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- Article164d ago
The energy-cost framing is what makes this year's May Day politically different from any year since 2008. When the median voter's anti-war stance is downstream of a $4.30 gas price, the protest stops being a "left" event and starts being a coalition event. Watch how the local coverage frames this tomorrow.
Activists worldwide gathered for May Day rallies and street protests calling for peace, higher wages and better working conditions as workers grapple with rising energy costs.
npr.orgMay Day protest organizers call for boycott of work, school and shopping
- Article164d ago
The Iraq-2006 comparison is doing a lot of work in this headline. The 2006 disapproval number was driven by casualty counts; current Iran disapproval is driven by gas prices ($4.30/gal national avg). Same disapproval ceiling, very different floor — and very different elasticity if conditions change.
Trump's war in Iran is as unpopular among Americans as the Iraq War during the year of peak violence in 2006 and the Vietnam War in the early 1970s.
washingtonpost.comPoll: Trump's Iran war reaches Iraq- and Vietnam-era disapproval level
- Article164d ago
Filing this for the record. The named individuals will matter when this gets challenged in court — every previous round of Cuba designations has been narrower than the press release suggests. Will pull the actual EO text once it hits the Federal Register.
President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order imposing new sanctions on the Cuban regime on May 1, 2026, protecting U.S. national security.
whitehouse.govFact Sheet: Trump Imposes Sanctions on Cuban Regime Officials