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August 31, 2018

A Cancer on the Papacy? By Patrick J. Buchanan

This summer, the sex scandal that has bedeviled the Catholic Church went critical.

August 31, 2018

Parents Still Like Their Kids’ Schools

As children start returning to school, most parents continue to think highly of their local schools.

August 31, 2018

Trump Full-Month Approval Up in August

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.

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August 31, 2018

John McCain: Warm Remembrances of Roads Not Taken, or Taken and Now Abandoned By Michael Barone

Warm remembrances of Sen. John McCain have been filling the political air since his death last weekend. They'll continue through his the memorial service in Phoenix, his funeral Saturday at Washington National Cathedral and his interment at the Naval Academy cemetery in Annapolis on Sunday.

August 30, 2018

19% Say Police Tactics Are Too Harsh

Americans recognize the importance of police officers but one-in-five think their local cops need to dial down their tactics.

August 30, 2018

Bye-Bye, NAFTA: Voters Think New Deal with Mexico Better for U.S.

Voters approve of President Trump’s decision to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and think the new U.S. trade deal with Mexico is better for America.

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August 30, 2018

A Labor Day Status Report - Plus, Updates From Tuesday Night By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley

We’ve been starting Crystal Ball pieces with a few “key points” summing up the article. As we head into Labor Day weekend and the start of the sprint to Election Day, we thought we’d do something different. Instead of key points from this article, here are some key points about this election so far:

August 30, 2018

Illegal Immigration Is Bigger Worry for GOP, Unaffiliateds Than for Democrats

Voters continue to believe illegal immigration is a major problem, and few feel the government is doing enough to handle it.

August 29, 2018

41% Oppose Rewarding Civilians For Help With Arrests

A New York police union is offering a $500 reward to any civilian who helps police officers subdue a suspect who is resisting arrest, but Americans aren’t convinced such a proposal is a good idea in their community.

August 29, 2018

27% Say Fire Sessions; 27% Undecided

The ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to raise questions about whether the president is queuing up to remove Sessions from his position. While few give the attorney general positive marks, Democrats are even more impassioned than Republicans that Trump shouldn’t can him.

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August 29, 2018

The Left's Long War on Conservative Free Speech By Michelle Malkin

In the competition of ideas, you can't win the game if you're not on the playing field.   

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August 29, 2018

Social Media Censorship II By John Stossel

Are those who question the severity of global warming worse than Nazis? I wouldn't think so, but YouTube, owned by Google, seems to.

I wrote last week that YouTube added a Wikipedia link about global warming to videos like ones I do about climate change.

August 29, 2018

Democrats Regain Lead on Generic Congressional Ballot

After a neck-and-neck race last week, Democrats have once again jumped into the lead on the Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.

August 28, 2018

Voters Put Economic Growth Ahead of Fairness

Voters continue to prioritize making sure the economy is growing over making sure it is fair, but they think government involvement would make society less fair.

August 28, 2018

Voters Say Illegal Immigration A Big Concern But Question Those Who Raise It

A sizable majority of voters says illegal immigration is a critical issue for them in the upcoming congressional elections, but they also suspect most candidates raise the topic for political purposes only, not to deal with it.

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August 28, 2018

Are the Interventionists Now Leaderless? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"McCain's Death Leaves Void" ran The Wall Street Journal headline over a front-page story that began:

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August 28, 2018

Don't Let the Fed End the Trump Prosperity By Stephen Moore

There's an old cliche that the Federal Reserve likes to take away the punch bowl just when the party is getting going. That's what President Trump suspects that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is doing now by raising interest rates at a time of a booming economy.

August 28, 2018

Voters See Trump Impeachment As Less Likely

Voters see President Trump's impeachment as even less likely and think Democrats need to focus on policy issues instead.

August 27, 2018

41% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-one percent (41%) 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 August 23.

August 27, 2018

Voters Don’t Want Pardons for Manafort, Cohen

Most voters, including Republicans, don’t want to see President Donald Trump use his constitutional power to pardon Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen.