#Midwest

Since I keep getting shit on by so many Bernie supporters, let me spell it out for you:Warren was/is my first choice. I am fully in support of progressive policies.Unfortunately,
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I do not find movies about Hasidic Jews interesting because the entire appeal is "look how weird and foreign these people are." Whether the creators understand it or not the
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NEW: A collaboration between @KFF and @CookPolitical examining attitudes and experiences of voters in four key battleground states (MI, MN, PA, and WI). https://www.kff.org/other/report/blue-wall-voices-project/ With the help of @ssrs_research, we
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Why was every model coming out of an institution w/ ties to the Gates Foundation (IHME, King's College) so far off the mark from reality?Why did the videos of WuFlu
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Today, I am thinking about oddly clear memories of reading experiences I’ve had.Like the summer I read all of Malamud’s stories. I was staying in Iowa for a summer research
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Erin Heaney, national organizer for SURJ (an anti-racist organization) has wisdom for this morning: "White folks - you're probably waking up this morning, turning on the news, full of rage.
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Here's a corollary to the lean change map I posted two days ago: the best Democratic performances in Kansas relative to the state over the past twelve years. The patterns
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like this for a rly nice indirect !! ill do them in the morning >:D 1 - we never really talk but ur super chill !! 2 - ur so
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I made a list of some of the best moments in Kentucky Basketball in recent memory, and ended up seeding them and putting them into a bracket. Voting will begin
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I've seen a lot people go from "I don't like Trump. I voted for Obama" to "Ben Shapiro makes some good points" to "Why doesn't BLM say all lives matter?"
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How to get inflation > target in 2 easy steps:1) US govt says: "The $864B deficit we ran in June is the new normal. That'll be the deficit EVERY mth
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Hey from Arizona! Where things are going smoothly!A big reason:Maricopa County (60% of AZ electorate) has 75% more ballots returned at this point than four years ago & processing is
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One interesting--and perhaps extremely telling--thing about the race is that there's a big disconnect between the way the Trump team (and maybe everyone) thinks Trump can win, and his actual
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Let's talk about polls and why they matter...A THREAD1/ There is plenty of anxiety about whether the polls will be "right" this year. It's because people care a lot about
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There is a lot of chatter about #vaccines and phases right now but it’s all at a science level and we know the understanding is getting lost so, #Thread
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Driving back and forth to the Ozarks this weekend, I'm reminded how much damage has been done to small towns all over rural America by 20th century approaches to traffic
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