Elaine Maisner

Visit iwillvote.com to find your polling place and make a plan for March 3rd.

A conservative site is reporting that Democrat Scott Harriman has won the special election for Maine's #HD94 by a 53-47 margin. x.com/LocalPolitic...

Looks like we're gonna have some pretty chonky overperformances in PA tonight—and unlike in Maine, we can calculate the presidential results by district with great confidence. Got 'em here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Eye-popping margins in the Pennsylvania special elections today:

—Democrats won HD94 by 63 points.
(Harris won it by 30 in 2024.)

—Democrats won HD42 by 35 points.
(Harris won it by 17 in 2024.)

[The 2024 numbers are via the essential @the-downballot.com].

YouTube video by Reuters How Reuters captured the Prince Andrew photo

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15 States Sue H.H.S. Over Revisions to Vaccine Schedule

Yes. “‘Copying Denmark’s vaccine schedule w/o copying Denmark’s health care system doesn’t give families more options—it just leaves kids unprotected fm serious diseases,’ said Kris Mayes, att. gen. of AZ.”

15 States Sue H.H.S. Over Revisions to Vaccine Schedule www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/h...

Front of the Brandenburg Methodist Episcopal Church, located at 215 Broadway in Brandenburg, Kentucky, United States. Wikimedia Commons

Ten scholars revisit Jon Butler’s 2004 Journal of American History article, “Jack-in-the-Box Faith: The Religion Problem in Modern American History,” evaluating how it inspired historians to embed religion in “mainstream” modern U.S. history, and its legacy amidst historiographical trends.

Curling, the chattiest sport of all.

This image explains so much about the world.

Sharing for the weekend crowd. I am on the advisory committee for this so I'm happy to answer any questions. Please share widely!

Compensation
● $1,500 per year
● Free AAHM membership
● Free registration for the AAHM annual meeting

on the contrary: NCEC has done it forever. I appreciate the work you do, but you should respect the work of those who came before you and have been doing it longer. NCEC data include the performance of every precinct for every presidential, US Senate, Congressional, statewide, & legislative race

And there was a critical reason *why* no one was doing this: No one could. No one had data on presidential results at the *legislative* district level.

Except us. We laboriously calculated these numbers, giving us a proper basis for comparison. It's so heartening to see the world hop on board!

Supreme Court Decides Our Tariff Case - and We Won! NA Today, the Supreme Court decided our case challenging Donald Trump's massive IEEPA tariffs. In a 6-3 decision, Court rightly ruled…

reason.com/volokh/2026/...

Now get ready for the whining!

WDJ headline

WSJ headline

So much winning!

Best tariffs take I've seen the past year

Straight into my veins. Ordinary statutory interpretation and constitutional requirements adequately addresses delegation. Gorsuch's MQD, invented out of wholecloth, should have no role in deciding separation of powers cases.

still remember the "it's too early/hyperbolic/irresponsible to compare these guys to Nazi Germany" Reasonable Posters - whom, I imagine, are waiting for the renovations to be completed before they update their priors

US economy slowed sharply in the fourth quarter, expanding at a rate of just 1.4% | CNN Business The US economy grew at a much slower pace in the final months of 2025 as the historic government shutdown weighed on economic activity, ending a year that saw the weakest growth since the pandemic.

www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/e...

The Many Faces of Regime Change in Cuba Cubans confront a host of problems amid a national health emergency — and the Biden administrative is only adding to punitive sanctions with the intent to make everything worse.

Read this on a regular schedule:
jacobin.com/2021/07/cuba...
by Louis A. Pérez Jr @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social

Trump Order Aims to Boost Weedkiller Targeted in Health Lawsuits

We are in the Upside Down, folks.

Trump Order Aims to Boost Weedkiller Targeted in Health Lawsuits www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...

Republicans Reach Deal With Democrats in N.C. Voter Rolls Case

Republicans Reach Deal With Democrats in N.C. Voter Rolls Case www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...

FDA reverses course, agrees to review Moderna’s flu vaccine The FDA reversed course and told Moderna it would review its application for a new flu vaccine, the company announced Wednesday.

This. www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/f...

Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

Insanity. They are laughing at us.

Video: We Tracked All the Lawsuits Against the Second Trump Administration The Supreme Court and appeals courts have been much more likely to rule in President Trump’s favor than the district courts have been. Why? Our reporter Mattathias Schwartz describes what’s going on.

Important.

We Tracked All the Lawsuits Against the Second Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Ohio, rise up!

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Hello

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

And in case you don’t know who Russell Vought is, he’s the Xtian Nationalist planner of virtually everything that’s happening. Look him up. 👁️