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A | A latest Fox News poll has painted a depressing picture, with 75% of those questioned believing that the US is going in the wrong direction, expressing dissatisfaction with the state of the economy, domestic and foreign policy, amongst other issues. The dissatisfaction comes from poll participants across the board, but Democrats showed the biggest jump in dissatisfaction, from 67% in May 2022 to the current 75%.,The respondents saw the economy as the country's biggest problem, with most claiming to fail to have seen any improvements from the Biden administration’s actions. Over 40% also took issue with the state of the foreign affairs, energy policy and border security.,Why Does the Government Fail to Address the Issues?,In contrast, the latest index of consumer sentiment published by the Michigan University showed that US citizens’ trust in the country's economy jumped from almost its lowest point of 51.5% in July to 55.1% in August.,With the Michigan Uni index suggests that US citizens see some hope for improvement, political commentator and Newsmax columnist, Michael Shannon, believes that the current administration will not deliver. Biden's team is more interested in pushing their agenda rather than assisting US citizens, he alleged.,"This is the Thelma and Louise administration that is more than ready to drive the country off the cliff if it means advancing their ideological goals," Shannon said.,The political commentator pointed out that even as fuel prices spiked, with other goods reliant on transport also experiencing a subsequent price rise, the Biden administration failed to take action to incentivize more oil and gas drilling in the country, instead continuing to stick to what Shannon described as its "suicide pact” with global warming activists.,Fed’s Bullard Claims It's Hard to Call US Recession When Job Market 'So Strong'3 August, 17:18 GMT,Shannon goes on to point out that current US problems span beyond the economy and include, for instance, its policy in the conflict in Ukraine, which Washington continues to fuel with money and armaments. The Newsmax columnist added that the only groups to profit from the Ukraine funding are donors and defense contractors, who do so at the expense of ordinary US citizens.,Political Elite 'Out of Touch' With the People,The continuing decline in satisfaction with the state of affairs in the country seemingly correlates with increasing concerns of the US citizenship with their president's ability to lead the country.,Not only do Biden's ratings continue to remain as low as 42%, but this week's Issues and Insights poll showed that 59% of respondents have grown concerned with POTUS’ mental health, Shannon pointed out.,"I think that American voters may have finally realized that exchanging a president who sent mean tweets for a candidate that was mentally deficient is a bad trade," he suggested.,However, Shannon continued to claim that the country's problems won't go away if US voters simply vote the Democrats out of Congress and the White House, as Republicans sometimes support the very policies that are hurting ordinary citizens too.,"Mitch McConnell, the curator of the Senate, says the most important issue facing America right now is the Ukraine, which shows how out of touch he is. Taiwan blew up - or no pun intended - because Nancy Pelosi for some reason decided to pay a visit there. I think that took [the] Biden administration by surprise and I don't even think Pelosi thought it would be that big a deal, which shows you what a lightweight she is", he said.,The Biden administration does not listen to US voters, not even the ones that voted for the Democrats – they want them to "sit down and shut up" as they rule the country, the columnist believes.,In his opinion, the only way the situation can change for good, is when the Democrats lose the 2022 midterms and the GOP gets purged of the so-called "unit party Republicans", siding with the Dems. Shannon insists that for a notable change in the state of affairs in the US, a group of "genuine national populist conservatives, who will be placing priority on America first, must come to power.”。 TALLINN, Estonia -- Russian authorities on Friday detained three lawyers representing imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny after searching their homes, the politician's allies said.The move was an attempt to “completely isolate Navalny,” his ally Ivan Zhdanov said on social media. Navalny, 47, has been behind bars since January 2021, serving a 19-year prison sentence but has been able to get messages out regularly and keep up with the news. The raids targeting Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser are part of a criminal case on charges of participating in an extremist group, Zhdanov said. All three were detained after the search, apparently as suspects in the case, Navalny's team said on Telegram.Independent Russian media also reported a raid at a law firm that employs another of Navalny's lawyers, Olga Mikhailova. According to reports, she is currently not in Russia. Navalny, currently in Penal Colony No. 6 in the Vladimir region east of Moscow, is due to be transferred to a “special security” penal colony, a facility with the highest security level in the Russian penitentiary system, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh told The Associated Press."If he won't have access to lawyers, he will end up in complete isolation, the kind no one can really even imagine,” she said.If his lawyers end up in jail, Navalny will be deprived not only of legal representation but also of his “only connection” to the world outside of prison, Yarmysh said:“Letters go through poorly and are being censored,” she said. With Navalny being held in a special punitive facility in the colony, he is not allowed any phone calls and hardly any visits from anyone but his lawyers, she said, “and now it means he will be deprived of this, as well.” For many political prisoners in Russia, regular visits from lawyers — especially in remote regions — are a lifeline that allows them to keep in touch with loved ones and supporters, as well as reporting and pushing back against abuse by prison officials.Navalny is President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, campaigning against official corruption and organizing major anti-Kremlin protests. He 2021 arrest came upon his return to Moscow from Germany where he recuperated from nerve agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin. He has since been handed three prison terms, most recently on the charges of extremism.Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation and a vast network of regional offices were outlawed that same year as extremist groups, a step that exposed anyone involved with them to prosecution.Navalny has previously rejected all the charges against him as politically motivated and accused the Kremlin of seeking to keep him behind bars for life.Kobzev was due in court Friday, along with Navalny, for a hearing on two lawsuits the opposition leader had filed against the penal colony where he's being held. Navalny said at the hearing, which was later adjourned until November, that the case against his lawyers is indicative “of the state of rule of law in Russia." "Just like in Soviet times, not only political activists are being prosecuted and turned into political prisoners, but their lawyers, too," he said.。
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