We’re facing the third government shutdown in less than a year this Friday thanks, in part, to a fight over immigration policy. President Trump wants $5 billion for a border wall — an amount that is unlikely to make it through the Senate. Back in January, a disagreement over the […] Read more »
GOP Insists It Doesn’t Engage In Identity Politics. Researchers Disagree
Donald Trump has had success at using identity politics. Ohio’s Mahoning Valley is a place where a conservative version of identity politics — tied to race and class — is flourishing. CONT. Asma Khalid, NPR News Read more »
White Identity Politics Aren’t Going Anywhere
… As the Democratic Party has evolved from an overwhelmingly white party to a party with a huge minority base, the dominant strategic problem has become the tenuous balance between the priorities of its now equally indispensable white and minority wings. President Trump has aggressively exploited Democratic vulnerabilities as no […] Read more »
Trump is doubling down on his strategy that cost the GOP the House
With his threat to shut down the federal government unless he receives funding for his border wall, President Donald Trump is employing a tactic that is unpopular to advance a goal that may be even more unpopular. Trump’s threats — and the muted public resistance to them from GOP congressional […] Read more »
Poll asks what makes a ‘real American?’
The trait most important to being a “real American” is to believe in treating people equally, according to a Grinnell College poll released on Monday. Offered a list of traits, 90% of respondents said treating people equally is very important, followed by taking personal responsibility for one’s actions (88% said […] Read more »
Trump’ GOP: Election Eve
President Donald Trump closed this campaign by warning of the grave danger people faced from criminal and violent immigrants and from the Democratic leaders who supported open borders and sanctuary cities. We think you will find that when the votes are all counted, Donald Trump and the GOP will have […] Read more »