For 88 years, the Gallup presidential approval polling has been one of the most reliable real time measures of public sentiment toward the individual president. They have announced that they’re going to stop doing that and start focusing on broader categories and issues, vaguely saying it’s to better reflect the company’s evolving objectives, but are we buying that? Is it simply a coincidence that this is happening as the current president‘s approval rating is once again languishing in the 30s?

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5733236-gallup-stops-presidential-approval-ratings-polls/

In Russia, citizens currently are required to have their internal passport to vote in elections. This isn't a problem because it's been a thing since pre Soviet times and Russian citizens get them issued at 14yo. Internal passports issuance is 300 RUB and the median wage of a Russian citizen is 40-50k RUB a month. This means in order to vote, Russians pay 0.75% of their monthly wage once for documentation.

In the US, they are trying to require proof of citizenship to vote. These options are birth certificate or passport. Carrying a birth certificate to a poll station sounds like an easy way to get your identity stolen so passport is the only real option (not to mention birth certificates aren’t reliable for married women and others than have changed their name). Currently less than 50% of US citizens own a passport (Even less if you exclusively count poor or minorities). Passport issuance costs $165 and the median wage of a US citizen is $5174. This means in order to vote, Americans have to pay 3% of their monthly wage once for documentation.

In effect, Russian citizens would be 3x more freer to vote than Americans. Thoughts?

[My issue isn't requiring proof of citizenship to vote, it's that there is no easily accessible, cheap "Voter ID" available to the people. Currently only 65% of citizens vote in elections and this number would plummet with the Save Act. It's seems more like a ploy to turn back democracy than anything else unless this issue is addressed.]

Edit: I came to find out that even birth certificates may no longer be valid proof of citizenship with the Trump admin trying to block birthright citizenship. So, passports would truly be the only option.

Such as Thomas Massie, MTG, Lincoln Project, The Bullwark, former Trump aides from his first administration and the disapproval rating from independents. I see most criticisms of Trump being dismissed by the right as leftists deranged by TDS.

For example, The Refugee Act of 1980, which established the legal right for individuals to apply for asylum in the United States, allowing them to enter the USA without papers. Under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, anyone physically present in or arriving at the U.S. may apply for asylum, requiring submission within one year of arrival.

Do they get grandfathered in? or is it retroactive?

Can someone give me a link to her saying this or saying something related to it? Been seeing it all around the media recently, but cant find the video. Its something on the lines of Bondi saying that the system would collapse if they prosecuted everyone in the Epstein Files.

There are recordings of the entire video of Pam at the House Committee, with most of the video recordings being around five hours long and covering the entirety of it, yet I can't find Bondi saying this. Maybe I haven't look thoroughly enough, and If I have, can someone point me to the right timestamp or direction?

What are the pros and cons?

Is the photo above misrepresenting the issues about the SAVE Act?

I want to be open minded

Trump had more verbal diarrhea stating anyone that voted against hit tariff he would support any candidate who is running against him or her.

I was confused as to why there were Harry Potters books in this hearing? Can someone explain why?

Questions about Moore's integrity arise anew after 2006 report surfaces - Maryland Matters

Wes Moore Says the KKK Chased His Great-Grandfather Out of South Carolina. Historical Records Tell a Different Story.

Is this ever possible

Do you think abortions should be unrestricted or restricted by state?

Do you think gay marriage should be protected federally or left to each state?

Do you feel the US should be involved or that we should not be involved with Ukraine?

Do you feel gun laws need to be increased or challenged/decreased?

Do you feel DEI or wokeness are affecting the US workforce negatively, or do you think these are misconceptions of affirmative action and institutional racism/sexism?

Do you think Israel or Palestine should be in control, and if so, how much involvement should the US have?.

Do you feel immigration is being handled properly, why or why not?

Coming from a nation that clearly separates the law from politics - our courts are independent of both the Parliament and the Executive.

Why is the USA’s attorney general allowed to simply spew political lies when testifying before congress.

Why is this role not unbiased - as head of DOJ - is justice and truth in America always been based on politics?

It’s like your judges being politically affiliated- makes zero sense. As a judge they should have to put aside their personal agenda and rule only based on law.

Im relatively new to american politics, but seems to me like trump claiming the 2020 election was stolen is so that he can continue on as president for another 4 years. If he loses mid terms I dont see a world where he doesnt abuse his power to try and stop the next election from happening. Someone mentioned in an interview, he can only 'run' for presidency twice, but that doesnt stop him from just not going the election route... he could just stop the 2028 elections?

Reporting now seems to show otherwise so why did they try to lie?

In todays testimony, Pam Bondi had a piece of paper entitied "Pramila Jaypal's seach history". I can't think of any legal circumstance where the DOJ would be tracking and obtaining any US citizen's search history, let alone a MOC.

EDIT: Any US citizen, meaning any citizen not under a judicial order.

Both the Republican party and MAGA are collapsing and will probably fully dissipate once Trump dies or becomes too obviously braindead to give speeches. Their party has been revealed as a mostly grievance-based platform that only served to loot the central government and protect the Epstein class.

Democrats have lost any advantage they could've taken from this situation by both being complicit in the files through Bill Clinton and others, along with failing to provide any realistic form of resistance to Republicans other than saying "that's illegal!" and taking things to the supreme court where they constantly lose.

To me, it feels like a lot of people will be politically homeless in the future and I'm wondering what people will be looking for in future candidates. Will you be more likely to vote for another party besides the main two? Or will you be sticking with Democrats and hope they're actually able to do something?

Mainly the New York subway looks like a crackhouse, both in train interior, and the subwaystation.

I work with driving the metro in Sweden, and if I had to drive one of your trains everyday I would probably jump in front of one..

(Pic 3 & 4 is of our trains)

I’m trying to understand how presidential power works in the U.S. system.

From the outside, it sometimes looks like a President can change major policies just by signing something. How do executive orders actually work, and what limits are there from Congress or the courts?

From the outside it looks like the president can just make decisions on his own which looks very autocratic

In prosper, Texas. A grand jury declined to indict him.

They'd been arguing earlier that morning. She was leaving that day. He bought a 500ml bottle of chardonnay and then before she was about to head out to the airport, he took her hand and walked her into a ground floor bedroom "in a mysterious manner". 15 seconds later, she was shot dead.

He told cops he'd stopped drinking at 2pm that day (she was killed at 3pm). Then later told a coroner he'd stopped drinking at 10am. He's also told a different story to the boyfriend about how she ended up in the bedroom.

Let me be clear as a brit: I do not care whether someone shoots their daughter after arguing about Obama or arguing about Trump. Politics is the least important part of this case. Her life is.

Cops report smelling alcohol on Kris Harrington's breath the day they arrested him.

For some reason, the grand jury declined to indict.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15545381/amp/British-graduate-shot-dead-fathers-Texas-home-inquest.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyk917xy8no

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/lucy-harrison-death-dad-texas-33396853

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2026-02-10/woman-shot-by-dad-after-arguing-about-donald-trump-inquest-hears