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Sunday, January 14, 2024

Trending Analysis

Tuning Out: Americans on the Edge of Politics

Analysis, Pew Research Center

More Than Half Suspect COVID-19 Vaccines Have Caused Deaths

Analysis, Rasmussen Reports

Record Low in U.S. Satisfied With Way Democracy Is Working

Analysis, Gallup

Americans Embrace Religion, Reject Religious Bigotry

Analysis, Real Clear Opinion Research

Two parties with two views of the American economy

Analysis, YouGov

From the Pop Economy to Foreign Policy

Analysis, Ipsos

59 Percent: US Govt Shouldn't Censor Social Media Speech

Analysis, NewsMax

Ulysses S. Grant, Elizabeth D. Samet (Editor), Trending on Barnes & Noble

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann, Trending on Barnes & Noble

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney, Trending on Barnes & Noble

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

Tim Alberta, Trending on Barnes & Noble

Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll (With), Trending on Barnes & Noble

Enough

Cassidy Hutchinson, Trending on Barnes & Noble

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow, Trending on Barnes & Noble

Trending Podcasts

Mother Country Radicals

Mother Country Radicals, Trending podcasts on Chartable

What A Day

Crooked Media, Trending podcasts on Chartable

Timcast IRL

Tim Pool, Trending podcasts on Chartable

Pod Save the UK

Pod Save the UK, Trending podcasts on Chartable

The Broadside

The Broadside, Trending podcasts on Chartable

Opening Arguments

Opening Arguments, Trending podcasts on Chartable

The Jesse Kelly Show

The Jesse Kelly Show, Trending podcasts on Chartable

Trending People

Nikki Haley

Trending People, Google

Chris Christie

Trending People, Google

Hunter Biden

Trending People, Google

Ray Epps

Trending People, Google

Melania Trump

Trending People, Google

Fani Willis

Trending People, Google

Lloyd Austin

Trending People, Google

Political Culture

US Constitution Article 3 (1788)

History, National Constitution Center

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

History, Landmark Cases

"The Great Society" (1964)

Speech, Lyndon B. Johnson

The Montgomery bus boycott (1955)

History, History.com

Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment (2017)

Books, GoodReads

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

Movies, IMDb

Jake Tapper

Influencers, TheFamousPeople.com

Saturday, January 13, 2024

Trending Data

President Approval: 40.1%

Real Clear Politics

Congress Approval: 21.7%

Real Clear Politics

Direction of Country: 24.4%

Real Clear Politics

Gross Domestic Product: 4.9%

Trading Economics

Inflation: 3.4%

Trading Economics

Unemployment: 3.7%

Trading Economics

National Debt: $34.0T

US Debt Clock

Voter Surveys

Should critical race theory be taught in K-12 education?

Voter Polls, ISideWith.com

Should non-violent prisoners be released from jail in order to reduce overcrowding?

Voter Polls, ISideWith.com

Should police departments be allowed to use military grade equipment?

Voter Polls, ISideWith.com

Should drug traffickers receive the death penalty?

Voter Polls, ISideWith.com

Should foreign lobbyists be allowed to raise money for American elections?

Voter Polls, ISideWith.com

Should the government increase funding for mental health research and treatment?

Voter Polls, ISideWith.com

Should the U.S. raise or lower the tax rate for corporations?

Voter Polls, ISideWith.com

Trending Legislation

To modify the teacher retirement system so that Tier 2 teachers may use annual/sick leave towards retirement

Trending Legislation, West Virginia House Bill 4332

Increasing the number of medical student loan agreements that may be provided by the university of Kansas school of medicine

Trending Legislation, Kansas House Bill 2260

A bill for an act relating to the baiting of deer on public or private property and providing penalties

Trending Legislation, Iowa Senate Bill 2013

Illinois driver license renewals for those with revoked Firearm Owner's Identification Cards

Trending Legislation, Illinois Senate Bill 2720

Contaminated stormwater runoff: salmon and steelhead trout bearing surface waters

Trending Legislation, California Assembly Bill 756

Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses

Trending Legislation, Maryland Senate Bill 174

A bill to amend title 9, United States Code, with respect to arbitration of disputes involving human trafficking

Trending Legislation, US Congress Senate Bill 3585

Friday, January 12, 2024

The silent death by a thousand cuts in manufacturing

Salena Zito, Washington Examiner

What Happened to Liberalism?

Samuel Moyn and Becca Rothfeld, Boston Review

The Great Scramble

Peter Savodnik, The Free Press

An American appeals to Taiwan: Don’t vote to be Ukraine 2.0

John Walsh, Asia Times

Here is one way California can end its rooftop solar wars

David Lappen, Los Angeles Times

Interstate compacts are New Hampshire’s problem-solving ‘Goldilocks zone’

Thomas Lane, The Dartmouth

Two parties with two views of the American economy

Analysis, YouGov

Should foreign lobbyists be allowed to raise money for American elections?

Voter Polls, ISideWith.com

Contaminated stormwater runoff: salmon and steelhead trout bearing surface waters

Trending Legislation, California Assembly Bill 756

The Broadside

The Broadside, Trending podcasts on Chartable

Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll (With), Trending on Barnes & Noble

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Will We Govern Ourselves or Be Governed by a Small Elite?

Mark Lewis, Townhall

The Jan. 6 election is coming — and it's time for America to choose a path

Heather Digby Parton, Salon

The Right Is Dancing on Claudine Gay’s Grave. But It Was the Center-Left That Did Her In.

Michael Schaffer, Politico

America has new Axis of Evil

Andreas Kluth, The Korea Herald

Overriding DeWine's veto will greenlight hate of trans kids inside, outside of their homes

Zachary Graves, The Columbus Dispatch

Legacy admissions are another type of preferential admissions — and it isn’t all bad

Sarah Park, The Daily Princetonian

Americans Embrace Religion, Reject Religious Bigotry

Analysis, Real Clear Opinion Research

Should drug traffickers receive the death penalty?

Voter Polls, ISideWith.com

Illinois driver license renewals for those with revoked Firearm Owner's Identification Cards

Trending Legislation, Illinois Senate Bill 2720

Pod Save the UK

Pod Save the UK, Trending podcasts on Chartable

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

Tim Alberta, Trending on Barnes & Noble

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

The Left Will Launch Another “Insurrection” If Trump Wins

Selwyn Duke, New American

The culture war came for Claudine Gay — and isn’t done yet

Fabiola Cineas, Vox

An Election About Elections

Chris Stirewalt, The Dispatch

Trump could be good for Europe

Richard Vinen, UnHerd

Buckle up: Michigan is ground zero this year in national politics

David Dulio, Bridge Michigan

Reaping What We Have Taught

Harry R. Lewis, The Harvard Crimson

Record Low in U.S. Satisfied With Way Democracy Is Working

Analysis, Gallup

Should police departments be allowed to use military grade equipment?

Voter Polls, ISideWith.com

A bill for an act relating to the baiting of deer on public or private property and providing penalties

Trending Legislation, Iowa Senate Bill 2013

Timcast IRL

Tim Pool, Trending podcasts on Chartable

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney, Trending on Barnes & Noble

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Left Forgets MLK's Dream In Reaction to Harvard Prez Plagiarism

Michael Dorstewitz, NewsMax

Defense Secretary Austin’s Mysterious Hospital Stay Is a Mess

Russ Choma, Mother Jones

Universities Use DEI Statements To Enforce Groupthink

Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott, Reason

If Biden wins, the US heads into a deeper decline — but if Trump wins, America burns

Douglas Murray, The Sun

Tulsa leading model in how to serve immigrants

Ken Busby, Tulsa World

Space exploration can help small-town America

Jovanna Gallegos, The Michigan Daily

More Than Half Suspect COVID-19 Vaccines Have Caused Deaths

Analysis, Rasmussen Reports

Should non-violent prisoners be released from jail in order to reduce overcrowding?

Voter Polls, ISideWith.com

Increasing the number of medical student loan agreements that may be provided by the university of Kansas school of medicine

Trending Legislation, Kansas House Bill 2260

What A Day

Crooked Media, Trending podcasts on Chartable

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann, Trending on Barnes & Noble

Monday, January 8, 2024

Like It or Not, 2024 Is the Year of Trump

Frank Miele, Real Clear Politics

The Signal in the Noise: The 2023 Threats and Those on the Horizon

Austin Doctor, Lawfare

How Parenting Became a Lifestyle

Leila Mechoui, Compact

The United States vs itself

Ian Bremmer, ekathimerini

Forty days of work and now a 67% raise? For N.J. lawmakers, a sweet gig keeps getting better.

Editorial, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Don't let up on the Starbucks boycott now

Katelin Harmon, The Daily Tar heel

Tuning Out: Americans on the Edge of Politics

Analysis, Pew Research Center

Should critical race theory be taught in K-12 education?

Voter Polls, ISideWith.com

To modify the teacher retirement system so that Tier 2 teachers may use annual/sick leave towards retirement

Trending Legislation, West Virginia House Bill 4332

Mother Country Radicals

Mother Country Radicals, Trending podcasts on Chartable

The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant, Elizabeth D. Samet (Editor), Trending on Barnes & Noble