Thursday, February 05, 2026
Voters Don't Like The Way The Trump Administration Is Handling Immigration
The charts above are from the Navigator Poll -- done between January 29th and February 1st of a nationwide sample of 1,000 registered voters, with a 3.1 point margin of error.
Texas Democratic Senate Candidates Give Their Stance On The Issues
The Texas Tribune asked U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett and State Rep. James Talarico 11 questions on current issues. The two are currently running against each other for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican John Cornyn. Here are the questions and their answers:
Wednesday, February 04, 2026
Voters Support Restrictions On ICE Agents
The chart above reflects the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between January 30th and February 2nd of a nationwide sample of 1,504 registered voters, with a 3 point margin of error.
Most Americans Want Violent Criminals Deported (But Not Most Other Immigrants)
The charts above are from the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between January 30th and February 2nd of a nationwide sample of 1,672 adults (including 1,504 registered voters). The margin of error is 3.2 points for adults and 3 points for registered voters.
Tuesday, February 03, 2026
"Melania" Movie Is An Obscenity Perpetuating The Myth Of The Good Immigrant
Melania is more revelatory in its world-historical vapidness than it might seem. Consider that Melania appears to go out of her way to foreground her journey from Slovenian immigrant to American first lady, a story she says serves as “a reminder of why I respect this nation so deeply.” Similarly, the film gives rare space to the immigrants in Melania’s inner circle, including her chief interior designer, Tham Kannalikham, who opens up about her journey from Laos to now decorating the White House, as well as Melania’s father, who is seen beaming with pride in his American daughter. Absent in Viktor Knavs’ film debut is the context of the “chain migration” pathway through which he and his late wife became US citizens, the very same policy targeted by their son-in-law.
“Everyone should do what they can to protect our individual rights,” Melania says at one point. “Never take them for granted, because in the end, no matter where we come from, we are bound by the same humanity.”
What an obscenity to hear this woman employ the language of shared humanity, as the Trump administration kills Americans and systematically kidnaps immigrants and their children. But as galling as they were, the remarks were instructive of both how Melania views her American story and the same anti-immigrant sentiments with which some, in order to prove that they belong here, yank the ladder up from newcomers seeking the same opportunities. Such immigrants, like Melania, cast themselves as the “good immigrant” who came here the “right way.” But the first lady appears to do this despite reports, including our own, that she may have initially been working here without a visa. In other words, she may have violated immigration law. Meanwhile, the immigrants Melania now surrounds herself with, like Tham, are props for that very narrative—with zero mention of her husband’s endless cruelty. But why would there be in a piece of abject propaganda—backed by one of the richest men in the world as he prepares to gut the Washington Post—that many crew members asked not to be credited on?
As a purely cinematic experience, Melania, a ghastly parade of fun-house mirror herstory, will certainly be relegated to the footnotes of her family’s deeper atrocities.
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