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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 3h

Michael reviews major global headlines with retired Admiral James Stavridis, from Trump’s missile plan for Ukraine to Gaza’s fragile peace, Poland’s power, and America’s global focus.
Listen to the podcast here 🎧➡️ https://loom.ly/UowrdPk

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 5h

With world leaders from all political perspectives praising Trump’s role in Gaza’s ceasefire, Michael explores whether that same deal-making could heal the fractures in U.S. politics — or if America is too divided for peace.
Listen to the podcast here 🎧➡️ https://loom.ly/7l3hQnE

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 7h

Today's #poll: If President Trump applied his Middle East peace strategies to America's political divide, would he succeed?
Listen to the #podcast 🎧 loom.ly/7l3hQnE
Cast your vote 🗳️ loom.ly/6Y9cBds
Watch the discussion on YouTube 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jom5...

If Trump applied his Middle East peace strategies to America's political divide, would he succeed?

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 9h

If Trump applied his Middle East peace strategies to America's political divide, would he succeed?
Today's live stream comes with a a new look! Join the chat: https://youtube.com/live/jom5QXGIUh4

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 9h

Yesterday's #poll closed with 80.72% of 32,907 voters saying for a ceasefire, the exchange of 48 Israeli hostages for 250 Palestinians serving life sentences is justified.
Michael's thoughts on the #podcast 💭 https://loom.ly/7l3hQnE
Vote on today's poll 🗳️ https://loom.ly/6Y9cBds

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 1d

Michael talks with CNN’s Jeff Zeleny about a groundbreaking poll that reveals 5 distinct types of independent voters: Upbeat Outsiders, Disappointed Middle, Democratic Lookalikes, Republican Lookalikes, and Checked Out.
Listen to the #podcast here 🎧➡️ https://loom.ly/7l3hQnE

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 1d

Today's #poll: To facilitate a cease-fire, is the exchange of 48 Israeli hostages, 20 presumed alive, for 250 Palestinians serving life sentences justified?
Listen to the #podcast 🎧 loom.ly/7l3hQnE
Cast your vote 🗳️ loom.ly/6Y9cBds
Watch the discussion on YouTube 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHzU...

Is trading 48 Israeli hostages for 250 Palestinian prisoners justified for a cease-fire?

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday's #poll closed with 72.81% of 33,578 voters saying that they are reflexively anti-Trump. What are your thoughts on these results?
Vote on today's poll 🗳️ https://loom.ly/6Y9cBds

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 1d

Watch the fourth episode of The Mingle Project LIVE, Let's Talk About Self Sorting with special guest David Wasserman ( @redistrict.bsky.social ), on the Michael Smerconish YouTube channel.
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG2OfOao79U

Shocking data shows peak political polarization. Smerconish, David Wasserman break down self-sorting

Nothing illustrates the American electorate’s self-sorting like the Cracker Barrel vs. Whole Foods data assembled by David Wasserman, my guest in Mingle Epis...

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday's poll closed with 86.18% of 51,308 voters saying that the Gaza deal will not lead to peace between Palestinians and Israelis.
Vote on today's poll 🗳️ https://loom.ly/6Y9cBds

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 2d

We are LIVE! Tune in for The Mingle Project, Episode 4: Let's Talk About Self Sorting, with special guest David Wasserman ( @redistrict.bsky.social ), exclusively on the Michael Smerconish YouTube channel
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG2OfOao79U

Shocking data shows peak political polarization. Smerconish, David Wasserman break down self-sorting

Nothing illustrates the American electorate’s self-sorting like the Cracker Barrel vs. Whole Foods data assembled by David Wasserman, my guest in Mingle Epis...

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s poll question: Are you reflexively anti-Trump?
Cast your vote 🗳️ https://loom.ly/6Y9cBds

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 3d

Smerconish does a better job defending the Affordable Care Act than any politician.
Government Shutdown Shows No Sign of Ending Soon. Catch the full interview with Senator Joe Manchin & Smerconish here: https://youtu.be/CRICXC146UM

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday's poll closed with 74.14% of 36,116 voters saying that Trump should not get a Nobel Prize if peace holds in the Middle East.
Hear Michael's thoughts on the podcast 💭 https://loom.ly/7l3hQnE
Vote on today's poll 🗳️ https://loom.ly/6Y9cBds

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 3d

While some are having conniptions that the Free Press’ Bari Weiss is the new editor-in-chief of CBS News, Michael sees it as an overdue effort to “sell sneakers to Independents" (h/t to Michael Jordan). Watch here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0Yr-5YCb_mY

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 3d

Today’s poll question: Will the Gaza deal lead to peace between Palestinians and Israelis?
Cast your vote 🗳️ https://loom.ly/6Y9cBds

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 3d

Michael talks with @dr-brein.bsky.social about his new book "Why Brains Need Friends", exploring how human interaction is vital for brain health and why friendship might be as important to longevity as diet, exercise, or sleep.
Hear the #bookclub #podcast 🎧📖 loom.ly/w1hBbWM

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 4d

Michael and Dr. @ryanburge.bsky.social unpack the data behind Americans’ attitudes toward faith, atheism, and the intersection of belief and politics. Could the U.S. ever elect a president who openly rejects religion?
Listen to the #podcast here 🎧➡️ loom.ly/7l3hQnE

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 4d

Today's #poll question: If peace holds in the Middle East, should President Trump receive a Nobel prize next year?
Listen to the #podcast 🎧 loom.ly/7l3hQnE
Cast your vote 🗳️ loom.ly/6Y9cBds
Watch the discussion on YouTube 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k_S...

If peace holds in the Middle East, should President Trump receive a Nobel prize next year?

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 4d

Yesterday's #poll closed with 55.62% of 30,687 voters saying Trump's deployment of National Guard will not spur violence that would justify continued military presence.
Michael's thoughts on the #podcast 💭 https://loom.ly/7l3hQnE
Vote on today's poll 🗳️ https://loom.ly/6Y9cBds

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 5d

Nothing illustrates the American electorate’s self-sorting like the Cracker Barrel vs. Whole Foods data assembled by David Wasserman (@redistrict.bsky.social), my guest in Mingle Episode 4.
Sunday, 10am ET on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelSmerconish

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 5d

From a report that 1 in 5 teens have had a romantic AI relationship, to new research showing our brains can only handle 150 real friendships, Michael explores technology's effect our ability to truly mingle.
Listen to the #podcast here 🎧➡️ https://loom.ly/7l3hQnE

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 5d

At long last... I agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Watch on YT: https://youtu.be/GP6ZfFCm03U

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 5d

Today's #poll: Will President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops spur the sort of violence that would justify continued military presence?
Listen to the #podcast 🎧 loom.ly/7l3hQnE
Cast your vote 🗳️ loom.ly/6Y9cBds
Watch the discussion on YouTube 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsiP...

Will Trump's National Guard deployment spur violence that would justify continued military presence?

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 5d

Yesterday's #poll closed with 82.61% of 33,630 voters saying that they believe a female will be elected President of the United States before someone openly LGBTQ+.
Hear Michael's thoughts on the #podcast 💭 https://loom.ly/7l3hQnE
Vote on today's poll 🗳️ https://loom.ly/6Y9cBds

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