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Emily Guskin
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ABC News Polling Director, former Postie, feminist, library fan, BRCA mutant. Nats! Caps! Terps! Kill them with kindness and methodological rigor. she/her signal: emgusk.04
Parents expect to spend an average of nearly $900 per child on back-to-school shopping this year: GMA/Ipsos Parents Poll. (@emgusk.bsky.social) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260802
Finally watching the Residence and I enjoyed that it was very clear a character lives in Silver Slring but they show her going to the Sarbanes station and switching between several buses when she could have just taken one down 16th Street??? (It was filmed before the bus lines changed.)
GMA/Ipsos Parents Poll: A majority of parents with children in kindergarten through 12th grade say prices for things they normally buy for back-to-school shopping are more expensive this year than last year. (@emgusk.bsky.social) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260802
New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo
She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
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Pleased to report tiny children are still singing songs from The Little Mermaid in the pool
“.. In normal times, [it] would be the stuff of major investigations .. “.. the DOJ brought a clearly shoddy case without getting all the information first .. another hasty prosecution brought for Trump’s political purposes ..” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/08/01/p...
Last night I was enjoying softserve from a new place I can walk to from my house and a teenage boy complimented my new purse that I bought with a discount my best friend shared with me. A perfect moment of joy.
My Nats season plan ticket rep called me today and I once again requested a Broadway night at the ballpark. Just doing what I can!!
On Monday evening, Haitian workers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport burst into tears as they were asked to turn in their badges. Marlene, 47, a single mother who has worked as an airport janitor for 12 years, said she has been sick to her stomach.
Airports, nursing homes and schools brace for disruption without Haitian workers
The Trump administration and courts are at odds over whether about 350,000 Haitians have officially lost humanitarian protections, but employers are already letting workers go.
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Parents expect to spend an average of nearly $900 per child on back-to-school shopping this year: GMA/Ipsos Parents Poll
Parents expect to spend an average of nearly $900 per child on back-to-school shopping this year: GMA/Ipsos Parents Poll
Over two-thirds of parents say back-to-school shopping is more expensive this year.
goodmorningamerica.com
The fates of the U.S. economy and millions of retirement accounts are entangled with a giant bet on AI by leading tech firms
America’s biggest companies are burning cash on AI. It’s risky for everyone.
The fates of the U.S. economy and millions of retirement accounts are entangled with a giant bet on artificial intelligence by leading tech firms.
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I am optimistic for the good journalists that remain at The Washington Post. I hope this trends towards better leadership.
Natalie Korach@nataliekorach.bsky.social · 5d agoNew: Washington Post Opinion editor Adam O’Neal is leaving, he announced in an internal memo Friday
Who wants to rent in uncanny valley
AI Listings Have Made Apartment Hunting Even More Debasing | Defector
I started reading Valley of the Dolls for the first time the other night. It opens in 1945, with Anne Wells landing in New York and securing a job as a secretary at Henry Bellamy’s theatrical agency. ...
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The U.S. delegation at a global AIDS conference displayed a map of Africa that’s so wrong the State Department has been issuing apologies. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
State Dept. apologizes for mislabeling countries on Africa map
The map, part of a presentation Sunday at the AIDS 2026 summit in Rio de Janeiro, purports to show six African countries that are receiving U.S. health funding. It gets each of them wrong.
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Rylie Middaugh was more than 2,500 miles from home when she and her boyfriend broke up. She felt lost and needed a place to live. That’s when a friend suggested: Go stay with Tom Ward. The living situation brought her an unexpected friendship. https://wapo.st/3TrCu3n
A brand new GMA-Ipsos poll! The first one ever! Story TK later today, but here’s two of the biggest findings on TV this morning:
July polls show the depth of Americans’ economic pessimism. (@emgusk.bsky.social) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260730
Americans are down on the economy and concerned about costs: Polls!
Americans are down on the economy and concerned about costs: Polls
July polls show the depth of Americans’ economic pessimism.
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"The Trump-approved design also calls for large glass windows and gold accents throughout the airport, such as high, gold-mirrored ceilings."
Trump set to unveil Dulles makeover after months of personal edits
The multibillion-dollar project to overhaul the airport would replace aging terminals and eliminate its long-disparaged “people movers.”
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absolutely undefeated in the genre of beautiful writing about "humans mostly just doing their best"
Districted #052 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 0.00 total miles off DC Native washingtonian.com/districted/
Daily DC Geography Game – Districted - Washingtonian
Think You Know DC? Prove It in our new map-based daily game. We give you five local places. You drop the pins.
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Cried on the Metro finishing Whistler this morning. How does Ann Patchett do it every time????
You can ask a chatbot where you can vote. But should you?
Should you ask AI about voting? Election officials are cautious, but some see opportunity
Elections officials are grappling with voters using artificial intelligence chatbots, such as ChatGPT or Claude, to get information about upcoming election dates.
abcnews.com
I am deeply a spreadsheet person but absolutely not (I also have a husband, so)
Singles Are So Burned Out They’re Letting Spreadsheets Evaluate Their Dates
Forget intuition. Young adults are rushing home to crunch the numbers before they decide if the date actually went well.
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