A month into the second term of the president they view as the second coming, MAGA social media users coalesced upon a singular talking point. No, not a defense of Elon Musk's rampage through the federal government that is destroying scientific research, threatening people's Social Security checks and may very well lead to a major economic crash. Nor were they super keen to talk about Donald Trump's baseless claim that Ukraine "started it" when Russia invaded. Instead of focusing on how congressional Republicans plan to pay for rich people's tax cuts by taking away ordinary people's health care, or how Trump's tariff threats and games will likely lead to more inflation, or the soaring price of eggs and the rising fears of bird flu, MAGA marked the one-month anniversary of Trump's return to office by rehashing a recycled and easily debunked "study" to dunk on liberal women. 

"New poll shows liberal women the most unhappy, lonely" declared a triumphant Fox News headline. This story was blasted across the channel, repackaged in multiple formats, and shared throughout right-wing media outlets like the New York Post and the Daily Mail. MAGA users on social media went nuts, gloating and congratulating themselves, mostly without bothering to read the article they were so excited about. If they had, they might notice this is the same "data" that gets resurfaced in both conservative and (shamefully) mainstream press every few months. They might even see the flaws in this "research," which depends on self-reporting and doesn't control for the pressure on conservative women to "keep sweet" even when they feel miserable. Or that liberal women probably aren't more depressed, just more willing to get treatment for it. 

The timing of this not-new and not-reliable "information" is sure helpful to MAGA leaders, who need to distract Trump voters from the disaster that is Trump's first month in office. The best way to quell any nagging doubts in the rank and file is to remind them of why they went MAGA in the first place: to stick it to the liberals. Telling each other a fairy tale where liberal women will pay for their sins of self-respect and independence is a good way to soothe themselves. More importantly, they can pretend all this destruction was worth it, if they can force women back into the kitchen.