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Writer, editor. Currently: Daily Kos. Formerly: FiveThirtyEight, Data for Progress. andrewmangan.com

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You almost gotta respect how much Trafalgar puts its thumb on the scale. Question wording talks about the Iran war in the past tense, as if it's over. Prematurely claims major victories. Says "ally troops" instead of the more divisive "Isreal."

Great stuff.

05.03.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump has signed more executive orders at this point in his second term than any president since World War II.

More shocking data in my latest:

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

02.03.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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At least 22 people killed in Pakistan as protesters try to storm US Consulate Authorities say at least 22 people were killed and more than 120 wounded in clashes with police on Sunday after protesters tried to storm the U.S.

apnews.com/article/paki...

01.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Only 21% of Americans Support the United States Initiating an Attack on Iran

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

01.03.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 2423 πŸ” 780 πŸ’¬ 197 πŸ“Œ 86
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Suspect in Texas shooting wore 'Property of Allah' clothing and Iranian flag emblem, AP source says A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that the gunman who killed two people at a bar in Texas early Sunday was wearing a sweatshirt that said β€œProperty of Allah,” and another shirt wit...

apnews.com/article/aust...

01.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 515 πŸ” 193 πŸ’¬ 136 πŸ“Œ 40
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Trump's second-favorite news site will make you go: Huh? Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. President ...

Trump very frequently posts links to a news website you've probably never heard of. Here's my deep dive into his connection to the site's founder.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

23.02.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump wants his name on everything. Trump voters don’t. Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. President ...

Trump is obsessed with his own name, but his voters? Not so much.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

17.02.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Career Opportunities careers page for Daily Kos

Daily Kos is hiring a staff reporter!

www.dailykos.com/jobs#job-sta...

16.02.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A huge loss

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11.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Proud about how this story turned out, though I did cut a fun chart during editing: the most popular/famous teams in the U.S.

(full interactive chart here: www.datawrapper.de/_/nvurN/)

09.02.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The NFL's political powerβ€”and how Trump fumbled it Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. President ...

Trump grasps the political power of football in Americaβ€”and he now sees that it could be used against him.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

09.02.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Immigration is not a real problem Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. Federal ...

Immigration regularly ranks as a top "problem" in the U.S.β€”but it's not a problem at all.

My latest column digs into why: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

02.02.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two federal agents involved in Alex Pretti shooting placed on administrative leave The development comes a day after DHS provided the first official timeline of the deadly encounter, stating that two federal officers had fired at Pretti.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

28.01.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis town hall A man wearing a black jacket has been tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar.

apnews.com/article/ilha...

28.01.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's Greenland plot has the public seeing red Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. Initially it ...

American public rejects just about every aspect of Trump's Greenland-takeover gambit.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

26.01.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded (Gift Article) A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.

A @nytimes.com video analysis shows that after agents restrained Alex Jeffrey Pretti & removed his gun from the skirmish, an agent appears to fire 4 shots at Petri.

That agent & another then fire 6 more shots at Pretti while he lies motionless on the ground.

25.01.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 247 πŸ” 135 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 15
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Federal agent secured gun from Minn. man before fatal shooting, videos show A Post analysis of videos sheds light on the encounter that left 37-year-old Alex Pretti dead.

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

25.01.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

24.01.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 816 πŸ” 467 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 110
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Preschooler and three other students detained by ICE, school district leader says The detentions of Columbia Heights students come after weeks of heightened concern and enforcement presence near and on Twin Cities school property.

www.startribune.com/preschooler-...

22.01.2026 03:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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In 2020, FiveThirtyEight published a chart that was weaponized to spread election disinformation. It still haunts me. - Poynter How a simple chart was stripped of context and turned into a symbol of fraud that outlived the news site that published it.

Great article from @kaleighrogers.bsky.social

www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...

21.01.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Abolish ICE’ hits record-high support Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. Abolish ICE, ...

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

20.01.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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America isn’t on board with Trump’s murky plan for Venezuela Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. On the third ...

I dug through the polling on Trump's Venezuela plan (as much as there is one), and the data is not good for him.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

12.01.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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What's old is new again, and that includes ... executions and measles. I look at five striking charts from last year: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

05.01.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Who's the top 2028 Democratic contender? Amid the waking hell of the second Trump administration, it’s hard not to pine for 2028. And the Democratic presidential primaries are just over two years away, so it’s a great time to take ...

The 2028 primaries are just two years away. No better time to look at the very early field of Dems who could run.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

05.01.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Republican governor in California? It’s possible. Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. Democrats ...

Democrats could be at risk of locking themselves out of California’s governor’s mansion. How's that possible? Here’s how.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

16.12.2025 19:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Supreme Court to decide on the constitutionality of the Constitution

05.12.2025 19:13 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why the flock do presidents pardon turkeys? Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. In the ...

Why does the president pardon a turkey? I dug through decades of data on this strange tradition and unearthed a lot of even stranger lore about the U.S.

A light column for Thanksgiving week: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

24.11.2025 15:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I reported about this trend back in August. Good to see major outlets finally noticing it.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

13.11.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jeffrey Epstein said in bombshell emails that Trump 'knew about the girls' House Democrats on Wednesday released emails from Jeffrey Epstein, in which the deceased financier accused of child sex trafficking said that President Donald Trump "knew about the girls" and that Tru...

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

12.11.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Where do people fit into an AI future? Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. The ...

AI companies are playing edgelord with your livelihood.

My latest column shows just how out of touch those companiesβ€”and their valuationsβ€”are in our current moment.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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