Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the January 21, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
‘Hopeful’, ‘Concerned’: How Americans felt about Trump’s speech Scott Clement, Emily Guskin, Eric Lau, Dan Keating, Garland Potts and Hannah Good, Washington Post [unlocked] Americans are divided on a second Trump presidency. It’s why The Washington Post asked Americans in real time about their reactions to his inaugural address in collaboration with George Mason University’s Schar School. Here is what they had to say.
Do US adults support Trump’s Day 1 actions? Here’s what polling shows. Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Linley Sanders, The Associated Press
The Religion and Politics of Students Who Were Homeschooled Ryan Burge, Graphs about Religion How'd we end up here again? Seth Masket, Tusk Change No One Would Have Believed Michael Podhorzer, Weekend Reading We Are Now A Backsliding Democracy Harry Litman, Talking Feds Substack Trump Takes Office Determined to Bend Government to His Singular Will Molly Ball, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Why This Trump Inaugural Feels Different Than Before Jeff Greenfield, Politico Magazine The Gilded Age of Trump Begins Now David A. Graham, The Atlantic [unlocked] Billionaires Worth $1.3 Trillion Embrace Trump at Inauguration Jamie Tarabay, Amanda L Gordon, Steven T. Dennis, and Emily Birnbaum, Bloomberg His first day back in office confirms it — there is no Trump 2.0 Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times [via Yahoo] Trump Doesn’t Have What It Takes to Be a Great President Jack Goldsmith, New York Times [unlocked] A Guide to Surviving the Trump Presidency Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box Ramaswamy Will Bow Out of Cost-Cutting Project and Run for Governor in Ohio Theodore Schleifer and Madeleine Ngo, New York Times [unlocked] 7 charts that explain why Americans are unhappy with the economy Julian Mark, Hannah Ziegler and Aaron Gregg, Washington Post
There’s more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Trump's Second Term Begins
538 PoliticsMost Americans optimistic about incoming Trump presidency, CBS News poll shows
CBS NewsTrump voters on what they hope for his 2nd presidency
PBS NewsHourTamara Keith and Amy Walter on how Trump and Washington have changed since his first term
PBS NewsHour