Jon Rauch
@jonrauch.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, unlicensed epistemologist. Brookings and The Atlantic. Please be sane, BlueSky.
A third of Republicans favor threatening to deport US citizens who have been critical of Trump. Two-thirds support DOJ investigating his opponents. www.economist.com/united-state...
October 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A third of Republicans favor threatening to deport US citizens who have been critical of Trump. Two-thirds support DOJ investigating his opponents. www.economist.com/united-state...
This is what policy success looks like: marriage is integrated into LGBT people's life plans, same as for other Americans. LGBT teenagers don't have to dread the loveless or furtive life I foresaw for myself in the 1970s and 1980s. Thank you, America! www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
August 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is what policy success looks like: marriage is integrated into LGBT people's life plans, same as for other Americans. LGBT teenagers don't have to dread the loveless or furtive life I foresaw for myself in the 1970s and 1980s. Thank you, America! www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
So Canadians' disapproval of Trump right up there with...Putin. That took some doing.
August 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
So Canadians' disapproval of Trump right up there with...Putin. That took some doing.
Google's AI has an interesting idea here, actually.
July 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Google's AI has an interesting idea here, actually.
Trump's approval rating is minus 17, according to YouGov. And--wow!--more than 80% of disapproval is "strong." Half say their opinion of him has gotten worse; 38% say _much_ worse. Terrible numbers. Voters wanted a less chaotic version of his first term...not chaos, cruelty, and extremism.
July 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trump's approval rating is minus 17, according to YouGov. And--wow!--more than 80% of disapproval is "strong." Half say their opinion of him has gotten worse; 38% say _much_ worse. Terrible numbers. Voters wanted a less chaotic version of his first term...not chaos, cruelty, and extremism.
New Pew survey finds that half of trans-identified adults say they're nonbinary. Could someone help me understand what it means to be transgender and also nonbinary?
www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...
www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New Pew survey finds that half of trans-identified adults say they're nonbinary. Could someone help me understand what it means to be transgender and also nonbinary?
www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...
www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...
Steve Bannon thinks Elon Musk is...Satanic. From Paul Starobin's profile of Bannon in Business Insider.
April 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Steve Bannon thinks Elon Musk is...Satanic. From Paul Starobin's profile of Bannon in Business Insider.
Slowly but surely, Trump and Vance have helped Putin erase the Ukraine invasion in Republicans' opinion toward Russia. (Dems remain stalwart.) New from Pew. www.pewresearch.org/2025/04/17/h...
April 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Slowly but surely, Trump and Vance have helped Putin erase the Ukraine invasion in Republicans' opinion toward Russia. (Dems remain stalwart.) New from Pew. www.pewresearch.org/2025/04/17/h...
In case you thought tariffs aren't going up much...ditto inflation...
April 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
In case you thought tariffs aren't going up much...ditto inflation...
Or this (wild economic uncertainty, a cause of those dismal stock indices)...
April 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Or this (wild economic uncertainty, a cause of those dismal stock indices)...
Why do I think this is not what Trump's voters had in mind? (Dismal stock performance.)
April 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Why do I think this is not what Trump's voters had in mind? (Dismal stock performance.)
I posted last week about a friend whose chemotherapy clinical trial was abruptly discontinued due to NIH cuts. Today I received the email below. I can’t vouch for its accuracy, but in light of it, I went back to my source to check details and found that I need to clarify/correct the record.
March 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I posted last week about a friend whose chemotherapy clinical trial was abruptly discontinued due to NIH cuts. Today I received the email below. I can’t vouch for its accuracy, but in light of it, I went back to my source to check details and found that I need to clarify/correct the record.
So...let's see...today Mexico tariffs are off and Canada tariffs are on. Tomorrow, maybe the opposite. This isn't policy, it's whim. The movie we're living is half The Godfather, half The Madness of King George.
March 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
So...let's see...today Mexico tariffs are off and Canada tariffs are on. Tomorrow, maybe the opposite. This isn't policy, it's whim. The movie we're living is half The Godfather, half The Madness of King George.
We've known for years what Trump would do. The only surprise is how fast. What I thought would take months has taken only weeks. We are hurtling toward the cliff. 10/10
February 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We've known for years what Trump would do. The only surprise is how fast. What I thought would take months has taken only weeks. We are hurtling toward the cliff. 10/10
Guess which areas will feel the most pain from Trump's trade wars? (Hint: the ones that voted for him.) www.brookings.edu/articles/chi...
February 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Guess which areas will feel the most pain from Trump's trade wars? (Hint: the ones that voted for him.) www.brookings.edu/articles/chi...
A pastor friend writes...
January 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A pastor friend writes...
How I feel...courtesy of Pastor Chris.
January 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
How I feel...courtesy of Pastor Chris.
It's not just me, right? Have Steve Bannon and Gorgon (Star Trek season 3, episode 4) ever been seen together in the same room?
December 31, 2024 at 7:03 PM
It's not just me, right? Have Steve Bannon and Gorgon (Star Trek season 3, episode 4) ever been seen together in the same room?
38 percent of US students support violence to deplatform hateful or racist speech, according to the to new national poll from the Buckley Institute at Yale.
December 26, 2024 at 5:36 PM
38 percent of US students support violence to deplatform hateful or racist speech, according to the to new national poll from the Buckley Institute at Yale.
Students saying trans athletes disadvantage other athletes because of biological differences are now a 2:1 majority...up 14 points in two years. New national student poll from Buckley Institute at Yale.
December 26, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Students saying trans athletes disadvantage other athletes because of biological differences are now a 2:1 majority...up 14 points in two years. New national student poll from Buckley Institute at Yale.
A third of US students prefer socialism to capitalism, and another third are unsure. New national student poll from the Buckley Institute at Yale.
December 26, 2024 at 3:37 PM
A third of US students prefer socialism to capitalism, and another third are unsure. New national student poll from the Buckley Institute at Yale.