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• The Popularity Of U.S. Senators (In Their Home State)

  

  The charts above are from a newly-released Morning Consult Poll. It was done between January and March of this year and questioned 85,000 respondents is the 50... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It Was A Publicity Stunt - Not A Foreign Policy Statement

  

  The following post is much of a column by Paul Krugman in the New York Times: . . . showy actions that win a news cycle or two are no substitute for actual,... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obamacare Helped - But The System Is Still Broken

  

  The chart above is from the Gallup Poll -- done between January 2nd and March 31st of a random national sample of 44,596 adults, with a margin of error of only ... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Cautiously Support Syrian Bombing

  

  It looks like Trump has fooled a majority of Americans with his missile strike against Syria. About 57% say they approve of Trump's action. But that is a... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Reich Lists Grounds For Impeachment Of Donald Trump

  

  (Cartoon image was found at The New Indian Express.) Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich believes there are already grounds for the impeachment of Donald Trump. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It's Likely That Trump Will Get U.S. In (New/Bigger) War

  

  A majority of the American public thinks it is likely that Donald Trump will get this country into a war -- either a bigger involvement in current wars, or a ne... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Growing More Pessimistic About Trump Presidency

  

  When Trump took office, it was no surprise what Democrats and Republicans thought about his presidency. The Democrats were overwhelmingly pessimistic and the... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Press Should Be More Skeptical Of The Syrian Bombing

  

  (Cartoon image is by Darrin Bell at darrinbell.com.) Dan Rather thinks the mainstream media was too quick to support Trump's cruise missile attack on a Syrian... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bombing Of Syria Was Just A Trump Publicity Stunt

  

  (Cartoon image is by Paul Zanetti at cagle.com.) The Trump administration is trying to pass off its bombing of a Syrian air base as a humanitarian action to... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What The Public Thinks Of Some Trump Policies

  

  The charts above are from a recent Gallup Poll. It was done between March 9th and 29th of a random national sample of 1,526 adults, and has a margin of error... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Best (And Worst) States For American Women

  

  I found this chart interesting, and thought you might also. It used several sources (listed at bottom of the chart) and compared issues like equality of pay,... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• "Religious Liberty" Bills Seek To Legalize Discrimination

  (Cartoon image is by Carlos Latuff.) It's nice to see an editorial like this from a reliably conservative newspaper like the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Seems Ready For Single-Payer Health Insurance

  

  For me, these charts were a pleasant surprise. The United States is the only developed nation that does not provide health care for all it's citizens. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Just Made The World A More Dangerous Place

  

  The picture above is of the Sharyat Air Field in Syria. This is the Syrian air base that Trump spent over $80 million to attack (59 missiles at $1.4 million... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unemployment Falls To 4.5% Despite Weak Job Creation

  

  The Labor Department has released its statistics for March, and it shows unemployment rate fell by 0.2% in March (from 4.7% in February to 4.5% in March). But... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• General McChrystal Opposes Trump's Proposed PBS Cut

  

  (Cartoon image is by Daryl Cagle at cagle.com.) Donald Trump has proposed spending an additional $54 billion on the military budget. He says he will pay for tha... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Bans Judicial Filibuster - Is Legislative Filibuster Next?

  

  They did it! The Republican senators ignited the so-called "nuclear option". They banned the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees. Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Americans Think Healthcare Should Be A Right For All

  

  All developed nation, except the United States, view healthcare as a right for all of their citizens -- and have instituted health systems that provide decent... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Don't Expect A Nonpartisan Government Anytime Soon

  

  When President Obama was in office, the Republicans made it a point to oppose everything he tried to do -- and compromise on nothing. It was probably the most... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Has Raised "Passing The Buck" To An Art Form

  

  (Cartoon image is by Lalo Alcaraz.) President Harry Truman had a placard on his desk that read "The buck stops here". Like most other presidents, he was not... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY