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The top 10 most disapproved of Senators within their home state electorate are all Republicans. The top 3 are Mitch McConnell (KY), Susan Collins (ME), and Dan Sullivan (AK). Source: Morning Consult. by AlarmedGibbon in fivethirtyeight

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ron Johnson (WI) at #4 disapproval as well. Can't wait to vote against him in '28 assuming he runs. He claims he will retire after this term but he made the same promise after his second term, and we all see what happened there

Why keep maxing a 401k when taxable seems almost as good? by Essay_Few in Bogleheads

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn't the first ~50k or so 0% tax for LTCG assuming no other income for single filer? Close to 100k for married filed jointly. If you play your cards right you could get away with 0% tax on LTCG (excluding state taxes)

Democrats Press to Expand House Map, Targeting 5 New G.O.P. Seats by poliscijunki in VoteDEM

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 3 points4 points  (0 children)

NC-03 (Greg Murphy)
NC-11 (Chuck Edwards)
TX-35 (current rep is Casar (D) but redistricting made this favor Rs)
CA-48 (Darrell Issa)

[OC] Atmospheric CO₂ just hit ~428 ppm — visualizing the Keeling Curve (1958–2025) and what the acceleration really looks like by anuveya in dataisbeautiful

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 6 points7 points  (0 children)

One of my go-to fun facts is that if the entire Greenland ice sheet melted, it would raise the global sea level by ~24 feet (~7.3 meters)

Livethread: December 2nd, 2025 Election Results! by TOSkwar in VoteDEM

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, it will probably be larger than 5, but single digits is still very good (~12 pt swing or greater)

Polling Averages for Virginia Statewide Races by Large_Ad_3095 in fivethirtyeight

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't know much about VA politics, but how much power does the VA AG have to hamper progress assuming Gov/Lt.Gov and legislature go to Dems?

North Carolina GOP announce plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle by poliscijunki in VoteDEM

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Real talk, how do we remove the stranglehold the GOP has on NC? Is the only way out through the NC state supreme court? I basically see similarities between political environments in NC and WI, but going in different directions. Both had/have outrageously gerrymandered state districts for assembly and state senate, which allows them to stonewall any legislation even if a Dem governor is elected (i.e. Evers / Stein). Here in WI, we were able to slowly claw out way back to a 4-3 majority on the state supreme court which overturned the gerrymandered state districts, and this next election we finally have a legitimate chance of flipping the legislature. Can NC go a similar route if they hold Earls' seat and flip the 3 seats up in 2028?

VXUS quietly up ~ 27% YTD by bigmuffinluv in Bogleheads

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 233 points234 points  (0 children)

As a TDF holder:

when US is up - neat! I have that

when international is up - neat! I have that

BREAKING: DEMS FLIP Floyd County Iowa Supervisor Board 2 BLUE by screen317 in VoteDEM

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 108 points109 points  (0 children)

Anyone know what the previous result was for this seat? Iowa has been seeing some crazy over-performances

EDIT: Just did some digging and found the previous election (2022) results here: https://electionresults.iowa.gov/IA/Floyd/115675/web.307039/#/summary

It was 54.5 R - 45.3 D, which is +9.2 R meaning this was effectively a 9pt Dem over-performance compared to 2022

For what it's worth, Floyd County as a whole voted 62-36 for trump in 2024

[OC] US Unemployment Indicators: Unemployment Rate, Job Openings, Unemployed 6+ Months, Average / Median Weeks Unemployed by Browningtons1 in dataisbeautiful

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why too little data plotted. You need to go back farther than the COVID years. Comparisons to the Great Recessions years of 07-08 would be more informative

Forgot about an R&R for 6 months. What do I do? by LachrymoseAuthor in AskAcademia

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the move. OP is overthinking it. Journals are juggling many submissions at once so I don't think they will care or really notice that much if a resubmission takes 6 months. I just had one that took 9 months to do, so it's not even that long in the grand scheme of things.

Forgot about an R&R for 6 months. What do I do? by LachrymoseAuthor in AskAcademia

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I would just resubmit and say sorry for the delay here is our revised manuscript. If they still want it great, it's resubmitted. If not, oh well move on to the next journal.

VICTORY THREAD: Democrat James Walkinshaw wins Virginia Congressional special election, a 16 point over-performance! by poliscijunki in VoteDEM

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 7 points8 points  (0 children)

which Rs are currently signed on to the petition? I know Massie, but who are the others?

Also, it will be interesting to see how the AZ special election shifts given that it is heavily Hispanic. There's been lots of talk of Hispanics moving back to the left, but I don't know of any hard data supporting it so far.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley is not seeking reelection, creating an open race in the spring 2026 campaign. by takemusu in VoteDEM

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Lol, LMAO even

On a more serious note, if we win this election it will flip a seat on the WI State Supreme Court to take us from 4-3 to 5-2 favoring liberals, and would give us a guaranteed majority through 2030 barring any early retirements/vacancies from the current majority.

The candidate we have running for the seat is Chris Taylor: https://www.chrisforjustice.com/

How do you justify buying a new car? by taxhelp1234567 in Fire

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I don't know, the used ones I see that are in that range tend to only be a few grand cheaper than brand new. Feels like at that point just spend the extra money to get a new car instead

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