The Democratic Difference
@demdifference.bsky.social
An account focused on highlighting the differences in economic outcomes under Democratic and Republican policies, often with charts.
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One important thing Trump left out of that chart showing 654k private-sector jobs added in his first 11 months:
A comparison to the 1.4 million private-sector jobs added in the 11 months before he returned to office:
A comparison to the 1.4 million private-sector jobs added in the 11 months before he returned to office:
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The latest from YouGov: It's America vs MAGA on military deployment.
Military deployment to MN: -17
Invoking Insurrection Act: -16
Military deployment to "your local area:" -27
Terrible numbers for the former party of national security.
today.yougov.com/topics/overv...
Military deployment to MN: -17
Invoking Insurrection Act: -16
Military deployment to "your local area:" -27
Terrible numbers for the former party of national security.
today.yougov.com/topics/overv...
January 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
The latest from YouGov: It's America vs MAGA on military deployment.
Military deployment to MN: -17
Invoking Insurrection Act: -16
Military deployment to "your local area:" -27
Terrible numbers for the former party of national security.
today.yougov.com/topics/overv...
Military deployment to MN: -17
Invoking Insurrection Act: -16
Military deployment to "your local area:" -27
Terrible numbers for the former party of national security.
today.yougov.com/topics/overv...
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"A piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla, and one other thing" is not a meal. But unless you're a billionaire, the Trump administration thinks that's all you deserve.
January 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
"A piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla, and one other thing" is not a meal. But unless you're a billionaire, the Trump administration thinks that's all you deserve.
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BREAKING: Beef prices soared 16.4% in the past year, per the latest inflation report.
Americans are paying the price for Trump's disastrous policies.
Americans are paying the price for Trump's disastrous policies.
January 15, 2026 at 6:43 PM
BREAKING: Beef prices soared 16.4% in the past year, per the latest inflation report.
Americans are paying the price for Trump's disastrous policies.
Americans are paying the price for Trump's disastrous policies.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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I mean, true.
John Cassidy: Powell put to shame heads of law firms, universities & public companies who have caved to the White House. He demonstrated that, at least in economic arena, there are still some institutional constraints that Trump cannot sweep aside, or not easily. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Jay Powell, the Prepster Banker Who Is Standing Up to Trump
The seventy-two-year-old Fed chairman put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House.
www.newyorker.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I mean, true.
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Electric prices are soaring. Why? Because Trump and his fossil fuel cronies are putting Big Oil profits over people. Americans are paying more while polluters get richer. I’m standing with @repstansbury.bsky.social to fight back for our planet, for working families, and for the truth.
January 15, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Electric prices are soaring. Why? Because Trump and his fossil fuel cronies are putting Big Oil profits over people. Americans are paying more while polluters get richer. I’m standing with @repstansbury.bsky.social to fight back for our planet, for working families, and for the truth.
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The affordability crisis in America is so much worse because Trump and Republicans are failing to bring costs down.
American families are begging for relief and Republicans don’t care.
American families are begging for relief and Republicans don’t care.
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The affordability crisis in America is so much worse because Trump and Republicans are failing to bring costs down.
American families are begging for relief and Republicans don’t care.
American families are begging for relief and Republicans don’t care.
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Trump wants to investigate the widow of the woman ICE killed in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u... Thankfully, there are, or were, still some decent people in the Justice Department.
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Trump wants to investigate the widow of the woman ICE killed in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u... Thankfully, there are, or were, still some decent people in the Justice Department.
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BREAN: “.. The CPI readings stand in marked contrast to the NFIB small business survey, which reported 30% of firms raising prices in December following 34% in November (the highest two-month average since April 2023).” 👀
January 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
BREAN: “.. The CPI readings stand in marked contrast to the NFIB small business survey, which reported 30% of firms raising prices in December following 34% in November (the highest two-month average since April 2023).” 👀
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New Quinnipiac poll:
53% of voters say ICE shooting of Renee Good is not justified, including 59% of independents (!)
57% of voters disapprove of how ICE is enforcing immigration laws, including 64% of independents (!!)
Trump/Vance propaganda is failing
53% of voters say ICE shooting of Renee Good is not justified, including 59% of independents (!)
57% of voters disapprove of how ICE is enforcing immigration laws, including 64% of independents (!!)
Trump/Vance propaganda is failing
January 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
New Quinnipiac poll:
53% of voters say ICE shooting of Renee Good is not justified, including 59% of independents (!)
57% of voters disapprove of how ICE is enforcing immigration laws, including 64% of independents (!!)
Trump/Vance propaganda is failing
53% of voters say ICE shooting of Renee Good is not justified, including 59% of independents (!)
57% of voters disapprove of how ICE is enforcing immigration laws, including 64% of independents (!!)
Trump/Vance propaganda is failing
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Grocery prices continue to rise in latest inflation report, and the cost of eating out is up 4.1% over the past year:
www.bls.gov/news.release...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
January 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Grocery prices continue to rise in latest inflation report, and the cost of eating out is up 4.1% over the past year:
www.bls.gov/news.release...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
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"One year into his second term, how has Trump performed on the economy? The answer is: not good. Not good at all. Other than the depths of the Great Recession and the covid pandemic, job growth in the first year of Trump’s second term was the worst in *over two decades*" — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
One year in, Trump's economy is a mess
He may have won on a promise to fix everything, but he's only made it worse.
www.publicnotice.co
January 13, 2026 at 4:21 PM
"One year into his second term, how has Trump performed on the economy? The answer is: not good. Not good at all. Other than the depths of the Great Recession and the covid pandemic, job growth in the first year of Trump’s second term was the worst in *over two decades*" — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
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They don't seem to realize that the video of them abusing a legal observer is probably worse than whatever video the legal observer had already obtained of them.
New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
They don't seem to realize that the video of them abusing a legal observer is probably worse than whatever video the legal observer had already obtained of them.
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The Justice Department’s unraveling is accelerating:
- Civil Rights Division resignations
- another prosecutor purged
- bipartisan condemnation of Powell/Fed probe
- multiple court defeats in recent days
- White House takeover
- Trump slams Bondi
An institution in crisis.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
- Civil Rights Division resignations
- another prosecutor purged
- bipartisan condemnation of Powell/Fed probe
- multiple court defeats in recent days
- White House takeover
- Trump slams Bondi
An institution in crisis.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
An unraveling Justice Department appears to be coming apart at the seams
In 2025, the DOJ struggled with everything from purges to incompetence to weaponization. In 2026, its collapse seems to be accelerating.
www.ms.now
January 13, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The Justice Department’s unraveling is accelerating:
- Civil Rights Division resignations
- another prosecutor purged
- bipartisan condemnation of Powell/Fed probe
- multiple court defeats in recent days
- White House takeover
- Trump slams Bondi
An institution in crisis.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
- Civil Rights Division resignations
- another prosecutor purged
- bipartisan condemnation of Powell/Fed probe
- multiple court defeats in recent days
- White House takeover
- Trump slams Bondi
An institution in crisis.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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At least four leaders of a Justice Department unit that investigates police killings have resigned in protest over the administration’s handling of the fatal shooting of a motorist in Minneapolis by an ICE officer, @carolleonnig.bsky.social and Ken Dilanian report. www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now
January 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
At least four leaders of a Justice Department unit that investigates police killings have resigned in protest over the administration’s handling of the fatal shooting of a motorist in Minneapolis by an ICE officer, @carolleonnig.bsky.social and Ken Dilanian report. www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
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Secret police shooting women in the face and kidnapping and teargassing schoolchildren not getting any more popular, for some reason
Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
January 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Secret police shooting women in the face and kidnapping and teargassing schoolchildren not getting any more popular, for some reason
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When you’ve finished paying your bills and are wondering where the heck all your money went, remember that Donald Trump’s signature achievement last year was a giant tax cut for rich people. That’s who he’s fighting for — not working Americans.
January 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM
When you’ve finished paying your bills and are wondering where the heck all your money went, remember that Donald Trump’s signature achievement last year was a giant tax cut for rich people. That’s who he’s fighting for — not working Americans.
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Bovino is high on my list of people who needs to spend years in jail when this is over
In response to a quote tweet of DHS that says “you guys killed an American citizen,” Greg Bovino replies: “Triggered much?”
January 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Bovino is high on my list of people who needs to spend years in jail when this is over
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Proof Republicans are a cult
31% of Republicans think Trump should act as the current Venezuelan president
31% of Republicans think Trump should act as the current Venezuelan president
Jan 12-13 poll of 3,801 U.S. adults (+/-1.8 points)
% who think that Donald Trump should | shouldn't act as the current president of Venezuela
U.S. adults 15% | 67%
Democrats 5% | 90%
Independents 9% | 69%
Republicans 31% | 45%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
% who think that Donald Trump should | shouldn't act as the current president of Venezuela
U.S. adults 15% | 67%
Democrats 5% | 90%
Independents 9% | 69%
Republicans 31% | 45%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
January 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Proof Republicans are a cult
31% of Republicans think Trump should act as the current Venezuelan president
31% of Republicans think Trump should act as the current Venezuelan president
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Awful: New report shows federal agents fired into civilian vehicles 13 times since July, with 8 people hit and two dead. These are heavily armed government militias gone rogue, not bound or accountable to law, unleashing violence on Americans with full White House sanction.
Our exchange on this:
Our exchange on this:
January 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Awful: New report shows federal agents fired into civilian vehicles 13 times since July, with 8 people hit and two dead. These are heavily armed government militias gone rogue, not bound or accountable to law, unleashing violence on Americans with full White House sanction.
Our exchange on this:
Our exchange on this:
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We must stress: The only violence is coming from CBP/ICE. They are rioting in the face of sustained nonviolent protests by thousands of Americans across the country.
They are today’s Alabama State Troopers at the Selma bridge. They are Bull Connor’s police with firehoses in Birmingham.
They are today’s Alabama State Troopers at the Selma bridge. They are Bull Connor’s police with firehoses in Birmingham.
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week, according to family of the victim.
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
We must stress: The only violence is coming from CBP/ICE. They are rioting in the face of sustained nonviolent protests by thousands of Americans across the country.
They are today’s Alabama State Troopers at the Selma bridge. They are Bull Connor’s police with firehoses in Birmingham.
They are today’s Alabama State Troopers at the Selma bridge. They are Bull Connor’s police with firehoses in Birmingham.
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This is an excellent piece from the @minnesotareformer.com 👇
Trumper thugs, from Trump down, are plainly frustrated at their inability to stop observers from documenting ICE crimes, including through the use of violence, brutality and intimidation tactics.
See also 2/
See also 2/
In the car with the Minneapolis community patrols working to disrupt ICE operations • Minnesota Reformer
As Elle Neubauer drove before dawn past the darkened windows of the immigrant-owned businesses on Lake Street in Minneapolis, her co-pilot and friend Patty O’Keefe scanned the passing vehicles with bi...
minnesotareformer.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This is an excellent piece from the @minnesotareformer.com 👇
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Sen. Warren: American families are in worse financial shape than they were a year ago. Mortgage foreclosure rates are up 21% since Trump was sworn into office. This economy keeps working better and better if you're a millionaire or billionaire, but it's not working for hardworking families.
January 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Sen. Warren: American families are in worse financial shape than they were a year ago. Mortgage foreclosure rates are up 21% since Trump was sworn into office. This economy keeps working better and better if you're a millionaire or billionaire, but it's not working for hardworking families.