The right wing media is not telling people the truth about what Trump and his administration are doing. They have white nationalist Steven Miller screaming lies about the Supreme Courts decision and saying that Garcia is a gang member. Until all media is made to report on truth and not disinformation, I feel like we are fighting an impossible battle. There are so many Americans who are only getting their news from these outlets who are constantly lying or bending the truth to exalt Trump. It is infuriating! Democrats need to be traveling across the country telling people the truth and telling them how they would govern better. Don't be afraid of immigration. Deport immigrants who are committing crimes and create a common sense path to help working law abiding immigrants to gain legal status. Our country will be screwed if we do not have these immigrants. Explain to people that immigrants do pay taxes and they do not get government help or social security. The Trump administration was just found in CRIMINAL Contempt for God's sake, for violating the courts order when they continued to fly people without due process to a prison in El Salvador. The sad truth, Trump will most likely give the courts the middle finger and parson anyone found guilty of Contempt. And that is where we are all F@$ked! Because the extreme Supreme Court gave Trump immunity. Who could have seen all of this coming?! We did but even i did not think it would have been this blatantly unconstitutional. Sad day for America and a terrifying one for immigrants, legal or not.
I don't agree with your poll numbers. Per Harvard-Harris Poll from April 9 and 10 surveying 2286 registered voters, Trump has a mandate, more that 50%:
74% support deporting illegal aliens who have committed crimes
70% support closing the border
69% support full-scale effort to find and eliminate fraud and waste in government
65% want men banned from women's sports
59% support government programs and government forms specifying only two genders
60% want all preferences eliminated when it comes to government hiring and contracts
57% are in favor of Freezing and re-evaluating foreign aid expenditures
57% approval of Trumps's reciprocal Tariffs
64% approves of Trump's attacks on the Houthi Pirates
53% want to end bans on Offshore Drilling
His support is not waning like you would hope. It is all Common Sense and the Left has nothing.
As a Canadian I'm not qualified to answer the question...it seems from afar that Trump's policies are not that popular but I base that only on what I have seen Americans saying based on what I hear or read, which would be a reflection of my own values and interests. But the question, and the text, both illustrate why I rarely answer polling questions -- they require a "yes" or "no" to simply worded questions, a meaningful answer to which cannot be reduced to a simple yes or no. But I am very, very much of a mind to believe that it is not so much that Trump cares about public opinion -- in fact I would say he does not -- so much as he knows that he can enact his agendas better with public support, and so seeks to manipulate public opinion. I will speculate further that he does so more instinctively, or in response from advice he receives from people he admires (ruthless people who do a good job of taking advantage of others to their own benefit) than as a result of his knowledge of how authoritarian dictatorships emerge in previously democratic countries. I believe that Bob Woodward is correct in emphasizing that Trump is very content to rule by fear, and being able to avoid legalities in the interest of punishing opponents is, I theorize, an important goal for him. Of course he'll start with the most marginalized and least popular...those he can brand as terrorists or criminals. There is a history of American leaders fooling Americans into thinking they have enemies whose presence requires drastic measures...see Vietnam war and the Iraq war as two examples. Both were directed externally and in the case of Iraq, all that had to be done (with the objective of taking over oil production) was to convince a naive public that Saddam was somehow responsible for 9/11. This time it's different...first the scapegoat, starting with immigrants...not Jews as Hitler did, but a similar idea. Neutralizing the courts' ability to stop him from breaking the law is a huge and important step, now underway, with its success dependent on the courts' lack of ability to enforce rulings.
I’m a lifelong Democrat. If WE want to win elections again, we need to first focus on solutions for the big issues. Once we finally take back our country we can focus on the smaller ones like transgender use of bathrooms. They see killing us with the smaller issues. IMHO we should focus on immigration and the economy. Things that touch a larger segment of the population. Unbury the bipartisan bill that Trump killed. Reagan gave 11 million immigrants amnesty in the late 80s. I doubt that would work now that Trump has turned public opinion so far to the right. But remind the more moderate Rs. Focus on what is happening in El Salvador. Focus on children that have lost one or both parents. Tell their individual stories to the media. Do the opposite of what POTUS does; like the stories of people who have been hurt or murdered by illegal immigrants. Do the same with the economy. Tell the stories of individuals who were helped by getting decent work from Biden’s economic policies…infrastructure. INDIVIDUALS,not just the big stories. People need to see their fellow human beings. They need to understand that these issues are not black and white. Personalize it.
As for Religion, we should be asking them if Jesus would approve of what they are trying to do. If they think Jesus would be ok with this…they are not really a Christian. I’m going to get a bumper sticker that says “Jesus was woke” or “If you think Jesus would be ok with this, you’re not a Christian.”
Stories, like the one I have about just how unfair the tax system is to wage earners. (Most are) I worked at the IRS for 31 years, first in Collections then in Research. I know how frightening the misuse of that data could be. People need to know what the data elements are and HOW the misuse of data could turn public at the hands of Musk and be tied to all the other data out there. Information is power a d Musk is getting it all from all federal agencies. They need to understand that wage earners cannot cheat or benefit like millionaires. Wage earner’s income cannot be hidden. It is reported to the IRS by third parties and systems make it nearly impossible to underreport their income and they don’t have long term losses to claim.
Make these kinds of issues more personal to Americans on both sides.
For far too long now, public statements made by the President, government officials, and the wide range of pundits, even if completely false, have been allowed and accepted. We, the public, are now asked to do the almost impossible of determining for ourselves the truth of any given statement. Most Americans do not have the ability or knowledge to do that. We DEPEND on subject matter experts and when they lie or obfuscate, we are basically screwed.
It seems that in the present day, issues such as GARCIA, have to be litigated in court for us to get a better understanding of the truth of an issue. Most Americans don't follow court issues closely so do not get the benefit. It seems to me that, in many cases, some pundit will tell us what the court said. The point is, whatever Trump, or Bondi, says about GARCIA in public has to be documented in a courtroom where, we are led to believe, they are not allowed to lie or obfuscate. Only time will tell if the public statements made by DOJ match the legal record of testimony in court. I don't think they will of course - but then what?
I am in support of our constitution and the rule of law. I want to see the support for the three Equal and Separate branches of government. Trump thinks the legislature and judiciary are his tools to employ in what ever he deems fit. THEY ARE NOT.
Candidly, differentiating about immigration and crime is key. As a country we need to deeply understand what ‘immigration means as a country.
First, I am a daughter of an immigrant from Ireland who came with her parents from Belfast , Ireland when she was two years old . I have perspective and understanding and belief that as a nation we are a large group developing and advancing a country we have created. Much of our most historically advancing presidents reflect this about us… George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, FDR, Eisenhower, JFK Kennedy… are there more?
We are a country of immigrants… what is it that Trump is embracing? Not teaching or advancing?
Money and from that money and power…
In the 1920’s the scramble was about banking. Today it is tech and more…
What can be done about the continued flights to El Salvador, removing individuals without Due Process? Who can sue? Who has power? Can any judge say cease and desist? Can any state AG charge kidnapping and human trafficking?
Donald Trump is in deep trouble, and he knows it. His decision to start a trade war by imposing tariffs on every country he could find on a map is only because the financial markets some $7 trillion in lost value; his tariff program, which will increase operating costs for countless retail and manufacturing businesses beyond their ability to sustain themselves, is likely to push this country into a full-blown recession by early summer. And there is nothing he can do about it.
Trump's typical response has been to ignore both the laws of this country and its Constitution; and, to its credit, the judiciary is holding the Trump administration to account. The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man Trump officials mistakenly deported to El Salvador, and now whom Trump and his administration are refusing to repatriate, has struck a raw nerve in the American electorate. The arguments that Trump and his administration are using will justify arresting and deporting native born American citizens, something ordinary Americans are just now beginning to wrap their minds around. Trump himself has suggested that he would like to deport people he considers to be criminals, and with no due process restraints to bother with. This is yet another self-inflicted wound, further weakening the administration's chances of prevailing in the next round of congressional elections, where all members of the House of Representatives are up for reelection, as well as one-third of the Senate.
States, business concerns, law firms, and academia are starting to fight back. The University announced that it will not comply with Trump's demands that the University change its way of doing business. This is a very good sign. The American legal profession might finally get its act together and put up a united front in the nation's court system. Our nation's future is uncertain, but at least things seem to be moving in the right direction.
By around 2017, when Republicans attempted to repeal it, public support for the ACA actually surpassed opposition. Many Americans had come to rely on its benefits, and the repeal efforts sparked a wave of defense for the law.
In recent years (late 2010s to early 2020s): A majority of Americans generally supported Obamacare, though partisan divides remained. Democrats and independents were largely in favor, while Republicans were more likely to oppose it.
This just shows thar Republicans do not care about the poor and disenfranchised even though most are living in the so called blue states. The MAGA CULT FOLLOWERS ARE IGNORANT OF THEIR OWN NEEDS, just blindly following their self serving leader.
Democrats getting deported to 5 of the new CECOT facilities being built.
Biden and the DEMS trafficked 300,000 children made them vanish.
Yet they try to rescue terrorist/gang members.
And they wonder why they lost the election. There will never be another Democrat President.
Democrats getting deported to 5 of the new CECOT facilities being built.
Biden and the DEMS trafficked 300,000 children made them vanish.
Yet they try to rescue terrorist/gang members.
And they wonder why they lost the election. There will never be another Democrat President.
The right wing media is not telling people the truth about what Trump and his administration are doing. They have white nationalist Steven Miller screaming lies about the Supreme Courts decision and saying that Garcia is a gang member. Until all media is made to report on truth and not disinformation, I feel like we are fighting an impossible battle. There are so many Americans who are only getting their news from these outlets who are constantly lying or bending the truth to exalt Trump. It is infuriating! Democrats need to be traveling across the country telling people the truth and telling them how they would govern better. Don't be afraid of immigration. Deport immigrants who are committing crimes and create a common sense path to help working law abiding immigrants to gain legal status. Our country will be screwed if we do not have these immigrants. Explain to people that immigrants do pay taxes and they do not get government help or social security. The Trump administration was just found in CRIMINAL Contempt for God's sake, for violating the courts order when they continued to fly people without due process to a prison in El Salvador. The sad truth, Trump will most likely give the courts the middle finger and parson anyone found guilty of Contempt. And that is where we are all F@$ked! Because the extreme Supreme Court gave Trump immunity. Who could have seen all of this coming?! We did but even i did not think it would have been this blatantly unconstitutional. Sad day for America and a terrifying one for immigrants, legal or not.
Democrats getting deported to 5 of the new CECOT facilities being built.
Biden and the DEMS trafficked 300,000 children made them vanish. Dems kept that hush hush🤫
Yet they try to rescue terrorist/gang members.🤦♂️
And they wonder why they lost the election. There will never be another Democrat President.🤷♂️
I don't agree with your poll numbers. Per Harvard-Harris Poll from April 9 and 10 surveying 2286 registered voters, Trump has a mandate, more that 50%:
74% support deporting illegal aliens who have committed crimes
70% support closing the border
69% support full-scale effort to find and eliminate fraud and waste in government
65% want men banned from women's sports
59% support government programs and government forms specifying only two genders
60% want all preferences eliminated when it comes to government hiring and contracts
57% are in favor of Freezing and re-evaluating foreign aid expenditures
57% approval of Trumps's reciprocal Tariffs
64% approves of Trump's attacks on the Houthi Pirates
53% want to end bans on Offshore Drilling
His support is not waning like you would hope. It is all Common Sense and the Left has nothing.
As a Canadian I'm not qualified to answer the question...it seems from afar that Trump's policies are not that popular but I base that only on what I have seen Americans saying based on what I hear or read, which would be a reflection of my own values and interests. But the question, and the text, both illustrate why I rarely answer polling questions -- they require a "yes" or "no" to simply worded questions, a meaningful answer to which cannot be reduced to a simple yes or no. But I am very, very much of a mind to believe that it is not so much that Trump cares about public opinion -- in fact I would say he does not -- so much as he knows that he can enact his agendas better with public support, and so seeks to manipulate public opinion. I will speculate further that he does so more instinctively, or in response from advice he receives from people he admires (ruthless people who do a good job of taking advantage of others to their own benefit) than as a result of his knowledge of how authoritarian dictatorships emerge in previously democratic countries. I believe that Bob Woodward is correct in emphasizing that Trump is very content to rule by fear, and being able to avoid legalities in the interest of punishing opponents is, I theorize, an important goal for him. Of course he'll start with the most marginalized and least popular...those he can brand as terrorists or criminals. There is a history of American leaders fooling Americans into thinking they have enemies whose presence requires drastic measures...see Vietnam war and the Iraq war as two examples. Both were directed externally and in the case of Iraq, all that had to be done (with the objective of taking over oil production) was to convince a naive public that Saddam was somehow responsible for 9/11. This time it's different...first the scapegoat, starting with immigrants...not Jews as Hitler did, but a similar idea. Neutralizing the courts' ability to stop him from breaking the law is a huge and important step, now underway, with its success dependent on the courts' lack of ability to enforce rulings.
Question: When did this fellow become a "legal resident" of the State of Maryland?
Never.
I’m a lifelong Democrat. If WE want to win elections again, we need to first focus on solutions for the big issues. Once we finally take back our country we can focus on the smaller ones like transgender use of bathrooms. They see killing us with the smaller issues. IMHO we should focus on immigration and the economy. Things that touch a larger segment of the population. Unbury the bipartisan bill that Trump killed. Reagan gave 11 million immigrants amnesty in the late 80s. I doubt that would work now that Trump has turned public opinion so far to the right. But remind the more moderate Rs. Focus on what is happening in El Salvador. Focus on children that have lost one or both parents. Tell their individual stories to the media. Do the opposite of what POTUS does; like the stories of people who have been hurt or murdered by illegal immigrants. Do the same with the economy. Tell the stories of individuals who were helped by getting decent work from Biden’s economic policies…infrastructure. INDIVIDUALS,not just the big stories. People need to see their fellow human beings. They need to understand that these issues are not black and white. Personalize it.
As for Religion, we should be asking them if Jesus would approve of what they are trying to do. If they think Jesus would be ok with this…they are not really a Christian. I’m going to get a bumper sticker that says “Jesus was woke” or “If you think Jesus would be ok with this, you’re not a Christian.”
Stories, like the one I have about just how unfair the tax system is to wage earners. (Most are) I worked at the IRS for 31 years, first in Collections then in Research. I know how frightening the misuse of that data could be. People need to know what the data elements are and HOW the misuse of data could turn public at the hands of Musk and be tied to all the other data out there. Information is power a d Musk is getting it all from all federal agencies. They need to understand that wage earners cannot cheat or benefit like millionaires. Wage earner’s income cannot be hidden. It is reported to the IRS by third parties and systems make it nearly impossible to underreport their income and they don’t have long term losses to claim.
Make these kinds of issues more personal to Americans on both sides.
For far too long now, public statements made by the President, government officials, and the wide range of pundits, even if completely false, have been allowed and accepted. We, the public, are now asked to do the almost impossible of determining for ourselves the truth of any given statement. Most Americans do not have the ability or knowledge to do that. We DEPEND on subject matter experts and when they lie or obfuscate, we are basically screwed.
It seems that in the present day, issues such as GARCIA, have to be litigated in court for us to get a better understanding of the truth of an issue. Most Americans don't follow court issues closely so do not get the benefit. It seems to me that, in many cases, some pundit will tell us what the court said. The point is, whatever Trump, or Bondi, says about GARCIA in public has to be documented in a courtroom where, we are led to believe, they are not allowed to lie or obfuscate. Only time will tell if the public statements made by DOJ match the legal record of testimony in court. I don't think they will of course - but then what?
We WILL keep fighting! Thank you for your voice.
I am in support of our constitution and the rule of law. I want to see the support for the three Equal and Separate branches of government. Trump thinks the legislature and judiciary are his tools to employ in what ever he deems fit. THEY ARE NOT.
40% support it. FORTY. Our nation is doomed because 1/3 of it is full of racist, misogynist, bigoted imbeciles who have joined a fucking cult.
Trump is a very bad person to lead us where we should not learn … should not go..
Candidly, differentiating about immigration and crime is key. As a country we need to deeply understand what ‘immigration means as a country.
First, I am a daughter of an immigrant from Ireland who came with her parents from Belfast , Ireland when she was two years old . I have perspective and understanding and belief that as a nation we are a large group developing and advancing a country we have created. Much of our most historically advancing presidents reflect this about us… George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, FDR, Eisenhower, JFK Kennedy… are there more?
We are a country of immigrants… what is it that Trump is embracing? Not teaching or advancing?
Money and from that money and power…
In the 1920’s the scramble was about banking. Today it is tech and more…
What is our real problem?
What can be done about the continued flights to El Salvador, removing individuals without Due Process? Who can sue? Who has power? Can any judge say cease and desist? Can any state AG charge kidnapping and human trafficking?
I think I read somewhere yesterday that they sent another plane
All this immigration enforcement is simply another excuse for white-supemacusts to wage war on native American descendants.
Donald Trump is in deep trouble, and he knows it. His decision to start a trade war by imposing tariffs on every country he could find on a map is only because the financial markets some $7 trillion in lost value; his tariff program, which will increase operating costs for countless retail and manufacturing businesses beyond their ability to sustain themselves, is likely to push this country into a full-blown recession by early summer. And there is nothing he can do about it.
Trump's typical response has been to ignore both the laws of this country and its Constitution; and, to its credit, the judiciary is holding the Trump administration to account. The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man Trump officials mistakenly deported to El Salvador, and now whom Trump and his administration are refusing to repatriate, has struck a raw nerve in the American electorate. The arguments that Trump and his administration are using will justify arresting and deporting native born American citizens, something ordinary Americans are just now beginning to wrap their minds around. Trump himself has suggested that he would like to deport people he considers to be criminals, and with no due process restraints to bother with. This is yet another self-inflicted wound, further weakening the administration's chances of prevailing in the next round of congressional elections, where all members of the House of Representatives are up for reelection, as well as one-third of the Senate.
States, business concerns, law firms, and academia are starting to fight back. The University announced that it will not comply with Trump's demands that the University change its way of doing business. This is a very good sign. The American legal profession might finally get its act together and put up a united front in the nation's court system. Our nation's future is uncertain, but at least things seem to be moving in the right direction.
By around 2017, when Republicans attempted to repeal it, public support for the ACA actually surpassed opposition. Many Americans had come to rely on its benefits, and the repeal efforts sparked a wave of defense for the law.
In recent years (late 2010s to early 2020s): A majority of Americans generally supported Obamacare, though partisan divides remained. Democrats and independents were largely in favor, while Republicans were more likely to oppose it.
This just shows thar Republicans do not care about the poor and disenfranchised even though most are living in the so called blue states. The MAGA CULT FOLLOWERS ARE IGNORANT OF THEIR OWN NEEDS, just blindly following their self serving leader.