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• Public Disagrees With Trump On Russia (And Putin)

  

  Donald Trump seems to have a favorable opinion of Russia, and it strongman -- Vladimir Putin. But a majority of the American public disagrees with his... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Wealth Inequality Grows Larger In The World (And U.S.)

  

  (The cartoon image is from polyp.org.uk.) The charity Oxfam has released its very disturbing 2017 report of poverty and inequality in the world. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republicans Spend $1.4 Million To Lie To Americans

  

  (Cartoon image is by Adam Zyglis in The Buffalo News.) Congressional Republicans are getting nervous about their plan to dismantle Obamacare. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Supports Insurance Subsidies (& A Public Option)

  

  The Republicans in Congress are quickly acting to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), or at least defund it (which would effectively kill it). Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• "Right To Work" - A Comparison Of Two States

  

  For years now, the Republicans have been trying to claim that "right to work" laws are good for American workers. To put it mildly, that is a ridiculous lie. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Opinion Of 115th Congress Is As Low As The 114th

  

  The public didn't like the 114th Congress, giving them low ratings throughout the two-year term. If Republicans, who control both houses of Congress, were hopin... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama Will Be Viewed In History As A Good President

  

  How will President Obama go down in history -- as a good or bad president. A new poll shows that 47% think he will be remembered as an outstanding or above... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Chomsky Comments On Trump And "Post-Fact" World

  

  (This illustration of Noam Chomsky is from blacksignpanslash.deviantart.com.) The following is part of an interview Noam Chomsky gave to Sam Fragoso in Pacific... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Disapproves Of Trump's Handling Of Transition

  

  If Donald Trump thought he could win over the population with how he's going to govern, then he is off to a bad start. Three separate polls show a majority of... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Vice-President Joe Biden Receives The Medal Of Freedom

  

  (Photo is by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images in The Washington Post.) On Thursday, President Obama gave Vice-President Joe Biden a huge surprise. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• There's A Reason Ethical Guidelines And Norms Exist

  

  (Cartoon image is by Bill Day at cagle.com.) The following post is by Hamilton Nolan at The Concourse: Ethical guidelines exist for a reason. Norms exist for a... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senate Takes The First Step Toward Killing Obamacare

  

  It has started. In the dead of the night (1:05am on Thursday January 12th), the United States Senate voted to approve a budget reconciliation bill that would... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Administration Poised To Be The Most Corrupt Of All

  

  Republicans like to talk about how corrupt the administrations of Democratic presidents are, but the truth is just the opposite of what they claim. It's the... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• All Hat - No Cattle

  

  "All hat -- No cattle". That's a term we use in Texas to describe someone who is a fraud. It refers to someone who wears a big cowboy hat, but doesn't work or... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Believe This Is A Greatly Divided Country

  

  There has been much talk recently about the U.S. being a divided country, and that seems to be what the American people think. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Economists Have No Faith In Trump's Economic Plans

  

  The charts above are from the IGM Forum, and represent the views of this nation's economic experts. Note that only 5% of the economists believe that Trump plan... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• President Obama's Farewell Address (Transcript)

  

  From whitehouse.gov: My fellow Americans -- (applause) -- Michelle and I have been so touched by all the well wishes that we’ve received over the past few weeks... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Americans Still Don't Want Obamacare Repealed

  

  Even though a few Republicans in Congress are having doubts about repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), it looks like there will be enough to defund... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• ACA Repeal - Cost Jobs, Hurt Business, & Cut Tax Revenue

  

  From The Commonwealth Fund survey: Repeal of key parts of the Affordable Care Act would lead to major cuts in federal assistance for health care, thereby... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Say The U.S. Will Be Less Respected In World In 2017

  

  This chart was made from information in a recent Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between December 24th and 27th of a random national sample of 1,662 adults... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY