More bad polls for Trump

Remarkable: 55% of noncollege whites and even 50% of rural whites say ICE is too aggressive, per new Fox News poll.And 71% of independents disapprove of Trump on immigration.This is digging deep into Trump's base.We detail these numbers on today's pod:newrepublic.com/article/2059…

— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) 2026-02-02T12:34:24.007Z

Benchmarking public opinion on Trump's DOJ arresting Don Lemon: An ABC News poll last Sept found 36% of Americans think Trump "is committed" to protecting the freedom of the press. Now we see how much/if that falls… substack.com/@gelliottmor…

— G Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris.com) 2026-01-30T17:17:42.644Z

Disastrous new poll for Trump from Lakshya Jain and The Argument. Only 33% of voters want ICE to remain in Minneapolis and 49% of voters support not funding ICE without major reforms.Net favs:ICE: -26Stephen Miller: -20Trump: -15Vance: -12DHS: -7www.theargumentmag.com/p/immigratio…

— Sarah Longwell (@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social) 2026-01-29T12:54:26.038Z

Most interesting part in the new Pew poll on Trump is the decline in GOP confidence, which is really starting to mirror Dems losing confidence in Biden.Just 2/3 of GOP-leaning voters think he has the mental capacity to do the job and only 42% thinks he acts ethically.

— Kevin Robillard (@robillard.bsky.social) 2026-01-29T21:23:47.185Z

Backing up The Argument in NYT/Siena, Gen X still has an astonishing 49% approval for Trump (!), while Boomers have dipped to 42%. Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.

— World's Second-Biggest AtlasIntel Hater (@corncobanalysis.bsky.social) 2026-01-29T19:00:59.510Z

The latest state-by-state Trump approval ratings show him underwater in these states that he won in 2024:

See YouGov's polling on how many Americans support and oppose 369 policies and positions from the past year of the Trump administrationOn average, 32% support each policy and 49% oppose ittoday.yougov.com/politics/art…

— YouGov America (@today.yougov.com) 2026-01-23T22:04:46.709Z

Trump’s destruction of the Kennedy Center

"Crisis." "Catastrophe." "Chaos." Just three words people used to describe the state of the Kennedy Center after Trump's announcement that he wants to close it for two years for construction.Our latest: http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen…

— Travis M Andrews (@travismandrews.bsky.social) 2026-02-02T22:35:40.133Z

I bet it’s just the Trump center when/if it reopens. He’ll say the old name doesn’t apply because of changes to the building.

— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2026-02-02T22:39:08.053Z

14 federal prosecutors have resigned because of Trump’s terrible policies

Eightn now, six earlier

Notably this includes Ana Voss, head of the civil division, whom Chief Judge Schiltz thanked by name for handling a deluge of habeas petitions in response to ICE’s barrage of unconstitutional arrests

— Eric Columbus (@ericcolumbus.bsky.social) 2026-02-02T23:04:07.271Z

Breaking on MS NOW:Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2026-01-30T14:55:47.823Z
Federal Prosecutors in Minnesota Are “Demoralized and Pissed”

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news…“(The resignation) comes after six prosecutors with the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota resigned over their concerns about the direction of the investigation.”

— Laura Anne Gilman (@lauraannegilman.bsky.social) 2026-01-24T23:33:30.256Z

Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned in protest of the Justice Department's decision to investigate Renee Good's widow.When SIX career attorneys quit, something is seriously amiss.www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u…

— Christa Brown (@christabrown.bsky.social) 2026-01-21T21:58:13.883Z

New York Times article on food delivery and my experiences

I am 72 and not much of a cook. I use food delivery often. Here are some thoughts on my experiences.

  1. I am grateful it exists. Getting food, groceries and medicines will enable me to stay in my house longer as I age.
  2. I almost always order multiple meals. I can’t see the point of ordering one sandwich. Then you have to order again soon. A neighbor said they must think 4 or 5 people live here. (I live alone.)
  3. I don’t drive. Delivery services enable me to get food from places that are too far to walk to.
  4. I always try to tip well. I wish there was a way to tip the restaurant, too. Uber Ears had this for a while during the pandemic.
  5. Some things just don’t travel well. For example, tacos in hard shells get soggy.
  6. Long delivery times match the times restaurants and bars are busy like Friday and Saturday nights.
  7. Lots of foodies post on Instagram – that’s a good way to find out about restaurants. I also use local papers and posts by the restaurants.
  8. Most of the time, the delivery times have matched the time range the services said and I got everything I ordered.
  9. Before the pandemic, the only delivery food I ordered was from Domino’s and Papa John’s. At first I ordered from places I had been to; now I order from anywhere.

Trump family’s endless corruption and greed

Reporter: 1.4 billion, really closer to 1.5. I studied Donald Trump's finances, and this amount the Trump family made last year is greater than the sum total of everything he ever made in his whole life.#NoWarrantNoICE #NoMoneyForMurderers

— Peggy Stuart (@peggystuart.bsky.social) 2026-01-28T22:48:16.831Z

Here's an article about this NYT coverage: http://www.nj.com/politics/202…

— Ducati5 (@ducati5.bsky.social) 2026-01-28T01:41:16.935Z

Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people. Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech. They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.

— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@vanhollen.senate.gov) 2026-02-01T18:04:16.579Z

Trump’s plan for the USIP building may be illegal

New Scooplet from me: The State Department is poised to take over a building DOGE seized from the US Institute of Peace, former staffers claim—possibly for Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace.” @wired.com http://www.wired.com/story/trump-…

— Vittoria Elliott (@telliotter.bsky.social) 2026-01-29T14:56:25.372Z

The Peace Building in DC has been renamed the “Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace”The institute created by Congress, signed into law by Reagan, and axed by Trump back in February. He literally had the president of the USIP hauled out by police and has now deemed himself the emperor of peace.

— Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) 2025-12-07T15:24:49.322Z

Another clip shared by DC Metropolitan Police in response to my FOIA lawsuit from the DOGE raid on USIP shows the same white shirt cop addressing three USIP staff members outside the building. He says "Obviously there's gonna be lawsuits on the back end of this, and civil stuff."

— Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) 2025-12-05T22:53:22.917Z

A former USIP official said of Trump: “It’s pretty ironic that he put his name on an institution he destroyed.”Taking over institutions and putting your name on it is another sign of authoritarianism.www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p…

— Michael J. Stern (@michaeljstern.bsky.social) 2025-12-04T18:14:15.997Z