Month: August 2018
Biden Leads Trump by 7 Points in 2020 Matchup
44% to 37%
A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in a possible presidential race, 44% to 37%.
Republicans OK with Russian Attempts to Meddle in U.S. Elections
11%
A Yahoo Finance/SurveyMonkey poll finds that 11% of Republican or GOP-leaning voters surveyed said it is “appropriate” for Russia to try to help Republicans in the midterm elections, while 29% said it’s “not appropriate, but wouldn’t be a big deal.”
Bannon Puts Midterms in Perspective
“This election is very simple. It’s an up-or-down vote on impeachment.”
— Stephen Bannon, quoted by Vanity Fair.
Five-Thirty-Eight Releases 3 Million Russian Tweets
3 million
“FiveThirtyEight has obtained nearly 3 million tweets from accounts associated with the Internet Research Agency. To our knowledge, it’s the fullest empirical record to date of Russian trolls’ actions on social media, showing a relentless and systematic onslaught.” They’re uploaded to Github so that anyone can explore the data for themselves.
Makin’ Some Copies …
That 3D printing sure looks like fun.
In fact, I think I’m going to get me one.
I could print up some car parts
Or even little works of art,
And the Trump administration says I can even print me a gun.