Health care polls

NEW @KaiserFam Tracking Poll: Found Nearly seven in ten Americans (68 percent), say lowering prescription drug costs for as many Americans as possible is a ‘top priority’ for Congress. https://t.co/2Sz5tZddVQ #ProtectOurCare
— Protect Our Care (@ProtectOurCare) April 25, 2019

In a recent Kaiser Poll
68% pf participants don't want the Supreme Court to overturn their preexisting condition protections

54% of participants want to keep Affordable Health… https://t.co/iwgL4yKMEH
— Glenn (@wat4ins) April 26, 2019

Our most recent KFF Health Tracking Poll finds the public’s support for a national health plan, or Medicare-for-all, has basically held steady since the 2016 presidential election — with 56% of the public currently favoring such a proposal. https://t.co/qigvFjrrHP pic.twitter.com/7WzpUXn5EZ
— Kaiser Family Foundation (@KaiserFamFound) April 26, 2019

Update on Trump’s efforts to kill Obamacare

BREAKING: Trump files a brief today going further than ever before to dismantle the ACA in entirety.

This means: pic.twitter.com/rYCYE6Z2lT
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) May 1, 2019

One of the scariest things about Barr's performance today is that this is just the stuff we know about. DOJ every day does many things that fly under radar. IE just today they filed a brief trying to gut the whole Affordable Care Act–a ludicrous position no other DOJ would take
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) May 1, 2019

Put it in an ad. Air the ad everywhere. https://t.co/qQnKvdePGM
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) April 26, 2019

Obamacare is entrenched even as Trump tries to erase it Via @pw_cunningham https://t.co/148u22ctD3
— Cathleen Decker (@cathleendecker) April 13, 2019

Recent polls

2020 head-to-heads in new @CNN poll out today:

O'Rourke 52%, Trump 42%
Biden 51%, Trump 45%
Sanders 50%, Trump 44%
Harris 49%, Trump 45%
Trump 48%, Warren 47%
Buttigieg 47%, Trump 44%
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) May 2, 2019

Head-to-head @CNN 2020 poll among whites without a college degree:

Trump +13% over Biden
Trump +15% over Buttigieg
Trump +16% over O'Rourke
Trump +17% over Sanders
Trump +28% over Harris
Trump +34% over Warren
Trump +37% over Clinton '16
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) May 2, 2019

Trump approval rating by race via new Quinnipiac poll:

White:
48% approve
48% disapprove

Black:
8% approve
87% disapprove

Hispanic:
33% approve
63% disapprove
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) May 2, 2019

Republican Senator tweets out poll showing:

* Only 30% of Americans support Trump's "solution" of making it harder for migrants to apply for asylum

* 64% oppose Trump's national emergency to build wall

* 57% disapprove of Trump's handling of immigration, his top issue https://t.co/0mLegtceUJ
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 1, 2019

Mulvaney says Trump's approval rating is 50%. No sure where he is getting that from. Latest Rassmusen (which Trump likes to cite) has him at 48%. All the other polls are lower. RCP average of polls is 43%
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) April 30, 2019

The anti-Trump vote is much deeper and wider than his base vote https://t.co/FXpHg3hzYn
— Daily Kos (@dailykos) April 29, 2019

JUST IN: By a 17-point margin, Americans say Pres. Trump’s handling of health care makes them more likely to oppose than support him for a second term, per new @ABC News/WaPo poll. https://t.co/fgVhnCLNgF pic.twitter.com/UBx3jf3R7N
— ABC News (@ABC) April 29, 2019

New Post/ABC poll:

55 percent of Americans say they definitely will not vote for Trump.

Among women, it's 62 percent (!)

Among college educated whites, it's 54% (cc @RonBrownstein). pic.twitter.com/8aNqTtJ8Iq
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 29, 2019

While it’s big that 62% of women & 57% of white college educated women say they won’t vote Trump in 2020, the more eye popping news is 53% of seniors, a group Trump won by 9 in 2016, saying the same. Major shift in electorate getting little attention https://t.co/3BHZu2jy7p
— Evan Siegfried (@evansiegfried) April 29, 2019

Wow. https://t.co/sfeylBAdcI
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 29, 2019

In new Post/ABC poll, Trump's immigration numbers are remarkably bad.

Among groups who powered the 2018 Dem win, large pluralities say his handling of it makes them *less* likely to back him.

But: 63% of white evangelicals say the opposite.

New piece: https://t.co/BXdR5TghwH
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 29, 2019

New ABC/WaPo post-Mueller report poll shows plurality saying Trump's actions amounted to obstruction of justice but majority opposed to impeachment.

How it compares to Sept. 1998 post-Starr report ABC/WaPo poll: pic.twitter.com/6GbUJVr5MV
— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) April 26, 2019

Cocaine found in UK shrimp

Cocaine, ketamine, and long-banned pesticides were found in shrimp in rural England https://t.co/wLHR1IrW1V
— CNN (@CNN) May 2, 2019

The tip-off was when the shrimp wouldn’t stop talking https://t.co/BngpQLeWuC
— Josh Mankiewicz (@JoshMankiewicz) May 2, 2019

Covers: Nowhere Man

Tiny Tim’s horrendous cover of “Nowhere Man” appeared on the Beatles 1968 Christmas record. The Beatles recorded it in 1965 and it was a hit single in 1966.

With John’s mic almost entirely off! Obviously the sound guy mixed up John’s vocal fader with John’s guitar which is way too loud. https://t.co/ITNClIgODD
— Stevie Van Zandt (@StevieVanZandt) July 1, 2021

Overview of Republican voter suppression efforts

The NPR article goes over it state by state

Like clockwork, where Democrats win, Republicans seek to put new restrictions on voting.

We have to be vigilant in the fight to protect and expand voting rights, law by law and state by state. https://t.co/Xbfc12CaBB
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 30, 2019

Trump may use the government to attack Biden

and the media like the New York Times will help him by spreading what he finds.

This is so unethical and an abuse of the presidency. There’s no bottom for Trump.

Are Trump & Giuliani corruptly pushing AG Barr to weaponize DOJ against the Biden family over matters in Ukraine? Looks like it to me. Unending abuse of power . . . https://t.co/olE4OiZkWJ
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 2, 2019

Yup, as @paulwaldman1 says, the fact that Trump is already mobilizing to turn loose law enforcement for the purpose of damaging Joe Biden should be a scandal right at this moment:https://t.co/7L1wIZRiPB
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 2, 2019

I called this. @realDonaldTrump will call for criminal investigation of all potential opponents in 2020. Next up for @JoeBiden : "lock him up" chants. https://t.co/kxX9EhmPKw
— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) May 2, 2019

Trump business made undocumented workers work extra hours without pay

7 questions about Trump’s use of undocumented workers at his golf courses, via @fahrenthold and @partlowj https://t.co/0remYfMvEy
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 2, 2019

Since late last year, we've been writing about the widespread, long-term use of undocumented labor at @realDonaldTrump's private businesses. Here's what's happened so far…/1 https://t.co/EwnCr19LFe
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) April 30, 2019

BREAKING: At @realdonaldtrump's golf course in Westchester, NY, undocumented workers say Trump Org. managers exploited them by making them work extra hours without pay. https://t.co/ctf1h9pMAK
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) April 30, 2019

Amid Trump’s immigration crackdown, the administration is silent on whether the president’s own company is being scrutinized https://t.co/NRt4uSam1N
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) April 11, 2019

Some people peddle the myth that undocumented people are free riders.

Yet undocumented residents pay TONS in taxes💰to finance public services they can’t/don’t even use. Most don’t get tax refunds, either.

Correct this bogus argument. It’s rooted in “welfare queen” stereotypes. https://t.co/DsSo7xb4OE
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 30, 2019

PSA: Despite the president’s claims, undocumented immigrants pay taxes. Get the data below. https://t.co/pj4m4oy5a6
— The Beat (@thebeatdc) March 9, 2019

Missouri Republicans want to sabotage voting reforms

As Brennan Center expert @mcpli notes, the language in the amendment is “disturbing” and would “set the stage for the legislature to attempt to draw districts in 2021 on the basis of eligible voters or citizens.” https://t.co/MqMCyWBORT
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) April 27, 2019

After Missouri voters approved Amendment 1 in a landslide last year, making legislative redistricting fairer, Republicans in the legislature are now are plotting to roll back the amendment and make the ballot initiative process more difficult. https://t.co/Yapk5IdQyZ
— Let America Vote (@letamericavote) April 24, 2019

The people approved Amendment 1–now, MO Legislature, leave it alone.

“But the experience in Missouri and other states shows that politicians will seek to undermine reforms, no matter what the voters say.” https://t.co/cN1bU10KIm
— Stand Up Republic – Missouri (@SUR_Missouri) April 26, 2019

Why Trump should have disposed of his properties

Just some examples

This is why he should have disposed of his properties

NEW: How Taxpayers Covered a $1,000 Liquor Bill for Trump Staffers

-A top-shelf, closed-door drinking session.
-$546-a-night hotel rooms.
-A special government credit card for Mar-a-Lago.

Taxpayers foot the costs — and the president profits: https://t.co/nQ60YTVvnf
— ProPublica (@propublica) May 1, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: State Department allowed at least seven foreign governments to rent condominiums in New York’s Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress, a potential violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause https://t.co/JtS24MtNk8 @JuliaHarte1 pic.twitter.com/DN1MGmurry
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) May 2, 2019

Breaking: Congressional Democrats’ emoluments lawsuit targeting President Trump’s private business can proceed, judge says. https://t.co/ayHtWFPmum
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) April 30, 2019