sinema to manchin: hold my beer

Kyrsten Sinema, girl bye.

Senator Sinema has once again attempted a rebrand, and to no one’s surprise she has once again fumbled a bag. As a reminder of our July poll with The Copper Courier, 48% of voters disapprove of Sinema’s job performance, including 46% of Independents. Please Kyrsten, explain to us why you would join a group where 46% of people actively disapprove of you? What’s the plan gf??

As our acting Executive Director, Danielle Deiseroth, told Newsweek, "Sinema really is finding herself between a rock and a hard place right now. She's viewed unfavorably among Democratic primary voters in Arizona. But at the same time, she'll be viewed as too far to the left than what many Republican voters in Arizona want their candidate to be." So where does that leave Sinema? Hopefully, voted out and replaced by a Democrat who will actually fight for Democratic values and not gaslight voters throughout their campaign.

See ya on the flip side! (general election)

Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:

Temperatures and prices are trying to be trendy by rising at the same time.

If you thought climate change was bad enough on its own, boy do we have disappointing news for you. The Environmental Protection Agency has recently warned that food, transportation, and housing prices will spike as a result of climate-related events. Since climate change is coming at us quickly and Republicans in Congress don’t care, this is why we quite literally can’t have nice things. If it’s going to get hotter anyway, we might as well be able to afford the trendy summer fits to go with the fires burning our planet.

Data for Progress finds voters across party lines are concerned that climate change will raise consumer prices in the future. Nearly half of Democrats said they are “very concerned” about increased prices, while majorities of Independents and Republicans said they are “somewhat concerned.” Y’all might want to increase that “somewhat” to “very” or you’re going to be in for a shock when cornflakes are suddenly $10 a box.

Don’t panic just yet though! The Center for American Progress said that we can prevent price increases by investing in clean energy, saving the average household $500 annually in reduced energy costs. That’s like, ten Netflix monthly payments. Fourty-five percent of Democrats believe that renewable energy production will bring down energy costs by a lot, while 41% of Independents and 41% of Republicans believe that renewable energy production will bring down energy costs by a little.

So, maybe we should start investing in clean energy now? Saving $500 annually sounds swell, especially if our student debt isn’t forgiven. But that’s a problem for another newsletter.

Read the full blog and polling here.

Voters are in favor of Civilian Review Boards for Policing.

Over the past few years, voters have gotten increasingly vocal about their support for police reform — including policies like civilian review boards for policing.

Civilian review boards, consisting of a body of citizens with varying degrees of oversight power over police agencies, would not only help increase public trust in policing — they’re popular with voters. A new poll by Data for Progress finds that 65% of respondents say they either “somewhat support” or “strongly support” civilian review boards with the power to investigate police independently. Furthermore, nearly 60% of respondents are supportive of a more robust board composition with the power to investigate and discipline police independently.