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Negativity surrounding the government has seeped into public perception of the core components of America’s story,
such as its history, notions of American foreign influence and impact, or the way the country’s democracy works.
Pride in American democracy has declined 14 percentage points since 2017, when it was measured at 42 percent, to 28 percent.
The survey also found that a majority of Americans are disillusioned with the American dream:
They are not confident in …

Americans’ Pride Drops to New Low as 250th Anniversary Approaches
The American public aren’t feeling particularly proud of their country, according to a new poll.

Poll: 31% of US adults expect driverless cars to be common within five years, up from 19% in 2018, and 19% say they would own or lease one, the same as in 2018 (Mary Page James/Gallup)
https://news.gallup.com/poll/708683/americans-driverless-car-fut…

More Americans See Driverless Car Future; Few Show Interest
Expectations of widespread driverless car use are up sharply since 2018, yet personal interest is flat, safety confidence has declined, and relatively few Americans have tried one.

Americans have paid an additional $59 billion in inflated fuel prices since Trump started his Iran war | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/america-fuel-prices-iran-war-increase-economy-b2986248.html

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Trump to headline Great American State Fair after music acts cancel - The Washington Post
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New polling indicates that most Americans are opposed to Donald Trump’s vanity projects,
including his plans to reshape the look of Washington, D.C. and to put his name on U.S. currency
https://truthout.org/articles/new-poll-shows-a…

From the Ballroom to His Arch, Poll Shows Americans Reject Trump’s Plans to Redesign Washington DC
The poll also found that a plan to place Trump’s name on US currency is deeply unpopular.

t’s happening again.
In a big American city, a young Indian American democratic socialist is trying to unseat an unpopular Black incumbent on a platform of housing affordability.
This time, the arena is not New York City but Los Angeles.
Nithya Raman, the insurgent, has fashioned herself as a Zohran Mamdani of the West.
Karen Bass, the embattled incumbent, is fighting to stay in office and make sure that lightning doesn’t strike on opposite coasts.
But the simil…

Los Angeles Voters Have No Good Option
The mayoral race is a staging ground for three of the most unfortunate tendencies in American politics.

“American families don’t want experiments with their money,” a voice booms.
“They want jobs, growth, and available credit.
When crypto gets a free pass, communities pay the price.”
The 30-second video, which launched in Washington DC this month,
is part of a six-figure advertising campaign by the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA),
meant to help fight a landmark bill that will determine how America’s multibillion-dollar crypto sector is regulated.…

‘Crypto v community’: 4,000 local US lenders join forces to fight ‘stablecoins’ law
Up to 4,000 community banks fear looming legislation to regulate digital cash will deprive rural firms and farmers of $850bn-worth of loans

It is not an exaggeration to say that the changes that will result will probably represent the greatest withdrawal of voting power from Black Americans since the end of Reconstruction and the establishment of Jim Crow.
It is difficult to say how many seats Democrats will lose in the coming Republican redistricting bonanza that the court’s decision will allow.
A New York Times analysis found that the ruling would endanger about a dozen Democratic-leaning seats across the America…