The voting public has weighed in on the state of America and the news is not good: 70% of registered U.S. voters now say that 2021 has been a bad year for the country -- and over half of the weary population -- 55% -- say it has been bad for them personally.
Americans endured higher prices for their Thanksgiving dinner a few weeks ago due to the ever-increasing prices for the feast -- which experts blamed on President Biden and the White House. Well, take a deep breath, and acknowledge that the proverbial "Bidenflation" is also affecting the price of Christmas dinner, according to Mintec, a London- and New York City-based data and analytics group focused on food and manufacturing brands.
It is almost a tradition for the "Big Three" broadcast networks -- NBC, ABC and CBS -- to soft-pedal or omit coverage of issues that don't reflect well on the Democratic Party. Case in point: Things are getting worse by the day on the southern U.S. border. The broadcast coverage of this phenomenon, however, is down to nothing. As in zilch.
A West Virginia Democrat has emerged as a powerhouse centrist who is not afraid to push back on his own party against a $2 trillion spending bill, among other things. We're talking about Sen Joe Manchin, of course -- deemed a commonsense lawmaker by the press and possibly even a "maverick" -- a word often used in past years to describe John McCain, the late Arizona senator and longtime Republican leader.
Former President Donald Trump has a new public outreach called Truth Social which he describes as "America's 'Big Tent' social media platform." It just got some muscle. The Trump Media & Technology Group has signed up for a "wide-ranging technology and cloud services agreement" with Rumble Inc.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is determined to bring prayer back to her state's schools, and has taken the first steps to do just that.
Well, here is a helpful suggestion. "Someone should tell the mainstream media that Donald Trump is no longer president," writes Stephen Kruiser, an associate editor and media columnist for PJ Media.
Easy come, easy go? "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace has announced he has left Fox News -- the nation's leading cable news provider -- to become a fixture at CNN+ -- the network's new streaming service. Mr. Wallace, CNN and Fox News issued fairly cordial statements and that was that. Follow-up press coverage in the hours that followed his announcement, however, was politicized very quickly.
It has been a complex, fast moving week for Mark Meadows, the former chief of staff for former President Donald Trump. He has been in the news after declining to answer questions from the Jan. 6 special committee about the attack on the U.S. Capitol and his suing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over their subpoena plans. That evolving situation emerged Tuesday -- which also happened to be the publication date for Mr. Meadows' new book "The Chief's Chief."
The proverbial "kitchen table issues" are an ongoing force in elections, recently cited by Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin, three days after he won the race. A Monmouth University poll released Wednesday agrees: "Rising prices are the top kitchen table worry."
Immigrants are still arriving -- and arriving -- at the southern U.S. border. Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin is in the region, and offers updated numbers about who was apprehended and who literally got away. "In the last 24 hours, the Border Patrol here in the Rio Grande Valley have encountered 1,810 illegal immigrants and there were 179 known gotaways, per a Dept. of Homeland Security source," Mr. Melugin wrote in a tweet Tuesday.
"Americans remain much more positive toward capitalism than socialism," wrote Jeffrey M. Jones, a Gallup analyst, in a new analysis released Monday.
Former President Donald Trump is very handy with words, offering daily summaries of his thoughts which are terse, timely and provocative. Such writing also appears in other outreach from Mr. Trump, such as this fundraising message -- titled "I was right about everything."
There is some joy percolating within the Republican Party. No, really. Consider the 900-member New York Young Republican Club, which was incorporated in 1911 with predecessor organizations dating back to 1856. It has endeavored to offer practical, vigorous help to the Grand Old Party itself since then, and maintains a formidable set of principles.
Here's a telling but disquieting new survey. Harvard University's Institute of Politics surveyed 2,109 young Americans ages 18-29 on their political views and their perceptions of the U.S. as a nation. The results are not encouraging.
Football great Herschel Walker declared his intent to run for a Senate seat in Georgia on Aug. 24 and now reveals he has organized 34N22 -- a political action committee now up and running to support the conservative Republican.
One GOP stalwart won't take his eyes off the $2.1 trillion "Build Back Better" Act: House Republican Whip Steve Scalise continues to parse the 2,135-page bill. The meticulous Louisiana lawmaker has discovered yet another odd and mysterious expenditure tucked away in the legislation.
Prognosticators are already pairing off potential Republican running mates for the 2024 presidential election, and the combinations of names are many. Now comes a noteworthy prediction for the Democratic side. "Harris/Buttigieg 2024" has surfaced.
Well here it is Black Friday, and Americans are skittish about rising prices and buying stuff -- certainly not ideal for what is supposed to be the biggest shopping day of the year. The thrill is ebbing now that the U.S. has become an inflation nation in the era of President Biden.
Former President Donald Trump remains a political force these days through frequent broadcast appearances and daily statements. The 45th president also has a new book titled "Our Journey Together" arriving in mid-December. But wait. Let's consider his very first Thanksgiving in the White House after a hard-fought battle to be elected.
