Trump’s Job Approval Craters Into The 30s As Joe Biden’s Favorability Rating Soars

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  47 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  5 years ago

“The survey is the latest in a series of bad polling data that shows Trump’s reelection could be in major trouble.”

A new Quinnipiac University poll released on Tuesday has bad news on multiple fronts for Donald Trump. First, the president’s approval rating has plummetted back into the 30s as only 38 percent of the country approve of the job he’s doing, while 57 percent disapprove. Earlier in the month, the...

Amazing things about republicans

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  48 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  5 years ago

“Well not so amazing to many of us”

Former attorney general sums up Willam Barr with one tweet: https://www.alternet.org/2019/05/former-attorney-general-sums-up-willam-barr-with-one-tweet/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=231

Amazing things about republicans

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  5 years ago

“Well not so amazing to many of us”

Former attorney general sums up Willam Barr with one tweet: https://www.alternet.org/2019/05/former-attorney-general-sums-up-willam-barr-with-one-tweet/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=231&recip_id=36987&list_id=2

TRUMP HATE MAP

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  25 Comments  •  5 years ago

We’ve seen the proof since his campaign launch in June 2015. https://americasvoice.org/trump-hate-map/ President-elect Donald Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric didn’t just push his fellow candidates to the right on immigration (in what has become known as the “Trump Effect”). It’s gone beyond the...

The Demise of the Moderate Republican

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  5 years ago

“Ryan Costello, a centrist wonk, ran for Congress to solve problems—but his colleagues fell in line with Trump’s parade of resentment.”

yan Costello came to Washington the old-fashioned way. Growing up in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in a family of educators, he imagined government service to be like the Norman Rockwell painting of a farmer standing up at a town-hall meeting: a noble calling. By the time Costello turned...

“We Need to Destroy the Republican Party”: A Conservative Luminary Calls for a Clean Start

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  5 years ago

“In which Max Boot says the GOP is racist, the Iraq War was wrong, and Trumpism is a cancer.”

In his new book, The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right, Max Boot goes further than the handful of other prominent Republicans who have stood against Donald Trump and reconsiders the conservative movement writ large. He sat down to discuss his epiphany with Washington...

10 reasons you can’t be a Christian and vote for Donald Trump

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  5 years ago

“He is enamored with “greatness” and ego, but has no concern for “goodness” or service.”

As sociologists of religion, we are intrigued by the surprisingly large number of self-identified Christians, especially evangelicals, who support Trump and have voted for him over the more vocally religious Ted Cruz. In past elections, such voters were motivated by moral convictions...

Sucking the Life Out of People

Via: Don Overton  •  Religion & Ethics  •  0 Comments  •  5 years ago

“As a culture we are obsessed with destructive monsters. I mean, how many vampire movies and TV shows do we really need?”

As a culture we are obsessed with destructive monsters. I mean, how many vampire movies and TV shows do we really need? “Always one more” seems to be the answer. In the last decade or so, zombies have also made a major comeback, spurred on by the success of shows like “Walking Dead.” What do all...

Trump’s New Immigration Plan Doesn’t Make Any Sense

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  5 years ago

“If the White House believes migrants depress wages, why does it want to recruit them specifically for high-paying jobs?”

President Donald Trump unveiled his vision for a major reform to the legal immigration system Thursday, calling for the slashing of family-sponsored visas in favor of those for highly skilled and educated workers. The White House is betting that the idea of slowing family-based migration...

U.S. intelligence agencies reportedly believe Trump started this brewing fight with Iran

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  5 years ago

“But new reports suggest Iran has mostly been girding itself for U.S. aggression.”

The Trump administration explained its decision to send an aircraft carrier, other battleships, and bombers to the Persian Gulf region and evacuate diplomatic personnel from Iraq by pointing to credible threats of Iranian-backed attacks against U.S. or allies' "interests."But new reports suggest...