Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the December 3, 2024, edition of Opinion Today
Most Americans continue to say media scrutiny keeps politicians from doing things they shouldn’t Sarah Naseer, Pew Research Center In our most recent survey, conducted two months before the 2024 U.S. presidential election, about three-quarters of Americans (74%) said criticism from news organizations keeps political leaders from doing things that shouldn’t be done, while far fewer (24%) said this type of scrutiny keeps leaders from doing their job.
Voters Agree K-12 Education Is Off Track, Oppose Eliminating the Department of Education Marissa Farmer, Data for Progress North Carolina: U.S. Senate 2026 Victory Insights Why Republicans start out as favorites in the 2026 Senate elections Geoffrey Skelley, 538
What the Harris Team Thinks Went Wrong Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic [unlocked] The End of Democratic Delusions George Packer, The Atlantic [unlocked] How Latinos Elected Trump Juan David Rojas, The Liberal Patriot Biden Pardon Threatens His Legacy—and Democrats’ Fight Against Trump Aaron Zitner, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Hunter Biden’s Pardon Is Understandable — But Wrong Noah Feldman, Bloomberg Opinion [unlocked] Kash Patel Has Plan to Remake the F.B.I. Into a Tool of Trump Elizabeth Williamson and Charlie Savage, New York Times [unlocked] ‘Crunchy Moms’ Found a Hero in RFK Jr. Sara Ashley O’Brien, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Even its creator now admits that ‘2000 Mules’ is discredited Philip Bump, Washington Post [unlocked] The Surprising Allure of Ignorance Mark Lilla (Columbia), New York Times [unlocked]
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