Posts

Featured Post

Image
Arkansas’ primary and non-partisan judicial elections are officially underway. Tuesday was the start of early voting, and an increasing number of Arkansans are casting their ballots well ahead of Election Day. Here’s what Arkansans said about the issues and candidates on the ballot as they early voted: Veteran critical of Trump, Hill Alex Reyes, an Army veteran who served as a medic in the 1970s, expressed broad discontent with President Donald Trump and Arkansas’ Republican delegation to Congress. But the Pulaski County voter said the party he voted for was less important to his vote than the party he voted against. U.S. Rep. French Hill, the Republican who represents central Arkansas’ 2nd District, “aligns himself with the current administration,” Reyes said. “And I see job losses. I see costs going up. I don’t agree with the Big, Beautiful Bill, I thought that was terrible,” he said, referring to the tax cut and spending cut legislation Trump signed into law last year. “I s...
Post a Comment
Read more

Trump supporters' extreme views driven by personal insecurity: research

Image
PsyPost reports that a new study published in the journal Advances in Psychology suggests that White people who personally perceive themselves as ranking at the bottom of the racial economic hierarchy or “tied” with Black Americans were the most likely to support President Donald Trump. Previous research identified a phenomenon known as “last place aversion,” where people fear being at the very bottom of a social hierarchy — and Trump voters apparently feel the sting of smallness more acutely than others, whether or not they are actually at the bottom rung of the ladder. Surprisingly, researchers found that these attitudes were not driven by actual poverty. The researchers controlled for objective indicators of socioeconomic status, such as income and education levels. They found that belonging to the “last place” profile predicted Trump support and anti-DEI attitudes regardless of how much money or education the participant actually had. “We … [expected] a subset of non-Hispani...
Post a Comment
Read more

Trump officials subject themselves to 'legal humiliation' out of 'slavish fealty': WSJ

Image
President Donald Trump's administration is creating a reputation for itself of frequently teeing itself up for embarrassing losses in court. Now, the Wall Street Journal's editorial board is arguing that its unprecedented record in the federal judiciary may be a deliberate strategy. The Journal observed Monday that the Trump administration's failed attempt to prosecute Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) was merely the latest example of the DOJ bringing a flimsy case before a grand jury only to be sent home empty-handed. The Rupert Murdoch-owned paper pointed out that after Trump accused Kelly of "seditious behavior, punishable by death" for urging military service members to remember their duty to disobey illegal orders, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jumped to action, with the Journal commenting that Hegseth "takes tango lessons whenever Mr. Trump says dance." Trump's Pentagon chief sent Kelly a "letter of censure" and attempted to dock his re...
Post a Comment
Read more

Young voters dumping Trump at 'astonishing' rate: GOP pollster

Image
President Donald Trump's once impressive edge with young voters has dried up at an "astonishing" rate, according to noted conservative pollster Sarah Longwell, as he bleeds support from them faster than any other voting bloc. Longwell, who left the Republican Party last year following Trump's reelection, dissected the latest findings from the Cook Political Report in a Monday piece for The Atlantic . She noted that, while voters aged 18-29 still broke for Democrat Kamala Harris overall in the 2024 election compared to 2020, they made a major swing towards Trump. This swing was driven particularly by young men. Early on in Trump's first term — March 1, 2025 — this young voter bloc disapproved of him by an approximate seven-point margin, per Longwell. Now, according to new findings as of February 1, his disapproval with those voters has exploded to a margin of 31.8 points. "It’s tempting to think that this is all happening because of this administration’s ...
Post a Comment
Read more

News24 | Start the week right with this fresh apple and mango smoothie bowl

Try toasted nuts, seeds, raisins, small dollops of full cream yoghurt and cinnamon for toppings. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/0SA2Qcy via sinceretalk
Post a Comment
Read more

News24 | Sweet-selling teen lands business school bursary after matric ball fundraiser success

Viral sweet-selling teenager Rudolph Lekay will on Monday step into the start of his entrepreneurial career as he prepares to begin his three-year degree in Strategic Brand Management at Emeris Business College in Cape Town. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/AbyDFhU via sinceretalk
Post a Comment
Read more

News24 | Ramaphosa to open News24’s jobs and growth summit

President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the opening keynote at News24’s On the Record summit in Cape Town in March, where leaders will tackle plans to create five million jobs in the next decade. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/gAl4FiP via sinceretalk
Post a Comment
Read more