Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the March 19, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
‘What Is Government For’? 14 Hard-Hit Voters Debate a Big Question in the Era of Trump and Musk Katherine Miller, Kristen Soltis Anderson and Adrian J. Rivera, New York Times [unlocked] In Opinion’s latest focus group, we spoke with 14 people from North Carolina who were either directly affected last year by Hurricane Helene, or who had close friends or family members who were. Because of that event, many of them were directly confronted with these questions of government help and trust in institutions. At a time when the future of many government services could change significantly, we asked them about what Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk are doing and how other leaders, like Joe Biden, handled the crisis.
White men, white women and the gap within the gender gap Steve Kornacki, NBC News
Trump, Biden and … bin Laden? New poll shows partisanship running wild. Philip Bump, Washington Post [unlocked]
What do Americans think about immigrants? It depends on how you ask Alexander Rossell Hayes, YouGov
College Prices Seen as Unfair but Worth the Investment Stephanie Marken and Zach Hrynowski, Gallup
Missouri: Trump and U.S. Congress Receive Highest Approval Ever Recorded in the SLU/YouGov Poll Saint Louis University Trump’s poll numbers are bad! No wait, they’re good! Natalie Jackson, National Journal [unlocked] With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left Kenneth P. Vogel and Shane Goldmacher, New York Times [unlocked] Playing a bad hand badly: Schumer's submission was months in the making. David R. Lurie, Public Notice Democrats’ Internal Battle Isn’t Over Ideology, but How Hard to Fight Trump Katie Glueck and Lisa Lerer, New York Times [unlocked] The Political Fight of the Century Derek Thompson, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trump’s policies are endangering the economy Caroline Soler (Cooperative Election Study) and Brian Schaffner (Tufts), Good Authority The stock market won't save us Matthew Yglesias, Slow Boring Defiance and Threats in Deportation Case Renew Fear of Constitutional Crisis Adam Liptak, New York Times [unlocked] What John Roberts’s Rebuke of Trump Left Out David A. Graham, The Atlantic [unlocked] This Election Will Be a Crucial Test of Musk’s Power Kate Shaw (U. of Pennsylvania Carey Law School), New York Times [unlocked] Republicans’ fragile majority and Democrats’ fragile image Nathan L. Gonzales, Roll Call It May Not Be Brainwashing, but It’s Not Democracy, Either Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times [unlocked] Michael Lewis’s Case for Government Janet Hook, Washington Monthly America’s Second “Redemption” Michael Podhorzer, Weekend Reading Community Notes Can’t Save Social Media From Itself Dave Lee and Carolyn Silverman, Bloomberg Opinion [unlocked]
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Groundwork & Gruntwork (with Steve Israel)
Hacks On TapKornacki: White men, white women and the gap within the gender gap
NBC NewsMichael Lewis on Why Our Civil Servants Are Heroes, and Why Trump Is Replacing Them
Next Question with Katie Couric