The Trump problem is not – and never has been – the electoral college The problem is that Donald Trump is a competitive presidential candidate in the United States, despite his manifest unsuitability for office. There are various reasons for Trump’s competitiveness. Some of these reasons are structural (the weakness of our parties and our […]
Be safe and be aware of the people around you. It might even be best to stay close to home after voting. Everybody is hyped up and on edge. Out of interest and If you think of it, maybe report on what you saw today? This is one of the strangest elections in which I […]
Or is it even a decision the United States should be making for a woman? People keep popping up on AB threads talking about such when it is not a topic of the thread. Rules; Polite discussions or faced being trashed or tossed in spam. Be on topic. I will take down the post if […]
Harris has been criticized for giving vague answers to policy questions, but the fact is we have a reasonably good idea what policies a President Harris would pursue. If elected, she will behave as we expect a Democratic president to behave. On the other side of the aisle, it is easy to overlook how uncertain […]
Angry Bear posted content on the lowest-wage workers or the lowest 10-percentile of labor having the greatest increase in wages. We used EPI charts Maybe the same two charts can show the same impact here on this commentary. These two charts will show the increase in wage for the lowest 10% of wage earners and […]
I was nosey . . . First a Chart. more charts and then the verbiage . . . Thanks to Strategic Exit for giving me a foundation. There are more informational stats at YouGov Survey: “Political Violence and Extremism.” I was curious, YouGov depicts themselves as an international online research data and analytics technology group. […]
When I was growing up, fluoridation of water was regarded as a commie plot by the John Birch Society wingnuts. Nevertheless, hundreds of millions of Americans (including my wife and I) have lived with fluoridated water without evidence of harm. I see where RFK, Jr is predicting that the second Trump Administration will recommend against […]
If this was Mr. Main Street Citizen, this would have played out differently. Musk can play the court games because he can afford to do so. Hope Trump loses and takes Musk with him. I wonder who will be funding Trump in court? Musk Gets Tossed Back to PA State Court In Lottery Case, Just […]
I watched the County of Maricopa vote play out in 2020. I read the backgrounds of the county board, I did not sense anything unusual with them. The election appeared to be clean and well conducted and controlled. The only beef was from Trump and his people about conspiracy. I am in Arizona and just […]
Timothy Snyder energizing us on voting and why we should be voting without fear. We choose the president and not Trump. “Thinking About” . . . Why has Donald Trump shown his darkest side these last few days? He is energizing his base for the authoritarianism he hopes to bring about. And he is preparing his voters […]