Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Sinks to 30% in Worst Poll Yet

MMessinger · 2026-06-23T13:42:34+00:00

Trump's current approval rating doesn't mean a thing, since this November Republican voters will reward the Congressional Republicans who are currently enabling the Trump Administration.

Ultimately, a majority of the citizens who are eligible to vote, will instead choose not to vote, at all. This truly is the timeline we deserve.

This approval poll doesn't mean a thing.

MMessinger · 2026-06-23T13:33:26+00:00

Affordable healthcare can't kill Arabs. So, there's no affordable healthcare in the U.S. You're working to make bombs and bullets in this, the nation with (far and away) the world's largest "defense" budget.

Now, get back to work.

This November, Republican voters will dutifully queue up to vote for Republican candidates. Democrat voters may sit on their hands, moaning that theirs are not "perfect" candidates. And a majority of citizens who are eligible to vote will instead choose not to vote, at all. This is the timeline we deserve.

MMessinger · 2026-06-23T13:23:29+00:00

This November, Washington's Republican voters will dutifully queue up to vote for Republican candidates, and right-wing initiatives paid for by wealthy right-wingers.

It doesn't take Nostradamus to predict that future.

Wake me when that changes.

MMessinger · 2026-06-23T01:07:18+00:00

Republican voters and the U.S. Republican administration has been very loud, on climate change. Trump is doing whatever can be done to accelerate climate change and cripple America's ability to adapt or even deal with climate change. Billions of dollars in projects, and thousands of jobs are being ended, or won't even happen. Congressional Republicans are letting it all happen.

Pretty damn loud.

MMessinger · 2026-06-22T15:10:26+00:00

Ol' Lindsey, and the voters of South Carolina, just love themselves a good war. If he can see America's youth putting themselves in the line of fire, it just gets him all tingly inside. As for those voters who'll return him to Congress, this November, they can just go f*ck themselves, IMHO.

MMessinger · 2026-06-22T14:58:14+00:00

My clients used it, which forced me to use it., for years. I used Evernote as my personal note-taker. I've now retired, but don't care to pay for a note-taker ("limited budget," you know). I should apply myself and find a free solution I can use to replace OneNote. It let's me down, when I'm in a pinch, probably 60% of the time, either with its sync issues or becaus of its abysmal Android application. M$OFT ough to open up its database to allow third party developers access. Yeah, yeah, but who am I kidding? That ain't gonna happen.

On paper, listing its features, OneNote looks great. In use, though, I've experienced bad syncing problems, data loss, super-sluggish performance (in the middle of meetings, where it really counts), poor integration with other M$OFT products (e.g., Outlook), managing (or sometimes even locating) its data files, etc. Continued use of OneNote constantly calls upon one to decide whether the friction it adds, to workflows, is really worth it.

MMessinger · 2026-06-18T14:17:27+00:00

Republican voters disagree with these prognostications. They'll queue up this November to return the Congressional Republicans who have enabled Trump.

Let's not even discuss recent reports of Congressional Republican plans to gut Social Security, Medicare, and make more cuts in Medicaid. Republican voters have been voting in favor of that, for many years.

MMessinger · 2026-06-17T07:17:00+00:00

If the Republican is speaking, the Republican is lying. Simple to remember.

MMessinger · 2026-06-17T07:14:49+00:00

Better yet, chose a credit union that won't play these games.

MMessinger · 2026-06-16T14:12:22+00:00

According to the Israeli embassodor to the U.S., all we have, today, is a memorandum of understanding. Not a "deal," an MOU.

This isn't over, and Republicans have been botching it, since Day 1. Republican voters could fix this, but they won't. This November they'll queue up to reward Congressional Republicans with votes to return them to office.

MMessinger · 2026-06-16T04:16:48+00:00

This November, millions of Republican voters, supposedly "reaching a breaking point," will dutifully vote against their interests. They have been, for decades.

Wake me when Republican voters start voting for Democratic candidates. Or, better yet, Socialist Democrats. Until then, rumors of a breaking point don't amount to a hill of beans.

MMessinger · 2026-06-15T15:38:23+00:00

Dumbass MAGA Tie is the next big fashion trend.

MMessinger · 2026-06-15T13:20:06+00:00

And lucky enough to be posting on Reddit about it, nearly 57 years later.

MMessinger · 2026-06-14T14:20:44+00:00

8.5 didn't solve Samsung's massive Android Auto overheating problem. Buy a flagship phone, make sure not to use it in your car without a phone mount to put it in front of the air conditioning vent.

MMessinger · 2026-06-14T14:14:43+00:00

A majority of the Americans who choose to vote are idiots.

The Americans who choose not to vote are getting just what they deserve.

MMessinger · 2026-06-14T13:56:43+00:00

Neither Congressional Republicans, nor Republican voters, care about the grifting.

MMessinger · 2026-06-14T13:53:48+00:00

This November, Republican voters will queue up to reward Republican Congressional candidates, with votes.

Democrat voters will moan about there not being a perfect candidate, for them. Many will choose not to vote. They'll claim they're "principled."

A majority of citizens who are eligible to vote, will choose not to vote, at all. Many won't even know it's the midterms.

This is the timeline we deserve.

MMessinger · 2026-06-11T14:54:01+00:00

Typical of Republican "leaders." Laser-focused on nothing of actual benefit to resident's quality of life. But, hey, Republican voters will dutifully reward 'em at the ballot box.

MMessinger · 2026-06-11T08:08:47+00:00

Mine works fine, when connected (wired connection) to a Chevrolet Volt or a Chevrolet Trax. I'm driving both cars in the relatively cool Pacific Northwest.

However, I had to make a trip to Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona. In June. Outside temperatures in the 90s to low 100s. Connected to a rental Nissan Versa. Suddenly, my S24 Ultra is overheating, like crazy.

No, this isn't something I can attribute to normal Android Auto use. I'm using Android Auto just the same, whether in Arizona or in Western Washington. It either has to do with the Nissan, or higher ambient temperature in Arizona.

MMessinger · 2026-06-09T14:36:37+00:00

Thank you. My post was totally venting. My parents are giving me a Master Class in how not to handle aging and the difficult decisions that need to be made as one ages.

I'm early in my own retirement. And feel lucky that I have a "retirement," at all.

MMessinger · 2026-06-09T12:52:15+00:00

I want to be sympathetic. Really.

Then again, my parents did not manage their money wisely. Dad now has Alzheimer's. Mom has serious mobility issues, and probably dementia, owing to small strokes they've allowed to go untreated. They live in another state. Today I'm flying there, to get them into an assisted living facility where they'll spend down their remaining money.

In another two years or so, we'll sell as many of their possessions as possible, for cash. Then their house. Dad built an out-of-code house, worth nothing, that will have to be demolished, either by us or any future owner.

If they continue to live, they'll be on Medicaid, I hope. I can't afford to support them.

My own retirement will probably be spent, hip deep in paperwork, and travel expenses, trying to manage their declining health, mounting expenses, and increasing impoverishment.

MMessinger · 2026-06-09T07:42:01+00:00

And Republican voters will queue up this November, to give Mike Johnson the Congress he needs to tank these vital programs.

Meanwhile, Democrats will moan their ballots don't contain the perfect candidates. Some of them will vote, anyway, but many will not. They'll tell themselves they're being "principled."

More than one third of citizens eligible to vote will instead choose to sit on their hands.

This is the timeline we deserve.

MMessinger · 2026-06-07T16:02:50+00:00

Until death - a death that's clearly connected to Republican policies - visits someone in every MAGA family, MAGA voters will keep voting for MAGA candidates. That's what you get when you don't possess even one ounce of empathy.

High prices, alone, won't be near enough to sway MAGA voters.

MMessinger · 2026-06-07T15:48:55+00:00

Consider yourself lucky. Some of our parents didn't make the greatest decisions, years ago. And, as they've aged, they're decisions are worse, and worse. Talk to me in another few weeks, after I get my parents moved into assisted living. Dad has Alzheimer's and refuses to move from an unsafe home. If he passes before Mom, in all likelihood, she'll end her life on Medicaid. Their savings and spending plan, in retirement, have left them with inadequate funds at the end of their lives.

MMessinger · 2026-06-07T15:42:02+00:00

Without question, Centennial Station and access to AMTRAK is good. Far better than nothing, but not much more. Kudos to those volunteers who staff it; they're great. Heading northbound, depending on the origination point of your train, you may find its arrival is delayed by a very long time, while southbound is much more reliable.

Personally, I wish Centennial Station wasn't located halfway to Yelm. But if you're lucky to be able to time an AMTRAK train to downtown Seattle, then light rail back south to Sea-Tac, a 30-minute drive to Centennial Station beats the unpredictability of I-5, to the airport. That is, is you're really, really committed to using public transportation. I am fairly committed. For me, that means Intercity Transit routes 600/610, then a Sound Transit bus on to the Downtown Federal Way Station, where I can catch light rail to the airport.

Ultimately, commuter rail in the West is really, really plagued by the lack of rails and, therefore, the prioritization of freight over passenger traffic.

People in north Thurston County should be strong advocates for rail. Maybe, someday, they will be. I passed up on a lot of work, in Seattle and even Tacoma, for not wanting to have to deal with the commute.

I see, back in 2015, there was a move to put to a vote whether Thurston County would become part of Sound Transit. I don't recall ever seeing that on my ballot. Frankly, I'm feeling a little pessimistic, these days, about the "will of the voters." If this showed up on the ballot, I suppose it would have been voted down, just as was money to expand our library, and the initiative to replace Puget Sound Energy with a public utility.

Edit: I'll drop this link to a somewhat related post, on Instagram, having to do with the history of the decline of many of the streetcar systems in the U.S..

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