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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Most Americans Oppose Putting Trump's Signature On U.S. Currency
The chart above reflects the results of the YouGov Poll -- done on March 30th of a nationwide sample of 18,663 adults (No moe given).
Gov. Andy Beshear Talks About Democrats Winning (And The Iran War)
Politico did an interview with Beshear. Here are some of his thoughts - first on Democrats winning and then on the Iran war.
I am because I think Democratic governors are going to win races that people aren’t expecting because we do what Republicans can’t: We govern well. In Kentucky, we’ve broken every record from job creation to private sector investment. We had the highest wages for new jobs in our history last year at almost $30.00 an hour. So while the American dream is slipping away in some places, not where I live. We’re fighting for it, as are all our Democratic governors.
Number one, I stand up for all my convictions. I fight discrimination in any form. But I spend 80 percent of my time on things that matter to 100 percent of the people of Kentucky and the American people. It’s that idea that when people wake up in the morning, they’re not thinking about the next political race. They’re thinking about their job and whether they can afford what their family needs. That not only helped me win early on, but it’s helped me govern. People know that they might disagree with me on one or two things, but if I spend 80 percent of my time on the things that matter most to them, I don’t move a state or a country to the right or the left, I just move it forward for everyone with no one being left out.
The second thing I try to do is just talk like a normal human being. The Democratic Party at different times has talked atand not to people. It’s even talked down to people, which is wrong. Our words have to have meaning.
But the third thing is the most important, especially in this age of social media. Don’t just talk about the what. Don’t just talk about your policy points. Talk about your why. People want to know you. They want to know what drives you. And the why has to be authentic. For me, my why is my family and my faith. It’s the golden rule that says I love my neighbor as myself and the parable of the good Samaritan that says that everyone is my neighbor.
I think it gets really process-y when we talk about every Democrat needing to have the exact same opinion on every issue across. People try to put you in boxes: Are you the left wing of the party? Or are you the more moderate wing of the party? For me, I’m practical. As governor, you’ve got to be a problem-solver. And so I look at the housing crisis, and I can say things that Democrats say — that we’ve got to invest more money in our affordable housing trust fund. I can say things that Republicans have said in the past — that we have too many regulations that slow it down. Both are true. If your goal is to better people’s lives and get an outcome, that practical problem-solving approach is, I think, where Democrats need to be. Democrats can have different views on social issues.
Democrats stopped talking about their why. It can be your faith. It can be any faith. It can be your values. It can be how you were raised. It could be an experience that you had that changed your life. But people really want to know why are you willing to march into the toxicity of politics right now? They want to know what drives you.
The midterms are shaping up great for Democrats, which is good for elections. But the reason is that Trump is damaging the country in awful ways. And so every day I look at the poll numbers, and I think that’s great, but I look at the damage that’s occurring in each and every one of our communities, and we all wish it wasn’t happening. We wish that he wasn’t attacking the places that he did. We all wish that they would withdraw these ICE agents and actually train them like a real law enforcement agency.
Number one, the American military is exceptional. There is no other like it in the world. And while we can disagree with those that give the orders, we need to be supportive of those troops, and we need to be supportive of the families of the troops we’ve lost. When you’re a president and you come into a state like Donald Trump did, where at that time we had lost one individual, and you’re doing a press conference for any reason, just please say his name. That family deserves that respect. I think the other thing that we have to say is that the Iranian regime has murdered thousands of its own people. They had sponsored terrorism that had murdered thousands of people around the world. And I don’t feel sorry for the regime whatsoever. But if you are going to take a country to war, number one, you have to have a real justification, not one that changes three or four times in the first three or four days.
The second thing you’ve got to do is have an imminent threat. What pushes you from diplomacy to use of force? This president seems to want to start with use of force to ultimately help diplomacy.
The third thing you’ve got to do is actually plan for it. Plan for it in a way that Americans abroad can get home in time. Plan for it in a way where we’re not watching our allies sending planes and hearing our own leaders say, “Oh, we didn’t think about it.” Plan for it in a way that the strait would not be closed and gas prices would not be going up. Plan for it in a way that you know what victory looks like.
And on top of it, if you’re going to take America to war, have enough respect for the citizens of our country and the troops to talk about it to the American people. The American people don’t appear to be for this war at all, and a president should show them enough respect to talk to them about it. That and you’ve got to go to Congress. War is a big enough thing that at least two branches of government have to be communicating about it. So I have a lot of concerns.
Monday, March 30, 2026
Most Americans Don't Believe Trump's Claims About Iran War
The chart above is from the Yahoo / YouGov Poll -- done between March 12th and 16th of a nationwide sample of 1,699 adults, with a 3.5 point margin of error.
Fox News Poll Shows How Unhappy Voters Are With Current Government
The charts above are from the Fox News Poll -- done between March 20th and 23rd of a nationwide sample of 1,001 registered voters, with a 3 point margin of error.
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Most People Do NOT Like How Trump Is Treating U.S. Allies
The chart above reflects the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between March 20th and 23rd of a nationwide sample of 1,665 adults (including 1,502 registered voters). The margin of error is 3.2 points for adults and 3.0 points for registered voters.
Voters Give Trump Only 38% Job Approval In Quinnipiac Poll
The chart above reflects the results of the Quinnipiac University Poll -- done between March 19th and 23rd of a nationwide sample of 1,191 registered voters, with a 3.6 point margin of error.
Friday, March 27, 2026
Voters Biggest Financial Concerns Are Healthcare, Food, Gas, And Rent
The chart above is from the Quinnipiac University Poll -- done between March 19th and 23rd of a nationwide sample of 1,191 registered voters, with a 3.6 point margin of error.
Fox News Poll Shows Record Net Negative Job Approval For Trump (-18)
The chart above reflects the results of the Fox News Poll -- done between March 20th and 23rd of a nationwide sample of 1,001 registered voters, with a 3 point margin of error.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Most People Are Unhappy With How Democracy Is Working In The U.S.
The chart above reflects the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between March 20th and 23rd of a nationwide sample of 1,665 adults (including 1,502 registered voters). The margin of error is 3.2 points for adults and 3 points for registered voters.
Trump's Job Approval Numbers Remain Very Low
This chart reflects the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between March 20th and 23rd of a nationwide sample of 1,665 adults, with a 3.2 point margin of error.
People In Or Connected To White House Are Engaged In Corrupt Insider Trading
The following is part of a post by Robert Reich:
15 minutes before Trump announced that the U.S. would postpone strikes against Iran’s energy infrastructure, the volume of stock market trades mysteriously spiked and the price of oil just as mysteriously plunged.
Yet at that time — 15 minutes before Trump’s announcement — there were no public indications that any serious talks had been taking place between the U.S. and Iran.
So this huge spike in stock market trades and drop in oil futures must have been made by someone, or some people, who had prior knowledge of Trump’s announcement.
This person or these people made a boatload of money off this inside information.
But who was the inside trader, or traders, who placed such huge bets on Trump doing exactly what he did?
Could it be, say, Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, who is one of the people representing the United States in negotiations with Iran, and is also operating a private-equity firm with over $6 billion in investments, heavily funded by Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, especially Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund?
Or Steve Witkoff, who’s also representing the U.S. in these negotiations and who also has his own investment firm?
Or Howard Lutnick?
Or Melania?
Or all of them?
Who knows?
The Securities and Exchange Commission is in charge of policing against such insider trading. On the basis of the trading I mention above, ordinarily the SEC by now would have opened an investigation.
But so far, nothing.
This isn’t the first time spikes in betting have occurred just before Trump did something unexpected.
In January, wagers surged on Polymarket, a crypto-powered predictions platform, as bets were made on Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro being out of power by the end of the month. Hours later, he was seized by American forces. (One account made more than $436,000 from a $32,537 bet.)
Why should we worry about people with insider information profiting in the stock market, futures markets, or even crypto-powered predictions markets?
For one thing, it’s unfair. It hurts average investors while increasing the wealth of certain people who know, for example, what Trump is about to do (including Trump and members of his family).
For another, such rigging erodes public confidence in market fairness, which ultimately destroys markets. Put simply, if the public believes the market is rigged in favor of privileged individuals, they may withdraw their investments.
This is why the Securities and Exchange Commission is supposed to police the market against insider trading.
And why we should all be concerned that the top enforcement officer at the SEC abruptly resigned last week because the SEC’s chairman and other Republican appointees wouldn’t allow her to be more aggressive in pursuing charges of fraud and other misconduct against Trump’s inner circle.
And why what occurred Monday morning, 15 minutes before Trump’s public announcement, is so damned troubling.
Friends, there’s a word for this. It’s called corruption.
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
New Poll Shows Trump Is Historically Unpopular With Voters
The charts above are from The Argument Poll -- done between March 12th and 17th of a nationwide sample of 1,519 registered voters, with a 2.7 point margin of error.
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