Interest Groups Battle To Deflect Health Taxes

Nate Silver accused pollsters of putting their “fucking finger on the scale” and “lying” in an episode of his Risky Business podcast. Said Silver: “I don’t think we’re going to learn very much in this last week of the polling. In fact, I kind of trust pollsters less, they all, every time a pollster says ‘Oh, every state is is just +1, every single state’s a tie,’ No!

A Harris campaign spokesman said that they’re “not closing the door on anything there,” suggesting a Joe Rogan sit-down is still possible, but the vice president is “pretty damn busy and it’s hard to schedule things.”

Nine Republican operatives and canvassers connected to the Elon Musk-backed America PAC told NBC News that “they’re worried the high-profile grassroots operation on behalf of Donald Trump’s presidential bid may hamper his chances in states decided by slim margins.” “They raised concerns about canvassers’ submitting an inordinate amount of suspect data.”

“Days before a neck-and-neck presidential race, pump prices — one of the most salient data points consumers use to gauge inflation — are tumbling in key swing states,” Bloomberg reports. “In Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona, retail fuel prices have fallen at least 20% since the 2022 midterm election.”

The Cook Political Report projects that Republicans are likely to pick up between 2 and 5 seats. “If Republicans sweep the ‘Blue Wall’ states, which have all tightened in the final weeks, they could reach as high as 54 or 55 seats — a cushion for a tougher 2026 midterm cycle.

“Job growth slowed sharply last month, with workers sidelined by hurricane effects and the ongoing Boeing strike,” the Wall Street Journal reports.