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Fox News Polls Spell Doom For Trump And Republicans

2025-11-29 News & Politics
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Holiday Affordability Crisis: Polling Stress, Corporate Pricing, and Regulatory Gaps

Understand why 65% of Americans struggle with holiday affordability and learn how corporate pricing strategies and recent political decisions are locking in high costs through January and beyond.

Short Summary

  • Polling reveals widespread consumer stress over Thanksgiving costs, directly linked to sustained corporate price setting mechanisms ("greedflation").
  • Policy inactions, especially the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies, threaten to compound financial pressure in early January.
  • Sophisticated algorithmic pricing systems are being used in housing and travel to maximize consumer expense in real time.

Liz Pancotti discusses nationwide polling data showing high financial anxiety ahead of the holidays. The conversation analyzes the structural reasons—corporate profit insulation and regulatory rollbacks—that prevent prices from returning to acceptable levels, forecasting further strain early next year.

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Director of the Groundwork Collective, Liz Pancotti joins Emma to discuss the surge in Thanksgiving grocery prices. Live-streamed on November 26, 2025. Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12pm EST on YouTube OR via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.fm Check Out Liz's work here: https://groundworkcollaborative.org/ The Congress switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. You can use this number to connect with either the US Senate or the House of Representatives. Send us IM messages during the live-stream with our free Majority Report App: http://majority.fm/app Subscribe to MR's daily AM Quickie newsletter: https://am-quickie.ghost.io Find all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com Become a Majority Report member: https://fans.fm/majority/join More from the MR crew: Bryan Vokey: https://www.instagram.com/mrbryanvokey Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton DISCOURSE https://www.youtube.com/@Th3Discourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning Our alt YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive

Top Comments (10)

@kenvalenti5414 2025-11-29

Tariffs - biggest tax increase in history targeting the working class. Once prices go up, they're not coming back down.

297 6 replies
@jennifersmith2050 2025-11-29

ONLY 20% of Republicans think Trump's economy is bad for affordability??? How stupid are they???

226 26 replies
@GorillaGuerilla1 2025-11-29

Someone working 40 hrs a week for 52 weeks/year at $15/hr makes $31,200/year in gross income. How can they possibly pay $12,000/year in health insurance?

164 28 replies
@OroborusFMA 2025-11-29

Capitalism produces its own gravediggers. In the case of the US that is the Republican Party, MAGA, and Trump.

119 5 replies
@korylemon8911 2025-11-29

OMG the Sam jump scare at the end gets me every time

96 10 replies
@FancyLawnmower 2025-11-29

Trump cancelled Christmas!!

38 3 replies
@amenbrother8818 2025-11-29

All the oligarchs are jacking up prices: landlords, groceries, internet service providers... corporate profits are going through the roof. They're going to stick it to us and blame it on labor. Tax the oligarchs!!!

23 1 replies
@AntalDarin-ly6os 2025-11-29

Us greedy Americans He was lecturing us about 3-4 months ago how we need to learn to cut back on spending and stop spoil our kids with endless amounts of presents Two dolls the president said Americans don’t need more than two 2️⃣ Dolls The way this country is going most people will be lucky if they can afford one 1️⃣ present for their children this Christmas

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@prazcuray1388 2025-11-29

Every time I’ve gotten a cost of living increase my insurance would go up near the same amount; these corporations know what we make and charge accordingly to keep us poor.

10
@The_MrCrispy 2025-11-29

If they cut off all the ACA subsidies for everyone... Half the country would go broke overnight & it would be insanity.

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