample of 1,500 adults... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bernie Supporters Are Trying To Divide The Democratic Party
The Democratic Party is truly a "big tent" party. It encompasses many different political views -- liberals (progressives), moderates, and even some reasonable... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Majority Of Americans Don't Want Trump To Run In 2020
This has got to be depressing for the lying hypocrite in the White House. It seems that 54% of the public thinks he should NOT run for re-election in 2020, whil... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Most See Trump As Favoring Whites And Rich People
This chart reflects information in a new Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between September 3rd and 5th of a random national sample of 1,500 adults (including... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Doesn't Just Dislike "Dreamers", But ALL Immigrants
(This caricature of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) We must not forget, in the light of Trump's executive order removing protections for "Dreamers" by... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Only 28% Say U.S. Is Best Place To Live In The World
I must admit that the results of this poll surprised me. Americans are notoriously ethnographic-centric, and in the past if you had asked them if the U.S. Read more
Posted on 07 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Big Majority Of Public Disagrees With Trump On DACA
Donald Trump has nullified Barack Obama's executive order on DACA (which kept immigrant children raised in this country from being deported -- if they served... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Deporting The "Dreamers" Will Hurt All Americans
(The caricature of Nobel Prize economist Paul Krugman is by DonkeyHotey.) The following post is from the New York Times column of Paul Krugman: Trump’s... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY
