January Jobs Report Gains Mask Year of Downward Job Revisions

The January jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) appears, at first glance, to have positive numbers. But revisions within the report for previous months — and examinations of numbers over the past year — indicate a shakier economy than the Trump administration may want to admit. The report, published on Wednesday morning, boasts of 130,000 jobs being created in January…
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Poll: Majority of Americans Oppose Immigration Agents Being Sent to Their States

New nationwide polling demonstrates a deep distrust of federal immigration agencies in the wake of their violent raid of Minnesota, with a majority of respondents indicating they would not want such agents coming to their own home states. An Economist/YouGov poll published on Tuesday also showed strong support for a de-escalation of immigration operations in the Twin Cities.
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Americans Skeptical of Fed Narratives as Court Reviews “Metro Surge”

As a federal court weighs the legality of the Trump administration’s “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, new polling shows that the American public is deeply skeptical of the White House’s ability to be the sole investigative authority in the latest killing of a Minneapolis resident by immigration agents. According to a YouGov survey conducted on Sunday, only 24 percent of…
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A Majority of Americans View Trump’s First Year as a Failure, Polls Show

Polling data from multiple sources shows that a majority of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s performance in the first year of his return to the White House, with one poll demonstrating that nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe Trump’s second term is already a failure. A CNN/SSRS poll published on Friday shows that Trump’s approval rating was at a net -22 points…
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6 in 10 Americans Say They’re Skeptical of Fed Inquiry Into ICE Agent’s Killing of Renee Good

New polling indicates that a majority of Americans believe the killing of Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent was not justified, and do not trust the federal government to conduct its own investigation into the matter. A CNN/SSRS poll published on Wednesday shows that 52 percent of Americans believe that the Trump administration’s…
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More Americans Support Abolishing ICE Than Ever Before, Polling Data Shows

More Americans support abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency than at any point since it was established in 2003, new polling shows. According to data examined by Civiqs, 42 percent support getting rid of the agency while 50 percent oppose doing so, a split of just 8 points. This represents a major shift from a year ago, at the start of President Donald Trump’s…
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