posted 7 hours ago

Kitchen-table populism

The top-performing messages we tested have a simple formula. They focus on Americans’ day-to-day struggles to pay for rent and groceries, and the widespread frustration with prices that rise faster than working-class wages. They insist that working people should be able to give their kids a better shot. They promise to bring costs down, make the biggest corporations pay their fair share, and crack down on the people who game the system. Ultimately, they tell a simple story: hard work should pay off.

We call this winning combination “kitchen-table populism”.

We surveyed 6,000 Americans. Here is the winning message for Democrats | Dustin Guastellatheguardian.comIt’s about ‘kitchen-table populism’: focusing on Americans’ day-to-day economic struggles

posted 9 hours ago

From The Trace:

Gun deaths overall have been declining in recent years, but murder-suicides in which at least one of the victims was age 65 or older are higher than ever, according to a Trace analysis of data from the Gun Violence Archive. At least 134 older adults were killed in murder-suicides last year, a slight rise over 2024 and the highest number since GVA began compiling data more than a decade ago. Another 85 older adults perpetrated a killing before dying by their own hand.

Murder-Suicide Appears to Be Rising Among Older Americansthetrace.orgA Trace analysis found more murder-suicides involving victims 65 or older in 2025 than in any year since tracking began more than a decade ago.