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Wrote about one of the most striking poll results I've seen in quite some time — a shift that explains an awful lot about the second Trump administration. Gift link: wapo.st/45NVTQf

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It shows exactly what GOP Propaganda is doing to America. Between Republicans, Murdoch Media and MM the lies stir the minds of ignorant and/or uniformed citizens into a frenzy. Trump’s goal to control the US like Putin controls Russia is coming to fruition.

Awful. But I would like to understand the reasoning behind the non-white response. Do they want a country that is just their race, or do they want a country that is just their race and white people?

bsky.app/profile/anna... They’re getting exactly what they want and we’re all going to pay for it.

Annaliisa Vilppu@annaliisavilppu.bsky.social

If you want $170 billion to wage war on your own communities, do you: A) tax the rich B) cut veteran services; healthcare for the poor, disabled, chronically ill; food assistance for the poor; 700 + pages of more cuts (not that we’ve read it) C) borrow the money at a higher interest rate D) never A

I'd like to know how billionaires fit into this as well. Billionaires decried diversity as a flaw and threatening to the system while people are about to lose their healthcare because of their tax cuts. Now, who is the real threat to democracy and your health?

The party that wins the election moves public opinion. They move the Overton Window. This is why boycotting a political party doesn’t work (unless you can fully replace it with a new one).

I think the victim culture has really taken off in this country. As the gilded age gets ever worse, the majority are fighting over scraps. People are worried “those people” are getting more scraps than they are.

Definitely depressing, but even with this movement diversity still has an overall popularity of 70/30. If you can’t run and win on a +40 issue, gtfo of politics IMO

Just finished the Arendt doc. on PBS and it ended with a quote from her last unfinished essay, "If you try to make America more American you'll only destroy it... Your methods, finally, are the justified methods of the police, and only of the police." Hence, the ICE budget

Not surprised at all. The way you get people to vote for a party who only cares about making the rich richer and more powerful, is appealing to their racism, misogyny and homophobia.

The really concerning numbers are that, while far more muted, the decline in support for diversity is across the board. In other areas, thermostatic public opinion has swung the other way. Seems like Dems need to be more forceful in their comms on the issue.

Right wing propaganda. But, libs et al also contribute by so often employing the language of bias, prejudice, and discrimination. Based on identity traits, just different ones. The effect of if that is to validate that language. And thinking. Stop it.