Month: May 2018

Almost Nine in 10 Young Adults Planning to Vote in 2018

Buck Banks

88%

A new AP-NORC/MTV poll finds a majority of young adults (88%) who will be old enough to vote in 2018 say they are planning to. The study found the group highly motivated by the political environment. Forty percent said they felt extremely or very angry about the state of the country and 36% said they felt anxious. Only 13% said they felt positive, with 9% saying they were excited about the state of the country.

Cruz Ahead by Double Digits in Texas

Buck Banks

50% to 39%

A new Quinnipiac poll in Texas finds Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) leading challenger Beto O’Rourke (D) by double-digits, 50% to 39%. Said pollster Peter Brown: “Cruz, apparently benefiting from a nationwide Republican mini-move, has taken a solid lead in his reelection race. President Trump’s Texas numbers also have climbed during those six weeks moving from a nine point deficit on job approval to an even split today. It is hard not to see a pro- Cruz effect there.”

Number of Children Held by HHS Surged 21 Percent in a Month

Buck Banks

10,773

“The number of migrant children held in U.S. government custody without their parents has surged 21 percent in the past month, according to the latest figures, an increase driven by the Trump administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ crackdown on families who cross the border illegally,” the Washington Post reports. “Although the government has not disclosed how many children have been separated from their parents as a result of the new measures, the Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that it had 10,773 migrant children in its custody, up from 8,886 on April 29. … Those shelters are at 95 percent capacity, an HHS official said Tuesday, and the agency is preparing to add potentially thousands of new bed spaces in the coming weeks.”

GOP Lawmaker Blames Porn for Scool Shootings

Buck Banks

“It’s available on the shelf when you walk in the grocery store. Yeah, you have to reach up to get it, but there’s pornography there. All of this is available without parental guidance. I think that is a big part of the root cause.”

— Rep. Diane Black (R-TN), asserting that pornography is a “big part” of what is driving the spike in school shootings, the HuffPost reports. She didn’t clarify what it is about porn that she thinks is leading to school massacres.