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Saturday, February 14, 2026
Most Americans Not Confident Journalists Act In Public's Best Interest
The charts above are from the Pew Research Center in a survey they did between December 8th and 14th of a nationwide sample of 3,560 adults, with a 1.8 point margin of error.
She's Not Interested In Justice
A Majority Of Americans Favor A Single-Payer Health Care System
The chart above is from the Strength in Numbers / Verasight Poll -- done between January 14th and 20th of a nationwide sample of 1,532 adults, with a 2.5 point margin of error.
Friday, February 13, 2026
NBC Poll Shows Americans Don't Like How Trump/ICE Are Handling Deportations
Unemployment Rate For January Drops Slightly To 4.3%
The Labor Department released its unemployment report for January on February 11th (blaming the delay on the government shutdown). It showed the economy produced about 130,000 new jobs. That's better than the last few months, but still short of what is expected in a healthy economy. It was good enough though to reduce the unemployment rate to 4.3% for the month.
Here are the relevant statistics for January:
SIZE OF THE CIVILIAN WORK FORCE:
171,882,000
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS:
7,362,000
OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE:
4.3%
DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT:
Adult men...............3.8%
Adult women...............4.0%
Teens (16-19)...............13.6%
Whites...............3.7%
Blacks...............7.2%
Asians...............4.1%
Hispanics...............4.7%
No HS diploma...............5.2%
HS graduate...............4.5%
Some college...............3.6%
Bachelor's deg. or more...............2.9%
NUMBER OF MARGINALLY-ATTACHED WORKERS (unemployed but not counted):
1,671,000
MORE REALISTIC NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS (official + marginally-attached):
9,033,000
MORE REALISTIC UNEMPLOYMENT RATE:
5.26%
























