As Kerry Eleveld covered just a short while ago, bunker-cowering president Donald Trump’s job approval numbers in a new CNN/SSRS poll have utterly collapsed—down to 38% approve, 57% disapprove. The poll has presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden ahead by a gaudy 55-41 that, if accurate, would have Biden approaching the 400 electoral vote mark. The…
‘He should just stop talking’: Atlanta mayor slams Trump’s responses to George Floyd protests
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms appeared on both CNN’s State of the Union and CBS News’ Face the Nation this Sunday morning. In both appearances, the mayor urged Donald Trump to “just stop” talking. The mayor compared Trump’s tweets about mass protests to his comments on Charlottesville, adding that “he speaks and he makes it worse.”…
Georgia could be the next swing state, Trump is still an idiot, and more you might have missed
Y’all, the president sure lost his mind this week, didn’t he? I mean granted, it’s more likely that he never had it to begin with. But boy howdy was this one a doozy. Buckle up—this is what you might have missed. Idiot president peddles conspiracy theories, threatens retaliation against U.S. state By Hunter So here…
ICYMI: Integrating America’s whitest states, meat plant workers speak out, and more from Prism
As the COVID-19 pandemic has raged on around the country, Prism has been on the ground covering the stories that matter most to the communities at risk, and keeping a finger on the pulse of the other major news unfolding against the backdrop of the virus. In case you missed it, here’s a roundup of…
Black civil rights, labor, and health leaders to Southern governors: Put public health over profits
Responding to the proposed reopening of several southern states including Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Florida, a group of Black civil rights, labor, and health leaders called on governors to take several critical steps to safely reopen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizational representatives from the Black Voters Matter Fund, The Southern Rural Black…
How does ‘Keep America Great’ work as a campaign slogan, when America has gone to hell?
“Keep America Great” is the obvious reelection campaign slogan for a president who campaigned on making America great in the first place. It’s his country now. Yet what happens to that campaign slogan when people sour on the current state of the nation? Here are the current right-track, wrong-track national numbers. Civiqs Results Great news for…
NRSC chair confident Loeffler will win special election despite stock controversy
Sen. Todd Young, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, on Thursday reiterated his confidence in Kelly Loeffler’s election bid, amid controversy over the Georgia Republican’s stock trades. “Kelly Loeffler is a strong conservative voice for the people of Georgia,” Young (R-Ind.) said in an interview. “She’s effectively representing them and she will continue to…