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Trump’s VP pick is sofa king bad.
We didn’t think a campaign speech could get much worse than Jeb Bush’s 2016 “please clap ([link removed]) ” moment. Then J.D. Vance went up on stage and started ranting about racist Diet Mountain Dew ([link removed]) , provoking the awkwardest silence we’ve ever heard in modern American politics.
It’s been a bad week for poor J.D. The former “Never Trump Guy ([link removed]) ” now has to campaign for a man who he once referred to as “America’s Hitler.” He’s getting dropped from his publishers ([link removed]) for his “demagogic, exclusionary” policies. And if you want to know why everyone is talking about his couch, you’ll have to Google that one for yourself (don’t say we didn’t warn you).
In our new poll ([link removed]) , we find voters are split evenly in their approval of Vance — with 35% saying they have a favorable opinion and 35% saying they have an unfavorable opinion. However, Independents disapprove by -5 points. Considering Sarah Palin’s famously disastrous candidacy started off with a +28-point approval rating ([link removed]) back in 2008… it’s not looking good for the Trump-Vance team.
We also tested some of J.D. Vance’s worst statements, including his position that “We are effectively run in this country ... by a bunch of childless cat ladies.” Shockingly, it turns out voters don’t really enjoy statements by a man so sexist he makes Patrick Bateman look like a better option for vice president.
Fifty-seven percent of women disagree with the statement that “eliminating abortion is first and foremost about protecting the unborn,” 70% of Black voters disagree with the statement that “the [2020] election was stolen from Trump,” and 69% of college-educated voters disagree with the statement that “Trump should … fire every single mid-level bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state."
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Clearly, Republicans didn’t watch Don't F**k With Cats ([link removed]**k_with_Cats:_Hunting_an_Internet_Killer) . Turning on the cat ladies never ends well for anyone — much less a presidential campaign.
Read the full poll here ([link removed]) .
Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:
Grilling management for fair pay
From McDonalds to 7-Eleven to Subway, many businesses in the U.S. are run under a franchise model — which means the parent company grants permission to a small individual business owner to operate a location.
Under the Trump administration, franchise workers were only considered employees of the franchisees — not the parent company. That meant a fast food worker might not be able to form a union with a worker from the same fast food place across town.
However, a majority of voters (54%) believe ([link removed]) that franchise workers should be considered employees of the parent company and entitled to collective bargaining rights.
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In the spirit of living más, it’s only fair that all of the franchise workers who allow us to eat fresh are allowed to collectively bargain for better wages and benefits together.
Read the full poll here ([link removed]) .
Would there be anything more embarrassing than dying to ChatGPT?
The Terminator. Her. M3GAN. With how fast artificial intelligence is advancing these days, we’re not saying that these movies are going to become real (yet), but you should probably stop yelling at your Alexa when it confuses Chappell Roan and Post Malone… who knows what the superhuman AI will remember when it eventually takes over the world.
A strong majority of voters (73%) say ([link removed]) Congress should not fund AI innovation until it passes laws that require AI companies to implement safety guidelines and third-party testing. This view is shared by voters across party lines, with at least 71% of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans in agreement.
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Look, do you really want Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to be the ones who decide whether you’ll be spared from RoboCop? Let’s make sure we keep this new technology from putting consumers in harm's way.
Read the full poll here ([link removed]) .
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The 19th: Why was a leading disability organization denied access to the RNC? ([link removed])
Time: The Kamala Campaign Is Embracing the Memes ([link removed])
Politico Playbook: West Wing Playbook ([link removed])
Ms. Magazine: Keeping Score: Kamala Harris Launches Presidential Campaign; JD Vance’s Extreme Abortion Views; Republicans Attack Voting Rights, Title IX and DEI ([link removed])
Los Angeles Blade: Trans experiences with the internet range from ‘harrowing’ to ‘powerful’ ([link removed])
The xxxxxx: Biden Couldn’t Beat Trump. Harris Can. ([link removed])
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