American workers are getting the smallest slice of the pie on record

NBC News -  It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. The share of economic growth captured by labor in the form of compensation like wages fell to a record low last quarter, hitting 52.8%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which began recording the statistic in 1947.

Trump’s Iran war has cost overr $100 billion

Axios – The war with Iran has now cost U.S. consumers $100 billion in higher energy prices, Axios' Ben Berkowitz writes from a real-time Brown University estimate. The bill is rising another $1 million about every two minutes.

The Iran War Energy Cost Tracker from Brown's Watson School says higher gasoline and diesel prices have cost the average U.S. household more than $760 since the war began Feb. 28. Most of that is gas, though the diesel burden is rising faster lately.

Older Americans May Have Dementia Without Knowing

Newsweek -  A recent study indicated that older Americans may either have dementia diagnoses without knowing or may not self-report having a diagnosis, and experts have called for more work to be done to improve early detection.

Researchers at Yale University found that 67 percent of older Americans underreported having a dementia diagnosis, which was more than double the rate for other conditions within the same sample group, such as arthritis (17 percent underreported having the condition), diabetes (39 percent) and depression (46 percent).

Other research has raised similar concerns about dementia screening as well. Dr. Malaz Boustani, a professor of aging at Indiana University, told Newsweek that his team's 2005 primary-care study found "only 19 percent of patients whose dementia was confirmed through formal assessment had dementia documented in their medical record. Approximately 80 percent lacked a recorded diagnosis."

Cancer cases expected to soar

Newsweek -  Cancer cases are set to soar globally over the coming decades as the world's population grows and people live longer.  A major new analysis led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, estimates that annual global cancer cases could climb from almost 21 million in 2024 to about 34 million by 2050. That would represent a 67 percent increase.

Dozens of cream cheese varieties recalled

 The Sun - Cream cheese sold in dozens of varieties has been recalled over fears it could be contaminated with a potentially deadly bacteria. Made Fresh Salads and Northside branded spreads were ripped from shelves after testing detected traces of Listeria.

Social Security running out of money

Washington Post - For decades, Washington has replayed the same fight over taming the soaring national debt: Democrats cite a need for more taxes. Republicans refuse. And anyone who suggests cutting the biggest source of spending — federal retirement benefits — gets attacked.

But a coming crisis in Social Security appears to be pushing at least a few Republicans off the GOP’s long-standing pledge never to raise taxes.

This summer, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) joined Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) in proposing to raise the payroll tax cap so people with higher incomes pay more into the program. Now the idea is emerging as an acceptable fix among other GOP lawmakers, including Rep. Tom Cole (Oklahoma), the influential chair of the House Appropriations Committee.

The rare GOP concessions on taxes come as lawmakers begin to confront a Social Security shortfall so large and so imminent that the party’s traditional demand for curtailing benefits is unlikely to suffice. In just six years, millions of Social Security recipients will absorb a 22 percent cut in benefits unless lawmakers provide an immediate infusion of nearly $500 billion.

Politics

Axios - House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) faces mounting behind-the-scenes frustration from progressive lawmakers and candidates that's likely to burst into public view after the midterm elections, Axios' Andrew Solender writes.

An influx of Democratic Socialists of America-aligned members in January will compound latent distrust of Jeffries that's festering in some corners of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Jeffries has made several recent moves that left Progressive Caucus members fuming, according to multiple lawmakers, candidates and aides.

Medicare for All: Jeffries said on NBC's "Meet the Press" last month that Medicare for All is "not legislation ... that I support." He said in a later radio interview that he supports universal coverage, but there are "different paths" to get there.

Kushner meeting: Jeffries' sit-down with President Trump's son-in-law rankled progressive groups. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told reporters: "I don't know what that was about."

NPR - Republicans will hold an unconventional midterm convention this week in Dallas. These types of events are typically reserved for presidential election years. Although midterm conventions are uncommon, one fact stands out: President Trump will be the show's main attraction as Republicans grapple with whether to participate. With polls indicating that Democrats are more energized for the midterms, the president is urging his party's voters to act as if he is on the ballot to get them to cast their votes.

Far right revival in Germany

The Guardian - Germany is still reeling from the biggest far-right victory in a state election since the Nazi period. Voters in Saxony-Anhalt, in the former communist east, gave the anti-immigration, pro-Kremlin Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party a first-place finish of 44%, just short of an absolute majority. Deborah Cole in Berlin explains why it is so significant….

• A “shocked” and chastened chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has vowed to stay in office. Appearing ashen-faced in front of reporters in Berlin on Monday, he said: “We know that Germany carries special responsibility because of its history.”
• What are the wider implications for Europe? In this analysis, Jon Henley says Europe’s centrist politicians fear a continent-wide nationalist wave, fueled by the persistent inability of mainstream governments to deliver for disillusioned voters hit by a spiralling cost of living crisis

Middle East

Newsworthy News -  After Iranian missiles targeted two U.S. Navy warships, U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers to raise the cost of future attacks, escalating risks in a key energy chokepoint. No U.S. casualties were reported; two tankers were disabled and one was destroyed, reports said. U.S. officials linked the tankers to a “shadow” financing network for Iran’s Guard Corps.  Oil route security and legal questions now collide in the Strait of Hormuz.

The problem with polls

DownBallot - Despite some very high-profile misses in recent years, polls remain a valuable tool for helping us evaluate elections—as long as they’re used properly.

But the potential for misuse is great. Among other problems that have cropped up lately, we’ve seen:

• Polls using AI-generated respondents instead of real humans
• Informed ballot questions masquerading as initial ballot questions
• Outright fake polls and polling firms
• Low-quality engagement farms that share polls without links or proper context
• Pollsters who express support for election conspiracy theories

And many other issues as well.

Canada-US tariff war

NY Times - The trade war between the United States and Canada escalated this morning, as Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs of up to 50 percent on American goods. Talks between the two countries fell apart last month.

The tariffs went into effect shortly after midnight. They cover about $20 billion per year of imports from the United States, including goods like clothing, steel and cheese. That amount mimics the tariffs President Trump imposed on Canadian goods. For now, only a small portion of the annual trade between the countries is affected. “The more pressing concern is a potential cycle of retaliation,” my colleague Tony Romm reports.

Trump has already threatened additional tariffs on Canadian-made cars and trucks. He suggested last week that he might halt bilateral trade outright. Then, last night, he took to social media to single out Bombardier, a Canadian plane manufacturer, claiming there would be “NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES!”

The dispute is fracturing one of America’s closest alliances, and it is not expected to end soon. When Canada left the talks last month, Carney said his country was “at war.” Canadians stood with him: 75 percent of those polled said they supported his decision to exit.

But if Canadians are on a war footing, American officials say they are not. “I don’t think you can be in a tit-for-tat with someone who’s 13 times larger than you are,” Scott Bessent, the treasury secretary, said in an interview on CNBC.

Stupid Trump stuff

Newsweek - "Many people suggested changing the name of New Mexico, one of the great vote cheating states of all time, to NEW AMERICA," the president wrote. "So much more prestigious and beautiful for the people of that potentially incredible State."

Independent -  President Donald Trump has posted a meme of himself playing the stock market from the Oval Office on Truth Social with the declaration: “I do this for our Country, not myself.”  ……

“I’ve made Hundreds of Billions of Dollars on Stocks, and many other type Holdings, for the U.S.A., not myself, and all I do is get criticized by the Radical Left Dumocrats,” his caption continued. “Very unfair, but what can you do!”

A Gallup poll published last week found that 90 percent of Americans now believe the U.S. government and its political leaders are corrupt, a mood the president appeared to be alluding to in his post.  Trump’s most recent financial disclosure revealed he made $2.2 billion in 2025, sparking accusations from his opponents that he has been profiteering from the presidency in his second term.

Politics

 Bloomberg -Trump’s job approval is at a low point, with living costs, the Iran war and a new trade fight with Canada adding to the GOP’s headaches. Texas, North Carolina and Alaska are now in play. Still, Democrats need a net four seats and face a GOP-friendly districting map, while Republicans hold a financial advantage.

The Six Pac - Dr. Oz and MAGA are literally pushing seniors to delay retirement, claiming that forcing you to work just one more year will throw $1 trillion into the national GDP. and prop up an economy drained by Trump’s massive tax cuts for corporations and the ultra-wealthy. They want to squeeze every last drop of labor out of working people to bail out their billionaire donors. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats are warning that Republicans are laying the groundwork to slash the very Social Security benefits you spent decades paying into.  This is blatant theft.

Union membership on the rise

The Guardian - After years of decline, union membership in the US increased by 411,000 members in 2025, the largest increase since 2008, according to a new report.

The report makes clear the impact that “right to work” laws can have on union membership: most gains were concentrated in states that protect collective bargaining.

Union membership rates in those states were nearly triple than the 26 states with so-called “right-to-work” laws that weaken union membership, according to the report from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute (ILEPI) and the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

States with collective bargaining protections saw an increase of nearly 305,000 union members in 2025, compared to about 107,000 in “right-to-work” states. States with protections have over 10.9 million members out of 76.9 million workers, compared to “right-to-work” states that have 3.7 million members out of 69.7 million workers.

“Right-to-work” laws allow workers to “free ride”, or work under a collectively bargained contract agreement without paying union membership dues. Most right-to-work legislation was passed in the 1940s and 1950s after a movement from conservative activist Vance Muse, who coined the term and championed it in southern states with arguments to preserve Jim Crow-era laws.

“The data consistently shows that workers earn higher wages when they are union members and work in states that protect collective bargaining rights,” said Frank Manzo IV, economist at the ILEPI and coauthor of the report. “More Americans are turning to unions as a bulwark against the rising cost of living..”

In 2025, 19 US states passed 88 laws that expanded workers’ rights, according to a 3 September issue brief by State Futures and NYU Wagner Labor Initiative. Legislation included paid sick leave and medical leave passed in Virginia, warehouse worker protections passed in Connecticut and banning nearly all non-compete agreements in Washington.

The father of Labor Day was only 30 years old

NextGen - Peter J. McGuire – who the AFL-CIO credits as the Father of Labor Day (and May Day) – was just 30 years old when he proposed and shepherded the first Labor Day parade in 1882.

But even before he founded what would become a national holiday dedicated to the dignity of working people, McGuire spent his 20s developing his skills as an organizer and becoming a critical leader to the workers’ rights movement…. 

Born in 1852, McGuire began working at just 11 years old when his father left to join the Union Army. During his teens, he quickly became involved with other agitators like Samuel Gompers – the future founder and first president of the American Federation of Labor.

By 21, McGuire had become a well-known public spokesperson and negotiator. When New York City officials refused to grant a permit for a mass meeting in Tompkins Square Park, McGuire led a sit-in at the police commissioner’s office – securing the permit.

At 25, he moved to Missouri where he organized and won support for the first Bureau of Labor and Statistics in the U.S. – giving policy makers much needed insight into working people’s lives. He was appointed deputy commissioner of the new bureau but left to focus on his biggest passion: organizing workers.

From 27-29, McGuire organized St. Louis carpenters thoroughly and won such impressive wage gains for them that it attracted the attention of carpenters everywhere, leading to the formation of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. They elected him their first secretary.

At 30, he moved UBC’s headquarters to New York where, at a meeting of the New York Central Labor Union, he called for workers to lead “a festive parade through the streets of the city” on the first Monday of September. It was the first Labor Day, and more than 30,000 marchers participated.

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Rediscovering America

Sam Smith –Back in 1957, I covered my first story for an all news radio station in Washington. Since then, I can’t think of any time when I have been as worried about the future of America as I am right now. It’s not just Donald Trump but also a lot of cultural changes that made his power possible, things like the rise of television, advertising and public relations.

Truth, collective concern and community action don’t mean the same thing anymore. Instead, people like Trump have become far more important. When I consider my own past and some of things that guided me, I come up with memories like a Quaker high school, working on a Maine farm in the summer, activists who led folks like me during the  sixties, playing in a band, living in a strongly bi-ethnic DC, and serving in the Coast Guard. In short, a life where you acted with and learned from others rather just telling  them, because of your status, what to do.

Where we are now  is far from anything I can recall. Even Nixon and Reagan were not as self centered and  power hungry as Trump. And today’s Democrats fail to offer strong alternatives although we still have those like independent Bernie Sanders to remind us that  of what real change used to look like. Having lived under FDR, Harry Truman,  Lyndon Johnson, JFK and Barack Obama I know what a really active Democratic Party is like and nationally there’s nothing like it at present.  Our leaders are not the fellow Americans we used to have to guide us. We have to turn off the TV news and start rebuilding our country  with our states, our towns, and our neighbors.   

Climate

NY Times -  After President Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate agreement during his first term, many Democratic-led states passed their own laws to curtail carbon emissions.  But most states that set goals for 2030 are not on track to meet them. Now, with voters worried about inflation, and with the war in Iran raising energy prices, some states have begun to cut back or abandon those goals instead.

Polls

Gallup - Americans’ perceptions of government corruption in the U.S. are at their highest level in 20 years, with 89% of U.S. adults saying it is widespread. That figure is up 10 percentage points from last year and well above readings in the 72% to 79% range between 2010 and 2025.

Newsweek - In June, 41 percent of women approved of [Trump’s] performance and 57 percent disapproved, producing a net rating of minus 16….July’s numbers moved further against him. Approval stood at 38 percent and disapproval at 57 percent, leaving Trump at minus 19 with women…. The latest poll, published September 1, placed Trump at 34 percent approval and 64 percent disapproval among women.

NBC News - An overwhelming share of adults, 70%, say they are more worried about AI than excited about it, according to a new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey. About two-thirds of Americans say AI comes with high risks for society and that they oppose the construction of an AI data center in their local area.

The Guardian -  voters are identifying as Democrats and shying away from calling themselves Republican, according to the latest quarterly data published by Gallup.  Some 49% of voters surveyed leaned Democrat, including independent voters asked to pick one party or the other. Only 39% of respondents leaned Republican.

That 10-point spread marks a sharp reversal from the four-point advantage that Republicans held over Democrats in the fourth quarter of 2024, when voters sent Donald Trump back to the White House and Republicans swept both houses of Congress. Democrats are seeing their most sizable advantage since 2008, when Barack Obama was elected president, according to the New York Times.

Milwaukee socialism

Jacobin - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was a Socialist Party stronghold for much of the first half of the twentieth century. Socialists there built a strong presence in the labor movement and city council and held the mayor’s office for nearly forty years between 1910 and 1960.

The Milwaukee socialists’ focus on good governance and municipal policy achievements like clean water earned them the ire of some fellow socialists, who derisively dubbed them “sewer socialists.” Yet New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has cited them as an inspiration for his own administration, and, as Jacobin contributor Eric Blanc argued in an essay for Catalyst earlier this year, the sewer socialists’ pragmatic approach to building working-class power has much to teach the Left today.

David Griscom recently interviewed Blanc for The Jacobin Show about his research on the Milwaukee socialists, discussing their strategy and potential takeaways for Mayor Mamdani and American socialists in the current moment. You can watch the full interview here.

Have we destroyed childhood?

Joshua Rothman, New Yorker - Early in the psychologist Peter Gray’s new book, “Restoring Childhood: How to Set Kids Free in the Age of Anxiety,” he proposes a thought experiment. “Imagine that your spouse or your closest friend had the same power over you that parents typically have over children,” he suggests. Although you’re an adult, this “loving person” insists that you never leave the house without an accompanying guardian or a G.P.S. tracker. When you return, they demand a full account of what you did. Frequently, they communicate with your boss, who “controls you the way a teacher controls children at school.” This boss reprimands you for arriving even a minute late, and prohibits you from talking with your co-workers without permission; you must even ask, publicly, to use the bathroom. “Everything you do is judged and ranked in comparison to the work of your coworkers,” Gray goes on. And, when you wrap up at the office, “your employer also requires you to do more work at home,” and “encourages your loving spouse (or friend) to be sure you do that work.”

This doesn’t sound like a very nice life, does it? It’s an existence in which you’re micromanaged and surveilled, given almost no freedom or privacy, and put under constant pressure while, at the same time, being seen as incompetent and lazy. (Why else would all this have to be done to you, for your own good?) And yet, Gray argues, it’s how many children live in affluent Western countries, including the United States. Now eighty-two, Gray has spent decades studying kids, particularly how they spend their free time. In “Restoring Childhood,” he warns that they now have none, in both senses: they have no time, because they are over-scheduled and over-schooled, and their time isn’t free, because adults are neither willing nor able to leave even older kids unsupervised.  MORE

Meanwhile . .

NPR - Beachfront homeowners along Florida’s Panhandle are locked in a high-stakes legal battle over who gets to use the beach. To protect their interests, private property owners have taken measures into their own hands, installing physical barriers, putting up "Private Beach" signs and hiring private security guards to turn away beachgoers. The decade-long conflict is spreading to other coastal communities, and advocates for public beach access are calling for a Florida constitutional amendment to resolve the issue once and for all.

How Gloria Steinem brought folks together

 MS Now - Among Gloria Steinem’s contributions was something called a “talking circle,” in which a small group would get together to share their thoughts on personal and societal challenges. Despite being a feminist icon, Steinem had “an incredible way” of making people “feel intimately connected,” argues freelance journalist Emma Gray, who attended the last talking circle for journalists in Steinem’s apartment before her death at age 92. It was one more piece of evidence for her contention that the personal was political, and the political was personal. Read more.

The growing demand for air conditioning

The Guardian - The greenest campaigners against climate change have long suffered from a crippling shortcoming: they too often frame the challenge as a problem of excess consumption. This motivates calls to “degrow” the economy and to curb the population. The claim is that humans consume too many resources, which in the context of climate change means too much energy.

Nowhere has the tension between this proposition and reality become more palpable during this sweltering summer than in the conversation over air conditioning. If the atmosphere were to warm more than 3C above the average temperature in the preindustrial era, a prospect that looks ever more likely given the lackluster efforts to reduce carbon emissions, one in six of the world’s largest cities would suffer at least one heatwave per year lasting more than a month, according to the World Resources Institute. Low-income countries would suffer, on average, 6.9 heatwaves per year. Delhi would suffer at least 140 days with temperatures hitting at least 35C (95F).

Demand for AC around the world will inevitably accelerate as the atmosphere continues to warm. Ninety percent of households in the US and Japan enjoy artificial cooling. But in Indonesia, the share is only 9%. In India, it is 5%. Of the 2.8 billion people living in the hottest parts of the world, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), only 8% currently possess AC.

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Social Security in danger

Alternet - The future of Social Security, the government program that touches the lives of more Americans than any other, will be determined by the results of the November elections. Let us explain. The Social Security program faces a funding shortfall. As ABC News reported back in June:

Social Security’s trust fund that pays retiree and survivor benefits is expected to begin running low on money earlier than previously expected, leading to questions from Americans who rely on the benefits for their living expenses. Without congressional action, the fund is now expected to begin depleting by the fourth quarter of 2032, according to a report issued Tuesday by Social Security’s trustees, the body that manages the trust fund.

This does not mean that, as some who for their own political purposes argue, Social Security is going “bankrupt.” Those who depend on Social Security (roughly 68 million Americans) do not have to worry about their checks stopping. Instead, they need to be concerned about a very significant cut to their benefits.

But know this: The reduction can be avoided with courageous political action. Congress and the president can make adjustments that will close the gap and pay out promised benefits. Back in 1983, Congress and President Ronald Reagan hammered out a solution to do just that.

The environment

The Hill - The Trump administration on Friday said it will consider further narrowing protections for streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers issued a supplemental proposed rule that they said would be likely to reduce the bodies of water that are under the Clean Water Act's jurisdiction if its changes are adopted.

It would be expected to reduce the number of waters subject to the Clean Water Act in the West.  That means development or pollution in these streams and wetlands would no longer require a permit or potential mitigation.

The new changes come on top of an already proposed rule by the agencies that is also expected to narrow the Clean Water Act's applicability. The additional proposal could narrow it further.

The cowardice of the Democrats

Ralph Nader - Trump continues to commit “high crimes and misdemeanors,” brazenly, taunting the so-called leaders of the Democrats by saying, “This is just the beginning.” He provides the Democrats with daily evidence to that should prompt shadow congressional hearings organized by Democratic members of Congress and designed to build a public factual record. Such hearings could attract substantial media attention, particularly if they focused on specific alleged abuses and featured affected witnesses, legal experts, and former public officials. Nonetheless, Jeffries and Schumer block any shadow hearings by dissenting House members.

What explains this historic cowardice? Is it fear of Trump retaliating? Is it smugness over Trump’s low polls, and a belief they can win in November by lying low, raising AIPAC and corporate campaign money, mumbling about affordability, and avoiding heavily poll-favored Pledges or Contracts for the American people showing specifically what they stand for? ... Or is it just trying to avoid Trump accusing the Democrats of having done similar things when they controlled the White House, such as starting or backing unconstitutional wars?

Whatever explains their inhibitions, the result is to signal to Trump that he has two-plus unchallenged years to ravage the lives and livelihoods of millions of people here and abroad, oppose preparedness for climate and pandemic catastrophes, to suppress renewable energy and favor omnicidal fossil-fuel combustion, invade our cities with his stormtroopers, and treat children with unsurpassed cruelty. It also leaves unanswered serious questions about his personal financial enrichment while in office – estimated to be $1.1 million per working hour. All this invites the demand that they resign. The people need fresh, stand-up leaders to take over the Democratic leadership and its party committees. (See RootsAction: “Tell Democrats in Congress to Insist That Schumer and Jeffries Step Aside”.)

The Democrats and electorally frightened Republicans pushed Richard Nixon out in 1974 for far, far lesser transgressions than those committed by Trump in a week.

Donald Trump

Mediaite - President Donald Trump literally jumped the gun Friday by encouraging American ranchers to go ahead and shoot gray wolves to protect their cattle herds from the predators. Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office Friday with a provision to “encourage” states to delist gray wolves as protected species so ranchers can shoot them.

“Gray wolves have been listed under federal endangered species protection in parts of the United States for over 50 years,” according to the Endangered Species Act.

“Anybody have a problem with the Mexican gray wolf?” Trump asked the ranchers surrounding the Resolute Desk.

One rancher said the Clinton administration released gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico, which have become “a big problem.”

“Not a great idea, right?” Trump asked. “Although they are beautiful looking. But you don’t think they are beautiful, do you? And what do they do, rip the herd apart?”

“They will kill your livestock, they will kill your dogs, your horses,” the rancher said.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said, “But sir, the problem is, because they are on the endangered species list, they can’t shoot them. They have to sit and watch them destroy the herd.”

“You can shoot them as of today,” Trump declared.

Axios - President Trump is hitting the campaign trail and doing the last thing many Republicans want: making the 59 days to the Nov. 3 midterms a referendum on him, Axios' Marc Caputo reports

 Most Republicans are too scared to bluntly tell Trump how unpopular he is. Timidity aside, Republicans need Trump's low-propensity voters to turn out. So they're going along with a Trump-focused strategy that many believe could cost them credibility — along with seats in the House and Senate.

"We have no choice. We're stuck on the boat with him whether we like it or not," said a top Republican campaign official who's in contact with Trump's political operation.

….Trump essentially demanded the ads focus on him because midterms are referendums on a president anyway, and he wanted to tout his accomplishments, The Atlantic first reported.

"I'm not on the ballot, but I'm on the ballot," Trump told one confidant who relayed the conversation to Axios. 

Polls

Independent - A growing number of Americans now identify as Democrats, a shift that presents fresh political headwinds for President Donald Trump and the Republican party ahead of the November midterms, according to a new poll. The latest Gallup data shows 31 percent of U.S. adults identified as Democrats in the second quarter of 2026, compared with 25 percent who identify as Republicans. That six-point advantage is the largest Democratic lead in party identification in more than a decade.

MS NOW - A new poll from Gallup finds that “Americans’ perceptions of government corruption in the U.S. are at their highest level in 20 years, with 89% of U.S. adults saying it is widespread.” 91% of Democrats, 90% of independents and even 83% of Republicans agreed with that assessment.