In a matter of weeks, the only perceived economic bright spot for American voters - gas prices - has gone from not-so-bad to not-so-good, finds Ipsos' tracking team.

Nearly a quarter of every dollar raised by the Big 4 super PACs in 2025 came from anonymous "dark money" groups - up 65% from 2024, according to new data released this week.

Trump already accounts for a third of all unilateral military strikes, more than a quarter of all "emergency" declarations, and two-thirds of all SCOTUS "emergency docket" rulings. Why the bum-rush?

Based on final estimate, Trump's SOTU audience has fallen 56% from his first address in 2017 while the bloviating duration of his speeches has risen 53%.

In my last post I focused on the quants of Trump's address. In this one, I use a keyword index to examine the quals. Hint: It's not exactly the "Golden Age" of the Union.

From one chief to another, maybe you'd want to consider a less-is-more strategy for future addresses, because your media metrics indicate you're wearing out.

If democracy actually dies in darkness, the influence of "dark money" in political media and marketing will be some of the nails in its coffin. Thankfully, some sources have been trying to shed some light on it.

Once again, Adam Buckman has raised an excellent question in today's "TV Blog." Here's the answer.

Just be thankful I didn't go with my first choice: FEDERALCOMMUNICATIONSCENTiPAD.

There's a reason why music is referred to as the "universal language," and Bad Bunny proved it by singing in Spanish. Because we're all still talking about it today.