Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the February 6, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Trump policies, Musk and Kennedy, federal agencies, the national mood, and flying: February 2-4, 2025, Economist/YouGov Poll Taylor Orth and David Montgomery, YouGov This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers Donald Trump's actions and policies, the mood of the country, Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s roles in the new administration, federal agencies, and flying.
Trump tariff 'made something snap in us' - many Canadians see US rift beyond repair Nadine Yousif, BBC News How are researchers using AI? Survey reveals pros and cons for science Miryam Naddaf, Nature Chiefs Will Win the Super Bowl, Say Americans. But Americans are Rooting for the Eagles. Marist Institute for Public Opinion
Chiefs fatigue? More Americans are rooting for the Eagles in the Super Bowl David Montgomery, YouGov
Ohio: Republican primary for governor Bryon Allen, WPA Intelligence There Is No Going Back Jamelle Bouie, New York Times [unlocked] Who can police a president unwilling to abide by the law? Philip Bump, Washington Post [unlocked] What Is ‘State Capture’? A Warning for Americans. Tyler McBrien (Lawfare), New York Times [unlocked] Meditations in an Emergency Don Moynihan, Can We Still Govern? This Isn’t Reform. It’s Sabotage. David Wallace-Wells, New York Times [unlocked] Struggling Democrats Find a ‘Good Villain’ in DOGE Lord Elon Musk Catherine Lucey, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Elon Musk Wants What He Can’t Have: Wikipedia Lila Shroff, The Atlantic [unlocked] Michigan’s Arab American community offers muted response to Trump’s Gaza takeover plan Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder, Associated Press The strange suicide of American conservatism Mark Mellman (Mellman Group), The Hill Why Trump will (probably) run again for president in 2028 Nathan L. Gonzales, Roll Call What to do with sincere but unpopular beliefs? Matthew Yglesias, Slow Boring Checking Back on Key 2024 Counties, Part Two: The Sun Belt J. Miles Coleman, Sabato’s Crystal Ball
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Confronting the Chaos with Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
‘They don’t want this’: Harry Enten on Elon Musk’s popularity with Americans
CNN