It's a full Senate polling roundup — every race that matters, poll by poll, checked against where PredictIt traders actually have the money.

Texas is a dead heat: Paxton and Talarico tied 47-47 in the NYT/Siena poll, with real signs of Paxton weakness under the surface. Maine tells a different story — Collins holds a steady edge while Platner's campaign gets buried under a staggering outside-money gap ($4.3M vs $440K in a five-day span). Michigan's Democratic primary is effectively over, with El-Sayed running away and traders having already called it. Plus, a Florida poll that traders think is flat-out fake, the generic ballot tightening toward Republicans, and why Jacob likes buying Republican on the Senate control market right now.

Then: Garth's case that the smartest Democratic play heading into August is to get out of the way and let Trump be Trump.

Chapters:

00:00 Colorado results and the anti-incumbent wave

06:30 SCOTUS: Alito retirement watch + FECA caps overturned

15:40 Texas Senate: Paxton vs. Talarico (dead heat)

22:45 Maine: Collins vs. Platner and the money bomb

30:20 Michigan: El-Sayed, Stevens, McMorrow

35:00 Generic ballot + the Senate control market read

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