BlogHide Resteemszafrada (78)in trump • 23 hours agoI think this is the dumbest strategy I have ever heard.And no it is not because I am trying to protect patriarchy but it simply is backwards to what you want to do with a strategy. Let me explain. They likely will not attract enough women to the 4B…zafrada (78)in kash • 2 days agoKash Patel as the head of the FBI couldn't be any more perfect.He's done so much, but was most influential as he investigated the Russia Gate fraud, and authored "Government Gangsters" which covers Deep State corruption. The resistance to him taking over the…zafrada (78)in avian • 3 days agoAvian flu remains low risk despite H5N1 case.Fortunately it doesn't appear the teen infected anyone else. But we don't know the source of their infection. The virus is similar to the avian flu circulating in wild birds. What keeps avian flu…zafrada (78)in house • 4 days agoAdam Carlson with charts showing how the competitive Senate and House races went this cycle relative to the presidential race.For the most part down ballot Democrats did better than the top of the ticket. So people probably shouldn't overreact to the 2024 election. The Democratic Party brand isn't dead. Of the…zafrada (78)in health • 5 days agoNow up to 52 avian flu cases in the US.Half of them have been among California dairy workers. No human to human transmission has been documented and we haven't seen the mutations that would make such transmission more efficient. The…zafrada (78)in disease • 6 days agoWho knows how many months remain of good coronavirus data from the CDC?KP.3.1.1 is still the dominant variant in the US, representing 52% of new cases. The new variant XEC is increasing now at 28%. It is a recombinant variant of KS.1.1 and KP.3.3. The updated COVID…zafrada (78)in trump • 7 days agoNot happy about Mike Huckabee becoming ambassador to Israel.Probably not good for Israel or world peace. Many end times Christians (not all) believe that Armageddon and the destruction of Israel paves the way to the kingdom of God on earth. I hope Mike…zafrada (78)in raw • 8 days agoI'm going to become the Joker.The rich part of this piece is Emily Oster is equivocating on raw milk amidst an avian flu outbreak in dairy cows. The elephant in the room is RFK and his ilk that make up conspiracy theories…zafrada (78)in trump • 9 days agoA Fox News host as Defense Secretary.You gotta be fucking kidding me. A Fox News host as Defense Secretary. Hegseth got Trump to pardon some soldiers who committed war crimes. He was stationed at Gitmo and defended the treatment of…zafrada (78)in congress • 10 days agoWe'll know if this race goes to a runoff this week.Looking that way (a lot of the outstanding vote is blue/Native), so Peltola should close the gap. RCV could be a battle. The House is looking like it will settle at ~220-215 with a ~3 seat…zafrada (78)in ladapo • 11 days agoJoseph Ladapo could very well be the next HHS Secretary under Trump.Amidst an active measles outbreak, Florida's Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo was not telling unvaccinated children to stay home nor recommending the vaccine. Measles is one of the most contagious…zafrada (78)in sci • 12 days agoScience fiction writers are often called "prophetic" and I understand why but it's not accurate.They aren't predicting the future. They are describing elements of the past and present that other people don't pay attention to or aren't aware of. Margaret Atwood used what she saw in history…zafrada (78)in future • 13 days agoYhe 2028 Senate map.Since I did this with 2026, here is the 2028 Senate map. Not a great map, but in a good year some possible flips. But a lot of vulnerable seats that will need defending. A lot of vulnerabilities…zafrada (78)in trump • 14 days agoI really can't even fathom all the terrible knock-on effects of Trump's presidency.On public health alone there is so much that will be put at risk globally. If you aren't aware, Republicans have been attacking PEPFAR in recent years. This is the program that combats HIV/AIDS…zafrada (78)in election • 14 days agoThis wasn't really a competitive House race, but I'm glad to see Mayra Flores lose again.She briefly held this seat for a few months in 2022 after winning the special election. She lost in the 2022 Midterms and now once again. In her 2022 campaign Flores used QAnon hashtags. And she…zafrada (78)in politics • 16 days agoRegistering my guesses for demo realignment:I don't buy Black voter realignment one bit. Polling cross tabs are showing a ridiculous realignment to Trump. The actual direct polling of Black voters hasn't shown that at all. I somewhat buy…zafrada (78)in black • 17 days agoBlack Voter Project polling.This recontact polling from the Black Voter Project shows Black voters coming home to Kamala Harris over time as undecideds shift to Harris. I've been convinced the Black cross tabs in polling are…zafrada (78)in election • 18 days agoFinal election forecast check-in.The models have it as a pure toss-up. All 7 battleground states are well within striking distance for either candidate. It wouldn't be at all surprising if either candidate swept all 7.…zafrada (78)in health • 19 days agoMarburg cases in Rwanda.No deaths in the last three weeks. Two patients remaining in treatment and stable. The Rwanda outbreak had a case fatality rate of only 22.7%. Marburg outbreaks can have case fatality rates as…zafrada (78)in us • 20 days agoThe unemployment rate is unchanged for October at 4.1%.The Sahm Rule recession signal is no longer triggered. It was a false positive. The October jobs report was heavily affected by the hurricanes, both in terms of actual job disruption and the…
