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Who had a bigger social media crash out this week, Donald Trump or Nicki Minaj ([link removed]) ?
Poor Donald doesn’t like that voters, including many of his own supporters, are asking questions about the relationship he had with Jeffrey Epstein, whom he once described ([link removed]) as someone who “likes beautiful women as much as I do.” That’s suspicious, that’s weird ([link removed]) …
In a new poll ([link removed]) , we find that voters disapprove of the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files by a -16-point margin, including 1 in 3 Republicans. And among Republican voters, those who have heard "a lot" about the Epstein files disapprove of Trump's handling of them by a -15-point margin.
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This polling came before the Wall Street Journal uncovered ([link removed]) the wildly bizarre, “wonderful secret” letter Trump sent to Epstein for his 50th birthday. Just two bros found guilty or liable for sex crimes, telling each other that they have “certain things in common.” Nothing to see here, move along!
Trump may have never “wrote a picture ([link removed]) ” in his life, but voters are starting to connect the dots… and they can see something shady going on.
Read the full poll here ([link removed]) .
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Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:
They’re turning Sesame Street into a six-lane highway :(
Look, we all know that Trump (and probably a lot of his MAGA buddies) spent very little time actually raising his children. But for the rest of us who have a heart and soul, we’re intimately familiar with the sound of Elmo, Big Bird, and the Count — whether they taught us the alphabet or taught us how to distract our kids while we down our morning coffee.
Unfortunately, Congress passed ([link removed]) a “rescissions package” this week that includes major cuts to NPR and PBS, as well as cuts to global health programs and development assistance for poorer countries. You know, just popular and important programs that educate our children and save lives.
We find ([link removed]) that less than 30% of voters want cuts to these programs — and that includes less than half of Republicans.
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Maybe we can all buy an NPR tote bag? Agree to pretend that Bert and Ernie are just “roommates”? Organize all the muppets to unionize? Just a few thoughts on how we could save public broadcasting.
Read the full poll here ([link removed]) .
Okay so there’s some education that needs to be done, I can see that. ([link removed])
You know that big budget bill Republicans just passed? The one that they keep bragging will cause people to lose healthcare through so-called “work requirements”? It turns out that only about half of voters can identify that the law will even cause people to lose health care. Awesome!
According to estimates ([link removed]) from the Congressional Budget Office, 16 million Americans are set to lose health insurance as a result of the bill’s deep cuts to Medicaid, as well as other changes to the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
While a majority of voters (53%) say ([link removed]) the bill will cause Americans to lose health insurance coverage, only 38% think that more than 10 million Americans will lose coverage.
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Additionally, about half of voters say the bill will raise the deficit — which the bill is projected to increase by about $3 trillion.
What would y’all spend with $3 trillion? We could buy a whole lot of 24k gold labubus ([link removed]) for that price… and that would still be a better use of money than kicking people off of their health care to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
Read the full poll here ([link removed]) .
DFP In The News
Politico: Divergent days for Mamdani and Adams ([link removed])
City & State NY: Eric Adams now loves going on Fox News ([link removed])
Financial Times: New York’s Zohran Mamdani wins over some of the city’s business elite ([link removed])
NBC News: Trump's Texas-sized redistricting dreams: From the Politics Desk ([link removed])
NY Mag: Cuomo’s Mayoral Strategy: Everyone Else Drop Out ([link removed])
Northern Journal: National Democrats are “salivating” over a Mary Peltola bid for U.S. Senate. But Alaska’s governor’s race could be “wide open” too. ([link removed])
Pod Save America: Trump EXPOSED In New Published Secret Epstein Letter ([link removed])
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