I am not sure about through my entire life - but at least the last 5 years it is by far all the sports betting stuff. FanDuel, DraftKings etc all keep my favorite podcasts going and are all over sports TV now.
Missouri keeps electing Trump, Hawley & a GOP supermajority - yet voters passed Medicaid expansion, abortion rights, paid leave & marijuana legalization. All through direct democracy. New research on why. Find us at #MPSA2026, Thu April 23, 3:20 PM! #DirectDemocracy #Federalism #MissouriPolitics
co-authored with with @klunztrujillo.bsky.social, @thcallaghan.bsky.social, @drorwalter.bsky.social, @ophiryotam.bsky.social & @mattmotta.bsky.social!
Perplexed by the increased visibility of anti-vaccine beliefs in the US? New research on the asymmetry of vaccine activism - conspiratorial worldviews, not partisan identity, drive the gap. Come find us at the @asnpls.bsky.social Research Talks, #MPSA2026, Fri April 24, 1:30 PM! #VaccinePolicy #APLS
What predicts pro-MLM attitudes in a nationally representative US sample? TikTok use, not demographics, not politics.
Presenting "Platformed Persuasion" w/ Margaret Tait at #MPSA2026, Health Comms panel, Fri April 24 5:10 PM. Stop by if this sounds interesting to you - would love to connect!
Uncivil Democracy is now available worldwide!
What Wisconsin Independents Think. Third in a series on partisan and independent attitudes in the most competitive state in the nation.
charlesatpollsandvotes.substack.com/p/what-wisco...
Our new KFF Follow-up Survey of Marketplace Enrollees finds that one in ten 2025 Marketplace enrollees are now uninsured, and those who still have Marketplace coverage are facing higher health care costs and affordability challenges.
www.kff.org/public-opini...
What a photo from the Freep
Make it stop.
This is why @sammonson.bsky.social and Steve are the best in this business. Do I think Herbert was the MVP? Def not. But the construct of "value" for this award has always been absurd, and the rage content reacting to his vote ignores that. If the award was for best player - then call it that!
Wow, this is actually really good. Makes the point that the US uses mass vaccination as a way to paper over a lot of the holes in our social safety net.
The shooting of Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by federal agents in Minneapolis have enraged many people across the country. NPR wanted to know what supporters of President Trump's immigration policy think about the shootings. n.pr/3NMYfYy
Good convo on the show today, also thought it absolutely disgusting that Pegula and Beane threw McDermott and even Keon Coleman himself under the bus to the press with the "coaching staff wanted that pick". YOU are the GM and owner.
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Bills with a rugby style design on a huge 4th quarter play, @sammonson.bsky.social gonna love that
Cheers to another year, fellas. Thanks for being the best in the business, not to mention keeping me sane on my commute
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publish or perish 🤷♀️
Conspiracy theories about health fill a vacuum created by the lack of doctors in many rural communities. Meanwhile, doctors in these areas say patients have become increasingly distrustful and sometimes hostile. n.pr/4nRqsdT
Ouch @sammonson.com - tough beat flipping from the Pats to Cowboys in the Survivor pool
new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news
"We're doing the studies to make the proof."
This is the first lesson you learn in Pseudoscience 101. Followed by "well actually, correlation *is* causation."
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Demercado drops the ball ahead of the goal line. Make it make sense @sammonson.com
Cumulative measles cases reported in the U.S. in 2025
publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resourc...
“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”
V-Dem data
Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"
colleagues in political science. the formal update to the Garand and Giles journal ranking survey is now live. many of you will receive an email momentarily inviting you to participate. in the event you do NOT receive an invitation, please see this website to self-enroll. thanks! sharing = caring!
New, from me:
It was a terrible week, one that inspired some truly awful takes. The worst was the effort by Bari Weiss and The Free Press to smear universities as "the biggest culprits" to blame American political violence, with faculty training "jihadis."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
Viewpoint: Four tips for understanding this week’s ACIP meeting
The Vaccine Integrity Project thought it would be good to provide 4 helpful reminders, such as VAERS data do not prove causation
www.cidrap.umn.edu/v...
Parental support for school vaccine mandates remains high in US
Earlier this month, Kennedy told the media that he does not believe the federal government should mandate any vaccine.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
