High Impact Stories: August 24, 2020

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Tuesday August 25, 2020 · 8:50 AM PDT

2020/08/25 · 08:50

2020-08-24 00:00:06 - 2020-08-24 23:37:57 UTC; DailyKos stories = 182; 182 per day; 7.6 per hour

Yesterday 137 Kogs posted 182 stories of which 177 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1958 recommending readers; 108 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 59 by 30 or more, and 36 by 100 or more. Commenters (2284) visited 181 stories; 88 had 10 or more commenters, 42 had 30 or more, and 17 had 100 or more.

Recommendations and comments were collected Tue Aug 25 08:00:04 2020 UTC.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 182 POSTS
MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.19
AVERAGE	0.65
MAX	5.68
TOTAL	117.84 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 20 diaries, the lowest receiving 2.04 bharns

Story Impact Distribution
Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	182	177	108	59	36
commenters	182	181	88	42	17
connections	182	177	138	76	42

KOG ACTIVITY*
KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	2284	810	129	1392	47
RECOMMEND	810	1958	48	1147	47
WRITE	129	48	137	7	47

* (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

User Interaction Statistics (Network)
OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	12363
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	3439 x 137 = 471143
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	2.6 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	12363 / 3439 = 3.59

Graph Summary Data

HIGH IMPACT POSTS
RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	time
1	503	468	5.68	BREAKING: New York Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against the Trump Organization. UPDATED.	Rudyard	21:46
2	437	201	4.83	WOW! Chuck Todd exposes Trump lie about saving the country and shows him unhinged	Egberto Willies	06:19
3	352	166	3.86	AOC introduces Postmaster General DeJoy to concept of accountability. Apparently he's 'new to this'	Lauren Floyd	01:57
4	340	116	3.68	Watch 30-year postal veteran congresswoman calmly dissect Trump and postmaster general's sabotage	Walter Einenkel	01:44
5	316	215	3.59	Postmaster General DeJoy hid a new Postal Service report from lawmakers for good reason	Kerry Eleveld	21:57
6	310	193	3.54	Is Eric Trump invoking the Fifth Amendment to dodge testifying about Trump Organization finances?	Hunter	02:00
7	308	211	3.35	Lincoln Project: "Evil" - featuring Jared	teacherken	16:49
8	264	557	3.44	Kellyanne calls it a day	Johnny Wendell	07:24
9	237	139	2.61	Rep. Kate Porter gets DeJoy to admit he doesn't even know how much a postcard stamp costs	Walter Einenkel	02:34
10	228	204	2.67	Combative DeJoy reiterates to House: 'No, I will not' put the postal sorting machines back	Joan McCarter	22:07
11	216	238	2.55	New AP-NORC Poll has Trump at 35% Approval with 65% Disapproving of his dismal performance	Lefty Coaster	22:28
12	216	94	2.37	Florida man Rep. Gaetz had embarrassing crying text sessions ? with Sean Hannity	Walter Einenkel	21:33
13	216	90	2.35	Federal judge puts hold on Trump campaign lawsuit to stop mail-in balloting in Pennsylvania	Joan McCarter	20:11
14	211	161	2.45	Biden unveils endorsements from a long list of Republicans as Republican convention kicks off	Laura Clawson	20:42
15	207	357	2.31	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Before the GOP convention, Trump politicizes the FDA	Greg Dworkin	16:30
16	203	290	2.58	Jerry Falwell admits to wife's affair with their poolboy.	MTmofo	08:12
17	195	239	2.33	UPDATE: BREAKING: Falwell RESIGNS! Or DOES He? Falwell Denies Resigning	AlyoshaKaramazov	02:42
18	192	84	2.10	Louis DeJoy opens several cans of worms for House investigators to explore	Joan McCarter	03:24
19	184	105	2.04	Navalny WAS Poisoned, Say German Doctors	Dan K	19:58
20	181	138	2.05	Police shoot black man while holding his shirt at domestic disturbance call. Update: Gov. Evers stmt	MTmofo	08:34
21	179	403	2.01	Postal Service sabotage takes center stage in House	Joan McCarter	19:02
22	179	217	2.09	Video of another police shooting rocks the nation as Wisconsin man fights for his life	Laura Clawson	17:55
23	173	109	1.93	Author of upcoming tell-all reportedly taped Melania making 'harsh comments' about Ivanka and Donald	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	04:07
24	170	42	1.81	Cartoon: Breaking the news	Tom Tomorrow	17:00
25	166	251	1.95	538 has a 9.2 pt lead at 51.4% and GREAT LEADS IN AVG OF POLLS IN FL, AZ, MI, WI, AND PA + More	Dem	17:25
26	163	37	1.73	John le Carre Writes About Donald Trump.	Trenz Pruca	04:23
27	159	68	1.76	Scranton loves Biden, Queens hates Trump	Kerry Eleveld	19:50
28	152	35	1.60	12 Vulnerable Republicans Voted Against Protecting the Postal Service. Here's How We Make Them Pay.	AWildLibAppeared	18:00
29	151	102	1.65	Joe Biden describes 'grief and outrage' at Wisconsin police shooting	Laura Clawson	21:10
30	144	202	1.82	Falwell's business partner says he had affair with Trump-supporting evangelical leader and his wife	Marissa Higgins	01:00
31	143	153	1.73	Republicans make it official with convention non-platform: They're the Party of Trump	Laura Clawson	19:18
32	130	83	1.47	Louisiana police fired 11 times, killing Black man as he walked away	Lauren Floyd	22:45
33	128	174	1.56	Falwell ?Pool Boy? Says ?he had a years-long sexual relationship involving Falwell?s wife," Falwell	lowkell	22:22
34	118	269	1.30	Monday Good News Roundup	Jessiestaf	16:00
35	117	136	1.45	Kellyanne Conway resigns as family feud goes increasingly public	Lauren Floyd	23:03
36	106	61	1.19	Breaking - Michael Steele joins Lincoln project	Frank Palmer	03:27
37	98	16	1.04	Some companies are signing pledge to not simply make time for employees to vote, but to pay them too	Walter Einenkel	00:50
38	98	19	1.05	Jared Kushner is thick as thieves with Putin's money man. Nothing good has come of it	Kerry Eleveld	04:22
39	87	108	1.07	The Trump onslaught begins?4 unadulterated days of brainwashing his cultists	Kerry Eleveld	01:16
40	86	127	0.93	Cheers and Jeers: Monday	Bill in Portland Maine	16:50
41	81	56	0.87	Biden protected us from Bork as a Supreme Court Justice: Day 45 of 100 Days of Loving Joe Biden	GoodNewsRoundup	16:02
42	79	65	0.94	?You now have COVID?: Masked man hugged strangers at Walmart	Aysha Qamar	23:19
43	71	116	0.77	Moondai Furkids: O Sole Mio	Mopshell	22:45
44	71	11	0.75	Cartoon: Trust me	Nick Anderson	03:00
45	65	20	0.70	DeJoy: "The (mail)trucks leave on time" because who really wants surprises every night	annieli	00:46
46	62	14	0.68	Evictions and hunger are coming for too many people as Republicans refuse to extend COVID-19 relief	Laura Clawson	22:58
47	57	39	0.62	Michael Cohen to appear in ads confirming he committed crimes on behalf of and with Trump	zenvegan	04:22
48	46	8	0.49	Proud Boys again bring violence to Portland, and police again stand by and do nothing	David Neiwert	04:37
49	44	16	0.47	Collusion between Trump campaign and Russia never ended	annieli	09:02
50	43	108	0.47	A Festival for the Brain Dead - Evening Shade, Monday	NotNowNotEver	04:30
51	40	13	0.43	TRUMP THE SEXUAL PREDATOR (Warning: a LOT of Nasty Stuff Here)	Yosef 52	22:00
52	39	52	0.43	PWB Peeps Open Thread: Ride the Wind	strawbale	07:00
53	39	33	0.46	PPP's New Poll Has Joe Biden Beating Trump In Texas 48-47	poopdogcomedy	01:52
54	37	40	0.41	TRUMP Turns the RNC Into Just Another One of His Another Lie-Riddled Cult Rallies	News Corpse	03:36
55	37	9	0.40	Postmaster General did not give response Republican Congressman expected, ?Only In Washington DC.?	Egberto Willies	21:33
56	36	10	0.38	Pompeo's RNC participation spits on, then tramples, State Department ethics	Laura Clawson	01:24
57	33	12	0.36	Freepers freak! Trump's base's reaction to The Darnold's very very very bad day	Tommy T	21:00
58	33	6	0.35	Trump's Misery Index (the newest ad from MeidasTouch)	mark schroeder	01:17
59	32	34	0.36	Nothing but zest this week. Trump's all peel, no orange, and Kellyanne jumps ship	annieli	07:01
60	29	14	0.33	Republicans just love saying the quiet part out loud	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	21:35
61	29	35	0.33	Morning Digest: Ever heard of a 'top-four' primary? It could be coming to a state near you soon	Daily Kos Elections	17:00
62	28	36	0.31	Top Comments: Power Outage Edition	brillig	07:00
63	26	104	0.29	Kitchen Table Kibitzing August 23. 2020	side pocket	05:30
64	26	52	0.29	Overnight News Digest August 23, 2020	side pocket	09:00
65	26	11	0.28	Every activity Trump participates in hurts us even golf	Jay Cuasay	22:40
66	25	287	0.28	New Day Cafe: Moon Gates	samanthab	19:30
67	25	130	0.29	Morning Open Thread: Something Disappearing as We Say Its Name	officebss	15:28
68	25	10	0.28	Republican National Committee "resovlves" to keep their 2016 party platform, and it's a hoot	David Michigan	09:31
69	25	6	0.27	Republican Presidents Are, Apparently, Powerless and/or Incompetent, According to Republicans	GrafZeppelin127	20:00
70	25	4	0.26	60 Minutes: 'How Russian intelligence officers interfered in the 2016 election'	Lefty Coaster	08:55
71	25	3	0.26	"Cockroach Theory" and Political Corruption: The rot in the North Carolina GOP runs very, very deep	LongLeafPineSlate	17:10
72	24	22	0.28	BREAKING: GOP Vows to Give Up any Pretence of Agency. Abandons GOP Platform for 2020.	Captain Frogbert	17:32
73	24	14	0.26	Pebble Mine Permit Process on Hold!	Senor Unoball	21:19
74	24	1	0.25	KY-Sen: Amy McGrath (D) Puts Pressure On KY AG To Release Report On Breonna Taylor Investigation	poopdogcomedy	04:21
75	23	23	0.29	Franklin Graham Completely Missed God!	Benthovens5th	12:07
76	23	7	0.25	Back Under New Account	KYLeveller	05:26
77	22	21	0.25	The GOP Has No Party Platform. Literally.	AlyoshaKaramazov	18:03
78	22	6	0.24	MT-AL: Kathleen Williams has her second ad out wherein she fillets a fish	MTmofo	01:52
79	21	6	0.23	NC-Sen: Morning Consult Poll Has Cal Cunningham (D) Beating Thom Tillis (R) 47-39	poopdogcomedy	03:08
80	20	20	0.23	Today Jeff Flake grew a spine and endorses Biden and some storm advice	zenvegan	18:28
81	20	12	0.23	unhinged Trump now claims you'll get infected by ballot boxes	annieli	16:14
82	20	6	0.21	Hey You! Wanna Win? CHECK THIS INFO OUT! (With Yosef?s Twitter Treasure Trove and Quick Hits!)	Yosef 52	04:16
83	19	32	0.21	The Daily Bucket. Update from Quincy, CA; The Claremont Fire. Non-fumus carborundum.	funningforrest	21:35
84	19	20	0.22	Rejoice comrades! Is beautiful White House "Rose Garden"!	The Bassweasel	05:49
85	19	11	0.21	Some Minnesota delegates don't want their names mentioned.	A Citizen	18:33
86	19	1	0.20	VA-Sen: Sen. Mark Warner (D) Calls For Trump's Postmaster General's Resignation	poopdogcomedy	03:54
87	17	11	0.19	Post Office Hearing Today: New USPS Documents Show Nationwide Delays Far Worsening	e2247	21:08
88	17	6	0.18	Republicans gerrymandered & stole Michigan. Here's how Democrats are winning it back in 2020.	Blue Tuesday	18:33
89	14	8	0.16	Melania's Rose Garden Changes	drmichaelegan	01:04
90	14	8	0.16	Which World Leaders Actually Care about their People in the COVID Crisis? These four women	Ann McLaughlin	23:45
91	14	5	0.15	All The President?s People: The Growing List of Those Who Have Turned On Donald Trump	KeithDB	03:08
92	14	5	0.15	NC-Sen: NYT, "Not the Convention, or the Election, North Carolina Republicans Hoped For"	poopdogcomedy	21:58
93	12	24	0.18	Kellyanne lived by the president's tweets, she is leaving with one of her own and with a rhyme	HalBrown	17:02
94	12	17	0.16	Seen Twice at the Grocery Store This Weekend - People Wearing Trump Masks with ZERO Sense of Irony!	Slideman	19:23
95	11	26	0.19	More than 534,000 Mail-in Ballots Rejected in the Primaries. We can't let this happen on Nov 3!	DeniseHa	09:32
96	9	510	0.57	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/24	Daily Kos Elections	18:00
97	7	39	0.21	Richard Spencer does a 180	Thyme4Thought	03:56
98	4	49	0.20	Just a simple question planning to watch GOP convention?	CameronProf	03:56
99	2	134	0.27	Do better Joe Biden.	trubludude	19:06

Impact total: 111.6

 nrec  - Number of recommendations.
 ncom  - Number of comments.
impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx.
  post - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos post displaying the title.
author - Hyperlink to the post authors Daily Kos home page.
  time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly stories.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

High Impact Stories: August 23, 2020

jotter

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday August 24, 2020 · 8:28 AM PDT

2020/08/24 · 08:28

2020-08-23 00:00:04 - 2020-08-23 23:46:47 UTC; DailyKos stories = 130; 130 per day; 5.4 per hour

Yesterday 112 Kogs posted 130 stories of which 129 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1838 recommending readers; 95 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 48 by 30 or more, and 25 by 100 or more. Commenters (1736) visited 130 stories; 69 had 10 or more commenters, 31 had 30 or more, and 11 had 100 or more.

Recommendations and comments were collected Mon Aug 24 08:00:04 2020 UTC.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 130 POSTS
MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.19
AVERAGE	0.65
MAX	5.68
TOTAL	117.84 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 20 diaries, the lowest receiving 2.04 bharns

Story Impact Distribution
Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	182	177	108	59	36
commenters	182	181	88	42	17
connections	182	177	138	76	42

KOG ACTIVITY*
KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	2284	810	129	1392	47
RECOMMEND	810	1958	48	1147	47
WRITE	129	48	137	7	47

* (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

User Interaction Statistics (Network)
OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	12363
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	3439 x 137 = 471143
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	2.6 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	12363 / 3439 = 3.59

Graph Summary Data

HIGH IMPACT POSTS
RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	time
1	503	468	5.68	BREAKING: New York Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against the Trump Organization. UPDATED.	Rudyard	21:46
2	437	201	4.83	WOW! Chuck Todd exposes Trump lie about saving the country and shows him unhinged	Egberto Willies	06:19
3	352	166	3.86	AOC introduces Postmaster General DeJoy to concept of accountability. Apparently he's 'new to this'	Lauren Floyd	01:57
4	340	116	3.68	Watch 30-year postal veteran congresswoman calmly dissect Trump and postmaster general's sabotage	Walter Einenkel	01:44
5	316	215	3.59	Postmaster General DeJoy hid a new Postal Service report from lawmakers for good reason	Kerry Eleveld	21:57
6	310	193	3.54	Is Eric Trump invoking the Fifth Amendment to dodge testifying about Trump Organization finances?	Hunter	02:00
7	308	211	3.35	Lincoln Project: "Evil" - featuring Jared	teacherken	16:49
8	264	557	3.44	Kellyanne calls it a day	Johnny Wendell	07:24
9	237	139	2.61	Rep. Kate Porter gets DeJoy to admit he doesn't even know how much a postcard stamp costs	Walter Einenkel	02:34
10	228	204	2.67	Combative DeJoy reiterates to House: 'No, I will not' put the postal sorting machines back	Joan McCarter	22:07
11	216	238	2.55	New AP-NORC Poll has Trump at 35% Approval with 65% Disapproving of his dismal performance	Lefty Coaster	22:28
12	216	94	2.37	Florida man Rep. Gaetz had embarrassing crying text sessions ? with Sean Hannity	Walter Einenkel	21:33
13	216	90	2.35	Federal judge puts hold on Trump campaign lawsuit to stop mail-in balloting in Pennsylvania	Joan McCarter	20:11
14	211	161	2.45	Biden unveils endorsements from a long list of Republicans as Republican convention kicks off	Laura Clawson	20:42
15	207	357	2.31	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Before the GOP convention, Trump politicizes the FDA	Greg Dworkin	16:30
16	203	290	2.58	Jerry Falwell admits to wife's affair with their poolboy.	MTmofo	08:12
17	195	239	2.33	UPDATE: BREAKING: Falwell RESIGNS! Or DOES He? Falwell Denies Resigning	AlyoshaKaramazov	02:42
18	192	84	2.10	Louis DeJoy opens several cans of worms for House investigators to explore	Joan McCarter	03:24
19	184	105	2.04	Navalny WAS Poisoned, Say German Doctors	Dan K	19:58
20	181	138	2.05	Police shoot black man while holding his shirt at domestic disturbance call. Update: Gov. Evers stmt	MTmofo	08:34
21	179	403	2.01	Postal Service sabotage takes center stage in House	Joan McCarter	19:02
22	179	217	2.09	Video of another police shooting rocks the nation as Wisconsin man fights for his life	Laura Clawson	17:55
23	173	109	1.93	Author of upcoming tell-all reportedly taped Melania making 'harsh comments' about Ivanka and Donald	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	04:07
24	170	42	1.81	Cartoon: Breaking the news	Tom Tomorrow	17:00
25	166	251	1.95	538 has a 9.2 pt lead at 51.4% and GREAT LEADS IN AVG OF POLLS IN FL, AZ, MI, WI, AND PA + More	Dem	17:25
26	163	37	1.73	John le Carre Writes About Donald Trump.	Trenz Pruca	04:23
27	159	68	1.76	Scranton loves Biden, Queens hates Trump	Kerry Eleveld	19:50
28	152	35	1.60	12 Vulnerable Republicans Voted Against Protecting the Postal Service. Here's How We Make Them Pay.	AWildLibAppeared	18:00
29	151	102	1.65	Joe Biden describes 'grief and outrage' at Wisconsin police shooting	Laura Clawson	21:10
30	144	202	1.82	Falwell's business partner says he had affair with Trump-supporting evangelical leader and his wife	Marissa Higgins	01:00
31	143	153	1.73	Republicans make it official with convention non-platform: They're the Party of Trump	Laura Clawson	19:18
32	130	83	1.47	Louisiana police fired 11 times, killing Black man as he walked away	Lauren Floyd	22:45
33	128	174	1.56	Falwell ?Pool Boy? Says ?he had a years-long sexual relationship involving Falwell?s wife," Falwell	lowkell	22:22
34	118	269	1.30	Monday Good News Roundup	Jessiestaf	16:00
35	117	136	1.45	Kellyanne Conway resigns as family feud goes increasingly public	Lauren Floyd	23:03
36	106	61	1.19	Breaking - Michael Steele joins Lincoln project	Frank Palmer	03:27
37	98	16	1.04	Some companies are signing pledge to not simply make time for employees to vote, but to pay them too	Walter Einenkel	00:50
38	98	19	1.05	Jared Kushner is thick as thieves with Putin's money man. Nothing good has come of it	Kerry Eleveld	04:22
39	87	108	1.07	The Trump onslaught begins?4 unadulterated days of brainwashing his cultists	Kerry Eleveld	01:16
40	86	127	0.93	Cheers and Jeers: Monday	Bill in Portland Maine	16:50
41	81	56	0.87	Biden protected us from Bork as a Supreme Court Justice: Day 45 of 100 Days of Loving Joe Biden	GoodNewsRoundup	16:02
42	79	65	0.94	?You now have COVID?: Masked man hugged strangers at Walmart	Aysha Qamar	23:19
43	71	116	0.77	Moondai Furkids: O Sole Mio	Mopshell	22:45
44	71	11	0.75	Cartoon: Trust me	Nick Anderson	03:00
45	65	20	0.70	DeJoy: "The (mail)trucks leave on time" because who really wants surprises every night	annieli	00:46
46	62	14	0.68	Evictions and hunger are coming for too many people as Republicans refuse to extend COVID-19 relief	Laura Clawson	22:58
47	57	39	0.62	Michael Cohen to appear in ads confirming he committed crimes on behalf of and with Trump	zenvegan	04:22
48	46	8	0.49	Proud Boys again bring violence to Portland, and police again stand by and do nothing	David Neiwert	04:37
49	44	16	0.47	Collusion between Trump campaign and Russia never ended	annieli	09:02
50	43	108	0.47	A Festival for the Brain Dead - Evening Shade, Monday	NotNowNotEver	04:30
51	40	13	0.43	TRUMP THE SEXUAL PREDATOR (Warning: a LOT of Nasty Stuff Here)	Yosef 52	22:00
52	39	52	0.43	PWB Peeps Open Thread: Ride the Wind	strawbale	07:00
53	39	33	0.46	PPP's New Poll Has Joe Biden Beating Trump In Texas 48-47	poopdogcomedy	01:52
54	37	40	0.41	TRUMP Turns the RNC Into Just Another One of His Another Lie-Riddled Cult Rallies	News Corpse	03:36
55	37	9	0.40	Postmaster General did not give response Republican Congressman expected, ?Only In Washington DC.?	Egberto Willies	21:33
56	36	10	0.38	Pompeo's RNC participation spits on, then tramples, State Department ethics	Laura Clawson	01:24
57	33	12	0.36	Freepers freak! Trump's base's reaction to The Darnold's very very very bad day	Tommy T	21:00
58	33	6	0.35	Trump's Misery Index (the newest ad from MeidasTouch)	mark schroeder	01:17
59	32	34	0.36	Nothing but zest this week. Trump's all peel, no orange, and Kellyanne jumps ship	annieli	07:01
60	29	14	0.33	Republicans just love saying the quiet part out loud	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	21:35
61	29	35	0.33	Morning Digest: Ever heard of a 'top-four' primary? It could be coming to a state near you soon	Daily Kos Elections	17:00
62	28	36	0.31	Top Comments: Power Outage Edition	brillig	07:00
63	26	104	0.29	Kitchen Table Kibitzing August 23. 2020	side pocket	05:30
64	26	52	0.29	Overnight News Digest August 23, 2020	side pocket	09:00
65	26	11	0.28	Every activity Trump participates in hurts us even golf	Jay Cuasay	22:40
66	25	287	0.28	New Day Cafe: Moon Gates	samanthab	19:30
67	25	130	0.29	Morning Open Thread: Something Disappearing as We Say Its Name	officebss	15:28
68	25	10	0.28	Republican National Committee "resovlves" to keep their 2016 party platform, and it's a hoot	David Michigan	09:31
69	25	6	0.27	Republican Presidents Are, Apparently, Powerless and/or Incompetent, According to Republicans	GrafZeppelin127	20:00
70	25	4	0.26	60 Minutes: 'How Russian intelligence officers interfered in the 2016 election'	Lefty Coaster	08:55
71	25	3	0.26	"Cockroach Theory" and Political Corruption: The rot in the North Carolina GOP runs very, very deep	LongLeafPineSlate	17:10
72	24	22	0.28	BREAKING: GOP Vows to Give Up any Pretence of Agency. Abandons GOP Platform for 2020.	Captain Frogbert	17:32
73	24	14	0.26	Pebble Mine Permit Process on Hold!	Senor Unoball	21:19
74	24	1	0.25	KY-Sen: Amy McGrath (D) Puts Pressure On KY AG To Release Report On Breonna Taylor Investigation	poopdogcomedy	04:21
75	23	23	0.29	Franklin Graham Completely Missed God!	Benthovens5th	12:07
76	23	7	0.25	Back Under New Account	KYLeveller	05:26
77	22	21	0.25	The GOP Has No Party Platform. Literally.	AlyoshaKaramazov	18:03
78	22	6	0.24	MT-AL: Kathleen Williams has her second ad out wherein she fillets a fish	MTmofo	01:52
79	21	6	0.23	NC-Sen: Morning Consult Poll Has Cal Cunningham (D) Beating Thom Tillis (R) 47-39	poopdogcomedy	03:08
80	20	20	0.23	Today Jeff Flake grew a spine and endorses Biden and some storm advice	zenvegan	18:28
81	20	12	0.23	unhinged Trump now claims you'll get infected by ballot boxes	annieli	16:14
82	20	6	0.21	Hey You! Wanna Win? CHECK THIS INFO OUT! (With Yosef?s Twitter Treasure Trove and Quick Hits!)	Yosef 52	04:16
83	19	32	0.21	The Daily Bucket. Update from Quincy, CA; The Claremont Fire. Non-fumus carborundum.	funningforrest	21:35
84	19	20	0.22	Rejoice comrades! Is beautiful White House "Rose Garden"!	The Bassweasel	05:49
85	19	11	0.21	Some Minnesota delegates don't want their names mentioned.	A Citizen	18:33
86	19	1	0.20	VA-Sen: Sen. Mark Warner (D) Calls For Trump's Postmaster General's Resignation	poopdogcomedy	03:54
87	17	11	0.19	Post Office Hearing Today: New USPS Documents Show Nationwide Delays Far Worsening	e2247	21:08
88	17	6	0.18	Republicans gerrymandered & stole Michigan. Here's how Democrats are winning it back in 2020.	Blue Tuesday	18:33
89	14	8	0.16	Melania's Rose Garden Changes	drmichaelegan	01:04
90	14	8	0.16	Which World Leaders Actually Care about their People in the COVID Crisis? These four women	Ann McLaughlin	23:45
91	14	5	0.15	All The President?s People: The Growing List of Those Who Have Turned On Donald Trump	KeithDB	03:08
92	14	5	0.15	NC-Sen: NYT, "Not the Convention, or the Election, North Carolina Republicans Hoped For"	poopdogcomedy	21:58
93	12	24	0.18	Kellyanne lived by the president's tweets, she is leaving with one of her own and with a rhyme	HalBrown	17:02
94	12	17	0.16	Seen Twice at the Grocery Store This Weekend - People Wearing Trump Masks with ZERO Sense of Irony!	Slideman	19:23
95	11	26	0.19	More than 534,000 Mail-in Ballots Rejected in the Primaries. We can't let this happen on Nov 3!	DeniseHa	09:32
96	9	510	0.57	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/24	Daily Kos Elections	18:00
97	7	39	0.21	Richard Spencer does a 180	Thyme4Thought	03:56
98	4	49	0.20	Just a simple question planning to watch GOP convention?	CameronProf	03:56
99	2	134	0.27	Do better Joe Biden.	trubludude	19:06

Impact total: 80.8

 nrec  - Number of recommendations.
 ncom  - Number of comments.
impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx.
  post - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos post displaying the title.
author - Hyperlink to the post authors Daily Kos home page.
  time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly stories.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

Week's High Impact Stories: August 15-21, 2020

jotter

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Sunday August 23, 2020 · 12:32 PM PDT

2020/08/23 · 12:32

2020-08-15 00:00:06 - 2020-08-21 23:52:51 UTC; DailyKos stories = 1108; 158 per day; 6.6 per hour

This week 531 Kogs posted 1108 stories of which 1074 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 4353 recommending readers; 732 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 414 by 30 or more, and 224 by 100 or more. Commenters (6149) visited 1105 stories; 605 had 10 or more commenters, 287 had 30 or more, and 97 had 100 or more.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 1108 POSTS
MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.21
AVERAGE	0.75
MAX	7.97
TOTAL	835.64 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 104 diaries, the lowest receiving 2.56 bharns

Story Impact Distribution
Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	1108	1074	732	414	224
commenters	1108	1105	605	287	97
connections	1108	1074	856	507	260

KOG ACTIVITY*
KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	6149	2558	524	3323	256
RECOMMEND	2558	4353	259	1792	256
WRITE	524	259	531	4	256

* (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

User Interaction Statistics (Network)
OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	69213
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	7948 x 531 = 4220388
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	1.6 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	69213 / 7948 = 8.71

Graph Summary Data

HIGH IMPACT POSTS
RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	date
1	736	325	7.97	Steve Schmidt nails it in epic shredding of Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio	voidstuff	08/20
2	685	567	7.61	On Monday, Cedar Rapids, Iowa was leveled. Thanks for your lack of concern.	committed	08/16
3	543	253	5.89	Police were called to a Planned Parenthood. What happened next is shocking.	OffTheHill	08/19
4	536	449	6.09	Rep. Katie Porter sets Twitter on fire with her challenge to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy	Walter Einenkel	08/18
5	529	221	5.69	There's something going on in Florida - I voted here today	nancyjones	08/19
6	518	291	5.67	*Deborah Birx--I call Bullsht**	trespekes	08/18
7	515	324	5.72	Johnson hopes to preempt House efforts on Postal Service; he might not have thought that through	Joan McCarter	08/18
8	504	338	5.59	Stupid and it will backfire	teacherken	08/15
9	500	409	5.40	BLM, Antifa Overwhelm Armed White Racists in Stone Mountain, GA.	WB Reeves	08/16
10	500	369	5.61	Stupid Trump tries to cheat, but screws his own voters instead	kos	08/15
11	497	188	5.40	I arranged a protest at my high school. The reactionary racist attacks changed me	Prism Guest Writer	08/17
12	491	334	5.48	BREAKING: Senate Intel Report Confirms Trump Campaign Coordinated with Russia in 2016 Election!	DoctorWho	08/18
13	491	589	5.91	Stupid Trump digs himself an even deeper hole with these convention speakers	kos	08/19
14	488	231	5.28	Goodbye To This Despicable "Democrat"	VirginiaWave	08/20
15	479	326	5.29	Republicans will be aggressively harassing voters at the polls. They call it ?ballot security?	SemDem	08/15
16	474	380	5.45	Is the entire American conservative movement just one big scam?	Mark Sumner	08/20
17	470	711	5.82	*Trump has taken charge of his convention, so you know it'll be a shtshow**	kos	08/21
18	467	213	5.08	Montana yes, Montana stops destruction of the Post Office	independent cuss	08/15
19	464	281	5.11	Oh goodness.. He is off the chain..	Vetwife	08/18
20	464	277	5.14	Postmaster General Louis DeJoy can be indicted, impeached, sued, and removed?go get him!	Mark Sumner	08/15
21	460	214	5.02	Humiliated on Iran. America has never suffered a UN defeat like this.	The BigotBasher	08/15
22	445	86	4.75	HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Eight Seconds Edition	bubbanomics	08/17
23	439	381	4.94	Goodyear Goof	DRo	08/19
24	439	274	4.89	Reporter finds 'graveyard of mail sorting pieces' at USPS location day after sabotage was suspended	Kerry Eleveld	08/19
25	437	214	4.72	Geoffrey Berman Saved the SDNY. That's the ONLY Reason Bannon and Ghislaine were EVER Arrested.	AlyoshaKaramazov	08/20
26	433	392	4.95	'I hardly ever saw Donald Trump read a document he was handed, but he did love pictures'	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	08/21
27	433	224	4.68	Congressman Wants New Jersey's AG to Investigate Trump's Post Office Shenanigans UPDATED	srelar	08/15
28	432	223	4.74	Miles Taylor: Trump 'is going to hear from more people that served in his administration' and 'soon'	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	08/19
29	431	378	4.87	Trump's attack on the Post Office is drawing more fire than any past scandal, and for good reason	Mark Sumner	08/15
30	430	506	4.66	Postal Workers Unions Urged Sanders to Block Pro-Privatization Board Nominees	FishOutofWater	08/16
31	429	326	4.77	Joe Biden delivers the speech of his lifetime, at exactly the right time	Mark Sumner	08/21
32	427	113	4.56	Say Her name Kamala, Randy Rainbow's genius strikes again!	zenvegan	08/17
33	426	605	5.12	If you think there's a bottom deplorables can reach, you haven't seen this yet	kos	08/21
34	415	518	4.98	'Let them rot': The supposed U.S. president retweets attack on 'Democrat cities'	Hunter	08/16
35	411	625	4.95	Steve Bannon arrested, charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering	Mark Sumner	08/20
36	406	316	4.49	Pelosi Strikes Back!	citixen	08/17
37	387	295	4.41	?It ain?t gonna happen, Donald Trump?: Goodyear workers rally in Akron after Trump calls for boycott	Kerry Eleveld	08/21
38	384	279	4.30	Asked to Wear a Mask, 39 y/o Man Breaks Jaw of Sesame Street-Themed Teen Employee	billlaurelMD	08/21
39	384	249	4.29	Did William Barr fire a U.S. attorney to protect Steve Bannon and maybe Donald Trump?	Mark Sumner	08/20
40	381	189	4.14	The Postal Service scandal doesn't belong only to Donald Trump. Mitch McConnell played a big role	Mark Sumner	08/16
41	381	159	4.11	A victory for voters in Kentucky	tonyahky	08/15
42	380	196	4.26	Shame on ABC	yar	08/17
43	372	193	4.08	I have tossed men out of bars..	TheMominator	08/17
44	362	584	4.42	Limbaugh calls Sen Harris a 'hoe'. 1000s of advertisers and 100+ pro teams, universities endorse it.	certainot	08/16
45	360	165	3.91	Kamala Harris 1 minute before she goes live is the thing I needed today	SemDem	08/16
46	359	338	4.15	'Meet Mother Pence' Ad Shows How Creepy 'Epic Homophobes' Mike and Karen Pence Really Are	FishOuttaScotch	08/15
47	347	363	3.90	Biden rocked it	Dartagnan	08/21
48	347	302	3.98	Oh, look, a stutter truther! Must be a big Trump supporter!	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	08/21
49	347	199	3.84	Russian Company that Invested $200 Million in Mitch McConnell?s Kentucky is ?Proxy for the Kremlin?	ericlewis0	08/21
50	345	302	3.91	Trump's campaign IS the cesspool of corruption and incompetence we thought it was	kos	08/16
51	336	236	3.70	Trump Insider Comments on What Trump Might Do When He Loses the Election	Alfred D Newman	08/21
52	334	401	4.01	The Fox News reviews of Biden's speech were so glowing, Junior deflated live on air	Jen Hayden	08/21
53	329	386	4.00	Mark Meadows: Trump 'is the only president who actually went after a terrorist and took him out'	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	08/19
54	327	223	3.65	Sturgis Watch (with Update #1)	litmus58	08/21
55	326	418	3.74	TRUE BLUE REPORT: Progressive Christians slam XINO Franklin Graham for saying God was absent at DNC	TrueBlueMajority	08/22
56	325	228	3.52	Michelle Obama laid a whupping on the Squatter and it was a beauty to behold! Wow!	JoanMar	08/18
57	321	290	3.65	It's official: Postal Service employees forbidden from reassembling mail sorting machines	Kerry Eleveld	08/20
58	316	244	3.53	President Trump Promotes Poisoning Yourself	pr0gressivist	08/17
59	312	206	3.36	When Reagan Tried to Destroy the Postal Service	6412093	08/16
60	311	210	3.47	Trump's former DHS chief of staff releases pro-Biden ad calling Trump's administration 'terrifying'	Walter Einenkel	08/18
61	306	236	3.33	Biden repudiates DNC on fossil fuel subsidies	senorjoel	08/20
62	304	212	3.33	Game changing Saliva test for Covid-19. $4 per test. Approved by FDA. UPDATE	prizmordial	08/16
63	302	316	3.54	DeJoy tells Pelosi he has 'no intention' of undoing Postal Service sabotage already done	Joan McCarter	08/20
64	299	161	3.33	Trump is feeling the heat on U.S. Postal Service attacks, including a new lawsuit	Laura Clawson	08/18
65	298	344	3.55	Kanye bounced from Wisconsin and Ohio ballots, all but ending his campaign	Christian Dem in NC	08/22
66	297	136	3.21	Nat'l Butterfly Center to Bannon, et al: SUCK IT	A DC Wonk	08/21
67	294	401	3.68	Donald Trump reviews Michelle Obama's speech and delivers a deadly self-own	Walter Einenkel	08/18
68	294	155	3.22	Donald Trump is attempting to steal the election, and that's still not the worst thing	Mark Sumner	08/15
69	292	314	3.21	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The U.S. Postal Service debacle hits the headlines	Greg Dworkin	08/15
70	289	132	3.16	GOP-led Senate Intelligence report a stunning indictment of Trump campaign's collusion with Russia	Kerry Eleveld	08/18
71	288	207	3.28	Rachel Maddow Reads the Forward to Michael Cohen's New Book. And .wow. Punches Pulled = 0	AlyoshaKaramazov	08/18
72	287	162	3.10	Experts Ungagged: Doctors Bandy Lee & Mary Trump Reveal Why Trump Must Go	KAMMY	08/17
73	283	228	3.17	Protesters are making noise outside of postmaster general's home	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	08/15
74	281	164	3.10	President Obama's convention speech was exactly what the nation needed to hear	Mark Sumner	08/20
75	280	121	3.08	White House gives up on private firm tracking COVID--CDC to get data again	bctdcfd	08/21
76	279	314	3.39	Trump is boosting another miracle COVID-19 'cure,' this one brought to him by the My Pillow guy	Hunter	08/17
77	275	200	3.04	Joseph R. Biden, Jr. DNC Speech - The Reviews Are In. (Even Fox is Lavishing Joe with Praise)	AlyoshaKaramazov	08/21
78	271	153	2.95	Senate Intelligence Committee report confirms all charges about Trump's connections to Russia	Mark Sumner	08/19
79	268	137	2.98	Elizabeth Warren and Bob Casey investigate USPS just as plant allegedly tries to dupe Joaquin Castro	Lauren Floyd	08/21
80	267	151	2.95	Democrats to DeJoy at Postal Service: Stopping sabotage isn't good enough. Reverse it	Joan McCarter	08/19
81	264	233	3.07	'I'm gonna show you what f-----g freedom of speech is': Florida deputy threatens Black man	Lauren Floyd	08/18
82	261	195	2.88	some background videos to inform your thinking about the USPS sorting machines	guavaboy	08/19
83	254	299	3.11	'How do you sleep at night?? Anderson Cooper grills MyPillow guy in wild interview	Walter Einenkel	08/19
84	254	105	2.77	Trump tries to distance himself from 'We Build the Wall,' but 'We Kept the Receipts'	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	08/20
85	253	132	2.74	It?s the MyPillow Guy?s World, We?re Just Begging God for Sweet Release From It	ShowerCap	08/19
86	253	338	2.83	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Messing with the Post Office is messing with life	Greg Dworkin	08/17
87	252	225	2.85	Trump threatens to send ?everything? to intimidate voters at polling places	Mark Sumner	08/21
88	252	168	2.82	Postal Service made another stealth rule change, making vote by mail more difficult for Americans	Kerry Eleveld	08/20
89	251	170	2.81	Eugene Robinson is a must-read on Michelle Obama	teacherken	08/18
90	251	165	2.80	DeJoy's family company was sued over shocking racism, sexual assault, wage theft, and more	Hunter	08/21
91	249	111	2.74	'I am disgusted': North Carolina cop fired after defending George Floyd in viral TikTok video	Lauren Floyd	08/20
92	248	111	2.69	UPDATED: Virginia Republicans React with Class, Dignity and Restraint to Sen. Lucas News? Hahaha	lowkell	08/18
93	248	87	2.71	State Department finally agrees to give Joe Biden copies of documents sent to Republicans senators	Mark Sumner	08/19
94	246	292	2.66	Thursday Pundit Round-up- The Convention	Chitown Kev	08/20
95	244	254	2.66	Sunday Pundit Round-up: Trump's (un)appeal for now	Chitown Kev	08/16
96	243	147	2.70	Anti-mask shouters may get all the attention, but America's pro-mask majority is losing patience	Hunter	08/19
97	240	292	2.87	Trump goes on a tire tirade after Goodyear Tire supports equity in the workplace	Mark Sumner	08/19
98	237	186	2.67	Lincoln Project just did a quick hit on the traitor	Joe Pac	08/18
99	236	994	3.19	Bernie Sanders did, indeed, block Obama (Democratic) nominees to USPS board	kos	08/16
100	233	238	2.72	Rural residents are getting screwed by Trump's USPS sabotage, and many are ticked off	Kerry Eleveld	08/22

Impact total: 407.6

 nrec  - Number of recommendations.
 ncom  - Number of comments.
impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx.
  post - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos post displaying the title.
author - Hyperlink to the post authors Daily Kos home page.
  time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly stories.

The analysis of authors includes total impact, number of stories, and the average impact per post.

Author	impact	stories	imp>0.30	fprec	impact/post
Mark Sumner	58.92	17	17	13	3.47
Joan McCarter	39.89	20	20	15	1.99
Kerry Eleveld	35.07	14	14	14	2.50
Walter Einenkel	34.75	17	17	15	2.04
Laura Clawson	34.26	25	25	15	1.37
Aldous J Pennyfarthing	30.88	12	12	12	2.57
kos	29.55	6	6	4	4.93
Hunter	22.92	9	9	8	2.55
teacherken	19.15	10	8	10	1.91
annieli	19.05	30	21	30	0.63
Lauren Floyd	15.33	9	9	7	1.70
Gabe Ortiz	12.88	12	12	8	1.07
AlyoshaKaramazov	11.70	5	4	5	2.34
Dartagnan	11.49	5	5	5	2.30
Greg Dworkin	10.85	4	4		2.71
VirginiaWave	9.25	4	3	4	2.31
SemDem	9.19	2	2	2	4.60
News Corpse	8.54	7	5	7	1.22
DoctorWho	8.01	2	2	2	4.01
voidstuff	7.97	1	1	1	7.97
committed	7.61	1	1	1	7.61
Jen Hayden	7.51	3	3	3	2.50
zenvegan	6.79	5	2	5	1.36
Daily Kos Elections	6.54	15	12	9	0.44
srelar	6.45	2	2	2	3.22
AKALib	6.42	9	5	9	0.71
Chitown Kev	6.39	6	3	6	1.06
ericlewis0	6.15	2	2	2	3.08
Prism Guest Writer	5.98	2	2	2	2.99
OffTheHill	5.89	1	1	1	5.89
Denise Oliver Velez	5.73	3	3	2	1.91
Aysha Qamar	5.72	5	5	5	1.14
jamess	5.71	5	4	5	1.14
nancyjones	5.69	1	1	1	5.69
trespekes	5.67	1	1	1	5.67
WB Reeves	5.40	1	1	1	5.40
Vetwife	5.39	3	1	3	1.80
bubbanomics	5.31	2	2	2	2.66
The BigotBasher	5.15	2	1	2	2.57
DRo	5.10	2	1	2	2.55
independent cuss	5.08	1	1	1	5.08
poopdogcomedy	5.04	31	2	29	0.16
Marissa Higgins	4.87	4	3	2	1.22
GoodNewsRoundup	4.81	7	7	7	0.69
Bill in Portland Maine	4.70	5	5		0.94
FishOutofWater	4.66	1	1	1	4.66
citixen	4.49	1	1	1	4.49
Christian Dem in NC	4.45	4	2	4	1.11
certainot	4.42	1	1	1	4.42
ShowerCap	4.35	2	2	2	2.17
billlaurelMD	4.30	1	1	1	4.30
NotNowNotEver	4.28	7	7	7	0.61
yar	4.26	1	1	1	4.26
FishOuttaScotch	4.15	1	1	1	4.15
tonyahky	4.11	1	1	1	4.11
TheMominator	4.08	1	1	1	4.08
Alfred D Newman	4.06	3	1	3	1.35
A DC Wonk	4.01	2	2	2	2.00
Egberto Willies	3.81	15	6	15	0.25
TrueBlueMajority	3.74	1	1	1	3.74
guavaboy	3.66	3	2	3	1.22
litmus58	3.65	1	1	1	3.65
pr0gressivist	3.53	1	1	1	3.53
JoanMar	3.52	1	1	1	3.52
Joe Pac	3.48	3	3	3	1.16
senorjoel	3.45	2	1	2	1.73
6412093	3.36	1	1	1	3.36
prizmordial	3.33	1	1	1	3.33
KAMMY	3.10	1	1	1	3.10
bctdcfd	3.08	1	1	1	3.08
lowkell	3.03	2	2	2	1.52
I am not Arthur	2.76	2	2	2	1.38
sockpuppet	2.71	2	2	2	1.36
Colorado Blue	2.58	1	1	1	2.58
Barbara Morrill	2.49	1	1		2.49
Yosef 52	2.41	8	1	8	0.30
FoundingFatherDAR	2.32	1	1	1	2.32
Georgia Logothetis	2.21	1	1		2.21
Thomas Hailey Kloecker	2.19	3	2	3	0.73
Jeff Singer	2.13	7	3	6	0.30
oldhippiedude	2.13	2	2	2	1.07
Ojibwa	2.10	9	1	9	0.23
strawbale	1.86	4	4	4	0.47
David Neiwert	1.79	1	1	1	1.79
The Marti	1.78	4	2	4	0.44
Tom Tomorrow	1.74	1	1		1.74
skralyx	1.66	3	3	3	0.55
keefknight	1.62	1	1	1	1.62
David Nir	1.61	1	1	1	1.61
Lefty Coaster	1.60	6	2	6	0.27
Crashing Vor	1.58	1	1	1	1.58
Brainwrap	1.57	8	1	8	0.20
Flowergirl77	1.51	1	1	1	1.51
HalBrown	1.48	7	2	7	0.21
xaxnar	1.42	6	1	5	0.24
karij	1.38	1	1	1	1.38
chloris creator	1.38	1	1	1	1.38
2thanks	1.31	1	1	1	1.31
Alonso del Arte	1.28	4	1	3	0.32
Jen Sorensen	1.28	1	1	1	1.28

Impact total: 729.0 The analysis of readers includes the number of recommendations awarded, the number of authors recommended, the number and percent of their recommendations on the most recommended list (conversion) and a ratio reflecting how much better the recommendations they made matched the top hit list than would the same number of random picks.

READER	REC	AUTHORS	TopHits	conversion	ratio
roses	422	180	86	20.38	2.26
eeff	389	160	94	24.16	2.68
Cronesense	337	135	92	27.30	3.02
WYgalinCali	324	109	88	27.16	3.01
reppa	304	135	94	30.92	3.43
rja	298	106	90	30.20	3.35
catlady3	296	154	68	22.97	2.55
ET3117	246	109	85	34.55	3.83
ellenak	246	84	89	36.18	4.01
dewtx	236	80	87	36.86	4.08
Noah Andersen	235	84	84	35.74	3.96
DiegoUK	232	101	79	34.05	3.77
tofumagoo	224	92	76	33.93	3.76
chimpy	221	112	71	32.13	3.56
Poohze	219	64	67	30.59	3.39
McGovern78	217	54	49	22.58	2.50
Andrew F Cockburn	215	91	89	41.40	4.59
CompaniaHill	215	85	89	41.40	4.59
Laurel in CA	212	77	81	38.21	4.23
zoom314	208	72	57	27.40	3.04
FarWestGirl	208	104	61	29.33	3.25
kurt	207	133	53	25.60	2.84
GlastoSara	204	65	76	37.25	4.13
slowbutsure	204	95	78	38.24	4.24
MKSinSA	202	146	45	22.28	2.47
malapert	192	64	60	31.25	3.46
blslarner	191	87	69	36.13	4.00
Railfan	187	62	64	34.22	3.79
libera nos	186	92	44	23.66	2.62
page394	176	109	49	27.84	3.08
A Citizen	174	104	56	32.18	3.57
PrahaPartizan	173	49	48	27.75	3.07
elwior	171	89	72	42.11	4.67
bjwchxMI	170	88	73	42.94	4.76
hbk	170	70	54	31.76	3.52
Jake Williams	167	91	76	45.51	5.04
PitaRocks	164	109	50	30.49	3.38
Tookish	164	66	74	45.12	5.00
somewhereupnorth	162	78	54	33.33	3.69
slice	161	57	73	45.34	5.02
RunawayRose	161	68	49	30.43	3.37
Steven Park	159	80	61	38.36	4.25
ericlewis0	159	83	50	31.45	3.48
notbroken	157	73	81	51.59	5.72
profundo	155	86	63	40.65	4.50
dmhlt 66	154	81	62	40.26	4.46
peacestpete	154	87	49	31.82	3.53
sweetthesound	152	87	56	36.84	4.08
Lee Montana	152	73	80	52.63	5.83
emaycee	152	43	64	42.11	4.67
sockpuppet	148	70	50	33.78	3.74
Tin woman1	145	84	31	21.38	2.37
greenharper	145	72	80	55.17	6.11
elizawhig1	142	62	57	40.14	4.45
lawnorder	141	63	54	38.30	4.24
jrickball	140	83	64	45.71	5.07
belinda ridgewood	138	76	42	30.43	3.37
luckylizard	138	87	35	25.36	2.81
gizmo59	138	69	69	50.00	5.54
churchylafemme	138	84	51	36.96	4.09
Mirelle	136	108	22	16.18	1.79
CorpFlunky	136	61	47	34.56	3.83
Eliamias	135	63	62	45.93	5.09
2n10	135	67	42	31.11	3.45
oldhippywoman	133	80	44	33.08	3.67
Kravortek	132	47	57	43.18	4.78
Lesele	130	63	77	59.23	6.56
djtroops	130	40	47	36.15	4.01
misterwade	130	68	61	46.92	5.20
FindingMyVoice	128	74	58	45.31	5.02
Habitat Vic	127	69	61	48.03	5.32
Reader Ray	126	90	54	42.86	4.75
HedwigKos	126	85	51	40.48	4.48
Wintermute	126	63	72	57.14	6.33
LamontCranston	125	67	51	40.80	4.52
CA Nana	124	74	57	45.97	5.09
HateGOPHypocrisy	123	62	51	41.46	4.59
side pocket	122	64	38	31.15	3.45
PaulinFtLupton	121	73	68	56.20	6.23
phoenixdreamz	121	63	47	38.84	4.30
GardeningGal	119	83	49	41.18	4.56
Amaze	118	61	72	61.02	6.76
alaskahiatt	118	65	53	44.92	4.98
GAS	117	51	46	39.32	4.36
njm5000	116	62	23	19.83	2.20
ksmoore777	115	73	55	47.83	5.30
CTJOE	115	76	41	35.65	3.95
marleycat	115	61	69	60.00	6.65
Kansas Born	115	69	44	38.26	4.24
ladybug53	115	72	44	38.26	4.24
Lallyn	113	58	53	46.90	5.20
third Party please	113	76	47	41.59	4.61
mlleelizabeth	113	63	48	42.48	4.71
mittenstheunrulykitten	111	55	60	54.05	5.99
gchaucer2	111	55	47	42.34	4.69
Ekaterin	111	70	52	46.85	5.19
RUkidnme	109	53	67	61.47	6.81
komogo	109	35	54	49.54	5.49
Alumbrados	109	47	50	45.87	5.08
crystaline	108	65	39	36.11	4.00
tvoss123	108	76	45	41.67	4.62
Irish Plowboy	108	59	38	35.19	3.90
KenBee	108	70	41	37.96	4.21
MerelyGifted	107	63	45	42.06	4.66
Pam from Calif	107	68	29	27.10	3.00
HollyValera	106	63	43	40.57	4.49
meadowmist	105	63	22	20.95	2.32
Wino	104	74	51	49.04	5.43
djgreeneyes	102	62	66	64.71	7.17
bythesea	102	61	47	46.08	5.11
IwishIwerearobot	101	59	49	48.51	5.38
subtropolis	101	61	39	38.61	4.28
Kluger2	100	53	47	47.00	5.21
getfuzzy	100	53	58	58.00	6.43
Abinold	100	44	37	37.00	4.10
bbctooman	100	63	48	48.00	5.32
Leo Orionis	99	27	28	28.28	3.13
Posenroots	99	60	53	53.54	5.93
kevinpdx	99	47	36	36.36	4.03
diras	99	49	56	56.57	6.27

      rec  = number of posts recommended
   authors = number of authors recommended
   TopHits = number of recommended stories in top hit list
conversion = 100 * TopHits/rec; percent of recommended stories on top hit list
     ratio = TopHits/predicted, where
 predicted = ntop * rec/nstories, where
      ntop = number of stories in top hit list = 100
  nstories = total number of stories= 1108

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

High Impact Stories: August 22, 2020

jotter

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Sunday August 23, 2020 · 12:28 PM PDT

2020/08/23 · 12:28

2020-08-22 00:00:05 - 2020-08-22 23:47:00 UTC; DailyKos stories = 131; 131 per day; 5.5 per hour

Yesterday 114 Kogs posted 131 stories of which 123 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1765 recommending readers; 86 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 40 by 30 or more, and 22 by 100 or more. Commenters (1672) visited 131 stories; 67 had 10 or more commenters, 31 had 30 or more, and 9 had 100 or more.

Recommendations and comments were collected Sun Aug 23 08:00:03 2020 UTC.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 131 POSTS
MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.19
AVERAGE	0.65
MAX	5.68
TOTAL	117.84 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 20 diaries, the lowest receiving 2.04 bharns

Story Impact Distribution
Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	182	177	108	59	36
commenters	182	181	88	42	17
connections	182	177	138	76	42

KOG ACTIVITY*
KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	2284	810	129	1392	47
RECOMMEND	810	1958	48	1147	47
WRITE	129	48	137	7	47

* (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

User Interaction Statistics (Network)
OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	12363
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	3439 x 137 = 471143
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	2.6 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	12363 / 3439 = 3.59

Graph Summary Data

HIGH IMPACT POSTS
RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	time
1	503	468	5.68	BREAKING: New York Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against the Trump Organization. UPDATED.	Rudyard	21:46
2	437	201	4.83	WOW! Chuck Todd exposes Trump lie about saving the country and shows him unhinged	Egberto Willies	06:19
3	352	166	3.86	AOC introduces Postmaster General DeJoy to concept of accountability. Apparently he's 'new to this'	Lauren Floyd	01:57
4	340	116	3.68	Watch 30-year postal veteran congresswoman calmly dissect Trump and postmaster general's sabotage	Walter Einenkel	01:44
5	316	215	3.59	Postmaster General DeJoy hid a new Postal Service report from lawmakers for good reason	Kerry Eleveld	21:57
6	310	193	3.54	Is Eric Trump invoking the Fifth Amendment to dodge testifying about Trump Organization finances?	Hunter	02:00
7	308	211	3.35	Lincoln Project: "Evil" - featuring Jared	teacherken	16:49
8	264	557	3.44	Kellyanne calls it a day	Johnny Wendell	07:24
9	237	139	2.61	Rep. Kate Porter gets DeJoy to admit he doesn't even know how much a postcard stamp costs	Walter Einenkel	02:34
10	228	204	2.67	Combative DeJoy reiterates to House: 'No, I will not' put the postal sorting machines back	Joan McCarter	22:07
11	216	238	2.55	New AP-NORC Poll has Trump at 35% Approval with 65% Disapproving of his dismal performance	Lefty Coaster	22:28
12	216	94	2.37	Florida man Rep. Gaetz had embarrassing crying text sessions ? with Sean Hannity	Walter Einenkel	21:33
13	216	90	2.35	Federal judge puts hold on Trump campaign lawsuit to stop mail-in balloting in Pennsylvania	Joan McCarter	20:11
14	211	161	2.45	Biden unveils endorsements from a long list of Republicans as Republican convention kicks off	Laura Clawson	20:42
15	207	357	2.31	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Before the GOP convention, Trump politicizes the FDA	Greg Dworkin	16:30
16	203	290	2.58	Jerry Falwell admits to wife's affair with their poolboy.	MTmofo	08:12
17	195	239	2.33	UPDATE: BREAKING: Falwell RESIGNS! Or DOES He? Falwell Denies Resigning	AlyoshaKaramazov	02:42
18	192	84	2.10	Louis DeJoy opens several cans of worms for House investigators to explore	Joan McCarter	03:24
19	184	105	2.04	Navalny WAS Poisoned, Say German Doctors	Dan K	19:58
20	181	138	2.05	Police shoot black man while holding his shirt at domestic disturbance call. Update: Gov. Evers stmt	MTmofo	08:34
21	179	403	2.01	Postal Service sabotage takes center stage in House	Joan McCarter	19:02
22	179	217	2.09	Video of another police shooting rocks the nation as Wisconsin man fights for his life	Laura Clawson	17:55
23	173	109	1.93	Author of upcoming tell-all reportedly taped Melania making 'harsh comments' about Ivanka and Donald	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	04:07
24	170	42	1.81	Cartoon: Breaking the news	Tom Tomorrow	17:00
25	166	251	1.95	538 has a 9.2 pt lead at 51.4% and GREAT LEADS IN AVG OF POLLS IN FL, AZ, MI, WI, AND PA + More	Dem	17:25
26	163	37	1.73	John le Carre Writes About Donald Trump.	Trenz Pruca	04:23
27	159	68	1.76	Scranton loves Biden, Queens hates Trump	Kerry Eleveld	19:50
28	152	35	1.60	12 Vulnerable Republicans Voted Against Protecting the Postal Service. Here's How We Make Them Pay.	AWildLibAppeared	18:00
29	151	102	1.65	Joe Biden describes 'grief and outrage' at Wisconsin police shooting	Laura Clawson	21:10
30	144	202	1.82	Falwell's business partner says he had affair with Trump-supporting evangelical leader and his wife	Marissa Higgins	01:00
31	143	153	1.73	Republicans make it official with convention non-platform: They're the Party of Trump	Laura Clawson	19:18
32	130	83	1.47	Louisiana police fired 11 times, killing Black man as he walked away	Lauren Floyd	22:45
33	128	174	1.56	Falwell ?Pool Boy? Says ?he had a years-long sexual relationship involving Falwell?s wife," Falwell	lowkell	22:22
34	118	269	1.30	Monday Good News Roundup	Jessiestaf	16:00
35	117	136	1.45	Kellyanne Conway resigns as family feud goes increasingly public	Lauren Floyd	23:03
36	106	61	1.19	Breaking - Michael Steele joins Lincoln project	Frank Palmer	03:27
37	98	16	1.04	Some companies are signing pledge to not simply make time for employees to vote, but to pay them too	Walter Einenkel	00:50
38	98	19	1.05	Jared Kushner is thick as thieves with Putin's money man. Nothing good has come of it	Kerry Eleveld	04:22
39	87	108	1.07	The Trump onslaught begins?4 unadulterated days of brainwashing his cultists	Kerry Eleveld	01:16
40	86	127	0.93	Cheers and Jeers: Monday	Bill in Portland Maine	16:50
41	81	56	0.87	Biden protected us from Bork as a Supreme Court Justice: Day 45 of 100 Days of Loving Joe Biden	GoodNewsRoundup	16:02
42	79	65	0.94	?You now have COVID?: Masked man hugged strangers at Walmart	Aysha Qamar	23:19
43	71	116	0.77	Moondai Furkids: O Sole Mio	Mopshell	22:45
44	71	11	0.75	Cartoon: Trust me	Nick Anderson	03:00
45	65	20	0.70	DeJoy: "The (mail)trucks leave on time" because who really wants surprises every night	annieli	00:46
46	62	14	0.68	Evictions and hunger are coming for too many people as Republicans refuse to extend COVID-19 relief	Laura Clawson	22:58
47	57	39	0.62	Michael Cohen to appear in ads confirming he committed crimes on behalf of and with Trump	zenvegan	04:22
48	46	8	0.49	Proud Boys again bring violence to Portland, and police again stand by and do nothing	David Neiwert	04:37
49	44	16	0.47	Collusion between Trump campaign and Russia never ended	annieli	09:02
50	43	108	0.47	A Festival for the Brain Dead - Evening Shade, Monday	NotNowNotEver	04:30
51	40	13	0.43	TRUMP THE SEXUAL PREDATOR (Warning: a LOT of Nasty Stuff Here)	Yosef 52	22:00
52	39	52	0.43	PWB Peeps Open Thread: Ride the Wind	strawbale	07:00
53	39	33	0.46	PPP's New Poll Has Joe Biden Beating Trump In Texas 48-47	poopdogcomedy	01:52
54	37	40	0.41	TRUMP Turns the RNC Into Just Another One of His Another Lie-Riddled Cult Rallies	News Corpse	03:36
55	37	9	0.40	Postmaster General did not give response Republican Congressman expected, ?Only In Washington DC.?	Egberto Willies	21:33
56	36	10	0.38	Pompeo's RNC participation spits on, then tramples, State Department ethics	Laura Clawson	01:24
57	33	12	0.36	Freepers freak! Trump's base's reaction to The Darnold's very very very bad day	Tommy T	21:00
58	33	6	0.35	Trump's Misery Index (the newest ad from MeidasTouch)	mark schroeder	01:17
59	32	34	0.36	Nothing but zest this week. Trump's all peel, no orange, and Kellyanne jumps ship	annieli	07:01
60	29	14	0.33	Republicans just love saying the quiet part out loud	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	21:35
61	29	35	0.33	Morning Digest: Ever heard of a 'top-four' primary? It could be coming to a state near you soon	Daily Kos Elections	17:00
62	28	36	0.31	Top Comments: Power Outage Edition	brillig	07:00
63	26	104	0.29	Kitchen Table Kibitzing August 23. 2020	side pocket	05:30
64	26	52	0.29	Overnight News Digest August 23, 2020	side pocket	09:00
65	26	11	0.28	Every activity Trump participates in hurts us even golf	Jay Cuasay	22:40
66	25	287	0.28	New Day Cafe: Moon Gates	samanthab	19:30
67	25	130	0.29	Morning Open Thread: Something Disappearing as We Say Its Name	officebss	15:28
68	25	10	0.28	Republican National Committee "resovlves" to keep their 2016 party platform, and it's a hoot	David Michigan	09:31
69	25	6	0.27	Republican Presidents Are, Apparently, Powerless and/or Incompetent, According to Republicans	GrafZeppelin127	20:00
70	25	4	0.26	60 Minutes: 'How Russian intelligence officers interfered in the 2016 election'	Lefty Coaster	08:55
71	25	3	0.26	"Cockroach Theory" and Political Corruption: The rot in the North Carolina GOP runs very, very deep	LongLeafPineSlate	17:10
72	24	22	0.28	BREAKING: GOP Vows to Give Up any Pretence of Agency. Abandons GOP Platform for 2020.	Captain Frogbert	17:32
73	24	14	0.26	Pebble Mine Permit Process on Hold!	Senor Unoball	21:19
74	24	1	0.25	KY-Sen: Amy McGrath (D) Puts Pressure On KY AG To Release Report On Breonna Taylor Investigation	poopdogcomedy	04:21
75	23	23	0.29	Franklin Graham Completely Missed God!	Benthovens5th	12:07
76	23	7	0.25	Back Under New Account	KYLeveller	05:26
77	22	21	0.25	The GOP Has No Party Platform. Literally.	AlyoshaKaramazov	18:03
78	22	6	0.24	MT-AL: Kathleen Williams has her second ad out wherein she fillets a fish	MTmofo	01:52
79	21	6	0.23	NC-Sen: Morning Consult Poll Has Cal Cunningham (D) Beating Thom Tillis (R) 47-39	poopdogcomedy	03:08
80	20	20	0.23	Today Jeff Flake grew a spine and endorses Biden and some storm advice	zenvegan	18:28
81	20	12	0.23	unhinged Trump now claims you'll get infected by ballot boxes	annieli	16:14
82	20	6	0.21	Hey You! Wanna Win? CHECK THIS INFO OUT! (With Yosef?s Twitter Treasure Trove and Quick Hits!)	Yosef 52	04:16
83	19	32	0.21	The Daily Bucket. Update from Quincy, CA; The Claremont Fire. Non-fumus carborundum.	funningforrest	21:35
84	19	20	0.22	Rejoice comrades! Is beautiful White House "Rose Garden"!	The Bassweasel	05:49
85	19	11	0.21	Some Minnesota delegates don't want their names mentioned.	A Citizen	18:33
86	19	1	0.20	VA-Sen: Sen. Mark Warner (D) Calls For Trump's Postmaster General's Resignation	poopdogcomedy	03:54
87	17	11	0.19	Post Office Hearing Today: New USPS Documents Show Nationwide Delays Far Worsening	e2247	21:08
88	17	6	0.18	Republicans gerrymandered & stole Michigan. Here's how Democrats are winning it back in 2020.	Blue Tuesday	18:33
89	14	8	0.16	Melania's Rose Garden Changes	drmichaelegan	01:04
90	14	8	0.16	Which World Leaders Actually Care about their People in the COVID Crisis? These four women	Ann McLaughlin	23:45
91	14	5	0.15	All The President?s People: The Growing List of Those Who Have Turned On Donald Trump	KeithDB	03:08
92	14	5	0.15	NC-Sen: NYT, "Not the Convention, or the Election, North Carolina Republicans Hoped For"	poopdogcomedy	21:58
93	12	24	0.18	Kellyanne lived by the president's tweets, she is leaving with one of her own and with a rhyme	HalBrown	17:02
94	12	17	0.16	Seen Twice at the Grocery Store This Weekend - People Wearing Trump Masks with ZERO Sense of Irony!	Slideman	19:23
95	11	26	0.19	More than 534,000 Mail-in Ballots Rejected in the Primaries. We can't let this happen on Nov 3!	DeniseHa	09:32
96	9	510	0.57	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/24	Daily Kos Elections	18:00
97	7	39	0.21	Richard Spencer does a 180	Thyme4Thought	03:56
98	4	49	0.20	Just a simple question planning to watch GOP convention?	CameronProf	03:56
99	2	134	0.27	Do better Joe Biden.	trubludude	19:06

Impact total: 71.2

 nrec  - Number of recommendations.
 ncom  - Number of comments.
impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx.
  post - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos post displaying the title.
author - Hyperlink to the post authors Daily Kos home page.
  time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly stories.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

High Impact Stories: August 21, 2020

jotter

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Saturday August 22, 2020 · 7:31 AM PDT

2020/08/22 · 07:31

2020-08-21 00:00:12 - 2020-08-21 23:52:51 UTC; DailyKos stories = 185; 185 per day; 7.7 per hour

Yesterday 144 Kogs posted 185 stories of which 178 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 2036 recommending readers; 118 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 53 by 30 or more, and 28 by 100 or more. Commenters (2216) visited 185 stories; 88 had 10 or more commenters, 39 had 30 or more, and 13 had 100 or more.

Recommendations and comments were collected Sat Aug 22 08:00:04 2020 UTC.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 185 POSTS
MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.19
AVERAGE	0.65
MAX	5.68
TOTAL	117.84 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 20 diaries, the lowest receiving 2.04 bharns

Story Impact Distribution
Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	182	177	108	59	36
commenters	182	181	88	42	17
connections	182	177	138	76	42

KOG ACTIVITY*
KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	2284	810	129	1392	47
RECOMMEND	810	1958	48	1147	47
WRITE	129	48	137	7	47

* (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

User Interaction Statistics (Network)
OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	12363
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	3439 x 137 = 471143
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	2.6 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	12363 / 3439 = 3.59

Graph Summary Data

HIGH IMPACT POSTS
RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	time
1	503	468	5.68	BREAKING: New York Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against the Trump Organization. UPDATED.	Rudyard	21:46
2	437	201	4.83	WOW! Chuck Todd exposes Trump lie about saving the country and shows him unhinged	Egberto Willies	06:19
3	352	166	3.86	AOC introduces Postmaster General DeJoy to concept of accountability. Apparently he's 'new to this'	Lauren Floyd	01:57
4	340	116	3.68	Watch 30-year postal veteran congresswoman calmly dissect Trump and postmaster general's sabotage	Walter Einenkel	01:44
5	316	215	3.59	Postmaster General DeJoy hid a new Postal Service report from lawmakers for good reason	Kerry Eleveld	21:57
6	310	193	3.54	Is Eric Trump invoking the Fifth Amendment to dodge testifying about Trump Organization finances?	Hunter	02:00
7	308	211	3.35	Lincoln Project: "Evil" - featuring Jared	teacherken	16:49
8	264	557	3.44	Kellyanne calls it a day	Johnny Wendell	07:24
9	237	139	2.61	Rep. Kate Porter gets DeJoy to admit he doesn't even know how much a postcard stamp costs	Walter Einenkel	02:34
10	228	204	2.67	Combative DeJoy reiterates to House: 'No, I will not' put the postal sorting machines back	Joan McCarter	22:07
11	216	238	2.55	New AP-NORC Poll has Trump at 35% Approval with 65% Disapproving of his dismal performance	Lefty Coaster	22:28
12	216	94	2.37	Florida man Rep. Gaetz had embarrassing crying text sessions ? with Sean Hannity	Walter Einenkel	21:33
13	216	90	2.35	Federal judge puts hold on Trump campaign lawsuit to stop mail-in balloting in Pennsylvania	Joan McCarter	20:11
14	211	161	2.45	Biden unveils endorsements from a long list of Republicans as Republican convention kicks off	Laura Clawson	20:42
15	207	357	2.31	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Before the GOP convention, Trump politicizes the FDA	Greg Dworkin	16:30
16	203	290	2.58	Jerry Falwell admits to wife's affair with their poolboy.	MTmofo	08:12
17	195	239	2.33	UPDATE: BREAKING: Falwell RESIGNS! Or DOES He? Falwell Denies Resigning	AlyoshaKaramazov	02:42
18	192	84	2.10	Louis DeJoy opens several cans of worms for House investigators to explore	Joan McCarter	03:24
19	184	105	2.04	Navalny WAS Poisoned, Say German Doctors	Dan K	19:58
20	181	138	2.05	Police shoot black man while holding his shirt at domestic disturbance call. Update: Gov. Evers stmt	MTmofo	08:34
21	179	403	2.01	Postal Service sabotage takes center stage in House	Joan McCarter	19:02
22	179	217	2.09	Video of another police shooting rocks the nation as Wisconsin man fights for his life	Laura Clawson	17:55
23	173	109	1.93	Author of upcoming tell-all reportedly taped Melania making 'harsh comments' about Ivanka and Donald	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	04:07
24	170	42	1.81	Cartoon: Breaking the news	Tom Tomorrow	17:00
25	166	251	1.95	538 has a 9.2 pt lead at 51.4% and GREAT LEADS IN AVG OF POLLS IN FL, AZ, MI, WI, AND PA + More	Dem	17:25
26	163	37	1.73	John le Carre Writes About Donald Trump.	Trenz Pruca	04:23
27	159	68	1.76	Scranton loves Biden, Queens hates Trump	Kerry Eleveld	19:50
28	152	35	1.60	12 Vulnerable Republicans Voted Against Protecting the Postal Service. Here's How We Make Them Pay.	AWildLibAppeared	18:00
29	151	102	1.65	Joe Biden describes 'grief and outrage' at Wisconsin police shooting	Laura Clawson	21:10
30	144	202	1.82	Falwell's business partner says he had affair with Trump-supporting evangelical leader and his wife	Marissa Higgins	01:00
31	143	153	1.73	Republicans make it official with convention non-platform: They're the Party of Trump	Laura Clawson	19:18
32	130	83	1.47	Louisiana police fired 11 times, killing Black man as he walked away	Lauren Floyd	22:45
33	128	174	1.56	Falwell ?Pool Boy? Says ?he had a years-long sexual relationship involving Falwell?s wife," Falwell	lowkell	22:22
34	118	269	1.30	Monday Good News Roundup	Jessiestaf	16:00
35	117	136	1.45	Kellyanne Conway resigns as family feud goes increasingly public	Lauren Floyd	23:03
36	106	61	1.19	Breaking - Michael Steele joins Lincoln project	Frank Palmer	03:27
37	98	16	1.04	Some companies are signing pledge to not simply make time for employees to vote, but to pay them too	Walter Einenkel	00:50
38	98	19	1.05	Jared Kushner is thick as thieves with Putin's money man. Nothing good has come of it	Kerry Eleveld	04:22
39	87	108	1.07	The Trump onslaught begins?4 unadulterated days of brainwashing his cultists	Kerry Eleveld	01:16
40	86	127	0.93	Cheers and Jeers: Monday	Bill in Portland Maine	16:50
41	81	56	0.87	Biden protected us from Bork as a Supreme Court Justice: Day 45 of 100 Days of Loving Joe Biden	GoodNewsRoundup	16:02
42	79	65	0.94	?You now have COVID?: Masked man hugged strangers at Walmart	Aysha Qamar	23:19
43	71	116	0.77	Moondai Furkids: O Sole Mio	Mopshell	22:45
44	71	11	0.75	Cartoon: Trust me	Nick Anderson	03:00
45	65	20	0.70	DeJoy: "The (mail)trucks leave on time" because who really wants surprises every night	annieli	00:46
46	62	14	0.68	Evictions and hunger are coming for too many people as Republicans refuse to extend COVID-19 relief	Laura Clawson	22:58
47	57	39	0.62	Michael Cohen to appear in ads confirming he committed crimes on behalf of and with Trump	zenvegan	04:22
48	46	8	0.49	Proud Boys again bring violence to Portland, and police again stand by and do nothing	David Neiwert	04:37
49	44	16	0.47	Collusion between Trump campaign and Russia never ended	annieli	09:02
50	43	108	0.47	A Festival for the Brain Dead - Evening Shade, Monday	NotNowNotEver	04:30
51	40	13	0.43	TRUMP THE SEXUAL PREDATOR (Warning: a LOT of Nasty Stuff Here)	Yosef 52	22:00
52	39	52	0.43	PWB Peeps Open Thread: Ride the Wind	strawbale	07:00
53	39	33	0.46	PPP's New Poll Has Joe Biden Beating Trump In Texas 48-47	poopdogcomedy	01:52
54	37	40	0.41	TRUMP Turns the RNC Into Just Another One of His Another Lie-Riddled Cult Rallies	News Corpse	03:36
55	37	9	0.40	Postmaster General did not give response Republican Congressman expected, ?Only In Washington DC.?	Egberto Willies	21:33
56	36	10	0.38	Pompeo's RNC participation spits on, then tramples, State Department ethics	Laura Clawson	01:24
57	33	12	0.36	Freepers freak! Trump's base's reaction to The Darnold's very very very bad day	Tommy T	21:00
58	33	6	0.35	Trump's Misery Index (the newest ad from MeidasTouch)	mark schroeder	01:17
59	32	34	0.36	Nothing but zest this week. Trump's all peel, no orange, and Kellyanne jumps ship	annieli	07:01
60	29	14	0.33	Republicans just love saying the quiet part out loud	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	21:35
61	29	35	0.33	Morning Digest: Ever heard of a 'top-four' primary? It could be coming to a state near you soon	Daily Kos Elections	17:00
62	28	36	0.31	Top Comments: Power Outage Edition	brillig	07:00
63	26	104	0.29	Kitchen Table Kibitzing August 23. 2020	side pocket	05:30
64	26	52	0.29	Overnight News Digest August 23, 2020	side pocket	09:00
65	26	11	0.28	Every activity Trump participates in hurts us even golf	Jay Cuasay	22:40
66	25	287	0.28	New Day Cafe: Moon Gates	samanthab	19:30
67	25	130	0.29	Morning Open Thread: Something Disappearing as We Say Its Name	officebss	15:28
68	25	10	0.28	Republican National Committee "resovlves" to keep their 2016 party platform, and it's a hoot	David Michigan	09:31
69	25	6	0.27	Republican Presidents Are, Apparently, Powerless and/or Incompetent, According to Republicans	GrafZeppelin127	20:00
70	25	4	0.26	60 Minutes: 'How Russian intelligence officers interfered in the 2016 election'	Lefty Coaster	08:55
71	25	3	0.26	"Cockroach Theory" and Political Corruption: The rot in the North Carolina GOP runs very, very deep	LongLeafPineSlate	17:10
72	24	22	0.28	BREAKING: GOP Vows to Give Up any Pretence of Agency. Abandons GOP Platform for 2020.	Captain Frogbert	17:32
73	24	14	0.26	Pebble Mine Permit Process on Hold!	Senor Unoball	21:19
74	24	1	0.25	KY-Sen: Amy McGrath (D) Puts Pressure On KY AG To Release Report On Breonna Taylor Investigation	poopdogcomedy	04:21
75	23	23	0.29	Franklin Graham Completely Missed God!	Benthovens5th	12:07
76	23	7	0.25	Back Under New Account	KYLeveller	05:26
77	22	21	0.25	The GOP Has No Party Platform. Literally.	AlyoshaKaramazov	18:03
78	22	6	0.24	MT-AL: Kathleen Williams has her second ad out wherein she fillets a fish	MTmofo	01:52
79	21	6	0.23	NC-Sen: Morning Consult Poll Has Cal Cunningham (D) Beating Thom Tillis (R) 47-39	poopdogcomedy	03:08
80	20	20	0.23	Today Jeff Flake grew a spine and endorses Biden and some storm advice	zenvegan	18:28
81	20	12	0.23	unhinged Trump now claims you'll get infected by ballot boxes	annieli	16:14
82	20	6	0.21	Hey You! Wanna Win? CHECK THIS INFO OUT! (With Yosef?s Twitter Treasure Trove and Quick Hits!)	Yosef 52	04:16
83	19	32	0.21	The Daily Bucket. Update from Quincy, CA; The Claremont Fire. Non-fumus carborundum.	funningforrest	21:35
84	19	20	0.22	Rejoice comrades! Is beautiful White House "Rose Garden"!	The Bassweasel	05:49
85	19	11	0.21	Some Minnesota delegates don't want their names mentioned.	A Citizen	18:33
86	19	1	0.20	VA-Sen: Sen. Mark Warner (D) Calls For Trump's Postmaster General's Resignation	poopdogcomedy	03:54
87	17	11	0.19	Post Office Hearing Today: New USPS Documents Show Nationwide Delays Far Worsening	e2247	21:08
88	17	6	0.18	Republicans gerrymandered & stole Michigan. Here's how Democrats are winning it back in 2020.	Blue Tuesday	18:33
89	14	8	0.16	Melania's Rose Garden Changes	drmichaelegan	01:04
90	14	8	0.16	Which World Leaders Actually Care about their People in the COVID Crisis? These four women	Ann McLaughlin	23:45
91	14	5	0.15	All The President?s People: The Growing List of Those Who Have Turned On Donald Trump	KeithDB	03:08
92	14	5	0.15	NC-Sen: NYT, "Not the Convention, or the Election, North Carolina Republicans Hoped For"	poopdogcomedy	21:58
93	12	24	0.18	Kellyanne lived by the president's tweets, she is leaving with one of her own and with a rhyme	HalBrown	17:02
94	12	17	0.16	Seen Twice at the Grocery Store This Weekend - People Wearing Trump Masks with ZERO Sense of Irony!	Slideman	19:23
95	11	26	0.19	More than 534,000 Mail-in Ballots Rejected in the Primaries. We can't let this happen on Nov 3!	DeniseHa	09:32
96	9	510	0.57	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/24	Daily Kos Elections	18:00
97	7	39	0.21	Richard Spencer does a 180	Thyme4Thought	03:56
98	4	49	0.20	Just a simple question planning to watch GOP convention?	CameronProf	03:56
99	2	134	0.27	Do better Joe Biden.	trubludude	19:06

Impact total: 96.5

 nrec  - Number of recommendations.
 ncom  - Number of comments.
impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx.
  post - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos post displaying the title.
author - Hyperlink to the post authors Daily Kos home page.
  time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly stories.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

High Impact Stories: August 18, 2020

jotter

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday August 21, 2020 · 7:33 AM PDT

2020/08/21 · 07:33

2020-08-18 00:04:54 - 2020-08-18 23:56:48 UTC; DailyKos stories = 170; 170 per day; 7.1 per hour

Yesterday 125 Kogs posted 170 stories of which 163 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1972 recommending readers; 111 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 59 by 30 or more, and 34 by 100 or more. Commenters (2040) visited 170 stories; 86 had 10 or more commenters, 45 had 30 or more, and 9 had 100 or more.

Recommendations and comments were collected Wed Aug 19 08:00:04 2020 UTC.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 170 POSTS
MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.19
AVERAGE	0.65
MAX	5.68
TOTAL	117.84 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 20 diaries, the lowest receiving 2.04 bharns

Story Impact Distribution
Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	182	177	108	59	36
commenters	182	181	88	42	17
connections	182	177	138	76	42

KOG ACTIVITY*
KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	2284	810	129	1392	47
RECOMMEND	810	1958	48	1147	47
WRITE	129	48	137	7	47

* (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

User Interaction Statistics (Network)
OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	12363
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	3439 x 137 = 471143
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	2.6 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	12363 / 3439 = 3.59

Graph Summary Data

HIGH IMPACT POSTS
RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	time
1	503	468	5.68	BREAKING: New York Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against the Trump Organization. UPDATED.	Rudyard	21:46
2	437	201	4.83	WOW! Chuck Todd exposes Trump lie about saving the country and shows him unhinged	Egberto Willies	06:19
3	352	166	3.86	AOC introduces Postmaster General DeJoy to concept of accountability. Apparently he's 'new to this'	Lauren Floyd	01:57
4	340	116	3.68	Watch 30-year postal veteran congresswoman calmly dissect Trump and postmaster general's sabotage	Walter Einenkel	01:44
5	316	215	3.59	Postmaster General DeJoy hid a new Postal Service report from lawmakers for good reason	Kerry Eleveld	21:57
6	310	193	3.54	Is Eric Trump invoking the Fifth Amendment to dodge testifying about Trump Organization finances?	Hunter	02:00
7	308	211	3.35	Lincoln Project: "Evil" - featuring Jared	teacherken	16:49
8	264	557	3.44	Kellyanne calls it a day	Johnny Wendell	07:24
9	237	139	2.61	Rep. Kate Porter gets DeJoy to admit he doesn't even know how much a postcard stamp costs	Walter Einenkel	02:34
10	228	204	2.67	Combative DeJoy reiterates to House: 'No, I will not' put the postal sorting machines back	Joan McCarter	22:07
11	216	238	2.55	New AP-NORC Poll has Trump at 35% Approval with 65% Disapproving of his dismal performance	Lefty Coaster	22:28
12	216	94	2.37	Florida man Rep. Gaetz had embarrassing crying text sessions ? with Sean Hannity	Walter Einenkel	21:33
13	216	90	2.35	Federal judge puts hold on Trump campaign lawsuit to stop mail-in balloting in Pennsylvania	Joan McCarter	20:11
14	211	161	2.45	Biden unveils endorsements from a long list of Republicans as Republican convention kicks off	Laura Clawson	20:42
15	207	357	2.31	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Before the GOP convention, Trump politicizes the FDA	Greg Dworkin	16:30
16	203	290	2.58	Jerry Falwell admits to wife's affair with their poolboy.	MTmofo	08:12
17	195	239	2.33	UPDATE: BREAKING: Falwell RESIGNS! Or DOES He? Falwell Denies Resigning	AlyoshaKaramazov	02:42
18	192	84	2.10	Louis DeJoy opens several cans of worms for House investigators to explore	Joan McCarter	03:24
19	184	105	2.04	Navalny WAS Poisoned, Say German Doctors	Dan K	19:58
20	181	138	2.05	Police shoot black man while holding his shirt at domestic disturbance call. Update: Gov. Evers stmt	MTmofo	08:34
21	179	403	2.01	Postal Service sabotage takes center stage in House	Joan McCarter	19:02
22	179	217	2.09	Video of another police shooting rocks the nation as Wisconsin man fights for his life	Laura Clawson	17:55
23	173	109	1.93	Author of upcoming tell-all reportedly taped Melania making 'harsh comments' about Ivanka and Donald	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	04:07
24	170	42	1.81	Cartoon: Breaking the news	Tom Tomorrow	17:00
25	166	251	1.95	538 has a 9.2 pt lead at 51.4% and GREAT LEADS IN AVG OF POLLS IN FL, AZ, MI, WI, AND PA + More	Dem	17:25
26	163	37	1.73	John le Carre Writes About Donald Trump.	Trenz Pruca	04:23
27	159	68	1.76	Scranton loves Biden, Queens hates Trump	Kerry Eleveld	19:50
28	152	35	1.60	12 Vulnerable Republicans Voted Against Protecting the Postal Service. Here's How We Make Them Pay.	AWildLibAppeared	18:00
29	151	102	1.65	Joe Biden describes 'grief and outrage' at Wisconsin police shooting	Laura Clawson	21:10
30	144	202	1.82	Falwell's business partner says he had affair with Trump-supporting evangelical leader and his wife	Marissa Higgins	01:00
31	143	153	1.73	Republicans make it official with convention non-platform: They're the Party of Trump	Laura Clawson	19:18
32	130	83	1.47	Louisiana police fired 11 times, killing Black man as he walked away	Lauren Floyd	22:45
33	128	174	1.56	Falwell ?Pool Boy? Says ?he had a years-long sexual relationship involving Falwell?s wife," Falwell	lowkell	22:22
34	118	269	1.30	Monday Good News Roundup	Jessiestaf	16:00
35	117	136	1.45	Kellyanne Conway resigns as family feud goes increasingly public	Lauren Floyd	23:03
36	106	61	1.19	Breaking - Michael Steele joins Lincoln project	Frank Palmer	03:27
37	98	16	1.04	Some companies are signing pledge to not simply make time for employees to vote, but to pay them too	Walter Einenkel	00:50
38	98	19	1.05	Jared Kushner is thick as thieves with Putin's money man. Nothing good has come of it	Kerry Eleveld	04:22
39	87	108	1.07	The Trump onslaught begins?4 unadulterated days of brainwashing his cultists	Kerry Eleveld	01:16
40	86	127	0.93	Cheers and Jeers: Monday	Bill in Portland Maine	16:50
41	81	56	0.87	Biden protected us from Bork as a Supreme Court Justice: Day 45 of 100 Days of Loving Joe Biden	GoodNewsRoundup	16:02
42	79	65	0.94	?You now have COVID?: Masked man hugged strangers at Walmart	Aysha Qamar	23:19
43	71	116	0.77	Moondai Furkids: O Sole Mio	Mopshell	22:45
44	71	11	0.75	Cartoon: Trust me	Nick Anderson	03:00
45	65	20	0.70	DeJoy: "The (mail)trucks leave on time" because who really wants surprises every night	annieli	00:46
46	62	14	0.68	Evictions and hunger are coming for too many people as Republicans refuse to extend COVID-19 relief	Laura Clawson	22:58
47	57	39	0.62	Michael Cohen to appear in ads confirming he committed crimes on behalf of and with Trump	zenvegan	04:22
48	46	8	0.49	Proud Boys again bring violence to Portland, and police again stand by and do nothing	David Neiwert	04:37
49	44	16	0.47	Collusion between Trump campaign and Russia never ended	annieli	09:02
50	43	108	0.47	A Festival for the Brain Dead - Evening Shade, Monday	NotNowNotEver	04:30
51	40	13	0.43	TRUMP THE SEXUAL PREDATOR (Warning: a LOT of Nasty Stuff Here)	Yosef 52	22:00
52	39	52	0.43	PWB Peeps Open Thread: Ride the Wind	strawbale	07:00
53	39	33	0.46	PPP's New Poll Has Joe Biden Beating Trump In Texas 48-47	poopdogcomedy	01:52
54	37	40	0.41	TRUMP Turns the RNC Into Just Another One of His Another Lie-Riddled Cult Rallies	News Corpse	03:36
55	37	9	0.40	Postmaster General did not give response Republican Congressman expected, ?Only In Washington DC.?	Egberto Willies	21:33
56	36	10	0.38	Pompeo's RNC participation spits on, then tramples, State Department ethics	Laura Clawson	01:24
57	33	12	0.36	Freepers freak! Trump's base's reaction to The Darnold's very very very bad day	Tommy T	21:00
58	33	6	0.35	Trump's Misery Index (the newest ad from MeidasTouch)	mark schroeder	01:17
59	32	34	0.36	Nothing but zest this week. Trump's all peel, no orange, and Kellyanne jumps ship	annieli	07:01
60	29	14	0.33	Republicans just love saying the quiet part out loud	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	21:35
61	29	35	0.33	Morning Digest: Ever heard of a 'top-four' primary? It could be coming to a state near you soon	Daily Kos Elections	17:00
62	28	36	0.31	Top Comments: Power Outage Edition	brillig	07:00
63	26	104	0.29	Kitchen Table Kibitzing August 23. 2020	side pocket	05:30
64	26	52	0.29	Overnight News Digest August 23, 2020	side pocket	09:00
65	26	11	0.28	Every activity Trump participates in hurts us even golf	Jay Cuasay	22:40
66	25	287	0.28	New Day Cafe: Moon Gates	samanthab	19:30
67	25	130	0.29	Morning Open Thread: Something Disappearing as We Say Its Name	officebss	15:28
68	25	10	0.28	Republican National Committee "resovlves" to keep their 2016 party platform, and it's a hoot	David Michigan	09:31
69	25	6	0.27	Republican Presidents Are, Apparently, Powerless and/or Incompetent, According to Republicans	GrafZeppelin127	20:00
70	25	4	0.26	60 Minutes: 'How Russian intelligence officers interfered in the 2016 election'	Lefty Coaster	08:55
71	25	3	0.26	"Cockroach Theory" and Political Corruption: The rot in the North Carolina GOP runs very, very deep	LongLeafPineSlate	17:10
72	24	22	0.28	BREAKING: GOP Vows to Give Up any Pretence of Agency. Abandons GOP Platform for 2020.	Captain Frogbert	17:32
73	24	14	0.26	Pebble Mine Permit Process on Hold!	Senor Unoball	21:19
74	24	1	0.25	KY-Sen: Amy McGrath (D) Puts Pressure On KY AG To Release Report On Breonna Taylor Investigation	poopdogcomedy	04:21
75	23	23	0.29	Franklin Graham Completely Missed God!	Benthovens5th	12:07
76	23	7	0.25	Back Under New Account	KYLeveller	05:26
77	22	21	0.25	The GOP Has No Party Platform. Literally.	AlyoshaKaramazov	18:03
78	22	6	0.24	MT-AL: Kathleen Williams has her second ad out wherein she fillets a fish	MTmofo	01:52
79	21	6	0.23	NC-Sen: Morning Consult Poll Has Cal Cunningham (D) Beating Thom Tillis (R) 47-39	poopdogcomedy	03:08
80	20	20	0.23	Today Jeff Flake grew a spine and endorses Biden and some storm advice	zenvegan	18:28
81	20	12	0.23	unhinged Trump now claims you'll get infected by ballot boxes	annieli	16:14
82	20	6	0.21	Hey You! Wanna Win? CHECK THIS INFO OUT! (With Yosef?s Twitter Treasure Trove and Quick Hits!)	Yosef 52	04:16
83	19	32	0.21	The Daily Bucket. Update from Quincy, CA; The Claremont Fire. Non-fumus carborundum.	funningforrest	21:35
84	19	20	0.22	Rejoice comrades! Is beautiful White House "Rose Garden"!	The Bassweasel	05:49
85	19	11	0.21	Some Minnesota delegates don't want their names mentioned.	A Citizen	18:33
86	19	1	0.20	VA-Sen: Sen. Mark Warner (D) Calls For Trump's Postmaster General's Resignation	poopdogcomedy	03:54
87	17	11	0.19	Post Office Hearing Today: New USPS Documents Show Nationwide Delays Far Worsening	e2247	21:08
88	17	6	0.18	Republicans gerrymandered & stole Michigan. Here's how Democrats are winning it back in 2020.	Blue Tuesday	18:33
89	14	8	0.16	Melania's Rose Garden Changes	drmichaelegan	01:04
90	14	8	0.16	Which World Leaders Actually Care about their People in the COVID Crisis? These four women	Ann McLaughlin	23:45
91	14	5	0.15	All The President?s People: The Growing List of Those Who Have Turned On Donald Trump	KeithDB	03:08
92	14	5	0.15	NC-Sen: NYT, "Not the Convention, or the Election, North Carolina Republicans Hoped For"	poopdogcomedy	21:58
93	12	24	0.18	Kellyanne lived by the president's tweets, she is leaving with one of her own and with a rhyme	HalBrown	17:02
94	12	17	0.16	Seen Twice at the Grocery Store This Weekend - People Wearing Trump Masks with ZERO Sense of Irony!	Slideman	19:23
95	11	26	0.19	More than 534,000 Mail-in Ballots Rejected in the Primaries. We can't let this happen on Nov 3!	DeniseHa	09:32
96	9	510	0.57	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/24	Daily Kos Elections	18:00
97	7	39	0.21	Richard Spencer does a 180	Thyme4Thought	03:56
98	4	49	0.20	Just a simple question planning to watch GOP convention?	CameronProf	03:56
99	2	134	0.27	Do better Joe Biden.	trubludude	19:06

Impact total: 101.3

 nrec  - Number of recommendations.
 ncom  - Number of comments.
impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx.
  post - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos post displaying the title.
author - Hyperlink to the post authors Daily Kos home page.
  time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly stories.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

High Impact Stories: August 19, 2020

jotter

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday August 21, 2020 · 7:32 AM PDT

2020/08/21 · 07:32

2020-08-19 00:00:05 - 2020-08-19 23:45:45 UTC; DailyKos stories = 166; 166 per day; 6.9 per; hour

Yesterday 129 Kogs posted 166 stories of which 161 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1981 recommending readers; 104 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 60 by 30 or more, and 32 by 100 or more. Commenters (2002) visited 165 stories; 84 had 10 or more commenters, 43 had 30 or more, and 12 had 100 or more.

Recommendations and comments were collected Thu Aug 20 08:00:04 2020 UTC.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 166 POSTS
MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.19
AVERAGE	0.65
MAX	5.68
TOTAL	117.84 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 20 diaries, the lowest receiving 2.04 bharns

Story Impact Distribution
Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	182	177	108	59	36
commenters	182	181	88	42	17
connections	182	177	138	76	42

KOG ACTIVITY*
KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	2284	810	129	1392	47
RECOMMEND	810	1958	48	1147	47
WRITE	129	48	137	7	47

* (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

User Interaction Statistics (Network)
OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	12363
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	3439 x 137 = 471143
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	2.6 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	12363 / 3439 = 3.59

Graph Summary Data

HIGH IMPACT POSTS
RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	time
1	503	468	5.68	BREAKING: New York Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against the Trump Organization. UPDATED.	Rudyard	21:46
2	437	201	4.83	WOW! Chuck Todd exposes Trump lie about saving the country and shows him unhinged	Egberto Willies	06:19
3	352	166	3.86	AOC introduces Postmaster General DeJoy to concept of accountability. Apparently he's 'new to this'	Lauren Floyd	01:57
4	340	116	3.68	Watch 30-year postal veteran congresswoman calmly dissect Trump and postmaster general's sabotage	Walter Einenkel	01:44
5	316	215	3.59	Postmaster General DeJoy hid a new Postal Service report from lawmakers for good reason	Kerry Eleveld	21:57
6	310	193	3.54	Is Eric Trump invoking the Fifth Amendment to dodge testifying about Trump Organization finances?	Hunter	02:00
7	308	211	3.35	Lincoln Project: "Evil" - featuring Jared	teacherken	16:49
8	264	557	3.44	Kellyanne calls it a day	Johnny Wendell	07:24
9	237	139	2.61	Rep. Kate Porter gets DeJoy to admit he doesn't even know how much a postcard stamp costs	Walter Einenkel	02:34
10	228	204	2.67	Combative DeJoy reiterates to House: 'No, I will not' put the postal sorting machines back	Joan McCarter	22:07
11	216	238	2.55	New AP-NORC Poll has Trump at 35% Approval with 65% Disapproving of his dismal performance	Lefty Coaster	22:28
12	216	94	2.37	Florida man Rep. Gaetz had embarrassing crying text sessions ? with Sean Hannity	Walter Einenkel	21:33
13	216	90	2.35	Federal judge puts hold on Trump campaign lawsuit to stop mail-in balloting in Pennsylvania	Joan McCarter	20:11
14	211	161	2.45	Biden unveils endorsements from a long list of Republicans as Republican convention kicks off	Laura Clawson	20:42
15	207	357	2.31	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Before the GOP convention, Trump politicizes the FDA	Greg Dworkin	16:30
16	203	290	2.58	Jerry Falwell admits to wife's affair with their poolboy.	MTmofo	08:12
17	195	239	2.33	UPDATE: BREAKING: Falwell RESIGNS! Or DOES He? Falwell Denies Resigning	AlyoshaKaramazov	02:42
18	192	84	2.10	Louis DeJoy opens several cans of worms for House investigators to explore	Joan McCarter	03:24
19	184	105	2.04	Navalny WAS Poisoned, Say German Doctors	Dan K	19:58
20	181	138	2.05	Police shoot black man while holding his shirt at domestic disturbance call. Update: Gov. Evers stmt	MTmofo	08:34
21	179	403	2.01	Postal Service sabotage takes center stage in House	Joan McCarter	19:02
22	179	217	2.09	Video of another police shooting rocks the nation as Wisconsin man fights for his life	Laura Clawson	17:55
23	173	109	1.93	Author of upcoming tell-all reportedly taped Melania making 'harsh comments' about Ivanka and Donald	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	04:07
24	170	42	1.81	Cartoon: Breaking the news	Tom Tomorrow	17:00
25	166	251	1.95	538 has a 9.2 pt lead at 51.4% and GREAT LEADS IN AVG OF POLLS IN FL, AZ, MI, WI, AND PA + More	Dem	17:25
26	163	37	1.73	John le Carre Writes About Donald Trump.	Trenz Pruca	04:23
27	159	68	1.76	Scranton loves Biden, Queens hates Trump	Kerry Eleveld	19:50
28	152	35	1.60	12 Vulnerable Republicans Voted Against Protecting the Postal Service. Here's How We Make Them Pay.	AWildLibAppeared	18:00
29	151	102	1.65	Joe Biden describes 'grief and outrage' at Wisconsin police shooting	Laura Clawson	21:10
30	144	202	1.82	Falwell's business partner says he had affair with Trump-supporting evangelical leader and his wife	Marissa Higgins	01:00
31	143	153	1.73	Republicans make it official with convention non-platform: They're the Party of Trump	Laura Clawson	19:18
32	130	83	1.47	Louisiana police fired 11 times, killing Black man as he walked away	Lauren Floyd	22:45
33	128	174	1.56	Falwell ?Pool Boy? Says ?he had a years-long sexual relationship involving Falwell?s wife," Falwell	lowkell	22:22
34	118	269	1.30	Monday Good News Roundup	Jessiestaf	16:00
35	117	136	1.45	Kellyanne Conway resigns as family feud goes increasingly public	Lauren Floyd	23:03
36	106	61	1.19	Breaking - Michael Steele joins Lincoln project	Frank Palmer	03:27
37	98	16	1.04	Some companies are signing pledge to not simply make time for employees to vote, but to pay them too	Walter Einenkel	00:50
38	98	19	1.05	Jared Kushner is thick as thieves with Putin's money man. Nothing good has come of it	Kerry Eleveld	04:22
39	87	108	1.07	The Trump onslaught begins?4 unadulterated days of brainwashing his cultists	Kerry Eleveld	01:16
40	86	127	0.93	Cheers and Jeers: Monday	Bill in Portland Maine	16:50
41	81	56	0.87	Biden protected us from Bork as a Supreme Court Justice: Day 45 of 100 Days of Loving Joe Biden	GoodNewsRoundup	16:02
42	79	65	0.94	?You now have COVID?: Masked man hugged strangers at Walmart	Aysha Qamar	23:19
43	71	116	0.77	Moondai Furkids: O Sole Mio	Mopshell	22:45
44	71	11	0.75	Cartoon: Trust me	Nick Anderson	03:00
45	65	20	0.70	DeJoy: "The (mail)trucks leave on time" because who really wants surprises every night	annieli	00:46
46	62	14	0.68	Evictions and hunger are coming for too many people as Republicans refuse to extend COVID-19 relief	Laura Clawson	22:58
47	57	39	0.62	Michael Cohen to appear in ads confirming he committed crimes on behalf of and with Trump	zenvegan	04:22
48	46	8	0.49	Proud Boys again bring violence to Portland, and police again stand by and do nothing	David Neiwert	04:37
49	44	16	0.47	Collusion between Trump campaign and Russia never ended	annieli	09:02
50	43	108	0.47	A Festival for the Brain Dead - Evening Shade, Monday	NotNowNotEver	04:30
51	40	13	0.43	TRUMP THE SEXUAL PREDATOR (Warning: a LOT of Nasty Stuff Here)	Yosef 52	22:00
52	39	52	0.43	PWB Peeps Open Thread: Ride the Wind	strawbale	07:00
53	39	33	0.46	PPP's New Poll Has Joe Biden Beating Trump In Texas 48-47	poopdogcomedy	01:52
54	37	40	0.41	TRUMP Turns the RNC Into Just Another One of His Another Lie-Riddled Cult Rallies	News Corpse	03:36
55	37	9	0.40	Postmaster General did not give response Republican Congressman expected, ?Only In Washington DC.?	Egberto Willies	21:33
56	36	10	0.38	Pompeo's RNC participation spits on, then tramples, State Department ethics	Laura Clawson	01:24
57	33	12	0.36	Freepers freak! Trump's base's reaction to The Darnold's very very very bad day	Tommy T	21:00
58	33	6	0.35	Trump's Misery Index (the newest ad from MeidasTouch)	mark schroeder	01:17
59	32	34	0.36	Nothing but zest this week. Trump's all peel, no orange, and Kellyanne jumps ship	annieli	07:01
60	29	14	0.33	Republicans just love saying the quiet part out loud	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	21:35
61	29	35	0.33	Morning Digest: Ever heard of a 'top-four' primary? It could be coming to a state near you soon	Daily Kos Elections	17:00
62	28	36	0.31	Top Comments: Power Outage Edition	brillig	07:00
63	26	104	0.29	Kitchen Table Kibitzing August 23. 2020	side pocket	05:30
64	26	52	0.29	Overnight News Digest August 23, 2020	side pocket	09:00
65	26	11	0.28	Every activity Trump participates in hurts us even golf	Jay Cuasay	22:40
66	25	287	0.28	New Day Cafe: Moon Gates	samanthab	19:30
67	25	130	0.29	Morning Open Thread: Something Disappearing as We Say Its Name	officebss	15:28
68	25	10	0.28	Republican National Committee "resovlves" to keep their 2016 party platform, and it's a hoot	David Michigan	09:31
69	25	6	0.27	Republican Presidents Are, Apparently, Powerless and/or Incompetent, According to Republicans	GrafZeppelin127	20:00
70	25	4	0.26	60 Minutes: 'How Russian intelligence officers interfered in the 2016 election'	Lefty Coaster	08:55
71	25	3	0.26	"Cockroach Theory" and Political Corruption: The rot in the North Carolina GOP runs very, very deep	LongLeafPineSlate	17:10
72	24	22	0.28	BREAKING: GOP Vows to Give Up any Pretence of Agency. Abandons GOP Platform for 2020.	Captain Frogbert	17:32
73	24	14	0.26	Pebble Mine Permit Process on Hold!	Senor Unoball	21:19
74	24	1	0.25	KY-Sen: Amy McGrath (D) Puts Pressure On KY AG To Release Report On Breonna Taylor Investigation	poopdogcomedy	04:21
75	23	23	0.29	Franklin Graham Completely Missed God!	Benthovens5th	12:07
76	23	7	0.25	Back Under New Account	KYLeveller	05:26
77	22	21	0.25	The GOP Has No Party Platform. Literally.	AlyoshaKaramazov	18:03
78	22	6	0.24	MT-AL: Kathleen Williams has her second ad out wherein she fillets a fish	MTmofo	01:52
79	21	6	0.23	NC-Sen: Morning Consult Poll Has Cal Cunningham (D) Beating Thom Tillis (R) 47-39	poopdogcomedy	03:08
80	20	20	0.23	Today Jeff Flake grew a spine and endorses Biden and some storm advice	zenvegan	18:28
81	20	12	0.23	unhinged Trump now claims you'll get infected by ballot boxes	annieli	16:14
82	20	6	0.21	Hey You! Wanna Win? CHECK THIS INFO OUT! (With Yosef?s Twitter Treasure Trove and Quick Hits!)	Yosef 52	04:16
83	19	32	0.21	The Daily Bucket. Update from Quincy, CA; The Claremont Fire. Non-fumus carborundum.	funningforrest	21:35
84	19	20	0.22	Rejoice comrades! Is beautiful White House "Rose Garden"!	The Bassweasel	05:49
85	19	11	0.21	Some Minnesota delegates don't want their names mentioned.	A Citizen	18:33
86	19	1	0.20	VA-Sen: Sen. Mark Warner (D) Calls For Trump's Postmaster General's Resignation	poopdogcomedy	03:54
87	17	11	0.19	Post Office Hearing Today: New USPS Documents Show Nationwide Delays Far Worsening	e2247	21:08
88	17	6	0.18	Republicans gerrymandered & stole Michigan. Here's how Democrats are winning it back in 2020.	Blue Tuesday	18:33
89	14	8	0.16	Melania's Rose Garden Changes	drmichaelegan	01:04
90	14	8	0.16	Which World Leaders Actually Care about their People in the COVID Crisis? These four women	Ann McLaughlin	23:45
91	14	5	0.15	All The President?s People: The Growing List of Those Who Have Turned On Donald Trump	KeithDB	03:08
92	14	5	0.15	NC-Sen: NYT, "Not the Convention, or the Election, North Carolina Republicans Hoped For"	poopdogcomedy	21:58
93	12	24	0.18	Kellyanne lived by the president's tweets, she is leaving with one of her own and with a rhyme	HalBrown	17:02
94	12	17	0.16	Seen Twice at the Grocery Store This Weekend - People Wearing Trump Masks with ZERO Sense of Irony!	Slideman	19:23
95	11	26	0.19	More than 534,000 Mail-in Ballots Rejected in the Primaries. We can't let this happen on Nov 3!	DeniseHa	09:32
96	9	510	0.57	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/24	Daily Kos Elections	18:00
97	7	39	0.21	Richard Spencer does a 180	Thyme4Thought	03:56
98	4	49	0.20	Just a simple question planning to watch GOP convention?	CameronProf	03:56
99	2	134	0.27	Do better Joe Biden.	trubludude	19:06

Impact total: 101.5

 nrec  - Number of recommendations.
 ncom  - Number of comments.
impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx.
  post - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos post displaying the title.
author - Hyperlink to the post authors Daily Kos home page.
  time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly stories.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

High Impact Stories: August 20, 2020

jotter

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday August 21, 2020 · 7:30 AM PDT

2020/08/21 · 07:30

2020-08-20 00:00:08 - 2020-08-20 23:30:18 UTC; DailyKos stories = 177; 177 per day; 7.4 per hour

Yesterday 139 Kogs posted 177 stories of which 170 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 2246 recommending readers; 115 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 65 by 30 or more, and 37 by 100 or more. Commenters (2266) visited 176 stories; 91 had 10 or more commenters, 43 had 30 or more, and 12 had 100 or more.

Recommendations and comments were collected Fri Aug 21 08:00:04 2020 UTC.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 177 POSTS
MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.18
AVERAGE	0.70
MAX	7.33
TOTAL	123.33 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 19 diaries, the lowest receiving 2.26 bharns

Story Impact Distribution
Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	177	170	115	65	37
commenters	177	176	91	43	12
connections	177	170	132	75	40

KOG ACTIVITY*
KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	2266	975	136	1211	56
RECOMMEND	975	2246	57	1270	56
WRITE	136	57	139	2	56

* (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

User Interaction Statistics (Network)
OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	12581
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	3539 x 139 = 491921
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	2.6 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	12581 / 3539 = 3.55

Graph Summary Data

HIGH IMPACT POSTS
RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	time
1	677	291	7.33	Steve Schmidt nails it in epic shredding of Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio	voidstuff	11:08
2	416	326	4.75	Is the entire American conservative movement just one big scam?	Mark Sumner	21:37
3	414	190	4.48	Geoffrey Berman Saved the SDNY. That's the ONLY Reason Bannon and Ghislaine were EVER Arrested.	AlyoshaKaramazov	20:43
4	404	607	4.88	Steve Bannon arrested, charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering	Mark Sumner	19:07
5	326	173	3.59	Did William Barr fire a U.S. attorney to protect Steve Bannon and maybe Donald Trump?	Mark Sumner	22:59
6	304	218	3.31	Biden repudiates DNC on fossil fuel subsidies	senorjoel	06:45
7	288	149	3.16	Trump Insider Comments on What Trump Might Do When He Loses the Election	Alfred D Newman	00:00
8	273	139	3.01	Russian Company that Invested $200 Million in Mitch McConnell?s Kentucky is ?Proxy for the Kremlin?	ericlewis0	00:23
9	272	164	3.01	President Obama's convention speech was exactly what the nation needed to hear	Mark Sumner	17:29
10	265	197	2.98	It's official: Postal Service employees forbidden from reassembling mail sorting machines	Kerry Eleveld	23:06
11	259	140	2.88	Asked to Wear a Mask, 39 y/o Man Breaks Jaw of Sesame Street-Themed Teen Employee	billlaurelMD	03:49
12	249	109	2.69	Nat'l Butterfly Center to Bannon, et al: SUCK IT	A DC Wonk	00:10
13	246	292	2.66	Thursday Pundit Round-up- The Convention	Chitown Kev	16:35
14	237	96	2.58	Trump tries to distance himself from 'We Build the Wall,' but 'We Kept the Receipts'	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	22:59
15	233	149	2.57	Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny has been poisoned.	Colorado Blue	11:03
16	230	145	2.56	?It ain?t gonna happen, Donald Trump?: Goodyear workers rally in Akron after Trump calls for boycott	Kerry Eleveld	02:50
17	225	306	2.60	Steve Bannon indicted in southern border wall crowdfunding scheme	annieli	18:40
18	220	144	2.44	Postal Service made another stealth rule change, making vote by mail more difficult for Americans	Kerry Eleveld	22:03
19	217	215	2.49	BREAKING: Bannon Arrested by Agents of THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE! (Yes, Really)	DoctorWho	20:54
20	205	180	2.26	Big Basin Redwoods, CA's Oldest State Park, Engulfed in Fire!	FoundingFatherDAR	21:27
21	205	97	2.24	'I hardly ever saw Donald Trump read a document he was handed, but he did love pictures'	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	04:24
22	191	106	2.10	Trump's Postal Service sabotage killing thousands of chicks, chicken farmers' livelihoods	Joan McCarter	19:35
23	189	80	2.08	White House gives up on private firm tracking COVID--CDC to get data again	bctdcfd	02:04
24	187	119	2.10	Trump desperately tries (and fails) to separate himself from newly indicted border wall fraudsters	Jen Hayden	00:55
25	178	125	1.99	Manhattan DA one step closer to Trump's tax returns after federal judge dismisses lawsuit	Kerry Eleveld	19:58
26	156	74	1.71	Elizabeth Warren and Bob Casey investigate USPS just as plant allegedly tries to dupe Joaquin Castro	Lauren Floyd	01:00
27	154	95	1.79	Trump mounts major offensive against Biden but it just shows how weak his case is	Laura Clawson	21:45
28	141	55	1.54	It looks like Harris pick is proving to be pretty popular among Black and Latino voters	Gabe Ortiz	22:56
29	141	44	1.52	Steven Mnuchin seems to be neck deep in Postal Service sabotage, DeJoy selection	Joan McCarter	00:45
30	130	64	1.42	Kamala Harris makes history as her vice presidential nomination is made official	Laura Clawson	08:26
31	127	40	1.36	Notre Dame claimed the moral high ground in reopening, but the virus wasn't impressed	Dartagnan	03:50
32	117	40	1.29	Harris (re)introduced herself and Obama broke a norm that needed breaking on DNC's third night	Laura Clawson	18:16
33	116	170	1.29	I Feed On Others' Despair--Good News Roundup Aug 20, 2020	oldhippiedude	16:00
34	115	31	1.23	Trump has us 'flying blind' on flu vaccines due to his boneheaded decision to leave the WHO.	Pakalolo	13:31
35	113	641	1.83	Watching Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton at the DNC? Talk about it here	Laura Clawson	06:01
36	110	41	1.17	Bernie Sanders adds to a great Democratic Convention night with Colbert appearance	Walter Einenkel	01:22
37	103	49	1.14	Americans overwhelmingly want the Postal Service funded and functional for the election	Kerry Eleveld	06:30
38	99	52	1.04	Trump's war on the Postal Service is also an attack on Black lives	Denise Oliver Velez	17:59
39	85	127	1.02	Jeb! Bush even weighs in as Trump just praised QAnon for the first time: GOP becomes GQP	annieli	09:05
40	80	27	0.86	Cartoon: Mr. Zip, the Postal Service mascot, in 'Post-Mortem'	RubenBolling	16:50
41	70	1	0.72	'People tell me that I?m lucky': Mother of son shot in head says she wants a president who cares	Lauren Floyd	19:55
42	68	108	0.75	Cheers and Jeers: Thursday	Bill in Portland Maine	16:50
43	64	35	0.71	Trump's chaos, sabotage has states scrambling to reassure a worried electorate its votes will count	Joan McCarter	22:15
44	63	6	0.67	'Instead of protecting us, you tore our world apart': Immigrant families slam Trump at DNC	Gabe Ortiz	21:22
45	62	103	0.66	My Kamala Story (my hero!)	sockpuppet	17:07
46	58	119	0.63	PWB: Fursday Furries and Feathers - Career Specialists	Crimson Quillfeather	22:45
47	56	29	0.61	The Best Moments of DemConvention Day 3	AKALib	08:15
48	54	225	0.67	Democratic National Convention liveblog Day 3 - "Build Back Better" is disaster risk reduction	annieli	05:30
49	54	7	0.56	Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy presses USCIS to again delay furlough of thousands of workers	Gabe Ortiz	00:36
50	52	73	0.59	That's Still Punny : Woozle Wednesday at PWB Peeps	Dixiecollie	07:03
51	52	59	0.55	He's Just So Damn Predictable - Evening Shade, Thursday	NotNowNotEver	04:30
52	49	16	0.54	Nicolle Wallace hits it out of the park, and then some, last night -- must see tv	A DC Wonk	02:20
53	39	68	0.41	The Daily Bucket: August Sub-alpine Wild Flowers in the Mt. Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest - 4	RonK	19:30
54	38	26	0.41	368 Wildfires ?Editor-in-Chief of Mother Jones says "all the citizens in California be ready to go"	e2247	05:02
55	37	41	0.40	Greater Love	ruleoflaw	04:03
56	37	14	0.41	Twitter immediately noticed a hidden message in Warren's DNC video, but it's not the only one	Marissa Higgins	01:45
57	35	29	0.38	Biden is planning a complete foreign policy reboot: Day 42 of 100 days of loving Joe Biden	GoodNewsRoundup	16:02
58	35	26	0.39	The Tasmanian tiger was innocent	skralyx	10:00
59	33	246	0.47	BREAKING: Pelosi Endorses Joe Kennedy in Primary against Markey	AoT	22:34
60	33	7	0.36	Morning Digest: Alaska's bipartisan state House coalition is imperiled following GOP primary results	Daily Kos Elections	17:00
61	32	33	0.36	Vicente Fox does it again - hilarious video insulting Trump	PoliticallyNonEuclidean	20:30
62	32	20	0.36	Lincoln Project quick hit last night.	Joe Pac	19:34
63	32	16	0.35	50 Former Republican National Security Officials endorse Biden W/UPDATE	teacherken	00:44
64	30	183	0.52	What?s Next for the New Front Page	Jason Libsch	03:03
65	30	45	0.35	Lincoln Project sure sends high praise to you Mr Winslow	Joe Pac	01:14
66	26	28	0.28	Overnight News Digest August 19, 2020	Chitown Kev	08:59
67	25	42	0.28	Top Comments: Dark and Stormy Edition	Tara the Antisocial Social Worker	07:00
68	24	22	0.30	Even IF Bannon is pardoned by Trump, New York State can still charge him	Nali91	20:44
69	23	60	0.39	Growing Concern Over Melania GOP Convention Speech ? Who Will She Endorse?	dailynooze	23:15
70	23	14	0.26	LOCK HIM UP: Trump and Family's Documented Ties To Steve Bannon and the Border Wall Fraud	News Corpse	00:06
71	23	5	0.24	The Prior President warns of the Dangers of Four more years of the "Reality Show" Slouch	jamess	09:36
72	22	6	0.23	Indians 201: Sacred Places in the Great Basin	Ojibwa	20:30
73	21	131	0.23	New Day Cafe: Rainbows	samanthab	19:30
74	21	21	0.24	Bannon and Guo named by WSJ yesterday 8/19	fossil fish	00:51
75	21	20	0.24	Will no one think of the chickens? One more consequence of Trump's war on the Post Office.	xaxnar	20:41
76	21	2	0.22	The three CA Senate Democrats who voted against setbacks bill took $142,206 from Big Oil & Gas	Dan Bacher	07:06
77	20	18	0.26	Ask DeJoy tomorrow why he removes and dismantles mail sorter machines. There is no good answer.	Thomas Hailey Kloecker	03:42
78	20	14	0.22	I?m on the reopening planning committee at my kid?s NYC school. Here?s an inside look at our process	Ian Reifowitz	03:03
79	20	6	0.22	TX-Sen: Cornyn (R) Busted Using Stock Footage Of Estonia School In Ad About Reopening Texas Schools	poopdogcomedy	22:03
80	19	93	0.21	Kitchen Table Kibitzing 8/19/20: DNC Follies	jck	05:30
81	19	38	0.24	AOC lights up DCCC	cultjake	02:54
82	19	32	0.22	Bookflurries-Bookchat: brief hiatus	pico	07:21
83	17	5	0.18	MSNBC Host Hallie Jackson's maternity leave statement upon her return, poignant	Egberto Willies	15:00
84	17	4	0.18	A Progressive Is On The Ballot In A Red District, And He's Going To Flip It.	jaredrwest	19:30
85	16	67	0.18	Morning Open Thread - Stanley Gayetski	LamontCranston	15:30
86	16	28	0.20	How Donald Trump Could Steal This Election - The Wisconsin Scenario	ProtectOurElection	06:34
87	16	17	0.20	without public vigilance, Trump could actually nullify the 2020 election	annieli	17:33
88	16	13	0.18	Destruction of Federal Property and the Post Office	outsidethelines	21:32
89	16	5	0.18	State Governors Need to Post Members of the National Guard at Each Postal Sorting Facility	ConcernedCitizen68	06:23
90	16	3	0.17	Coronavirus crisis contributes to the rage propelling many women toward November	Laura Clawson	20:33
91	15	28	0.20	The Sixth Party System is over. Welcome to the Seventh Party System.	publicolalocke	05:45
92	15	17	0.19	Boohoo? Trump ?very sad? about Bannon arrest	GimpyOlNorman	22:17
93	15	11	0.17	Breaking: Cabinet Officials Voted FOR Family Separations in 2018	Rikon Snow	02:15
94	15	8	0.17	No Place For Hate in Fort Bend County, Texas	Tankman46	01:45
95	15	7	0.16	The public option is coming back--and the healthcare industry even more hellbound to stop it again.	Gay CA Democrat	02:38
96	15	3	0.16	Treating child care as 'basic infrastructure' means valuing Black and brown women?s work	Ashton Lattimore	23:33
97	14	9	0.16	Ben Sasse Has Enabled Trump?s Treason	NebraskaDemocrat	18:36
98	13	39	0.16	Steve who?	DRo	21:26
99	7	61	0.19	Pelosi, White House Eye Smaller Coronavirus Aid Deal	qz9	19:38
100	6	527	0.53	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/20	Daily Kos Elections	18:00
101	3	43	0.15	Boomer last stand	Jonathan Oldstyle	09:11
102		49	0.21	Enough is Enough	ifigaro2	03:11

Impact total: 118.0

 nrec  - Number of recommendations.
 ncom  - Number of comments.
impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx.
  post - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos post displaying the title.
author - Hyperlink to the post authors Daily Kos home page.
  time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly stories.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

High Impact Stories: August 17, 2020

jotter

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday August 18, 2020 · 12:27 PM PDT

2020/08/18 · 12:27

2020-08-17 00:00:02 - 2020-08-17 23:34:44 UTC; DailyKos stories = 158; 158 per day; 6.6 per hour

Yesterday 121 Kogs posted 158 stories of which 157 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 2157 recommending readers; 96 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 56 by 30 or more, and 28 by 100 or more. Commenters (1964) visited 157 stories; 85 had 10 or more commenters, 40 had 30 or more, and 8 had 100 or more.

Recommendations and comments were collected Tue Aug 18 08:00:04 2020 UTC.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 158 POSTS
MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.19
AVERAGE	0.65
MAX	5.68
TOTAL	117.84 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 20 diaries, the lowest receiving 2.04 bharns

Story Impact Distribution
Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	182	177	108	59	36
commenters	182	181	88	42	17
connections	182	177	138	76	42

KOG ACTIVITY*
KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	2284	810	129	1392	47
RECOMMEND	810	1958	48	1147	47
WRITE	129	48	137	7	47

* (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

User Interaction Statistics (Network)
OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	12363
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	3439 x 137 = 471143
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	2.6 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	12363 / 3439 = 3.59

Graph Summary Data

HIGH IMPACT POSTS
RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	time
1	503	468	5.68	BREAKING: New York Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against the Trump Organization. UPDATED.	Rudyard	21:46
2	437	201	4.83	WOW! Chuck Todd exposes Trump lie about saving the country and shows him unhinged	Egberto Willies	06:19
3	352	166	3.86	AOC introduces Postmaster General DeJoy to concept of accountability. Apparently he's 'new to this'	Lauren Floyd	01:57
4	340	116	3.68	Watch 30-year postal veteran congresswoman calmly dissect Trump and postmaster general's sabotage	Walter Einenkel	01:44
5	316	215	3.59	Postmaster General DeJoy hid a new Postal Service report from lawmakers for good reason	Kerry Eleveld	21:57
6	310	193	3.54	Is Eric Trump invoking the Fifth Amendment to dodge testifying about Trump Organization finances?	Hunter	02:00
7	308	211	3.35	Lincoln Project: "Evil" - featuring Jared	teacherken	16:49
8	264	557	3.44	Kellyanne calls it a day	Johnny Wendell	07:24
9	237	139	2.61	Rep. Kate Porter gets DeJoy to admit he doesn't even know how much a postcard stamp costs	Walter Einenkel	02:34
10	228	204	2.67	Combative DeJoy reiterates to House: 'No, I will not' put the postal sorting machines back	Joan McCarter	22:07
11	216	238	2.55	New AP-NORC Poll has Trump at 35% Approval with 65% Disapproving of his dismal performance	Lefty Coaster	22:28
12	216	94	2.37	Florida man Rep. Gaetz had embarrassing crying text sessions ? with Sean Hannity	Walter Einenkel	21:33
13	216	90	2.35	Federal judge puts hold on Trump campaign lawsuit to stop mail-in balloting in Pennsylvania	Joan McCarter	20:11
14	211	161	2.45	Biden unveils endorsements from a long list of Republicans as Republican convention kicks off	Laura Clawson	20:42
15	207	357	2.31	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Before the GOP convention, Trump politicizes the FDA	Greg Dworkin	16:30
16	203	290	2.58	Jerry Falwell admits to wife's affair with their poolboy.	MTmofo	08:12
17	195	239	2.33	UPDATE: BREAKING: Falwell RESIGNS! Or DOES He? Falwell Denies Resigning	AlyoshaKaramazov	02:42
18	192	84	2.10	Louis DeJoy opens several cans of worms for House investigators to explore	Joan McCarter	03:24
19	184	105	2.04	Navalny WAS Poisoned, Say German Doctors	Dan K	19:58
20	181	138	2.05	Police shoot black man while holding his shirt at domestic disturbance call. Update: Gov. Evers stmt	MTmofo	08:34
21	179	403	2.01	Postal Service sabotage takes center stage in House	Joan McCarter	19:02
22	179	217	2.09	Video of another police shooting rocks the nation as Wisconsin man fights for his life	Laura Clawson	17:55
23	173	109	1.93	Author of upcoming tell-all reportedly taped Melania making 'harsh comments' about Ivanka and Donald	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	04:07
24	170	42	1.81	Cartoon: Breaking the news	Tom Tomorrow	17:00
25	166	251	1.95	538 has a 9.2 pt lead at 51.4% and GREAT LEADS IN AVG OF POLLS IN FL, AZ, MI, WI, AND PA + More	Dem	17:25
26	163	37	1.73	John le Carre Writes About Donald Trump.	Trenz Pruca	04:23
27	159	68	1.76	Scranton loves Biden, Queens hates Trump	Kerry Eleveld	19:50
28	152	35	1.60	12 Vulnerable Republicans Voted Against Protecting the Postal Service. Here's How We Make Them Pay.	AWildLibAppeared	18:00
29	151	102	1.65	Joe Biden describes 'grief and outrage' at Wisconsin police shooting	Laura Clawson	21:10
30	144	202	1.82	Falwell's business partner says he had affair with Trump-supporting evangelical leader and his wife	Marissa Higgins	01:00
31	143	153	1.73	Republicans make it official with convention non-platform: They're the Party of Trump	Laura Clawson	19:18
32	130	83	1.47	Louisiana police fired 11 times, killing Black man as he walked away	Lauren Floyd	22:45
33	128	174	1.56	Falwell ?Pool Boy? Says ?he had a years-long sexual relationship involving Falwell?s wife," Falwell	lowkell	22:22
34	118	269	1.30	Monday Good News Roundup	Jessiestaf	16:00
35	117	136	1.45	Kellyanne Conway resigns as family feud goes increasingly public	Lauren Floyd	23:03
36	106	61	1.19	Breaking - Michael Steele joins Lincoln project	Frank Palmer	03:27
37	98	16	1.04	Some companies are signing pledge to not simply make time for employees to vote, but to pay them too	Walter Einenkel	00:50
38	98	19	1.05	Jared Kushner is thick as thieves with Putin's money man. Nothing good has come of it	Kerry Eleveld	04:22
39	87	108	1.07	The Trump onslaught begins?4 unadulterated days of brainwashing his cultists	Kerry Eleveld	01:16
40	86	127	0.93	Cheers and Jeers: Monday	Bill in Portland Maine	16:50
41	81	56	0.87	Biden protected us from Bork as a Supreme Court Justice: Day 45 of 100 Days of Loving Joe Biden	GoodNewsRoundup	16:02
42	79	65	0.94	?You now have COVID?: Masked man hugged strangers at Walmart	Aysha Qamar	23:19
43	71	116	0.77	Moondai Furkids: O Sole Mio	Mopshell	22:45
44	71	11	0.75	Cartoon: Trust me	Nick Anderson	03:00
45	65	20	0.70	DeJoy: "The (mail)trucks leave on time" because who really wants surprises every night	annieli	00:46
46	62	14	0.68	Evictions and hunger are coming for too many people as Republicans refuse to extend COVID-19 relief	Laura Clawson	22:58
47	57	39	0.62	Michael Cohen to appear in ads confirming he committed crimes on behalf of and with Trump	zenvegan	04:22
48	46	8	0.49	Proud Boys again bring violence to Portland, and police again stand by and do nothing	David Neiwert	04:37
49	44	16	0.47	Collusion between Trump campaign and Russia never ended	annieli	09:02
50	43	108	0.47	A Festival for the Brain Dead - Evening Shade, Monday	NotNowNotEver	04:30
51	40	13	0.43	TRUMP THE SEXUAL PREDATOR (Warning: a LOT of Nasty Stuff Here)	Yosef 52	22:00
52	39	52	0.43	PWB Peeps Open Thread: Ride the Wind	strawbale	07:00
53	39	33	0.46	PPP's New Poll Has Joe Biden Beating Trump In Texas 48-47	poopdogcomedy	01:52
54	37	40	0.41	TRUMP Turns the RNC Into Just Another One of His Another Lie-Riddled Cult Rallies	News Corpse	03:36
55	37	9	0.40	Postmaster General did not give response Republican Congressman expected, ?Only In Washington DC.?	Egberto Willies	21:33
56	36	10	0.38	Pompeo's RNC participation spits on, then tramples, State Department ethics	Laura Clawson	01:24
57	33	12	0.36	Freepers freak! Trump's base's reaction to The Darnold's very very very bad day	Tommy T	21:00
58	33	6	0.35	Trump's Misery Index (the newest ad from MeidasTouch)	mark schroeder	01:17
59	32	34	0.36	Nothing but zest this week. Trump's all peel, no orange, and Kellyanne jumps ship	annieli	07:01
60	29	14	0.33	Republicans just love saying the quiet part out loud	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	21:35
61	29	35	0.33	Morning Digest: Ever heard of a 'top-four' primary? It could be coming to a state near you soon	Daily Kos Elections	17:00
62	28	36	0.31	Top Comments: Power Outage Edition	brillig	07:00
63	26	104	0.29	Kitchen Table Kibitzing August 23. 2020	side pocket	05:30
64	26	52	0.29	Overnight News Digest August 23, 2020	side pocket	09:00
65	26	11	0.28	Every activity Trump participates in hurts us even golf	Jay Cuasay	22:40
66	25	287	0.28	New Day Cafe: Moon Gates	samanthab	19:30
67	25	130	0.29	Morning Open Thread: Something Disappearing as We Say Its Name	officebss	15:28
68	25	10	0.28	Republican National Committee "resovlves" to keep their 2016 party platform, and it's a hoot	David Michigan	09:31
69	25	6	0.27	Republican Presidents Are, Apparently, Powerless and/or Incompetent, According to Republicans	GrafZeppelin127	20:00
70	25	4	0.26	60 Minutes: 'How Russian intelligence officers interfered in the 2016 election'	Lefty Coaster	08:55
71	25	3	0.26	"Cockroach Theory" and Political Corruption: The rot in the North Carolina GOP runs very, very deep	LongLeafPineSlate	17:10
72	24	22	0.28	BREAKING: GOP Vows to Give Up any Pretence of Agency. Abandons GOP Platform for 2020.	Captain Frogbert	17:32
73	24	14	0.26	Pebble Mine Permit Process on Hold!	Senor Unoball	21:19
74	24	1	0.25	KY-Sen: Amy McGrath (D) Puts Pressure On KY AG To Release Report On Breonna Taylor Investigation	poopdogcomedy	04:21
75	23	23	0.29	Franklin Graham Completely Missed God!	Benthovens5th	12:07
76	23	7	0.25	Back Under New Account	KYLeveller	05:26
77	22	21	0.25	The GOP Has No Party Platform. Literally.	AlyoshaKaramazov	18:03
78	22	6	0.24	MT-AL: Kathleen Williams has her second ad out wherein she fillets a fish	MTmofo	01:52
79	21	6	0.23	NC-Sen: Morning Consult Poll Has Cal Cunningham (D) Beating Thom Tillis (R) 47-39	poopdogcomedy	03:08
80	20	20	0.23	Today Jeff Flake grew a spine and endorses Biden and some storm advice	zenvegan	18:28
81	20	12	0.23	unhinged Trump now claims you'll get infected by ballot boxes	annieli	16:14
82	20	6	0.21	Hey You! Wanna Win? CHECK THIS INFO OUT! (With Yosef?s Twitter Treasure Trove and Quick Hits!)	Yosef 52	04:16
83	19	32	0.21	The Daily Bucket. Update from Quincy, CA; The Claremont Fire. Non-fumus carborundum.	funningforrest	21:35
84	19	20	0.22	Rejoice comrades! Is beautiful White House "Rose Garden"!	The Bassweasel	05:49
85	19	11	0.21	Some Minnesota delegates don't want their names mentioned.	A Citizen	18:33
86	19	1	0.20	VA-Sen: Sen. Mark Warner (D) Calls For Trump's Postmaster General's Resignation	poopdogcomedy	03:54
87	17	11	0.19	Post Office Hearing Today: New USPS Documents Show Nationwide Delays Far Worsening	e2247	21:08
88	17	6	0.18	Republicans gerrymandered & stole Michigan. Here's how Democrats are winning it back in 2020.	Blue Tuesday	18:33
89	14	8	0.16	Melania's Rose Garden Changes	drmichaelegan	01:04
90	14	8	0.16	Which World Leaders Actually Care about their People in the COVID Crisis? These four women	Ann McLaughlin	23:45
91	14	5	0.15	All The President?s People: The Growing List of Those Who Have Turned On Donald Trump	KeithDB	03:08
92	14	5	0.15	NC-Sen: NYT, "Not the Convention, or the Election, North Carolina Republicans Hoped For"	poopdogcomedy	21:58
93	12	24	0.18	Kellyanne lived by the president's tweets, she is leaving with one of her own and with a rhyme	HalBrown	17:02
94	12	17	0.16	Seen Twice at the Grocery Store This Weekend - People Wearing Trump Masks with ZERO Sense of Irony!	Slideman	19:23
95	11	26	0.19	More than 534,000 Mail-in Ballots Rejected in the Primaries. We can't let this happen on Nov 3!	DeniseHa	09:32
96	9	510	0.57	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/24	Daily Kos Elections	18:00
97	7	39	0.21	Richard Spencer does a 180	Thyme4Thought	03:56
98	4	49	0.20	Just a simple question planning to watch GOP convention?	CameronProf	03:56
99	2	134	0.27	Do better Joe Biden.	trubludude	19:06

Impact total: 99.7

 nrec  - Number of recommendations.
 ncom  - Number of comments.
impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx.
  post - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos post displaying the title.
author - Hyperlink to the post authors Daily Kos home page.
  time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly stories.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

Week's High Impact Stories: August 8-14, 2020

jotter

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday August 17, 2020 · 11:33 AM PDT

2020/08/17 · 11:33

2020-08-08 00:15:02 - 2020-08-14 23:55:54 UTC; DailyKos stories = 1128; 161 per day; 6.7 per hour

This week 537 Kogs posted 1128 stories of which 1093 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 4225 recommending readers; 739 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 416 by 30 or more, and 230 by 100 or more. Commenters (6313) visited 1125 stories; 635 had 10 or more commenters, 299 had 30 or more, and 95 had 100 or more.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 1128 POSTS
MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.21
AVERAGE	0.75
MAX	7.97
TOTAL	835.64 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 104 diaries, the lowest receiving 2.56 bharns

Story Impact Distribution
Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	1128	1093	739	416	230
commenters	1128	1125	635	299	95
connections	1128	1093	894	532	260

KOG ACTIVITY*
KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	6313	2487	533	3563	270
RECOMMEND	2487	4225	270	1738	270
WRITE	533	270	537	4	270

* (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

User Interaction Statistics (Network)
OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	67482
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	8055 x 537 = 4325535
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	1.6 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	67482 / 8055 = 8.38

Graph Summary Data

HIGH IMPACT POSTS
RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	date
1	726	484	7.98	Potential Legal Remedy For USPS Sabotage	wilderness voice	08/13
2	671	1480	8.47	It's Kamala Harris: Joe Biden announces vice presidential pick	Laura Clawson	08/12
3	662	734	7.24	Don't you dare question Kamala's blackness	Denise Oliver Velez	08/13
4	610	603	6.98	Joe Biden owns Fox News reporter during morning bike ride	Christopher Reeves	08/08
5	567	908	6.96	Arizona baby man's anti-mask temper tantrum goes viral after his son picked him up to carry him away	Jen Hayden	08/11
6	481	627	5.80	Bishop laments Biden-Harris ticket doesn?t have ?a Catholic on it,' gets schooled by Twitter	Walter Einenkel	08/12
7	480	321	5.35	In the middle of a pandemic, Trump gives Americans a glimpse of his criminal mind	Dartagnan	08/10
8	476	237	5.19	Federal Court Calls Trump's Bluff on Mail-in Voter Fraud Claims	MatthewFord	08/14
9	474	551	5.59	Watch what happens when a fake government agency threatens an essential worker with a lawsuit	Aysha Qamar	08/10
10	473	394	5.26	Friday night massacre at USPS: Trump ally completely restructures, gets rid of 23 execs	SemDem	08/08
11	462	217	5.00	Historic Photo: Biden asks Harris to be his VP	phoenixdreamz	08/12
12	456	390	5.29	Wow, reporters are finding their backbones: 'Do you regret all the lying you've done?'	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	08/14
13	456	227	4.96	*Lincoln Project: Unprecedented ?He is a f&king moron.?**	phoenixdreamz	08/14
14	450	377	5.03	"All enemies, foreign and domestic": Military thinkers call for military to assure Trump leaves	A Siegel	08/12
15	440	366	4.91	Sorting machines being taken from post offices! Sabotage continues	SemDem	08/13
16	434	206	4.66	Daisy Coleman is Dead	Jeannette Elise	08/09
17	433	291	4.69	There is a revolution in Belarus. This is important for us in the United States.	kalmoth	08/11
18	427	229	4.71	Hillary Clinton tosses a pot brownie at the New York Time's Maureen Dowd.	DigitusImpudicus	08/08
19	421	247	4.67	*Reporter confronts Trump over lie he's told more than 150 times; prsident walks off in a huff**	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	08/09
20	413	367	4.69	3 of the 4 'executive orders' Trump signed weren't actually executive orders	Jessica Sutherland	08/09
21	406	256	4.56	Susan Collins tweeted what??	skyounkin	08/14
22	402	181	4.41	AOC is a Goddess and rules over trump on Twitter	lynn47	08/13
23	397	295	4.48	Rubio admits it: It's just the Olds, so it's not so bad. Reaps what he sows on Twitter.	Bethesda 1971	08/10
24	397	265	4.38	Notice that? Trump just lost the news cycle	Dartagnan	08/13
25	395	130	4.24	Lunacy: My letter to the editor of a rural Pa. newspaper	Dale Adams	08/08
26	388	231	4.38	MSNBC just cut him off and saying " This is not a News Conference "	Vetwife	08/09
27	386	315	4.16	Sunday Pundit Round-up: "An Incoherent Shihow"**	Chitown Kev	08/09
28	385	604	4.76	Hannity hands Trump a softball question about Kamala Harris and Trump loses his mind	Walter Einenkel	08/13
29	379	238	4.19	Postal Service Triples the Cost of Mailing Ballots to Voters	Dan K	08/08
30	374	200	4.12	'Masterful' McConnell's GOP caucus now in an all-out defensive crouch clinging to seats	Kerry Eleveld	08/11
31	359	143	3.88	The New Lincoln Project Ad "Regret" is Great. The Comedy Bit that Inspired it is A MUST SEE.	AlyoshaKaramazov	08/10
32	355	321	4.03	Trump will suffer for blowing up the relief deal. He's just too dumb to know it	Kerry Eleveld	08/11
33	334	275	3.80	If you know some Trumpers -- Here's the One Thing you should do for them	jamess	08/09
34	330	243	3.77	Kamala Harris as VP completely blows up the Trump campaign's strategy, if it ever had one	Kerry Eleveld	08/13
35	328	444	3.86	Trump's response to Harris pick shows his campaign is stupid and incompetent	kos	08/12
36	327	328	3.62	Monday Pundit Round-up: "He's drinking his own Kool-Aid "	Chitown Kev	08/10
37	326	197	3.69	Biden seizes on Trump's attack on Social Security and Medicare, while team Trump panics	Joan McCarter	08/11
38	325	340	3.80	Newsweek claims birtherism article about Kamala Harris isn't about race?it's absolutely about race	Mark Sumner	08/13
39	325	300	3.85	Trump chafes over some Senate Republicans avoiding him like the plague	Kerry Eleveld	08/13
40	324	439	3.86	Biden's viral bike ride video takes everyone back to Trump's feeble descent down a ramp	Kerry Eleveld	08/10
41	319	228	3.58	David Plouffe re: USPS - "Prime time hearings, NOW!"	atlpeach	08/15
42	314	314	3.46	Lincoln Project launches full spectrum political war on the traitor	Joe Pac	08/13
43	314	201	3.51	'Ordinary suburban housewife' Marge Simpson responds to Trump campaign's senior legal adviser	Walter Einenkel	08/14
44	313	227	3.53	'Burn it to the ground' former Republican says of the racist GOP	kos	08/14
45	312	324	3.59	Biden is Playing with Trump's Head over VP [Update: It's Kamala!]	Dan K	08/11
46	310	197	3.37	Greenland ice cap melt has reached the point of no return.	Pakalolo	08/14
47	306	228	3.49	Police respond to 911 of Black teens with skateboard by bringing heavy artillery	Walter Einenkel	08/10
48	299	211	3.31	Lincoln Project Already On Top of it: "Kamala"	AlyoshaKaramazov	08/12
49	295	97	3.12	Homeless: No more.	sheddhead	08/14
50	291	279	3.37	Why The Act of Sabotaging the USPS to Rig the Election in Trump's favor will backfire.	OwossoHarpist	08/08
51	291	141	3.12	Joe Just Hit His First Big League Homer?and It Was a Grand Slam!	DrBobOpEd	08/12
52	290	392	3.40	'Ms. Jacobs! Is that you?!' AOC's Twitter reunion with her second-grade teacher is whole tear-fest	Lauren Floyd	08/13
53	289	279	3.42	Trump's lackey at the Postal Service concedes sabotage is causing 'unintended consequences'	Joan McCarter	08/14
54	287	303	3.34	Is Jennifer Rubin a symbol of the dissolution of Republicanism?	Mrmuni12	08/11
55	285	326	3.28	*Biden Favored to Win: Fivethirtyeight Releases the Model Update**	Kappyhour	08/12
56	282	62	3.04	New Yorker owns Rudy Giuliani in midtown Manhattan viral video	Walter Einenkel	08/10
57	278	204	3.21	Trump laughs it up with millionaire friends to underline that he never planned to work with Congress	Mark Sumner	08/08
58	276	184	2.95	Judge rules E. Jean Carroll may proceed with suit against Trump	Kate in the desert	08/08
59	271	88	2.92	Do You Live in a Southern Coastal State?	Crashing Vor	08/10
60	269	286	3.09	'Our kids almost lose their lives to go to a football game': Georgia cops fire into car of children	Lauren Floyd	08/09
61	269	130	3.00	Trump House sycophants now concerned about being Trump sycophants	kos	08/14
62	267	160	3.04	Nikki Haley gets roasted on Twitter after ill-considered complaint about shipping delays	Laura Clawson	08/10
63	264	229	3.06	That prof who freaked us out in 2016 by predicting Trump would win now says Trump will lose	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	08/09
64	263	35	2.76	Cartoon: The conversation	Tom Tomorrow	08/10
65	259	193	2.93	The Incompetent Fascist: Trump's 'executive orders' do the wrong things, illegally	Hunter	08/10
66	258	247	2.96	Trump thought Biden would pick Karen Bass because she wouldn't 'outshine' him	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	08/12
67	254	124	2.84	Trump's desperate attempt to look presidential in COVID-19 crisis falls flat across the board	Joan McCarter	08/10
68	253	146	2.84	Oh, Jim Jordan, don't opine on what's best for college athletes. Just don't	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	08/11
69	252	167	2.78	Dolly Parton says ?of course? she supports Black Lives Matter	Walter Einenkel	08/14
70	252	78	2.71	Trump is trying to take away insurance coverage for pre-existing conditions, and that's the truth	Mark Sumner	08/08
71	251	448	3.08	Right-wing pundits decide Kamala Harris isn?t ?Black enough,? but here's why it isn?t their call	Lauren Floyd	08/13
72	251	136	2.75	Illinois governor makes it a felony to assault workers who ask you to wear a mask	Walter Einenkel	08/12
73	250	160	2.80	About that Metro Atlanta High School with the Suspended Students	mr crabby	08/10
74	250	53	2.67	Breaking: Trump?s Top Interior Lawyer Under Secretary Bernhardt Accused of Breaking the Law	Dan Bacher	08/11
75	247	221	2.90	Barr makes first charge against someone involved in the Russia investigation	Mark Sumner	08/14
76	242	194	2.76	Trump has finally found a doctor who is willing to assist in spreading pandemic propaganda	Mark Sumner	08/13
77	241	143	2.69	Delaying the mail is a felony - 18 U.S. Code ??1703	Embassy	08/13
78	241	135	2.60	The Thing About Kamala	Rule of Claw	08/12
79	238	196	2.67	Trump blurts out his true motivation for kneecapping the Postal Service	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	08/13
80	238	194	2.76	Sick Building: Trump advisors yell at each other in front of him and someone leaks the story	HalBrown	08/09
81	238	188	2.56	Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) wins Primary. The Squad is Strong.	AKALib	08/12
82	238	216	2.72	Trump confirms he's holding up COVID-19 stimulus over Postal Service funding and mail-in voting	Laura Clawson	08/13
83	237	198	2.54	The Family Psychologist: A Review of "Too Much and Never Enough"	The Geogre	08/09
84	236	116	2.55	How Ed Pulaski saved 40 men in August 1910, during the largest forest fire in U.S. history	skralyx	08/10
85	235	115	2.61	Legislators demand resignations after GAO finds DHS leaders were unlawfully appointed to positions	Gabe Ortiz	08/14
86	233	121	2.55	Robin Williams Daughter OWNS Eric Trump Over Idiotic Tweet Of Her Father Roasting Joe Biden	poopdogcomedy	08/11
87	232	377	2.88	The real reason why Republicans should not mispronounce Kamala Harris? name	Aysha Qamar	08/13
88	232	290	2.55	Thursday Pundit Round-up: From Lotus to Potus	Chitown Kev	08/13
89	232	234	2.62	Crying 8-year-old special needs boy handcuffed, arrested, and booked for felony battery.	Pakalolo	08/11
90	231	187	2.77	McConnell doesn't care to hear message from Kentucky: 'I?m scared to death of losing everything'	Joan McCarter	08/11
91	231	116	2.57	Ali Velshi strikes again with an economic truth seldom told on cable	Egberto Willies	08/08
92	229	235	2.59	Reuters/Ipsos National Poll: Biden Ahead of Trump by 16 Points	ericlewis0	08/13
93	229	157	2.61	Marjorie Greene's primary victory underlines that GOP leaders have lost control of their own party	Mark Sumner	08/12
94	229	371	2.57	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The stability of the Biden lead, the chaos of the White House	Greg Dworkin	08/12
95	228	145	2.54	Everyone knew Sen. Johnson's bogus probe would help Trump. Then he just said it out loud	Kerry Eleveld	08/14
96	226	165	2.59	These Black Voices for Trump folks look really, really white to me	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	08/14
97	220	108	2.44	Connecticut GOP saw video of their candidate for weeks before he was charged, and they did nothing	Walter Einenkel	08/15
98	220	427	2.53	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The new reality, as the general election starts in earnest	Greg Dworkin	08/14
99	210	364	2.54	Democrats laud Harris as Biden's VP pick	Joan McCarter	08/12
100	193	284	2.49	No, really: Team Trump 'reached out' to South Dakota governor about adding a head to Mount Rushmore	Hunter	08/10

Impact total: 369.8

 nrec  - Number of recommendations.
 ncom  - Number of comments.
impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx.
  post - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos post displaying the title.
author - Hyperlink to the post authors Daily Kos home page.
  time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly stories.

The analysis of authors includes total impact, number of stories, and the average impact per post.

Author	impact	stories	imp>0.30	fprec	impact/post
Kerry Eleveld	42.29	18	18	16	2.35
Walter Einenkel	40.39	16	16	13	2.52
Joan McCarter	39.74	21	21	17	1.89
Aldous J Pennyfarthing	31.18	17	14	17	1.83
Mark Sumner	30.44	15	15	15	2.03
Laura Clawson	30.42	16	16	8	1.90
annieli	21.00	30	22	30	0.70
Lauren Floyd	20.14	12	12	12	1.68
Aysha Qamar	15.54	8	7	8	1.94
SemDem	15.31	7	4	7	2.19
Hunter	14.61	8	8	5	1.83
Dartagnan	14.28	5	4	5	2.86
Chitown Kev	13.61	8	7	8	1.70
Gabe Ortiz	13.24	13	13	13	1.02
kos	12.46	4	4	4	3.12
Dan K	10.30	5	4	5	2.06
Denise Oliver Velez	10.06	3	3	2	3.35
phoenixdreamz	9.96	2	2	2	4.98
Pakalolo	9.32	4	4	4	2.33
DigitusImpudicus	8.94	5	4	5	1.79
Christopher Reeves	8.61	5	3	4	1.72
wilderness voice	8.14	3	1	3	2.71
Jen Hayden	8.12	2	2	2	4.06
poopdogcomedy	8.01	41	4	38	0.20
AlyoshaKaramazov	7.43	4	2	4	1.86
Marissa Higgins	7.41	7	7	6	1.06
David Neiwert	7.37	5	5	4	1.47
GoodNewsRoundup	6.69	7	7	7	0.96
Daily Kos Elections	6.33	15	12	10	0.42
Vetwife	5.54	5	2	5	1.11
Bethesda 1971	5.53	4	3	4	1.38
A Siegel	5.23	2	1	2	2.61
MatthewFord	5.19	1	1	1	5.19
Greg Dworkin	5.10	2	2		2.55
Joe Pac	5.04	5	5	5	1.01
NotNowNotEver	4.86	8	8	8	0.61
AKALib	4.81	3	2	3	1.60
kalmoth	4.69	1	1	1	4.69
Jessica Sutherland	4.69	1	1		4.69
Jeannette Elise	4.66	1	1	1	4.66
skralyx	4.58	2	2	2	2.29
skyounkin	4.56	1	1	1	4.56
Bill in Portland Maine	4.55	5	5		0.91
Blue Tuesday	4.53	4	2	4	1.13
Egberto Willies	4.47	13	4	12	0.34
lynn47	4.41	1	1	1	4.41
News Corpse	4.40	7	5	7	0.63
Dale Adams	4.24	1	1	1	4.24
jamess	4.14	3	1	3	1.38
mastergardener2k	3.97	3	2	3	1.32
OwossoHarpist	3.96	4	2	4	0.99
atlpeach	3.93	2	2	2	1.97
ShowerCap	3.89	2	2	2	1.94
Mrmuni12	3.69	2	2	2	1.84
Lefty Coaster	3.63	9	4	9	0.40
Kappyhour	3.53	2	1	2	1.76
teacherken	3.52	3	2	3	1.17
HalBrown	3.44	6	1	6	0.57
CameronProf	3.41	9	2	8	0.38
DrBobOpEd	3.26	3	1	2	1.09
Mother Mags	3.25	2	2	2	1.63
Rule of Claw	3.22	5	1	3	0.64
sheddhead	3.12	1	1	1	3.12
Crashing Vor	3.11	2	1	2	1.55
ericlewis0	2.99	2	2	2	1.50
Kate in the desert	2.95	1	1	1	2.95
Dan Bacher	2.92	4	1	4	0.73
mr crabby	2.80	1	1	1	2.80
Tom Tomorrow	2.76	1	1		2.76
Jeff Singer	2.74	4	3	4	0.69
Embassy	2.69	1	1	1	2.69
The Geogre	2.54	1	1	1	2.54
subtropolis	2.43	1	1	1	2.43
WolframAndHart	2.26	1	1	1	2.26
GimpyOlNorman	2.18	1	1	1	2.18
Otteray Scribe	2.18	2	1	2	1.09
Black Kos	2.15	2	2	2	1.08
strawbale	2.11	4	4	4	0.53
VirginiaWave	2.06	3	2	3	0.69
Yosef 52	2.04	9	1	9	0.23
scottdc	1.96	1	1	1	1.96
David Jarman	1.95	1	1	1	1.95
e2247	1.85	5	1	4	0.37
Mokurai	1.85	2	2	2	0.92
Galtisalie	1.69	1	1	1	1.69
Jen Sorensen	1.60	1	1	1	1.60
The Marti	1.57	4	2	4	0.39
Magnifico	1.56	4	3	4	0.39
arhpdx	1.55	1	1	1	1.55
Flowergirl77	1.49	1	1	1	1.49
samanthab	1.48	3	1	3	0.49
chloris creator	1.48	1	1	1	1.48
Carolyn Fiddler	1.47	2	2	1	0.73
2thanks	1.40	1	1	1	1.40
Christian Dem in NC	1.38	4	2	4	0.34
Crimson Quillfeather	1.37	4	1	4	0.34
Lenny Flank	1.31	6	1	6	0.22
javax2	1.31	1	1	1	1.31
keefknight	1.28	1	1	1	1.28
Onomastic	1.26	1	1	1	1.26

Impact total: 690.1 The analysis of readers includes the number of recommendations awarded, the number of authors recommended, the number and percent of their recommendations on the most recommended list (conversion) and a ratio reflecting how much better the recommendations they made matched the top hit list than would the same number of random picks.

READER	REC	AUTHORS	TopHits	conversion	ratio
eeff	457	172	98	21.44	2.42
reppa	396	163	96	24.24	2.73
Cronesense	366	149	93	25.41	2.87
roses	345	149	73	21.16	2.39
WYgalinCali	313	94	76	24.28	2.74
rja	301	102	80	26.58	3.00
slowbutsure	268	122	91	33.96	3.83
ET3117	266	113	69	25.94	2.93
ellenak	250	91	89	35.60	4.02
Noah Andersen	242	91	84	34.71	3.92
dewtx	238	84	86	36.13	4.08
McGovern78	237	60	52	21.94	2.47
malapert	227	77	65	28.63	3.23
FarWestGirl	224	116	66	29.46	3.32
Laurel in CA	220	88	89	40.45	4.56
tofumagoo	217	84	81	37.33	4.21
CompaniaHill	216	83	79	36.57	4.13
Poohze	215	67	67	31.16	3.52
catlady3	213	128	47	22.07	2.49
libera nos	210	110	52	24.76	2.79
zoom314	207	68	55	26.57	3.00
hbk	207	81	68	32.85	3.71
PrahaPartizan	200	60	52	26.00	2.93
chimpy	193	85	62	32.12	3.62
GlastoSara	185	71	77	41.62	4.69
DiegoUK	185	83	60	32.43	3.66
Andrew F Cockburn	184	85	83	45.11	5.09
PitaRocks	181	120	57	31.49	3.55
Railfan	179	63	64	35.75	4.03
Jonny Manz	174	90	72	41.38	4.67
Cecelia S	173	57	42	24.28	2.74
elwior	172	88	69	40.12	4.53
sockpuppet	171	80	62	36.26	4.09
blslarner	169	69	61	36.09	4.07
Lee Montana	167	85	83	49.70	5.61
gizmo59	167	72	73	43.71	4.93
MKSinSA	165	121	39	23.64	2.67
jrickball	155	89	66	42.58	4.80
elizawhig1	153	55	61	39.87	4.50
PaulinFtLupton	152	85	68	44.74	5.05
MrsTarquinBiscuitbarrel	150	74	66	44.00	4.96
page394	148	86	49	33.11	3.73
greenharper	147	77	71	48.30	5.45
alaskahiatt	146	65	48	32.88	3.71
CA Nana	145	80	72	49.66	5.60
peacestpete	145	77	48	33.10	3.73
emaycee	144	51	68	47.22	5.33
Slideman	143	75	42	29.37	3.31
churchylafemme	143	89	58	40.56	4.58
dmhlt 66	141	74	49	34.75	3.92
somewhereupnorth	140	77	51	36.43	4.11
slice	140	54	61	43.57	4.91
Eliamias	139	65	69	49.64	5.60
Alumbrados	139	52	53	38.13	4.30
CTJOE	138	91	42	30.43	3.43
Tin woman1	137	79	29	21.17	2.39
RunawayRose	137	60	40	29.20	3.29
Lake of Shadows	136	73	49	36.03	4.06
ericlewis0	134	76	45	33.58	3.79
2n10	133	71	34	25.56	2.88
Jake Williams	133	81	65	48.87	5.51
Kravortek	132	42	50	37.88	4.27
djtroops	132	49	46	34.85	3.93
HockeyDad	131	76	53	40.46	4.56
Lefty Coaster	131	64	53	40.46	4.56
HedwigKos	129	85	57	44.19	4.98
Wintermute	129	60	68	52.71	5.95
OutofDate	127	78	43	33.86	3.82
aitchdee	127	52	60	47.24	5.33
HateGOPHypocrisy	124	61	44	35.48	4.00
insomnambulist	124	54	53	42.74	4.82
ratcityreprobate	124	45	47	37.90	4.28
profundo	124	75	52	41.94	4.73
oldhippywoman	123	74	40	32.52	3.67
ladybug53	123	75	47	38.21	4.31
dotdash2u	122	71	64	52.46	5.92
Wino	122	77	58	47.54	5.36
Steven Park	121	60	52	42.98	4.85
KenBee	121	65	38	31.40	3.54
HollyValera	120	72	46	38.33	4.32
mlleelizabeth	120	59	44	36.67	4.14
mittenstheunrulykitten	119	72	60	50.42	5.69
mabon	119	74	70	58.82	6.64
side pocket	119	65	33	27.73	3.13
kevinpdx	118	51	35	29.66	3.35
sweetthesound	117	70	39	33.33	3.76
GAS	117	56	37	31.62	3.57
subtropolis	117	65	34	29.06	3.28
StevenJoseph	117	63	50	42.74	4.82
bjwchxMI	115	67	50	43.48	4.90
misterwade	114	62	47	41.23	4.65
KGrimmett3675	112	67	48	42.86	4.83
djgreeneyes	112	69	58	51.79	5.84
CamillesDad1	112	85	38	33.93	3.83
rich1lenore	110	58	63	57.27	6.46
LamontCranston	110	55	44	40.00	4.51
Pam from Calif	110	68	33	30.00	3.38
GardeningGal	109	72	53	48.62	5.48
ksmoore777	109	69	43	39.45	4.45
phoenixdreamz	109	60	39	35.78	4.04
swklmpc159	108	66	67	62.04	7.00
notbroken	108	55	63	58.33	6.58
OldGrammy	108	68	37	34.26	3.86
wdrath	108	58	40	37.04	4.18
zerelda	107	64	49	45.79	5.17
Kansas Born	106	67	40	37.74	4.26
FindingMyVoice	106	70	49	46.23	5.21
skyounkin	106	48	52	49.06	5.53
jcitron	105	64	54	51.43	5.80
third Party please	105	65	43	40.95	4.62
RUkidnme	104	54	61	58.65	6.62
diras	104	57	54	51.92	5.86
thehecticdialectic	104	49	50	48.08	5.42
megcrane	103	45	55	53.40	6.02
Lujane	103	78	43	41.75	4.71
Tookish	103	52	47	45.63	5.15
CrackerDaddy	102	56	55	53.92	6.08
maggiejean	102	59	42	41.18	4.64
zenvegan	101	57	22	21.78	2.46
CorpFlunky	101	58	41	40.59	4.58

      rec  = number of posts recommended
   authors = number of authors recommended
   TopHits = number of recommended stories in top hit list
conversion = 100 * TopHits/rec; percent of recommended stories on top hit list
     ratio = TopHits/predicted, where
 predicted = ntop * rec/nstories, where
      ntop = number of stories in top hit list = 100
  nstories = total number of stories= 1128

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

High Impact Stories: August 14, 2020

jotter

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday August 17, 2020 · 11:30 AM PDT

2020/08/17 · 11:30

2020-08-14 00:01:20 - 2020-08-14 23:55:54 UTC; DailyKos stories = 188; 188 per day; 7.8 per hour

Yesterday 153 Kogs posted 188 stories of which 181 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 2020 recommending readers; 109 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 55 by 30 or more, and 30 by 100 or more. Commenters (2023) visited 188 stories; 100 had 10 or more commenters, 42 had 30 or more, and 9 had 100 or more.

Recommendations and comments were collected Sat Aug 15 08:00:04 2020 UTC.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 188 POSTS
MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.19
AVERAGE	0.65
MAX	5.68
TOTAL	117.84 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 20 diaries, the lowest receiving 2.04 bharns

Story Impact Distribution
Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	182	177	108	59	36
commenters	182	181	88	42	17
connections	182	177	138	76	42

KOG ACTIVITY*
KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	2284	810	129	1392	47
RECOMMEND	810	1958	48	1147	47
WRITE	129	48	137	7	47

* (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

User Interaction Statistics (Network)
OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	12363
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	3439 x 137 = 471143
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	2.6 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	12363 / 3439 = 3.59

Graph Summary Data

HIGH IMPACT POSTS
RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	time
1	503	468	5.68	BREAKING: New York Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against the Trump Organization. UPDATED.	Rudyard	21:46
2	437	201	4.83	WOW! Chuck Todd exposes Trump lie about saving the country and shows him unhinged	Egberto Willies	06:19
3	352	166	3.86	AOC introduces Postmaster General DeJoy to concept of accountability. Apparently he's 'new to this'	Lauren Floyd	01:57
4	340	116	3.68	Watch 30-year postal veteran congresswoman calmly dissect Trump and postmaster general's sabotage	Walter Einenkel	01:44
5	316	215	3.59	Postmaster General DeJoy hid a new Postal Service report from lawmakers for good reason	Kerry Eleveld	21:57
6	310	193	3.54	Is Eric Trump invoking the Fifth Amendment to dodge testifying about Trump Organization finances?	Hunter	02:00
7	308	211	3.35	Lincoln Project: "Evil" - featuring Jared	teacherken	16:49
8	264	557	3.44	Kellyanne calls it a day	Johnny Wendell	07:24
9	237	139	2.61	Rep. Kate Porter gets DeJoy to admit he doesn't even know how much a postcard stamp costs	Walter Einenkel	02:34
10	228	204	2.67	Combative DeJoy reiterates to House: 'No, I will not' put the postal sorting machines back	Joan McCarter	22:07
11	216	238	2.55	New AP-NORC Poll has Trump at 35% Approval with 65% Disapproving of his dismal performance	Lefty Coaster	22:28
12	216	94	2.37	Florida man Rep. Gaetz had embarrassing crying text sessions ? with Sean Hannity	Walter Einenkel	21:33
13	216	90	2.35	Federal judge puts hold on Trump campaign lawsuit to stop mail-in balloting in Pennsylvania	Joan McCarter	20:11
14	211	161	2.45	Biden unveils endorsements from a long list of Republicans as Republican convention kicks off	Laura Clawson	20:42
15	207	357	2.31	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Before the GOP convention, Trump politicizes the FDA	Greg Dworkin	16:30
16	203	290	2.58	Jerry Falwell admits to wife's affair with their poolboy.	MTmofo	08:12
17	195	239	2.33	UPDATE: BREAKING: Falwell RESIGNS! Or DOES He? Falwell Denies Resigning	AlyoshaKaramazov	02:42
18	192	84	2.10	Louis DeJoy opens several cans of worms for House investigators to explore	Joan McCarter	03:24
19	184	105	2.04	Navalny WAS Poisoned, Say German Doctors	Dan K	19:58
20	181	138	2.05	Police shoot black man while holding his shirt at domestic disturbance call. Update: Gov. Evers stmt	MTmofo	08:34
21	179	403	2.01	Postal Service sabotage takes center stage in House	Joan McCarter	19:02
22	179	217	2.09	Video of another police shooting rocks the nation as Wisconsin man fights for his life	Laura Clawson	17:55
23	173	109	1.93	Author of upcoming tell-all reportedly taped Melania making 'harsh comments' about Ivanka and Donald	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	04:07
24	170	42	1.81	Cartoon: Breaking the news	Tom Tomorrow	17:00
25	166	251	1.95	538 has a 9.2 pt lead at 51.4% and GREAT LEADS IN AVG OF POLLS IN FL, AZ, MI, WI, AND PA + More	Dem	17:25
26	163	37	1.73	John le Carre Writes About Donald Trump.	Trenz Pruca	04:23
27	159	68	1.76	Scranton loves Biden, Queens hates Trump	Kerry Eleveld	19:50
28	152	35	1.60	12 Vulnerable Republicans Voted Against Protecting the Postal Service. Here's How We Make Them Pay.	AWildLibAppeared	18:00
29	151	102	1.65	Joe Biden describes 'grief and outrage' at Wisconsin police shooting	Laura Clawson	21:10
30	144	202	1.82	Falwell's business partner says he had affair with Trump-supporting evangelical leader and his wife	Marissa Higgins	01:00
31	143	153	1.73	Republicans make it official with convention non-platform: They're the Party of Trump	Laura Clawson	19:18
32	130	83	1.47	Louisiana police fired 11 times, killing Black man as he walked away	Lauren Floyd	22:45
33	128	174	1.56	Falwell ?Pool Boy? Says ?he had a years-long sexual relationship involving Falwell?s wife," Falwell	lowkell	22:22
34	118	269	1.30	Monday Good News Roundup	Jessiestaf	16:00
35	117	136	1.45	Kellyanne Conway resigns as family feud goes increasingly public	Lauren Floyd	23:03
36	106	61	1.19	Breaking - Michael Steele joins Lincoln project	Frank Palmer	03:27
37	98	16	1.04	Some companies are signing pledge to not simply make time for employees to vote, but to pay them too	Walter Einenkel	00:50
38	98	19	1.05	Jared Kushner is thick as thieves with Putin's money man. Nothing good has come of it	Kerry Eleveld	04:22
39	87	108	1.07	The Trump onslaught begins?4 unadulterated days of brainwashing his cultists	Kerry Eleveld	01:16
40	86	127	0.93	Cheers and Jeers: Monday	Bill in Portland Maine	16:50
41	81	56	0.87	Biden protected us from Bork as a Supreme Court Justice: Day 45 of 100 Days of Loving Joe Biden	GoodNewsRoundup	16:02
42	79	65	0.94	?You now have COVID?: Masked man hugged strangers at Walmart	Aysha Qamar	23:19
43	71	116	0.77	Moondai Furkids: O Sole Mio	Mopshell	22:45
44	71	11	0.75	Cartoon: Trust me	Nick Anderson	03:00
45	65	20	0.70	DeJoy: "The (mail)trucks leave on time" because who really wants surprises every night	annieli	00:46
46	62	14	0.68	Evictions and hunger are coming for too many people as Republicans refuse to extend COVID-19 relief	Laura Clawson	22:58
47	57	39	0.62	Michael Cohen to appear in ads confirming he committed crimes on behalf of and with Trump	zenvegan	04:22
48	46	8	0.49	Proud Boys again bring violence to Portland, and police again stand by and do nothing	David Neiwert	04:37
49	44	16	0.47	Collusion between Trump campaign and Russia never ended	annieli	09:02
50	43	108	0.47	A Festival for the Brain Dead - Evening Shade, Monday	NotNowNotEver	04:30
51	40	13	0.43	TRUMP THE SEXUAL PREDATOR (Warning: a LOT of Nasty Stuff Here)	Yosef 52	22:00
52	39	52	0.43	PWB Peeps Open Thread: Ride the Wind	strawbale	07:00
53	39	33	0.46	PPP's New Poll Has Joe Biden Beating Trump In Texas 48-47	poopdogcomedy	01:52
54	37	40	0.41	TRUMP Turns the RNC Into Just Another One of His Another Lie-Riddled Cult Rallies	News Corpse	03:36
55	37	9	0.40	Postmaster General did not give response Republican Congressman expected, ?Only In Washington DC.?	Egberto Willies	21:33
56	36	10	0.38	Pompeo's RNC participation spits on, then tramples, State Department ethics	Laura Clawson	01:24
57	33	12	0.36	Freepers freak! Trump's base's reaction to The Darnold's very very very bad day	Tommy T	21:00
58	33	6	0.35	Trump's Misery Index (the newest ad from MeidasTouch)	mark schroeder	01:17
59	32	34	0.36	Nothing but zest this week. Trump's all peel, no orange, and Kellyanne jumps ship	annieli	07:01
60	29	14	0.33	Republicans just love saying the quiet part out loud	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	21:35
61	29	35	0.33	Morning Digest: Ever heard of a 'top-four' primary? It could be coming to a state near you soon	Daily Kos Elections	17:00
62	28	36	0.31	Top Comments: Power Outage Edition	brillig	07:00
63	26	104	0.29	Kitchen Table Kibitzing August 23. 2020	side pocket	05:30
64	26	52	0.29	Overnight News Digest August 23, 2020	side pocket	09:00
65	26	11	0.28	Every activity Trump participates in hurts us even golf	Jay Cuasay	22:40
66	25	287	0.28	New Day Cafe: Moon Gates	samanthab	19:30
67	25	130	0.29	Morning Open Thread: Something Disappearing as We Say Its Name	officebss	15:28
68	25	10	0.28	Republican National Committee "resovlves" to keep their 2016 party platform, and it's a hoot	David Michigan	09:31
69	25	6	0.27	Republican Presidents Are, Apparently, Powerless and/or Incompetent, According to Republicans	GrafZeppelin127	20:00
70	25	4	0.26	60 Minutes: 'How Russian intelligence officers interfered in the 2016 election'	Lefty Coaster	08:55
71	25	3	0.26	"Cockroach Theory" and Political Corruption: The rot in the North Carolina GOP runs very, very deep	LongLeafPineSlate	17:10
72	24	22	0.28	BREAKING: GOP Vows to Give Up any Pretence of Agency. Abandons GOP Platform for 2020.	Captain Frogbert	17:32
73	24	14	0.26	Pebble Mine Permit Process on Hold!	Senor Unoball	21:19
74	24	1	0.25	KY-Sen: Amy McGrath (D) Puts Pressure On KY AG To Release Report On Breonna Taylor Investigation	poopdogcomedy	04:21
75	23	23	0.29	Franklin Graham Completely Missed God!	Benthovens5th	12:07
76	23	7	0.25	Back Under New Account	KYLeveller	05:26
77	22	21	0.25	The GOP Has No Party Platform. Literally.	AlyoshaKaramazov	18:03
78	22	6	0.24	MT-AL: Kathleen Williams has her second ad out wherein she fillets a fish	MTmofo	01:52
79	21	6	0.23	NC-Sen: Morning Consult Poll Has Cal Cunningham (D) Beating Thom Tillis (R) 47-39	poopdogcomedy	03:08
80	20	20	0.23	Today Jeff Flake grew a spine and endorses Biden and some storm advice	zenvegan	18:28
81	20	12	0.23	unhinged Trump now claims you'll get infected by ballot boxes	annieli	16:14
82	20	6	0.21	Hey You! Wanna Win? CHECK THIS INFO OUT! (With Yosef?s Twitter Treasure Trove and Quick Hits!)	Yosef 52	04:16
83	19	32	0.21	The Daily Bucket. Update from Quincy, CA; The Claremont Fire. Non-fumus carborundum.	funningforrest	21:35
84	19	20	0.22	Rejoice comrades! Is beautiful White House "Rose Garden"!	The Bassweasel	05:49
85	19	11	0.21	Some Minnesota delegates don't want their names mentioned.	A Citizen	18:33
86	19	1	0.20	VA-Sen: Sen. Mark Warner (D) Calls For Trump's Postmaster General's Resignation	poopdogcomedy	03:54
87	17	11	0.19	Post Office Hearing Today: New USPS Documents Show Nationwide Delays Far Worsening	e2247	21:08
88	17	6	0.18	Republicans gerrymandered & stole Michigan. Here's how Democrats are winning it back in 2020.	Blue Tuesday	18:33
89	14	8	0.16	Melania's Rose Garden Changes	drmichaelegan	01:04
90	14	8	0.16	Which World Leaders Actually Care about their People in the COVID Crisis? These four women	Ann McLaughlin	23:45
91	14	5	0.15	All The President?s People: The Growing List of Those Who Have Turned On Donald Trump	KeithDB	03:08
92	14	5	0.15	NC-Sen: NYT, "Not the Convention, or the Election, North Carolina Republicans Hoped For"	poopdogcomedy	21:58
93	12	24	0.18	Kellyanne lived by the president's tweets, she is leaving with one of her own and with a rhyme	HalBrown	17:02
94	12	17	0.16	Seen Twice at the Grocery Store This Weekend - People Wearing Trump Masks with ZERO Sense of Irony!	Slideman	19:23
95	11	26	0.19	More than 534,000 Mail-in Ballots Rejected in the Primaries. We can't let this happen on Nov 3!	DeniseHa	09:32
96	9	510	0.57	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/24	Daily Kos Elections	18:00
97	7	39	0.21	Richard Spencer does a 180	Thyme4Thought	03:56
98	4	49	0.20	Just a simple question planning to watch GOP convention?	CameronProf	03:56
99	2	134	0.27	Do better Joe Biden.	trubludude	19:06

Impact total: 94.2

 nrec  - Number of recommendations.
 ncom  - Number of comments.
impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx.
  post - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos post displaying the title.
author - Hyperlink to the post authors Daily Kos home page.
  time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly stories.

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High Impact Stories: August 15, 2020

jotter

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday August 17, 2020 · 11:29 AM PDT

2020/08/17 · 11:29

2020-08-15 00:00:06 - 2020-08-15 23:58:01 UTC; DailyKos stories = 121; 121 per day; 5.0 per hour

Yesterday 110 Kogs posted 121 stories of which 115 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1906 recommending readers; 71 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 35 by 30 or more, and 22 by 100 or more. Commenters (1598) visited 121 stories; 58 had 10 or more commenters, 28 had 30 or more, and 9 had 100 or more.

Recommendations and comments were collected Sun Aug 16 08:00:03 2020 UTC.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 121 POSTS
MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.19
AVERAGE	0.65
MAX	5.68
TOTAL	117.84 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 20 diaries, the lowest receiving 2.04 bharns

Story Impact Distribution
Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	177	170	115	65	37
commenters	177	176	91	43	12
connections	177	170	132	75	40

KOG ACTIVITY*
KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	1598	781	108	750	41
RECOMMEND	781	1906	41	1125	41
WRITE	108	41	110	2	41

* (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

User Interaction Statistics (Network)
OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	8985
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	2725 x 110 = 299750
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	3.0 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	8985 / 2725 = 3.3

Graph Summary Data

HIGH IMPACT POSTS
RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	time
1	480	322	5.34	Stupid and it will backfire	teacherken	07:38
2	455	339	5.08	Stupid Trump tries to cheat, but screws his own voters instead	kos	22:24
3	455	208	4.95	Montana yes, Montana stops destruction of the Post Office	independent cuss	07:07
4	411	217	4.45	Congressman Wants New Jersey's AG to Investigate Trump's Post Office Shenanigans UPDATED	srelar	05:08
5	371	158	4.03	Humiliated on Iran. America has never suffered a UN defeat like this.	The BigotBasher	22:22
6	359	167	3.91	Postmaster General Louis DeJoy can be indicted, impeached, sued, and removed?go get him!	Mark Sumner	20:28
7	354	220	3.88	Republicans will be aggressively harassing voters at the polls. They call it ?ballot security?	SemDem	19:59
8	318	265	3.57	Trump's attack on the Post Office is drawing more fire than any past scandal, and for good reason	Mark Sumner	21:58
9	308	113	3.28	A victory for voters in Kentucky	tonyahky	20:27
10	291	309	3.19	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The U.S. Postal Service debacle hits the headlines	Greg Dworkin	16:30
11	273	205	3.05	Protesters are making noise outside of postmaster general's home	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	21:25
12	266	180	2.96	'Meet Mother Pence' Ad Shows How Creepy 'Epic Homophobes' Mike and Karen Pence Really Are	FishOuttaScotch	16:20
13	262	129	2.84	Donald Trump is attempting to steal the election, and that's still not the worst thing	Mark Sumner	19:12
14	243	116	2.63	The Postal Service scandal doesn't belong only to Donald Trump. Mitch McConnell played a big role	Mark Sumner	00:20
15	217	127	2.35	Barack Obama: Republicans so terrified of Americans voting, they're willing to undermine the country	Dartagnan	05:49
16	177	110	1.92	Taylor Swift Tweets: Trump ?Gravely Worsened? COVID Crisis, has ?Chosen to Blatantly Cheat?	ericlewis0	00:33
17	172	90	1.91	Trump's taking a wrecking ball to the Postal Service. It's unbelievably cruel and politically insane	Kerry Eleveld	21:56
18	168	126	1.87	will Trump be hoist from the rigging with his own petard	annieli	11:01
19	168	55	1.78	Any Investigation into the Postal Slowdown must find out if Former Postmaster General was Forced out	jamess	20:44
20	152	244	1.62	We Can Protect the Vote: Saturday's Good News	GoodNewsRoundup	16:00
21	140	47	1.52	Civil War II: The One Over the Post Office?	ShowerCap	06:59
22	132	211	1.42	Caturday Pootie Diary: I am the Lizard King; I Can Do Anything	Flowergirl77	22:45
23	66	22	0.71	VoteVets is ON IT with #TraitorTrump's War on the post office	westladem	08:08
24	62	148	0.78	What Do We Do with tRump Supporters After He's Gone? - Evening Shade, Saturday	NotNowNotEver	04:30
25	59	148	0.63	PWB Friday Night Open Thread - A Campaign Setback, Followed by a Rally	Horsefeathers	07:15
26	48	14	0.53	Senate Republicans give struggling Americans the finger, this week in the war on workers	Laura Clawson	03:55
27	47	195	0.51	Saturday Morning Garden Blogging 16.33, no lazy days yet	robctwo	18:00
28	44	28	0.48	Saturday Trump presser: lots of petards on the path to the bunker, will someone be hoist by them	annieli	01:30
29	43	293	0.59	Another Saturday Night - Songs you love but hate the singer	WYgalinCali	04:00
30	37	107	0.40	Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday - my absentee ballot experience.	annieli	05:30
31	36	69	0.40	My Glaucoma surgeries, an update. With a gross after surgery picture, beware.	Cmae	23:48
32	34	61	0.47	Can Someone Talk Me Off The Ledge, Please?	wdrath	00:02
33	34	12	0.37	Trump plans to junk 502 Mail Sorting Machines (15%) PS Union: "THIS WILL SLOW MAIL PROCESSING"	Lefty Coaster	07:04
34	32	10	0.35	Kamala rises triumphantly while Trump cheats, lies and whines	Frank Vyan Walton	03:00
35	30	6	0.32	Due to Trump's War on USPS, Tom Perriello?s 78-Yr-Old Mom ?hasn?t gotten her eye drops in 23 days"	lowkell	21:56
36	28	32	0.38	David Brooks Underscores Republican Desperation	FP Dunneagin	03:17
37	27	74	0.30	The Daily Bucket - August fruits	OceanDiver	19:00
38	27	21	0.31	Why Biden-Harris should win in a landslide. Fear need not apply.	Egberto Willies	00:36
39	27	10	0.29	Post Office Sabotage: Here's Some Good News	Subject Zero	09:04
40	26	12	0.27	Top Comments: Netroots Nation 20: At Home	Chitown Kev	07:07
41	26	6	0.28	Public Lands: Old mining machinery (photo diary)	Ojibwa	19:33
42	23	21	0.25	Let the USPS Board of Governors Know What You Think About the Actions of Louis DeJoy and His Cronies	Murchadha	22:39
43	21	121	0.24	New Day Cafe - Saturday: Painted Houses	Crimson Quillfeather	19:30
44	21	19	0.27	tRump campaign to spend record amount to try to court the Jewish vote -- good luck, he will need it.	CameronProf	07:12
45	21	11	0.23	HUH? According to Trump, He's Losing Bigly to a Mentally Deficient Socialist	News Corpse	02:22
46	20	36	0.24	What's for Dinner? v.15.6: Braising	zenbassoon	04:00
47	20	18	0.24	Kentucky U.S. Senate Candidates Dragging Contest Down Rabbit Hole: China and Rioters Oh My!	Merlin1963	00:46
48	20	13	0.24	OUCH! The Fox News politics editor, the bison, and a desperate Trump's butt	HalBrown	18:46
49	18	19	0.19	Overnight News Digest: Friday Night	annetteboardman	08:59
50	17	12	0.19	Humanism	Ojibwa	01:06
51	16	33	0.17	IAN: What are you reading??	FloridaSNDad	09:55
52	16	18	0.20	We Were Supposed to Arrive in Dublin Today	LeftOfYou	02:40
53	16	15	0.17	Photo Diary: This Week's Batch of Florida Critters	Lenny Flank	18:31
54	16	7	0.17	We Fight Back Against These CRIMINALS By GETTING OUT THE VOTE! (New Stuff Today!)	Yosef 52	03:20
55	15	9	0.18	Join the Fight! Contact the USPS Board of Directors Directly	progressiveandsane	20:52
56	14	97	0.16	Reunited with Some Old Friends	houyhnhnm	17:00
57	14	24	0.16	Friday Night Beer Blog	esquimaux	06:45
58	14	10	0.16	Good News to be Inferred from the Intelligence Report on Foreign Powers and the 2020 Election	AndySchmookler	22:08
59	13	23	0.18	Fedex and UPS say they are not allowed to handle mail-in ballot deliveries	MTmofo	23:01
60	13	16	0.17	Email headline: "Trump Boat Parades" - how is this not a parody	no more low hanging fruit	19:05
61	10	44	0.21	I think we may be missing the motive for this USPS tampering	MindMatter	02:35

Impact total: 80.0

 nrec  - Number of recommendations.
 ncom  - Number of comments.
impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx.
  post - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos post displaying the title.
author - Hyperlink to the post authors Daily Kos home page.
  time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly stories.

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