The Tavern Take: Week of June 15, 2026
Voters spent last week drawing lines around power. Epstein hearings hit 72-16, the defense increase cratered at -36, and concrete stakes beat "democracy" by 38 points.
Firing Noem Wasn’t Enough. The $220M Is Still on the Ledger.
The ad campaign polls at net −65. The firing polls at +47. And 73% want independent investigations into federal enforcement killings. Voters are running three accountability ledgers at once.