Josh Chafetz

Overall, younger generations are much more liberal in their racial policy attitudes than older generations. If at least a significant portion of this is a cohort and not an age effect, the public overall may continue to liberalize on these matters.

Racial Resentment Among White Americans by Birth Year and Demographics This figure presents the same four-panel layout (education, gender, geography, religion) but for White Americans from birth years 1940 to 2000. Education panel: A pronounced divide shows non-college Whites with substantially higher resentment across all cohorts, increasing sharply for older birth years. College-educated Whites rise more modestly but remain distinctly lower, especially among younger cohorts. Gender panel: Male and female trendlines rise together, with women slightly higher in mid-century cohorts. Younger cohorts of both genders start lower and climb with age. Geography panel: Regional lines separate clearly: the South is highest in resentment, followed by the Midwest. The West and Northeast show lower levels, with the Northeast consistently at the bottom. All regions slope upward toward older cohorts. Religion panel: Protestants show the highest resentment, peaking among mid-century cohorts. Catholics sit in the middle. Non-affiliated Whites show the lowest resentment, especially among younger respondents, with a small rise among mid-century generations. The figure notes CES 2024 data with GAM-smoothed trendlines.

Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵

Dershowitz is in a real bind here, because on the one hand, “Epstein was good, actually” isn’t a winning position.

On the other hand, if Dershowitz doesn’t go on TV at least once a week, he will literally die, so 🤷‍♂️

Dershowitz is in a real bind here, because on the one hand, “Epstein was good, actually” isn’t a winning position.

On the other hand, if Dershowitz doesn’t go on TV at least once a week, he will literally die, so 🤷‍♂️

Honestly, it might be the best petty burn he’s ever written

Omg “Thomas and (?)”

classic fleabag policing

And it’s not like he’s going after Don Bacon here. If the GOP is on a non-MAGA to MAGA spectrum, and he’s lost everyone to the non-MAGA side of MTG … whew

Most presidents whose approval rating is net -16 would be trying to reinforce intraparty bridges, is all I’m sayin’

‘Unlawful coercion’: Trump can’t withhold funds or demand payment from UC, federal judge rules A federal judge ruled Donald Trump cannot demand that UCLA pay a $1.2 billion settlement that would have restricted academic freedoms.

A huge district court victory for the University of California.

District courts find facts. This one found "overwhelming evidence" that the Trump administration has pervasively violated the First Amendment in its efforts to coerce and intimidate the University of California.

News story here—

honestly, the kicker if nothing else

darth you gotta post through it. there's just no other choice

I love that he puts "Congresswoman" in quotation marks.

It's every reply person who's like, "Okay, 'Professor'!". Only he's the president of the United States.

It is a spectacular movie and I will hear no calumny of it

Look some Friday nights you and your dog just need to re-watch “The School for Good and Evil” …

Did…did the graphic have to look like that?

PUPDATE: He has ceased blepping but has compensated by wearing his ear jauntily

Classic sleep blep

Opinion | The Epstein divisions among Republicans are hastening Trump's lame-duck status These polls suggest the issue is a bigger problem than the president wants to admit.

Donald Trump’s presidency hinges on loyalty, which depends on the perception of power. As a lame duck, that perception is already eroding — and the Epstein scandal is now accelerating it.

Perhaps worth noting that New is Larry Summers's spouse ...

Can a Hydroelectric Dam Really Make the Days Longer? By shifting water to a higher elevation, the giant Three Gorges Dam caused the Earth to spin more slowly.

woah

www.wired.com/story/can-a-...

In the new Emerson College poll of Arizona voters, Trump has a 9-point net negative approval rating overall and a 17-point net negative rating on his handling of the economy (in a sample that is +5 Trump on self-reported 2024 vote).

Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation.

We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.

I mean, trajectory on everything is awful, but trajectory on inflation seems actually worse than on immigration/deportation.

This should be disqualifying for the head of a public policy think tank. He's saying he doesn't have time to follow the precise issues at the core of his institution's mission because he's ... too busy with his hobbies? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

I mean, sure, but those aren't the only two choices. Immigration and deportation are still the two areas where he polls best (i.e., only slightly underwater)--I would think it would be a smarter move to double down on those.

Bad headline aside, this is a pretty damning portrait of an institution decisively abandoning any real pretense to be a quasi-scholarly outfit in favor of manufacturing whatever slop power demands this week, like a ChatGPT made of meat.

I'd be interested in @gelliottmorris.com's take on this, but it seems to me that Trump raising the salience of one of his very worst issues (affordability) could easily do him more harm than good.

UVA Pres. Ryan's letter isn't just about the DOJ though. It credibly details dubious conduct from many people who were supposed to put UVA's interests first and didn't (likely because they agreed with DOJ's far-right pressure campaign): the Board, the AG, outside counsel, etc.

No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's democratic socialist views spark fears companies and capital will flee, but top real estate CEOs say it's not true.

No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs