You'll Freeze in the Dark! By John Stossel
Last Sunday, Mother's Day, made me think how my mom warned me, as a young teen: "Work hard! Or you'll freeze in the dark!"
Sometimes, the warning ended, "Or you'll starve in the cold."
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May 12, 2020
Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending May 7, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of May 3-7, 2020 has risen to 104.2 from 101.6 the week before.
May 12, 2020
Only 54% of Democrats Want Biden As Nominee
Joe Biden has the support of just over half of Democrats, although the vast majority still expect the former vice president to be their party’s presidential nominee.
May 12, 2020
Coexistence with China or Cold War II? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Under fire for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump, his campaign and his party are moving to lay blame for the 80,000 U.S. dead at the feet of the Communist Party of China and, by extension, its longtime General Secretary, President Xi Jinping.
May 12, 2020
Grading the Governors on Economic Response to COVID-19 By Stephen Moore
The U.S. economy is at last moving into the recovery stage from the coronavirus, at least in most states.
One definite pattern has emerged: Republican states are reopening much more swiftly than Democratic states. A most notable case in point is the revival strategies of the four largest states. California and New York are closed for weeks to come; Florida and Texas are getting back in business now.
May 11, 2020
35% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-five percent (35%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending May 7, 2020.
May 11, 2020
Voters Rate State, Local Virus Response Highly But Worry Government May Go Too Far
Voters generally approve of the way their state and local governments have handled the coronavirus pandemic, but they’re also more worried that government may be making things worse rather than better.
May 9, 2020
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 9, 2020
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
May 9, 2020
So Far, There Is No Reason Not to Believe Tara Reade By Ted Rall
Did Joe Biden finger-rape Tara Reade in the Capitol in 1993? No one knows but the two of them. (Given the former vice president's obviously fragile mental state, he might not remember.)
May 8, 2020
70% Likely to Get Anti-COVID-19 Vaccine
Americans are more eager to take the COVID-19 vaccine than the usual flu shot, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey.
May 8, 2020
Republicans Are More Willing To Risk Deaths, Illness to Get Country Going Again
Republicans are a lot more eager than Democrats to emerge from the coronavirus lockdown even if it means more sickness and death. But most voters regardless of party affiliation agree America can’t remain like this indefinitely.
May 8, 2020
Law Professors for 'Speech Control' By Michael Barone
"In the great debate of the past two decades over freedom versus control of the network, China was largely right and the United States was largely wrong." So write Jack Goldsmith and Andrew Keane Woods, law professors at Harvard and the University of Arizona, respectively, in The Atlantic.
May 8, 2020
Behind Trump's Strategic Pivot By Patrick J. Buchanan
After Pearl Harbor, FDR declared that his role of "Dr. New Deal" had been superseded, replaced by his new role, "Dr. Win the War."
Tuesday, President Donald Trump signaled that, in the war on the coronavirus pandemic, he, too, is executing a strategic pivot.
May 7, 2020
Most Republicans Want Comey Prosecuted for FBI Actions
Most Republicans still believe senior federal law enforcement officials acted illegally to try to stop Donald Trump’s election and think former FBI Director James Comey should be criminally prosecuted.
May 7, 2020
The State of the States: The Governors By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
Vulnerable incumbents get a boost in the midst of crisis.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Many state governors have received high marks for their handling of coronavirus.
— Three of them on the ballot this November get a boost in our gubernatorial ratings this week.
— As of now, the open seat in Montana seems to be the seat likeliest to change hands on the relatively sparse presidential-year gubernatorial map.
May 6, 2020
Trump’s Monthly Approval Continues to Fall
When tracking President Trump’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.
May 6, 2020
Reducing Federal Aid to Sanctuary Communities Is A Party Line Vote
President Trump wants to penalize sanctuary communities in future federal bailout packages. Most Republicans think it’s a good idea; most Democrats don’t.
May 6, 2020
Big Google Is Watching Your Children By Michelle Malkin
Schools remain shuttered across the country, 30 million Americans are out of work, and food banks are running low, but the edutech sector is booming. Silicon Valley companies are feasting on an exploding client base of quarantined students held hostage to "online learning." Big Google is leading the way -- and that is not OK.
May 6, 2020
Ban This! No, Never Mind! By John Stossel
Recently, many politicians were in such a hurry to ban plastic bags.
California and Hawaii banned them, then New York. Then Oregon, Connecticut, Maine and Vermont passed laws against them. More than 400 cities did, too.
May 5, 2020
Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending April 30, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of April 26-30, 2020 has fallen to 101.6 from 103.0 the week before.
