Melissa Deckman
@melissadeckman.bsky.social
CEO at PRRI, I write about American politics, religion, and gender. https://melissadeckman.com; https://www.prri.org/
The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe
The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.
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This is a crisis of federalism. Tim Walz is asserting as fact that Iran attacked water infrastructure in Minnesota and several other states. And Trump is saying it's Minnesota's own fault they were attacked as part of a war he started.
Hackers targeted municipal water systems in 7 states this week, FBI says
The federal warning comes after more than 30 water facilities in Minnesota were breached.
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Fantastic piece by Adam here:
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · last wk.Manosphere grifters have figured out that some men are easily manipulated by making them feel insecure about their masculinity. The GOP has turned this sales pitch into both an ideology and a campaign strategy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The evidence is clear—Christian nationalism cannot abide a pluralistic democratic society. And this post from a fellow expert on CN helps position this topic and other findings in relation to recent claims that ”CN is just a label used to denigrate.”
Robert P. Jones@robertpjones.bsky.social · 2w agoMy latest. On white christian nationalists' love of ICE and concentration camps. open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
Thanks to Baptist News Global for publishing my takeaways from @prri.org's new project that links our data to 5 states where critical Senate races are happening. baptistnews.com/article/5-ta...
5 takeaways from PRRI on the 2026 midterms – Baptist News Global
Here are Melissa Deckman's main takeaways from PRRI's deep data dive into these five critical states in the midterms.
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PRRI Data Provides Insights into Key Battleground States: Explore how public opinion differs across the states expected to play an outsized role in the midterm elections. (@melissadeckman.bsky.social @prri.org) prri.substack.com/p/prri-data-...
PRRI Data Provides Insights into Key Battleground States
Explore how public opinion differs across the states expected to play an outsized role in the midterm elections
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Follow the latest work of @prri.org's Senior Democracy Fellows, leading scholars and thought leaders examining how religion can hinder--but also support--American democracy. prri.substack.com/p/new-commen...
New Commentary and Analysis From PRRI's Senior Democracy Fellows
From the media’s mainstreaming of Doug Wilson to “rigged-election” rhetoric
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Check out @PRRI's new Data and the 2026 Midterm Election Project, where we take a deep dive into the religious and cultural picture of 5 states that have Senate races that will determine which party emerges with majority status in fall--NOW LIVE! prri.org/data-and-the...
Data and the 2026 Midterm Elections
Explore party and religious affiliation, Trump favorability, Christian nationalism groups, and views toward abortion legality and LGBTQ rights in states with competitive 2026 races.
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Check out my latest CEO Corner, where I share my takeaways from @prri.org 's new project examining how religion, partisanship, Trump approval and views on abortion and LTBQ rights stack up in 5 states where competitive Senate races will shape control of Congress. prri.substack.com/p/prri-data-...
PRRI Data Provides Insights into Key Battleground States
Explore how public opinion differs across the states expected to play an outsized role in the midterm elections
prri.substack.com
Check out @PRRI's new Data and the 2026 Midterm Election Project, where we take a deep dive into the religious and cultural picture of 5 states that have Senate races that will determine which party emerges with majority status in fall--NOW LIVE! prri.org/data-and-the...
Data and the 2026 Midterm Elections
Explore party and religious affiliation, Trump favorability, Christian nationalism groups, and views toward abortion legality and LGBTQ rights in states with competitive 2026 races.
prri.org
Check out my interview with @aljazeera.com this afternoon on This is America, where we discuss the role of religion in politics today--and through our history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC-T...
Faith at the ballot box | This is America
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Check out this important new research from @prri.org 's Public Fellows in Immigration, showing that Haitian asylum-seekers receive high public support regardless of partisan divides, which runs counter to the recent SCOTUS decision allowing for Temporary Protected Status to be removed.
PRRI@prri.org · 2w ago65% of Americans support granting asylum to Haitian families, revealing a significant disconnect between the recent Supreme Court ruling that allows the removal of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian migrants and general public sentiment. Read more in a new Spotlight Analysis:
65% of Americans support granting asylum to Haitian families, revealing a significant disconnect between the recent Supreme Court ruling that allows the removal of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian migrants and general public sentiment. Read more in a new Spotlight Analysis:
Americans’ Humanitarian Views on Haitian Migrants
Drs. Will McCorkle, Lina-Maria Murillo, and E. Kyle Romero are 2025-2026 PRRI Public Fellows studying the intersection of politics, religion, and immigration and migration. This Spotlight Analysis is…
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The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what?
Ben Allen@evodynamics.bsky.social · 3w agoCongrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...
These guys are such losers. Their manhood is threatened 24 hours a day.
Media Matters for America@mmfa.bsky.social · 3w agoFox host Brian Kilmeade dismissed the advice of the network’s own senior medical analyst, Dr. Marc Siegle, by saying there is “not a chance” he will wear a KN95 mask.
In a new Spotlight Analysis, @drlmmurillo.bsky.social writes about the anti-immigrant rhetoric that the Trump administration is using to frame its argument for more restrictive voting laws, noting that these negative views are not shared by most Americans. Read more:
The SAVE Act, Birthright Citizenship, and Replacement Theory: The Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality
Dr. Lina-Maria Murillo is a 2025-2026 PRRI Public Fellow and an associate professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She’s the author of Fighting for…
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National Intelligence Council 2021 report directly contradicts Trump's lies about alleged Chinese interference: “We assess that China did not deploy interference efforts and considered but did not deploy influence efforts intended to change the outcome of the US presidential election"
I’m pretty sure I heard all this from Mike Lindell and Sidney Powell in 2021.
Trump is telegraphing that he plans to target 18 states to attempt to seize control of their voting apparatuses.
Read this cdt.org/insights/faq...
FAQ: Voting System Vulnerabilities and How They Can Be Weaponized
Vulnerabilities in voting systems are real and worth fixing. At the same time, the manner in which they are used to fearmonger does not reflect the actual security of elections. Security researchers ...
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Trump now laying the groundwork to tamper with elections by claiming he is releasing evidence that our elections are compromised.
No one has done more to undermine elections in America than Trump.
Just tossing on a shit-eating smile after gleefully cheering on all the rape that's gonna happen on military bases by testosterone jacked soliders.
Anti-LGBTQI rhetoric & policies can signal an erosion in democratic norms & institutions. This year, members of Congress used our research on democratic backsliding to oppose the State Department's decision to strip LGBTQI violence and abuse from its Human Rights Reports. tinyurl.com/Williams-Impact
@shefali.bsky.social at @19thnews.org is one of the best reporters out there covering abortion politics -- here she cites @prri.org data on how Ken Paxton's extreme views on abortion are deeply out of step with the views of Texans. 19thnews.org/2026/07/ken-...
Why everyone will bring Ken Paxton’s abortion record up in his Senate race
Neither Senate candidate in Texas is emphasizing abortion on the campaign trail. But their staunch stances could influence the close race.
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This is a propaganda summit. The groups causing violence and terror are: Patriot Front, Proud Boys, Bogaloo Boys. And this administration wants us to ignore those and look at some other group standing up for their rights.
Rubio hosts ‘far-left terrorism’ summit
The US is hosting some sixty-five delegations from around the world.
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@shefali.bsky.social at @19thnews.org is one of the best reporters out there covering abortion politics -- here she cites @prri.org data on how Ken Paxton's extreme views on abortion are deeply out of step with the views of Texans. 19thnews.org/2026/07/ken-...
Why everyone will bring Ken Paxton’s abortion record up in his Senate race
Neither Senate candidate in Texas is emphasizing abortion on the campaign trail. But their staunch stances could influence the close race.
19thnews.org
Happy to in the @us.theconversation.com with my @prri.org immigration pod mates @willmccorkle.bsky.social and @ekyleromero.bsky.social discussing why Americans still believe public education should be a right for all children regardless of immigration status! theconversation.com/most-america...
Most Americans broadly support public education for undocumented students – regardless of their political affiliation and religion
Some states are trying to challenge a long-held precedent that undocumented children are allowed to attend public school free of charge.
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