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Economy

Workers assemble built-in appliances at the Whirlpool manufacturing plant in Cleveland, Tennessee August 21, 2013. (Photo: Reuters)

Workers assemble built-in appliances at the Whirlpool manufacturing plant in Cleveland, Tennessee August 21, 2013. (Photo: Reuters)

The Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey conducted by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve at 38.8 nearly doubled the median forecast of 19.6 this month. The index for current manufacturing activity in the region increased from a reading of 22.0 in April and has been positive for 10 consecutive months.

Fifty-one percent (51%) of the firms indicated increases in activity in May, while 13% reported decreases. The current new orders index, gaining 16 points, and shipments index, gaining 2 points, remained at high readings.

The one negative in the report came in the current employment index, which fell 3 points after it remained positive for 6 consecutive months.

The latest positive news in the manufacturing sector comes after the Federal Reserve said Tuesday that U.S. industrial production surged in April by a  stronger-than-forecast 1.0%, more than double the median forecast. The gains were widespread and more than enough to erase and reverse the contraction measured in March, which was revised up to show a 0.4% gain.

The Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey conducted by

Polls

Donald J. Trump shakes hands with supporters following a campaign event in Radford, Virginia February 29, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)

Donald J. Trump shakes hands with supporters following a campaign event in Radford, Virginia February 29, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)

After a slight uptick last month, President Donald J. Trump’s approval rating has taken another hit in May amid constant negative media coverage. The People’s Pundit Daily (PPD Poll) Big Data Poll finds 41% of likely voters nationwide approve of the job President Trump is doing, while 48% disapprove.

“The bad news for President Trump is that he has lost ground among all voting blocs, including the key voters in the middle,” R. D. Baris, head of the PPD Poll said. “The good news for the President is that the results show the spread is more a reflection of an increase in light disapproval than solid opposition or a base abandonment. That’s not what is happening here, at least not yet.”

Nationally, 50% of white likely voters still approve of the job the President is doing, but only 39% disapprove. That’s down from 54% in the prior survey and his high of 64%, which was measured in January after Inauguration Day. His support among whites since January has averaged 58.2%.

He is also further underwater with black Americans this month after making considerable gains for a Republican politician. Only 7% of black likely voters approve, down from an impressive 18% in March.

Support among Hispanics, at 30%, is also at a new low.

While the President has slipped nationally, in key battlegrounds states his numbers are still more favorable juxtaposed to the nation as a whole.

“We’ve always found Mr. Trump more popular among voters in most battleground states than likely voters nationwide,” Mr. Baris, the People’s Pundit added. “Still, there is no doubt that he’s had a rough few weeks.”

President Trump’s approval ratings in Florida and Ohio were far above his national numbers earlier in May. The President was above water in his adopted home state, 52% to 45%, while Buckeye State voters approve of him by an even larger 10-point margin, 53% to 43%.

The People’s Pundit Daily (PPD Poll) Big Data Poll was recently featured in The Washington Times for being the most accurate poll in 2016.

(See full demographics and historical approval rating data, here.)

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The PPD Poll follows level 1 AAPOR standards of disclosure and WAPOR/ESOMAR code of conduct. All publicly released surveys are subscriber– and individual reader donations-funded, not sponsored by any other media outlet, partisan or political entity.

The national poll was conducted from May 11 to May 17 and is based on 1482 interviews of likely voters participating in the PPD Internet Polling Panel. The Sunshine State Battleground Poll, a subsample of the PPD Battleground State Likely Voter Metrics, was collected in a separate state-wide sample.

The PPD Poll has a 95% confidence interval and is not weighted based on party affiliation (party ID), but rather demographics from the U.S. Census Current Population Survey–i.e. age, gender, race, income, education and region. Partisan affiliation is derived from a proprietary likely voter model and demographic weighting, not the other way around.

The sample identified a D/R/I partisan split of 36% Democrat, 33% Republican and 31% Independent/Other. Read about methodology here.

After a slight uptick last month, President

Economy

Weekly Jobless Claims Graphic. Number of Americans applying for first-time jobless benefits.

Weekly Jobless Claims Graphic. Number of Americans applying for first-time jobless benefits.

The Labor Department said Thursday weekly jobless claims fell 4,000 for the week ending May 13 to a lower-than-expected a 232,000, beating the median forecast.

The 4-week moving average was down 2,750 to 240,750 and lagging continuing claims were down 22,000 to 1.898 million for the week ending May 6. That’s a 29-year low for this reading.

The 4-week average for lagging claims is down 20,000 to 1.946 million, a 43-year low. The unemployment rate for insured workers (which excludes job leavers and re-entrants) is at 1.4 percent.

A Labor Department analysts said there are no special factors impacting the report, which comes before what indicators point to being another solid jobs report in May.

The Labor Department said weekly jobless claims

Entertainment

Former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes (Photo: Courtesy of FOX)

Former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes (Photo: Courtesy of FOX)

Former Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes is dead at age 77, the Drudge Report first reported and the family has confirmed.

Statement from Elizabeth Ailes, his surviving wife:

I am profoundly sad and heartbroken to report that my husband, Roger Ailes, passed away this morning. Roger was a loving husband to me, to his son Zachary, and a loyal friend to many. He was also a patriot, profoundly grateful to live in a country that gave him so much opportunity to work hard, to rise—and to give back. During a career that stretched over more than five decades, his work in entertainment, in politics, and in news affected the lives of many millions. And so even as we mourn his death, we celebrate his life.

Mr. Ailes resigned from Fox in the summer of 2016 amid former Fox News Channel Host Gretchen Carlson making accusations of sexual harassment in a lawsuit against him. He had denied the allegations.

Founding Fox News and dominating the cable news industry, Mr. Ailes is widely regarded as a genius for seeing a need for a conservative outlet to counter the liberal news monopoly. In the early 1990s, he served as president of CNBC, which he left to create Fox News.

Former Fox News chairman and CEO Roger

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Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, said President Donald Trump is under attack by the deep state and “our country is under attack from within.” The former Ohio congressman, Cleveland mayor, and Democratic presidential candidate, who has been a champion of civil liberties said on Hannity all Americans no matter ideology or party “need to to protect America” against this threat to our democracy.

“The intention is to take down our President,” Mr. Kucinich, a progressive champion of civil liberties said on “Hannity” Wednesday night. “This is very dangerous to America. It’s a threat to our Republic. It constitutes a clear and present danger to our way of life.”

“So we have to be asking, ‘What is the motive of these people?'”

Earlier in the week, Mr. Kucinich said the “intelligence community is out of control. There’s effort to undermine Russian relations and President Trump. We have one president and he’s being undermined.”

He also pointed out how the deep state undermined President Obama on Russia multiple times on Syria, though it was not widely reported. Then-President Obama and then-Secretary of State John Kerry were negotiating a cease-fire with Russia in Syria when the intelligence community engineered an attack on the Assad Regime.

“This is a problem in our country. We’ve got to protect our nation here. People have to be aware of what’s going on, we need to protect America,” he said. “This isn’t about Democrat or Republican. This is about getting what’s going on in the moment and understanding that our country itself is under attack from within.”

Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, said President

Politics

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., whispers something into the ear of her colleague Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Ia., during a Senate hearing. (Photo: AP)

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., whispers something into the ear of her colleague Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Ia., during a Senate hearing. (Photo: AP)

The Senate Judiciary Committee requested the FBI provide all memos pertaining to James Comey’s interactions with Donald Trump AND Barack Obama. A separate request also includes any taped conversation that the President alluded exists in which Comey told him he was not personally under criminal investigation.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Ia., the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., made the request after news reports indicated Comey wrote a memo following meetings and conversations with President Trump in order to document what he perceived to be improper behavior by the President with respect to ongoing investigations at the FBI.

In a letter to Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, the Judiciary Committee request also included Justice Department officials from both administrations and a deadline.

“We are writing to request that the FBI provide the Committee with all such memos, if they exist, that Mr. Comey created memorializing interactions he had with Presidents Trump and Obama, Attorneys General Sessions and Lynch, and Deputy Attorneys General Rosenstein, Boente, and Yates regarding the investigations of Trump associates’ alleged connections with Russia or the Clinton email investigation,” the letter says. “Please provide these documents by no later than May 24, 2017.”

The letter from the Judiciary Committee to White House Counsel Donald McGahn, the senators requested “all White House records memorializing interactions with Mr. Comey relating to the FBI’s investigation of alleged ties between President Trump’s associates and Russia, or the Clinton email investigation, including all audio recordings, transcripts, notes, summaries, or memoranda.”

The Senate Judiciary Committee requested the FBI

Entertainment

Chris Cornell, the lead singer of the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. (Photo: AP)

Chris Cornell, the lead singer of the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. (Photo: AP)

Chris Cornell, the lead singer of the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, died Wednesday night in Detroit, his representative said. He was 52 years old and his death was “sudden and unexpected.”

Born in 1964, in Seattle, Washington, Cornell formed Soundgarden with guitarist Kim Thyail and bassist Hiro Yamamoto in 1984. In 1988 they became the first grunge band to sign with a major label–with A&M. As the frontman, Cornell and Soundgarden burst onto the 1990s rock scene with their hit “Outshined” and were pioneers of Grunge.

His contemporaries include grunge icons such as Kurt Cobain from Nirvana and Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam.

Chris Cornell, the lead singer of the

Politics

Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. (Photo: AP)

Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. (Photo: AP)

President Donald J. Trump reacted to ex-FBI Director Robert Mueller’s appointment as special counsel to probe alleged Russian meddling in election.

“As I have stated many times, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know – there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity,” President Trump said in a statement. “I look forward to this matter concluding quickly. In the meantime, I will never stop fighting for the people and the issues that matter most to the future of our country.”

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller after The New York Times reported on a leaked memo allegedly written by fired FBI director James Comey. The Times and others reported President Trump asked Comey to end the investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

But the Times quoted the memo as saying he “hoped” Lt. Gen. Flynn wasn’t prosecuted because he was a “good man,” to which Comey replied he agreed he was a good man.

Deputy Rosenstein said his decision was not driven by evidence of a crime, but rather due to public confidence in the investigation.

“In my capacity as acting Attorney General, I determined that it is in the public interest for me to exercise my authority and appoint a Special Counsel to assume responsibility for this matter,” Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein said in a statement. “My decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted.”

As People’s Pundit Daily previously reported, legal experts on the right and left said reaction to the alleged Comey memo was overblown and the story was oversold. Further, even if true, the memo raises more questions about the actions of Mr. Comey than President Trump.

Mr. Mueller, who will oversee the bureau’s investigation of Russian actions during the 2016 presidential election, has 60 days to put together a budget and submit it to Rosenstein. The Justice Department said Mueller has resigned from his job at a private law firm to take the job of special counsel.

President Donald J. Trump reacted to ex-FBI

Politics

Rod Rosenstein, nominee to be Deputy Attorney General, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington March 7, 2017. (Photo: Reuters)

Rod Rosenstein, nominee to be Deputy Attorney General, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington March 7, 2017. (Photo: Reuters)

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel for the investigation into Russian election meddling. Deputy Rosenstein, who conducted the review that led to the firing of James Comey as FBI director, was under enormous pressure to make this move after a New York Times story claimed President Donald J. Trump asked Comey to drop the investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

The deputy attorney general said his decision was not driven by evidence of a crime, but rather due to public confidence in the investigation.

“In my capacity as acting Attorney General, I determined that it is in the public interest for me to exercise my authority and appoint a Special Counsel to assume responsibility for this matter,” Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein said in a statement. “My decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted.”

As People’s Pundit Daily previously reported, legal experts on the right and left said reaction to the alleged Comey memo was overblown and the story was oversold. Further, even if true, the memo raises more questions about the actions of former FBI director James Comey than President Donald J. Trump.

Mr. Mueller, who will oversee the bureau’s investigation of Russian actions during the 2016 presidential election, has 60 days to put together a budget and submit it to Rosenstein.  The Justice Department said Mueller has resigned from his job at a private law firm to take the job of special counsel.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, called the appointment a “great selection.”

During their 8 years–facing multiple scandals including Fast and Furious, IRS targeting of conservative groups, the surveillance of reporters, Benghazi, and the botched investigation into Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information–the Obama Administration simply ignored calls for an independent special counsel.

The loudest of those calls came after former Attorney General Loretta Lynch was caught secretly meeting with Bill Clinton on an airplane when his wife was the target of a criminal investigation.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former

Politics

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke flashes a peace sign at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo: Reuters)

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke flashes a peace sign at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo: Reuters)

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke officially accepted the job of assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security. Speaking with WISN-AM talk radio host Vicki McKenna on Wednesday, Sheriff Clarke said that he will work in the Office of Partnership and Engagement as a liaison to state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies.

The outspoken conservative Democrat and vocal critic of progressive inner-city policies says is “honored” and will start in his new role in June.

“I’m both honored and humbled to be appointed to this position,” Sheriff Clarke said.

A DHS spokesman didn’t immediately respond to a phone message and email.

Democrats, the media and other elements of the Left absolutely loathe Sheriff Clarke, and will lament how criminal charges were recommended against as many as seven staffers at the Milwaukee County Jail for an inquest into the dehydration death of an inmate.

However, Sheriff Clarke wasn’t among them.

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke officially accepted

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