Melissa Deckman
@melissadeckman.bsky.social
CEO at PRRI, I write about American politics, religion, and gender. https://melissadeckman.com; https://www.prri.org/
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Isolationism (yes, 'America First' ideology) is rising in gen z men, but not just amongst gen z conservatives, per @ymriofficial.bsky.social.
I've heard this over and over in my listening sessions: 'America has enough issues at home. Why focus on problems abroad?'
It's a generational shift.
I've heard this over and over in my listening sessions: 'America has enough issues at home. Why focus on problems abroad?'
It's a generational shift.
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Isolationism (yes, 'America First' ideology) is rising in gen z men, but not just amongst gen z conservatives, per @ymriofficial.bsky.social.
I've heard this over and over in my listening sessions: 'America has enough issues at home. Why focus on problems abroad?'
It's a generational shift.
I've heard this over and over in my listening sessions: 'America has enough issues at home. Why focus on problems abroad?'
It's a generational shift.
We took a deeper dive at @prri.org on Americans' attitudes and Epstein controversy. Our 2025 #AmericanValuesSurvey shows most Americans do not prioritize it as a critical issue, not do they approve of Trump's handling of it; yet some insights on QAnon are notable.
prri.org/spotlight/am...
prri.org/spotlight/am...
Americans’ Views on the Epstein Files
The controversy over the Epstein files has drawn renewed public attention, particularly as questions arise about President Donald Trump’s response to their release. Using data from PRRI’s 2025…
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November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We took a deeper dive at @prri.org on Americans' attitudes and Epstein controversy. Our 2025 #AmericanValuesSurvey shows most Americans do not prioritize it as a critical issue, not do they approve of Trump's handling of it; yet some insights on QAnon are notable.
prri.org/spotlight/am...
prri.org/spotlight/am...
An Open Letter to Marjorie Taylor Greene
From, Alyssa Milano November 17, 2025
alyssajmilano.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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"We talk about AI as if it’s a futuristic threat. But the real danger is more familiar: letting a new technology reshape what it means to be young before we decide what to protect."
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We lost our kids to social media. Now AI wants their minds | Fortune
We talk about AI as if it’s a futuristic, but the real danger is letting technology reshape what it means to be young before deciding what to protect.
fortune.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"We talk about AI as if it’s a futuristic threat. But the real danger is more familiar: letting a new technology reshape what it means to be young before we decide what to protect."
buff.ly/8BImd5p
buff.ly/8BImd5p
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Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
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TONIGHT: Hear from PRRI Senior Democracy Fellows @wilsonhartgrove.bsky.social, @kkdumez.bsky.social, and @jemartisby.bsky.social at 7:00 PM at “A Revolution of Values: Confronting the Triple Evils of Our Time,” presented by the King Center
Tune in:
www.youtube.com/live/1p24SbP...
Tune in:
www.youtube.com/live/1p24SbP...
A Revolution of Values: Confronting The Triple Evils of Our Time
YouTube video by The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
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November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
TONIGHT: Hear from PRRI Senior Democracy Fellows @wilsonhartgrove.bsky.social, @kkdumez.bsky.social, and @jemartisby.bsky.social at 7:00 PM at “A Revolution of Values: Confronting the Triple Evils of Our Time,” presented by the King Center
Tune in:
www.youtube.com/live/1p24SbP...
Tune in:
www.youtube.com/live/1p24SbP...
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Lots of talk about the shift back among Gen Z men and Latino voters toward Democrats in this month's off-year elections. But the bigger story is Gen Z women: 8 in 10 broke for Dems. In a word, MAGA holds no appeal. See my latest using @prri.org data:
prri.substack.com/p/maga-and-g...
prri.substack.com/p/maga-and-g...
MAGA and Gen Z Women: Far From a Marriage Made in Heaven
Democrats enjoyed a resounding victory this month, sweeping the major electoral prizes, including the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey, by large margins.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Lots of talk about the shift back among Gen Z men and Latino voters toward Democrats in this month's off-year elections. But the bigger story is Gen Z women: 8 in 10 broke for Dems. In a word, MAGA holds no appeal. See my latest using @prri.org data:
prri.substack.com/p/maga-and-g...
prri.substack.com/p/maga-and-g...
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
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"There are about a thousand of us."
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"There are about a thousand of us."
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
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CNN: Trump in Epstein files
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
CNN: Trump in Epstein files
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
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Meanwhile, MAGA is still pretending that trans women are the real bathroom threat.
Listen to this Border Patrol agent cry about how he's going to be DOXXED after being arrested for drunkenly barging into a woman's restroom with a loaded gun, demanding a date from the woman inside, and then punching the arresting officers.
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Meanwhile, MAGA is still pretending that trans women are the real bathroom threat.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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“Girls do not fall on the trap of feminism, don’t loose yourself in your career and studies, marry young and have many children.”
“Are you a housewife?”
“Oh no! I actually went to college and am the president of a evangelical lobbyist group”
Many such cases
“Are you a housewife?”
“Oh no! I actually went to college and am the president of a evangelical lobbyist group”
Many such cases
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“Girls do not fall on the trap of feminism, don’t loose yourself in your career and studies, marry young and have many children.”
“Are you a housewife?”
“Oh no! I actually went to college and am the president of a evangelical lobbyist group”
Many such cases
“Are you a housewife?”
“Oh no! I actually went to college and am the president of a evangelical lobbyist group”
Many such cases
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1000%
I think so frequently about how Mike Johnson took his daughter to a purity ball as he currently blocks the Epstein files
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
1000%
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Note to Democratic Party:
90% of democrats AND 67% of independents say the cuts in federal funding of healthcare programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act have gone too far.
Majorities of both also say health care is critical issue to them.
@prri.org
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90% of democrats AND 67% of independents say the cuts in federal funding of healthcare programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act have gone too far.
Majorities of both also say health care is critical issue to them.
@prri.org
prri.org/research/tru...
Trump’s Unprecedented Actions Deepen Asymmetric Divides
The 16th annual PRRI American Values Survey examines Americans’ opinions on how democracy is working, what it means to be “truly American,” concerns about the economy, and belief in the American Dream...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Note to Democratic Party:
90% of democrats AND 67% of independents say the cuts in federal funding of healthcare programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act have gone too far.
Majorities of both also say health care is critical issue to them.
@prri.org
prri.org/research/tru...
90% of democrats AND 67% of independents say the cuts in federal funding of healthcare programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act have gone too far.
Majorities of both also say health care is critical issue to them.
@prri.org
prri.org/research/tru...
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Epstein in emails: Trump knew about the girls. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Epstein in emails: Trump knew about the girls. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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So grateful to @joyannreid.bsky.social for this in-depth interview where we trace the deep roots of the MAGA-Christian nationalist movement and talk about why so many white Christians have turned against democracy.
www.whitetoolong.net/p/my-intervi...
www.whitetoolong.net/p/my-intervi...
My Interview with Joy Reid: Unpacking the Threat of Christian Nationalism
Plus, the latest episode of The Convocation Unscripted
www.whitetoolong.net
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
So grateful to @joyannreid.bsky.social for this in-depth interview where we trace the deep roots of the MAGA-Christian nationalist movement and talk about why so many white Christians have turned against democracy.
www.whitetoolong.net/p/my-intervi...
www.whitetoolong.net/p/my-intervi...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
Check out this great assessment of Nancy Pelosi's legacy, from my good friend Michele Swers, one of the nation's leading Congressional experts. Hard to overstate how effective Pelosi was; those are big stilettos to fill! goodauthority.org/news/nancy-p...
Nancy Pelosi, a master legislator and partisan warrior
A formidable member of Congress will step down next year.
goodauthority.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Check out this great assessment of Nancy Pelosi's legacy, from my good friend Michele Swers, one of the nation's leading Congressional experts. Hard to overstate how effective Pelosi was; those are big stilettos to fill! goodauthority.org/news/nancy-p...
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Wait I thought they all aspired to be trad wives
Important takeaway -- the young men vote is still up for grabs as solid majorities of young men voted blue last night. Equally important, though, are the HUGE margins Dems won among Gen Z women. 8 in 10 young women voted for Spanberger & Sherill. That part of the story is still often undertold.
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Wait I thought they all aspired to be trad wives