Robert P. Jones
@robertpjones.bsky.social
President and founder, PRRI. NYT Bestselling author of The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future; White Too Long; The End of White Christian America. Writing at https://www.whitetoolong.net.
Beyond the 60 Minutes payoff & Colbert cancelation, an unprecedented capitulation: as part of merger agreement, new parent company agrees to install an official to "monitor bias" at CBS’s news division. CBS news will essentially be state controlled media.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
July 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Beyond the 60 Minutes payoff & Colbert cancelation, an unprecedented capitulation: as part of merger agreement, new parent company agrees to install an official to "monitor bias" at CBS’s news division. CBS news will essentially be state controlled media.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
Thinking abt Tocqueville on #July4th & contradictions he highlighted.
From "The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy":
Tocqueville may have been correct-but not only in the way he intended-that he could see the destiny of America in the 1st Puritan who landed on these shores.
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From "The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy":
Tocqueville may have been correct-but not only in the way he intended-that he could see the destiny of America in the 1st Puritan who landed on these shores.
bookshop.org/a/56272/9781...
July 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Thinking abt Tocqueville on #July4th & contradictions he highlighted.
From "The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy":
Tocqueville may have been correct-but not only in the way he intended-that he could see the destiny of America in the 1st Puritan who landed on these shores.
bookshop.org/a/56272/9781...
From "The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy":
Tocqueville may have been correct-but not only in the way he intended-that he could see the destiny of America in the 1st Puritan who landed on these shores.
bookshop.org/a/56272/9781...
Reminder: 2/3 of Americans (64%) favor birthright citizenship, including strong majorities of Democrats (87%) and independents (65%). But less than half (45%) of Republicans support this Constitutional right.
Trump is making support for the Constitution a partisan issue.
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Trump is making support for the Constitution a partisan issue.
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June 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Reminder: 2/3 of Americans (64%) favor birthright citizenship, including strong majorities of Democrats (87%) and independents (65%). But less than half (45%) of Republicans support this Constitutional right.
Trump is making support for the Constitution a partisan issue.
prri.org/research/dem...
Trump is making support for the Constitution a partisan issue.
prri.org/research/dem...
3) 6 in 10 Republicans (62%) and white evangelicals (56%) agree that the federal government should place immigrants who are in the country illegally in internment camps guarded by the U.S. military until they can be deported.
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June 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
3) 6 in 10 Republicans (62%) and white evangelicals (56%) agree that the federal government should place immigrants who are in the country illegally in internment camps guarded by the U.S. military until they can be deported.
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2) Three quarters of Republicans (77%) and white evangelicals (74%) favor installing deterrents such as walls, floating barriers in rivers, and razor wire to prevent immigrants from entering the country illegally, even if they endanger or kill some people.
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June 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
2) Three quarters of Republicans (77%) and white evangelicals (74%) favor installing deterrents such as walls, floating barriers in rivers, and razor wire to prevent immigrants from entering the country illegally, even if they endanger or kill some people.
prri.org/research/thr...
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Breaking new data from @prri.org making it clear that Trump’s ego has outrun even his own supporters. Three quarters of Americans—including majorities of Republicans and white evangelical Protestants—oppose Trump’s $45 million military parade.
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June 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Breaking new data from @prri.org making it clear that Trump’s ego has outrun even his own supporters. Three quarters of Americans—including majorities of Republicans and white evangelical Protestants—oppose Trump’s $45 million military parade.
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Trump's ups authoritarian vibe in new official WH portrait. Striking difference between 2017 and 2025 inauguration, and even darker in the latest update yesterday. My prediction: He's prepared this one just in time for his Putin-style military parade banners.
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June 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Trump's ups authoritarian vibe in new official WH portrait. Striking difference between 2017 and 2025 inauguration, and even darker in the latest update yesterday. My prediction: He's prepared this one just in time for his Putin-style military parade banners.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Doing some archive research on the digital presentation of the presidency on the whitehouse.gov page. In addition to the ominous vibe on the current site, there is a glaring omission from the Trump admin's page compared to Biden's. I wonder--what could have gone into that decision?
May 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Doing some archive research on the digital presentation of the presidency on the whitehouse.gov page. In addition to the ominous vibe on the current site, there is a glaring omission from the Trump admin's page compared to Biden's. I wonder--what could have gone into that decision?
My latest....
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May 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My latest....
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Ethno-religious divides on Trump:
Most white Christians say Trump is a strong leader who should be given power he needs to restore American greatness.
But most in other religious grps--non-white Christians, Jews, other non-Christian religions, the unaffiliated--say Trump is a dangerous dictator..."
Most white Christians say Trump is a strong leader who should be given power he needs to restore American greatness.
But most in other religious grps--non-white Christians, Jews, other non-Christian religions, the unaffiliated--say Trump is a dangerous dictator..."
April 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Ethno-religious divides on Trump:
Most white Christians say Trump is a strong leader who should be given power he needs to restore American greatness.
But most in other religious grps--non-white Christians, Jews, other non-Christian religions, the unaffiliated--say Trump is a dangerous dictator..."
Most white Christians say Trump is a strong leader who should be given power he needs to restore American greatness.
But most in other religious grps--non-white Christians, Jews, other non-Christian religions, the unaffiliated--say Trump is a dangerous dictator..."
BREAKING: Major new @prripoll.bsky.social survey on #Trump100.
With favorability underwater, most Americans (52%), including 56% of independents, believe "Trump is a dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy."
www.prri.org/research/dem...
With favorability underwater, most Americans (52%), including 56% of independents, believe "Trump is a dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy."
www.prri.org/research/dem...
April 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
BREAKING: Major new @prripoll.bsky.social survey on #Trump100.
With favorability underwater, most Americans (52%), including 56% of independents, believe "Trump is a dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy."
www.prri.org/research/dem...
With favorability underwater, most Americans (52%), including 56% of independents, believe "Trump is a dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy."
www.prri.org/research/dem...
"God has not forgotten about you."
My latest. Easter meditations on the pleas of Jennifer, the wife of Kilmar Abrega Garcia.
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My latest. Easter meditations on the pleas of Jennifer, the wife of Kilmar Abrega Garcia.
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April 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"God has not forgotten about you."
My latest. Easter meditations on the pleas of Jennifer, the wife of Kilmar Abrega Garcia.
www.whitetoolong.net/p/god-hasnt-...
My latest. Easter meditations on the pleas of Jennifer, the wife of Kilmar Abrega Garcia.
www.whitetoolong.net/p/god-hasnt-...
My latest.
"God Hasn't Forgotten about You": An Easter Message from Jennifer, the Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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"God Hasn't Forgotten about You": An Easter Message from Jennifer, the Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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April 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My latest.
"God Hasn't Forgotten about You": An Easter Message from Jennifer, the Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
www.whitetoolong.net/p/god-hasnt-...
"God Hasn't Forgotten about You": An Easter Message from Jennifer, the Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
www.whitetoolong.net/p/god-hasnt-...
My latest, a thank you and plea to journalists.
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April 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My latest, a thank you and plea to journalists.
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Just saw my book, “White Too Long” was purged from the US Naval Academy library.
Listed along w/ 380 other books from @antheabutler.bsky.social , @michaelericdyson.bsky.social , @revjimwallis.bsky.social , Bryan Massingale, and others.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Listed along w/ 380 other books from @antheabutler.bsky.social , @michaelericdyson.bsky.social , @revjimwallis.bsky.social , Bryan Massingale, and others.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
April 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Just saw my book, “White Too Long” was purged from the US Naval Academy library.
Listed along w/ 380 other books from @antheabutler.bsky.social , @michaelericdyson.bsky.social , @revjimwallis.bsky.social , Bryan Massingale, and others.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Listed along w/ 380 other books from @antheabutler.bsky.social , @michaelericdyson.bsky.social , @revjimwallis.bsky.social , Bryan Massingale, and others.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In the DC area, we are experiencing the damage our president is doing not to anonymous entities but to our fellow citizens whose names we know. In a democracy, the government is not just by and for the people; the government is comprised of the people.
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March 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In the DC area, we are experiencing the damage our president is doing not to anonymous entities but to our fellow citizens whose names we know. In a democracy, the government is not just by and for the people; the government is comprised of the people.
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A question for Lent....
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March 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A question for Lent....
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An offering for Ash Wednesday for my fellow white American Christians.
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March 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
An offering for Ash Wednesday for my fellow white American Christians.
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Happy to see my friend @jemartisby.bsky.social 's inspiring book, The Spirit of Justice, on prominent display at O'Hare airport today (bottom left).
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February 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Happy to see my friend @jemartisby.bsky.social 's inspiring book, The Spirit of Justice, on prominent display at O'Hare airport today (bottom left).
bookshop.org/a/56272/9780...
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Honored First Baptist Church of Richmond chose my book "White Too Long" as a city-wide book read for Black History Month. If you're in Richmond, join us 3/10 at 7pm. Grateful for historically white congregations willing to wrestle with the legacy of white supremacy.
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February 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Honored First Baptist Church of Richmond chose my book "White Too Long" as a city-wide book read for Black History Month. If you're in Richmond, join us 3/10 at 7pm. Grateful for historically white congregations willing to wrestle with the legacy of white supremacy.
fbcrichmond.org/city-wide-bo...
fbcrichmond.org/city-wide-bo...
My latest, where--with the help of Missouri AG Andrew Bailey--I strip down the MAGA DEI logic to its basic code:
~Male && ~White —> Less_Qualified
(Translation: IF NOT Male AND NOT White THEN Less_Qualified.)
www.whitetoolong.net/p/magas-dei-...
~Male && ~White —> Less_Qualified
(Translation: IF NOT Male AND NOT White THEN Less_Qualified.)
www.whitetoolong.net/p/magas-dei-...
February 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My latest, where--with the help of Missouri AG Andrew Bailey--I strip down the MAGA DEI logic to its basic code:
~Male && ~White —> Less_Qualified
(Translation: IF NOT Male AND NOT White THEN Less_Qualified.)
www.whitetoolong.net/p/magas-dei-...
~Male && ~White —> Less_Qualified
(Translation: IF NOT Male AND NOT White THEN Less_Qualified.)
www.whitetoolong.net/p/magas-dei-...
Plastic straw debate is least of our worries. But notable that wh evangelicals/Reps are outliers even here.
Favor prohibiting use of disposable plastic straws in restaurants to protect aquatic animals & ocean from pollution:
All: 68%
Wh evangelical: 46%
Republican: 47%
www.prri.org/research/fra...
Favor prohibiting use of disposable plastic straws in restaurants to protect aquatic animals & ocean from pollution:
All: 68%
Wh evangelical: 46%
Republican: 47%
www.prri.org/research/fra...
February 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Plastic straw debate is least of our worries. But notable that wh evangelicals/Reps are outliers even here.
Favor prohibiting use of disposable plastic straws in restaurants to protect aquatic animals & ocean from pollution:
All: 68%
Wh evangelical: 46%
Republican: 47%
www.prri.org/research/fra...
Favor prohibiting use of disposable plastic straws in restaurants to protect aquatic animals & ocean from pollution:
All: 68%
Wh evangelical: 46%
Republican: 47%
www.prri.org/research/fra...
BREAKING: 27 Jewish/Christian groups standing up against Trump's inhumane immigration policy to allow ICE to raid places of worship:
12 national denominational bodies/reps
4 regional denom. bodies
11 denomin. & interdenominational assocs.
Read lawsuit here:
www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-cont...
12 national denominational bodies/reps
4 regional denom. bodies
11 denomin. & interdenominational assocs.
Read lawsuit here:
www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-cont...
February 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
BREAKING: 27 Jewish/Christian groups standing up against Trump's inhumane immigration policy to allow ICE to raid places of worship:
12 national denominational bodies/reps
4 regional denom. bodies
11 denomin. & interdenominational assocs.
Read lawsuit here:
www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-cont...
12 national denominational bodies/reps
4 regional denom. bodies
11 denomin. & interdenominational assocs.
Read lawsuit here:
www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-cont...
White Christian nationalism is neither the best of us, nor anywhere near the majority of us. New PRRI data shows those opposing Christian nationalism outnumber its supporters 2 to 1.
My latest, analysis with 7 charts!
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My latest, analysis with 7 charts!
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February 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
White Christian nationalism is neither the best of us, nor anywhere near the majority of us. New PRRI data shows those opposing Christian nationalism outnumber its supporters 2 to 1.
My latest, analysis with 7 charts!
www.whitetoolong.net/p/new-prri-s...
My latest, analysis with 7 charts!
www.whitetoolong.net/p/new-prri-s...
Reflections on Black History Month in Trump's America.
My latest.
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My latest.
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February 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Reflections on Black History Month in Trump's America.
My latest.
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My latest.
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