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Trump Threatens to Cut $1 Billion From National Park Service Budget

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He’s still mad about the Inauguration crowd size photos showing Obama’s crowd much larger – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Still furious with the National Park Service for releasing photos showing his inauguration crowd size to be half the crowd who showed up in 2009 for President Barack Obama’s inauguration, President Donald Trump…

Election 2024 Update: Harris Leads in Pennsylvania, Trump Leads in Arizona, Michigan is Critical

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By Glynn Wilson – With less than four weeks to go before the critical election on Nov. 5, anxiety is off the charts in the United States, especially in hurricane ravaged Florida and North Carolina where Hurricanes Helene and Milton are making it hard for people to even think about voting. Thousands of weary residents…

Michelle Obama Steals the Show on Night Two of the Democratic National Convention

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By Glynn Wilson – Michelle Obama stole the show on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. She delivered a rousing call for Democrats to get behind the campaign of Kamala Harris and work harder than they’ve ever worked before, while also giving Republican candidate Donald Trump, the former president, the tongue…

Fighting the Civil War One More Time: Will 2024 be the Last Stand of the White Christian Nationalists?

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — With all the clouds of gloom and doom rocking the world, there are still days when a little light shines through with portents that could hint at a chance of better days to come. It’s a long shot, but I think we should cling…

Biden Administration Scores With the Public as Americans Celebrate Earth Day 2023

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Politics and the Environment – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In sharp contrast to the previous administration in Washington, and in spite of some compromises on domestic oil and gas production in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico that angered environmentalists, it is important to report on this Earth Day 2023 that the…

Charles Sams Sworn In as First Native American National Park Service Director

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON. D.C. — The National Park Service got its first Senate confirmed director in five years Thursday when Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland swore in Charles F. “Chuck” Sams III in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The National Park Service languished under the presidency of Donald Trump, according to Roll…

Politicians in Washington Can Ruin the Most Beautiful of Days

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Capitol Weather Gang is calling Monday a 10 out of 10 kind of day. I have to agree with them. The high here will be 79, with the humidity hovering around 34 percent and an expected low of around 50. It’s camping weather and time to get…

People Paralyzed by Existential Threats: At Least We Can Say We Tried

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Sierra Club’s Michael Brune Resigns Amid Accusations of Racism by John Muir – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Buried under the avalanche of disaster news of late — hurricanes, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Covid surge — there are a few important developments in the headlines that most news…

President Biden’s Job Approval Rating Stands at 57 Percent in First 100 Days

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Public Opinion Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – The story is so far so good for President Joe Biden in his first 100 days in office as a clear majority of Americans support the job he is doing. Public opinion survey research shows his job approval rating at 57 percent positive, according to the latest…

Did Trump’s Reality Show Presidency Finally Kill the American Dream?

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Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three part series on the death of the American Dream and the one last chance we have to save it. Part II: The Early Days of the Internet – What Went Wrong Part III: Government Regulations and Objective Journalism Redefined Part I: Death of an Empire –…

Biden Triumphs, Trump Sulks

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Uncle Joe Declared President-Elect: Trump Refuses to Concede – How Will the Courts React? – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The long national Trump nightmare is almost over. After an excruciating three days and nights of waiting on the results from Election 2020, the mail-in ballots have finally been counted in most key…

Majority of U.S. Voters Say the Next President Should Pick New Supreme Court Justice to Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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By Glynn Wilson – The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the political fight over her replacement could jolt the presidential race and the competitive battle for control of the United States Senate just six weeks before the election, prompting survey research company the Morning Consult Poll to question whether Democratic or…

President Obama Speaks on Existential Threats to Democracy from Independence Hall

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By Glynn Wilson – Former President Barack Obama chose Independence Hall in Philadelphia to frame his video address to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, with the United States Constitution as the backdrop. This speaks volumes, which will largely be ignored by the talking heads on TeeVee, because they simply don’t get it, and brushed…

Democrats Offer a Sane Alternative to Trump in the White House and Republicans in the U.S. Senate

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By Glynn Wilson – In a world upended by the coronavirus and resulting economic recession, Democrats are taking to the internet this week and scrambling to reach out to all Americans willing to listen to offer a sane alternative to Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans in the United States Senate with a…

Reflecting on the Role of Organized Labor in American Politics on Labor Day

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Americans celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday in September with barbecue, beans and boat rides, this is a good time to reflect on the status of organized labor in the United States in terms of politics and public opinion. This should be a big anniversary for…

American National Pride Hits New Low as Final Planning Takes Shape for Trump’s ‘Salute’ to the U.S. Military on July Fourth

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the eve of the Independence Day celebration in the nation’s capital and around the country on the Fourth of July, patriotic American pride and national morale are showing record lows, according to public opinion research, largely based on the disgraceful performance of the occupant of the White…

Former Vice President Joe Biden Launches White House Campaign as Democratic Frontrunner

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By Glynn Wilson – Former Vice President Joe Biden, a moderate Democrat who plans to appeal to working-class voters who deserted the Democratic Party to vote for President Donald J. Trump in 2016, tossed his hat into the ring to run for president on Thursday in a YouTube video on his own campaign channel that…

Gallup Poll: Healthcare Once Again Tops the List of Concern for Americans

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By Glynn Wilson – As the Trump administration prepares to fight in court to gut existing health care for millions of Americans by invalidating the Affordable Care Act, and Democrats prepare to campaign in 2020 on health care as a key priority, Gallup’s annual survey of the chief problems of concern to Americans shows once…

Emboldened by Exoneration in Mueller Probe, Trump Administration Moves to Strike Down Health Care Law

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By Glynn Wilson – President Donald J. Trump didn’t waste any time in showing his true priorities just a day after he and the country learned of his apparent exoneration in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of his involvement in conspiring with Russia to win the 2016 election. Trump and his Department of Justice reversed…

U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Urges End to Federal Government Shutdown

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By Glynn Wilson – On Day 20 of the Trump federal government shutdown, U.S. Senator Doug Jones, the Democrat from Alabama, held a media conference call with reporters on Thursday to provide an update on what’s going on in Congress and Washington to end the shutdown and other national legislative issues, including the latest on…