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Memphis itself had been legally blocked from removing the statues of Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest and Confederate president Jefferson Davis from two public parks, according to The Commercial Appeal. But in December, the city council voted unanimously to sell the parks to a local nonprofit, for a reported $1,000 each. That evening, the nonprofit took down the monuments.   … [Read more...] about Tennessee Republicans Punish Memphis For Removing Confederate Statues

In one experiment, the researchers presented two groups of participants with different sets of information. One group saw a graph showing white Americans losing majority status by 2050, while the other group’s graph showed whites remaining the majority through 2020. The two groups were then asked to allocate a certain amount of spending cuts to a variety of federal programs. The group shown the long-term demographic trend proposed harsher cuts to welfare and also had more negative views on racial minorities. … [Read more...] about Republicans Swear Food Stamp Debate Has No Racial Connotations

Pretty much everything we know about “Trump voters” from general election vote tallies and exit polls is a reflection of “Republican voters” more broadly. It isn’t too different from what we know about 2012 Mitt Romney voters or 2008 John McCain voters. Where Trump stood out from his predecessors was his ability to win in the Rust Belt. What he was selling wasn’t enough to carry other swing states like New Hampshire, Colorado ― or Virginia. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s Takeover Of The Republican Party Is Now Complete

Michigan Republicans fared better in their efforts to gut proposals on the minimum wage and paid leave. When it appeared likely that voters would have a chance to vote on minimum wage and paid leave measures in November’s election, GOP lawmakers chose to take up the measures and pass them in order to head off the referendum. Then they amended and watered them down before they would become law. … [Read more...] about Michigan Unions Dodge Republican Attack In Lame-Duck Session

Opinions, of course, aren’t set in stone, and views of proposals often become increasingly polarized over the course of the public debate. But more broadly, taxing the wealthy is an idea that seems to be playing well at the moment. In the Politico/Morning Consult survey, 63 percent of voters said “upper income people” pay too little in taxes. In a recent Fox News poll, voters said by a 46-percentage-point margin that they supported increasing tax rates on families making more than $10 million annually, and by a 36-point margin that they supported raising tax rates for those making upwards of $1 million.  … [Read more...] about Elizabeth Warren’s Tax Proposal Is Popular Even With Republicans