Standing By Their Man
For MAGA folks, nothing compares to the return of an imaginary era of peace, prosperity, and strength that never existed. Conjuring up that image from past decades is what keeps them in Trump’s camp — reality be damned.
Even if it were true, one question has stumped pollsters and political pundits alike for the past decade: why do MAGA folks stick by Trump even in the face of incontrovertible evidence that something is wrong? Ronald Reagan was famously called the “Teflon President” by Congresswoman Pat Schroeder (D-CO) for nothing bad that happened in his administration ever stuck to him. So, it seems, is the case with Trump.
Until now.
An article in the Atlantic magazine provides a few more clues.
The Trump Voters Who Like What They See
“Even if they don’t agree with everything he’s doing, he’s doing something.”
Someday in the future, historians might well point to April 2025 as the first sign of an enduring erosion in Trump’s popular support. In just the first week of this month, America witnessed another mass expulsion of federal workers, in this case from several health agencies, followed by a tariff rollout that sent 401(k)s plunging like a Six Flags log flume. Even with stocks partially rebounding, feedback from riders has not been great for the president: Poll after poll has registered a drop in overall support for Trump, with many voters citing economic uncertainty. Trump’s numbers on immigration, long a strength of his, are also beginning to slip. Another recent survey suggests that Trump has the lowest approval rating of any newly elected president in at least 70 years.
“Even as Trump’s critics cheer the apparent change of heart among some of his supporters, they face an inconvenient reality: Many of his voters are jubilant. For these happy millions, the first 100 days of Trump’s second presidency have been a procession of fulfilled campaign promises—and have brought the country not to the precipice of economic ruin or democratic collapse, but to a golden age of greatness.”
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“When President Trump swept back into office, his dejected opponents watched as his return was greeted not with mass resistance but with a sense of resignation,” the New York Times reports.
“But just over 100 days into his second term, seeds of dissent to Mr. Trump’s agenda, governing style and expansion of executive power have grown in fits and starts across the country. The opposition is sturdier than it once appeared.”
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Those Were the Days
Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again,
Didn't need no welfare states
Everybody pulled his weight,
Gee our old Lasalle ran great,
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Ann Telnaes — Pulitzer Prize Winner
This is from The Daily Cartoonist.
Ann Telnaes Wins 2025 Pulitzer
The Washington Post, who printed her 2024 cartoons, proudly claims credit for her win.
Ann Telnaes, until recently a political cartoonist for The Post’s Opinions page, was awarded the prize for illustrated reporting and commentary. It was her second win in the category, which was labeled “editorial cartooning” when she was first honored in 2001 while working for Tribune Media Services...
While Telnaes was technically honored for her work in the 2024 calendar year, the prize committee citation also alluded to her unpublished January cartoon, hailing her for“delivering piercing commentary on powerful people and institutions with deftness, creativity — and a fearlessness that led to her departure from the news organization after 17 years.”
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