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New polling showing Black voter sentiment toward Donald Trump caused MSNBC's Chris Jansing to sit up and take notice Thursday.

Political strategist Cornell Belcher said the polling done by his organization, Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies, shows Donald Trump's job approval and favorability are at an all-time low with the Black community.

"I've been around doing polling for 30 years; I've never seen an official's numbers as bad as they are among Black voters, as Donald Trump's is right now," Belcher said, causing Jansing to interrupt....

The recent elections showed that, in the swing state of Pennsylvania, areas known for being conservative are trending more progressive, according to a local report.

The urban side of Pennsylvania, in the east, has always been more Democratic, and the west more conservative. The Rust Belt was the once thriving part of the upper eastern part of the U.S., where industrial plants were successful but began to falter in the 1970s.

As jobs died, communities grew angrier and more desperate. It led to conservatives claiming to be the next savior. But by 2017, it was still an issue folks were talking about. "How to save the Rust Belt" was the Politico headline, and the debate has been about bringing new jobs back to the area. ...

Whether it's delegitimizing political protests like Occupy Wall Street or propping up candidates that'll play ball with a corrupt political system, the mainstream press and politicians are extremely good at shaping vicious narratives that work in their favor.

There's a temptation for progressives to entertain Ron Paul as a serious alternative to Obama, primarily because Ron Paul is very, very serious about getting rid of a couple of major federal programs that progressives tend to hate: namely, our War on Some People's Terror and our War on Some People Who Use Some Drugs.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court justice that recently admitted to calling a female colleague a "bitch" now has another problem.