2024

Latest Net-Favorability Ratings of U.S. Presidential Candidates

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) At least in the United States, the net-favorability rating of a candidate is generally the most reliable statistical indicator of the candidate’s likelihood of winning in the final round of voting if the candidate gets to the final round, but the amount of the candidate’s billionaire donors is a far […]

Highlights from the First Decision in the Landmark First-Amendment Case, Missouri v. Biden

  Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) [This case, which will ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, will define what (if any) political censorship-activities the U.S. Government may legally engage in. The landmark first court-decision on this case ruled, on July 4th, that the likely answer will be “none” — that the First Amendment […]

Who will replace Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s nominee?

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) When even the New York Times, which had been campaigning heavily for the Democratic Party to keep the White House, turns against Joe Biden as the 2024 U.S. Presidential nominee (by starting to report honestly about the potential bribery prosecution of Joe Biden), then the question has become very serious […]

Why RFK Jr. Is the Likeliest Person to Win the Dems.’ Presidential Nomination

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) On July 20th, U.S. Senator Charles Grassley’s office posted online massive evidence that the FBI has that “the FBI sought to obfuscate” for nearly a year. It concerned an FBI agent’s report saying that a whistleblower to the FBI testified that U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter […]

Here’s the lawsuit by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. against Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) On 24 March 2024, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Connie Sampognaro filed suit, requesting a jury trial, against President Biden and his Administration, for violating the First Amendment’s freedom-of-speech clause, by encouraging private actors to censor public speech and publications in all media, thus indirectly censoring public expressions that contradict […]

Blinken Must Be Angry that Biden Killed Any Chance for a U.S.-China Summit

Eric Zuesse The incompetency of Joseph Biden has been throughout his career, but his having called Xi Jinping a “dictator” less than 24 hours after Blinken ate crow in Beijing in order to win a Biden-Xi summit as a feather in the cap for Biden’s re-election campaign will necessarily sour the relationship between Biden and […]

National Poll Shows RFK Jr. Tops All Other Politicians in Net Approval-Rating

Eric Zuesse The  Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll taken during 14-15 June 2023, shows the following net approval rating (“Favorable” minus “Unfavorable”) for all of the listed possible candidates: +21% Robert F. Kennedy Jr. +9% Elon Musk +9% Tim Scott +8% Vivek Ramaswamy +5% Ron DeSantis +4% Nikki Haley -1% Bernie Sanders -3% Donald Trump, Doug Bergum, […]