“With a team of researchers including my University of Pennsylvania colleague Diana Mutz and the University of Massachusetts’ Seth Goldman, I’ve been conducting the Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics panel, a survey which has asked the same respondents questions about politics over almo…”— Dan Hopkins, fivethirtyeight.com
“The fact is that Hillary embodies so many of the values that we try so hard to teach our young people. Advocating for kids with disabilities, fighting for children's health care as First Lady, affordable child care in the Senate. Hillary has been a lawyer, a law professor, First Lady of Arkansas, Fi…”— Michelle Obama, twitter.com
“Which candidate would do the most to help our local economy? That’s easy. It’s Pat McCrory, the Republican governor of North Carolina, who’s seeking his second four-year term in the November election. We can point to specific and multiple ways he has helped the economy — our economy. North Carolina…”— The Roanoke Times, roanoke.com
“Australia has had five prime ministers in five years, the poor yanks look as though they'll have to choose between two options both of which have more disapproval than approval, and the UK leaves the EU. It seems like a ridiculous amount of instability. One might even call it absurd. But it's not su…”— allmhuran, m.reddit.com
“SARAH KLIFF: 'Do you think Obamacare’s mandate is strong enough to make the law work? Or do you think it will need to be strengthened at some point?' LARRY LEVITT: 'I think of the mandate as going hand in hand with the subsidies. It is entirely possible that both the mandate penalty and the premium…”— Sarah Kliff, Larry Levitt, vox.com
“SARAH KLIFF: 'Why are Obamacare premiums going up so much this year?' LARRY LEVITT: 'There are three reasons why premiums are going up so much. The first is that more sick people than anticipated enrolled. Insurers are just catching up to the fact that premiums weren’t covering their costs. It seems…”— Sarah Kliff, Larry Levitt, vox.com
“I think we ought to remember what Emerson wrote - The true test of civilization is not the census or the size of the city or the crops, but the kind of man (and I'd add women) the country turns out. The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do…”— Paul Wellstone, wisdomvoices.com
“Politics is about the improvement of people's lives, lessening human suffering, advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and in the world.’”— Senator Paul Wellstone, amazon.com
“Around the globe, household wealth, longevity and education are on the rise, while violent crime and extreme poverty are down. In the U.S., life expectancy is higher than ever, our air is the cleanest it's been in a decade, and despite a slight uptick last year, violent crime has been trending down…”— Neil Strauss, rollingstone.com
“In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman.”— Margaret Thatcher, quoteinvestigator.com
“I have to tell you that I can't stop thinking about this. It has shaken me to my core in a way I couldn't have predicted. So while I'd love nothing more than to pretend that this isn't happening, and come out here and do my normal campaign speech, it would be dishonest and disingenuous for me to jus…”— Michelle Obama, twitter.com
“We saw this candidate actually bragging about sexually assaulting women, and I can't believe I am saying that a candidate for President of the United States has bragged about sexually assaulting women.”— Michelle Obama, twitter.com
“The fact is: in this election we have a candidate for President of the United States who over the course of his lifetime and the course of this campaign has said things about women that are so shocking, so demeaning, that I will simply not repeat anything here today.”— Michelle Obama, twitter.com
“They’re not monsters. They want what we want: safety, security, health, and wealth. It’s not even us vs. them. It’s just us.”— John Biggs, thearcmag.com
“I played a couple years with a guy who later turned out to be a serial rapist. Even he never talked like that.”— Chris Kluwe, vox.com
“The use of criminal law as a discretionary political tool is why, historically, some people have wanted to leave other countries to come here. Trump put an ugly smudge on that beacon.”— Amy Davidson, newyorker.com
“A Presidential candidate saying that his opponent should be behind bars—and will be, if he has anything to do with it—may be new and shocking in a Presidential debate. But it is not new in this campaign. It is, indeed, one of the most regular features of Trumpism [...] The jail threat is jarring, in…”— Amy Davidson, newyorker.com