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Indiana Republicans Rebuke Trump In another clear sign that Trump's influence is fading, the Indiana state legislature voted to kill the state redistricting effort Trump, Vance and US House Speaker Johnson directly lobbied to pass. Before the vote, Trump conveyed his usual primary-challenge...

Trump and the Economy If Trump is such the business genius, why do so few American's approve of his handling of the economy? "Only 31% of U.S. adults now approve of how Trump is handling the economy, the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds. That is down...

Trump's Health Hypocrisy and Future Trump is upset with the New York Times coverage of his personal health. He calls it “seditious, perhaps even treasonous.” With the ruthless way he went after "Sleepy Joe" Biden, Trump does not get a free pass from the same coverage. Trump has been seen with...

What's Up With Marjorie Taylor Greene? Long-time, prominent Trump supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning from Congress and taking a turn away from Trump. She has made it very clear that she is not running for another office. What's up with that? What, if anything, does Greene's shift say...

What Happened in Miami? In a Tuesday runoff, Miamians elected Eileen Higgins as mayor, the first woman in the city’s history to hold the job and the first Democrat in 28 years. Higgins, a former county commissioner, defeated Republican Emilio González, an ex-city manager who had the glowing...

Other than White House policy, what other factors influence gas prices in the US?

Gas prices will likely go lower on an ongoing basis due to: Improved US fracking technology (producing huge improvements in shale output with same cost) Increased EV use Economic slowdown Milder winters (affects refinery economics) And if gas prices go up, will you say "Bad, bad. Flimsy Trump?"

As Seen By Trump's Favorite Pollster Trump has praised the Rasmussen poll multiple times and ha characterized it as "... a very, very, I think, accurate poll over the last nine or 10 years." Trump's net approval with Rasmussen is now -11 percent—his lowest of the second term—with 44% approval...

Is the Trade War Worth The Trouble? The whole point of US-imposed tariffs was to increase US manufacturing and manufacturing jobs, was it not? If so, where are the positive results? The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) issues their monthly Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) report. This is...

Reasons Fuel Prices Drop Include: Economic slowdown (weak demand) Crude oil price declines due to oversupply OPEC political/market manipulation decisions Refineries switch to cheaper winter-blend gas Shifts in refinery capacity (coming back online after storms, maintenance down times) Strategic...

Some time ago, Anytime Fitness changed its policy. Now, when you join an Anytime Fitness club, the key fob that gets you into that club gets you instantly into all others at no extra charge. One key -- over 3,000 clubs in North America.

DJT Stock Update The Trump Media & Technology Group announced it's merger with DWAC on 10/21/21, and stock-market trading of DJT shares began in earnest that day. Opening price was $12.73 per share. Today, 11/24/25, the DJT closing price was $10.59. EVERYBODY who bought this stock and...

Allowing Time for the Time it Takes After every election cycle, campaign operatives have what they call their postmortems. Coming together from all sides, various operatives from various campaigns and levels gather at dozens of meetings around the country, sponsored by political organizations...

Voters in seven of the 10 states that had abortion rights on the ballot voted to expand or guarantee abortion rights. But abortion rights advocacy did not carry over to become Trump opposition. So, as things turned out, abortion rights was not the defining issue of 2024.

Like Trump not attending Biden's inauguration.

Agreed. The problem is, the same was said in prior elections. Yet, polls are like a car wreck. People (and the media) can't help looking at them, even if you know you should direct your eyes elsewhere. Due in no small part to the "science" the pollsters talk about, we expect the polls to be...

Acknowledging the error. Learning from it. Moving on. "The poll findings we produced for The Des Moines Register and Mediacom did not match what the Iowa electorate ultimately decided in the voting booth [Tuesday],” Selzer said in a statement provided to the Register. “I’ll be reviewing data...

See my response here.

Trump Has Humiliated His Foes That was the headline in one of the early analysis articles now out after Trump's win "Trump Has Humiliated His Foes." (Source) I said last night that I was concerned as I went to bed before the election results were known. I woke to the news this morning feeling...