A Trump stock slump

Plus, some personal news about 538 and future plans

Mar 14, 2025

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Welcome back. It has been a while.

Some news

First, let me address the elephant in the room: Last week, ABC News fired the entirety of the (small) remaining staff at FiveThirtyEight (or 538, as they rebranded it in July 2023), including me. Needless to say this is a huge loss for journalism. The 13 people I worked with were some of the smartest, kindest …

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