Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the December 8, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Independents Drive Approval of ACA to New High of 57% Megan Brenan, Gallup Americans’ approval of the Affordable Care Act has reached a new high as the future of pandemic-era expanded insurance subsidies hangs in the balance. Approval of the ACA has gradually increased over the past five years, but this year’s record high is largely fueled by a sharp rise in support among political independents. These findings are from the West Health-Gallup Health and Healthcare Survey.
English-speaking Western countries more negative about AI than Western Europeans Matthew Smith, YouGov
The Year of America’s Cranky Consumer Chao Deng, Wall Street Journal [unlocked]
Trump Is Making the Same Mistake as Biden David Axelrod, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trump’s first problem on the economy and health care: admitting he’s got a problem Stephen Collinson, CNN Trump’s plans to shatter the bureaucracy have a green light at the Supreme Court Josh Gerstein, Politico How Abortion Access Became a Major Sticking Point in the GOP Healthcare Fight Sabrina Siddiqui, Laura Kusisto and Lindsay Wise, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] This Is What It Looks Like When Your Coalition Is Coming Apart at the Seams David French, New York Times [unlocked] Trump’s latest anti-immigration push echoes the nativism of the 1920s Karen Tumulty, Washington Post [unlocked] How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration Christopher Flavelle, New York Times [unlocked] Democrats see an opening to win the Miami mayor’s race in the latest test of the US political mood Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Johnson’s Career Crisis & The House G.O.P. Exodus Leigh Ann Caldwell, Puck [unlocked]
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