Our Addled Leader Has Thrown The World Into A Grave Crisis, New Poll: Dems Up 8 In Generic Ballot, 3 Important "New Day" Speeches To Watch And DiscussEconomist Dr. Rob Shaprio joins us today live at 2pm EST. Paid subscribers gather tonight at 7pmMorning all. In my terrific discussion with Glenn Kirschner yesterday about Trump’s escalating lawlessness Glenn kept to returning to the word “unsustainable” to describe our current moment. For our great country, and the world, it clearly is. What our addled, idiotic, and vainglorious leader is doing now is not wacky, boys being boys, or America Firsty it is INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS for the United States itself and the cause of freedom and democracy around the world. As Governor Newsom told the world yesterday in Davos Trump has become an out of control, unstable, unhinged/unmoored, global wrecking ball. And either our Congress starts to rein in him, or he is forced from office, or we have to expect other nations, the ones he is harming, will start attempting to do it for, and to, us. One of the way the nations of the world can move against Trump and America is by dumping our Treasuries and equities. This process began yesterday when Denmark sold off and exited US Treasuries: Here is how The Guardian reported on a speech European President Ursula van der Leyen gave earlier today:
The central lesson from WWII we are were all taught in school is that trade wars lead to shooting wars. Well, here we are, my fellow patriots. Noted economist Rob Shapiro will be joining us today at 2pm EST to discuss the danger Trump is putting America in now, and for us to react to what will almost certainly be a shameful and reckless Trump speech today in Davos. Click here to join us at 2pm. We will release this conversation later this afternoon if you can’t make it live, and a reminder that I will also be getting together with paid subscribers tonight at 7pm. It is critical that everyone reading this post call their Senators and Rep today to express their outrage at what Trump is doing to the country, and the world. Pick your issue from our working agenda below. BUT CALL. Members of Congress must feel our outrage today. We need them talking it about in the hallways. We need them to be saying “people are pissed, we need to do more.” MAKE YOUR CALLS EVERYONE. I also want to say one last thing. What is happening here is not a “distraction” from the Epstein files or a way to change the conversation from his crappy economy or his assault on health care. These memes in our family have become corrosive and reckless, for they are encouraging us to look away or dismiss the incredible danger he is putting us all in. Here we believe that there are three legs to the narrative stool - affordability/tariffs, health care, and threats to democracy/corruption/No Kings - and this continued counsel to pivot back to “kitchen table” issues or Epstein feels, at this point, far more like sabotage than strategy. For it is time now for our Democratic leaders - Govs, Congress, Big City Mayors - to come together and speak loudly with a unified voice against the threat Trump has become to freedom and democracy here and everywhere. For the future Trump is creating for us guarantees that America will be less prosperous, less secure, and less free, and that is why we need to keep fighting this ruinous path as hard as we can. More Bad Polling For Trump - The Country Is Rejecting His Early 2026 EscalationI wrote yesterday how polls released late last week were among the worst Trump had seen in his first year. There was a possibility that what I’ve been calling his early 2026 escalation - Minnesota, Venezuela, Greenland/Europe - has started to drive down his already terrible poll numbers even further. Look at these polls we’ve seen in recent days. Profoundly ugly stuff:
Here’s what they are seeing on the right and in the White House. Trump’s job approval on Real Clear Politics has gone from -8 to -13 in the last two weeks: This morning Trump and the Rs got more bad polling news. Here’s the summary of a new Strength in Numbers poll from G. Elliott Morris: New poll: Trump loses ground on immigration; Dems lead 2026 House vote by 8 points
Here’s his analysis of the data on immigration, deportations, and crime:
What are seeing now in these current wave of polls is further erosion for Trump and the Rs across the board, on everything. Trump’s early 2026 escalation is being rejected by the public, and driving Trump and the Rs further and further away from the electorate. As we’ve discussed here, Republicans have already grown weary, very weary, of defending the indefensible. Trump’s early 2026 escalation is going to test his already weakening hold on Republicans in Congress who have been asked to accept far too much from him and his terrible regime…… Three Important “New Day” Speeches To Watch And Discuss TogetherSharing now three speeches from recent days I’d like us to watch and discuss together. The first is Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos speech from yesterday: The next is Governor Mikie Sherrill’s Inaugural speech, also from yesterday: Finally, here is Governor Abigail Spanberger’s Inaugural speech from Saturday: Now, Let’s Get To Work Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Winning The Midterms - Support Our Candidates
Expanding The Senate and Electoral College Maps, Winning In Red States and Red Places (2026-2032)
3 Campaigns Where We’ve Hit Our Goals, But Are Still Active - We have three campaigns where we’ve hit our goals but that folks can still participate in - Ken Martin’s New DNC, Anderson Clayton and the North Carolina Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party of Minnesota (DFL). Why We Must Invest Early, Now, And Not Wait - In three new essays (here, here, here) I discuss how one of the ways we win the 2026 midterms is by providing early support to our candidates and parties to allow them to staff up, be loud, define the terms of the debate now, before the inevitable onslaught on AI slop, Russian disinfo, and Trumpian lies funded through bribes and corruption wash across the land. The midterms could be won or lost in these next few months - not in the fall of 2026 - and we need be fighting now with everything we got. Winning The Big Arguments With Trump, Defend Our DemocracyWe have two recommended actions today: 1 - Call Your Senators and Member Of The House And Demand They Act Upon Our Five-Part Agenda - We need to be loud people, very, very loud and make the case for our now five part agenda:
2 - Celebrate America, Our Constitution, Our 250th Birthday By Bringing Our Resolutions Project To Your Community - This July 4th America celebrates it’s 250th birthday. We need to make this holiday, a celebration of our Declaration Of Independence from a mad king, our day, and not allow it to become his. One way we can do this is by bringing our Resolutions Project to your community or state. Imagine if by July 4th of next year a large number of towns, counties and states had passed formal resolutions, in the spirit of our Declaration of Independence, defending our Constitution and condemning the “injuries,” “abuses,” and “usurpations” of our mad king. For as our Founders wrote in the Declaration:
So far Hopium members have introduced or passed resolutions in 85 communities in 23 states. In the coming days we will be convening to discuss how to bring this campaign to more places and start planning to Own The Fourth next year. Finally, please self-report your activities to our daily paid subscriber chat. These reports help inspire all of us to do more and fight harder! Keep working hard everyone, and I remain so incredibly proud to be in this righteous fight with all of you - Simon You're currently a free subscriber to Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. |
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