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• Rather Is Right - We Need To "Follow The Money"

  

  (This cartoon image is by John Fewings at fewings.ca.) The following was written by Dan Rather on July 20th. As usual, he hits the nail right on the head.... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another Milestone Reached

  

  Last night, jobsanger passed another milestone. It passed the 6 million mark in page views. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Two-Thirds Of Public Disapproves Of Trump's Tweeting

  

  Donald Trump claims his use of Twitter lets him communicate with the American people. That's rather disingenuous. Other presidents have communicated just fine... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Demographic Breakdown Of Public View Of Trump's Honesty

  

  Yesterday, I showed you the overall result of two polls taken on Trump's honesty. Both polls showed a significant majority of the public did NOT think Trump... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• "Values Voters" Tossed Values Out The Window In 2016

  

  (This cartoon image is by the inimitable Lalo Alcaraz.) The right-wing has labeled white evangelical voters as "values voters". They claim those voters represen... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Now Believes Trump Campaign Had Improper And Illegal Dealings With Russia...

  

  It looks like the constant drip of revelations about dealings between the Trump campaign and Russian officials is having an effect on the public's view of peopl... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 2nd Quarter Job Approval Average Of Presidents

  

  The chart above reflects information in a new Gallup Poll. The latest was done between April 20th and July 19th of a random national sample of 52,765 adults,... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Not Convinced Pence Would Be Better Than Trump

  

  Although Trump's lawyers deny it, White House sources say Trump is asking about his right to pardon offenders (including his family members and himself). Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 87% Of Gulf War Illness Claims Nationwide Are DENIED

  

  (Photo meme is from memecollection.net.) Most Americans believe that our military veterans should get health care from the government -- especially when their... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Thinks Trumpcare Doesn't Do What's Needed

  

  Senate Majority Leader McConnell has promised that the Senate will vote next week on whether to bring a health plan to the Senate floor for debate. Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The U.S. Public Simply Doesn't Trust Donald Trump

  

  Donald Trump's job approval numbers have been upside-down since he took the oath of office. Currently, there's a 15 or 16 point gap between those who approve... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 10% Of Medicare Budget Goes To Fraud And Billing Mistakes

  

  Recently, the Justice Department arrested over 400 people for medical care fraud. This is a particularly heinous crime, since most of that fraud was in the... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Tries To Revive Health Plan That Public Doesn't Want

  

  Yesterday, Donald Trump invited all the Republican senators to have lunch with him at the White House. The purpose of the lunch was to revive the Senate health... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 3 Out Of 4 Believe Trump Will Get Us Into A New War

  

  These charts are from a new NBC News / SurveyMonkey Poll -- done between July 10th and 14th of a random national sample of 5,347 adults, with a margin of error... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Would Rather Democrats Control Next Congress

  

  Here's a poll result that should worry Republicans. It seems that the public, by an 18 point margin, would rather have Democrats controlling the next Congress -... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump's Job Approval Rating Average Is Below 40%

  

  The chart above shows the latest polls on Donald Trump's job approval. The average approval of these polls is 39.8% and the average disapproval is 55.8%.... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Tries To Distance Himself From Health Plan Failure

  

  (This caricature of a whining Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) We were let down by all of the Democrats and a few Republicans. I think we're probably in that... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Claim Of Increasing Coal Jobs By 50,000 Is A LIE

  

  Shortly after announcing the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris Agreement on global climate change, Donald Trump (and EPA director Pruitt) both claimed that... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Monmouth Poll Has Trump Job Approval At 39%

  

  These charts are from a new Monmouth University Poll -- done between July 13th and 16th of a random national sample of 800 adults, with a 3.5 point margin of... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump: Lowest Net Approval Of Any President Since 1945

  

  The chart above was made with information from fivethirtyeight.com. It shows that Donald Trump is the most unpopular president since 1945. Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY