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April 1, 2020

The Unsung Heroes By John Stossel

Congress passed and the president signed a $2 trillion "stimulus" bill.

"Not enough!" shrieked politicians. They said the government must do more.

March 31, 2020

Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending March 26, 2020

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of March 22-26, 2020 has dropped again - to 97.9, down from 99.6 the week before. Down for the second week in a row, the Index’s findings suggest that the coronavirus is beginning to impact attitudes about allowing newcomers into the country.

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March 31, 2020

Virtual Conventions: Health Crisis Forces Both Parties, Particularly The Democrats, to Envision the Possibility By Louis Jacobson

Will there be Democratic and Republican conventions this summer? The coronavirus pandemic, and the social distancing needed to combat it, are putting these quadrennial festivities in doubt -- an unprecedented situation that is leaving party officials, politicians, and the media in a quandary, with a fast-ticking clock.

March 31, 2020

Voters Overwhelmingly Endorse Coronavirus Aid Package. Expect More to Come

Voters are fine with the $2.2 trillion relief package passed by Congress in response to the coronavirus, even though they suspect it’s packed with goodies for political allies. They also think more taxpayer-funded help will be needed in the days ahead.

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March 31, 2020

Atlas Is Shrugging By Stephen Moore

"Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution. ... The only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off." -- Ayn Rand.

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March 31, 2020

Is the Pandemic Killing Biden's Bid? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"This is the question that is going to dominate the election: How did you perform in the great crisis?"

So says GOP Congressman Tom Cole of Oklahoma in today's New York Times.

March 30, 2020

40% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty percent (40%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending March 26, 2020.

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March 30, 2020

Toilet Paper’s In Short Supply, But Most Say, ‘Don’t Blame Me’

Most Americans report a toilet paper shortage where they live thanks to the coronavirus but say they personally are not to blame.

March 28, 2020

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 28, 2020

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

March 27, 2020

21% Will Wait To July 15 To File Taxes

The Internal Revenue Service in response to the coronavirus outbreak has extended the deadline for filing 2019 income taxes to July 15, but a sizable majority of Americans plan to file by April 15 as usual. More than ever are worried about an IRS audit this year, though.

March 27, 2020

61% of Republicans See America Getting Back on Its Feet By Easter

The majority of Republicans share President Trump’s confidence that America can begin rolling back some of its anti-coronavirus precautions by Easter, but most other voters don’t agree.

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March 27, 2020

Anti-Pandemic Rules the Opposite of Anti-Climate Change Rules By Michael Barone

It's unnerving, and perhaps instructive, that the arrangements elites have been prescribing for dealing with what they call our most dangerous environmental threat -- climate change, formerly known as global warming -- are almost precisely the opposite of the arrangements deployed to deal with the more immediate threat of COVID-19, aka the novel coronavirus.

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March 27, 2020

Can This Pandemic Usher in a New Era? By Patrick J. Buchanan

To fight the coronavirus at home, France is removing all military forces from Iraq.

March 26, 2020

Americans Feel More Confidence in Public Health System

Americans are more concerned about their personal safety when it comes to the coronavirus, but they’re regaining confidence in the U.S. public health system to tackle the disease.

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March 26, 2020

Turnout in the 2020 Democratic Primary: Some Clues for the Fall By J. Miles Coleman

In the primary, blue-trending areas see higher turnout, power Joe Biden's strength; erosion for Democrats continues in some rural areas in the South.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— With very few exceptions, statewide turnout in the 2020 Democratic primary has been higher than 2016.

— Suburban areas have seen some of the sharpest turnout increases — though these areas tend to have higher population growth, they’ve also trended blue in general elections, perhaps a positive indicator for Democrats looking to the fall.

— Meanwhile, some rural areas that have been trending away from Democrats in places like North Carolina and Oklahoma saw turnout lag behind 2016.

— While Bernie Sanders seems to have a stronger opponent in Joe Biden than he did with Hillary Clinton, Sanders’ prospects may have been hurt by partisan realignment since 2016.

March 25, 2020

More Than Ever Feel Overtaxed

Most Americans continue to think the majority of taxpayers are honest when they file their taxes, even though more than ever believe they personally pay too much.

March 25, 2020

Most See National Security Danger in Government’s Focus on Coronavirus

Voters strongly believe the coronavirus is a major threat to America’s national security, and most think our enemies are likely to exploit the U.S. government’s focus on the disease.

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March 25, 2020

Chutzpah: ADL Wants a Federal Bailout By Michelle Malkin

When I think of "essential" workers in America, the smear merchants of the Anti-Defamation League are at the bottom of the barrel. For decades, they've demonized conservatives and Christians as agents of "hate" and treated our very existence as incitements to violence. The ADL's manufactured outrage machine has broadened its target list to anyone remotely critical of Israel for any reason, President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, "America First" college students, innocuous hand gestures, cartoon frogs and anyone who dares to think or write that "It's OK to be white."

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March 25, 2020

The Red Tape Pandemic John Stossel

Coronavirus is frightening.

I'm working from home, practicing "social distancing." Experts say it'll help "flatten the curve" so fewer people will be infected simultaneously. Then hospitals won't be overwhelmed.

March 24, 2020

Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending March 19, 2020

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of March 15-19, 2020 has dropped for the second week in a row - to 99.6, down from 101.1 the week before.