There’s a new centrist Democratic think tank in Washington, D.C., and its leaders think progressive groups have too much influence on the Democratic Party politicians who instinctively ignore the left. The nation’s capital already has plenty of organizations designed to marginalize the largely powerless left. The Searchlight Institute intends to …
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Americans are overwhelmingly skeptical of Donald Trump‘s handling of information related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. In a new UMass Amherst national poll, 70 percent of respondents said Trump is not handling the Epstein case well, while only 18 percent said he is. Among respondents who were aware of Epstein, …
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Late last week, Donald Trump realized a dream that he’s had since he was president of the United States the first time: firing the person who informed the world that his economy isn’t as great as he wants to pretend it is. It was a move so comically autocratic that …
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This morning, the White House posted a livestream on X of the grand opening ceremony of his newest golf club, Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland — the latest in a long line of recent examples of Donald Trump using his public office for personal profit, with U.S. taxpayers …
Read More »The Democratic Party's Brand Is Cooked
Voters have increasingly little faith in the Democrats, a new Wall Street Journal poll found, with the party reaching its lowest favorability rating in more than three decades. Voters overwhelmingly believe that Republicans are better able to handle key issues in Congress than Democrats. The survey found that the majority …
Read More »Activating the 'Silent Majority' to Fight Climate Change
How much of a $450 pot would you give to a charity that cuts carbon emissions by investing in renewable energy, and how much would you keep for yourself? That was the question posed in a recent academic experiment. The answers mattered: real money was handed out as a result …
Read More »Musk and Trump Are Increasingly Unpopular, New Polling Finds
President Donald Trump and “First Buddy” Elon Musk have made quite an impression on the American public as they continue to take a wrecking ball to Washington — and it’s not the good kind. New polling from the University of Massachusetts Amherst reveals that after almost three months with Trump …
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