A GOP-led edge: Red states see less unemployment, more economic growth | TheHill

A GOP-led edge: Red states see less unemployment, more economic growth | TheHill
"Opinion polling isn’t everything. 
However, it often gives you a good barometer of the general shape of things, especially at the state level. 
As of mid-2019, 

• every single one of the top 10 most popular governors in the country were Republicans, 
• while eight of the 10 least popular were Democrats. 

Generally speaking, voters trust Republicans more than they trust Democrats to lead their states.
A deeper look at GOP-led states’ economic success explains why..."
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History for January 15

History for January 15 - On-This-Day.com
Jean Baptiste Moliere 1622 - Playwright, Frederick Arthur Stanley 1841 - Gave Canada the Stanley Cup, Pierre S. DuPont 1870 - Industrialist


Edward Teller 1908 Physicist, Father of the hydrogen bomb, Lloyd Bridges 1913 Actor: ("Airplane!," "Airplane 2"), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929 - Pastor, leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement


1967 - The first National Football League Super Bowl was played. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League. The final score was 35-10.


1986 - President Reagan signed legislation making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a national holiday to be celebrated on the third Monday of January.

Exclusive: Iranian Arrested Near Mar-a-Lago with Machete Is a Refugee

Exclusive: Iranian Arrested Near Mar-a-Lago with Machete Is a Refugee:

An Iranian national arrested near President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, originally arrived in the United States as a refugee, Breitbart News has learned.
On January 10, Palm Beach Police Department arrested 38-year-old Masoud Yarieilzoleh, from Iran, who was apparently sleeping in a gazebo in a park in Palm Beach, according to the Palm Beach Post. When police searched Yarieilzoleh, they found a 17-inch machete, two 4.5-inch knives, and an ax, along with about $22,000 in cash.

1998: Joe Biden Urged U.S. to 'Dethrone' Saddam Hussein Over WMDs

1998: Joe Biden Urged U.S. to 'Dethrone' Saddam Hussein Over WMDs:

Former Vice President Joe Biden urged the U.S. government in 1998 to pursue a strategy to ‘dethrone’ Saddam Hussein over allegations the Iraqi strongman was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
Biden, the-then ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was one of President Bill Clinton’s most vocal allies in the battle to pressure Hussein to abide by terms established after the Gulf War requiring Iraq to destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons.

The way we were-----Eddie Albert: War Hero (Jerry Skinner Documentary)

Boob-tube-----Kevin Nealon Interview - 12/5/2006