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• British Parliament Will Not Ask Trump To Speak

  

  (Photo of Parliament applauding the decision not to invite Trump is from The Daily Mail.) When she visited this country shortly after Donald Trump was sworn... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• These Numbers Should Worry Congressional Democrats

  

  This chart does not reflect what the general public thinks of congressional Democrats (which is only 33% approval). It reflects only what the Democratic base... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 2/3 Of Public Still Wants Trump Tax Returns Released

  

  The chart above is from the Reuters / Ipsos Poll. It shows the five-day rolling averages from January 14th through February 6th, and shows the current average... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Has "Run Amok" Using Executive Power

  

  The following op-ed, from the New York Times, is by John Yoo (picture from Wikipedia by Ed Ritger) -- the White House counsel that told George W. Bush that... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• NOT Alternative Facts

  

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  Posted on 07 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• LGBT Identification In The 50 States (And D.C.)

  

  I just found this survey interesting, and thought you might also. It is the Gallup Poll -- done between June 1st of 2015 and December 30th of 2016 of a random... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Doesn't Want Senate's Filibuster Rule Eliminated

  

  Republicans in the Senate may have trouble getting enough votes to confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee. That's because Democrats have said they will filibuste... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Don't Want To Pay For Trump's Border Wall

  

  During his campaign, Donald Trump promised to build a wall on our Southern border (between the United States and Mexico). He promised also to force Mexico to pa... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Conservative Newspaper Says No To Pruitt Heading The EPA

  

  Trump choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency is Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (caricatured here by DonkeyHotey). The choice horrified... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Happened To "Repeal And Replace" ?

  

  At the start of the 115th Congress, Republicans were gleeful about their control of the government, and they bragged that they would now quickly repeal Obamacar... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Western Nations Say War Is More Likely Than Peace

  

  The election of Donald Trump hasn't made people in the Western nations feel safer. In fact, they think a new World War is more likely than peace (and that... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another Sign Of A Very Troubled Presidency (Lawsuits)

  

  The charts above are from npr.org. It would be an understatement to say the Trump administration is off to a rough start. Poll after poll has shown that Trump i... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• There Is A Huge Racial Gap In Wages And Wealth In U.S.

  

  The right-wing would have us believe that racial problems in the U.S. have been solved. That is far from the truth. There are serious racial problems... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The American Presidents And Their Religion

  

  Christians, especially fundamentalist right-wing christians, love to claim they are victims -- and are discriminated against by the government (which makes thei... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Would Let Churches Engage In Partisan Politics

  

  (Cartoon image is by Nick Anderson in the Houston Chronicle.) Churches and other religious organizations are considered to be charities by the Internal Revenue... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Approval Is The Lowest Of All Modern Presidents

  

  Poll after poll has shown that the initial job approval of Donald Trump is the lowest of any president since 1953. This is another poll that verifies that. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump's "Separation" From His Businesses Is Not Real

  

  (The photo illustration above is by Brigette Supernova at The Daily Beast.) Just before being sworn in as president, Donald Trump announced that he was... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 4 Out Of 10 Americans Would Support Impeaching Trump

  

  Donald Trump has only been in office for a couple of weeks, but already about 40% of the public would support his impeachment. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unemployment Rate Rises By 0.1% Again In January

  

  Job creation in January was more than expected. Only about 175,000 jobs were expected to be created, but the Labor Department reports that 227,000 were created. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another Poll Documents A Rough Start For Trump Presidency

  

  Poll after poll has shown the Trump administration is off to a very rough start -- far tougher than any previous administration. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY