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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New: The Trump admin is rolling out a nationwide tour to combat hate and antisemitism — meanwhile, a rabbi arrested for protesting Israel now says that ICE agents told him they "don't care" about his religious needs, like the ability to pray away from a prison toilet during the Jewish holy days.

zeteo.com

ICE Jailed a Rabbi For Protesting Israel. Now He Can’t Observe His Faith

Officers told an anti-Zionist Orthodox Jew they ‘don't care’ about his need to pray away from a prison toilet. Plus: Trump gets angry over two advisers leaving the country for a major payday.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New Pew poll has Trump's approval at 30% (!) 68% of the country disapproves of him. Lowest in his second term, at January 6 levels. *31%* of Trump 2024 voters now disapprove of him.

Trump's approval rating continues to drop
Three-in-ten Americans now say they approve of Trump's handling of his job as president, while 68% disapprove - down 4 percentage points from July and his lowest approval rating of his second term.
Trump's approval rating drops to 30% - on par with his rating prior to leaving office in January 2021

*chart showing his sinking approval ratings, compared alongside his first term*

Much of this decline in his approval ratings over the course of his term is among Trump's own 2024 voters - 67% of validated Trump 2024 voters approve of his job performance today while 31% disapprove. At the beginning of his term, 95% approved.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Incredible — this anti-Zionist rabbi who was arrested for protesting Israel and is now at risk of being deported by Trump's ICE is being held in detention on the grounds that he's a "flight risk." This was the same justification used to hold Mahmoud Khalil and op-ed writer Rümeysa Öztürk:

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

zeteo.com

ICE Jailed a Rabbi For Protesting Israel. Now He Can’t Observe His Faith

Officers told an anti-Zionist Orthodox Jew they ‘don't care’ about his need to pray away from a prison toilet. Plus: Trump gets angry over two advisers leaving the country for a major payday.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New: Jewish students announce a boycott Columbia/Barnard Hillel, as it hosts an Israeli group "encouraging Jewish students to move to settlements on land Israel seized from Palestinians." Says the group recently demolished homes, displacing Palestinian families & it intends to demolish dozens more.

Jewish Students Announce Boycott Of Columbia/Barnard Hillel As It Hosts Israeli Officials Who Demolish Palestinian Homes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, October 8
Media Contact: columbiabarnardivp@gmail.com
NEW YORK, NY - The day after October 7th, Columbia/Barnard (CB) Hillel's Kraft Center is holding an event with the Jerusalem Municipality, encouraging Jewish students to move to settlements on land Israel recently seized from Palestinians. Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) announces a boycott of CB Hillel, as long as the organization continues to support settler Zionism.
The group Hillel is hosting, the Jerusalem Municipality, demolished a residential building in al-Bustan, East Jerusalem, displacing two Palestinian households, according to a United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs report from September 18. The Jerusalem Municipality also intends to demolish dozens of Palestinian housing units in al-Bustan. We condemn these demolitions as part of a sustained campaign of genocide against the Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem.
On October 6th, Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gir shared footage of himself sitting in a bulldozer in occupied East Jerusalem and boasting about the demolition of Palestinian homes.
"CB Hillel's collaboration with the Jerusalem Municipality makes clear what many Jewish students on our campus have known for years: Columbia/Barnard Hillel would rather platform and encourage violent Israeli settler-colonialism than create a welcoming religious space for all," said a spokesperson for Columbia JVP. "As a Jewish student, I am disgusted Columbia has allowed Hillel to platform an organization actively displacing Palestinians, and demand that the University not only create a space where anti-Zionist Jewish students feel comfortable and welcome, but drop Columbia/Barnard Hillel once and for all."
While Columbia/Barnard Hillel claims to be a pluralistic space for Jewish life, its support of Zionism and normalization of …

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you have ever worked in or with the US embassy to Israel in any capacity, please text me on Signal premthakker.35 Your anonymity will be protected

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My gosh. Mike Huckabee's top aide: —Covered up an embassy report on Israeli killings of 9 Americans —Fabricated Orwellian reports on Israeli settler violence & the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" to make it sound good for Israel —Questioned staff on whether they were “pro-Israel” or “pro-Hamas”

In late March, at the height of the Iran war, Israel quietly approved more settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank than it ever had at one time.
Staff members at the United States Embassy in Jerusalem saw the move as potentially flouting one of President Trump's explicit red lines for Israel - no annexation of the West Bank - and drafted an urgent report intended for policy makers in Washington.
That memo never reached Washington. It was quashed by David Milstein, a top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee, according to three U.S. officials briefed on the process.
This was no isolated incident.
Since taking up his post in April 2025, Mr. Milstein, 36, has repeatedly suppressed or significantly revised embassy reporting on Israeli activities to present the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to a dozen people who work with or interact with Mr. Milstein in both Jerusalem and Washington:
• As settler violence in the West Bank surged in the spring, for instance, he stymied embassy reporting suggesting that the Israeli government was failing to take action, according to the three officials. Instead the embassy sent a cable to Washington, viewed by The New York Times, praising Israel for "cracking down" on the attacks.
• When members of Congress pushed for accountability over the killings of nine Palestinian Americans by Israeli settlers and security forces, he suppressed a detailed report that the embassy staff had written, effectively stonewalling lawmakers' efforts to gain information, according to multiple officials briefed on the matter.

Mr. Milstein rewrote the cable to declare GHF's operation a success while overlooking the mass casualties, according to people who saw the cable and were briefed on the editing process.
Troubled by glaring discrepancies between news coverage and the embassy's official reports, White House and State Department officials seeking a clearer picture of events bypassed standard channels at least twice to communicate directly with embassy staff, according to two officials briefed on the outreach and an internal communication from late this summer seen by The Times.
Veteran American diplomats said that withholding or twisting the information sent to Washington should raise serious concerns.
"The embassy ought to tell Washington everything — the good, the bad and the ugly," said Dan Kurtzer, who was the U.S. ambassador to Israel under President George W. Bush. "If they're not doing so, they are damaging the policy-making process and possibly undermining the president's policies."
Mr. Milstein also questioned several colleagues on whether they were "pro-Israel" or "pro-Hamas," according to four officials, who found the question inappropriate and said it made some people fearful of speaking freely.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

As always, if you ever have any tips on anything related to 2028, congressional maneuvering, Gaza, or the like — text me on Signal: premthakker.35 You can remain anonymous :)

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

While many Democrats are demanding that Biden officials complicit in the genocide of Gaza not be re-hired (if not fully prosecuted), Cory Booker is actively promoting the book of one:

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Picturing the most cynical possible outcome of all this being that a defeated Chuck Schumer's final act in Congress is to anoint Cory Booker as his successor, to ensure that — if nothing else — the Democratic caucus remains committed to Israel

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Cory Booker — who is being floated as a 2028 contender, and who just the other day did not deny the possibility of wanting to become leader of the Senate Democrats — promotes the book of Brett McGurk, a chief architect of the US-backed Israeli genocide of Palestine:

Cory Booker tweet:
@brett_mcgurk
is one of our nation’s great experts on the Middle East and has spent decades working at the highest levels of diplomacy through some of the region’s most consequential moments.

I’m really looking forward to reading Brink and learning from his firsthand account of the extraordinary efforts to free the hostages, and confront the extraordinary challenges of the region.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NEW: In 2020, a pharma CEO’s relatives donated to Susan Collins. That company got a $4.5M contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Collins was on the Appropriations subcommittee. …The company went on to pay $47M to settle claims it defrauded US health programs. @andrewperez.bsky.social:

zeteo.com

First Draft: Forget Hasan Piker, Donald Trump Is America’s Worst Campaign Surrogate

The president went to Nebraska – and showed yet again why Democrats including Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed are desperate for him to visit! In Maine, Susan Collins faced more embarrassing reporting.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New: Jasmine Crockett was offering government relations & lobbying services on a campaign-funded website. It was taken down after Zeteo reached out. Experts say they’d never seen something like this before. Rules bar members from lobbying and from using campaign funds for non-campaign purposes.

zeteo.com

Jasmine Crockett Offered Lobbying Services on Her Campaign-Funded Website – While in Office

The offering was removed after Zeteo contacted the Texas Democratic congresswoman’s office.

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social

wired.com

ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The politics of Israel have shifted so much that even a moderate in Kansas (who could beat the Republican) is open to cutting some weapons: "I don't want them to drop the bombs that my taxes paid for on innocent people." Doesn't call it genocide, but concedes Israel's "actions feel genocidal."

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 02/10/2026

Jasmine Crockett’s campaign website was advertising her for consulting and lobbying work while she’s still in Congress. Ethics experts say they’ve never seen a sitting lawmaker publicly solicit lobbying clients From @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/jasmine-cr...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

zeteo.com

Jasmine Crockett Offered Lobbying Services on Her Campaign-Funded Website – While in Office

The offering was removed after Zeteo contacted the Texas Democratic congresswoman’s office.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you have any tips or info, please feel welcome to text me on Signal premthakker.35 You can remain anonymous

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hearing from CBS sources that Tony Dokoupil will interview Benjamin Netanyahu on tonight's CBS Evening News.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Los Angeles Times is running a full webpage advertisement promoting tourism to Israel. The ad is backed by the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. The ad also includes a map of Israel that erases Palestine.

LA Times page promoting tourism to Israel
"Israel:

You'll Find It Here

Israel is a country shaped by ancient traditions and diverse cultures, where every region offers a distinctly different atmosphere. You can spend the morning walking ancient pilgrimage sites, the afternoon floating in serene waters or relaxing on the coast, and the evening eating your way through vibrant market stalls before heading out for a night that ends when the sun rises.

From sacred sites to desert adventures, these guides offer different ways to explore the country. There’s no single right way to experience it, so follow what interests you, mix and match along the way, and leave some room to wander."

Also includes a disclaimer from LATimes:
"This Paid Program is either (i) produced by the advertising department of the Los Angeles Times on behalf of the Advertiser or (ii) supplied by the Advertiser. The newsrooms or editorial departments of the Los Angeles Times are not involved. For those with questions, please email paidpost@latimes.com."

LATimes ad for Israel continued. Includes map of Israel that erases Palestine.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you have any tips on this new effort – or any other announcements made by Hegseth today – text me on Signal premthakker.35 Your anonymity will be protected

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hegseth announces new effort to study "future of warfare" led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, Newt Gingrich. Luckey: — Trump donor — Self-proclaimed "radical Zionist" — Secretly visited Israel to meet with Netanyahu — Trump Jr & Jared Kushner's brother have major stakes in his weapons company, Anduril

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

NEW: CBP just seized an American attorney's phone as he returned from Palestine, despite it containing attorney-client privileged communications. …Here's some interesting context — this attorney is married to another lawyer who *just last month* filed an ethics complaint against this Florida judge:

Zeteo news story headline:

Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Says, 'To Be American Is to Be a Zionist'

Judge Roy Altman boasts about taking '10% of the entire federal judiciary in America" on trips to Israel, and promotes his genocide-denying book from his chambers.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Earlier today, @zeteo.com revealed that Israel has kidnapped an American teenager and has kept him in detention for three months, with no charges. And then hours later, only one Republican voted to even somewhat hold Israel accountable for acts like this.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is among the most under-covered stories in America — Israel is now holding *THREE* young Americans in prison, and no mainstream media is touching it

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The JD Vance touch is so powerful that the news can report that you’re becoming his friend and could even be his running mate, and then just hours later you mesmerizingly place your rake on the ground and proceed to stomp right onto it

Axios tweet

Scoop: First-term Sen. Eric Schmitt has grown close to VP Vance and is seen as a top prospect to become a potential 2028 running mate.

Aaron Rupar tweet:

® Schmitt beclowns himself @
Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his
"evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury.
There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong.
Here's the whole sequence:u

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

BREAKING: Israel snatched an American teen from his West Bank home in the middle of the night — just days before his birthday and during his critical national exams. He's now been held for 3 months, with no charges. Netanyahu just came to the US for the *eighth* time since Trump took office.

zeteo.com

First Draft: Israel Has Kidnapped Another American Teenager

Abdalkareem Issa Ahmed Safi has Texas roots but languishes in a notorious jail, one more victim of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cruel impunity. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is losing some of his most ardent fans.

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tonight I’ll launch CROSSING THE RED LINE where its message is most needed: DC So excited to be at @politicsprose.bsky.social in conversation w/ the brilliant @premthakker.bsky.social 🙏🏽 (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social & I hoped to have this chat but circumstances mean we’ll have it at a later date)

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's an honor to know brothers Mahmoud Khalil & @premthakker.bsky.social & to be in the struggle for life & truth with them. Join us! Together, we will win. Thank you to @redemmas.org & the Parkway Theater for bringing us all together, & THANK YOU, BALTIMORE for showing up & showing out! ❤️✊🏽

Photo of Mahmoud Khalil (left), Max Alvarez (center), & Prem Thakker (right) together in Baltimore. Text on screen says "Mahmoud + Max + Prem" "let's go save the world, friends"

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Daaaang www.pressherald.com/2026/09/27/i...

Portland Press Herald Editorial Board headline:

It’s Maine’s turn to be concerned about Susan Collins | Editorial
The senator’s complacent response to open allegations of bribery sends voters a very clear and disrespectful message.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Only 2 Democrats have so far joined the demand for top Biden officials complicit in the Gaza genocide to be boxed out of future admins: —Rashida Tlaib —Chris Rabb …Democrats support prosecuting members of the Trump & Biden admins for acts related to Israel's genocide by a *+35* margin, 57-22

zeteo.com

EXCLUSIVE: Biden’s Genocide Accomplices Targeted by New Accountability Campaign

#DroptheGenocide20 demands Biden admin aides who enabled the Gaza genocide not be given roles in liberal spaces – like the role it turns out JD Vance pursued in 2016, when he ‘hated’ Trump.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 25/09/2026

“Everybody is up for criticism, especially… someone who is seeking the speakership to reflect the will of the entire party and the entire country.” @melatkirosco.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that her vote for Jeffries as Speaker is “up in the air.” Watch: zeteo.com/p/firs-gen-z...

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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

News: Elon Musk endorsed 'socialist' healthcare before he became the world's richest man. Now, he's running super PAC ads attacking Democrats for wanting to give every American healthcare. @zeteo.com zeteo.com/p/elon-musk-...

zeteo.com

Elon Musk Endorsed Socialist Healthcare Before Campaigning Against It

Musk once acknowledged the government ‘should take care of’ healthcare. Now, the world’s first trillionaire is running super PAC ads attacking Democrats for wanting to give every American healthcare.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 24/09/2026

Susan Collins refuses to answer to new ProPublica reporting of a pay-to-play scheme between her and a defense contractor. Collins’s campaign manager responds to Zeteo’s reporting on her husband working for the lobbyist running her super PAC, admitting they still work together.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Among those protesting Netanyahu in NYC: — Darializa Avila Chevalier, Chris Rabb, Adam Hamawy, Melat Kiros, Brad Lander — Hannah Einbinder, Elliot Page, Susan Sarandon, Cynthia Nixon — Caleb Hearon, Mary Beth Barone, Sarah Sherman — Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker — Chelsea Manning

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If an internationally-wanted war criminal (whose forces have killed Americans) comes to US soil, attacks Americans (including the mayor of the largest city), and then says "Remember the beepers" in reference to a terrorist attack he committed — how can that be taken as anything other than a threat?

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Among those at the NYC protest against Netanyahu, risking arrest: — Darializa Avila Chevalier, Chris Rabb, Adam Hamawy, Chi Osse, Emily Gallagher — Hannah Einbinder, Elliot Page, Susan Sarandon — Caleb Hearon, Mary Beth Barone — Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker — Chelsea Manning

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Right before Netanyahu was set to address the UN in NYC, Zohran Mamdani preempts him with this moving video — He hosted Palestinians who were forced to leave or lost family in Gaza, and planted an olive tree with them at Gracie Mansion:

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The polls are so bad that a pro-ICE Kansas Republican is now preemptively begging ICE to not shoot one of his constituents now that they're active in his state

When ICE operates in Kansas, it needs to coordinate with our local law enforcement. Our sheriffs and police know these communities better than anyone, and working together keeps officers and residents safe.
I'm closely following what's happening in SW Kansas and have been in direct contact with Secretary Mullin and local law enforcement as ICE executes warrants in order to keep Kansans safe.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hi! Do you know anyone who works at State Department or embassy to Israel? (or used to?) Or who has interacted with Marco Rubio or Mike Huckabee in any capacity? Please text me on Signal premthakker.35 Your anonymity will be safe Even if you don't, please boost — because your followers might :)

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New Gallup poll has US approval of socialism at highest level ever. Women, people of color, Democrats, and people aged 18-34 all view socialism more positively than capitalism. Among people aged 35-54 and those who make less than $99K, socialism & capitalism are neck and neck.

Positive Views of Four Economic Concepts, by Subgroup
Just off the top of your head, would you say you have a positive or negative image of each of the following?
% Positive
Free enterprise
Capitalism
Socialism
Big business
U.S. adults
77
55
43
35
Gender
Men
80
66
35
37
Women
75
45
49
34
Race/Ethnicity
White adults
People of color
74
48
50
43
78
59
39
30
Age
18 to 34
69
43
57
29
35 to 54
73
50
45
35
55 and older
85
65
34
38
Education
College graduates
81
59
44
30
Non-college graduates
74
52
42
37
Household income
$100,000 or more
82
65
40
31
$50,000 to $99,999
77
51
Less than $50,000
73
47
47
41
48
30
Party ID
Republicans
86
75
14
79
56
35
45
32
65
17
Independents
Democrats
65
Aug. 3-24, 2026
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