To be fair the non-response in the USA pre-dates Trump. The national myth surrounding the Second Amendment has been powerful. In this regard the American democracy has always been dysfunctional. Trump happily rides that train.

A career that went to 11. I loved that man's work ☹️

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It's a fundraiser as well. Lots of people will pay for a chance to bulldoze a little bit of it. Or tear off the gaudy gold decor from the Oval Office.

Saw The Commitments in Dublin. Wild :)

I found this today (from Peter Kellner/YouGov) which answers part of your query.

Oh man you guys are so wrong...My life changed for the better when I found the pivot chart function. I can make a spreadsheet sing.

I read that British shopkeepers kept honest scales in the 18th century because they knew final judgement was as real as their ledger books. We need that kind of character back again.

Fund raising idea: hold a lottery for the option to destroy the ballroom eventually - committing to pay big dollars for five minutes of bulldozer time.

What an interesting life he lived! I envy his final home in France, and even his years in Vienna.

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I've used this type of chart before. This is the performance of State owned enterprises vs private sector business in China. Don't expect anything different in the USA.

I've given up on the correct pronunciation of basil in North America. I haven't given up the fight on eradicating Appreciate You in place of the older, more comfortable appreciate it. Alas it might also be a lost battle at least in the USA. The latter is probably just my age showing.

I would love it if the secretary of education knew when to use fewer and when to use less.....