More on Trump’s bad polls

As President Trump prepares to address the nation Tuesday evening, Americans remain generally sour about his performance, with majorities disapproving of his handling of priority initiatives, according to a new poll. https://wapo.st/3OHb5rI

The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2026-02-24T02:00:08.58035359Z

Feb 23 poll of 2,287 U.S. adults (+/-2.6 points)% who approve | disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling MexicoU.S. adults 36% | 49%Midwest 39% | 45%South 39% | 45%Northeast 33% | 51%West 30% | 56%today.yougov.com/topics/polit…

YouGov America (@today.yougov.com) 2026-02-23T23:26:54.501Z

Gallup had him at 34/62 in January 2021 news.gallup.com/poll/203198/…

Brendan Nyhan (@brendannyhan.bsky.social) 2026-02-22T20:46:40.470Z

New WaPo-ABC poll:Trump's approval stands at 39% positive and 60% negative among adults — including 47% who say they strongly disapprove.The last time Trump's disapproval touched 60% was shortly after the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2026-02-22T20:30:19.056Z

ABC/WP/Ipsos Pres. Trump 🟢Approve: 39% (-2) 🔴Disapprove: 60% (+1)Trump's net approval on key issues Border Security: -3Economy: -16Immigration: -18 (new low)Tariffs: -30Inflation: -33(change since last poll) http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202…

Poll Tracker 📊 (@polltracker.bsky.social) 2026-02-22T14:06:17.255Z

NEW Economist/YouGov Feb 13-16% who approve | disapprove of Trump's job handlingU.S. adult citizens 39% | 56% (-16)Last week 37% | 56% (-19)Start of term 49% | 43%Dem 3% | 95%Ind 28% | 62%Rep 87% | 10%18-29: 33% | 59%65+: 44% | 53%today.yougov.com/politics/art…

YouGov America (@today.yougov.com) 2026-02-17T14:52:18.282Z

Posts on AI hallucinations-

Irony alert: Hallucinated citations found in papers from NeurIPS, the prestigious AI conference

I really resent that the media in general just accepted the term 'AI hallucinations' without any kind of questioning or pushback. Let's call them what they really are: 'Fuck-ups'. Fuck-ups made by faulty, overhyped technology that ordinarily would lead to the abandonment of such unreliable software.

Nick Carver (@nickcarver.bsky.social) 2026-02-20T14:15:51.264Z

OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”You can’t trust chatbots.

Paris Marx (@parismarx.com) 2026-02-15T20:25:44.034Z

Opinion: The proliferation of AI hallucinations in court filings has imposed substantial costs on the judiciary and underscores the need for mandatory reporting of AI-related sanction, the author argues.

Bloomberg Law (@bloomberglaw.com) 2026-02-20T14:01:00Z

“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10…

Nathan Kalman-Lamb (@nkalamb.bsky.social) 2026-02-16T12:13:36.565Z

Trump’s excessive defense spending

Trump wants to ⬆️ the military budget $500 billion PER YEAR, close to a 50% ⬆️It’s such a large ⬆️, they have no idea how to even use that much money. Over the decade, it’d cost $5.6 trillionKeep in mind they just took health care & food from people in the largest cuts to Medicaid & SNAP in history

Bobby Kogan (@bbkogan.bsky.social) 2026-02-21T15:52:21.020Z

from the article:

The roughly $900 billion defense budget approved last year was the largest in U.S. history. While other nations have also increased their military spending, the United States already spends more on defense than the next nine countries combined, according to 2023 data from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank.

Trump is concerned about Epstein perpetrators, not victims

It’s obvious that there are many many questions after Wexner’s testimony. But did Rep. @robertgarcia.bsky.social forget this? http://www.ms.now/news/greene-…

mi (@mee-ny.bsky.social) 2026-02-18T23:15:57.709Z

Trump bemoans destroyed reputations from Epstein files in first public comments since DOJ release

It’s a very sad thing how Donald talks like a dull fifth/grader.

Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2026-02-21T23:27:01.859Z

Half of US think Trump was involved in Epstein crimes

We know he’s a liar

We know he was close with Epstein

We know he’s a sexual predator

We know he likes young women

I have no doubt that Trump is guilty!

Alternate headline: “47% lie to pollsters”

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2026-02-18T15:06:42.297Z

Half of Americans think that Donald Trump was involved in crimes allegedly committed by Jeffrey Epstein; just 30% think he was not.(Economist / @today.yougov.com)More, via Opinion Today:opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260218

Opinion Today (@opiniontoday.bsky.social) 2026-02-18T23:11:46.308Z

posts on billionaires

The Billionaires Bill worked! Billionaires made over $1.5 trillion dollars last year; more than 20% richer!! The looting and polluting continues…

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) 2026-02-05T01:32:42.382Z

The record amount raised last year underlines megadonors’ eagerness to bankroll an administration that has championed the crypto and AI industries, and ended legal probes into political allies. ft.trib.al/X4MEOff

Financial Times (@financialtimes.com) 2026-02-03T01:01:42.471093Z