There is plenty of buzz these days about celebrities running for political office — and about former President Donald Trump’s affinity for athletes and entertainers. … While Republicans have ranted over the years about Hollywood, Jane Fonda and the coastal elites’ alleged contempt for Middle America, the GOP has had […] Read more »
The QAnon catchphrases that took over the Jackson hearings
Republican senators questioning Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court nomination hearing didn’t explicitly mention QAnon or its putative oracle, Q. They didn’t mention the child sex trafficking ring run by a global cabal of Democratic politicians, financial, media and Hollywood elites, medical establishment professionals and the satanic pedophile […] Read more »
Just 27% of Americans oppose confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
Far more Americans still support (42%) than oppose (27%) Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. Nearly one-third of Americans (31%) say they’re not sure whether they support or oppose Jackson. …. Right before President Biden nominated Jackson to the U.S. […] Read more »
With upcoming abortion decision, Supreme Court could rattle midterm campaigns
As the 2022 midterm elections draw nearer, a massive issue lurks in the wings with the potential to alter the terrain: the Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Dobbs ruling, expected this summer, centers on a Mississippi law that banned most abortions after 15 weeks […] Read more »
Biden’s Proposed Budget and American Public Opinion
President Joe Biden has released the proposed Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2023. The budget document is 148 pages long. It presents a very lengthy list of proposed government spending initiatives, along with a discussion of the virtues and benefits of each. … An important question from my […] Read more »
Congressional Approval Remains Low in March
Congress’ job approval rating from the American people continues to simmer at the low level it descended to last fall. Twenty-one percent of Americans currently approve of the job Congress is doing, while 76% disapprove. The latest approval rating — from a March 1-18 Gallup poll conducted before the Senate […] Read more »