The Washington Post article about the corruptions of #SeanMcElwee is really amusing, if you have been a twitter wanker for the last couple of years - civilians may be forgiven for not knowing who that guy is. Not amusing, of course, is how this reactionary droid achieved some prominence in inner D.C. Dem circles. My post on his case: https://limitedinc.blogspot.com/2023/04/corruptions-of-empire-case-of-sean.html

FiveThirtyEight has a new story about how Sean McElwee, the founder of progressive polling firm Data For Progress, was forced out of the think tank in December after several post-midterm scandals. He was frequently betting on elections and issues polled on by the firm and received donations from and regularly advised Sam Bankman-Fried.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-cool-kid-of-progressive-politics-gambled-it-all-away/

FiveThirtyEight found no evidence that McElwee manipulated Data For Progress's polls for financial benefit but his well-documented public history of betting on politics have earned him permanent personal ban from the polling aggregator. Polls from the restructured Data For Progress will remain in the aggregator.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-were-preemptively-banning-a-pollster-and-not-banning-another/

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