zafrada (78)in #north • 13 hours agoNorth Carolina to remove RFK from ballot.Not especially surprising given North Carolina's Supreme Court. But this will further delay North Carolina's early…zafrada (78)in #trump • 2 days ago"It doesn't matter how bad her policies are, it's important to stop him" seems so goofy to me.I say this as someone who has never and will never vote for him. Like... he's a blustering, bumbling buffoon. A…zafrada (78)in #harris • 3 days agoMargins of error.This is the exact same result as their last poll in July when she became the nominee. Margins of error are your friend…zafrada (78)in #ukraine • 4 days agoExecutions on surrendering troops.Not the first time Russia has executed surrendering Ukrainians. Won't be the last. Russia also is using barrier troops…zafrada (78)in #political • 5 days agoNew Cook Political Report House race ratings.Good stuff overall. Democrats' chances of taking the House improving. I think I disagree with their rating for…zafrada (78)in #libertarianism • 6 days agoLibertarians were a mistake.Trump wants to invade Mexico. Trump assassinated General Soleimani while he was visiting Baghdad airport. Trump once…zafrada (78)in #election • 7 days agoDont trust election models.This is a good piece. I think election models can be useful for trends and to add color to the uncertainty inherent…zafrada (78)in #afghanistan • 8 days agoThe Trump negotiation skills.Mr. Trump is very public about his negotiating prowess, so it seems reasonable that he would want you to see this.…zafrada (78)in #gaza • 9 days agoA rapid polio vaccination campaign has started in Gaza after the recent polio outbreak.A welcomed development. There will be pauses in the fighting to allow the vaccinations to occur. Since we are…zafrada (78)in #democrat • 10 days agoMore Nebraska second district polling courtesy of Split Ticket.Lovely. Harris leads the district by 5 points. And Vargas leads incumbent representative Bacon. There is a very…zafrada (78)in #health • 11 days agoVaccine update.Novavax's vaccine is targeting JN.1 rather than KP.2 which Moderna and Pfizer are targeting. This is because the…zafrada (78)in #harris • 12 days agoConsumer sentiment.Consumer sentiment rose in August. Now 36% above its all-time low of 50 on June 2022. Consumers now expect Harris to…zafrada (78)in #nate • 13 days agoFwiw Nate Silver's election model thinks North Carolina and Georgia will vote together this year.They are highly correlated in his model. And either state could be the tipping point state. North Carolina has some…zafrada (78)in #politics • 14 days agoCook political report.Cook Political Report has shifted North Carolina's gubernatorial race to lean Democrat from toss-up. Their ratings…zafrada (78)in #election • 15 days agoDecisions desk forecast.Decision Desk has relaunched its election forecast now that Harris is the nominee. They forecast Harris with a 56%…zafrada (78)in #ukraine • 16 days agoThe Zelensky speech.Zelensky's speech yesterday marking Ukraine's independence day and announcing their new missile drone Palianytsia was…zafrada (78)in #nate • 17 days agoFwiw Nate Silver's polling average sees RFK's effect as helping Trump by only 0.3%.FiveThirtyEight's polling average for reference sees RFK's effect as helping Trump by only 0.2%. His polling was on…zafrada (78)in #harris • 18 days agoThe DNC beat the RNC on ratings. By a pretty large margin.And Kamala Harris' speech was seen by more people than Trump's speech: 28.9 million versus 28.4 million. And most…zafrada (78)in #health • 19 days agoFDA has approved the updated COVID vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer.Everyone is eligible for it and should get it. We are in the middle of a summer surge in the virus. The new vaccines…zafrada (78)in #housing • 20 days agoIncreasing housing supply.You can make our housing situation more complicated, but at the end of the day the bulk of it is that we just have…
