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• Repeal Of Obamacare Dies In The Senate At 1:30am EST

  

  (This photo image is from C-SPAN.) At about 1:30 in the morning (EST), the effort to repeal Obamacare (at least part of it) died in the U.S. Senate. Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 2018 Democratic House Candidates Has Risen Sharply

  

  Most polls show that Americans would prefer Democrats over Republicans in a generic poll. But that preference means nothing if Democrats don't field candidates... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senate Dems Refuse To Be Tricked By Fake GOP Vote

  

  (This photo of the U.S. Senate is from C-SPAN.) The Republicans are in trouble when it comes to doing something about health care. Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More People Are Paying Attention To Politics This Year

  

  This chart was made using information in a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. It was done between June 27th and July 9th of a random national sample of... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senator McCain Chastises The Senators Of Both Parties

  

  (This photo of Senator McCain addressing the Senate last Tuesday is from azcentral.com.) I am not a big fan of Senator John McCain (R-Arizona). His beliefs and... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Plurality Of Americans Now Support A Single-Payer System

  

  The chart above reflects results of a new Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between July 23rd and 25th of a random national sample of 1,500 adults (including 1,28... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Loyalty Is A One-Way Street For Donald Trump

  

  (These caricatures of Donald Trump and his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, are by DonkeyHotey.) There is no person outside of his immediate family that is... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Still Giving Trump A Negative Job Approval Rating

  

  This is the newest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between July 23rd and 25th of a random national sample of 1,500 adults (including 1,282 registered voters),... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Is NOT A Friend Of The LGBT Community

  

  That tweet from Donald Trump is from June 14th of 2016 -- when Trump was scrounging for every vote he could get during the presidential campaign. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Voters Are Losing Faith In The Republican Congress

  

  It looks like the inability to govern displayed by the Republicans in Congress is not playing well with their own party's voters. Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trumpcare Makes It To The Senate Floor -- Barely

  

  (Photo of the Senate vote to bring Trumpcare up for debate is from C-SPAN.) Majority Leader McConnell asked for a vote to bring Trumpcare to the Senate floor fo... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Disapproves Of How Trump Is Handling The Issues

  

  This chart reflects the results of a new Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between July 15th and 18th of a random national sample of 1,500 adults (including... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democrats Start To Roll Out Their "Better Deal" Agenda

  

  Some say that the Democrats didn't do well in the last election because the voters didn't know exactly what the party stands for. Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Cowardice Of Kushner, Trump Jr., And Manafort

  

  (This caricature of Jared Kushner is by DonkeyHotey.) Shortly before the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton appeared before a congressional committee to answer... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 42% Of Americans Want Trump Impeached And 42% Do Not

  

  These are remarkable numbers for a sitting president. Equal percentages would like for him to be impeached / removed from office and would like for him to stay... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 17 States Approve Of Trump's Job -- The Other 33 Do Not

  

  The charts above are from the Gallup Poll. It shows Donald Trump's average job approval from January through June of 2017. Gallup surveyed a random national... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Lives In A World Without Ethical Standards

  

  (This cartoon image is by Arcadio Esquivel in La Prensa.) Most presidents (of both parties) try to tell the public the truth, uphold their constitutional oath,... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Should Puerto Rico Be (State, Nation, Territory) ?

  

  Puerto Rico has had two plebiscites since 2012, and both times the majority voted for statehood. But both of those plebiscites were questioned by opponents,... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Sean Spicer Was Pushed Out Of The White House

  

  (Photo of Sean Spicer at a White House press conference is from gq.com.) The official story is that former Press Secretary and acting White House... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Outrageous: Avg. CEO Salaries Vs. Avg. Worker Salaries

  

  The chart above, from the Economic Policy Institute, shows the multiple of corporate CEO salaries over worker salaries. Note that as late as 1978, the average... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY