Trump's approval on economy falls in AP-NORC poll, showing new warning signs for president A new AP-NORC poll finds that President Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy has slumped over the past month as the Iran war drives prices higher.

New AP poll has Trump's approval down to 33 percent. On his handling of the economy it's 30-70:
apnews.com/article/trum...

"[Republicans] have overlooked [Trump's] mental disorders in the past— dismissed them. They've overlooked his depravity. They've overlooked the fact that he is an adjudicated sexual abuser. That he's a convicted criminal ... Because it served their purposes. It no longer serves their purposes."

thank you!

One of my favorites for sure!

thanks much!

thanks!

Glad to see our pod hanging around in the top 25 US politics podcasts on Apple, per Podchaser!

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Doesn't look like agreeing to Trump's absurd demand for an end to edited interviews got you much, CBS. Maybe next time choose *not* to get extorted?

Why I'm Voting Yes on Virginia's Redistricting Amendment Today Virginia votes on a constitutional amendment that would allow mid-decade redistricting — redrawing congressional maps in a way that would eliminate mos...

the case for strategic gerrymandering youtu.be/YgMSs_aMP84?si…

Wait 'til he finds out about Texas

Trumpism is, essentially, Calvinball.

who said they will?

[guy who asked the computer to create the most racist electoral maps in history]

gerrymandering is not good.

Quick, tell Greg Abbott that Trump opposes gerrymandering

DONALD TRUMP: Mail-in voting is CHEATING.
ALSO DONALD TRUMP: I did a mail-in ballot because I'm the President of the United States.

This is not a joke or sarcasm. This was literally Donald Trump's rhetoric over the course of mere days last month (and it reinforces Greg's summary of Trumpism).

For 20 years Democrats have been kicked in the teeth by Republican gerrymanders, and in response to Trump *explicitly* calling for GOP states to do everything possible to create a one-party system D legislatures have responded in kind and all of the sudden Republicans have discovered fairness.

The super power Trump has, and it's hard for nearly any other human to replicate, is his complete and utter lack of shame. He will say up is down in one sentence and down is up in the next and insist the latter is what has always been true.

Whatever benefits him in the moment, he will say.

You mean the gerrymandering you called on all Republican-controlled legislatures to implement mid-decade?

I feel like it's poorly understood that Trumpism is *explicitly* about Trump and his allies getting to play by their own set of rules literally wherever possible

The Watergate backlash inspired Unitary Executive theory is a massive distortion of constitutional power, as @davidsirota.com and @gregsargent.bsky.social discuss. A Dem post-midterm majority must reclaim congressional power and authority to reign in the out of control narcissist in the White House.

This is really smart stuff from @davidsirota.com explaining how a Dem victory in the midterms could create an opening for a major recalibration via a revitalized exercise of Congressional power.

Transcript:

newrepublic.com/article/2092...

This is really smart stuff from @davidsirota.com explaining how a Dem victory in the midterms could create an opening for a major recalibration via a revitalized exercise of Congressional power.

Transcript:

newrepublic.com/article/2092...

Trump’s Secret War Fears Leak Out as GOP Grows Unnerved: “Alarm Bells” As Trump stews over the war, a journalist who focuses on the imperial presidency observes that Trump seems to fear events are slipping away from him—and explains why that gives Democrats an opening.

Crucial from @davidsirota.com: If Dems win House, they must use power of the purse to stop Trump. Dems can't fear the politics of defunding. Trump is weak and this is an opening to reassert "congressional authority in a real way."

On the pod David explains this well:
newrepublic.com/article/2092...

hah indeed it is!

outstanding conversation well worth your time between two people you should always listen to @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com @gregsargent.bsky.social

dems need to pitch all of this––energy independence, international cooperation, rebuilding humane immigration––as *patriotic duties*

Thanks!

Vote the Fascists Out (Neon Liberalism #70, with Greg Sargent) Why did JD Vance personally campaign for the former Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán? Why did his comprehensive defeat by a former member of his own party, Péter Magyar, garner such attention fr...

Neon Liberalism #70: Viktor Orbán has for the last sixteen years served as the vanguard of the authoritarian internationale, leading and organizing would-be autocrats across the West. How did he lose? Samantha Hancox-Li and Greg Sargent discuss. www.liberalcurrents.com/vote-the-fas...

I should have added that in this pod we discuss this piece on Orban:
newrepublic.com/article/2090...

A must-listen conversation here between two of the best commentators in our moment @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com and @gregsargent.bsky.social

Thanks, @aselrod.bsky.social

Topics:

*why corruption is intrinsic to right wing populism
*why libs/Dems should align w/global anti-fascist forces
*the deep connection between crowds that celebrated in Budapest and the heroic people of Minneapolis

@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com is a great host