Greg Dworkin

Newtown

Contributing Editor at Daily Kos

Contributing editor, Daily Kos. Recently retired doctor. Personal account, reflecting my own view. https://t.co/MFW4T52r3U @demfromct.bsky.social

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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Egregious, widespread and deep-seated corruption

3 days ago | dailykos.com | Greg Dworkin

What Trump's Corruption Will Cost Us He has ascended to new heights of graft. The effects will be profound. In the first category, Trump has made sure to appoint to every key position people who believe that their leader should be free to engage in all the graft he likes.
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The worst is by design

5 days ago | dailykos.com | Greg Dworkin

These Thinkers Set the Stage for Trump the All-Powerful With a blitz of moves in his 100 days in office, President Trump has sought to greatly enlarge executive power. The typical explanation is that he’s following and expanding a legal idea devised by conservatives during the Reagan administration, the unitary executive theory. It’s not even close. Mr. Trump has gone beyond that or any other mainstream notion.
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Pope stuff and more

1 week ago | dailykos.com | Greg Dworkin

With Leo, there’s no going back from Francis The first American pope is in the mold of his predecessor. He will be the first leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics with a robust social media history. That history suggests Leo will not be afraid to take issue with the policies of President Donald Trump, even though, as The Post reported, he voted in Illinois Republican primaries in 2012, 2014 and 2016.
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Habemus Papam!

1 week ago | dailykos.com | Greg Dworkin

He mentioned Pope Francis twice and explicitly said he wants to pick up where the late pope left off on that very balcony on Easter, before giving the Urbi et Orbi blessing -- meaning to "the city and the world." The director of the Holy See told reporters Thursday that the name is a "direct reference to Leo XIII," the last pope to take the name Leo. Pope Leo XIII, who headed the Catholic Church from 1878 until his death in 1903, was a founding figure of the Catholic social justice tradition.
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Trump is losing disengaged voters, and some Republicans on some issues

1 week ago | dailykos.com | Greg Dworkin

What do disengaged voters think about Trump now? Trump's job approval rating is down 33 points among people who read or watch little to no news In the 2024 election, Donald Trump gained a surprising edge from an unlikely group: Americans who typically don’t vote. According to a New York Times analysis, these low-turnout voters backed Trump by a double-digit margin, flipping the script from prior years when non-voters leaned Democratic.
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: What repels us, they find endearing-somehow

1 week ago | dailykos.com | Greg Dworkin

For Trump Supporters, an ‘Exciting’ First 100 Days The president’s supporters acknowledge that the ride is bumpy. But they say they are willing to sacrifice and wouldn’t have it any other way. The Trump iconography ridiculed by the opposition as cultish or repellent — the president’s hug of the American flag or holding up the Bible — is viewed endearingly by his supporters.
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Trump's cognitive state should be a bigger story

2 weeks ago | dailykos.com | Greg Dworkin

It really should be a bigger story. Donald Trump’s recent interviews with Time and The Atlantic revealed a president who is completely unhinged and incoherent. Sadly, that’s not news. But what stood out is that Trump is consistently confused and disconnected from reality even on issues that are supposedly in his wheelhouse.
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Good, but not yet good enough

2 weeks ago | dailykos.com | Greg Dworkin

The Fight Against Trump Isn’t a Movement, but It’s Gaining Momentum Despite lacking a unified message or strategy, Democrats, universities, law firms and other institutions are starting to push back harder against the administration. A national movement has not yet flowered: The opposition lacks a leader, a central message or shared goals beyond a rejection of Mr. Trump.
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: After 100 days, consequences hit the public, who are not pleased

2 weeks ago | dailykos.com | Greg Dworkin

Warning signs crop up as Strip visitation has fallen more than 7 percent in the first quarter of 2025. Tourism official points to “evolving federal policies.” Las Vegas visitation fell nearly 8 percent in March, and the top research analyst for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) pointed Tuesday to uncertainty brought by Trump administration policies. Southern Nevada drew almost 3.4 million visitors during the month, down from almost 3.7 million in March 2024.
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: 'An Unpopular President Is a Weak President'

2 weeks ago | dailykos.com | Greg Dworkin

The early reviews are in: Trump 2 is a box office disaster. Trump has now matched his own record as the only president in modern history to post net negative approval ratings just 100 days into a term. Even Bill Clinton — whose early struggles are legendary — didn’t hit numbers this bad until much later. And presidents who later crashed and burned — like Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush — started their terms with positive approval ratings.