… Mueller’s nearly two-year long investigation has given the news industry more than a few headlines. People were arrested, charged with crimes and sentenced to jail. Through it all, Trump’s approval rating has almost always stayed somewhere between 40% and 45% among voters. Does the release of the full redacted […] Read more »
The Mueller Report Could Alienate the Voters Republicans Need
Beyond all the revelations about Russian entanglements and possible obstruction of justice, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report crystallizes two cardinal rules about governance in Donald Trump’s Washington. One is that Trump will shatter any boundaries of law, morality, or custom in his exercise of presidential power. The second is that […] Read more »
Five Reasons Why Republicans Won’t Abandon Trump Like They Ditched Nixon
As we await the release of the Mueller report, an open question is whether evidence of serious presidential misconduct (even if it doesn’t, as Attorney General Barr’s “summary of principal findings” has asserted, rise to the level of any indictable offense) — will have any major impact on Donald Trump’s […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Approval of President Trump steady since Mueller probe ended
President Trump’s job approval stands at 45 percent, while 51 percent of voters disapprove, according to a new Fox News Poll. And that is almost exactly where it was last month, 46-51 percent, before Special Counsel Robert Mueller completed his Russia probe March 22. CONT. Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
Naples, Florida, Metro Tops U.S. in Wellbeing for Fourth Time
For the fourth straight year, the Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Florida, metro area had the highest wellbeing across 156 U.S. communities, based on data collected in 2017 and 2018 as part of the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index. Salinas, California; Boulder, Colorado; Santa Rosa, California; and Ann Arbor, Michigan round out […] Read more »
Tick, Tick, Tick: The Countdown to the release of the Mueller report
Three in four Americans told the NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll they want the full report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation to be released. Will this week’s redacted version suffice? Can the nation move on? What does the release mean for the Trump Administration and for President Donald Trump’s job approval […] Read more »