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Glass half full - most of the time...

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@GuntherEagleman Albertans don't appear to trust this government, why should we?

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@CaliforniaGlobe BTW, the Dr title is neither a medical doctor, nor a PhD. It's a professional degree; a DSW which is a Doctorate of Social Work.

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@ToscaAusten Just another smug woke Presbyterian.

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@catturd2 I'm not sure what bothers me more... Thune himself, or his 3 stooges.

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@LibertyValkyrie You can trace this environmental disaster back to Nancy Skinner, the tire lady. Supposed environmentalist, that directly around her apparently doesn't matter. Term limits has created this mountain of bureaucrats who proved their radical bona fides in the CA state legislature.

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@shipwreckedcrew Guess they've never read Tom Clancy...

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@houmanhemmati Has Nancy Skinner ever had a job that didn't involve bullying Californians into doing stupid things?

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@TheLastRefuge2 Yes

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@BrianRoemmele And Beethoven's Ninth Symphony would be the ultimate!

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@jeffreytucker Time warp is so accurate. An ongoing reference point for me is: did that happen before Covid or after? I remain grateful to those of you who publicly questioned issues surrounding that whole fiasco.

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@AdrianDittmann Meanwhile, back on Earth in Mamdani's NYC
https://t.co/pFMu1wy4l8

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IMHO she is just another accomplished cherry-picker. Since live broadcasts don't come with footnotes, as long as Fox gives her airtime to spew her opinions ('cause she's an opinion machine married to a hedge-fund guy) there isn't enough time on the show to rebut anything she says. I doubt she's changing minds of Fox viewers.

Per Grok:

**Jessica Tarlov uses “data-driven” to describe her approach of grounding Democratic/liberal arguments in polling numbers, research findings, demographic breakdowns, economic statistics, and other empirical evidence rather than relying primarily on ideology, emotion, or pure partisanship.**

She has said (including in a *New York Times* profile and on *Pod Save America*) that she hopes Fox News viewers will “sit up and listen” when they see “a reasonable and data-driven representative of the left who can also get along with their colleagues.” The phrase appears in the context of her goal of injecting a Democratic perspective into a conservative audience while modeling civil disagreement.

This aligns with her professional background:
- She worked for years as a Democratic pollster and strategist at Schoen Consulting (under Douglas Schoen).
- She earned a Ph.D. in political science from the London School of Economics; her dissertation examined how scandals affect electoral outcomes.
- She later led research and consumer insights at Bustle Digital Group, analyzing audience data (especially around Gen Z and Millennials).

On *The Five*, this shows up in practice when she frequently cites specific poll results (approval ratings, demographic crosstabs, issue priorities), economic indicators, crime statistics, or other quantifiable data to challenge conservative framing. Recent examples include breaking down full Fox News poll results that her co-hosts referenced only partially, citing Trump’s approval ratings in the 30s across multiple surveys, or pointing to trends in homicide rates or voter preferences by group.

In short, “data-driven” is her way of signaling that she prepares with numbers and research, presents left-leaning views as evidence-based and pragmatic, and aims to make those views more persuasive (or at least harder to dismiss) to audiences who might otherwise tune out a more purely ideological liberal voice. Her forthcoming book *I Disagree* also emphasizes skills like effectively using data and statistics in arguments.

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@Real_DrScott1 Someone has to know the WHY of this guys actions. It's time for some "truthing".

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@TheChiefNerd As a pediatrician who probably derived 25% of your income (or more) from vaccinating your patients up to 72 times each, what can you tell us about the potential vaccine injuries to your patients vs the benefit to them? Versus the financial benefit to you?

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@BuzzPatterson @TheFive @JessicaTarlov @TheDemocrats If she's on, my "off" button works just fine. 'Nuff said.

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And is anyone analyzing how much NIH funding was subawarded to Chinese and other foreign operations via NIH grants to Universities. Perhaps the states should be investigating that activity since a federal pardon may not cover that kind of activity. And it may have happened before 2014 as well.

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While I seldom drive in downtown SF, I recently drove in a few neighborhoods with WaMo svc and found them to be a bit disconcerting. When they stop for passenger ingress/exress it feels a little unpredictable when and under what conditions they'll start moving again. Maybe it just seems odd to see them stopped and/or moving in traffic without anyone in them. Probably just takes some getting used to...

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According to Sen. Rand Paul, all the relevant documents that have recently been released publicly, have resided on a web site available to all committee members and their staff FOR THE PAST YEAR! To access them, they had to request a password. Paul asserts that none of the Dem committee members asked for access. They are:

Ranking Member: Gary Peters (Michigan)
Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire)
Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut)
John Fetterman (Pennsylvania)
Andy Kim (New Jersey)
Ruben Gallego (Arizona)
Elissa Slotkin (Michigan)

Instead they chose to ignore any facts available from those documents and spend their time pretending that Fauci deserves praise. Very tough to watch clips of their incredible ability to suck up to this horrible person.

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@TheLivingLibary The first paid advert I've ever followed! The protagonist of a novel set in the time of the conquistadores gave me great advice on how to find traces of her footsteps in Santiago. Amazing! Read the book... and then could interact with an Ai that reminds me of her. I'm hooked!

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@AZ2ADave Something has died in darkness with this guy.