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August 30, 2017

Keith Ogre-mann: Conde Nast-y's Misogynist-in-Chief By Michelle Malkin

Once a woman-hating blowhard, always a woman-hating blowhard.   

August 30, 2017

Voters Don't Think Too Highly of House, Senate

Few voters give members of the House of Representatives and Senate high marks on their job performance. But Republicans aren’t quite as skeptical.

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August 30, 2017

There Are No Decent Plans in Congress, Just Lies, Intraparty Squabbling By Charles Hurt

We are witnessing some of the most spectacularly absurd political gambits in American history unfold right now before our very eyes.

The first comes from Democrats in Congress, who want to somehow blame collapsing Obamacare on Republicans.

August 30, 2017

Democratic Support for Bipartisan Government Continues to Grow

Voters are fully aware that the Republicans run both the House of Representatives and Senate these days, but they’d prefer a two-party rule. Most Democrats agree, but Republicans, unsurprisingly, want to keep the status quo.

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August 30, 2017

Price Gouging By John Stossel

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is upset about "price gouging" during hurricane Harvey. Some stores raised prices to $99 for a case of bottled water -- $5 for a gallon of gas. "These are things you can't do in Texas," he says. "There are significant penalties if you price gouge in a crisis like this."

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August 29, 2017

Voters Are Strongly Divided Over Media’s Role in Dividing Us

Voters admit America is a more divided place these days, and Trump supporters overwhelmingly agree with the president that the media is to blame. But Trump opponents just as strongly disagree.

August 29, 2017

Most Feel Bad About Modern Children's Lives

Most Americans continue to think children are worse off these days.

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August 29, 2017

Can the GOP's Shotgun Marriage Be Saved? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Wednesday morning, Nov. 9, 2016, Republicans awoke to learn they had won the lottery. Donald Trump had won the presidency by carrying Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. All three states had gone Democratic in the last six presidential elections.The GOP had won both houses of Congress. Party control of governorships and state legislatures rivaled the halcyon years of the 1920s.

August 28, 2017

29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Likely U.S. Voters now 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 24.

August 28, 2017

72% Say Politicians Talk Race To Get Votes

The issues of race and politics are in the news after officials in cities across the country are calling for Confederate monuments to come down. But most voters think politicians aren't sincere when it comes to their motives for raising racial issues.

August 28, 2017

Most Americans Think 11-16 is Appropriate Age to Get a Cell Phone

Parents across the country are being urged to sign a “Wait Until 8th” pledge to not buy their children a smartphone until eighth grade.

August 26, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 26, 2017

The battle over America’s history is likely to grow even more heated in the months ahead, with one side arguing that we can learn from the mistakes of the past and the other intent on erasing the parts they don’t like.

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August 25, 2017

Americans Say Media Identifies With Protesters, Trump With Police

Voters thought President Obama identified more with the protesters in places like Charlotte and Baltimore when they challenged the police.

August 25, 2017

Most Still Give High Marks to Their Kids' Schools

As parents gear up to send their children back to the classroom, most still think highly of their local schools but not nearly as much as they did a year ago.

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August 25, 2017

Trump's Palmerstonian Policy By Michael Barone

President Donald Trump's Afghanistan speech Monday night was disciplined, measured and sometimes verging on eloquence. It was presidential. Evidently, his vision wasn't impaired when he looked at the eclipse without the proper eyewear earlier in the day.

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August 25, 2017

What Still Unites Us? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Decades ago, a debate over what kind of nation America is roiled the conservative movement.

Neocons claimed America was an "ideological nation" a "creedal nation," dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal."

August 24, 2017

Voters More Optimistic of Founding Fathers' Views of U.S. Today

Voters are slightly more positive these days that if America’s founders returned to the United States, they would consider it a success.

August 24, 2017

Americans Prefer September School Start, Summer Break

Many students around the country are already back in school, while those in several other states are enjoying a few more weeks of summer vacation until schools reopen. Half of adults think schools should wait until after Labor Day, but parents are more divided.

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August 24, 2017

Senate 2018: Republican Edge Runs Up Against Trump, History By Kyle Kondik

Ever since Donald Trump won the presidency, 2018’s race for the Senate seemed to pit two powerful, competing forces against one another: the Republicans’ long and enticing list of Democratic targets, several of which are in some of Trump’s best states, versus the longstanding tendency of the president’s party to struggle to make gains in midterm elections.

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August 23, 2017

41% Think Navy Experiencing More Mishaps At Sea

The commander of the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet was relieved of his duties yesterday following four separate accidents involving Navy ships in the Pacific this year.