Views of Race, Policing and Black Lives Matter in the 5 Years Since George Floyd’s Killing Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Kiana Cox and Kiley Hurst, Pew Research Center Americans have expressed skepticism that attention to racial issues after Floyd’s killing led to changes that improved Black people’s lives.
70% of Americans say it’s likely the U.S. will have a widespread outbreak of a new infectious disease in the next decade Jamie Ballard, YouGov
How U.S. Catholics see the role of the Church and the pope in their lives — CBS News poll Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto and Fred Backus, CBS News
Democrats’ Immigration Opportunity Lanae Erickson, Third Way Californians fear the impact on the state of the changes the Trump administration is making in Washington Mark DiCamillo, Berkeley IGS Poll Texas: Economic Uncertainty Hurts Trump Ratings, Looms Over the Legislature James Henson and Joshua Blank, University of Texas/Texas Politics Project
Trump’s Economic Message Sounds a Lot Like Biden’s Ronald Brownstein, Bloomberg Opinion Trump’s Dumbest Economic Message Yet Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box The Political Tariff Trap for Republicans Brendan Buck, New York Times [unlocked] The media keeps fueling the myth of a fiscally responsible GOP Josh Levs, The Contrarian Trump’s Marginal Voters Souring On Him Ed Kilgore, The Democratic Strategist DOGE aims to pool federal data, putting personal information at risk Hannah Natanson, Joseph Menn, Lisa Rein and Rachel Siegel, Washington Post [unlocked] As the polling wars rage, both parties should stop and listen David Winston (Winston Group), Roll Call The Rise of Anti-Politics John Halpin, The Liberal Patriot Senate Democrats need to break some streaks to win the majority Nathan L. Gonzales, Roll Call Notes on the State of the Senate: The Post-Kemp Battlefield Kyle Kondik, Sabato’s Crystal Ball
Republicans search for a backup plan in crucial Georgia Senate race Bridget Bowman, Melanie Zanona and Ryan Nobles, NBC News Texas Attorney General Announces Vote Fraud and ‘Harvesting’ Charges Edgar Sandoval, New York Times [unlocked]
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