Donald Trump’s clear victory in yesterday’s presidential election certainly seemed to prove the old maxim that perception is reality. Exit polls of 10 battleground states showed that 68% of those surveyed said the economy was “not so good” (35%) or “poor” (33%). Of the third (32%) who identified the economy as the issue that mattered […]

A fixture at Donald Trump’s final campaign rallies features the Republican nominee asking, “Are you better off now than four years ago?” Even with the steep pandemic and war induced-inflation of 2022 and early 2023, the data clearly show the answer is “yes.” Over the last two weeks, even the conservative Wall Street Journal (“U.S. […]

Two years ago, abortion proved to be the decisive issue in the surprisingly strong Democratic performance in 2022 midterm elections. In the wake of the appalling Dobbs decision eviscerating 50 years of Supreme Court precedent, America’s large and growing pro-choice majority put Republicans on notice that their anti-abortion extremism will come with a steep price. […]

With Election Day less than two weeks away, Americans are putting the economy at or near the top of their list of most important issues. And as Forbes reported on Thursday, recent polls show voters wrongly perceive Republican Donald Trump as the stronger option to lead the U.S. economy over the next four years. That […]

Long before his shockingly disrespectful and clearly illegal campaign video stop at Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Donald Trump had already established himself as America’s Desecrator-in-Chief. For over 30 years, Trump has ridiculed military service, mocked the U.S. armed forces’ living and the dead, and sneered at the wounded and the captured. And when […]

I see that some of my friends on social media seem to be echoing the white guy who told black journalists that his black opponent isn’t black. I suggest they (and everyone else for that matter) read this profile of Kamala Harris from five years ago. Harris didn’t merely answer reporters’ questions about her family […]

There is much we still don’t know in the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. The shooter’s motives and mental state remain a mystery. Exactly how the Secret Service and local authorities failed to secure the would-be assassin’s location and prevent his deadly fire is still undetermined. An authoritative ballistics assessment of the […]

Republicans are learning that IVF is, to borrow from Joe Biden, a BFD. In the two weeks since the Alabama Supreme Court shockingly ruled that frozen embryos are children, polls show that the American people overwhelmingly disagree. A CBS News/YouGov survey found that 86% believe in vitro fertilization must remain legal. In response to that […]

Virtually alone among major world economies, the United States has a debt ceiling which limits how much money the government can borrow to pay the bills it has already incurred. From the time Congress created the debt limit in 1917 to simply the massive borrowing need to fund the U.S effort in World War I […]

In the wake of the leaked draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft Dobbs opinion eviscerating reproductive rights in the United States, opponents took to the streets to protest in front of several of the conservative justices’ homes. And Republicans are none too happy about it. Despite existing federal law likely prohibiting such protests and unanimous […]