Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the January 8, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
2025: The public’s priorities and expectations AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research To explore the public’s agenda for 2025, The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research conducted a poll in December 2024, in which respondents provided up to five volunteered issues that they believe should be priorities for the federal government in 2025.
Immigration is a higher priority for Americans than it was a year ago, an AP-NORC poll shows Associated Press US health and wellness trends - A comprehensive overview Kineree Shah, YouGov The trends shaping consumer behaviors in health, fitness, and self-care. Maryland: The president and the president-elect Gonzales Research & Media Services
Why the clock is already ticking on the new GOP congressional majority Ronald Brownstein, CNN The risk of one GOP mega-bill is that it takes too long to herd the cats Natalie Jackson (GQR Research), National Journal [unlocked] Republicans Aren’t Actually Sure Mass Deportations Are a Political Winner Casey Murray, NOTUS Trump Imagines New Sphere of U.S. Influence Stretching From Panama to Greenland Vivian Salama and Alexander Ward, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] The Political Logic of Trump’s International Threats Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic [unlocked] Dripping Faucets and Seizing Greenland: Trump Is Back and Chaos Ensues David E. Sanger, New York Times [unlocked] Harris Didn’t Lose the Election So Much as Trump Won William A. Galston, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] How should the news industry cover Trump? Ten top journalists weigh in. Jeremy Barr, Washington Post [unlocked] A Legacy From Carter That Democrats Would Prefer to Escape Adam Nagourney, New York Times Why the speaker vote should still worry Mike Johnson G. Elliott Morris and Katie Marriner, 538 Virginia Democrats maintain narrow legislative majorities after special election wins Adam Edelman, NBC News The 2026 midterm elections are just around the corner Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call We're getting the social media crisis wrong Henry Farrell, Programmable Mutter The New Rasputins Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic [unlocked]
There’s more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Hackzpah (with Jonathan Alter)
Hacks On TapHow Trump Re-Wrote the History of January 6
On the Media