BlogHide Resteemspomeline (78)in texas • 14 hours agoWith all the focus on the presidential race, few are talking about control in the Senate.The polls seem to indicate that Tester is going down in Montana. With the certain loss in WV this will give the Repubs the Senate no matter what. EXCEPT there is noise being made in Texas by…pomeline (78)in harris • 2 days agoNoncitizens as President?Kamala Harris, whose formative years were in Quebec, thinks this country is called The United States of The America. This sort of disconnect from even the most basic aspects of the USA was and is…pomeline (78)in health • 3 days agoWe had 200 pediatric flu deaths during the 2023-2024 flu season.That's a record outside of pandemic flu years. 83% of the pediatric deaths were among unvaccinated children. This was preventable. The flu vaccine reduces the risk of hospitalization and death.…pomeline (78)in health • 3 days agoFour more healthcare workers had mild respiratory symptoms following exposure to the Missouri bird flu case.It is too late for PCR testing, so the CDC is testing them for antibodies. So far we haven't seen any confirmed bird flu infections following the Missouri case. We have six potential exposures…pomeline (78)in trump • 4 days agoTrump merch!Donald Trump would like you to know that along with Trump sneakers, Trump NFTs, Trump bibles, Trump crypto, and Trump coins, he now has a selection of Trump watches available for purchase. If you…pomeline (78)in economic • 4 days agoThe economy hums along.Updating this chart of the economic indicators given today's releases. The economy is humming along. All indicators are above where they were at the beginning of the year. In a recession, most…pomeline (78)in health • 5 days agoThe Minnesota measles outbreak is ongoing.It is the largest outbreak in the state since 2017. It is occurring primarily in the Minneapolis Somali community among unvaccinated children. Both RFK Jr. and Andrew Wakefield (who first spread…pomeline (78)in fivethirtyeight • 6 days agoFiveThirtyEight's initial Senate polling averages.Yes at least according to the polling, Cruz is in one of the tightest Senate races this cycle. Don't count out some of these races. We haven't had much high quality Senate polling this cycle, so I…pomeline (78)in election • 8 days agoSplit Ticket Senate polling update.Very tight races that will decide control of the Senate. If you want to make your donations go the most consider giving to Tester, Brown, Allred, and Mucarsel-Powell. Tester probably would be…pomeline (78)in ukraine • 8 days agoZelensky greeting factory workers in Scranton, Pennsylvania.Zelensky greeting factory workers in Scranton, Pennsylvania who make the essential artillery shells keeping Russian forces at bay in Ukraine. Ukraine also signed an economic cooperation agreement…pomeline (78)in election • 10 days agoNew CBS poll.Harris up 4 points nationally and 2 points in the battlegrounds. She's significantly closed the gap on the economy. The biggest issue for voters by far. Voter sentiment about the state of the…pomeline (78)in attorney • 10 days agoNorth Carolina AG.The Democratic nominee for North Carolina Attorney General is now running ads attacking his opponent regarding Mark Robinson. The polling has been neck and neck. The race is rated as a toss-up.…pomeline (78)in split • 12 days agoThe folks at Split Ticket released their presidential forecast.Wonderful! Their initial forecast has Harris with a 62% chance of winning. They have Wisconsin and Michigan as slightly lean Democrat. And Florida and Texas as lean Republican. Their model…pomeline (78)in times • 13 days agoTimes/Siena is finally out.Inject it into my veins. Tied race nationally, but up 4 points in Pennsylvania. (My reminder the electoral college doesn't have a consistent bias. In 2008 and 2012 the electoral college bias…pomeline (78)in fivethirtyeight • 13 days agoWisconsin is getting close to likely D territory in the FiveThirtyEight model.Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia are all at their highest win probabilities of the cycle. Arizona is nearly at its highest. Harris has a 35% chance of winning…pomeline (78)in nowcast • 13 days agoGDP growth.A little over a month away from the release of the third quarter GDP. The nowcast is expecting 2.9% GDP growth. It would be excellent to have economic tailwinds going into the final stretch of the…pomeline (78)in putin • 14 days agoThe whole exchange was embarrassing.I don't know if she's doing Putin's bidding versus just being a useful idiot. But she's indistinguishable from the Grayzone and if I was trying to make a leftist Russian bot I wouldn't change a…pomeline (78)in health • 15 days agoWe are up to 251 measles cases this year across 29 states and DC.Highest number of cases since 2019. Oregon is experiencing its largest outbreak since 1991. Minnesota is experiencing their largest since 2017. Illinois's outbreak is contained and was the…pomeline (78)in health • 17 days agoHigh coronavirus activity across the country.Folks that were waiting for Novavax's updated vaccine, it is now available at pharmacies. CVS has appointments available for it as early as today. It targets JN.1 which is the close ancestor of…pomeline (78)in politics • 17 days agoPolitical identification.The WSJ editorial board realizing that the face eating leopards actually do eat faces. Republicans go to therapy instead of destroy the country challenge impossible. You know you don't have to…