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- Polls Show Blue Collar Whites ‘Seriously Doubting’ Trump ‘For First Timeâ€...
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Blue collar white voters are “seriously doubting” President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy in a recent “extraordinary swing,” the New York York Times noted after a review of polling data. Trump has seen his approval drop in several areas as the Iran conflict rages on, but the Times’ Shane Goldmacher wrote that going into the latest midterms this years feels very different from 2018 when Republicans lost dozens of House seats, but gained in the Senate. According to the Times: Today, that once-deep reservoir of good will has largely evaporated. Blue-collar white voters are, for the first time, seriously doubting Mr. Trump’s handling of the economy. A review of polling by The New York Times shows an extraordinary swing on that issue among white voters without college degrees between his first midterm election and now. The president has gone from “working class white voters” approving of him on the economy by a 30% margin in 2018 to now facing disapproval ratings from 14 to more than 30%. “His cratering support among a loyal demographic that has served as the foundation of his political coalition for a decade has the potential to be among the most consequential developments of 2026, according to interviews with strategists in both parties who are involved in the midterms,” according to the Times. Recent approval data from Fox News, CBS, NPR/Marist/PBS, CNN, and the New York Times/Siena College all have Trump at an approval rating ranging from 33% to 47%. According to CNN polling, the president’s approval on the economy among working class white voters has fallen from 66% in 2018 to 57% now. Fox polling showed a 25% approval on his handling of inflation, and a Times survey found just 36% approval among white blue collar voters on the cost of living. The cost of gas and other goods has gone up amid the Iran conflict, and inflation recently rose above 4% for the first time in three years. Republican pollster John McLaughlin, who previously worked with Trump, warned that white blue collar voters are essential to Republicans keeping control of Congress. “It’s critical,” he said. “If they don’t, we lose the House and the Senate.”The post Polls Show Blue Collar Whites ‘Seriously Doubting’ Trump ‘For First Time’ in ‘Extraordinary Swing’: NYT first… [TheTopNews] Read More.46 mins ago - Paramount Honcho Blames Opposition to WBD-CNN Mega-Merger on Antisemitism Amid D...
screenshot A key Paramount figure recently blamed opposition to the Warner Brothers Discovery mega-merger — which would include CNN — on antisemitism, even as the deal’s Qatari and Saudi financing is scrutinized by officials. The debt-heavy $111 billion merger was approved by the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division on Friday, but still faces obstacles from other state and international regulatory bodies. Paramount Chief Legal Officer and former Trump Justice Department official Makan Delrahim said, in an LA Times interview this month, that the deal is hampered by the “antisemitic viiews” of some of its critics: Many people in Hollywood view the merger with trepidation because of the prospect of more job losses. Others see it through a political lens. How do you evaluate the politics? Politics is part of life. It’s part of the beautiful process of democracy. Generally, we are very empathetic to the folks in Hollywood, but this transaction will actually create more and better and exciting jobs. David is an absolute lover of films; he’s a filmmaker himself. For the first time, you are getting an owner who comes from the creative side. Let’s be honest. There’s a lot of fear-mongering, particularly from people in Washington, D.C. They are running a political campaign. Some of these people are trying to inflict harm on this transaction really because of their own antisemitic views. Regulators and law enforcement officials will see right through that. Delrahim did not elaborate, but he did go on to dismiss concerns about the debt that goes along with the deal: Do regulators share others’ concerns about the merger debt — $79 billion — for the combined company? Some regulators appropriately have asked about it. They say: ‘This is what we have heard, that you guys are not going to be around because of this debt,’ which is just silliness. David and his family are owner-operators. They’re not rented CEOs. They have over 50% ownership. They put their money at stake and my money is on them. Much of that debt — almost forty percent — will be held by Saudi, Qatari, and UAE wealth funds, according to a Paramount filing reported by Variety: Paramount said Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will have a 15.1% equity stake; the United Arab Emirates’ sovereign wealth fund will own 12.8% equity; and the Qatar Investment Authority will own 10.6% equity. Paramount has previously said foreign investors backing its WBD… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - MS NOW’s Stephanie Ruhle Gets Emotional In Last 11th Hour Sign-Off
MS NOW host Stephanie Ruhle got emotional as she signed off for the last time, thanking a viewing audience and staff she called “my MVP.” Ruhle is moving to a daytime show as part of a programming shakeup that was announced a month ago. Ali Velshi will take the 11th Hour reins, while Ruhle will host Money, Power, Politics with Stephanie Ruhle at 9 AM on weekdays. On Friday night’s edition of MS NOW’s The 11th Hour, the host said goodbye to the night shift in a heartfelt monologue that included effusive praise for Velshi and a package of Ruhle’s highlights from her years in the show’s center seat: STEPHANIE RUHLE, MSNBC ANCHOR: All right, it is time. Now. I’m going to have to take a deep breath for my MVP. And my MVP is all things “The 11th Hour.” This show. Our team. And especially you, our audience. You don’t have this program on in the background. Instead, you are choosing to invite us into your home every night — sometimes giving me the privilege of being the last voice you hear before you go to sleep. And I take that privilege seriously. So to you, I say thank you. Here’s a look back at some of what we’ve been through together. *(Video plays)* And I’m grateful to be leaving you all in such capable hands. My good friend and colleague of many years, my partner in crime, Ali Velshi, will be taking over the “11th Hour” anchor chair on Monday. Ali is smart. He’s insightful. And most importantly, he cares. He’s committed to the facts and never stops believing in the promise of this country. So many times Ali has been my rock — and now he can be yours, too. Ali — I can’t wait to see what you do with the place. Watch above via MS NOW’s The 11th Hour.The post MS NOW’s Stephanie Ruhle Gets Emotional In Last 11th Hour Sign-Off first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Bill Maher Taunts ‘Our Redneck President’ Trump Over 80th Birthday UFC Fight... Comedian and pundit Bill Maher trolled “our redneck president” Donald Trump over the UFC fight being held Sunday on Trump’s 80th birthday. On Friday night’s edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the interview guest was former David Sedaris, contributor to The New Yorker, humorist, and author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book “The Land and Its People. The panel guests were Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media; and Hagar Chemali, former spokesperson of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations (UN), co-founder of the Lebanon-Israel Peace Alliance, and host of the YouTube show “Oh My World.” Maher devoted part of his monologue to taunting Trump over the chorus of boos that greeted him at the Knicks game and the UFC fight “on the lawn”: BILL MAHER: Let me start with this. Any New Yorkers here tonight? Any New Yorkers? We saw the greatest come from behind team ever this week. I’m talking about the negotiators for Iran, unfortunately, but the Knicks were fantastic, too. I mean, yes, the Knicks did that, but my team, my team that I’ve been with since 1973, I was in high school the last time they did it. I have never wavered on the Knicks, so this is important to me. Game five. Okay, bye. I didn’t do anything but suffer, but thank you. But game five is tomorrow night, and Trump is not going. He went to game three, and they lost. And you know, no, let’s, well, look, the Knicks had a 13-game winning streak in the playoffs. That’s almost unheard of. Then he went, they lost, I’m not saying he made them lose. I am saying I am offering a million dollars not to go to this game. That’s a joke, by the way. Please. That is a joke, because last time I offered money like that, I got sued. So that’s a joke. Complete joke. Judge, whoever’s going to see this. And at the Knick game he went to, he brought his granddaughter, Kai, and this is unfortunate, then of course when they showed him on the cam, the whole crowd booed, and it was a very tender moment when he said to her, “I’m sorry they’re booing you honey.”. And then, a little controversy, a controversy here, the next day a video was posted of this and the booing had magically gone, and we don’t know who did this, but the speculation… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
- Tarp Put Up to Block Onlookers from Watching Trump’s Name Removed From Kennedy...
Screenshot via MS NOW. After President Donald Trump’s eleventh-hour appeals failed, workers prepared to remove his name from the Kennedy Center and a large crowd gathered to watch. Finally, at around 1:30 am ET — well past the court-ordered deadline — workers began putting up a tarp on the scaffolding to block the view of onlookers and media cameras. And still, not a single letter had been removed. Shortly after his second inauguration, Trump appointed himself to the board for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and added several of his allies to the board as well, who then named him chair. It was a divisive move, and the announcement last December that Trump’s name would be added to the Kennedy Center sparked even greater outrage from members of the Kennedy family and other critics of the president, especially when Trump’s name was added to the building’s façade a mere day later. The center’s website, social media, and other digital branding were also updated to say “The Trump Kennedy Center.” Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), a board member, objected to the renaming and filed a lawsuit in late December challenging the “illegal renaming,” arguing that “[b]ecause Congress named the center by statute, changing the Kennedy Center’s name requires an act of Congress.” She has been represented by Norm Eisen, along with the organization he co-founded, Democracy Defenders Action, and the Washington Litigation Group. Last month, Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled in Beatty’s favor, ordering both the planned closure to be halted and for Trump’s name to be removed from the Kennedy Center. On Friday, Trump filed a motion seeking a stay of the removal of his name, which Cooper denied, and Trump then appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, getting denied once again. Workers spent hours Friday slowly putting up scaffolding in front of the Kennedy Center to reach the letters. Several commentators noted that when the letters were installed back in December, cherry pickers were used to do the job much quicker, leading to speculation the scaffolding was ordered to create additional delays and give Trump’s appeals more time. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin The midnight deadline in Judge Cooper’s order came and went without a single letter being taken down — there had been some delays due to inclement weather… [TheTopNews] Read More.9 hours ago - ‘Who Cares?’ Scott Jennings Says It Doesn’t Matter if Trump Broke the Law ...CNN commentator Scott Jennings waved off a ruling from a judge who said the renaming of the Kennedy Center for President Donald Trump violated federal law. In the wee hours of Saturday morning, workers began removing Trump’s name from the famous venue in Washington, D.C. The official name of the venue, which is codified in federal law, is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It was created to serve as a “living memorial” to the 35th president. However, in December, the center’s board, packed mainly with Trump loyalists, voted to rename the building The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. But on May 29, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled in favor of Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), a member of the Kennedy Center’s board, who sued over the addition of Trump’s name and the president’s two-year closure of the venue. Not surprisingly, liberals hailed the ruling, and some gathered outside the building as crews erected scaffolding to take Trump’s name off the facade. On Friday’s CNN NewsNight, host Abby Phillip noted the disconnect between what Trump had campaigned on – lowering costs – and his actions in office, including renaming things for himself. “I think it is emblematic of one of the big problems with this Trump second term,” she said. “He is expending a huge amount of energy self-aggrandizing in the office. He was elected to lower prices, make people’s lives better. Instead, he’s calling into meetings, according to CNN’s reporting that according to a source, it was like an episode of Veep. He’s calling into meetings at the Kennedy Center to talk to them about this issue, to attack the judge’s wife, who was a former attorney for Joe Biden.” Jennings tried to spin the matter in Trump’s favor: JENNINGS: Well, are we upset that the president of the United States took an interest in the Kennedy Center, took an interest in a building that needs– PHILLIP: A lot of people are upset about that– JENNINGS: Why? Why would they be upset about it? Now, I’ll answer my own question. Because they’ve never been able to stand the fact that Donald Trump won the White House the first time, and especially the second– PHILLIP: I have an alternative explanation. How about Congress established the Kennedy Center as a memorial for John F. Kennedy and that it is illegal for him to… [TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago
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