Wednesday, April 22, 2026

What We're Being Distracted From


 From mostly Political Wire over the past three days:

 A  new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds just 35% of U.S. adults approving of President Trump’s job performance, with 61% disapproving — a net approval rating of -26.

A new American Research Group poll finds just 32% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 63% say they disapprove.

A new AP-NORC poll finds Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy dropped to 30%, down from 38% in last month’s poll.

A new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds 55% of U.S. adults say the House should vote to impeach Trump. 37% oppose, and 8% are unsure. That net +18 verdict puts Trump in the neighborhood of the numbers Richard Nixon saw at the peak of the Watergate scandal in August 1974.

NBC News:Overall, 37% of adults approve of Trump’s performance as president, while 63% disapprove — including 50% who said they disapprove strongly — putting his job rating at the lowest point of his second term in NBC News Decision Desk polling. Two-thirds of respondents also disapproved of Trump’s handling of inflation and the Iran conflict.

Meanwhile, from Gallup:

“Americans’ approval of Congress has fallen to 10%, barely above its all-time low of 9%, while disapproval has climbed to 86%, tying the record high for the institution.”

And Dept. of Those Who Live By the Sword:

More Republican influencers, including former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), are doubting or outright denying aspects of the assassination attempt against President Trump, Wired reports.

Monday, April 20, 2026

Yet Another Possibly More Manic Monday


Despite repeated warnings
 From those who ought to know
 Well he's got his own agenda
 And so he'll go

 Those who shout the loudest
 May not always be the smartest 
But they have their proudest moments
 Right before they fall...

From "Despite Repeated Warnings," a song written and recorded by Paul McCartney in 2018, specifically about a President who was known around here as Homegrown Hitler, and now as Boss Chaos, King of the Psychotics and Sociopaths, who has again boxed himself into a corner and threatens mass murder.