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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 46m

I love your parents 🩵 can’t wait to force our parents to be friends so they can sit and watch TV news together!

Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 2d

Strive for A1 instead of AI

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 2d

My last double-front page-byline weekend!

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 2d

When he started getting his shots in his 20s — including for polio, whooping cough and measles, according to medical records — he said it felt like an act of rebellion toward his parents, whose views he now vehemently disagrees with. “I was just like, ‘Load me up, Doc,’” he said.

Their parents never got them vaccinated. As young adults, they faced a choice.

Falling vaccination rates around the country mean more will grow up without protection from debilitating diseases until they are old enough to decide for themselves, typically at age 18.

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 2d

“President Donald Trump is reveling in a legally shaky plan to employ the shutdown to punish his enemies — or more accurately, their constituents.” @ktumulty.bsky.social

Analysis | Government shutdowns have become normal. This one is not.

Many of the actions of the administration have no precedent, which makes it a harder test of both sides.

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 3d

Love this www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

What are you reading? We asked six local book lovers.

At Metro stops and in parks around the area, readers share their book choices — and why and how they made them

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CNN @cnn.com · 3d

Rite Aid, once one of America’s biggest pharmacy chains, shuttered its remaining 89 stores this week after filing for bankruptcy in May for the second time in less than two years. https://cnn.it/3KUZkfl

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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 3d

More than 8 in 10 Jewish Republicans support Israel’s military actions in Gaza, compared with about half of independents and roughly 3 in 10 Democrats.
(Naftali Bendavid, @sfcpoll.bsky.social and @emgusk.bsky.social, Washington Post-unlocked)
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 3d

Most American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes against Palestinians; about 4 in 10 say Israel has committed genocide.
(Naftali Bendavid, @sfcpoll.bsky.social and @emgusk.bsky.social, Washington Post-unlocked)
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 3d

Polling small groups of people like Jewish Americans is always a difficult task - great to see methodologically careful work devoted to it

Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 3d

Most American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Danny Dougherty @dannydougherty.bsky.social · 3d

The top of this thread is getting a lot of reposts in my feed, but the entire thing is full of good polling and graphics

Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 3d

American Jews are split over whether they approve or disapprove of the military action in Gaza

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 3d

Spanberger leads Earle-Sears for Va. governor 55% to 43% per @washingtonpost @ScharSchool poll. Her Democratic ticket mates have smaller leads of 4 points for LG and 6 points for AG. @schneidergrgory.bsky.social Erin Cox @sfcpoll.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Spanberger holds wide lead in Virginia governor’s race, Post-Schar School poll finds

Democrat Abigail Spanberger is up 12 points over Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in campaign where the economy weighs heavily on voters’ minds, a Washington Post-Schar School poll found.

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 3d

Ya the margin of error is even larger among subgroups. That’s the error margin for the entire poll.

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 3d

Ugh I don’t, sorry. Also it’s three questions. @sfcpoll.bsky.social might be able to help when he’s back by a computer.

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 3d

American Jews are split over whether they approve or disapprove of the military action in Gaza

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 3d

American Jews are much more critical of Netanyahu’s leadership now than they were in 2020

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 3d

Most American Jews say Hamas and Netanyahu bear responsibility for the continuation of the war

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 3d

Most American Jews feel connected to Israel

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 3d

Most American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 3d

12 percent of births in Spain, where Overture was founded, are generated by IVF, compared with under 3 percent in the U.S. The Spanish government also subsidizes the procedure, which costs about $5,000 to $9,000 per cycle.

Robots are learning to make human babies. Twenty have already been born.

One in six people of reproductive age suffer from infertility. Start-ups are using AI-powered robots to increase IVF success rates and lower costs.

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 4d

Spanberger holds wide lead in Virginia governor’s race, Post-Schar School poll finds

Democrat Abigail Spanberger is up 12 points over Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in campaign where the economy weighs heavily on voters’ minds, a Washington Post-Schar School poll found.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 4d

Amen!!

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 5d

Who do Americans blame for the shutdown? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Who do you think is mainly responsible for the federal government partially shutting down?
Democrats in Congress 30%
Not sure 23%
Trump and Republicans in Congress 47%

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

Suffering from a dangling tooth on a broken jaw, grizzled Fat Bear Week veteran 32 “Chunk” became the 2025 champion.

Now in its 11th year, the annual bracket tournament celebrates the bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve as they bulk up for hibernation. https://wapo.st/3ICxdB4

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 7d

Devastating story with incredible graphics wapo.st/46GSwcv

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

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