Kick off the morning with Jeff Chidester as he wades through the swamp of manufactured metrics, starting with a healthy dose of skepticism over this season’s finest fake polls.

Plus, Concord residents are having entirely predictable meltdowns over a potential new micro-data center, and Jeff takes a sideways look up north, where Vermont is cooking up yet another brilliant ‘Eat the Rich’ tax proposal. Tune in for the reality check you didn’t know you needed.