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September 3, 2015 at 12:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • Donald Trump is Rich Because His Father was Rich
  • Could Plummeting Oil Prices Cause the Next Recession?
  • Trump Embodies the GOP’s Shift to Racial Conservatism
  • Birthright Citizenship Is Not New Issue for GOP
  • Small Student Debts, Big Problems

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September 2, 2015 at 11:22 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • The GOP Has a Bigger Problem Than Trump
  • Is Obama a Climate Hypocrite?
  • Small Student Debts, Big Problems
  • Fewer Americans Forego Medical Care
  • Poll: Republicans Fail Birther Quiz
  • A Win for Public Health: Smoking Rate at a New Low

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September 1, 2015 at 10:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • Conservative Trump is Not Conservative About the Budget
  • What if We Faced Another Financial Crisis?
  • Do Trump and Sanders Defy Conventional Wisdom on ‘Big Money?’
  • The Problem With the GOP’s Interstate Obamacare Alternative
  • Why Did Mass Incarceration Happen?
  • Trump Isn’t the Only Candidate Talking Policy Nonsense
  • Does Trump’s Surge Lock in His GOP Nomination?

 

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August 28, 2015 at 12:02 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • The Difficulty of Passing Gun Control Laws
  • Does GOP’s Aggressive Conservatism Risk Alienating a Diverse Republican Base?
  • Despite Increase in Incarceration Rates, Drug Use Has Risen
  • ‘Overwhelming Majority’ in Favor of EPA Clean Power Plan
  • Trump Takes Populist Stance on Taxes
  • California’s Investment in Energy Efficiency Yields Large Benefits
  • Americans on the Move

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August 26, 2015 at 10:45 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • Which Cities Are the Most Plagued by Traffic Gridlock?
  • Trump Exposes the Real Motivations of the GOP
  • Is Obamacare Still a Campaign Issue?
  • Republicans Support State Marijuana Laws
  • Trump Remains Deeply Unpopular with Hispanics

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August 25, 2015 at 11:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • How Trump’s Attack on Immigration Hurts All Republicans
  • Trump Remains Deeply Unpopular with Hispanics
  • Summers: Don’t Raise Interest Rates
  • How America Dominates Defense Spending
  • A Federal Housing Policy That Favors the Wealthy
  • How Can the U.S. Prevent the Next Economic Crisis?

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August 24, 2015 at 12:39 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • Could Trumpism Destroy the Republican Party?
  • Repealing Obamacare Would be a ‘Spectacular Upheaval’
  • How Can the U.S. Prevent the Next Economic Crisis?
  • Beware the Growing Global Glut
  • The Most Common Job Held by Immigrants in Each State
  • States Continue to Report Declines in Their Uninsured Rates

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August 19, 2015 at 3:27 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 2 Comments

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • The Obamacare ‘Repeal and Replace’ Predicament Persists
  • The Key to Financial Success? Be a Man
  • The GOP Nightmare: Trump Makes Sense to Their Voters
  • Renewable Energy Takes Second Place Spot Behind Coal
  • An Uneven Housing Policy for America’s Poor
  • A Closer Look at Walker and Rubio Obamacare Alternatives

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August 18, 2015 at 12:41 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • Why Republicans Are Willing to Attack Social Security
  • Republicans’ Chief Concern: Trump’s Policies Speak to Their Base
  • Minorities’ Wealth is Not Protected by a College Degree
  • EPA to Propose Regulations to Cut Methane Emissions
  • What Do Women Think of Trump?

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August 17, 2015 at 12:01 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • Is Trump a Moderate?
  • Hottest July on Record
  • How Discrimination Persists Under the Banner of ‘Religious Freedom’
  • Utilities Fight Back in a War on Solar
  • The Top 20 ZIP Codes for Campaign Contributions
  • States With High Gun Ownership See More Officers Killed

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August 10, 2015 at 11:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • Which 2016 Candidate Is the Best Legislator?
  • Clinton Proposes Plan to Pay for College
  • Support for Increased Immigration Up to 25%
  • Uninsured Rate Continues to Drop in Most States
  • Is Politics at Play in EPA Clean Power Plan?

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August 4, 2015 at 11:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • What a $15 Minimum Wage Would Mean in Every State
  • Why Spending More on Health Care Is Actually a Good Thing
  • Coal Has Already Been In Decline
  • Government Shutdown Now More Likely Than Not

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August 3, 2015 at 11:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • Government Shutdown Now More Likely Than Not
  • Some Good News for the 99 Percent?
  • ‘Trumpcare’ Looks a Lot Like Obamacare
  • Obamacare Led to Increased Competition

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July 31, 2015 at 10:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • Obamacare Led to Increased Competition
  • Who Appeals to the Very Conservative?
  • The Rent is Too Damn High
  • California’s Obamacare Success: A Model for the Nation?
  • Trump’s Upward Momentum Slows

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July 30, 2015 at 1:59 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • The Widening Wealth Gap Between Young and Old
  • Who Are Trump’s Supporters? Uneducated Whites
  • Trump and Delusional Punditry
  • Don’t Panic About Health Spending Projections
  • U.S. Economy Expanded in Second Quarter
  • Employment Growth is Up, But Productivity Down. Why?

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July 29, 2015 at 11:23 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • Wealth Bubble Distorts Views of the Poor
  • Obamacare Has Improved Access to Health Care
  • Which is More Lethal: Alcohol or Pot?
  • Clinton Refuses to Take a Position on Keystone XL
  • Health Costs Projected to Increase
  • Economic Confidence Slides to New Low

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July 28, 2015 at 11:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • Mass Shootings Mapped
  • The Richer You Are, the More You Drink
  • A Modest Increase for Obamacare Rates in California
  • A Closer Examination of Clinton’s Climate Change Proposal
  • While Congress Resists EPA Power Plan, States Find Solutions
  • Exposing the Feeble Attacks on Medicare

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July 27, 2015 at 11:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 2 Comments

Here’s what’s trending on Wonk Wire today:

  • States With Gun Control Have Fewer Gun Deaths
  • Grading the Governors Who Want to be President
  • What Entitlements Crisis?
  • Why Mandatory Prison Sentences Don’t Work
  • Carbon Pollution is a Business Risk
  • Republicans Dislike Their Party

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