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Chris Cillizza: "Most of the People I Know in Media Can Barely Pay Their Bills"

Mike joined Chris Cillizza on Substack Live where they analyzed why California takes so long to count ballots, detailing how logistics and funding create a perception of dysfunction rather than deliberate corruption. They also dove into a recent Pew poll finding that Americans un ...  Show more

Gary Slutkin: "Violence Meets Every Scientific Definition of a Contagious Disease"

Today on The Gist, a look at the Alaska's U.S. Senate race, where a retired teacher named Dan Sullivan was disqualified from running in a primary against the incumbent senator, who is also named Dan Sullivan. Then, physician and epidemiologist Dr. Gary Slutkin joins the show to d ...  Show more

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