The three-day survey, which concluded on Sunday, showed 39% of U.S. adults approve of Trump’s job performance, down from 41% earlier in December and within a point of the 38% reading from mid-November, Trump’s lowest rating this year.

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    One of the most difficult things to do politically is hold a coalition together. Self interest is just too strong. Leaders who could force a coalition to vote together were legendary characters. Tom Delay’s nickname was The Hammer because of his well known ability to smash a member into voting his way.

    The Republican level of lockstep politics is a rather new development. People are right to say it’s cultish behavior but even then, once the shine went off Trump (which is happening now) I expected the rats to start abandoning ship. But they’re just not. Sure, you’ve got MTG bailing and a couple of very concerned Senators, but otherwise the coalition is remarkable for its durability in holding together.

    And they’re all gonna get smoked in the midterms. It’s like a suicide pact.

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      Propaganda (fox news). I run into people regularly who believe him making it harder for all Americans to afford anything is good and he has a genius plan, and they are glad ICE is getting rid of Mexicans.

      They say this out loud. This is why we need a different voting system.

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        6 minutes ago

        We need a lot of things that aren’t ever going to happen. By the time people finally come around, if they do, it will be too late. The county will be dismantled.