You can’t hire the best & brightest if you’re only stacking govt with your supporters. 78M people voted for Trump. There are >100M blacks & Hispanics in the U.S. You’d have better odds finding the best candidate if you only hired minorities than if you only hired Trump voters.

With all the higher-ed loathing from the right in recent years, has there been a single Trump appointee that doesn't have a college degree, or even a non-prestigious one? It's as if Trump believes a college education is essential to being "the best and brightest."

Per John Dick's 3/1 What We're Seeing: "Attitudes toward the job market and the longer-term U.S. economy are falling especially harshly – and that’s before hundreds of thousands of federal workers start looking for new gigs. Buckle up." Access now: info.civicscience.com/civicscience-d…

Per John Dick's 3/8 What We're Seeing: "In all the predictive modeling we’ve done lately to help our clients forecast and explain shifts in their customers’ spending, one daily survey question repeatedly pops up..." Access now ⬇️ info.civicscience.com/civicscience-d…

Poll of the hour: Do you think the Government Accountability Office should or should not take legal action against the Trump administration over its efforts to cancel billions of dollars in government contracts and grants? Answer here ⬇️ hubs.la/Q039-CdG0

Per John Dick's 3/15 What We're Seeing: "It’s time for marketers to play hardball. With a sustained recession likely approaching (which I called last spring, by the way), it’s easy to guess how a lot of companies will respond." Access the full WWS ➡️info.civicscience.com/civicscience-d…

Sidney Crosby leads the NHL in points since the 4 Nations break (8-12-20) and now leads the NHL in 5 on 5 points for the season. He’s 37 and has played much of that span at less than 100 percent health.

Poll of the Day: Do you support or oppose the US ending the Daylight Saving Time system? Weigh in here: hubs.la/Q03h62hZ0 #daylightsavingtime #daylightsavings

It's entirely true that: A) globalization created otherwise unattainable U.S. economic growth and B) huge swaths of the voting population have been gutted by it. Elites who espouse A without acknowledging B only deepen the political resolve of those impacted by the latter.

Rory McIlroy becomes the first player in Masters history to start with five consecutive 3s on the scorecard

3 things to know this week: 1. Roughly one-third of Americans 45+ have adjusted their financial planning amid concerns about Social Security 2. Private label brands gain ground amid a pessimistic consumer outlook on debt and savings 3. Plus more ⬇️ civicscience.com/3-things-to-kn…

Streak ends: NFL Draft includes no #WPIAL players for 1st time since 1993 Per Tribune-Review Sports 32 year streak comes to and end

Per John Dick's 6/7 What We're Seeing: -Consumer confidence could not sustain its ascent -Two-thirds of Gen Zs are delaying one or more life events because of financial worry -eBay is still king, but their kingdom is shrinking Read more ⬇️ info.civicscience.com/what_we_are_se…

The Penta-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) decreased by 2.2 points to 32.5 over the last two-week period, ahead of the September meeting of the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC). All five of the ESI’s indicators decreased from August 27 - September 9, as

When two Yinzers with a penchant for disruption get together, lots of F-bombs happen! CivicScience & Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company are doing things different in industries that always see lots of the same 'ole thing. Check out Mark Cuban on John Dick's podcast - 🔗in replies

The podcast where Mark Cuban and I regale the joys of ketchup on eggs, after first discussing how to f--k up healthcare (and advertising). youtube.com/watch?v=CQCVJY… open.spotify.com/episode/1s1Spl…

A great weekend listen is John Dick of ⁦CivicScience⁩ interviewing Mark Cuban on transparency in healthcare. His ideas on fixing the problems with health insurance, deductibles and PBMs are worth considering. ⁦John Dick⁩ ⁦Mark Cuban⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

On this #NationalDonutDay, CivicScience data show Boston cream is the clear leader as the most preferred donut filling among U.S. adults.

Do you agree? Take this poll now: pollsandinsights.com/X/?civicscienc…

Working at night to get ahead? Fresh CivicScience data find that the majority of U.S. adult respondents work at night at least occasionally to have a more relaxing workday the next day. More than one-quarter say they do this frequently.