CNN's Harry Enten presented new polling that shows President Donald Trump is losing support on his "core issue."The president won an appeals court battle for now over control of the National Guard in California, where he has dispatched troops and active-duty U.S. Marines to assist with patrolling pr...
  • Boddhisatva@lemmy.worldEnglish
    67·
    13 days ago

    I think that the protests have finally gotten the politically uninformed to look around and see what’s happening. Most of those “independents or those who don’t identify with either major party” are just not in the habit of informing themselves about policy. Many, or maybe even most, get the bullet points on the daily news and that’s it. Now, somewhere north of 6 million people have protested Trump’s policies and the news has been covering it. It has shaken them out of their routine. They’ve looked around and educated themselves and realized that this is not normal.

    I hope this means the next round of protests hits the 10 million people mark.

    • AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world
      62·
      13 days ago

      It still angers me how so many people were confused when Joe Biden wasn’t one of the candidates on election day. I understand not watching the news but like wasn’t that all over social media?

      • Boddhisatva@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        13 days ago

        One of the problems with social media is that that algorithms they use act as a filter based on your previous clicks. If one never clicks on political stuff, then their feed will rarely if ever show them political stuff. Someone who never pays attention to politics, and doesn’t watch the news, could easily remain completely ignorant of major issues unless someone they personally know tells them something or they are personally inconvenienced by a protest.

        • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.worldEnglish
          19·
          13 days ago

          that algorithms they use act as a filter based on your previous clicks

          Along with pushing right wing content that’s completely out of step with reality, which they love to inject into people’s feeds because it drives engagement.

    • P00ptart@lemmy.world
      21·
      13 days ago

      🎵"Do you wanna build an angry mob? Or ride our bike around and crush their balls? I think some justice is overdue I’ve started painting their brains on the walls!"🎵

  • wanderwisley@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    13 days ago

    Don’t worry America and Israel will fake a terrorist attack and gain support from their brain rotten base and drag us into another war in the Middle East. Hey America we bout to be great again!

  • ravenaspiring@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    13 days ago

    I hate this sort of post, not for what it’s saying but how it’s saying it. This is one news organization writing a story about another news organization poll, and no links to the data are evident. Links to the original news story which aired via a YouTube link, but there’s not even a transcript of it up as I check yet.

    So, it’s great that there a backlash, but without context of the data it’s not worth citing.

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    13 days ago

    Now if only the military would turn on him in accordance with their oath to defend the constitution from domestic threats…

  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    13 days ago

    Because he’s fucking demented, stupid, and mean. His followers are just one of those… Pick one. Most don’t like being more than one.

  • Keineanung@lemmy.world
    2·
    13 days ago

    Yeah it’s almost like he does not care about public opinion or voters. Perhaps because he does not need voters, when he has Palantir and Starlink.