"But it's more encouraging than it was a week ago."
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The Department of Agriculture provides an even more encouraging number.
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For federal inmates, the numbers were only moderately more encouraging.
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Even more encouraging, this bill has a chance of working.
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Even more encouraging, a measure of services sector employment jumped 3.73 points.
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I revisited, revised, resubmitted, and this time, received a more encouraging response.
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Since then, though, the numbers have been more encouraging for the law.
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There was some more encouraging economic news on Tuesday from jobs website Adzuna.
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As for the five outer planets, the story is a bit more encouraging.
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A small but rigorous study published a few months later was more encouraging.
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Yeah, not much more encouraging than the shot taken with the Snap Touch.
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More encouraging, it got an A for the state of its fish populations.
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More encouraging, other research indicates that exercise may help to fight the condition.
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I think it's a bit more encouraging than it has been for a while.
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He was much more encouraging about what to expect, and she took his advice.
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Copper imports in February may initially look somewhat soft, but the details are more encouraging.
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The easier and more encouraging it is to press "record," the more a user posts.
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So one more encouraging data point, but a part of a very, very long road.
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"The U.S. growth figures paint a more encouraging picture for the global economy," said Savary.
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Results were more encouraging for other members of the diverse field of Democratic 2020 candidates.
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Even more encouraging, testing showed bacteria had little propensity to acquire resistance to the drug.
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Last month, researchers shared more encouraging news at the International AIDS Society conference in Paris.
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What's even more encouraging is the decline in the percentage of Americans with $0 saved.
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There were more encouraging signs that Conforto may be fully healthy after injuring his wrist.
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"It's definitely more encouraging after a kind of pullback in a midterm year," said Hirsch.
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"He could not have been more encouraging and kind," Isabella's mother, Pamela Tadlock, told CNN.
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But Ms. Ceruti said the Walker's experience with this controversy was more encouraging than daunting.
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Copper imports in February may initially look somewhat weak, but the details are more encouraging.
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As voters head to the polls on Tuesday, the answers appear more encouraging to Democrats.
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A political scientist in her day job, Ms Thomé also points to a more encouraging trend.
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"It's definitely more encouraging after a kind of pull back in a midterm year," said Hirsch.
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More encouraging is that seven remaining aluminum smelters will be back in operation by early 2019.
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For the representatives of food and agriculture exporters, the meetings could not have been more encouraging.
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Shire's chief human resources officer, Joanne Cordeiro, said the drugmaker's own surveys painted a more encouraging picture.
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New research out of Tufts University's Institute for Democracy & Higher Education paints a much more encouraging picture.
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Right now, it's the more encouraging news and messaging from China that's the cause of that optimism.
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Seeing the right-handed-hitting catcher drive another pitch over the right field fence was even more encouraging.
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Yet they do not capture the drift of Mr Trump's foreign policy, which is a bit more encouraging.
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But the wider group saw more encouraging results, driven by growth in Continental Europe and the Nordic region.
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The movie deliberately descends from this brutal height to something friendlier, more encouraging and, alas, substantially more quaint.
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Her manner of leadership is more encouraging than domineering, her gestures somewhere between an invitation and a command.
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But what is less predictable, and thus more encouraging, is the character of the Republicans joining them. Sens.
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Even more encouraging ... Shawn says folks will see the legendary talk show host back on TV in due time.
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Even more encouraging, eleven black actors have won an Oscar since 1991, compared with just four in previous years.
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Another cause of slow wage growth is more encouraging: Japan has found more labour than it knew it had.
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Even more encouraging, multiple states will see average premiums come down by double digits in their exchanges next year.
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Results from banks were more mixed after more encouraging results from UBS had boosted it in the previous session.
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Economists note the timing of Easter distorts the inflation numbers and that the April data should prove more encouraging.
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Even more encouraging was that, despite increasing the amount of medication they administered, they saw far fewer side effects.
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And on a more encouraging note, "the data also reveals that many Americans are trying their very best," Sperling said.
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"Late stage funding in the county had become stark in 2016, but more encouraging signs now this year," Goel said.
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I want to be more encouraging for young women and people of color and see it as something for them.
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The board said it was confident in the medium term, in commentary which Jefferies' Morris said had "a more encouraging tone".
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"I think the signs are more encouraging on the pay front than they have been for some little while," he said.
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However, the longer-term picture is more encouraging, explained Jing Sima-Friedman, senior economist with The Conference Board in New York.
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If you keep making an effort and use more encouraging words, even when feeling inadequate, your confidence will begin to grow.
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There is more encouraging progress across the country, however, at the state level, where regulation is being proposed with increasing regularity.
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Other parts of the crime report were more encouraging, with a pronounced decrease in the number of attacks on asylum centers.
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More encouraging, the survey found that more than 21 percent of American marrying couples spend less than $2220,000 on their weddings.
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The researchers who conducted that study are preparing future studies, and it's possible those comparisons will turn up more encouraging results.
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The scene is more encouraging in parts of Mosul that have been retaken by Iraqi forces, our reporter observed this week.
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More encouraging still is the idea that there's a pointed rhyme and reason to how the plot of the show is unfolding.
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But if you count people who found love indirectly through the people they met on the show, the numbers are more encouraging.
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" Before Baldwin's Trump left the town, he had one more encouraging word of advice for his fans, "Keep eating that finger chili!
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MF also said the lender's roadshow in the U.S. got a more encouraging response from investors than it did from European investors.
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And while many dance-music purists saw Justice as inauthentic, their reception in the showboating realm of EDM was no more encouraging.
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Singtel Group CEO Chua Sock Koong told CNBC's "Street Signs" that fourth-quarter trends were "definitely more encouraging" than the full-year numbers.
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Others were more encouraging, suggesting that the agreement to work toward the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula could be achieved in time.
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But no one would expect such a trend to turn on a dime, and the picture going forward is a little more encouraging.
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Even more encouraging, 92 percent of respondents who are in school said they were pursuing educational opportunities that were previously unavailable to them.
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What's more encouraging to Murphy is Tapestry's acknowledgement that the logo product in the outlet has begun to bring in a new shopper.
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Nonetheless, a recent report by the Kauffman Foundation, a think-tank, suggests that these gloomy surface numbers may be masking more encouraging deeper trends.
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And perhaps even more encouraging is that sales of a new line of Regal liftbacks, including a wagon, also rose 22 percent in 2018.
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More encouraging were the findings in Latin America, where a number of countries score at levels more commonly found in Europe and North America.
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Also circling around is Jacqueline Carlyle (Melora Hardin), the editor-in-chief who ends up far more encouraging than she is upon first glance.
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On a more encouraging note, Mr. Barba said an added bonus of booking directly through the hotel is that it's easier to get upgraded.
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"These findings are more encouraging signs that the tide continues to turn on our nation's HIV epidemic," said CDC director Brenda Fitzgerald in a statement.
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However, what was even more encouraging was the fact that, as a behind the scenes player, Nine Ball wasn't nearly as likely to get caught.
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Now, new research is helping to take some of the unknown out of that equation — and the results might be more encouraging than you'd think.
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He may appear to be more negative than his peers, but his 2017 call on the market is more encouraging than his longer-term forecast.
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More encouraging earnings reports, led by medical device maker Medtronic Plc posting a better-than-expected quarterly profit, lifted U.S. equities and shares in Europe.
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In sum, Pai is flipping the FCC's previous policy of de facto discouraging facilities-based broadband competition and investment, towards a much more encouraging one.
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But a broader measure of foreign investor sentiment, which includes capital investment in property, factories or other assets, is more encouraging for emerging markets investors.
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After several days of more encouraging trends in infections, China's Communist Party newspaper warned that it would be mistake to think victory was in sight.
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" Looking ahead, she has one hope: "That the gaming world can be more encouraging, friendly, and inclusive to all kinds of different [experiences] and artistic expressions.
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Trump supporters were also about twice as likely as Clinton supporters to say that Islam was more encouraging of violence toward Americans, women and gay people.
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And even more encouraging for investors were two key advertising statistics it touted: Investors have been concerned with Twitter's ability to grow users and therefore advertising.
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There was one more encouraging sign: When Mr. Thompson entered office, one of his first moves was beefing up a special unit that reviews wrongful convictions.
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Acker, who is not connected to the research, noted the study findings were far more encouraging than the results of a similar trial reported last month.
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Remember to step back and take in the full picture this month, as it will give you a better (and more encouraging) sense of your current situation.
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"We don't know what's going to happen, but we're seeing more encouraging signs than we were early last year," Dr. Daniel Jernigan, a CDC flu expert, said.
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There's absolutely nothing more encouraging than having a giant, green owl stare you down in the middle of a date until you practice Korean for five minutes.
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As a new administration arrives in Washington this January, the U.S. can seize this opportunity to send a new, more encouraging message to the people of Iran.
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No one could be more encouraging or more supportive, except when he goofs and accidentally punctures your self-confidence while you're trying to walk on a tightrope.
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Even more encouraging is that an all-time record number of small business owners agreed that "Now Is a Good Time to Expand," according to the NFIB.
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"Previous work has shown that female physicians have a more patient-centered communication style, are more encouraging and reassuring, and have longer visits than male physicians," she wrote.
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Imports were more encouraging, declining only marginally and much less than expected, pointing to improving domestic demand and adding to views that the economy may be slowly stabilising.
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So we felt it's a much more encouraging sign for developers who want to contribute if they see everything is fully open sourced and cannot be closed source.
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Labor force participation is rising (if you peek behind the curtain) These unemployment rate readings are even more encouraging in the context of stable labor force participation (LFP).
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Investors shrugged off further signs of weakness in global manufacturing, taking their cue instead from more encouraging indicators, such as U.S. construction spending and Australian and Swiss GDP.
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Behind all these grim headlines, however, lies a larger and more encouraging truth: Corruption is being exposed, denounced and prosecuted more vigorously, and at higher levels, than ever.
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"We don't know what's going to happen, but we're seeing more encouraging signs than we were early last year," Dr. Daniel Jernigan, a CDC flu expert, said in September.
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More encouraging still for Democrats: Some polls have put Ossoff at close to 50 percent of the vote total, which would allow him to avoid a runoff in June.
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But even within its strict focus on identity, it could have been more creatively organized — more encouraging of artistic dialogue and less interested in a unidirectional telling of history.
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A fresh batch of U.S. data on Thursday was more encouraging with a surge in wholesale inventories in April prompting economists to lift their second-quarter economic growth estimates.
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A fresh batch of U.S. data on Thursday was more encouraging, with a surge in wholesale inventories in April prompting economists to lift their second-quarter economic growth estimates.
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For anyone who cares about climate, regardless of political perspective, bipartisan engagement on climate in the United States should be much more encouraging than the Paris accord ever was.
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There were tentative signs of a turnaround in March, when 60,900 full time jobs were added, and other leading indicators of the economy have also generally been more encouraging.
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Turnout for the open house, where Chef Via Melissa prepared and served her versions of stuffed mushrooms and asparagus quesadillas, was a little more encouraging, with around 40 people.
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The results, reported at a medical meeting in San Diego and published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine, were far more encouraging than heart specialists had expected.
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Imports were more encouraging, however, declining only marginally and much less than expected, pointing to improving domestic demand and adding to views that the economy may be slowly stabilising.
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And the inventory's aspect is what really made the report look dismal to use your word, or to look not so good, but there's underlying information that is more encouraging.
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VanEnglesdorp, a University of Maryland entomologist, believes that a new product for fighting the mite Varroa destructor is one of the primary reasons for the more encouraging numbers this year.
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Even more encouraging, Superstore doesn't congratulate itself for being more inclusive; it just knows that its cast resembles reality more than one that might better resemble a displaced frat house.
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There were more encouraging data from the U.S. to digest, but with Donald Trump set to formally assume the United States Presidency on Friday investors were largely waiting and watching.
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But, amid investors' newfound optimism and more encouraging trends in the semiconductor industry, chip stocks have rallied more than 31 percent off of their recent low hit on Dec. 26.
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Perhaps more encouraging, those men and women who had entered middle age out of shape but then gained fitness showed the same substantial reduction in their subsequent risk for dementia.
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The result is one of the more encouraging public polls for Mr. O'Rourke lately — the last Quinnipiac survey earlier this month had him trailing by nine points among likely voters.
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The loss dropped the Yankees seven and a half games behind the Red Sox in the American League East race, and the forecast for Saturday afternoon is no more encouraging.
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More encouraging, perhaps, was Robert Gsellman — best known as a pitch-to-contact starter — striking out the side in the seventh, followed by crisp innings from Swarzak and Jeurys Familia.
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But even if you were more inclined to see terrorism instead as crime — best understood through, and handled by, the tools of law enforcement — the results aren't much more encouraging.
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It was better than some had feared, but after the Greek deal some Macedonians had dared to hope for more encouraging language, with fewer conditions and a quicker start to talks.
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Moving to mDAUs is a way for Twitter to de-emphasize that view and to put a spotlight on more encouraging numbers: those that show Twitter is increasing its advertising base.
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One year after a crash test raised questions about the safety provided to passengers in the front seat of small SUVs, a new set of tests paints a more encouraging picture.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy slowed less than feared in the first quarter due largely to a jump in consumer spending, providing a slightly more encouraging outlook for growth this year.
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"I'd go throw the script down on his desk and get his opinion and ask how he would say certain things, but really he wasn't critiquing me, more encouraging me," he says.
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On the earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook explained that Hong Kong continues to drag down revenue for all of Greater China, and what they see from the mainland is more encouraging.
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There's also some more encouraging news, according to Salama: The outbreak of more than 200 people in Beni, a North Kivu town marred by decades of violence, has been brought under control.
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But, more encouraging, she said, they also suggest that engaging in "any activities involving moving and socializing," as each of these group programs did, might perk up mental abilities in aging brains.
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Neither two times world champion Fernando Alonso nor Belgian rookie Stoffel Vandoorne was able to add to the meager tally of two points, despite qualifying a more encouraging 12th and 13th at Spielberg.
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In the end, grit and growth go hand in hand Even more encouraging—whether because of life experience or cultural changes—age trends in grit affirm that our character is never entirely fixed.
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If the game took place over a longer period of time than the week or two that passes in game, I could see it being less understanding and more encouraging to take responsibility.
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Even more encouraging was the fact that Turkey's fractured and long-demoralized opposition forged an alliance behind Muhharem Ince, a former physics teacher and veteran lawmaker, with the center-left Republican People's Party.
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"Recent U.S. economic data have been somewhat more encouraging, but the broader growth trends in a number of sectors still look notably weak," Wilding said in a post on the bond giant's web site.
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"I think what's more encouraging is if you see the commodity complex surging that would be driven by a better impression of the global economy," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Wunderlich Securities.
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Another report released on Friday offered more encouraging news, showing that the United States trade deficit shrank sharply, by 225 percent in July from the previous month, because of an increase in American exports.
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This is even more encouraging since the labor force participation rate remained steady close to its cycle high, at 62.9 percent, while wage growth was unchanged at a moderate 2.7 percent, year-over-year.
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Madden's reform efforts mirrored other bipartisan initiatives to reduce the cost of prisons across America: more diversion programs, more granting parole to older offenders, and more encouraging prosecutors to stop overcharging for nonviolent crimes.
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"Until we see some more encouraging measures I think EM assets are going to trade on the back foot," said Chris Turner, ING's global head of strategy and head of EMEA and LATAM research.
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Among the more encouraging examples of philosopher fathers was the Stoic Epictetus, who, at an old age, adopted a friend's child and angrily defied Epicurus's assertion that wise men should not bring up children.
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"I think the report is more encouraging than discouraging because it suggests we have a bit more slack in the economy than we expected," said Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank.
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Producer price trends in April were more encouraging, with price declines easing to 3.4 percent from a year earlier, less than the 3.8 percent economists had forecast and a fall of 4.3 percent in March.
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What's more, encouraging a child's fascination can do a lot to stoke the fires of professional growth down the line: "She could grow up to be a makeup artist one day," as another commenter noted.
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"The volatility here at year-end is unlikely to be sustained, but without more encouraging signals from Washington, the markets will likely remain treacherous in the New Year," Marc Chandler at Bannockburn securities told clients.
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Trump tweeted some pretty warm and clearly happy (dare I say, inspired) thoughts after clinching the electoral vote and an even more encouraging tweet after what looked like a productive meeting with President Barack Obama.
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Fatalities in Italy from coronavirus have surged, the Civil Protection Agency said on Tuesday, dashing hopes the epidemic in the world's worst hit country was easing after more encouraging numbers in the previous two days.
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"Retail sales extended the string of disappointing readings on the Canadian economy, but some of the stripped-down measures proved more encouraging than the headline," said Royce Mendes, a senior economist at CIBC Capital Markets.
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"Retail sales extended the string of disappointing readings on the Canadian economy, but some of the stripped down measures proved more encouraging than the headline," said Royce Mendes, a senior economist at CIBC Capital Markets.
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A little more than a month after Moody's said Trump's proposals would cause a "lengthy recession, " the firm took a look under the hood at the Democratic nominee's plans and said the prospects were more encouraging.
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More individuals are participating in the labor force The October unemployment data was even more encouraging that labor force participation simultaneously increased to 28503 percent — near the top of its four-year range of 22019-63.1 percent.
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Half of them received information that was more encouraging than what they originally received (good news for the planet and humanity); half of them received information that was less encouraging (bad news for the planet and humanity).
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Sauber were last in 2017 and are ninth of 10 teams now, even if the signs are more encouraging than they were, and there is a likelihood that Raikkonen will now be simply making up the numbers.
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More encouraging still is the creation of a league app for iOS and Android—a critical way for sports fans to receive information in general, but particularly for a league that is often ignored by traditional outlets.
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Across the Channel, the French government has taken the hardest line on Brexit in defending the integrity of the bloc's single economic space, while the signals from Germany have been a little more encouraging for Mrs. May.
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While the latest jobs report was solid and gross domestic product growth was stronger than expected, even more encouraging is President Trump's nomination of Jerome "Jay" Powell to serve as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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That people have become so active around such issues should mean that conversations about mental health will be more frequent in 2016, better informed, and more encouraging of empathy, because this is what helps break down social stigma.
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On a morning of mixed fortunes for Labour, there was a more encouraging result in a second contest, in Stoke-on-Trent Central, where it emerged victorious over the right-wing populist U.K. Independence Party, known as UKIP.
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This ringside account of Emmanuel Macron's rise to win the French presidency and his early exercise of power by Sophie Pedder, The Economist's Paris bureau chief, is all the more encouraging for the portrait it paints of its subject.
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But there is more encouraging news from a part of Europe which was ravaged until recently by a conflict in which the two sides were defined in religious terms, even if it was not strictly speaking a religious war.
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More encouraging for those who appreciate variety is that the two most successful teenagers in the men's game also use the stroke: Tsitsipas and Denis Shapovalov, 2202, a flashy Canadian who is up to No. 21 in the rankings.
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The researchers found that after receiving the more encouraging letter about "high expectations," fewer black students had discipline issues the following year than those who received the other letter, and they were more likely to attend a four-year college.
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Tonon might get cracked hard on the feet a little sooner than other hot prospects who stick to what they're good at, but in terms of his potential as an MMA fighter every fight seems more encouraging than the last.
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Alternatively, Maine, Hawaii and Arizona top the states with employees who are least likely to give up vacation time, thanks to a more encouraging work-life culture, according to Project: Time Off's survey of more than 7,000 full-time employees.
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Others see the more encouraging parallel of South Africa, where the end of apartheid in the 1990s occurred through a peaceful negotiation between a white supremacist regime and the opposition led by Nelson Mandela that sought to tear it down.
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The region saw a jump in new cases on Thursday that confounded previous signs of a downturn there, but the local governor, Attilio Fontana, said the increase was the result of greater testing and predicted more encouraging data for Friday.
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Williams had a more encouraging morning, after missing most of the first test due to the late build of the car, with British rookie George Russell doing 46 laps — more than he managed last week — with the sixth fastest time.
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The polls have returned more encouraging results for both Trump and the GOP in blue-collar districts defined by large numbers of voters without a college degree, usually centered on small town and rural communities outside of major metropolitan areas.
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This was due to a "more positive business mood and political developments that are expected to put South Africa in a position for more encouraging business and economic policy options," the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry said in a statement.
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" BOC'S WILKINS: WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN Q1 EXPORT DATA BUT RECENT DATA MORE ENCOURAGING "We were really disappointed in Q1, that's for sure, with the unexpected fall, but the more recent data shows that exports are up across a wide range of categories, goods included.
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Some more encouraging data points this week have also helped ease market fears of recession - the main driver of a sell-off in the first half of August as well as of expectations that the Fed and other central banks would respond with more easing.
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And here are some charts, via BuzzFeed, which tell a much more encouraging growth story: More important: As many more publishers focus on audience and views beyond the properties they own (welcome, Choire!) my hunch is you'll hear other big publishers asking people not to focus on UVs, either.
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Obviously, Asker isn't Miocic or Cormier, and plenty of fighters have risen to the occasion after looking sloppy against lesser competition, but it would be more encouraging if Tuivasa had shown some patience and variety against a man whose number he clearly had even on physical ability alone.
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But there are other more encouraging signs: A recent report by Counterpoint Research found that Google broke into the #3 premium smartphone OEM in the U.S. in Q4 2018, beating out LG, indicating the Pixel line was making some headway even if the overall premium segment has suffered.
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There's even a video dedicated to "Life Advice" from Ramsay, where he'll dish (no pun intended) "universal advice for how to succeed," and a closing section where Ramsay gives a few final words of encouragement, which we assume will be a bit more encouraging than some of his tweets.
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Now that we're all bummed out by this video, here's a more encouraging story on this front: Earlier this year, HIV+ actor George Hankers blindfolded himself and held up a sign that read "I'm HIV+" and instructed people to "write your messages of positivity" in London's Trafalgar Square.
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Is President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE encouraging his fellow Republicans to regard the media as "enemies of the people"?
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ABOUT OREGON (275-5): Junior forward Kavell Bigby-Williams is filling Boucher's role off the bench and had six rebounds in 15 minutes against Iona, but even more encouraging was the play of guards Payton Pritchard and Casey Benson, who combined for 25 points after struggling in the Pac-12 tournament.
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There were no significant changes to regulations in the releases, but there are now more encouraging signs that enforcement of existing rules will tighten The notices list detailed examples of prohibited practices that have been used by banks to bypass regulatory requirements and distort earnings, asset quality and capital ratios.
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Good for students, because actually something like math, guess what, the more you do it, the better you get at it, and having personal feedback to you without your peers knowing is actually more encouraging, and it frees the teacher up to focus more on where they can add real value.
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While the export picture has been grim all year, with shipments rising in only two months out of 12, import trends have been more encouraging of late, pointing to a pick-up in domestic demand as companies brought in more raw materials from iron ore to copper to help feed a construction boom.
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In some ways, the very fact of this debate — that Jews are arguing so loudly about who the real threats are, and how our community should best organize in response to them — is indicative of a deeper, even more encouraging Jewish truth: that Jews seem to be more deeply engaging in American life as Jews.
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Like I briefly mentioned: I didn't see anybody on TV who looked like me and while that never completely controlled my view of myself, I think it would have been so much more encouraging and helpful if I had a role model to look up to who was doing the kind of work that I always wanted to do.
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Two comedians this week posted fake U.S. Army recruitment ads that depict Donald Trump Jr.Donald (Don) John TrumpComedians post fake Army recruitment posters featuring Trump Jr. Trump Jr., Ivanka garner support in hypothetical 22020 poll FWS: There's 'no basis' to investigate Trump Jr.'s Mongolian hunting trip MORE encouraging people to enlist, while noting that he won't be joining them.
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Whereas, to your point, if the idea is that we should just build society differently — that everybody should have the basics taken care of; that we want people to be able to search for jobs that fit them, and if they can't find one, you don't have to work a terrible job in order to eat — that's always struck me as a much more encouraging vision.
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"It will take someone who is 100 pounds twice as long to walk it off as a 200-pound person, so in fact, if there was a little more information, which of course it would be hard to put on the label, it might be more encouraging to tell people if you are already overweight it might take you less time to walk that off," Sallis said.
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Votes on the bills were initially scheduled for last Wednesday, but were canceled at the eleventh hour after a tweet from President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE encouraging Republicans to vote against one of the measures.
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I recently joined other national conservative groups in writing letter to CFPB Acting Director Mick MulvaneyJohn (Mick) Michael MulvaneyDick Cheney to attend fundraiser supporting Trump reelection: report Chris Wallace becomes Trump era's 'equal opportunity inquisitor' Appropriators warn White House against clawing back foreign aid MORE, encouraging him to conduct a full audit of the agency, and to provide those findings to the American people.
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A robocall that features President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE encouraging Alabama voters to support embattled Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore is expected to go out on Sunday, two days before the state's special election.
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One of the few ideas expressed in Trump's speech announcing the decision was a desire to create public service announcements that would just tell people to avoid drugs altogether, a idea that sounds blatantly misguided to anyone who had to sit through DARE lectures in middle school (the pilot program since created to test out potential ads has been more encouraging in its variety of messages, but the very idea that ads will do much to prevent addiction is suspect).
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Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiJohnson eyes Irish border in Brexit negotiations Mueller report fades from political conversation Five key players in Trump's trade battles MORE (D-Calif.) on Tuesday offered some gentle advice to her friend and ally Joe BidenJoe BidenHarry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Warren offers plan to repeal 1994 crime law authored by Biden Panel: Jill Biden's campaign message MORE, encouraging the former vice president to adopt a more hands-off approach to his interpersonal associations, particularly with women.
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But if we look at how more developed liberal democracies have handled the populist shocks, we get a slightly more encouraging picture: Established democracies, however, have been resilient in the sense that either mainstream parties have taken the rhetoric and ideas of the extreme and absorbed them, keeping some form of stability even though the policies are obviously going to have to adapt, but policy change is not a problem for democracy, whereas changes to the party structure or threats on human rights or the constitution are serious hazards.
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