U.S. Political Issues

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Political Issue			Latest Content
Business & Economy	6219	1020	Trump Tariffs
Labor	1504	214	Democratic Senators for a Job Guarantee
Jobs	1175	179	Democratic Senators for a Job Guarantee
Minimum Wage	213	51	Does anybody owe you a living?
Offshoring	32	6	Rich man and can man in the light of the lamp
Unemployment Rate	77	24	Unemployment rate falls below 4%
Labor Unions	297	31	Capitalists Power
Macroeconomics	2658	549	CBO projects debt to skyrocket
Free Trade	212	26	Trump's negotiation team
Monetary Policy	183	61	The case for Janet Yellen as Fed Chair
Federal Reserve	63	45	The case for Janet Yellen as Fed Chair
Gold Standard	27	1	Is America Rich?
Inflation & Deflation	34	2	Paul Krugman on Bubbles and Secular Stagflation
Taxes	1641	403	Robots worse than that.
Corporate Taxes	63	32	Tax cuts leading to recession.
Offshore Tax Shelters	5	9	mitt's taxes
Tax Shelters	41	16	Merger between Pfizer and Astrazeneca
U.S. Debt & Deficits	792	63	CBO projects debt to skyrocket
Debt Ceiling	185	35	Debt ceiling/ Government budget etc.
Regulation	314	90	Derivatives and nuclear weapons.
Financial Regulation	270	76	Derivatives and nuclear weapons.

Civil & Human Rights	6890	1114	The US stepped out of the UN Human Rights Council
Individual Rights & Freedoms	2152	593	Voting Rights & Civics Test
Freedom of Press	14	6	Free press no more?
Freedom of Religion	408	40	Today versus 2021
Freedom of Speech	235	25	How much more nuttier?
Gay Rights	1210	395	Gay Marriage Bans Are Getting Struck Down, state by state by state
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)	92	22	Texas Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down
Gay Adoption	8	4	New Study Debunks Conservative Talking Points on Gay Adoption
Gay Marriage	744	170	Gay Marriage Bans Are Getting Struck Down, state by state by state
Gays in Military	43	20	Jeh Johnson Nominated for Homeland Security Secretary
Don't Ask Don't Tell	29	15	Jeh Johnson Nominated for Homeland Security Secretary
Right to Privacy	50	15	Invasion of privacy.A
Right to Vote	118	58	Voting Rights & Civics Test
Women's Rights	281	77	The "Incel" movement
Abortion	461	130	Democrats must change the abortion message & streamline the narrative
Discrimination	211	67	American flag is racist
Affirmative Action	27	11	Michigan's Affirmative Action Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Profiling	81	11	Muhammad Ali Jr. Detained at Airport for being Muslim
Gambling	5	7	Point blank perspective???? Guns/prostitutes/drugs/booze/rock and roll/theater/cards/
Gun Control	2924	107	Gun Control
Human Trafficking	110	3	Human Slavery, Prostitution and America's denial of a rising problem
Legalization of Drugs	596	148	Happy 4/20 (Weed Day)
Legalizing Marijuana	494	134	Happy 4/20 (Weed Day)
Medical Marijuana	44	30	Medical Marijuana Sanja Gupta
Racial Politics	1646	379	Unless you're black
Racism	1036	223	American flag is racist
Torture	177	55	Torture as Trump sees it.

Education	807	124	why Arizona teachers are walking out
Abstinence Only Education	46	14	CDC Announces All Time Low Birth Rate. Teen Pregnancy Is Down 17% from 2007
Charter Schools	1	3	Charter School Lottery
Head Start Program	5	21	The Senate's Budget Vote-a-rama
Higher Education	35	15	Sen Brian Schatz: Don't play the "pay-for" game
Homeschooling	4	1	Unschooling... an option that works or doesn't?
Pell Grants	1	7	Pell Grants: Is Obama losing the battle on higher education?
Sex Education	50	3	condoms and politics
Teachers	39	13	why Arizona teachers are walking out
Teachers Pay	1	3	Teacher's Average Pay for Texas
Teachers Unions	14	4	Teacher's Tenure Laws Struck Down by California Judge

Environment	1758	338	Electric cars again.
Endangered Species	0	4
Energy	747	125	Electric cars again.
Energy Independence	48	4	regarding "energy independence"
Fossil Fuels	200	30	Trump tax increases
Fracking	34	10	TX Gov. George Abbott overturns local fracking ban in Denton
Gasoline Prices	82	7	Trump tax increases
Offshore Drilling	11	7	Is it worth it?
Nuclear Energy	21	30	Nuclear situation in Missouri
Yucca Mountain	7	1	Is Yucca Mountain a good idea?
Renewable Energy	410	33	Electric cars again.
Biofuels	1	1	Upcoming forms of biofuel
Geothermal Energy	1	0	Pros and Cons of Geothermal Energy
Hydropower	3	0	Are we ignoring Hydropower?
Solar Power	280	11	A solar "wall?
Wind Power	10	9	Don Quichotte
Global Warming	717	195	another nail biter in Congress
Recycling	1	0	Recycling

Foreign Policy	9858	2114	Quirk of fate
International Relations	1055	279	What about the 2 hour missing info?
Immigration	0	107
Military & Defense	1910	153	Quirk of fate
Guantanamo Bay	200	13	Again the issue of closing Guantanamo.
The Draft	69	0	Was ending the draft a mistake?
Weapons	634	95	The Syrian stupidity
Combat Drones	197	11	Expendable Lives
Joint Strike Fighter (F-35)	0	10
Biological Weapons	0	1
Chemical Weapons	153	14	The Syrian stupidity
Nuclear Weapons	200	35	Derivatives and nuclear weapons.
Weapons of Mass Destruction	353	50	The Syrian stupidity
Treaties & Agreements	294	87	Quirk of fate
Kyoto Protocol	4	3	Is quota transfer a good idea?
NAFTA	46	0	Import tariffs
NATO	89	21	Quirk of fate
Nuclear Proliferation	28	17	Trump's proposed nuclear reduction deal with Russia
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty	7	1	Iran and Nuclear Weapons
START Treaties	6	2	Trump's proposed nuclear reduction deal with Russia
United Nations	71	45	The US stepped out of the UN Human Rights Council
Wars & Conflicts	3672	855	North Korean Summit in Singapore
1991 Persian Gulf War	2	0	Oil Spills as War Tactics in the Gulf War
2001 Afghanistan War	325	47	trump's Afghanistan Speech
Taliban	108	8	ISIS and Taliban Have Announced Jihad on Each Other
2003 Iraq War	406	94	Deja Vu
Darfur Conflict	3	2	MSNBC Promo Trivializes Genocide
Israel vs Palestinians	359	110	Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capitol
North Korea vs South Korea	249	3	North Korean Summit in Singapore
Somali Civil War	1	2	Why is there piracy?
Sri Lankan Civil War	1	3	Sri Lanka investigating itself for human rights violations
Terrorism	1207	374	Domestic Terrorist Organizations
Al-Qaeda	142	54	Father of dead Navy Seal in botched Yemen raid seeks answers
Hezbollah	9	0	The Syrian Uprising & Bashar al-Assad
Islamic State (ISIS)	669	195	Time is up. ISIS under control ?
Joseph Kony	0	0
Lord's Resistance Army	0	0
Pakistani Taliban	18	14	Pakistani Taliban Attack Military School, Killing At Least 135 Children

Health & Welfare	1975	434	Funding Universities
Government Benefits	902	376	Funding Universities
Disability Benefits	0	5
FHA Loans	0	0
Food Stamp Program	90	23	Cost Of Food Stamps
Government Health Benefits	338	181	The Middle Class versus the Poor
Children's Health Insurance Progra...	19	20	The "Poverty Threshold" for Obamacare
Medicaid	64	110	Medicaid and Annuity
Medicare	139	54	Paul Ryan wants to get rid of Medicare
Medicare & Medicaid	334	171	Entitlement programs.
Student Loans	37	33	Funding Universities
Housing Assistance	28	20	Foreclosure Alternative.
Public Housing	12	2	Why My Opinions of FDR Have Changed Over Time
Section 8 Housing	0	19
Social Security	383	46	Entitlement programs.
Unemployment Benefits	78	28	Unemployment Birthers See New Conspiracy
Veterans Benefits	16	25	the G.I. bill - a lesson from the past
GI Bill	9	6	the G.I. bill - a lesson from the past
Welfare Program	36	29	Trump signs Executive Order Targeting Welfare Programs

Laws & Crime	2626	516	Netflix documentary series: Dirty Money
Campaign Finance Reform	53	25	107 million
Capital Punishment	69	27	My Expectations this year
Hate Crimes	111	12	the KKK
Pardons	6	4	Presidential Pardoning Powers
Police Abuse	1406	253	Unless you're black
Police Brutality	1292	216	Unless you're black
Prisons	179	35	Is Sanders promise to reduce incarcerations doable?
Sentencing	0	5
Mandatory Minimum Sentences	0	1
Three Strikes Laws	0	0
Tort Reform	1	1	Tort Reform is Putting the Seventh Amendment Under Siege

Religion	6750	263	The Four Irreligions
Faith Based Initiatives	44	5	Cardinal Dolan's empty threat
Intelligent Design	115	19	Proof of Intelligent Design
School Prayer	11	3	Illinois Moment of Silence to return
Separation of Church & State	423	49	Is there such a thing as a "Christian Caliphate?"

Science & Technology	1305	172	Guess which scientist is going to get elected to Congress?
Genetically Engineered Foods	7	2	March Against Monsanto
High Speed Rail	10	4	Inouye secures $1.5 billion for high speed rail project
Internet Neutrality	20	35	No More Net Nutraility
Scientific Discoveries	8	17	Dinosaur with one finger
Stem Cell Research	7	2	New source for STEM CELLS -- for important research.