Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has moved to the top tier of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, based in part on her detailed and highly specific plans for addressing the nation’s pressing policy issues. … In addition to her plans for a much-elevated use of government as the means for addressing social […] Read more »
Why Impeachment is Starting Now, In One Chart
… An impeachment process is informed by legal standards and judicial norms. But since America has never removed a sitting president from office using impeachment, no one knows how it works. There is no precedent. We’re literally making this up as we go along. The constitution tells us that presidents […] Read more »
Americans don’t see the benefits of the Republican tax law in their own returns
… When Navigator conducted its survey over the first week of April, most (71%) of respondents had done their taxes, ahead of the April 15th deadline – marking the first tax filing season after the full implementation of the 2017 Republican tax law. Progressives have consistently argued the law was […] Read more »
Fake news is bad news for democracy
Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg welcomed government regulation of content on the Internet in several areas, including “election integrity.” Around the world, there are increasing concerns that “fake news” threatens democracy. Our recent research supports this view — democracy is less likely to survive in a poor informational environment. […] Read more »
Most Americans don’t think Trump is in the clear yet on Russia, new poll finds
Even as the White House claims vindication from the summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings in the Russia probe, the American public does not see a clear verdict about whether President Donald Trump has been cleared of wrongdoing. According to a new NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll, 29 […] Read more »
Mueller report findings upend partisan views of probe, poll finds
Americans are split over whether House Democrats should continue to investigate President Trump after special counsel Robert S. Mueller III made no determination about whether he attempted to obstruct justice during the inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election, a Washington Post-Schar School poll finds. The division marks a […] Read more »