Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the February 14, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Confidence in federal civil servants remains far lower among Republicans than Democrats Ted Van Green, Pew Research Center Republicans and Democrats have long held very different views of federal “career employees” – the civil servants who work for government agencies or departments and do not change with administrations. That continues to be the case today: Most Democrats have high levels of confidence in the federal workforce, while most Republicans do not.
Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication
February Verified Voter Omnibus Echelon Insights
Three-quarters plan to celebrate Valentine’s Day AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
California Voters Support Recovering Extreme Weather Event Costs From Oil and Gas Companies Kevin Hanley and Grace Adcox, Data for Progress Trump, Musk and America are headed for a very rude awakening Philip Bump, Washington Post [unlocked]
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic [unlocked] Dangerous cracks in US democracy pillars Jonathan Katz and Eric Urby, Brookings Institution The Thursday Night Massacre(s) Steve Vladeck, One First ‘The Boss of Everyone and Everything’: Trump Seeks to Influence Many Spheres Peter Baker, New York Times [unlocked] In This Trump Presidency, the Domination Will Be Televised James Poniewozik, New York Times [unlocked] How the Trumps Turned an Election Victory Into a Cash Bonanza Rebecca Ballhaus, Dana Mattioli and Annie Linskey, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] When ‘Just Asking Questions’ About Science Turns Into 300,000 Dead Gregg Gonsalves (Yale School of Public Health), New York Times [unlocked] The Great Surrender David A. Graham, The Atlantic [unlocked] Putin’s ultimate goal in Ukraine is to reshape the world order Marc Bennetts, The Times [unlocked] Given Christianity’s dominance in US, Trump raises eyebrows with anti-Christian bias initiative Peter Smith, Associated Press Behold the Strange Spectacle of Christians Against Empathy David French, New York Times [unlocked] Including people without legal status in census has had little impact on House seats, study finds Mike Schneider, Associated Press 60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that’s all too familiar in US history Philip Klinkner (Hamilton College) and Rogers M. Smith (U. of Pennsylvania), The Conversation
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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A Valentine? In This Romantic Recession?
538 PoliticsBuild, Baby, Build!
Strong Message HereWhat Trump voters think about his first weeks in office
PBS NewsHourEconomist Paul Krugman on how political attitudes changed with U.S. economic shifts
PBS NewsHour