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March 6, 2019
March 6, 2019
Vaccine Skeptics Under Siege By Michelle Malkin
Watch out. Capitol Hill and Silicon Valley have locked their sights on the next targets of a frightening free speech-squelching purge: independent citizens who dare to raise questions online about the safety and efficacy of vaccines.
March 6, 2019
Hoax By John Stossel
If you are an American college professor, the way you get a raise or tenure is by getting papers published in "academic journals."
The stupidity of these journals says a lot about what's taught at colleges today.
March 5, 2019
Trump’s Full-Month Approval Bounces Back to 2018 Levels
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.
March 5, 2019
Voters Say Impeachment Unlikely, Trump Reelection Instead
Despite former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s much-ballyhooed testimony before Congress last week and congressional Democrats’ big investigative push against the president, voters don’t see impeachment in the cards. But they give Democrats a better chance of winning the White House in 2020.
March 5, 2019
Why Trump Must Veto the Federal Land Grab Bill By Stephen Moore
President Trump gave one of his most memorable and impactful speeches two weeks ago, when he systematically dismantled the case for socialism. In that speech, he recalled the economic harm and destruction in nations that have adopted socialism, communism or Stalinism. "America will never be a socialist country," Trump pledged in his speech in Florida.
March 5, 2019
Mike Pompeo's War Warning to China By Patrick J. Buchanan
As President Trump flew home from his Hanoi summit with Kim Jong Un, Mike Pompeo peeled off and flew to Manila. And there the Secretary of State made a startling declaration.
March 4, 2019
38% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-eight percent (38%) 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 February 28.
March 4, 2019
Men Favor Military Draft for Women A Lot More Than Women Do
Voters aren’t all that supportive of a military draft, but if there is one, they think women should be just as eligible as men. Women aren’t so sure of that.
March 2, 2019
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 2, 2019
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
March 2, 2019
Trump's Foreign Policy: Hated by Pundits but Popular With Voters By Ted Rall
President Donald Trump keeps coming under attack for his foreign policy, predictably by Democrats but also by legacy Republican leaders.
March 1, 2019
41% Have Already Filed Their Income Taxes
Despite the lure of bigger deductions from changes in federal tax law, Americans haven’t stepped up the pace of filing their tax returns.
March 1, 2019
Democrats Still See Trump As Bigger Threat Than Kim Jong Un
Voters here don’t care much for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, but most Democrats still consider him less of a threat to the United States than President Trump.
March 1, 2019
Is the American Century Over For Good? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Politics stops at the water's edge" was a tradition that, not so long ago, was observed by both parties, particularly when a president was abroad, speaking for the nation.
March 1, 2019
Democrats Are Getting out on a Dangerously Left-Wing Limb By Michael Barone
There's an old political saying that presidential candidates appeal to their parties' wings -- left for Democrats, right for Republicans -- in the race for the nomination and then appeal to the center in the general election campaign. It was put in canonical form by Richard Nixon, one of only two Americans our major parties nominated for national office five times (the other was Franklin Roosevelt).
February 28, 2019
Most Voters Say Improving Infrastructure is Important for U.S. Economy, Future Generations
To most voters, improving the country’s infrastructure is crucial for the future of the economy and the quality of life.
February 28, 2019
The 2020 Electoral College: Our First Look By Kyle Kondik
— Our initial Electoral College ratings reflect a 2020 presidential election that starts as a Toss-up.
— We start with 248 electoral votes at least leaning Republican, 244 at least leaning Democratic, and 46 votes in the Toss-up category.
— The omissions from the initial Toss-up category that readers may find most surprising are Florida and Michigan.
— Much of the electoral map is easy to allocate far in advance: About 70% of the total electoral votes come from states and districts that have voted for the same party in at least the last five presidential elections.
February 27, 2019
GOP Voters Say Trump A Cinch for Renomination
At least two former governors, William Weld of Massachusetts and John Kasich of Ohio, are reportedly considering Republican primary challenges to President Trump, but GOP voters overwhelmingly approve of the job Trump is doing and consider him a shoo-in for renomination.
February 27, 2019
Welfare for the Rich By John Stossel
When I hear "welfare payments," I think "poor people."
February 27, 2019
I've Been Silicon Valley Sharia'd By Michelle Malkin
Last week, the little birdies in Twitter's legal department notified me that one of my tweets from 2015 is "in violation of Pakistan law." It seems like ancient history, but Islamic supremacists never forget -- or forgive.
