… Watching political ads of many Republican candidates, listening to their speeches, and reading their statements, one might easily conclude that we are all surrounded by existential threats to our country, ourselves, and our way of life. … In fact, our political debate is increasingly dominated by synthetic “issues,” carefully […] Read more »
A look at how Americans have viewed the Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Ahead of the House select committee’s first public hearings on its investigation into the events of Jan. 6, 2021, most Americans — 70% — think it’s at least somewhat important to find out what happened on that day and who was involved, according to a recent CBS News poll. But […] Read more »
Two Different Paths to 41%
President Biden and former president Trump don’t have a lot in common. But, they share the inauspicious distinction of having the lowest approval ratings in modern history for a president 500 days into his first term. The fivethirtyeight.com tracker has Biden’s net approval rating at a dismal -13.3, two points […] Read more »
Half of U.S. Republicans believe the left led Jan. 6 violence: Reuters/Ipsos poll
More than half of U.S. Republicans believe the false claim that left-wing protesters led the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot to try to make then-President Donald Trump look bad, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. The two-day poll, completed on Wednesday, underscored the deep partisan lens through which […] Read more »
What did Trump know, and when did he know it?
The chronology is so symbolically perfect that it borders on the eerie. Next week, we will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in. And this Thursday night marks the start of the House Select Committee public hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection — a chilling event that displaced Watergate […] Read more »
Winning Back The Factory Towns That Made Trumpism Possible
… Small and midsized counties with a big manufacturing presence, what we have come to call Factory Towns, are at the heart of a concerted long-term push by the rightwing to fundamentally reshape American politics, and they should be at the heart of a progressive strategy to win a long-term […] Read more »