Year: 2022
Only a Third of Americans Support Transporting Asylum Seekers to ‘Sanctuary Cities’
1/3
“Only a third of Americans — including half of Republicans and one in six Democrats — say it’s OK for state officials to fly or bus migrants to other states, a sign the push by Republican Southern governors to ship foreigners north could backfire with some voters,” according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Florida Schools Have Banned 560 Books Over the Past Year
According to the Temple Terrace Patch, many of the books have been made into movies and TV shows.
More than 560 books were targeted by school districts in the Sunshine state over the past year, according to the report from PEN America, a New York-based literary and free expression nonprofit advocacy group. The report highlights how challenges to books have become a political issue nationwide. A majority of the targeted books focus on sexual identity, race and racism.
The report, “Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools,” said the majority of book bans weren’t “spontaneous, organic expressions” of concern by parents and citizens, but rather “reflect the work of a growing number of advocacy organizations that have made demanding censorship of certain books and ideas in schools part of their mission.”
Nobel Prize and Pulitzeer Prize winner Toni Morrison was a repeat offender with “The Bluest Eye” and “Beloved.”
Republicans Doubt the FBI
33%
A new Marquette Law School national survey finds that 33% of adults say they do not believe Donald Trump had “top secret and other classified material” at his Mar-a-Lago estate this summer, while 67% believe he did have such documents. However, 61% of Republicans say he did not have such secret documents, while 39% say he did.
Biden’s Approval Rating Continues to Climb
45%
A new Marquette Law School national survey finds President Biden’s approval rate is 45% — up from 36% in July. In a hypothetical match between Biden and Donald Trump in a 2024 election, Biden receives 40% and Trump 36%, while 19% say they would vote for someone else and 6% say they would not vote.
Russian Self-Preservation
Vladimir Putin is cruel, as all the world knows.
He’s really good at one thing — making widows.
If I were a Russian oligarch,
I’d keep an eye on that shark,
And stay away from bathtubs, boats and open windows.
Leahy Lays It on the Line
“Well, the Senate was never a perfect place. But it was a better place.”
— Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT), quoted by the Washington Post.
Olbermann: ‘We Must Face the Reality … Trump Is America’s Hitler’
“We must face the reality.
We must use the real words.
After Saturday’s rally, the modified Sieg Heil, the music, the QAnon madness…
Trump IS America’s Hitler.”
– Keith Olbermann
Ronda’s Immigrant Great-Grandparents
