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After the first coronavirus aid bill was passed and signed by the president, the Democratic-controlled House passed its second coronavirus aid bill in May. The Republican-controlled Senate took no action on it and as of today, two months after the House acted, has not produced a bill of its own...

What studies?

Are you saying the left is subject to confirmation bias but the right is not?

If Trump loses the election, it is going to be really interesting to see how the fight for the Trump audience develops. "President Trump has more than six times as many followers on Twitter as he did when he was elected to office in 2016. He gained nearly 1.7 million followers in the past...

Fauci responds: Dr. Fauci responds to 'mischievous' criticism after he was photographed with mask off at Nationals game His response seems reasonable to me. Diane, our gym staff and I wear masks at work, but when we eat or drink, they come off. We advertise that our staff is masked. If someone...

I have no way to know the mind of Fox News, but one thing thing I'm watching for as a possibility is the Fox News decision to turn on Trump or somehow distance themselves from him in some way. If they come to believe he is going to lose (which they may already believe), their challenge will be...

You might be right. It may be that Biden's campaign strategy is to stay as quiet and say as little as possible. Instead of working to defeat Trump, let Trump self-destruct. Poll numbers suggest that strategy is working so far, and now that Trump has resumed his coronavirus briefings, more...

Donald Trump recently tweeted a photo of himself wearing a mask and wrote: "many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can't socially distance. There is nobody more Patriotic than me, your favorite President!" On another occasion, he said, "Whether you like the mask or...

Trump now says wearing masks is patriotic and he tweeted a photo of himself masked to make the point. Will those who criticized masks and refused to wear them because they were a violation of their constitutional rights now criticize Trump for also violating their rights? What happened to these...

Encouraging news regarding a vaccine: "Trials involving 1,077 people showed the injection led to them making antibodies and T-cells that can fight coronavirus. The findings are hugely promising, but it is still too soon to know if this is enough to offer protection and larger trials are under...

Yet another tell-all book about Donald Trump. While there have been many, none of them have changed many minds or votes. They give political junkies their fix until the next buzz-producing item comes along. Beyond that, they do little to enhance the ongoing public debate.

Is Trump getting desperate? Item: "Trump says path to citizenship for DACA 'Dreamers' in the works" Item: "Donald Trump wears a mask in public for the first time during Covid-19 pandemic"

A claim that the president has absolute immunity from subponea compliance is a claim that the president is above the law. The court refuted that claim.

It's a loss. Trump did not work his way through district, appellate and the Supreme Court to argue for a delay in complying with subpoenas. He argued for immunity from complying with subpoenas. The court ruled against him. He lost. That part confirms no man is above the law. It is a legal...

I would expect the IRS has most certainly seen Trump's tax returns but that has nothing to do with today's Supreme Court ruling. The tax returns are being sought as part of a grand jury investigation. Trump did not want them released and fought the subpoena in court, all the way to the Supreme...

Today, July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court ruled on the Trump tax cases it agreed to take. Trump lost. One of the consequences of the ruling is the records Trump tried to keep out of the hands of the New York prosecutor will soon be in that prosecutor's hands. Of greater consequence to the...

This phenomenon is seen in Republican-friendly news outlets too, is it not? I'd love to figure out a way to refocus media attention on their stated ethics.

Mind reading is not just a media flaw. We voters are susceptible to it too. There are many examples of it in this open fourm. One participant will say to the other something like "you say that because you believe..." It is common to say '[Enter Politician's Name of Choice] is did that because he...

While there is some smoke but no fire yet visible, I'm disinclined to believe this NY Times story. Like so many others, it is based on unnamed sources said to be reliable. I dislike that approach. It requires us to trust the story without knowing what people or facts are actually behind it...

This is not a point about Trump or Biden, but about the presence or absence of money in campaigns and its effect. A few months ago in this thread, some people were talking about how much money Trump was raising compared to the then large number of Democratic candidates. I said that difference...