Based on a New York Times/Siena poll of 1,625 registered voters nationwide conducted Jan. 12 to 17.

The full results are also linked in the article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/22/polls/times-siena-national-poll-crosstabs.html

Interestingly (or not, given the NYT refusal to say anything too negative about Trump), the headline numbers may be the most favorable to Trump. Other figures:

Country is on the Right/Wrong Track: 37/56
2026 Congressional Race Dem/Rep: 48/43
Trump Approval Strong Approve/Disapprove: 25/47 (40/56 with “somewhat” answers)
Party of respondent Dem/Rep: 26/29

And the 19% who think the country is the same as a year ago is bad news for Trump. Incumbents (or close proxies, in this case) don’t get voted out when things are going well. People were generally unhappy in late 2024; 19% are still unhappy, and 49% think (recognize) it’s even worse.

And they both serve under a man with an artificial heart. Genetic enhancement is illegal, but cyborgs are a-ok?

Post-Chaplinsky

The Court has continued to uphold the doctrine but also steadily narrowed the grounds on which fighting words are held to apply.

Not a lawyer, but the subsequent cases seem to limit the doctrine so much that it hasn’t really been upheld at all. Basically now you can’t be charged with assault if both parties literally agree to fight. Everything else sure seems to be covered as free speech.

Unpopular opinion of the day: “The Force” isn’t any more magic than Betazoid telepathy, replicators, or transporters.

Whatever you pay in insurance is unlikely to cover the damages won by an injured party. That money is coming out of the pockets of people who will never cause an injury.

Good drivers subsidize the assholes.

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind.

The MPs sent in to arrest the hotheads would win.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Palpatine