Philip Bump

In my free-to-read newsletter: Republicans are more likely to think false claims about Kilmar Abrego Garcia are true than false. And only 1 in 9 Americans think the administration will actually comply with SCOTUS in having him returned. https://t.co/gC2NTQWTmO https://t.co/NtglrCpRN8

I've often heard gerrymandering cited as a reason the House GOP is so right-wing. Since the 1970s and 80s, though, even Republican legislators from swing districts have gotten more ideological. The same isn't true of Democrats. https://t.co/dkBAYtew3U https://t.co/wVtDxC4dqC

Oh, I forgot to share the live chat I did earlier. This was my most illuminating response, I think. https://t.co/BCxUkaAGqD https://t.co/mkMxOpp4UE

An awful lot of people think Nazi-esque crimes might happen again — including in the US. https://t.co/6V4EWEn8G6 https://t.co/Tzdp80XIwX

A lot of people think world war is looming; a lot of them also think most of the world's population would be killed. Here's hoping not! Free to read: https://t.co/lfmdE0YdEB https://t.co/E7rMohAReV

Fascinating new polling from YouGov looks at how Europe and the U.S. view World War II. It also reveals that a big chunk of people think a third world war is imminent, with Russia as a central factor. https://t.co/6V4EWEn8G6 https://t.co/MTK3s5XNdh

First he added gold knick knacks. Then it was paintings with gilded frames. Then appliqués below the crown molding and then on the wainscoting. Then the doorframe got gold trim. And now it looks like this. The timeline: https://t.co/o7ZgIzVrs2 https://t.co/ro8DZv5QJG

Why do both Americans and political scientists see American democracy on the decline? Because we elected a man with no appreciation for our history or ideals who ran on a platform of remaking the country. Gift link: https://t.co/PbmGcoAEmz

Curious about the tackification of the Oval Office, I skimmed the official White House photo feed. As it turns out, the gold elements in the room were added slowly, not all at once. Photos in my (free to read) newsletter. https://t.co/o7ZgIzVrs2 https://t.co/0YLMXyjErB

Donald Trump doesn't know American history, much less understand the American experiment. He isn't trying to make America great again, he's trying to make America into something else entirely. Gift link: https://t.co/PbmGcoAEmz

Congrats to Joe Biden, personally responsible for saving over 2.3 billion American lives just from fentanyl seizures at the border alone! The free-to-read newsletter has more. https://t.co/giZAe9SYlh https://t.co/w2Hx0oumgx

Know a student in Oklahoma who will soon be taught about 2020 election “discrepancies”? I compiled a debunking in advance. They may not get an A using this, but at least they’ll get an actual education. Gift link: https://t.co/NwIo7xJwNd

I don't usually write on Fridays, but I figured it was worth it for this: An explanation for Oklahoma students of why the 2020 election definitively wasn't stolen — and how the real lesson to learn is about the leaders in your state. Gift link: https://t.co/NwIo7xJwNd

James Comer and House Republicans spent two years trying to smear Biden by implying he benefitted from his son’s deals. Now they have explicit corruption from Trump and his family, and they couldn’t care less. Gift link: https://t.co/NzIDNC66t7

James Comer’s tenure as head of House Oversight has been an embarrassment. But what will earn him a place in the history books isn’t his contrived effort to smear Biden but his utter disinterest in investigating Trump. Gift link: https://t.co/NzIDNC6EiF

Trump’s entire argument for his second term is that he has a mandate/validation from the public. I looked at polls to show that he was never really popular—even when he was most vocal about it—and that things have deteriorated severely since. Gift link: https://t.co/r5CKGnK8J8

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