U.S. Political Issues

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Political Issue			Latest Content
Business & Economy	6670	1020	Bernie Sanders unveils Job Guarantee legislation
Labor	1599	213	Bernie Sanders unveils Job Guarantee legislation
Jobs	1265	178	Bernie Sanders unveils Job Guarantee legislation
Minimum Wage	229	50	Greetings From Iceland, Land of the $32,000 Minimum Wage
Offshoring	32	6	Rich man and can man in the light of the lamp
Unemployment Rate	101	24	Jobs report positive.
Labor Unions	297	31	Capitalists Power
Macroeconomics	2788	551	Does AOC threaten the American way???
Free Trade	214	26	Trade with China
Monetary Policy	185	62	Inflation rising.
Federal Reserve	63	45	The case for Janet Yellen as Fed Chair
Gold Standard	27	1	Is America Rich?
Inflation & Deflation	36	2	Inflation rising.
Taxes	1766	403	Does AOC threaten the American way???
Corporate Taxes	89	32	The result of the tax cuts
Offshore Tax Shelters	5	9	mitt's taxes
Tax Shelters	41	16	Merger between Pfizer and Astrazeneca
U.S. Debt & Deficits	793	64	Trumps ignorance of everything.
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	7061	1113	"there were very fine people on both sides"
Individual Rights & Freedoms	2212	596	William Barr
Freedom of Press	15	6	Larry Flynt, American hero
Freedom of Religion	414	40	William Barr
Freedom of Speech	235	25	How much more nuttier?
Gay Rights	1210	392	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	168	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	16	Invasion of privacy.A
Right to Vote	141	62	For the People Act
Women's Rights	304	78	Hypocrisy of faith-based and anti-abortion groups
Abortion	508	131	Hypocrisy of faith-based and anti-abortion groups
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	2940	107	Gun control and school shootings.
Human Trafficking	110	3	Human Slavery, Prostitution and America's denial of a rising problem
Legalization of Drugs	599	148	CBD Benefits
Legalizing Marijuana	497	134	CBD Benefits
Medical Marijuana	47	30	CBD Benefits
Racial Politics	1738	378	"there were very fine people on both sides"
Racism	1049	223	sweet home Alabama?
Torture	177	55	Torture as Trump sees it.

Education	812	124	An Interesting Progressive Cause
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	1838	340	The Paris Climate Change Agreement
Endangered Species	0	4
Energy	770	126	can we talk about windmills for a minute?
Energy Independence	48	4	regarding "energy independence"
Fossil Fuels	205	30	Gasoline Price Collusion
Fracking	34	10	TX Gov. George Abbott overturns local fracking ban in Denton
Gasoline Prices	87	7	Gasoline Price Collusion
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	428	34	can we talk about windmills for a minute?
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	22	10	can we talk about windmills for a minute?
Global Warming	767	196	The Paris Climate Change Agreement
Recycling	1	0	Recycling

Foreign Policy	10206	2122	Notre Dame
International Relations	1205	287	Julian Assange arrested
Immigration	0	113
Military & Defense	1940	156	The NATO meeting
Guantanamo Bay	200	13	Again the issue of closing Guantanamo.
The Draft	69	0	Was ending the draft a mistake?
Weapons	637	98	The Syrian stupidity
Combat Drones	197	11	Expendable Lives
Joint Strike Fighter (F-35)	0	10
Biological Weapons	0	1
Chemical Weapons	156	14	The Syrian stupidity
Nuclear Weapons	200	38	Derivatives and nuclear weapons.
Weapons of Mass Destruction	356	53	The Syrian stupidity
Treaties & Agreements	359	87	The NATO meeting
Kyoto Protocol	4	3	Is quota transfer a good idea?
NAFTA	74	0	Automotive Tariffs and the New Economy in USA
NATO	118	22	The NATO meeting
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	78	44	the worldwide refugee problem
Wars & Conflicts	3787	855	king Donald has spoken
1991 Persian Gulf War	2	0	Oil Spills as War Tactics in the Gulf War
2001 Afghanistan War	329	47	The Afghanistan debacle
Taliban	108	8	ISIS and Taliban Have Announced Jihad on Each Other
2003 Iraq War	420	94	Trump in Iraq
Darfur Conflict	3	2	MSNBC Promo Trivializes Genocide
Israel vs Palestinians	370	109	The Israel debacle
North Korea vs South Korea	277	6	Trump is FINALLY going to Vietnam!
Somali Civil War	1	2	Why is there piracy?
Sri Lankan Civil War	1	3	Sri Lanka investigating itself for human rights violations
Terrorism	1209	373	Time is up. ISIS under control ?
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)	671	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	2024	434	Is Donald Losing It Before Our Very Eyes?
Government Benefits	929	375	Trumps Budget
Disability Benefits	0	5
FHA Loans	0	0
Food Stamp Program	90	23	Cost Of Food Stamps
Government Health Benefits	356	182	Medicare for All Act
Children's Health Insurance Progra...	19	20	The "Poverty Threshold" for Obamacare
Medicaid	64	110	Medicaid and Annuity
Medicare	139	55	Paul Ryan wants to get rid of Medicare
Medicare & Medicaid	352	172	Medicare for All Act
Student Loans	38	33	The worst bubble, student loans.
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	391	45	Trumps Budget
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	28	Trump signs Executive Order Targeting Welfare Programs

Laws & Crime	2696	517	words matter
Campaign Finance Reform	53	25	107 million
Capital Punishment	69	27	My Expectations this year
Hate Crimes	121	13	words matter
Pardons	24	5	Manafort Pardon Expected. Not if, just when.
Police Abuse	1435	252	Unless you're black
Police Brutality	1320	215	Unless you're black
Prisons	179	36	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	6920	261	Notre Dame
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	445	49	Trump supports teaching Bible classes in public schools

Science & Technology	1343	172	The Big Bang created God
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	18	Dinosaur with one finger
Stem Cell Research	7	2	New source for STEM CELLS -- for important research.