Day: May 23, 2018
A Literal Metaphor
“There’s a sinkhole at the White House,” said the groundskeeper.
“It’s not so big yet, but it keeps getting bigger.”
It’s times like these
One flaunts an English degree —
When literal life fulfills the promise of an apt metaphor.
Cruz’ Lead in Texas Down to Seven Points
47% to 40%
A new JMC Analytics poll in Texas finds Sen. Ted Cruz (R) leading challenger Beto O’Rourke (D) in the U.S. Senate race, 47% to 40%.
The Way We Wish It Were
“If you have an ‘R’ next to your name and you open your mouth, you’re hated. If you’re a Democrat, like Elizabeth Warren, you can say anything you please and get away with it. That’s where we are.”
— Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R), quoted by the Boston Globe, while campaigning for Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidate Geoff Diehl (R).
Trump Tax Law Losing Popularity Precipitously
50% to 41%
A new Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) poll finds the popularity of the new tax law has dropped into net negatives, currently opposed by a 50% to 41% margin.>/h2>
Four in 10 Republicans Say Trump Should Be Primaried in 2020
38%
Almost 4 in 10 Republicans say President Donald Trump should be challenged in the 2020 GOP primary elections, according to a new Morning Consult/Politico poll. In addition, 19% of GOP voters say they would rather see Pence as president, while 64% said they prefer Trump.
Estimate of U.S. LGBT Population Rises to 4.5 Percent
4.5%
The percentage of American adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) increased to 4.5% in 2017, up from 4.1% in 2016 and 3.5% in 2012 when Gallup began tracking the measure. The latest estimate is based on over 340,000 interviews conducted as part of Gallup’s daily tracking in 2017.
Max Boot Adds to the List – Five Trump Atrocities against Democracy in One Week
Amy Siskind tracks the crimes committed by Trump, his family and his administration on a weekly basis at her site, “The Weekly List.” Now Max Boot, one of the thousands (millions?) of Republicans who have left the party in disgust since Trump was elected, has an op-ed up at the Washington Post in which he lists five criminal outrages committed by the so-called president in just the past week.
