October questions

The Intramuralist loves questions! That’s no secret. It’s the only punctuation piece that invites a response. So for the month of October, we wrote down every news-oriented question from every site visited (capped after hitting 150). 65 sites are included — left, right and center. Note that not all sites utilize the approach; our objective response isn’t always invited. Hence, condensed are the questions news sites have asked this month:

  1. After Leftist Threats, a Leak, and an Assassin, Will the Supreme Court Have the Guts to Follow the Constitution?
  2. All that nuclear talk: Is the unthinkable suddenly possible?
  3. Am I allowed to drop off a ballot for someone else?
  4. An Epidemic of Cognitive Impairment?
  5. Are Californians fleeing en masse to Texas?
  6. Are Deficits Actually Going Down?
  7. Are Democrats Heading For Another Disappointment In North Carolina?
  8. Are Hurricanes Getting Worse?
  9. Are Republicans Still Clear Favorites to Win Back the House?
  10. Are the polls about to sandbag Democrats — again?
  11. Are We Heading Towards a Global Recession?
  12. Are We in a Recession?
  13. Are We in a Recession?
  14. Are We Seeing an End to the Age of AOC?
  15. Biden’s destroying the economy. Is it intentional?
  16. Biden’s economy: Are Latinos about to hand the GOP wins in AZ and NV?
  17. Biden says he was “sort of” raised in the Puerto Rican community in Delaware and… what?
  18. Bring Back Boris?
  19. Can Democrats Talk About Inflation?
  20. Can Diplomacy End the Ukraine War?
  21. Can Focusing On Climate Change Help Win Elections?
  22. Can the US Take on China, Iran, and Russia All at Once?
  23. Can three SEC teams make the CFP?
  24. Can Walker Survive the Implosion of His Heroic Image? 
  25. Could Pot Be Decriminalized Before Biden Leaves Office?
  26. Dear Elon Musk, Can You Buy PayPal, too?
  27. Democrats losing ground with black voters?
  28. Democrats Spent Loads Boosting Republicans They Thought Were Less Electable. Will It Pay Off?
  29. Did Saudi Arabia Just Hand the Midterms to the GOP?
  30. Did Stacey Abrams Suggest Abortions Can Ease Inflation?
  31. Do Americans Actually Get Fed Up And Move To Canada?
  32. Do the Lingering Protests in Iran Reveal Cracks in the Country’s Leadership?
  33. Do Voters Care About John Fetterman’s Stroke?
  34. Does America Need More Religion?
  35. Drag for 2 year olds?
  36. FAU poll: So much for Florida’s swing-state status, eh?
  37. Harry Reid’s political machine is failing, can Obama save Nevada Democrats?
  38. Has the Biden Admin ‘Not Stopped Or Slowed’ US Oil Production?
  39. Have you applied for Biden’s student loan forgiveness?
  40. Hey, Wasn’t Biden Supposed to Be the Democrats’ ‘Top Campaigner’ Right about Now?
  41. How about a Noem/Gabbard ticket in 2024?
  42. How do states ensure dead people’s ballots aren’t counted?
  43. How Far Would a Republican Majority Go?
  44. How Have The Georgia Polls Moved Since Herschel Walker’s Abortion Controversy?
  45. How Is the Bobulinski Story Not on Every Front Page and Leading Every News Broadcast?
  46. How Long Did The Great Recession Last In 2008?
  47. How low can the Herschel Walker campaign go?
  48. How popular is Joe Biden?
  49. How unpopular is Joe Biden?
  50. How Will President Biden’s Weed Pardons Impact Federal Drug Laws?
  51. How’s Biden Doing? What about the GOP?
  52. Hurricane Season: Is It Worse This Year?
  53. Inflation is near a four-decade high. So why aren’t health care costs significantly higher?
  54. Is AP a news organization any more?
  55. Is it homophobic to not go see the gay romcom Bros?
  56. Is ‘population collapse’ a bigger threat than climate change?
  57. Is the Bottom Falling Out for Democrats?
  58. Is the J6 Committee Decision to Subpoena Trump About to Backfire?
  59. Is the Left Losing the Left?
  60. Is the Midterms’ Republican Wave Back On?
  61. Is the Red Wave Back?
  62. Is the US economy in a recession and taking the world with it?
  63. Is There a Future for Late-Night Talk Shows?
  64. Is This the Condition Fetterman Is Trying to Hide From Pennsylvania Voters?
  65. Isn’t it past time for America to have a female president?
  66. Jim Crow 2.0?
  67. Just how unpopular is Joe Biden?
  68. Just how worried should you be about nuclear war?
  69. Living paycheck to paycheck on $350,000 a year?
  70. Liz Cheney: Right-wing icon, Trump critic… private citizen?
  71. Liz Truss: How could the prime minister be replaced?
  72. Kanye West keeps moving further and further to the right. Why?
  73. Kill the babies to curb inflation?
  74. NBC “News” host Mitchell to Pelosi: Why don’t voters appreciate all of the accomplishments of you and Biden?
  75. Nevada Or Georgia … Which Senate Race Is Most Important?
  76. NY Gov: Why won’t Joe Biden take ownership of the migrant crisis?
  77. OPEC to Biden: Joe Who?
  78. Red tsunami in the Midwest?
  79. Should tech companies have immunity over problematic user content?
  80. Should the West Seek an Off-Ramp in Ukraine?
  81. The campaign ads are vicious, but do midterm candidates really hate each other?
  82. The free world needs American energy. Will President Biden meet the moment?
  83. The Kroger-Albertsons merger raises one big question: Why now?
  84. The Supreme Court Is Broken. Where’s Biden?
  85. Think Joe: Isn’t There a Better Way Out of Ukraine War Than Armageddon?
  86. Three Out of Four Florida Looters Are Illegal Immigrants? Say What?
  87. Time To Outlaw Counting by Race?
  88. Waiting for a better time to buy a car?
  89. Was DeSantis Shipping Migrants to Martha’s Vineyard a Crime?
  90. What? Did You Think The Biden Administration Wasn’t Racist?
  91. What caused Russia’s war in Ukraine?
  92. What do experts get wrong about Latino voters?
  93. What do you want for the holidays? How about a recession, CEOs say
  94. What Does A Recession Mean For The Average Person?
  95. What happened with Liz Truss in Britain? 
  96. What happened with the L.A. city council president and racist remarks?
  97. What happens if Putin decides to cut his losses in Ukraine?
  98. What happens when public schools lose students?
  99. What is martial law, and why did Putin impose it in Ukrainian areas?
  100. What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
  101. What on Earth Is Kanye West Doing?
  102. What Role Should Race Play in Admissions? 
  103. What Should We Do About COVID-19 Fraud?
  104. What Was That Badge Herschel Walker Flashed in His Debate?
  105. What will a GOP majority actually do?
  106. What Will Happen in Georgia?
  107. What’s Really Going On With the Crime Rate?
  108. What’s Putin Thinking?
  109. When Is “Inflation Reduction Act” Going To Start Reducing Inflation?
  110. When Will Prices Stop Going Up?
  111. Where’s the outrage over Biden’s quid pro quo?
  112. Who Denies Election Results?
  113. Who Is James Biden?
  114. Who Lost Saudi Arabia? 
  115. Who might succeed Liz Truss as UK prime minister?
  116. Who Sabotaged the Nord Stream Pipelines?
  117. Who Will Control the House and Senate After the 2022 Elections?
  118. Who’s Contending — And Pretending — Among The NFL’s Top Teams?
  119. Who’s to Blame for Rising Energy Costs?
  120. Who’s to Blame for the NFL’s Tua Tagovailoa Disaster?
  121. Who’s to Blame for 2022’s Record-High Inflation?
  122. Why are Dem leaders AWOL from the campaign trail?
  123. Why Are Pollsters Disagreeing About the 2022 Midterms?
  124. Why Are ‘Ten Million Jobs’ So Incendiary?
  125. Why Do Blue States Keep Prioritizing Lawyers Over Low-Income Americans?
  126. Why do labs keep making dangerous viruses?
  127. Why Do Standing Ovations Now Seem Obligatory?
  128. Why Does the ‘Strong Dollar’ Matter?
  129. Why has Biden been delaying offshore oil permits? 
  130. Why Have a Constitution If You Just Ignore It?
  131. Why Have U.S. Natural Gas Prices Soared Since 2020?
  132. Why Is High Inflation Proving So Persistent?
  133. Why Is John Fetterman’s Campaign Telling Us about His High-School Football Days?
  134. Why Is Putin’s Army Inept?
  135. Why Won’t Dems Pass Ban on Lawmakers Trading Stocks?
  136. Will Abortion Be Enough To Save Dems in November?
  137. Will Asian Americans Swing Republican in Nevada Senate Race? 
  138. Will China invade Taiwan?
  139. Will Democrats Lose the West?
  140. Will Election Deniers Deny Their Own Defeats?
  141. Will Gas Prices Tank Electoral Prospects for Democrats?
  142. Will GOP Call for Calm and Peace on Election Day?
  143. Will New COVID-19 Subvariants Cause a Winter Surge?
  144. Will Scandal-Scarred Hunter Biden Only Get a Wrist Slap?
  145. Will the January 6 Committee’s Latest Hearing Have an Impact?
  146. Will Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN Succeed?
  147. Will your tax bracket change?
  148. Would Biden Run in 2024 Without Kamala Harris?
  149. Would Putin Roll the Nuclear Dice?
  150. Would Republicans really cut off Ukraine?

Respectfully…

AR

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