Most Americans Feel Country Is On the Wrong Track
70%
Of likely voters nationwide feel that the country is on the wrong track, a new George Washington University Battleground Poll finds. Just 21% say that the nation is headed in the right direction.
Brown Encourages Out-of-Staters to Vote in New Hampshire
Well they can come over and do same-day registration and say they want to come down and vote. So if they feel compelled to do so, come on down.
— Scott Brown (R), quoted by Boston.com, encouraging out-of-state voters to vote for him in New Hampshire.
Republicans Flip-Flop on America’s Role in the World
52%
Of Republicans said the U.S. does too much to help solve global problems in a survey last fall, while just 18% said it does too little. Today, 46% of Republicans think the U.S. does too little to solve global problems, while 37% say it does too much, according tom a USAToday/Pew Research poll.
Wealthy Donors Paying More for Political Klout
310
Donors gave a combined $11.6 million more by this summer than would have been allowed before the McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission ruling, the Washington Post notes. Their contributions favored Republican candidates and committees over Democratic ones by 2 to 1.
What Australia Can Teach America About Gun Safety, After a Few Years of Detox
Watch the funniest — and most sensible — arguments for gun control yet.
It will be interesting to see what kind of refutations appear in the comments.
Celebrating Labor Day? Guess You’re a Socialist, Pro-Union, Anti Job Creator Commie
If today means more to you than packing away your white shorts and shoes, you’re probably a pro-union type who supports raising the minimum wage. But if you’re like most Americans, it’s just another amorphous, somehow patriotic Monday holiday on which to cook out, drink beer, and if you’re like my neighbors last night, inexplicably shoot off fireworks.
I’m not sure how Labor Day got hijacked into being another red, white, and blue affair. Yet the Labor Day sale signs in store windows feature stars and stripes along with promises of savings.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s website tells it straight. The holiday is in recognition of the power of worker collectives, and what they accomplish when they band together and refuse to be abused by, wait for it…job creators.
Poetic Justice
Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario has created a litmus test —
Yield, and rename it Lake America, at Donald Trump’s behest,
Like Google and Apple, which already capitulated,
Changing the name just like Dear Leader stipulated,
But there’s one defiant holdout — the original mapping site, Mapquest.
