Jan 4 poll of 2,050 U.S. adults (+/-2.9 points) % who approve | disapprove of the way Trump is handling the military U.S. adults 39% | 51% Democrats 7% | 87% Independents 28% | 55% Republicans 82% | 10% today.yougov.com/topics/polit...

% who think America’s standing in the world has improved | worsened since Donald Trump became president again in 2025 U.S. adults 32% | 44% Democrats 7% | 74% Independents 21% | 50% Republicans 68% | 9% today.yougov.com/topics/polit...

% saying U.S. foreign military interventions more often improve | worsen places where they occur, in polls conducted... Dec 11-15 Democrats 12% | 50% Republicans 27% | 17% Jan 4 Democrats 16% | 55% Republicans 57% | 14% d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Fo... today.yougov.com/topics/polit...

Jan 3 poll of 1,902 U.S. adults (+/-2.8 points) % who support | oppose the U.S. running Venezuela following the U.S. military's capture of President Nicolás Maduro U.S. adults 34% | 41% Democrats 16% | 64% Independents 26% | 43% Republicans 60% | 16% today.yougov.com/topics/polit...

Allow me to connect some dots for you: Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more. Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.

Jan 3 poll of 2,092 U.S. adults (+/-2.7 points) % who support | oppose the U.S. using military force to overthrow Maduro and bring him and his wife to the U.S. to face trial U.S. adults 36% | 39% Democrats 14% | 63% Independents 27% | 44% Republicans 66% | 13% today.yougov.com/topics/inter...

If you need a mental break from the news, I'd encourage you to solve today's USA Today crossword. I really loved making this one.❤️

NEW Economist/YouGov Dec 20-22 % of U.S. adult citizens who support | oppose the U.S. using military force to... Overthrow Nicolás Maduro: 22% | 52% Invade Venezuela: 19% | 60% today.yougov.com/politics/art...

On average across multiple polls, only 25% of Americans support military action in Venezuela substack.com/@gelliottmor...

Huge congrats to the 225th victim for pulling through go birds

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

With Bardot's passing, the only named individuals in Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire that are still alive are Bob Dylan, Chubby Checker, and Bernie Goetz. The last one standing will claim The Prize.

Most Americans say President Trump should seek congressional authorization before using force in Venezuela. (@dhmontgomery.com @today.yougov.com) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251224-free

Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately

is pretending Santa Claus lives at the North Pole affective polarization

that the Whos celebrate Christmas suggests some knowledge of Christ, but whether this is our anthropic Christ or a distinctive Who-Christ remains obscure; some have argued Christianity was introduced to them during their refuge with Horton, which of course turns us to the matter of Elephant Religion

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Monday's puzzle is a 12x11 themed midi, titled "Can you just pretend I'm not here?" It's full of trademark Katie Hoody cluing: clever but fair misdirects, quick wit, and a theme that we hope will lead you to a satisfying aha moment.

Good news, someone ripped my video and put it on the Internet Archive. If you're having trouble downloading from Filemail, here it is: archive.org/details/60mi...

You might question her methods, but credit to Bari Weiss: her leadership has pushed 60 Minutes into new formats and attracted a bunch of new viewership outside the normal broadcast audience.

% who think that the recreational use of marijuana should | shouldn't be made legal in the U.S. U.S. adults 54% | 27% Democrats 68% | 17% Independents 55% | 22% Republicans 41% | 41% today.yougov.com/topics/polit...

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

Those new to Bsky need to be made aware of one of the greatest skeets ever, deleted long before its time.

A November YouGov poll had ICE favorability underwater by 14 points among all Americans and 37(!) points among political independents today.yougov.com/politics/art...

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

% who strongly or somewhat support | oppose the U.S. using military force to invade Venezuela: U.S. adults: 22 | 58 Democrats: 9 | 79 Independents: 14 | 65 Republicans: 43 | 31 December 17, 2025 | 3,860 U.S. adults | Margin of error ±2 points | Results are rounded

% who say illegal immigrants living in the U.S. should allowed to stay & eventually apply for citizenship | required to leave the U.S. U.S. adult citizens: 43 | 39 Democrats: 76 | 9 Independents: 41 | 33 Republicans: 15 | 73 From the December 12-15, 2025 Economist/YouGov Poll

Lil AVCX is thrilled to announce our 2026 Roster! We are excited to bring you puzzles by these constructors:

"When Democrats started calling for Abrego Garcia to be returned in late April, the president’s approval rating on immigration fell off a cliff." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...

temu ass poll

*walking in a winter wonderland* ME: where's bluebird? BIRD: gone ME: w... who are you? *bird looks around shiftily* BIRD: I'm new bird

Tonight's offering is the final roster puzzle from Alex Rossell Hayes (@alxrh.bsky.social). It's a 9x13 titled "Turnabout Is Fair Play." Alex has made so many great puzzles this year. If you haven't solved them all yet, go back and check them out!

A trainer at the gym told me that one of his clients in tech (very Seattle story) was frantically asking him what AI might be good for at the gym. Real “We have to make this thing happen, what is it for???” vibes.

We’re not running out of good ideas, but the tech fetishists who have no ideas other than “but I put a lot of money and emotion into this basket” always do, and their narcissism does not allow them to consider that their failed ideas suck, and the flop sweat is palpable.

eisenhower: it's my favorite time of year again nixon: ... eisenhower: they call it the festival of dwights nixon: ... eisenhower: eight whole days nixon: no

happy cartoons & puzzles issue to all who celebrate!!! feat. a brilliant meta, a musical cryptic, some chilly crossings, an intractable maze, and many more wintry delights 🧩🧩🧩 newyorker.com/cartoons-and-puzzles-2025

people who spend too much time on social media dramatically overestimate the real-world impacts of spending too much time on social media

At SNL I worked with artists who made the funniest, stupidest graphics in no time flat. Some of my biggest jokes would have been impossible without these geniuses building an insane image or finding the perfect real-life photo of a politician. Sucks that their work is being pushed aside for slop.

Kareem and I are serving up some silliness with today's LA Times crossword. I'd love it if you gave it a solve! Puzzle available here: www.latimes.com/games/daily-...

Fun new finding for @today.yougov.com: The age at which Americans think most kids stop believing in Santa Claus just so happens to line up with when THEY stopped believing. From my latest YouGov newsletter — subscribe for more fun poll analysis, free: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/this-newsl...

100% agree. Ironically, this is the only version of "broken windows" that actually makes any sense, because it has to do with the individual behavior of one person going from getting away with small crimes to getting away with big crimes, instead of being some vague theory about general contagion.

A very well researched topic in sociolinguistics. If anyone wants an accessible entry text, look no further than Tannen's 1990 "You just don't understand" A bit sad that the authors ignore four decades of research on language from linguistics, but guess we can treat this as a kind of triangulation

A majority of Americans think the president's pardon power should be limited. (Taylor Orth, @today.yougov.com) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251210-top...

🚨New research in SPPS: Call a dish plant-based meat and people think it will taste worse + looks “less manly.” Sexist beliefs made this even stronger. Results of nearly 1400 meat eaters across 2 studies w/ Salmen, @nadirafaber.bsky.social & Krings Open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.” Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

NEW Economist/YouGov Dec 5-8 % who think the Constitution should | shouldn't be amended to limit the president’s ability to grant pardons U.S. adult citizens 56% | 25% Democrats 76% | 9% Independents 58% | 23% Republicans 34% | 45% today.yougov.com/politics/art...