SINCE THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, an increasingly familiar narrative has emerged concerning the unexpected victory of Donald Trump. Fake news, much of it produced by Russian sources, was amplified on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, generating millions of views among a segment of the electorate eager to hear […] Read more »
ABC reprimands producer for giving data to Trump campaign
ABC News said it has reprimanded its top producer for investigative reporting for giving Donald Trump’s presidential campaign proprietary exit polling data on election night 2016. CONT. Michael Calderone, Politico Read more »
CBS News poll: Americans split on Russia investigation
Most Americans think former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s guilty plea and cooperation with the special counsel is a serious issue for the Trump administration, including a third of Republicans. But most Republicans see the Russia investigation overall as politically motivated. CONT. CBS News Read more »
Politico-Harvard poll: Democrats and Republicans still fixated on health care
Congress may have moved on from health care. The public has not. With taxes and spending, debt and defense piled up on Congress’ extremely full plate this month, a new poll by POLITICO and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shows that Americans remain sharply focused on health […] Read more »
How will the tax reform legislation impact the middle class?
Julie Pace, Ramesh Ponnuru, Ron Brownstein, and Ezra Klein discuss the political impact tax reform legislation could have on the Republican Party and what Flynn’s plea deal means for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Face the Nation, CBS News Read more »
Race and Class and What Happened in 2016
… Simple explanations are rarely complete explanations, but when a candidate makes many more populist promises than is usual for a Republican, and then wins more working-class votes than is usual, the straightforward explanation — that the promises actually resonated with voters — probably contains a lot of truth. And […] Read more »