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Midseason NBA Predictions: Final Records, Playoff Seeding, and Lottery Results
As we are now halfway through the 2025–2026 NBA season, I feel it is necessary to launch Gambit’s NBA Model season predictions and analysis. With the league officially entering the stage where contenders begin separating from pretenders, and where rebuilding teams start making tough choices about their future, the second half of the season will…
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Gambit’s Early 2026 Senate Race Financial Report Review
Campaign finance reports are rarely just accounting documents in practice. They function more like political weather reports, since a swing in funding can make or break a campaign (see Buttigieg 2020 and Harris 2020, respectively). Fundraising totals, cash-on-hand, and burn rate are not only reflections of electoral competitiveness, but also indicators of party and candidate…
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Can Mary Peltola Win in 2026?
If former U.S. Representative Mary Peltola has proved anything, it is that a Democrat can compete in deep red Alaska. She lost her at-large House re-election bid by only about 2 percentage points in 2024, even as Donald Trump carried the state by roughly 13 points that year. This was after a string of strong…
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Chuck Schumer Keeps Missing The Point
This past weekend, senior U.S. officials executed an unprecedented military operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, according to both the U.S. government and multiple international news agencies. The operation, which involved a series of explosions and airstrikes across Caracas, was confirmed by the White House…
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Rep. Doug LaMalfa Dies at 65, GOP Leaders Say
Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a rice farmer who represented California in the U.S. House of Representatives, died Tuesday, according to House GOP leaders. He was 65 years old. The cause of death has not yet been announced. LaMalfa had served as the U.S. Representative for California’s 1st Congressional District since 2013. A reliably conservative vote…
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Nicolás Maduro Is Gone. So Are Republicans’ Chances to Keep a Trifecta.
On a dark winter morning in Washington, D.C., senior U.S. officials executed an unprecedented military operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, according to statements from U.S. leadership and multiple international news agencies. The operation, which involved a series of explosions and airstrikes across Caracas, was…
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Gambit Forecaster: January 2026 Report on Senate and Governor Races
The January Report Gambit Forecaster’s January Report: 2026 Senate and Gubernatorial Races As we usher in the new year, we are undoubtedly heading into one of the most interesting midterms of the century so far. The 2026 midterm elections are slated to feature a wide array of high-stakes contests, with control of the Senate hanging…