There are 3 Major World Crises - Trump Is Making All Of Them Worse

 

Marist Poll Has Talarico With A Six Point Lead Over Paxton In Texas

The chart above is from the Marist Poll -- done between September 17th and 20th of a statewide sample of 1,139 registered Texas voters, with a 4.4 point margin of error. 

The poll also has Hinojosa (D) with a 3 point lead over Abbott (R) in the governor's race, but that is well within the poll's margin of error.

Putin And His Mini-Me Copycat

Political Cartoon is by Adam Zyglis in The Buffalo News.
 

Corruption Has Become An Important Issue In This Election

 

The charts above are from the Change Research Poll -- done between August 8th and 13th of a nationwide sample of 2,045 registered voters, with a 2.3 point margin of error.

Presidents

Political Cartoon is by Pat Bagley at Cagle.com.
 

What Many In Other Countries Think About The U.S. Post-Election Future

From Robert Reich:

I spent much of this week talking with foreign officials who are in the U.S. for United Nations meetings. I was curious to know how they’re strategizing about the United States in the future — assuming Democrats do well in the midterm elections and Trump becomes a lame-duck president. (None of my nine sources were heads of state; my stature doesn’t reach that high. But they were high enough to give me some useful insights.)

Here’s what I learned:

1. Most are thinking past Trump. They believe his influence is already waning, and his bellicose rantings show that he knows it. He’s still dangerous, they say, but not nearly as dangerous as he was, and he’s no longer capable of plunging the world into war. Every one of them told me he’s deeply unpopular in their countries. 

2. They’re thinking in a timeframe of five to 10 years. They see Trump as a temporary phenomenon and assume the United States will “return to its senses.” 

3. But — and here’s the part that concerned me — they’re unsure they can ever again rely on the United States for world leadership. Several pointed out that the fact Americans elected Trump for a second time reveals, in the words of one of them, “there’s something troublesome about your nation that transcends Trump.”

4. Even post-Trump, they see the United States as unstable and unpredictable. They don’t believe the country will fall into civil war, but they worry that policymaking will cycle between extremes because, in the words of another, “your extreme inequality will make it difficult to achieve any longer-term consensus.”

5. As a result, they’re looking ahead to a world where another nation, or group of nations, will take leadership on global issues that need to be addressed, such as climate change, AI, migration, widening inequalities, Putin’s aggression, and disease prevention.

6. Which nation or group? Another official put it to me this way: “We don’t trust China, the U.N. doesn’t work because of its security council, but the EU isn’t strong enough yet. Several of us are hoping that over the next decade the EU will be joined by Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, and that this new EU — really, a World Union — will devise a structure that enables it to work collaboratively and forcefully for the good of the world.” 

They Think he's Nuts!

Political Cartoon is by Ed Wexler at Cagle.com.
 

Structoral Changes Needed To prevent A Future Trump

 Robert Reich says some structural changes are needed for the U.S. political system:

Targeted

Political Cartoon is by Clay Bennett in the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
 

It's Not Just Inflation - There's Also Wage Suppression

 

Free Press Is A Right - Not A Privilege

 

Rural Voters Are Not Happy With Trump's Economy

 

The charts above are from the AP / KFF / SSRS Poll -- done between August 12th and 24th of 2,241 registered voters in rural areas, with a 3 point margin of error.

Who Can Afford Cake?

Political Cartoon is by Dave Whamond at Cagle.com.
 

From EPI: 10 Charts That Show Wage Suppression In The United States

 

From the Economic Policy Institute