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 »
Gleeful Democrats pulled off the perfect tax scam
… Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center, told The New York Times that “the Democrats did a very good job” persuading voters that they wouldn’t get a tax cut. “They were able to put that into the public perception and the reality has been unable to […] Read more »
National Poll Shows Biden, Sanders, O’Rourke, and Castro Ahead With Latino Voters in Lead Up to 2020
Less than 10 months before the 2020 primaries and caucuses begin, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund and Latino Decisions today released the results of a new national poll of Latino registered voters. Results from the NALEO Educational Fund/Latino Decisions Spring 2019 National Poll […] Read more »
A President of the People or a President of His People?
In the last couple of weeks, President Trump repeatedly called his enemies “treasonous.” He threatened to punish Democrats by dumping migrants in their districts. He promoted a video tying a Muslim congresswoman to images of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The message seems clear and […] Read more »
Trump’s battle with sanctuary cities is the next phase of his confrontation with urban America
President Donald Trump’s threats to relocate undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers to “sanctuary cities” capture his determination to constantly press the boundaries of law and morality with hardline immigration policies. But it may reveal even more about his political posture toward the nation’s biggest population centers. … Trump’s confrontational relationship […] Read more »
White Republicans think whites, blacks and Hispanics face about the same amount of discrimination
There are certain aspects of racism on which all Americans agree. The Klan, for example. Using racial slurs to denigrate someone. Segregated drinking fountains and city buses. The sorts of marks of discrimination that are almost definitionally racist. Beyond that, opinions differ. While there are unquestionably race-based factors that disadvantage […] Read more »