POLITICS MONDAY - Civility and Trust

"How Americans see civility and trust in today’s politics" PBS NewsHour 7/3/2017

IMHO:  Republicans, ALL they want is a win for their draconian agenda.

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SUMMARY:  Most Americans believe civility is getting worse since President Trump was elected, according to a new poll.  Judy Woodruff talks to Tamara Keith of NPR and Stuart Rothenberg of Inside Elections about the results of the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, the President’s continued attacks against the media and the continuing battle over health care on Capitol Hill.

RELATED:  "New poll: 70% of Americans think civility has gotten worse since Trump took office" by Laura Santhanam, PBS NewsHour 7/3/2017

ESSAY - New U.S. Motto?

"Has the U.S. motto become ‘In Nothing We Trust’?" PBS NewsHour 2/5/2016

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SUMMARY:  Only 19 percent of American trust the government to do the right thing most of the time, according to a recent Pew Research poll, down from 77 percent in 1964.  This lack of trust isn’t limited to the government -- Americans today distrust everything from churches to public schools.  Journalist Jeff Greenfield offers an essay on how we became a nation of doubters.