Emily Guskin
@emgusk.bsky.social
ABC News Polling Director, former Postie, feminist, library fan, BRCA mutant. Nats! Caps! Terps! Kill them with kindness and methodological rigor. she/her signal: emgusk.04
Long form response
my favorite pollster olympics event is big questionnaire
February 13, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Long form response
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gotta start using "goofy stance - regular stance" as a response scale on political policies
February 12, 2026 at 7:16 PM
gotta start using "goofy stance - regular stance" as a response scale on political policies
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Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Omg at the ending of last night’s jeopardy!!!!
February 13, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Omg at the ending of last night’s jeopardy!!!!
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The Trump administration has delivered a deadly blow to longstanding US climate policy, finalizing rules that revoke the EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution: https://cnn.it/4qEN3Ln
Trump repeals EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution | CNN
The Trump Environmental Protection Agency delivered a significant blow to longstanding US climate policy on Thursday, finalizing rules to revoke a 2009 scientific finding that human-caused climate cha...
www.cnn.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The Trump administration has delivered a deadly blow to longstanding US climate policy, finalizing rules that revoke the EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution: https://cnn.it/4qEN3Ln
Congress exerts power over D.C. and blocks tax policy
In rare move, Congress exerts power over D.C. and blocks tax policy
City officials warn that the move could cost D.C. roughly $600 million in revenue through 2029 and cause major complications for tax season.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Congress exerts power over D.C. and blocks tax policy
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Kennedy Center fundraising shop in deep turmoil after Trump takeover
Kennedy Center fundraising shop in deep turmoil after Trump takeover
Current and former employees say the center’s head of development Lisa Dale is the source of the fundraising troubles.
dlvr.it
February 11, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Kennedy Center fundraising shop in deep turmoil after Trump takeover
I know newspapers print stories late but this Metro story ran online in November!! H/t @marcfisher.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I know newspapers print stories late but this Metro story ran online in November!! H/t @marcfisher.bsky.social
A Missouri grandma and lawful resident spent months in detention for a decade-old misdemeanor, underscoring the massive scope of the administration’s deportation efforts. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
She bounced a $25 check in 2014. ICE tried to deport her.
A Missouri grandma and lawful resident spent months in detention for a decade-old misdemeanor, underscoring the massive scope of the administration’s deportation efforts.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
A Missouri grandma and lawful resident spent months in detention for a decade-old misdemeanor, underscoring the massive scope of the administration’s deportation efforts. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
Love this story by Robert Samuels
Analysis | The history of figure skating’s most controversial trick — the backflip
This is the first Olympics to feature backflips in over 25 years.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Love this story by Robert Samuels
Can recommend all the books with checkmarks and I’m really enjoying the writing in hamnet
February 11, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Can recommend all the books with checkmarks and I’m really enjoying the writing in hamnet
Every week, I go through the bestsellers list in Book World and mark off what I’ve read or what I’m reading (or what my husband read). This is the last week I get to do this 😭
February 10, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Every week, I go through the bestsellers list in Book World and mark off what I’ve read or what I’m reading (or what my husband read). This is the last week I get to do this 😭
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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From @theathletic.com: Sarah Schleper and Lasse Gaxiola will be the first mother-and-son duo to compete at the same Winter Olympics.
Mexico’s mother-son Alpine skiing duo set to make Winter Olympics history
Sarah Schleper, 46, and Lasse Gaxiola, 18, are the first mother and son to compete at the same Winter Games.
nyti.ms
February 10, 2026 at 9:10 PM
From @theathletic.com: Sarah Schleper and Lasse Gaxiola will be the first mother-and-son duo to compete at the same Winter Olympics.
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Also, this is such a banger line both thinking about audiences and polling:
"It is true, of course, that the public is only a useful fiction. No one has ever seen one in the wild."
"It is true, of course, that the public is only a useful fiction. No one has ever seen one in the wild."
February 10, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Also, this is such a banger line both thinking about audiences and polling:
"It is true, of course, that the public is only a useful fiction. No one has ever seen one in the wild."
"It is true, of course, that the public is only a useful fiction. No one has ever seen one in the wild."
"The books section of a newspaper plays an altogether different role. It does not cater to aficionados; it seeks new recruits."
The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post
Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section.
www.newyorker.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
"The books section of a newspaper plays an altogether different role. It does not cater to aficionados; it seeks new recruits."
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Washington #Nationals president of baseball operations opened a video call with media bemoaning the loss of the Post sports department and ball writers Andrew Golden, Spencer Nusbaum, Chelsea Janes and Barry Svrluga, while noting the San Francisco Chronicle's role in shaping him as a youth.
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Washington #Nationals president of baseball operations opened a video call with media bemoaning the loss of the Post sports department and ball writers Andrew Golden, Spencer Nusbaum, Chelsea Janes and Barry Svrluga, while noting the San Francisco Chronicle's role in shaping him as a youth.
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NEW: Days after the Census Bureau proposes to include a US citizenship question on the 2026 Census Test, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who oversees the bureau, told Sen. @peters.senate.gov he's "not familiar" with the bureau's studies showing the question is likely to lower census participation
A Review of Broadband Deployment Funding at the Department of Commerce | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
February 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
NEW: Days after the Census Bureau proposes to include a US citizenship question on the 2026 Census Test, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who oversees the bureau, told Sen. @peters.senate.gov he's "not familiar" with the bureau's studies showing the question is likely to lower census participation
A pollster, or not
every personal life section should just indicate whether or not this is the case
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmo_Ro...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmo_Ro...
![Personal life and family
His son, Bud Roper, was also a pollster.[11]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:prpvntklgieefdnv234z5gae/bafkreieto6tbzav6x35djgtsleufeizu7bfip35zpaf6hukcjjyyi4cttq@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
A pollster, or not
Also so many of my friends are experiencing this job hunting hell right now and should give this podcast a listen (so should people in hiring positions to understand what it feels like out there right now)
February 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Also so many of my friends are experiencing this job hunting hell right now and should give this podcast a listen (so should people in hiring positions to understand what it feels like out there right now)
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2/10 AM UPDATE: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's staff layoffs additionally include:
· Rosana Hughes, a bilingual breaking news reporter
· Avery Newmark, a lifestyle & wellness journalist and media producer.
Yes, every layoff we know so far is still a woman and/or a person of color.
· Rosana Hughes, a bilingual breaking news reporter
· Avery Newmark, a lifestyle & wellness journalist and media producer.
Yes, every layoff we know so far is still a woman and/or a person of color.
BREAKING: @ajc.com on Tuesday evening said it will lay off approximately 50 staffers, about 15% of its headcount, as it seeks to cut costs and marshal resources to invest in its growth.
The AJC published its last print edition on 12/31. About half of those laid off will come from the newsroom.
The AJC published its last print edition on 12/31. About half of those laid off will come from the newsroom.
The AJC to cut staff as it continues digital transformation
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said Tuesday it will lay off staffers in the newsroom and other segments of the business.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:53 PM
2/10 AM UPDATE: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's staff layoffs additionally include:
· Rosana Hughes, a bilingual breaking news reporter
· Avery Newmark, a lifestyle & wellness journalist and media producer.
Yes, every layoff we know so far is still a woman and/or a person of color.
· Rosana Hughes, a bilingual breaking news reporter
· Avery Newmark, a lifestyle & wellness journalist and media producer.
Yes, every layoff we know so far is still a woman and/or a person of color.
A podcast episode not about polling that talks about how important it is to read polling methodology 💗💗💗💗
Surviving job hunting hell
Podcast Episode · This Is Uncomfortable · 01/15/2026 · 36m
podcasts.apple.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:09 PM
A podcast episode not about polling that talks about how important it is to read polling methodology 💗💗💗💗
It’s 26° F and I can’t get over how warm it feels
February 10, 2026 at 1:51 PM
It’s 26° F and I can’t get over how warm it feels
Carreira and Ponomarenko essentially dancing to that Pulse CD they sold on TV (I have a burned copy of it in my car)
February 10, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Carreira and Ponomarenko essentially dancing to that Pulse CD they sold on TV (I have a burned copy of it in my car)
lol at the U.S. skaters born 2000-2002 thoughts on the 1990s (music choices great though!!!!!)
February 10, 2026 at 2:09 AM
lol at the U.S. skaters born 2000-2002 thoughts on the 1990s (music choices great though!!!!!)