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PERENNIAL RE-REMINDER #news #politics #culture #history #disaster #economy
James McCarty Yeager (@lonespur@mastodon.social)
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TOWARD A RENEWED AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
"SNCC’s Ghosts, the Fourth Republic, and the Crisis of Liberalism" excerpt
copyright 12.Dec.2025 by Waleed Shahid at "Waleed's Substack"
"The Black freedom struggle would live or die on whether it could win majoritarian support for full employment, public works, universal benefits, and a state strong enough to discipline both employers and police."
GOP IN DISARRAY #news #USnews #politics #USpolitics #Trump2 #project2025 #disaster #fascism #economy #mentalhealth
--Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com
"The war in the GOP is between those who can do math and those who keep bragging about how many dementia tests they've passed."
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:51:28 GMT
"The war in the GOP is between those who can do math and those who keep bragging about how many dementia tests they've passed."
~ Evan Hurst
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"I don’t know whether dog catchers are elected anywhere anymore, but if they were, it’s a safe bet that it will be a Democrat catching dogs before Kristi Noem can shoot them."
~ Robert S. McElvaine
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#Trump #Republicans #Democrats #economy #MentalDecline
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A November to Remember: Hope that the American Experiment Will Survive
After a month of electoral losses and political missteps, Donald Trump is limping into the holiday season.Robert S. McElvaine (Lincoln Square)
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#corporations #deregulation #economy #oligarchy #WallStreet #cartoon #comic
"a political system that has allowed costs for most goods for most Americans to rise outside their comfort level — and just allowed health costs to spike even further — and an electorate that is screaming for change.
If the midterms are an affordability election, Trump and the Republicans will likely do very poorly."
#Trump #ApprovalRating #economy #affordability #HealthInsurance #ACA #premiums
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"This new poll comes after others have shown a nearly all-time low in the University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment, the president falling with independents, and even losing inflation-conscious Republicans.
So the basic backdrop going into the 2026 election year looks like this: We have a president who says 'affordability' is a partisan gimmick, " (continued in /3)
G. Ellliott Morris notes that polls show nearly half of voters say either "jobs and the economy" or "prices and inflation" are the # 1 issue facing the country today. And these "affordability voters" favor Dems by 12 points in the generic ballot:
"In a new poll from the Associated Press and NORC released this week, Trump earned his lowest approval rating on the economy ever in any AP-NORC survey."
#Trump #ApprovalRating #economy #affordability
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Affordability voters favor Democrats over Republicans for 2026 House midterms
Voters who say the economy or inflation are their #1 issue are D+12 in the generic ballot, and give Trump a net job approval rating of -20G. Elliott Morris (Strength In Numbers)
"If history is any guide, Trump’s next moves will be even more over the top as he seeks to reassert his relevance and turn the headlines his way."
#Trump #ApprovalRating #economy #immigration #healthcare #authoritarianism
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"Trump is looking like a weak second-term lame duck who is untethered from the political process and whom others are now prepared to ignore despite his excessive shouting and threats. That doesn’t normally happen within the first year of any second term presidency, so it is notable that Trump is losing his grip on power before 2025 is even over."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #ApprovalRating #economy #immigration #healthcare #authoritarianism
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A Hurl The Heinz Day for the White House
The Trump regime was humiliated across the board yesterday in a clear sign of the President’s loosening grip on power.Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)
"Preventing that shift is the single most important thing on the American people’s plate right now. The fact that Donald Trump is the most hated, loathed, jeered-at and loathsome human alive on Planet Earth, well, that can be a powerful tool in that fight."
#Trump #ApprovalRating #economy #immigration #healthcare #authoritarianism
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"Trump will get less and less popular, but Orbán and Putin are loathed by their people. They just don’t have the ability at the moment to do anything about it, because the state isn’t accountable to the people anymore. (Though there are big elections coming in Hungary that might reveal that Orbán’s power is not absolute.)"
~ Evan Hurst
#Trump #ApprovalRating #economy #immigration #healthcare #authoritarianism
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wonkette.com/p/trump-more-hate…
Trump More Hated, Mocked, Loathed And Loathsome Than Ever. Does It Matter?
Yes! But let's contextualize that!Evan Hurst (Wonkette)
"The non-partisan Tax Foundation: 'The Trump tariffs are the largest US tax increase as a percent of GDP in over 30 years.'”
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Trump #tariffs #economy #affordability #ApprovalRating #EconomicElites #TaxCuts
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 269. 12/12/25
… The fallout and recriminations from the Indiana Senate refusing to back down from Trump’s threats on redistricting have been reverberating throughout the Republican Party.Ron Filipkowski (Meidas+)
"No foreign entrepreneur or high-skilled immigrant student will look at the US with the sense of safety, security, and opportunity that they did before January 20th. Once-secure research positions at labs, universities, and medical centers will never feel as sure-a-thing as they did."
#Trump #ApprovalRating #economy #immigrants #Republicans #MAGA #cruelty #racism #misogyny
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"Even if Trumpism fails, America is fundamentally changed. We have always told ourselves 'it can’t happen here.' But it now has — and we can never look at our country the same again. Trump has made American daily life coarser, more rude, and less welcoming to others. We have seen fundamental tears this year in the civic fabric of our country and communities."
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #ApprovalRating #ICE #immigrants #economy #cruelty #racism #misogyny
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"Plenty of American CEOs have proven themselves to be quite morally flexible; plenty of them appear willing to pay once-unthinkable bribes if it helps their business, even unconstitutional export taxes! …
That fundamental cowardice and weakness stands in sharp contrast to the many Americans who have bravely stood up at an individual level…."
#Trump #MAGA #ApprovalRating #ICE #immigrants #economy
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"As my final column of the year, I wanted to take some stock of where our country stands as 2025 winds down. The events of this week drive an inescapable conclusion: Donald Trump is losing. …
Never this year has Donald Trump looked as weak as he did yesterday."
~ Garrett Graff
#Trump #MAGA #ApprovalRating #ICE #immigrants #economy
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"President Trump erupted Thursday in a wild rage on Truth Social in which he appeared to blame pollsters for failing to register his world-historical success."
~ Greg Sargent
"Americans are seeing what it looks like when you send masked people out to pick people off the street in vans and take them away and ship them to foreign torture prisons, right? And this is not what they had in mind."
~ Will Saletan
#Trump #MAGA #ApprovalRating #ICE #immigrants #economy
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newrepublic.com/article/204337…
Trump Rages at Cratering Polls as GOP Losses Reveal Surprise Weakness
As this week’s brutal GOP election losses show Latinos shifting hard against Trump and the GOP, the author of a piece on Trump’s agenda of ethnic persecution explains why naked bigotry is also backfiring politically.The New Republic
"If you really, truly, deeply believed that Trump would lower prices quickly? I’m sorry. You’re an idiot."
~ Michael Tomasky
The truth is, it never was about the economy for a majority of Trump voters. Truth is, they knew exactly whom and what they were voting for. "The economy" was just a specious excuse. The racism and heterosexist male entitlement and immigrant bashing: that's what they wanted.
#Trump #MAGA #economy #affordability #EconomicElites #ballroom
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Sorry, but you had to be an idiot to believe Trump could lower prices
Fighting Words. What got...newsletter.tnr.com
Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to the authoritative World Inequality Report 2026, based on data compiled by 200 researchers, that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential.
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#capitalism #socialism #anarchism #communism #leftism #workerRight #taxTheRich #eatTheRich #economy #science #research #inequality #union
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%Jon Henley (The Guardian)
"The authoritative World Inequality Report 2026, based on data compiled by 200 researchers, also found that the top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% combined, while the poorest half captures less than 10% of total global earnings."
#Trump #Republicans #affordability #economy #EconomicElites #ApprovalRating
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"Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential."
~ John Henley
#Trump #Republicans #affordability #economy #EconomicElites #ApprovalRating
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theguardian.com/inequality/202…
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%Jon Henley (The Guardian)
"Trump went from +10 to -52 with under‑30s in under a year — a 60‑point faceplant — and it’s all about the economy. Rent up. Groceries up. Debt up. Wages flat. If you’re under 30, Trump isn’t 'your dad’s booming economy.' He’s the reason you’re broke."
~ Lesley Abravanel quoted by Greg Dworkin
#Trump #Republicans #affordability #economy #EconomicElites #ApprovalRating
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dailykos.com/stories/2025/12/1…
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Thwarting the will (and the health) of the American people
Semafor : Obamacare more popular with Americans than ever, poll finds As Congress grapples with how to handle expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, Americans’ approval of Barack Obama�Daily Kos
"The 'affordability tour' is off to a disastrous start. And it won’t get better, because while Trump insists that the problem is you, it’s actually him. And he isn’t going to change."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Republicans #affordability #economy #EconomicElites #ApprovalRating
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"One way to explain what happened in Miami last night is to look at Laura Loomer’s Twitter and see what kind of cow she is currently birthing in response to it." “Midterms will be a bloodbath," Loomer says after the recent elections
~ Evan Hurst
#Trump #Democrats #ApprovalRating #polls #economy #affordability #immigrants #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Virginia #NewJersey #Pennsylvania #Georgia #Tennessee #Florida
/11
wonkette.com/p/laura-loomer-sa…
Laura Loomer Says Midterms Are Gonna Be 'Bloodbath' After Another Night Of Democratic Asskicking
For once, reckon she is correct!Evan Hurst (Wonkette)
"An early retirement and a cushy job as a consultant or lobbyist must sound awfully appealing to a lot of [GOP legislators], especially as they head into the holidays and have serious discussions with their own families about their future plans.
Let’s keep them all in our thoughts and prayers through these difficult times."
#Trump #Democrats #ApprovalRating #polls #economy #affordability #immigrants #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Virginia #NewJersey #Pennsylvania #Georgia #Tennessee #Florida
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"Elections in three states on Tuesday told a clear story, and it’s one we’ve heard repeatedly this year: Democrats and independent voters are pissed, the Republican base is dispirited, and the demographics of the region didn’t matter."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #Democrats #ApprovalRating #polls #economy #affordability #immigrants #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Virginia #NewJersey #Pennsylvania #Georgia #Tennessee #Florida
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The GOP Rout Continues
Special election and run-off race results suggest electoral catastrophe awaits the GOP next year.Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)
"And instead of projecting stability, Trump rattled allies by veering wildly off-script during a speech meant to focus on affordability, choosing instead to rant about 'sh*thole countries.' It was a moment that underscored exactly why his grip on the narrative is slipping."
#Trump #Democrats #ApprovalRating #polls #economy #affordability #immigrants #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Virginia #NewJersey #Pennsylvania #Georgia #Tennessee #Florida
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"Last night’s elections delivered another unmistakable warning shot to the administration, as voters once again moved the country to the left. Inside the West Wing and the Capitol, alarms are blaring."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #Democrats #ApprovalRating #polls #economy #affordability #immigrants #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Virginia #NewJersey #Pennsylvania #Georgia #Tennessee #Florida
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NEWS: Republican Alarm Grows After Trump’s “Affordability” Speech Misfires and Latest Elections Deliver Another Left-Wing Wave
White House and Capitol Hill Republicans concerned after Trump's affordability speech misfires. Democrats surge in elections across America. Pentagon feared bringing boat strike survivors to trial.Aaron Parnas (The Parnas Perspective)
"Last night, Democrats in Georgia flipped a state House district in southern Athens and Oconee County that Trump won by 12 points. Meanwhile, voters in Miami delivered a huge rebuke to Trump, electing a Democratic mayor by a landslide. Eileen Higgins defeated a Trump-backed Republican opponent, becoming the first Democrat to win the mayorship in nearly thirty years."
~ Julie Roginsky
#Trump #Democrats #ApprovalRating #economy #affordability #Georgia #Florida
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"These elections signal a massive, nationwide rejection of MAGA and Trump’s failed policies."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #Democrats #ApprovalRating #polls #economy #affordability #immigrants #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Virginia #NewJersey #Pennsylvania #Georgia #Tennessee #Florida
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The Historic Win in Miami and How it Spells Doom for Trump and MAGA
Eileen Higgins becomes the first Democratic mayor of Miami in nearly 30 years. In Georgia, a Democrat won a special election in a double digit Trump district. The majority is rejecting MAGA.THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)
"Tuesday saw Democrats win upset victories in the Miami mayoral race and a Georgia state legislative race, while Republicans spent time covering up scandals and criminal conduct by Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth. ... Wins in Miami and Georgia prove that the anti-Trump change is real, substantial, and widespread."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #Democrats #ApprovalRating #economy #affordability #Virginia #NewJersey #Pennsylvania #Georgia #Tennessee #Florida
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"And yesterday, in South Florida and northeastern Georgia, the public administered Trump’s party resounding defeats."
#Trump #Democrats #ApprovalRating #polls #economy #affordability #immigrants #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Virginia #NewJersey #Pennsylvania #Georgia #Tennessee #Florida
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"On November 4, voters in Virginia and New Jersey voted against Trump and Trumpism in gubernatorial contests, as did voters in Pennsylvania and Georgia in less high-profile races. Last week, in a special congressional election in Tennessee, popular support for Trumpism was markedly lower than it was a year ago."
~ William Kristol
#Trump #Democrats #ApprovalRating #polls #economy #affordability #immigrants #racism #WhiteSupremacy
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thebulwark.com/p/georgia-house…
Voters Got Us Into This Mess. They’re Getting Us Out.
Georgia on our minds.William Kristol (The Bulwark)
"President Donald Trump is entering the run-up to the 2026 midterm elections with a Gallup net approval of negative 24, a level that CNN’s chief data analyst, Harry Enten, said is worse than every modern second-term president at this stage except Richard Nixon."
~ Brian Daitzman
#Trump #ApprovalRating #polls #economy #affordability #immigrants #racism #WhiteSupremacy
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Trump's in a Nixon-Level Danger Zone Heading Into the 2026 Midterms
A new Gallup survey and Harry Enten’s historical review show President Trump approaching 2026 in one of the weakest second-term polling positions of the modern era.The Intellectualist (Lincoln Square)