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Selected links from the July 3, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Trump’s approval rating falls to new low amid mass deportation raids Andrew Romano, Yahoo News As mass deportation raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continue to spark protest and split public sentiment, President Trump’s approval rating has slipped to a new low in the latest Yahoo/YouGov poll. A survey of 1,597 U.S. adults, which was conducted from June 26 to June 30, finds that just 40% now approve of how Trump is handling his job as president, down from 44% in March.
Trump Is Now More Responsible for the Economy Than Biden, Voters Say Joe Pinsker, Wall Street Journal [unlocked]
Instability, uncertainty reigns as 2025 rolls on Melissa Dunne, Ipsos California: Trump losing favor, Newsom gaining School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine
The Limits of Trump’s Revolution Are Laid Bare by the Megabill Charlie Mahtesian, Politico Magazine Face It. Trump Is a Normie Republican. Jamelle Bouie, New York Times [unlocked] The one thing about Mamdani’s win that should worry Republicans Armin Thomas and Leon Sit (Split Ticket), Washington Post
10 Ways of Making Sense of Zohran Mamdani’s Win David Wallace-Wells, New York Times [unlocked]
Twenty-Four Hours of Authoritarianism Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trump’s Chaos Has Made It Hard For Normal People to Follow Politics Ed Kilgore, The Democratic Strategist Could an Elon Musk political party change American elections? David Ingram and Bruna Horvath, NBC News 2004 to 2024, Part One: When Each State Was at its Most Democratic J. Miles Coleman, Sabato’s Crystal Ball
What the Post-Dobbs Right Wants Becca Andrews, Democracy The Declaration of Independence Made America Great Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal [unlocked]
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