Here are a few excerpts from the latest edition of Harper’s Index:
- Estimated number of U.S. children responsible for the care-taking of a family member: 1,400,000
- Portion of Americans who favor replacing the Affordable Care Act with a single-payer system: 3/5
- Average number of abortions per 1,000 women in countries where abortion is illegal or heavily restricted: 37
- Where abortion is legal: 34
- Percentage change since 2001 in the number of crimes reported at U.S. universities: –34
- In the number of forcible sex crimes: +126
- Percentage of Chinese who would allow a refugee to live in their own home: 46
- Of Americans: 15
- Number of members of the Prohibition Party, the third-oldest U.S. political party: 30
- Amount for which George Zimmerman auctioned the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin: $250,000
- Percentage change since August 2014 in North Dakota’s tax revenue from oil and gas: –65
- Percentage by which weekly U.S. coal production has dropped since January 2015: 44
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At Daily Kos on this date in 2008—AK-AL: Palin scandal shakes up House race:
Sarah Palin is the governor of Alaska, and a hugely popular one, with approval ratings hovering in the 90 percent range. She was even discussed as a potential VP pick for McCain.
Or, that used to be the case, as her administration is rocked by revelations that she and her family used the governor's office to carry out a vendetta against a policeman who was a former brother in-law, up to firing the public safety commissioner because he wouldn't fire the trooper. The top wingnut radio host in the state, a huge fan, has turned on the governor big-time, declaring her a one-term governor. The Republican-dominated state legislature is talking investigations. For a state party rocked by scandal, who had seen Palin as a savior—clean and new, this abuse of power scandal has to be crushing.
Palin doesn't face the voters for another two years, but this scandal has more immediate aftershocks.
We all want Rep. Don Young in the general, as his years of corruption have caught up to him. Polls are showing that Alaskans want change, and Democrats are poised to pick up the seat. Threatening those plans are a competitive Republican primary, as the GOP desperately tries to oust Young and replace him with a less tarnished name.
Lucky for us, two Republicans entered the fray, splitting the anti-Young vote. But one of those two was a top contender—Lt. Governor Sean Parnell. Can you see where this is going?
On today’s Kagro in the Morning show, Armando joins in our wrap-up of the Great Garbage Conflagration. Trump shrieks his way through a marathon speech/therapy session in a way they’d hang Hillary for. Next up: the Dem VP announcement. Gender bias built into office politics & taxes.
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