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President Biden’s economy continues to roll along. This data is provided by Simon Rosenberg who founded Hopium which I subscribe to. There is a free email subscription for those in a state similar to mine, but for those who are able, you can get a...
by Dem
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on Fri May 03, 2024 at 10:42 AM PDT
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Yesterday, I posted a story about TIME’s reporting on Trump’s agenda for a second term: TIME Magazine Reports Trump's Agenda [Update: Biden Strikes Back]. This morning there is a front-page story along the same lines: 9 of Trump’s most disturbing...
by Dan K
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 09:27 AM PDT
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Georgia allows political parties to put survey questions on the ballots for primary elections. The GOP has a nice collection of 8 strange and scary questions to keep their constituents in a state of agitation. Some cover your standard policy questions...
by AChris
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on Tue Apr 30, 2024 at 07:26 PM PDT
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First from Business Insider Monday: Yang Xiaoming, 62, was booted on April 23 from the National People's Congress "due to serious discipline and law violations," state media reported this weekend. The phrase typically means a person is under...
by Irontortoise
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on Tue Apr 30, 2024 at 02:57 AM PDT
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Not much new to report on since my last Covid Update four weeks ago, with the expected seasonal trend toward lower hospitalizations and deaths continuing apace. Weekly hospitalizations are now on track to record even lower levels than those reached...
by Irontortoise
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on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 03:06 AM PDT
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I still live in Covidlandia . It’s a parallel world where people acknowledge that Covid is still with us, that there is much we don’t know but keep discovering, and that it’s worth trying to ...
by Examined
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on Fri Apr 05, 2024 at 05:30 AM PDT
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Major vote winner for Dems: Crackdowns on Realpage and rent price-gouging, and corporate home buying The summary at the top for tl-dr: If you’re in a state with a Democratic attorney general that hasn’t done so already (or even in Red or Purple States where other Democratic officials in cities can launch these moves), please contact them to encourage...
by Tweedledee5
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on Wed Apr 03, 2024 at 10:37 AM PDT
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In 2020, human beings were not doing too well, but a certain virus was doing great! If viruses could vote...
by Perlinator
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on Mon Mar 25, 2024 at 09:22 PM PDT
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by Jen Sorensen
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on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 04:58 AM PDT
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[If you appreciate my writing you can join my Substack where I am 4-5 articles ahead, but it has a free tier. Subscribe now. Thanks.] Reposted from My Substack. This week, Rep. Elise Stefanik vehemently argued that we should ask “Are you better off...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Sat Mar 16, 2024 at 09:05 AM PDT
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This is about six days after it happened, but recently America was asked by the GOP whether or not you are better off now than you were four years ago. The person asking was soulless husk Rep. Elise ...
by bilboteach
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on Tue Mar 12, 2024 at 04:10 AM PDT
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Okay, maybe it’s Monday or something, but a pass through the opinion pages at The NY Times has me asking “What just happened?” Normally it’s a lot of concern trolling aimed at liberals, but today? Joe Klein advises Democrats Need to Stop Playing Nice...
by xaxnar
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on Mon Mar 11, 2024 at 11:08 AM PDT
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It’s been more than a month since my last Covid Update, but so far the expected trend toward lower hospitalizations and deaths seems to be following last year’s pattern. The good news is that this year peak new hospitalizations didn’t quite reach 80%...
by Irontortoise
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on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 11:46 PM PDT
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A data wonk kind of diary here but thought it would be worth mentioning just to show how completely unreliable and off the mark the polling “science” has become lately, latest data point being the Republican primary results. To make it clear, not...
by Tweedledee5
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on Wed Mar 06, 2024 at 10:18 PM PST
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I wrote a similar post at the end of January, and it seemed quite popular - so here we go for February! The science of Covid continues to evolve, and I think we have never seen such a sustained, ...
by Examined
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on Tue Mar 05, 2024 at 07:04 AM PST
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UPDATE: Monday, Mar 4, 2024 · 4:59:53 PM +00:00 · Dem A statement " diagnosis at a distance is always fraught" is a claim that the authors of "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" dispute because the least reliable source of information is the in person...
by Dem
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on Mon Mar 04, 2024 at 08:06 AM PST
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The 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey has been released. Compiled from input by 154 historians and presidential experts, the results are making conservatives everywhere feel not so great. The biggest issue for Republicans is that Donald...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Feb 19, 2024 at 02:17 PM PST
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This is crossposted from my Petition to President Biden. The CDC floated the idea in WaPo, and to state health officials, of removing the guidelines workers and doctors rely upon, that allow people to recover and safely isolate themselves with C-19 to...
by watermelonpunch
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on Fri Feb 16, 2024 at 11:58 AM PST
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UPDATE: Friday, Feb 9, 2024 · 8:44:59 PM +00:00 · Dem Let's not forget that Robert Hur is a Republican who served in the Trump administration. The importance of these facts cannot be overstated. Who would serve in the Donald Trump administration? He...
by Dem
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on Fri Feb 09, 2024 at 09:47 AM PST
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abcnews.go.com/… TRENTON, N.J. -- A federal appeals court shot down claims Monday that New Jersey residents' refusal to wear face masks at school board meetings during the COVID-19 outbreak ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Wed Feb 07, 2024 at 07:11 AM PST
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