Alexandra Samuels
@AlexSamuelsx5
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national politics reporter. formerly @texasmonthly @FiveThirtyEight @TexasTribune. Bostonian. Talk to me: [email protected]
Joined December 2011
“I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people,” writes one of the resigned CDC Drs, complaining of eugenics thinking and invoking fighting fascism
My resignation letter from CDC. Dear Dr. Houry, I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business.
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NEW for Inside Elections: @baseballot goes long on the proposed California map, with updated Baseline metrics for every potential district. Plus, a newsy item that former Stockton Mayor KEVIN LINCOLN could pivot from running in CA-09 to the new CA-13. https://t.co/R1t0CbcZdT
insideelections.com
Inside Elections is a non-partisan newsletter covering U.S. House, Senate, and gubernatorial campaigns, Presidential politics, and political developments.
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I joined On The Ballot (the @ballotpedia podcast) to talk about redistricting!
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NEW Crystal Ball -- @JMilesColeman and I assess the new Texas map. How we would rate it IF it goes into effect: 26 Safe R 8 Safe D 2 Likely R-ish (TX-9 and 35) 1 Leans R-ish (TX-34) 1 Toss-up (TX-28) Rs should gain seats, though 5 not guaranteed https://t.co/Vi0SunkxTy
centerforpolitics.org
A proposed Republican gerrymander of Texas could allow them to gain five extra seats, although not all of these gains are guaranteed.
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BREAKING NEWS: State Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to court records. https://t.co/watiM75oIW
#txlege
kut.org
In her divorce petition, Paxton accused her husband of adultery. Ken Paxton is challenging John Cornyn in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
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No Democrat should celebrating this massive overreach of presidential authority. It is long overdue that Congress reclaim its war powers.
As I’ve long maintained, this was the correct move by @POTUS. Iran is the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism and cannot have nuclear capabilities. I’m grateful for and salute the finest military in the world. 🇺🇸
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Hi everyone — I was laid off from my job on Friday If you know of any open opportunities in polling or market research (full-time or contracts/consulting), please let me know. I have 12 years of experience in the industry If you don’t, please consider reposting/sharing Thanks!
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Wild what you can do as a senator in your 50s
TONIGHT: @CoryBooker joins @maddow for his first interview tonight at 9pmET
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Breaking: Read the Signal messages.
theatlantic.com
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
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Curious decision to voluntarily leave the chat imo. Deserves more explanation. Obviously a good story but leave feeling like what we learned feels small compared to what we could’ve. https://t.co/XvaQu6edmd
theatlantic.com
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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ABC News has now fully taken down the old 538 archives, including all interactive projects since 2014. Aside from erasing history this prevents access to publicly released data, including polls/models and all story data. Totally unacceptable and a real betrayal of the public
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Just a reminder that all the data FiveThirtyEight collected—polls, election results, and much more—is available for download (for now) on our GitHub page.
github.com
FiveThirtyEight has 30 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
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Sad news: Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, who won the seat of the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, died last night.
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FiveThirtyEight has been — by far — the best data journalism site out there for years. Methodologically rigorous, transparent, phenomenal data viz & analysis. There will leave a gaping hole in the political data & polling world. They deserve so much better than this.
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damn. end of an era. ABC completely fumbled a real jewel.
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A refreshingly (?) short newsletter for a change. Democrats need to pick a direction; the middle ground of separating the world into naughty and nice billionaires is probably the worst option. https://t.co/87krfRMF0i
natesilver.net
You can be pro-capitalism or anti-oligarch, but the middle ground won’t persuade voters.
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