The Heartland POD - Mid Map Media LLC

The Heartland POD – Mid Map Media LLC

American politics from a Heartland perspective. Focusing on facts and fundamental fairness, but not afraid to embrace the funny where it exists. Dedicated to the quiet heroes of America’s Heartland who are making a difference every day.
Monday: The Heartland POD with host Adam Sommer’s opening statement & Talkin’ Politics with co-hosts Rachel Parker & Sean Diller. Wednesday: a rotation of High Country, a report from the Mountain West with Sean Diller, and The Delta with science teacher Nicholas Linke and spouse Kristina Linke, an ASL interpreter and mother, bringing their experience and midwest family life to the issues of the day. Friday: The Flyover View for news & views from the Heartland with host, Kevin Smith.
On most Tuesdays and Thursdays catch an interview show called “Let’s Have A Chat” with politicians, authors, musicians, and folks across the country.
Hosts: Adam Sommer, Sean Diller, Rachel Parker, Nicholas Linke, & Kevin Smith (All opinions shared are those of the speaker, and are not necessarily the adopted organizational views of Mid Map Media, LLC.)

Talkin’ Politics - WITH JOE SHEPARD OF URD!

3 min - TRUE OR FALSE: 5.9% increase in Social Security amount will help Biden with senior voters

Joe
Rachel
Sean

4 min — Americans Quit Jobs After Unemployment Goes Down

A record number of Americans are quitting their jobshttps://www.cnn.com/2021/10/12/economy/jolts-job-openings/index.html

5 min — Nothing strikes like a Deere … John Deere Strike of 10,000 workers

Offer of a 6% raise, so same as SSI payments

5 min — Gov. Parson is a hack… sorry catches a hacker

The goldfish gov jumped out of the bowl and flopped onto the keyboard and tweets out some duuuuumb shit

8 min — 2020 Redistricting, hits for 2022 cycle

Redistricting Marches on - so far 538 tracking has the new maps with a +2 for Democrats in the House, but it is super early still
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-2022-maps/?cid=rrpromo
Different states have different date requirements

MO map due by Feb 22, 2022
KS meanwhile, not until Jun 1, 2022
Then Colorado where Sean is due by Dec. 15, 2021
Illinois not until March 7th, 2022

Models are out heavily gerrymandered for Dems
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/17/illinois-democrats-redistricting-map-516135

Alaska, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota (SO DAK!) all only have the one Rep, so their maps are obviously DONE - Nebraska's is pretty easy and is done, Indiana is similar, and is done and a handful of others on the coasts.

What are you looking at heading into the year leading up
What are your expectations overall?

10 min — Trump 2024 has begun

Is he the GOP presumptive nom? https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/576584-trump-holds-35-point-leads-over-desantis-pence-in-new-poll
Head to head in 2024 already out

https://www.newsweek.com/could-donald-trump-beat-joe-biden-kamala-harris-2024-his-chances-against-democrats-1637675

Are Biden’s numbers the sign of something more systemic? -4 points in 60 days

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/?ex_cid=rrpromo

Presidential approval has been on a downward trajectory for many years, W. Bush had the spike with 9/11 but if we look at the rest of his time, include HW Bush, Reagan, Clinton, Obama, Trump… is it possible that the American people are just really, really hard on the President now?

Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD

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