05.22.2024

Manzanita Miller New polling from the New York Times / Siena College reveals that President Joe Biden’s base in battleground states continues to dwindle, leaving a sliver of the support he relied on in 2020. We have extensively covered the fact that polling reveals a double-digit decline in support among key groups of […]
05.22.2024

By Rick Manning Federal Deposit Insurance Commissioner Martin Gruenberg has announced that he is, “prepared to step down from my responsibilities once a successor is confirmed.” Gruenberg’s announcement came after he faced withering criticism from Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-SC) and Senator Joni Ernst […]
05.21.2024

By Robert Romano In one of the biggest gambles in recent presidential history, President Joe Biden will be squaring off against former President Donald Trump in the earliest presidential debate in American history: June 27. In fact, since 1976 — there were no debates between 1964 and […]
05.20.2024

By Robert Romano “It happened. It impacted a presidential election. It is not just Russia now. There’s a tsunami of misinformation out there. Russia, China, various other countries, all aimed at our increasingly fragile democracy.” That was MSNBC’s Mike Barnacle on May 19 , maintaining that in 2016 Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee (DNC) […]
05.17.2024

By Rick Manning I face the same dilemma that many Trump supporting conservatives face — what to do when a Never Trumper who opposes many of your priorities gets the GOP nominee. In my case the self-proclaimed Never Trumper is former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan. It is […]
05.17.2024

By Manzanita Miller The latest New York Times poll of battleground states, which includes detailed cross tabs on various voter demographics, shows former President Donald Trump up by six points over incumbent President Joe Biden in a head-to-head race, and holding nearly “unbelievable” leads among swing voters. […]
05.16.2024

By Rick Manning “Drunken debauchery, creepy conversations, and an all-around inappropriate atmosphere. Sounds like a frat house – but it’s the @FDICgov . There must be real consequences ..” And, “ When is Martin Gruenberg’s last day? When will President Biden order his DOJ investigate the @FDICgov from top to bottom? That’s what Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) posted […]
05.15.2024

By Manzanita Miller Poll after poll shows young Americans shifting 20 percentage points or more away from President Joe Biden compared to 2020. However, a natural concern is how much of this shift is due to the recent sweep of student protests over the president’s perceived support for Israel, […]