"Of the 279 people accused by officials on X of attacking federal officers in the past year, 181 were U.S. citizens, the Journal found. Close to half of those Americans were never charged with assault. None have been convicted at trial."
"The Wall Street Journal found that the Department of Homeland Security, created in 2002 to protect Americans, has turned its force against citizens."
Chart showing the long-term growth of the Iranian population in the United States. The chart is based on a March 2026 Pew Research Center analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Chart: Iranian population in the US, 1980-present
Nearly half of the nation's 750,000 Iranians live in California.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Bar chart showing the percentage of adults in various countries who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as very good, somewhat good, somewhat bad or very bad. The chart is based on a spring 2025 Pew Research Center survey of 25 countries.
% of adults in each North American country who say their fellow citizens have good morals
92% in Canada 🇨🇦
83% in Mexico 🇲🇽
47% in the US 🇺🇸
www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
Bar chart showing the percentage of adults in various countries who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as very good, somewhat good, somewhat bad or very bad. The chart is based on a spring 2025 Pew Research Center survey of 25 countries.
"The United States is the only place we surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad (53%) than as good (47%)." www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.
And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
How unusual is it for federal grand juries to decline to indict someone, as has been happening to the DOJ recently? In the 2016 fiscal year (the most recent with this info), federal grand juries:
—Indicted 55,227 people
—Declined to indict 6 people
Screenshot of a Pew Research Center article about federal grand juries. The article notes that Sol Wachtler, the New York state judge who popularized a now-common expression about grand juries, was himself indicted by grand jury a few years after saying it.
There's been a lot of talk recently about federal grand juries and ham sandwiches. What you may not know is that the New York state judge who popularized the "ham sandwich" line was *himself indicted by a federal grand jury* a few years after saying it. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
NEW from @pewresearch.org: Federal grand juries have been taking the extremely unusual step of declining indictments sought by the DOJ.
How unusual? While recent data isn't available, it only happened ~15 times a year nationwide between 2007 and 2016.
Map of the United States showing the counties that were in sustained poverty between 2005 and 2024, based on data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
New from the US Census Bureau: America's poverty map www.census.gov/library/stor...
Bar chart showing American teens' views on whether AI will have a positive or negative effect on them personally over the next 20 years, as well as whether it will have a positive or negative effect on society more broadly. The chart is based on a September/October 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. teens.
Teens in the US are much more likely to say AI will have a positive than negative effect on them personally over the next 20 years (36% vs. 15%). www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
Bar chart showing that a majority of teens in the United States say students at their school use AI chatbots to cheat on their schoolwork at least sometimes. The chart is based on a September/October 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. teens.
59% of teens in the US say students at their school use AI chatbots to cheat on their schoolwork extremely often, very often or somewhat often. www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
Republicans stare down epic voter enthusiasm gap ahead of 2026 midterms, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds. Gift link->
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The partisan trend on this is interesting -- see the Biden era, when no one really felt like their side was winning
60% of Republicans say their side in politics has been winning more often than losing on the issues that matter to them. 88% of Democrats say their side has been losing more than winning. It's the widest partisan gap in a decade of @pewresearch.org surveys.
State of the Union 2026: Where Americans stand on key issues facing the nation
Bar chart showing the percentage of U.S. adults in various religious groups who have a bachelor's degree or more education. The chart is based on Pew Research Center's 2023-2024 Religious Landscape Study.
Hindus and Jews are among the most highly educated religious groups in the US, according to a new @pewresearch.org analysis: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Hindus and Jews are much more likely to have a four-year college degree than Americans in other religious groups, according to Pew Research Center’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS). Seven-in-ten Hindus and 65% of Jews have a bachelor’s degree or more education. That compares with 35% of U.S. adults overall. On the other end of the spectrum, lower shares of evangelical Protestants (29%) and members of historically Black Protestant denominations (24%) hold college degrees. The shares of college graduates for several other religious groups range from 35% to 45%.
American adults with a four-year college degree
Hindus 70%
Episcopalians 67%
Jews 65%
Agnostics 53%
Atheists 48%
Muslims 44%
Buddhists 41%
Catholics 35%
National average 35%
Evangelicals 29%
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/19/which-us-religious-groups-are-most-highly-educated/
In a @pewresearch.org survey last year, 59% of Republicans in the US agreed with the statement, "Many of the country's problems could be dealt with more effectively if Donald Trump didn't have to worry so much about Congress or the courts." www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Screenshot of a February 2026 U.S. Supreme Court ruling about tariffs.
Supreme Court reporters have my respect for trying to make sense of a ruling like this on a deadline of about 10 minutes. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
NEW: 3 in 10 Americans often or sometimes get news from email newsletters. But a majority of them don’t end up reading most of the newsletters they receive.
Dot plot showing how Republicans and Democrats in the United States view various voting-related proposals. The chart is based on an August 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.
Dot plot showing how major racial and ethnic groups in the United States view various voting-related proposals. The chart is based on an August 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.
As these charts show, large majorities in both parties and across racial/ethnic groups also support several other voting proposals, including:
–making early, in-person voting available for at least two weeks before Election Day
–making Election Day a national holiday
% of US adults who favor requiring all voters to show a government-issued photo ID to vote (from August 2025 @pewresearch.org survey)
Total: 83%
Republican: 95%
Democratic: 71%
White: 85%
Hispanic: 82%
Asian: 77%
Black: 76%
Table showing the most distinctive terms that Republicans and Democrats use when asked in an open-ended survey question what makes them proud of the United States. The table is based on an August 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.
What makes Americans proud of their country? From a new @pewresearch.org survey: "Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to mention President Donald Trump and God, as well as to use the words 'best' and 'greatest.'" www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
NEW: "In a 2025 survey, we asked people in 25 nations to say – in their own words – what makes them proud of their country. In several ways, Americans’ answers stand out from those of people in other countries."
"Only New Zealand and the United States allow direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising." (via @nytimes.com)
Majorities in both parties – 75% of Democrats and 60% of Republicans – say it's extremely or very important to have public discussions about the nation's historical failures and flaws: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Americans think it's just as important to have public discussions about the nation's historical failures and flaws as it is to have discussions about the nation's historical successes and strengths: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Screenshot of an article in The Atlantic about Kristi Noem and the Department of Homeland Security.
"ICE alone got $75 billion of supplemental funding [in July], including $30 billion for operations. DHS could essentially remain shut down for the rest of Trump’s term, and the agency would still see a net funding increase." (via @theatlantic.com) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
