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Lincoln tops presidential rankings; Trump records most poor' marks: Poll
thehill.com

... Americans overwhelmingly view former President Abraham Lincoln as an "outstanding" leader, while President Trump ranks near the bottom, according to a new poll.

The YouGov survey, released Friday, found that 74 percent of U.S. voters collectively rank Lincoln, known affectionately as Honest Abe, as "outstanding" or "above average." Another 12 percent said he was "average" while 11 percent were unsure. Just 3 percent called the 16th president "below average."

Lincoln was followed by former Presidents John F. Kennedy and George Washington. About 66 percent of respondents ranked Kennedy as "outstanding" or "above average," while 65 percent said the same of the nation's first leader, the poll found.

Less than 4 in 10 respondents, 35 percent, ranked Trump as "outstanding" or "above average." Instead, 54 percent viewed his presidency as "poor" or "below average." Another 9 percent placed him in the "average" category while 2 percent were unsure.

Trump, however, bested former Presidents Biden and Nixon -- who fell at the bottom -- in YouGov's rankings of 20 of the most well-known commanders in chief. ...


#26

"Were nearly half a million registered California voters disqualified from jury duty in one year because they were not citizens?

No."

azcir.org

"449,000 Californians turned down jury duty because they were not citizens ... but they were registered voters."

November 11, 2019
No evidence 449,000 noncitizens were registered to vote in California"

www.politifact.com

lmao... originally from a Sarah Palin shared post more than 6 years ago... and Trumpers are still sharing it.

@#6 ... People have been selling their plasma for long before Trump. Are the numbers up? ...

Some stats ...

America's Plasma Contribution to the World: 2025
peterjaworski.substack.com

... As of December 31, the U.S. has a plasma center for 276,198 people. But there are significant regional differences.
Top States by Centers

With 186 centers, Texas is home to the most plasma collection centers, followed by Florida with 92 and California with 65. Rounding out the top-5 are Georgia with 55 and Ohio with 54.

The plasma center landscape looks like this: [see article for map] ...

U.S. Plasma Collection Volume

Year --- Liters --- Growth rate
2022     47,400,257
2023     55,405,000 16.9%
2024     57,610,407 4%
2025e   57,610,407 8.41%
2026e   69,325,985 11%



I've always used this app to check news sources/sites

mediabiasfactcheck.com

Just type in a newspaper, news network etc. and it'll give a ranking on its integrity

@#8

Related ...

ICE Jailed People Illegally 4,400 Times, Hundreds of Judges Rule: Report
www.newsweek.com

... According to a Reuters review of court records, over 4,000 immigrants were unlawfully detained under the Trump administration over the past few months.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Newsweek in an email Saturday in response to the report that "President Trump and Secretary Noem are now enforcing the law and arresting illegal aliens who have no right to be in our country, and reversed Biden's catch and release policy." ...

President Donald Trump has pledged to launch the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history. In the past year, immigration enforcement actions have at times swept up U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, and advocates have raised concerns about unlawful detentions and other due-process violations. ...

In at least 4,421 cases since early October, more than 400 federal judges have ruled that ICE was illegally detaining people, according to a Reuters review of court records. The administration has been met with a slew of lawsuits over its immigration policies in addition to emergency motions and petitions seeking detainees' release. ...


Another view ...

Noem boasts of Trump administration ensuring we have the right people voting' ahead of midterms
thehill.com

... "I would say that many people believe that it may be one of the most important things that we need to make sure we trust, is reliable, and that when it gets to Election Day, that we've been proactive to make sure that we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country through the days that we have, knowing that people can trust it," she said.

A clip of those comments began circulating on social media Saturday morning, drawing swift criticism from Democratic lawmakers and political commentators.

"This is Trump's idea of democracy: leaders get to select their voters instead of the other way around," Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote on the social platform X. ...


www.politico.com

"ICE is not a law unto itself," Judge Patrick Schiltz, the chief judge on Minnesota's federal bench, said Wednesday in a ruling describing staggering defiance by ICE to judges' orders " particularly ones requiring the release of detained immigrants. He estimated, conservatively, that the agency had violated court orders by Minnesota judges 96 times this month alone.

But who cares?

youtu.be

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
And you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin'
Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'

The Times They Are A-Changin'
Song by Bob Dylan 1964

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