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By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nPatient readers, WHO on airborne to come. \u2013lambert<\/p>\nBird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged), Sapsucker Woods, Tompkins, New York, United States. \u201cSong of a male and a song of a female responding immediately.\u201d Reminds me of summer in the fields in the Midwest (correctly?).<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#shanahan\">Shanahan launch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#boeing\">More Tcakik on Boeing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than a year to go!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/free.timeanddate.com\/countdown\/i8ubjj5e\/n179\/cf100\/cm0\/cu1\/ct0\/cs1\/ca0\/cr0\/ss0\/cac000\/cpc000\/pcfff\/tcfff\/fs100\/szw320\/szh135\/tatTime%20left%20to%20Election%20Day%2C%202024\/tac000\/tptTime%20since%20Event%20started%20in\/tpc000\/mac000\/mpc000\/iso2024-11-05T00:00:00\/bo2\/pd2\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"322\" height=\"137\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>RCP Poll Averages, March 29<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rcp_polls.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"973\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-269215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rcp_polls.png 544w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rcp_polls-168x300.png 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I think I\u2019ll leave this up for the whole week, so we can at least mumble something about trends. Nationally, Trump is up 2.4% in the Five-Way, same as last week, give or take. Trump is still up in all the Swing States (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/introduction-to-swing-states-in-the-presidential-election-of-2024-general-survey.html\">more here<\/a>). I\u2019ve highlighted PA, (1) because Trump is actually down there, and (2) it\u2019s an outlier, has been for weeks. Why isn\u2019t Trump doing well there?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cHere\u2019s How Much Cash Donald Trump Has\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/m2lNV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes<\/a>]. As of March 8, $413 million: \u201cHere\u2019s how we arrived at that figure. We begin with an exact number: $293,834,128.42, which was Trump and his companies\u2019 cash balance as of June 30, 2021, per documents filed in the New York attorney general\u2019s case in October 2022\u2026. Regardless, from there, we can count up the major sources of cash coming in and going out by combing through documents revealed in the fraud case, Trump\u2019s public financial disclosures and other public records\u2026. The big takeaway: Trump is likely sitting on a huge pile of cash\u2014but not enough to pay off his legal creditors with a simple wire transfer\u2026. Cash as of June 2021: $293,834,128.42. Smaller property sales: +$6 million. Income from books, speeches and NFTs: +$21 million. D.C. hotel sale and related expenses: +$112 million. Trump Links contract sale: +$60 million. Loan payoffs: -$67 million. Aircraft expenses: -$13 million. FINAL TOTAL<\/p>\n<p>Roughly $413 million.\u201d \u2022 This is before the $91.6 million bond Trump posted for the Carroll case, and the $175 million for Engoron, but also before the Truth Social public offering. <\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump attends NYPD officer\u2019s wake as he highlights crime on the campaign trail\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-attends-nypd-officers-wake-highlights-crime-campaign\/story?id=108605672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ABC<\/a>]. \u201cFormer President Donald Trump on Thursday attended the wake of slain New York Police Department Officer Jonathan Diller, whom officials say was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop earlier this week. \u2018What happened is such a sad, sad event, such a horrible thing,\u2019 Trump told reporters afterward. In brief remarks, he reiterated his condolences for Diller\u2019s death and used the wake to focus on a frequent campaign season message about crime and public safety. \u2018We have to stop it. We have to stop it,\u2019 Trump said. \u2018We have to get back to law and order. We have to do a lot of things differently, because this is not working.’\u201d \u2022 Kennedy seems to have sucked all the air out of the room, a new experience, for Trump, albeit no doubt temporary.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cThree Presidents With a Complex Past Team Up in Effort to Defeat Trump\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Z3ayV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cThe relationships carry a degree of complexity: Some members of Biden\u2019s inner circle felt Obama\u2019s team was dismissive of the then-vice president. Current White House officials have privately chafed at comments by a high-profile Obama alumnus questioning the president\u2019s re-election prospects. And Obama\u2019s encouragement of Hillary Clinton to pursue the White House in the 2016 election\u2014long before Biden had made his own decision\u2014was an irritant linking all three camps. Now, though, \u2018they\u2019re all united by the threat of Trump,\u2019 said James Carville, a former Clinton campaign strategist. \u2018Every politician has a history with another one. That\u2019s just part of life. But I do think they are pretty unified by the threat.’\u201d And: \u201cOne longtime Clinton adviser said the fundraiser will likely mark the start of the deployment of major Democratic assets, from Obama and Clinton, and key surrogates in the party, now that Trump has become the presumptive Republican nominee. Obama is expected to hold fundraisers for the campaign arms of House and Senate Democrats, as he has done in the past, while Clinton expects to play a more active role than in recent years\u2014and will help whenever he is asked.\u201d \u2022 Clinton \u201cexpects,\u201d eh?<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cPresident Biden\u2019s celeb-packed $25M fundraiser is the height of Dem elitism\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/03\/28\/opinion\/president-bidens-25m-fundraiser-with-annie-leibovitz-is-the-height-of-dem-elitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cThursday night offered the chance to have a glam photographer snap you slapping hands with President Biden, or predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, for a donation of a mere $100,000 to Biden\u2019s re-election campaign: Pretty posh for the supposed party of the working class. The Radio City Music Hall event featured a three-prez chat moderated by \u201cThe Late Show\u201d host Stephen Colbert, plus performances from Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Lea Michele and more. With tickets ranging up to $500,000 a pop, the campaign reportedly pulled in $25 million before the doors even opened, a nice addition to the $155 million the Biden-Harris effort has in hand, en route to likely raising a billion or two total (not counting soft, dark and other off-the-record money).\u201d \u2022 Moderated by Stephen Colbert\u2026. I\u2019m so old I remember when political comedians were deemed to be players.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cMeddlers for RFK Jr.\u201d [Kimberly Strassel, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/lmZQc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cBut dread is now building among Democrats that these third-party campaigns are dangling in front of Republicans a ripe and tempting new tactic\u2014one Democrats know all about, having perfected it. For more than a decade, left-wing groups have interfered in GOP primaries, boosting the candidates they consider most beatable in a general election. Only this month, a group associated with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer dumped millions into highlighting the \u2018too conservative\u2019 Ohio businessman Bernie Moreno, who won the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. Modify this strategy for a general election and a third-party campaign. How long before GOP super PACs are running ads in swing states highlighting, say, Mr. Kennedy\u2019s proposal to ban fracking (something Mr. Biden hasn\u2019t done), labeling him an \u2018extreme environmentalist\u2019? How many young climate activists might like the sounds of that label? Imagine an ad reminding young voters\u2014frustrated by Mr. Biden\u2019s collapsed promises on college debt\u2014that Ms. Stein was for student-loan forgiveness before it was cool. And those are the subtle scenarios. Why not a GOP-funded ad on urban radio stations that directly slams Mr. Biden for his failure to help minorities and touts Mr. West? A recent article in Mother Jones posited such a \u2018sneaky\u2019 and \u2018weaponized\u2019 move by the GOP, under the headline: \u2018Will RFK Jr. and Other Third-Party Candidates Help Doom Democracy?\u2019 The piece somehow failed to note that it was the Democrats who mainstreamed such tactics.\u201d \u2022 Two can play the \u201cPied Piper\u201d game\u2026. <\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cWill RFK Jr.\u2019s Support for Israel Limit His Appeal on the Left?\u201d [Ed Kilgore, <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/will-rfk-jr-s-israel-support-limit-his-appeal-on-the-left.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Magazine<\/a>]. \u201cThe RFK Jr. crusade is primarily focused on his relentless belief in the \u2018corporate capture\u2019 of government on every front, from defense to health care to scientific research to agriculture to his original policy field, the environment. Pharma and Big Ag and the medical profession and the military-industrial complex and chemical companies are the preeminent villains of his lurid tale of American Carnage (similar in ferocity but not in actual content to Donald Trump\u2019s). Any voters with even a vague commitment to free markets and corporate virtue could not put up with much exposure to RFK Jr.\u2019s message. The more you listen to the candidate and his supporters\u2019 intense anger over processed food and obesity and overdevelopment, the less you can imagine any common ground with the fast-food-chomping real-estate developer of Mar-a-Lago. This was evident at Kennedy\u2019s March 26 rally in Oakland, California, where he announced fellow ex-Democrat Nicole Shanahan as his running mate. The Bay Area setting reinforced the feeling of a left-wing insurgency. When Kennedy spoke fondly of his father\u2019s cozy relationship with the Oakland-based Black Panther Party, you knew you were far away not only from the Republican Party but from the kind of centrist independent movement represented by No Labels.\u201d More: \u201cHowever, there\u2019s a huge obstacle between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and any hope that he could become 2024\u2019s pied piper of progressive youth, much as his dad became 56 years ago. It\u2019s his intensely pro-Israel position in its war with Hamas\u2026. In Oakland, Shanahan called RFK Jr. the \u2018only anti-war candidate today, [the] only peace candidate.\u2019 However, Kennedy opposes a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas conflict.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Yep. It may also be, however, that Kennedy\u2019s positions are not that coherent or carefully thought through.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cRFK Jr. threatens to play 2024 spoiler as No Labels struggles to build ticket\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2942781\/rfk-jr-threatens-play-2024-spoiler-no-labels-struggles-build-ticket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018[Kennedy\u2019s] numbers are so small in the end that statistically, it\u2019s actually really hard to tell for sure who they\u2019re going to be taking more votes for,\u2019 [Bernard Tamas, an associate professor of political science at Valdosta State University] said of third-party candidates. \u2018So, even though it looks right now like it hurts Biden more, nobody actually knows that, which I think explains why Trump is also attacking RFK Jr.\u2019 Trump attacked Kennedy in a Truth Social post early Wednesday morning, calling him the \u2018most Radical Left Candidate in the race\u2019 and claiming that \u2018he is Crooked Joe Biden\u2019s Political Opponent, not mine. I love that he is running!\u2019 [political consultant Nachama Soloveichik] cautioned that \u2018some people could stay home. Some people could go out and vote for down-ballot races like Senate and things like that and just leave the presidential ballot blank. It could be a range of things.\u2019 \u2018[Kennedy\u2019s] a chaos factor,\u2019 [Lee Drutman, senior fellow in the political reform program at New America] said. \u2018In part because it seems pretty clear that he\u2019s going to get some support from a sort of unpredictable slice of the electorate, and I think he has the potential to cause some real uncertainty.’\u201d \u2022 Volatility!<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cForget Kennedy Democrats. Here Comes the 2024 Kennedy Voter\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/03\/28\/forget-kennedy-democrats-here-comes-the-2024-kennedy-voter-00149427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cThe new Kennedy voters scattering through the cavernous venue have traveled a long way from Camelot. Talking to them, it\u2019s clear their misgivings about powerful institutions \u2014 what they see as a panoply of venal politicians, an untrustworthy media, Big Ag, Big Pharma, Big Tech \u2014 has led many of them to embrace fringe theories. A shared aversion to vaccines hardened during the Covid-19 pandemic. They worry about chemicals and monoculture crops eroding public health. They\u2019re weary of grinding foreign wars. They admire Kennedy\u2019s history of challenging powerful corporations. But above all else, they believe the American political system is fundamentally broken and that both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will perpetuate its disrepair. They\u2019re ex-Democrats, former Republicans and newly active independents \u2014 and they all talk about feeling both a profound disillusionment in the state of the nation and a deep optimism that Kennedy would lead them to something better. \u2018The other two candidates promote the division that is plaguing our country,\u2019 says Sarah Morris, a former \u2018party-voting Democrat\u2019 who felt \u2018ostracized by the left\u2019 for not wanting to get the Covid-19 vaccine [which is absurd, because \u2018the left\u2019 has been nowhere through the entire pandemic]. Some people \u2018weaponize the idea of being a conspiracy theorist,\u2019 she says, so she decided to \u2018wear it as a badge of honor.\u2019 Literally: She showed up sporting a gray baseball cap with the words \u2018Tin Foil\u2019 written on it.\u201d \u2022 The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Treachery_of_Images\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">treachery of images<\/a>, eh? In reverse?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"shanahan\" a=\"\">Kennedy (I): \u201cNicole Shanahan is a Mama Bear Outsider with Empathy. That\u2019s a Good Thing\u201d [<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thekennedybeacon.substack.com\/p\/nicole-shanahan-is-a-mama-bear-outsider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Kennedy Beacon<\/a>]. \u201cShanahan has set a high bar for us, organizing walkouts in high school to protest the Iraq War, helping victims of civil war in El Salvador, figuring out what may have caused her daughter\u2019s health to tank, producing documentaries about what would help our society get healthy again, and calling boldly (while many in \u201cscience\u201d shout, \u201cNothing to see here!\u201d) for research into every possible thing that could be making Americans chronically ill. Like Kennedy, her life speaks inspiration into existence. The lesson I\u2019ve taken from a cursory peek into her backstory: do whatever you can.\u201d \u2022 So they\u2019re going with \u201cMama Bear\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fight to flip the House just got harder for Dems. And they have New York to blame\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/03\/28\/republicans-2024-redistricting-fight-00149612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cWhile there\u2019s an outside chance of another last-minute redistricting before November, after two significant court rulings this week the House landscape is largely locked in place \u2014 and the GOP is breathing a sigh of relief that this mid-decade round of redistricting went its way\u2026. The GOP came out ahead thanks to the redistricting aggression of North Carolina Republicans \u2014 and the timidity of New York Democrats\u2026. But the most consequential post-midterm redistricting took place in New York \u2014 where lines drawn by the Democratic legislature only made fairly small tweaks to the state\u2019s map. It was a shocking turn of events after years of legal wrangling. The state has an independent redistricting commission split evenly between the two parties \u2014 but ultimately, the Democratic-dominated state legislature gets the final say. And in 2022, when Democrats in Albany passed a gerrymander so aggressive that Republicans called it the \u2018Hochulmander\u2019 \u2014 a portmanteau with Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s name \u2014 the GOP sued. The bombshell legal victory Republicans won before the midterms resulted in a hypercompetitive, court-drawn map being used in 2022. The GOP nearly swept all of the contested seats, key to Republicans\u2019 narrow House majority. But Democrats wanted another shot. After the midterms, they ultimately won a procedural court ruling allowing them to start the whole process over \u2014 the commission with the first crack, and final approval to the Democratic legislature. Pursuing another chance at a redraw led to rampant speculation that Democrats wanted another shot at a gerrymander \u2014 though perhaps not quite as ruthless as last time. But it was not to be. The state\u2019s independent commission came to a bipartisan agreement on a map that only made modest changes. The Democratic-dominated state legislature signaled it was unhappy with that map and would make changes of its own \u2014 but then only made minor tweaks on lines that ultimately got bipartisan approval.\u201d \u2022 I dunno. New York Democrats seem to be great at lawfare, not too good at anything else. Readers?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>#COVID19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>ake effect by summer. The move by the Democratic administration angered board members, who called it a \u2018last-minute stunt\u2019 that undermines their regulatory process. It also sparked a protest by warehouse workers, who temporarily shut down the meeting as they waved signs declaring that \u2018Heat Kills!\u2019 and loudly chanted, \u2018What do we want? Heat protection! When do we want it? Now!’\u201d \u2022 Gavin Newsom, the worker\u2019s friend.<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/CalSuWers-Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); IA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmmwra.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Boise; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/?plantId=1056f05c-0e46-4e3d-b007-c0453ba7dc0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/#:SARS-CoV-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.srhd.org\/topics\/spokane-county-case-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spokane County<\/a>); IL (<a href=\"https:\/\/iwss.uillinois.edu\/wastewater-treatment-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&subtopic=recurring-updates&indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/udwq.shinyapps.io\/sarscov2_surv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/see-the-numbers\/covid-19-in-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); VT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthvermont.gov\/disease-control\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WA (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.wa.gov\/emergencies\/covid-19\/data-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.bfhd.wa.gov\/cases-and-roadmap-to-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/covid-19\/wastewater.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); WV (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/oehs.wvdhhr.org\/news\/oehs-coivd-19-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>); WY (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/covidwastewatermonitor.wyo.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (National): Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/covid-19\/wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government of Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (Provincial): ON (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthontario.ca\/en\/Data-and-Analysis\/Infectious-Disease\/COVID-19-Data-Surveillance\/Wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); QC (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspq.qc.ca\/covid-19\/donnees\/eaux-usees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>les eaux us\u00e9es<\/em><\/a>); BC (<a href=\"https:\/\/bccdc.shinyapps.io\/respiratory_wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); BC, Vancouver (<a href=\"https:\/\/metrovancouver.org\/services\/liquid-waste\/testing-for-the-covid-19-virus-in-wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Hat tips to helpful readers: Alexis, anon (2), Art_DogCT, B24S, CanCyn, ChiGal, Chuck L, Festoonic, FM, FreeMarketApologist (4), Gumbo, hop2it, JB, JEHR, JF, JL Joe, John, JM (10), JustAnotherVolunteer, JW, KatieBird, LL, Michael King, KF, LaRuse, mrsyk, MT, MT_Wild, otisyves, Petal (6), RK (2), RL, RM, Rod, square coats (11), tennesseewaltzer, Tom B., Utah, Bob White (3). <\/p>\n<p>Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGEND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> for charts new today; all others are not updated.<\/p>\n<p>2) For a full-size\/full-resolution image, Command-click (MacOS) or right-click (Windows) on the chart thumbnail and \u201copen image in new tab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1] (Biobot) Our curve has now flattened out at the level of previous Trump peaks. Not a great victory. Note also the area \u201cunder the curve,\u201d besides looking at peaks. That area is larger under Biden than under Trump, and it seems to be rising steadily if unevenly.<\/p>\n<p>[2] (Biobot) Backward revisions, I hate them.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) As of May 11, genomic surveillance data will be reported biweekly, based on the availability of positive test specimens.\u201d \u201cBiweeekly: 1. occurring every two weeks. 2. occurring twice a week; semiweekly.\u201d Looks like CDC has chosen sense #1. In essence, they\u2019re telling us variants are nothing to worry about. Time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) \u201cCharts and data provided by CDC, updates Wednesday by 8am. For the past year, using a rolling 52-week period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Looks like a very gradual leveling off to a non-zero baseline, to me.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC) Still down. \u201cMaps, charts, and data provided by CDC, updates weekly for the previous MMWR week (Sunday-Saturday) on Thursdays (Deaths, Emergency Department Visits, Test Positivity) and weekly the following Mondays (Hospitalizations) by 8 pm ET\u2020\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Flattening.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Posivitity) Now up, albeit in the rear view mirror.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) JN.1 dominates utterly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Personal Income: \u201cUnited States Personal Income\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/personal-income\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cUS personal income rose by 0.3% from the previous month in February of 2024, decelerating from the one-year high increase of 1% in the previous month and slightly below market expectations of a 0.4% growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>\u201cWould Boeing murder a whistleblower? [Moe Tkacik, <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1773424594520518691.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ThreadReaderApp<\/a>]. \u201cBefore this month I\u2019d have said it depends. I didn\u2019t think Boeing would kill a middle manager who never worked on the 737 Max & left in 2017. What surprised me was how many more informed observers felt Boeing\u2026might\u2026. \u2018I don\u2019t think one can be cynical enough when it comes to these guys,\u2019 said a longtime exec.\u201d \u2022 Long thread, like a sketchbook of where Tkacik is on the story, well worth a read. Or perhaps not executives? Commentary:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boeing, or a key investor with a lot of stock going south.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Johnson \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@cxj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cxj\/status\/1773507800548663537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a happy thought!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 71 Greed (previous close: 70 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 67 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Mar 28 at 8:59:51 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Nature morte<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Still Life with Pears and Grapes, 1880<br \/><\/\/> More Monet \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IJa53htaI3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/IJa53htaI3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/92bzWCKOzJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/92bzWCKOzJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Claude Monet (@artistmonet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artistmonet\/status\/1773577836160225397\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s funny how the still life is only a minor genre in photography. I wonder why that is?<\/p>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMemories are made by breaking DNA \u2014 and fixing it\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-00930-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nature<\/a>]. The deck: \u201cNerve cells form long-term memories with the help of an inflammatory response, study in mice finds\u201d (!!). \u201c, a study in mice shows. The findings, published on 27 March in Nature, are \u2018extremely exciting\u2019, says Li-Huei Tsai, a neurobiologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge who was not involved in the work. They contribute to the picture that forming memories is a \u2018risky business\u2019, she says. Normally, breaks in both strands of the double helix DNA molecule are associated with diseases including cancer. But in this case, the DNA damage-and-repair cycle offers one explanation for how memories might form and last\u2026. Tom\u00e1s Ryan, an engram neuroscientist at Trinity College Dublin, says the study provides \u2018the best evidence so far that DNA repair is important for memory.\u2019 But he questions whether the neurons encode something distinct from the engram \u2014 instead, he says, the DNA damage and repair could be a consequence of engram creation. \u2018Forming an engram is a high-impact event; you have to do a lot of housekeeping after,\u2019 he says.\u201d \u2022 If indeed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Engram_(neuropsychology)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">engrams<\/a>\u201d are more than theoretical!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information for plants<\/strong>: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/200pm-water-cooler-3-28-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From tennesseewaltzer:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/winter_ice.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-269212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/winter_ice.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/winter_ice-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>tennesseewaltzer writes: \u201cThis happens with snow and rain and freezing temperatures, which moderate to produce the icicles. Typically along a state thoroughfare cut through the local stone which undergirds so much of Middle Tennessee land.\u201d A pretty scene\u2026 I think there are lichens on those rocks. 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Patient readers, WHO on airborne to come. \u2013lambert<\/p>\n
Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged), Sapsucker Woods, Tompkins, New York, United States. \u201cSong of a male and a song of a female responding immediately.\u201d Reminds me of summer in the fields in the Midwest (correctly?).<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#shanahan\">Shanahan launch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#boeing\">More Tcakik on Boeing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than a year to go!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/free.timeanddate.com\/countdown\/i8ubjj5e\/n179\/cf100\/cm0\/cu1\/ct0\/cs1\/ca0\/cr0\/ss0\/cac000\/cpc000\/pcfff\/tcfff\/fs100\/szw320\/szh135\/tatTime%20left%20to%20Election%20Day%2C%202024\/tac000\/tptTime%20since%20Event%20started%20in\/tpc000\/mac000\/mpc000\/iso2024-11-05T00:00:00\/bo2\/pd2\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"322\" height=\"137\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>RCP Poll Averages, March 29<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rcp_polls.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"973\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-269215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rcp_polls.png 544w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rcp_polls-168x300.png 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I think I\u2019ll leave this up for the whole week, so we can at least mumble something about trends. Nationally, Trump is up 2.4% in the Five-Way, same as last week, give or take. Trump is still up in all the Swing States (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/introduction-to-swing-states-in-the-presidential-election-of-2024-general-survey.html\">more here<\/a>). I\u2019ve highlighted PA, (1) because Trump is actually down there, and (2) it\u2019s an outlier, has been for weeks. Why isn\u2019t Trump doing well there?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cHere\u2019s How Much Cash Donald Trump Has\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/m2lNV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes<\/a>]. As of March 8, $413 million: \u201cHere\u2019s how we arrived at that figure. We begin with an exact number: $293,834,128.42, which was Trump and his companies\u2019 cash balance as of June 30, 2021, per documents filed in the New York attorney general\u2019s case in October 2022\u2026. Regardless, from there, we can count up the major sources of cash coming in and going out by combing through documents revealed in the fraud case, Trump\u2019s public financial disclosures and other public records\u2026. The big takeaway: Trump is likely sitting on a huge pile of cash\u2014but not enough to pay off his legal creditors with a simple wire transfer\u2026. Cash as of June 2021: $293,834,128.42. Smaller property sales: +$6 million. Income from books, speeches and NFTs: +$21 million. D.C. hotel sale and related expenses: +$112 million. Trump Links contract sale: +$60 million. Loan payoffs: -$67 million. Aircraft expenses: -$13 million. FINAL TOTAL<\/p>\n<p>Roughly $413 million.\u201d \u2022 This is before the $91.6 million bond Trump posted for the Carroll case, and the $175 million for Engoron, but also before the Truth Social public offering. <\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump attends NYPD officer\u2019s wake as he highlights crime on the campaign trail\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-attends-nypd-officers-wake-highlights-crime-campaign\/story?id=108605672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ABC<\/a>]. \u201cFormer President Donald Trump on Thursday attended the wake of slain New York Police Department Officer Jonathan Diller, whom officials say was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop earlier this week. \u2018What happened is such a sad, sad event, such a horrible thing,\u2019 Trump told reporters afterward. In brief remarks, he reiterated his condolences for Diller\u2019s death and used the wake to focus on a frequent campaign season message about crime and public safety. \u2018We have to stop it. We have to stop it,\u2019 Trump said. \u2018We have to get back to law and order. We have to do a lot of things differently, because this is not working.’\u201d \u2022 Kennedy seems to have sucked all the air out of the room, a new experience, for Trump, albeit no doubt temporary.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cThree Presidents With a Complex Past Team Up in Effort to Defeat Trump\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Z3ayV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cThe relationships carry a degree of complexity: Some members of Biden\u2019s inner circle felt Obama\u2019s team was dismissive of the then-vice president. Current White House officials have privately chafed at comments by a high-profile Obama alumnus questioning the president\u2019s re-election prospects. And Obama\u2019s encouragement of Hillary Clinton to pursue the White House in the 2016 election\u2014long before Biden had made his own decision\u2014was an irritant linking all three camps. Now, though, \u2018they\u2019re all united by the threat of Trump,\u2019 said James Carville, a former Clinton campaign strategist. \u2018Every politician has a history with another one. That\u2019s just part of life. But I do think they are pretty unified by the threat.’\u201d And: \u201cOne longtime Clinton adviser said the fundraiser will likely mark the start of the deployment of major Democratic assets, from Obama and Clinton, and key surrogates in the party, now that Trump has become the presumptive Republican nominee. Obama is expected to hold fundraisers for the campaign arms of House and Senate Democrats, as he has done in the past, while Clinton expects to play a more active role than in recent years\u2014and will help whenever he is asked.\u201d \u2022 Clinton \u201cexpects,\u201d eh?<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cPresident Biden\u2019s celeb-packed $25M fundraiser is the height of Dem elitism\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/03\/28\/opinion\/president-bidens-25m-fundraiser-with-annie-leibovitz-is-the-height-of-dem-elitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cThursday night offered the chance to have a glam photographer snap you slapping hands with President Biden, or predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, for a donation of a mere $100,000 to Biden\u2019s re-election campaign: Pretty posh for the supposed party of the working class. The Radio City Music Hall event featured a three-prez chat moderated by \u201cThe Late Show\u201d host Stephen Colbert, plus performances from Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Lea Michele and more. With tickets ranging up to $500,000 a pop, the campaign reportedly pulled in $25 million before the doors even opened, a nice addition to the $155 million the Biden-Harris effort has in hand, en route to likely raising a billion or two total (not counting soft, dark and other off-the-record money).\u201d \u2022 Moderated by Stephen Colbert\u2026. I\u2019m so old I remember when political comedians were deemed to be players.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cMeddlers for RFK Jr.\u201d [Kimberly Strassel, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/lmZQc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cBut dread is now building among Democrats that these third-party campaigns are dangling in front of Republicans a ripe and tempting new tactic\u2014one Democrats know all about, having perfected it. For more than a decade, left-wing groups have interfered in GOP primaries, boosting the candidates they consider most beatable in a general election. Only this month, a group associated with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer dumped millions into highlighting the \u2018too conservative\u2019 Ohio businessman Bernie Moreno, who won the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. Modify this strategy for a general election and a third-party campaign. How long before GOP super PACs are running ads in swing states highlighting, say, Mr. Kennedy\u2019s proposal to ban fracking (something Mr. Biden hasn\u2019t done), labeling him an \u2018extreme environmentalist\u2019? How many young climate activists might like the sounds of that label? Imagine an ad reminding young voters\u2014frustrated by Mr. Biden\u2019s collapsed promises on college debt\u2014that Ms. Stein was for student-loan forgiveness before it was cool. And those are the subtle scenarios. Why not a GOP-funded ad on urban radio stations that directly slams Mr. Biden for his failure to help minorities and touts Mr. West? A recent article in Mother Jones posited such a \u2018sneaky\u2019 and \u2018weaponized\u2019 move by the GOP, under the headline: \u2018Will RFK Jr. and Other Third-Party Candidates Help Doom Democracy?\u2019 The piece somehow failed to note that it was the Democrats who mainstreamed such tactics.\u201d \u2022 Two can play the \u201cPied Piper\u201d game\u2026. <\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cWill RFK Jr.\u2019s Support for Israel Limit His Appeal on the Left?\u201d [Ed Kilgore, <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/will-rfk-jr-s-israel-support-limit-his-appeal-on-the-left.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Magazine<\/a>]. \u201cThe RFK Jr. crusade is primarily focused on his relentless belief in the \u2018corporate capture\u2019 of government on every front, from defense to health care to scientific research to agriculture to his original policy field, the environment. Pharma and Big Ag and the medical profession and the military-industrial complex and chemical companies are the preeminent villains of his lurid tale of American Carnage (similar in ferocity but not in actual content to Donald Trump\u2019s). Any voters with even a vague commitment to free markets and corporate virtue could not put up with much exposure to RFK Jr.\u2019s message. The more you listen to the candidate and his supporters\u2019 intense anger over processed food and obesity and overdevelopment, the less you can imagine any common ground with the fast-food-chomping real-estate developer of Mar-a-Lago. This was evident at Kennedy\u2019s March 26 rally in Oakland, California, where he announced fellow ex-Democrat Nicole Shanahan as his running mate. The Bay Area setting reinforced the feeling of a left-wing insurgency. When Kennedy spoke fondly of his father\u2019s cozy relationship with the Oakland-based Black Panther Party, you knew you were far away not only from the Republican Party but from the kind of centrist independent movement represented by No Labels.\u201d More: \u201cHowever, there\u2019s a huge obstacle between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and any hope that he could become 2024\u2019s pied piper of progressive youth, much as his dad became 56 years ago. It\u2019s his intensely pro-Israel position in its war with Hamas\u2026. In Oakland, Shanahan called RFK Jr. the \u2018only anti-war candidate today, [the] only peace candidate.\u2019 However, Kennedy opposes a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas conflict.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Yep. It may also be, however, that Kennedy\u2019s positions are not that coherent or carefully thought through.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cRFK Jr. threatens to play 2024 spoiler as No Labels struggles to build ticket\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2942781\/rfk-jr-threatens-play-2024-spoiler-no-labels-struggles-build-ticket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018[Kennedy\u2019s] numbers are so small in the end that statistically, it\u2019s actually really hard to tell for sure who they\u2019re going to be taking more votes for,\u2019 [Bernard Tamas, an associate professor of political science at Valdosta State University] said of third-party candidates. \u2018So, even though it looks right now like it hurts Biden more, nobody actually knows that, which I think explains why Trump is also attacking RFK Jr.\u2019 Trump attacked Kennedy in a Truth Social post early Wednesday morning, calling him the \u2018most Radical Left Candidate in the race\u2019 and claiming that \u2018he is Crooked Joe Biden\u2019s Political Opponent, not mine. I love that he is running!\u2019 [political consultant Nachama Soloveichik] cautioned that \u2018some people could stay home. Some people could go out and vote for down-ballot races like Senate and things like that and just leave the presidential ballot blank. It could be a range of things.\u2019 \u2018[Kennedy\u2019s] a chaos factor,\u2019 [Lee Drutman, senior fellow in the political reform program at New America] said. \u2018In part because it seems pretty clear that he\u2019s going to get some support from a sort of unpredictable slice of the electorate, and I think he has the potential to cause some real uncertainty.’\u201d \u2022 Volatility!<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cForget Kennedy Democrats. Here Comes the 2024 Kennedy Voter\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/03\/28\/forget-kennedy-democrats-here-comes-the-2024-kennedy-voter-00149427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cThe new Kennedy voters scattering through the cavernous venue have traveled a long way from Camelot. Talking to them, it\u2019s clear their misgivings about powerful institutions \u2014 what they see as a panoply of venal politicians, an untrustworthy media, Big Ag, Big Pharma, Big Tech \u2014 has led many of them to embrace fringe theories. A shared aversion to vaccines hardened during the Covid-19 pandemic. They worry about chemicals and monoculture crops eroding public health. They\u2019re weary of grinding foreign wars. They admire Kennedy\u2019s history of challenging powerful corporations. But above all else, they believe the American political system is fundamentally broken and that both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will perpetuate its disrepair. They\u2019re ex-Democrats, former Republicans and newly active independents \u2014 and they all talk about feeling both a profound disillusionment in the state of the nation and a deep optimism that Kennedy would lead them to something better. \u2018The other two candidates promote the division that is plaguing our country,\u2019 says Sarah Morris, a former \u2018party-voting Democrat\u2019 who felt \u2018ostracized by the left\u2019 for not wanting to get the Covid-19 vaccine [which is absurd, because \u2018the left\u2019 has been nowhere through the entire pandemic]. Some people \u2018weaponize the idea of being a conspiracy theorist,\u2019 she says, so she decided to \u2018wear it as a badge of honor.\u2019 Literally: She showed up sporting a gray baseball cap with the words \u2018Tin Foil\u2019 written on it.\u201d \u2022 The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Treachery_of_Images\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">treachery of images<\/a>, eh? In reverse?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"shanahan\" a=\"\">Kennedy (I): \u201cNicole Shanahan is a Mama Bear Outsider with Empathy. That\u2019s a Good Thing\u201d [<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thekennedybeacon.substack.com\/p\/nicole-shanahan-is-a-mama-bear-outsider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Kennedy Beacon<\/a>]. \u201cShanahan has set a high bar for us, organizing walkouts in high school to protest the Iraq War, helping victims of civil war in El Salvador, figuring out what may have caused her daughter\u2019s health to tank, producing documentaries about what would help our society get healthy again, and calling boldly (while many in \u201cscience\u201d shout, \u201cNothing to see here!\u201d) for research into every possible thing that could be making Americans chronically ill. Like Kennedy, her life speaks inspiration into existence. The lesson I\u2019ve taken from a cursory peek into her backstory: do whatever you can.\u201d \u2022 So they\u2019re going with \u201cMama Bear\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fight to flip the House just got harder for Dems. And they have New York to blame\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/03\/28\/republicans-2024-redistricting-fight-00149612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cWhile there\u2019s an outside chance of another last-minute redistricting before November, after two significant court rulings this week the House landscape is largely locked in place \u2014 and the GOP is breathing a sigh of relief that this mid-decade round of redistricting went its way\u2026. The GOP came out ahead thanks to the redistricting aggression of North Carolina Republicans \u2014 and the timidity of New York Democrats\u2026. But the most consequential post-midterm redistricting took place in New York \u2014 where lines drawn by the Democratic legislature only made fairly small tweaks to the state\u2019s map. It was a shocking turn of events after years of legal wrangling. The state has an independent redistricting commission split evenly between the two parties \u2014 but ultimately, the Democratic-dominated state legislature gets the final say. And in 2022, when Democrats in Albany passed a gerrymander so aggressive that Republicans called it the \u2018Hochulmander\u2019 \u2014 a portmanteau with Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s name \u2014 the GOP sued. The bombshell legal victory Republicans won before the midterms resulted in a hypercompetitive, court-drawn map being used in 2022. The GOP nearly swept all of the contested seats, key to Republicans\u2019 narrow House majority. But Democrats wanted another shot. After the midterms, they ultimately won a procedural court ruling allowing them to start the whole process over \u2014 the commission with the first crack, and final approval to the Democratic legislature. Pursuing another chance at a redraw led to rampant speculation that Democrats wanted another shot at a gerrymander \u2014 though perhaps not quite as ruthless as last time. But it was not to be. The state\u2019s independent commission came to a bipartisan agreement on a map that only made modest changes. The Democratic-dominated state legislature signaled it was unhappy with that map and would make changes of its own \u2014 but then only made minor tweaks on lines that ultimately got bipartisan approval.\u201d \u2022 I dunno. New York Democrats seem to be great at lawfare, not too good at anything else. Readers?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>#COVID19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>ake effect by summer. The move by the Democratic administration angered board members, who called it a \u2018last-minute stunt\u2019 that undermines their regulatory process. It also sparked a protest by warehouse workers, who temporarily shut down the meeting as they waved signs declaring that \u2018Heat Kills!\u2019 and loudly chanted, \u2018What do we want? Heat protection! When do we want it? 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MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&subtopic=recurring-updates&indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/udwq.shinyapps.io\/sarscov2_surv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/see-the-numbers\/covid-19-in-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); VT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthvermont.gov\/disease-control\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WA (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.wa.gov\/emergencies\/covid-19\/data-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.bfhd.wa.gov\/cases-and-roadmap-to-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/covid-19\/wastewater.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); WV (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/oehs.wvdhhr.org\/news\/oehs-coivd-19-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>); WY (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/covidwastewatermonitor.wyo.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (National): Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/covid-19\/wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government of Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (Provincial): ON (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthontario.ca\/en\/Data-and-Analysis\/Infectious-Disease\/COVID-19-Data-Surveillance\/Wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); QC (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspq.qc.ca\/covid-19\/donnees\/eaux-usees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>les eaux us\u00e9es<\/em><\/a>); BC (<a href=\"https:\/\/bccdc.shinyapps.io\/respiratory_wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); BC, Vancouver (<a href=\"https:\/\/metrovancouver.org\/services\/liquid-waste\/testing-for-the-covid-19-virus-in-wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Hat tips to helpful readers: Alexis, anon (2), Art_DogCT, B24S, CanCyn, ChiGal, Chuck L, Festoonic, FM, FreeMarketApologist (4), Gumbo, hop2it, JB, JEHR, JF, JL Joe, John, JM (10), JustAnotherVolunteer, JW, KatieBird, LL, Michael King, KF, LaRuse, mrsyk, MT, MT_Wild, otisyves, Petal (6), RK (2), RL, RM, Rod, square coats (11), tennesseewaltzer, Tom B., Utah, Bob White (3). <\/p>\n<p>Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGEND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> for charts new today; all others are not updated.<\/p>\n<p>2) For a full-size\/full-resolution image, Command-click (MacOS) or right-click (Windows) on the chart thumbnail and \u201copen image in new tab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1] (Biobot) Our curve has now flattened out at the level of previous Trump peaks. Not a great victory. Note also the area \u201cunder the curve,\u201d besides looking at peaks. That area is larger under Biden than under Trump, and it seems to be rising steadily if unevenly.<\/p>\n<p>[2] (Biobot) Backward revisions, I hate them.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) As of May 11, genomic surveillance data will be reported biweekly, based on the availability of positive test specimens.\u201d \u201cBiweeekly: 1. occurring every two weeks. 2. occurring twice a week; semiweekly.\u201d Looks like CDC has chosen sense #1. In essence, they\u2019re telling us variants are nothing to worry about. Time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) \u201cCharts and data provided by CDC, updates Wednesday by 8am. For the past year, using a rolling 52-week period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Looks like a very gradual leveling off to a non-zero baseline, to me.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC) Still down. \u201cMaps, charts, and data provided by CDC, updates weekly for the previous MMWR week (Sunday-Saturday) on Thursdays (Deaths, Emergency Department Visits, Test Positivity) and weekly the following Mondays (Hospitalizations) by 8 pm ET\u2020\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Flattening.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Posivitity) Now up, albeit in the rear view mirror.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) JN.1 dominates utterly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Personal Income: \u201cUnited States Personal Income\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/personal-income\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cUS personal income rose by 0.3% from the previous month in February of 2024, decelerating from the one-year high increase of 1% in the previous month and slightly below market expectations of a 0.4% growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>\u201cWould Boeing murder a whistleblower? [Moe Tkacik, <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1773424594520518691.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ThreadReaderApp<\/a>]. \u201cBefore this month I\u2019d have said it depends. I didn\u2019t think Boeing would kill a middle manager who never worked on the 737 Max & left in 2017. What surprised me was how many more informed observers felt Boeing\u2026might\u2026. \u2018I don\u2019t think one can be cynical enough when it comes to these guys,\u2019 said a longtime exec.\u201d \u2022 Long thread, like a sketchbook of where Tkacik is on the story, well worth a read. Or perhaps not executives? Commentary:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boeing, or a key investor with a lot of stock going south.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Johnson \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@cxj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cxj\/status\/1773507800548663537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a happy thought!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 71 Greed (previous close: 70 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 67 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Mar 28 at 8:59:51 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Nature morte<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Still Life with Pears and Grapes, 1880<br \/><\/\/> More Monet \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IJa53htaI3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/IJa53htaI3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/92bzWCKOzJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/92bzWCKOzJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Claude Monet (@artistmonet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artistmonet\/status\/1773577836160225397\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s funny how the still life is only a minor genre in photography. I wonder why that is?<\/p>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMemories are made by breaking DNA \u2014 and fixing it\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-00930-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nature<\/a>]. The deck: \u201cNerve cells form long-term memories with the help of an inflammatory response, study in mice finds\u201d (!!). \u201c, a study in mice shows. The findings, published on 27 March in Nature, are \u2018extremely exciting\u2019, says Li-Huei Tsai, a neurobiologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge who was not involved in the work. They contribute to the picture that forming memories is a \u2018risky business\u2019, she says. Normally, breaks in both strands of the double helix DNA molecule are associated with diseases including cancer. But in this case, the DNA damage-and-repair cycle offers one explanation for how memories might form and last\u2026. Tom\u00e1s Ryan, an engram neuroscientist at Trinity College Dublin, says the study provides \u2018the best evidence so far that DNA repair is important for memory.\u2019 But he questions whether the neurons encode something distinct from the engram \u2014 instead, he says, the DNA damage and repair could be a consequence of engram creation. \u2018Forming an engram is a high-impact event; you have to do a lot of housekeeping after,\u2019 he says.\u201d \u2022 If indeed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Engram_(neuropsychology)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">engrams<\/a>\u201d are more than theoretical!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information for plants<\/strong>: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/200pm-water-cooler-3-28-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From tennesseewaltzer:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/winter_ice.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-269212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/winter_ice.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/winter_ice-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>tennesseewaltzer writes: \u201cThis happens with snow and rain and freezing temperatures, which moderate to produce the icicles. Typically along a state thoroughfare cut through the local stone which undergirds so much of Middle Tennessee land.\u201d A pretty scene\u2026 I think there are lichens on those rocks. 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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged), Sapsucker Woods, Tompkins, New York, United States. \u201cSong of a male and a song of a female responding immediately.\u201d Reminds me of summer in the fields in the Midwest (correctly?).<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#shanahan\">Shanahan launch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#boeing\">More Tcakik on Boeing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than a year to go!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/free.timeanddate.com\/countdown\/i8ubjj5e\/n179\/cf100\/cm0\/cu1\/ct0\/cs1\/ca0\/cr0\/ss0\/cac000\/cpc000\/pcfff\/tcfff\/fs100\/szw320\/szh135\/tatTime%20left%20to%20Election%20Day%2C%202024\/tac000\/tptTime%20since%20Event%20started%20in\/tpc000\/mac000\/mpc000\/iso2024-11-05T00:00:00\/bo2\/pd2\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"322\" height=\"137\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>RCP Poll Averages, March 29<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rcp_polls.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"973\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-269215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rcp_polls.png 544w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rcp_polls-168x300.png 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I think I\u2019ll leave this up for the whole week, so we can at least mumble something about trends. Nationally, Trump is up 2.4% in the Five-Way, same as last week, give or take. Trump is still up in all the Swing States (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/introduction-to-swing-states-in-the-presidential-election-of-2024-general-survey.html\">more here<\/a>). I\u2019ve highlighted PA, (1) because Trump is actually down there, and (2) it\u2019s an outlier, has been for weeks. Why isn\u2019t Trump doing well there?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cHere\u2019s How Much Cash Donald Trump Has\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/m2lNV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes<\/a>]. As of March 8, $413 million: \u201cHere\u2019s how we arrived at that figure. We begin with an exact number: $293,834,128.42, which was Trump and his companies\u2019 cash balance as of June 30, 2021, per documents filed in the New York attorney general\u2019s case in October 2022\u2026. Regardless, from there, we can count up the major sources of cash coming in and going out by combing through documents revealed in the fraud case, Trump\u2019s public financial disclosures and other public records\u2026. The big takeaway: Trump is likely sitting on a huge pile of cash\u2014but not enough to pay off his legal creditors with a simple wire transfer\u2026. Cash as of June 2021: $293,834,128.42. Smaller property sales: +$6 million. Income from books, speeches and NFTs: +$21 million. D.C. hotel sale and related expenses: +$112 million. Trump Links contract sale: +$60 million. Loan payoffs: -$67 million. Aircraft expenses: -$13 million. FINAL TOTAL<\/p>\n<p>Roughly $413 million.\u201d \u2022 This is before the $91.6 million bond Trump posted for the Carroll case, and the $175 million for Engoron, but also before the Truth Social public offering. <\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump attends NYPD officer\u2019s wake as he highlights crime on the campaign trail\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-attends-nypd-officers-wake-highlights-crime-campaign\/story?id=108605672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ABC<\/a>]. \u201cFormer President Donald Trump on Thursday attended the wake of slain New York Police Department Officer Jonathan Diller, whom officials say was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop earlier this week. \u2018What happened is such a sad, sad event, such a horrible thing,\u2019 Trump told reporters afterward. In brief remarks, he reiterated his condolences for Diller\u2019s death and used the wake to focus on a frequent campaign season message about crime and public safety. \u2018We have to stop it. We have to stop it,\u2019 Trump said. \u2018We have to get back to law and order. We have to do a lot of things differently, because this is not working.’\u201d \u2022 Kennedy seems to have sucked all the air out of the room, a new experience, for Trump, albeit no doubt temporary.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cThree Presidents With a Complex Past Team Up in Effort to Defeat Trump\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Z3ayV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cThe relationships carry a degree of complexity: Some members of Biden\u2019s inner circle felt Obama\u2019s team was dismissive of the then-vice president. Current White House officials have privately chafed at comments by a high-profile Obama alumnus questioning the president\u2019s re-election prospects. And Obama\u2019s encouragement of Hillary Clinton to pursue the White House in the 2016 election\u2014long before Biden had made his own decision\u2014was an irritant linking all three camps. Now, though, \u2018they\u2019re all united by the threat of Trump,\u2019 said James Carville, a former Clinton campaign strategist. \u2018Every politician has a history with another one. That\u2019s just part of life. But I do think they are pretty unified by the threat.’\u201d And: \u201cOne longtime Clinton adviser said the fundraiser will likely mark the start of the deployment of major Democratic assets, from Obama and Clinton, and key surrogates in the party, now that Trump has become the presumptive Republican nominee. Obama is expected to hold fundraisers for the campaign arms of House and Senate Democrats, as he has done in the past, while Clinton expects to play a more active role than in recent years\u2014and will help whenever he is asked.\u201d \u2022 Clinton \u201cexpects,\u201d eh?<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cPresident Biden\u2019s celeb-packed $25M fundraiser is the height of Dem elitism\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/03\/28\/opinion\/president-bidens-25m-fundraiser-with-annie-leibovitz-is-the-height-of-dem-elitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cThursday night offered the chance to have a glam photographer snap you slapping hands with President Biden, or predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, for a donation of a mere $100,000 to Biden\u2019s re-election campaign: Pretty posh for the supposed party of the working class. The Radio City Music Hall event featured a three-prez chat moderated by \u201cThe Late Show\u201d host Stephen Colbert, plus performances from Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Lea Michele and more. With tickets ranging up to $500,000 a pop, the campaign reportedly pulled in $25 million before the doors even opened, a nice addition to the $155 million the Biden-Harris effort has in hand, en route to likely raising a billion or two total (not counting soft, dark and other off-the-record money).\u201d \u2022 Moderated by Stephen Colbert\u2026. I\u2019m so old I remember when political comedians were deemed to be players.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cMeddlers for RFK Jr.\u201d [Kimberly Strassel, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/lmZQc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cBut dread is now building among Democrats that these third-party campaigns are dangling in front of Republicans a ripe and tempting new tactic\u2014one Democrats know all about, having perfected it. For more than a decade, left-wing groups have interfered in GOP primaries, boosting the candidates they consider most beatable in a general election. Only this month, a group associated with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer dumped millions into highlighting the \u2018too conservative\u2019 Ohio businessman Bernie Moreno, who won the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. Modify this strategy for a general election and a third-party campaign. How long before GOP super PACs are running ads in swing states highlighting, say, Mr. Kennedy\u2019s proposal to ban fracking (something Mr. Biden hasn\u2019t done), labeling him an \u2018extreme environmentalist\u2019? How many young climate activists might like the sounds of that label? Imagine an ad reminding young voters\u2014frustrated by Mr. Biden\u2019s collapsed promises on college debt\u2014that Ms. Stein was for student-loan forgiveness before it was cool. And those are the subtle scenarios. Why not a GOP-funded ad on urban radio stations that directly slams Mr. Biden for his failure to help minorities and touts Mr. West? A recent article in Mother Jones posited such a \u2018sneaky\u2019 and \u2018weaponized\u2019 move by the GOP, under the headline: \u2018Will RFK Jr. and Other Third-Party Candidates Help Doom Democracy?\u2019 The piece somehow failed to note that it was the Democrats who mainstreamed such tactics.\u201d \u2022 Two can play the \u201cPied Piper\u201d game\u2026. <\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cWill RFK Jr.\u2019s Support for Israel Limit His Appeal on the Left?\u201d [Ed Kilgore, <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/will-rfk-jr-s-israel-support-limit-his-appeal-on-the-left.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Magazine<\/a>]. \u201cThe RFK Jr. crusade is primarily focused on his relentless belief in the \u2018corporate capture\u2019 of government on every front, from defense to health care to scientific research to agriculture to his original policy field, the environment. Pharma and Big Ag and the medical profession and the military-industrial complex and chemical companies are the preeminent villains of his lurid tale of American Carnage (similar in ferocity but not in actual content to Donald Trump\u2019s). Any voters with even a vague commitment to free markets and corporate virtue could not put up with much exposure to RFK Jr.\u2019s message. The more you listen to the candidate and his supporters\u2019 intense anger over processed food and obesity and overdevelopment, the less you can imagine any common ground with the fast-food-chomping real-estate developer of Mar-a-Lago. This was evident at Kennedy\u2019s March 26 rally in Oakland, California, where he announced fellow ex-Democrat Nicole Shanahan as his running mate. The Bay Area setting reinforced the feeling of a left-wing insurgency. When Kennedy spoke fondly of his father\u2019s cozy relationship with the Oakland-based Black Panther Party, you knew you were far away not only from the Republican Party but from the kind of centrist independent movement represented by No Labels.\u201d More: \u201cHowever, there\u2019s a huge obstacle between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and any hope that he could become 2024\u2019s pied piper of progressive youth, much as his dad became 56 years ago. It\u2019s his intensely pro-Israel position in its war with Hamas\u2026. In Oakland, Shanahan called RFK Jr. the \u2018only anti-war candidate today, [the] only peace candidate.\u2019 However, Kennedy opposes a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas conflict.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Yep. It may also be, however, that Kennedy\u2019s positions are not that coherent or carefully thought through.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cRFK Jr. threatens to play 2024 spoiler as No Labels struggles to build ticket\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2942781\/rfk-jr-threatens-play-2024-spoiler-no-labels-struggles-build-ticket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018[Kennedy\u2019s] numbers are so small in the end that statistically, it\u2019s actually really hard to tell for sure who they\u2019re going to be taking more votes for,\u2019 [Bernard Tamas, an associate professor of political science at Valdosta State University] said of third-party candidates. \u2018So, even though it looks right now like it hurts Biden more, nobody actually knows that, which I think explains why Trump is also attacking RFK Jr.\u2019 Trump attacked Kennedy in a Truth Social post early Wednesday morning, calling him the \u2018most Radical Left Candidate in the race\u2019 and claiming that \u2018he is Crooked Joe Biden\u2019s Political Opponent, not mine. I love that he is running!\u2019 [political consultant Nachama Soloveichik] cautioned that \u2018some people could stay home. Some people could go out and vote for down-ballot races like Senate and things like that and just leave the presidential ballot blank. It could be a range of things.\u2019 \u2018[Kennedy\u2019s] a chaos factor,\u2019 [Lee Drutman, senior fellow in the political reform program at New America] said. \u2018In part because it seems pretty clear that he\u2019s going to get some support from a sort of unpredictable slice of the electorate, and I think he has the potential to cause some real uncertainty.’\u201d \u2022 Volatility!<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cForget Kennedy Democrats. Here Comes the 2024 Kennedy Voter\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/03\/28\/forget-kennedy-democrats-here-comes-the-2024-kennedy-voter-00149427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cThe new Kennedy voters scattering through the cavernous venue have traveled a long way from Camelot. Talking to them, it\u2019s clear their misgivings about powerful institutions \u2014 what they see as a panoply of venal politicians, an untrustworthy media, Big Ag, Big Pharma, Big Tech \u2014 has led many of them to embrace fringe theories. A shared aversion to vaccines hardened during the Covid-19 pandemic. They worry about chemicals and monoculture crops eroding public health. They\u2019re weary of grinding foreign wars. They admire Kennedy\u2019s history of challenging powerful corporations. But above all else, they believe the American political system is fundamentally broken and that both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will perpetuate its disrepair. They\u2019re ex-Democrats, former Republicans and newly active independents \u2014 and they all talk about feeling both a profound disillusionment in the state of the nation and a deep optimism that Kennedy would lead them to something better. \u2018The other two candidates promote the division that is plaguing our country,\u2019 says Sarah Morris, a former \u2018party-voting Democrat\u2019 who felt \u2018ostracized by the left\u2019 for not wanting to get the Covid-19 vaccine [which is absurd, because \u2018the left\u2019 has been nowhere through the entire pandemic]. Some people \u2018weaponize the idea of being a conspiracy theorist,\u2019 she says, so she decided to \u2018wear it as a badge of honor.\u2019 Literally: She showed up sporting a gray baseball cap with the words \u2018Tin Foil\u2019 written on it.\u201d \u2022 The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Treachery_of_Images\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">treachery of images<\/a>, eh? In reverse?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"shanahan\" a=\"\">Kennedy (I): \u201cNicole Shanahan is a Mama Bear Outsider with Empathy. That\u2019s a Good Thing\u201d [<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thekennedybeacon.substack.com\/p\/nicole-shanahan-is-a-mama-bear-outsider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Kennedy Beacon<\/a>]. \u201cShanahan has set a high bar for us, organizing walkouts in high school to protest the Iraq War, helping victims of civil war in El Salvador, figuring out what may have caused her daughter\u2019s health to tank, producing documentaries about what would help our society get healthy again, and calling boldly (while many in \u201cscience\u201d shout, \u201cNothing to see here!\u201d) for research into every possible thing that could be making Americans chronically ill. Like Kennedy, her life speaks inspiration into existence. The lesson I\u2019ve taken from a cursory peek into her backstory: do whatever you can.\u201d \u2022 So they\u2019re going with \u201cMama Bear\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fight to flip the House just got harder for Dems. And they have New York to blame\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/03\/28\/republicans-2024-redistricting-fight-00149612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cWhile there\u2019s an outside chance of another last-minute redistricting before November, after two significant court rulings this week the House landscape is largely locked in place \u2014 and the GOP is breathing a sigh of relief that this mid-decade round of redistricting went its way\u2026. The GOP came out ahead thanks to the redistricting aggression of North Carolina Republicans \u2014 and the timidity of New York Democrats\u2026. But the most consequential post-midterm redistricting took place in New York \u2014 where lines drawn by the Democratic legislature only made fairly small tweaks to the state\u2019s map. It was a shocking turn of events after years of legal wrangling. The state has an independent redistricting commission split evenly between the two parties \u2014 but ultimately, the Democratic-dominated state legislature gets the final say. And in 2022, when Democrats in Albany passed a gerrymander so aggressive that Republicans called it the \u2018Hochulmander\u2019 \u2014 a portmanteau with Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s name \u2014 the GOP sued. The bombshell legal victory Republicans won before the midterms resulted in a hypercompetitive, court-drawn map being used in 2022. The GOP nearly swept all of the contested seats, key to Republicans\u2019 narrow House majority. But Democrats wanted another shot. After the midterms, they ultimately won a procedural court ruling allowing them to start the whole process over \u2014 the commission with the first crack, and final approval to the Democratic legislature. Pursuing another chance at a redraw led to rampant speculation that Democrats wanted another shot at a gerrymander \u2014 though perhaps not quite as ruthless as last time. But it was not to be. The state\u2019s independent commission came to a bipartisan agreement on a map that only made modest changes. The Democratic-dominated state legislature signaled it was unhappy with that map and would make changes of its own \u2014 but then only made minor tweaks on lines that ultimately got bipartisan approval.\u201d \u2022 I dunno. New York Democrats seem to be great at lawfare, not too good at anything else. Readers?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>#COVID19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>ake effect by summer. The move by the Democratic administration angered board members, who called it a \u2018last-minute stunt\u2019 that undermines their regulatory process. It also sparked a protest by warehouse workers, who temporarily shut down the meeting as they waved signs declaring that \u2018Heat Kills!\u2019 and loudly chanted, \u2018What do we want? Heat protection! When do we want it? 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NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&subtopic=recurring-updates&indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/udwq.shinyapps.io\/sarscov2_surv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/see-the-numbers\/covid-19-in-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); VT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthvermont.gov\/disease-control\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WA (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.wa.gov\/emergencies\/covid-19\/data-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.bfhd.wa.gov\/cases-and-roadmap-to-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/covid-19\/wastewater.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); WV (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/oehs.wvdhhr.org\/news\/oehs-coivd-19-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>); WY (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/covidwastewatermonitor.wyo.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (National): Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/covid-19\/wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government of Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (Provincial): ON (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthontario.ca\/en\/Data-and-Analysis\/Infectious-Disease\/COVID-19-Data-Surveillance\/Wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); QC (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspq.qc.ca\/covid-19\/donnees\/eaux-usees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>les eaux us\u00e9es<\/em><\/a>); BC (<a href=\"https:\/\/bccdc.shinyapps.io\/respiratory_wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); BC, Vancouver (<a href=\"https:\/\/metrovancouver.org\/services\/liquid-waste\/testing-for-the-covid-19-virus-in-wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Hat tips to helpful readers: Alexis, anon (2), Art_DogCT, B24S, CanCyn, ChiGal, Chuck L, Festoonic, FM, FreeMarketApologist (4), Gumbo, hop2it, JB, JEHR, JF, JL Joe, John, JM (10), JustAnotherVolunteer, JW, KatieBird, LL, Michael King, KF, LaRuse, mrsyk, MT, MT_Wild, otisyves, Petal (6), RK (2), RL, RM, Rod, square coats (11), tennesseewaltzer, Tom B., Utah, Bob White (3). <\/p>\n<p>Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGEND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> for charts new today; all others are not updated.<\/p>\n<p>2) For a full-size\/full-resolution image, Command-click (MacOS) or right-click (Windows) on the chart thumbnail and \u201copen image in new tab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1] (Biobot) Our curve has now flattened out at the level of previous Trump peaks. Not a great victory. Note also the area \u201cunder the curve,\u201d besides looking at peaks. That area is larger under Biden than under Trump, and it seems to be rising steadily if unevenly.<\/p>\n<p>[2] (Biobot) Backward revisions, I hate them.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) As of May 11, genomic surveillance data will be reported biweekly, based on the availability of positive test specimens.\u201d \u201cBiweeekly: 1. occurring every two weeks. 2. occurring twice a week; semiweekly.\u201d Looks like CDC has chosen sense #1. In essence, they\u2019re telling us variants are nothing to worry about. Time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) \u201cCharts and data provided by CDC, updates Wednesday by 8am. For the past year, using a rolling 52-week period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Looks like a very gradual leveling off to a non-zero baseline, to me.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC) Still down. \u201cMaps, charts, and data provided by CDC, updates weekly for the previous MMWR week (Sunday-Saturday) on Thursdays (Deaths, Emergency Department Visits, Test Positivity) and weekly the following Mondays (Hospitalizations) by 8 pm ET\u2020\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Flattening.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Posivitity) Now up, albeit in the rear view mirror.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) JN.1 dominates utterly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Personal Income: \u201cUnited States Personal Income\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/personal-income\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cUS personal income rose by 0.3% from the previous month in February of 2024, decelerating from the one-year high increase of 1% in the previous month and slightly below market expectations of a 0.4% growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>\u201cWould Boeing murder a whistleblower? [Moe Tkacik, <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1773424594520518691.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ThreadReaderApp<\/a>]. \u201cBefore this month I\u2019d have said it depends. I didn\u2019t think Boeing would kill a middle manager who never worked on the 737 Max & left in 2017. What surprised me was how many more informed observers felt Boeing\u2026might\u2026. \u2018I don\u2019t think one can be cynical enough when it comes to these guys,\u2019 said a longtime exec.\u201d \u2022 Long thread, like a sketchbook of where Tkacik is on the story, well worth a read. Or perhaps not executives? Commentary:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boeing, or a key investor with a lot of stock going south.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Johnson \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@cxj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cxj\/status\/1773507800548663537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a happy thought!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 71 Greed (previous close: 70 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 67 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Mar 28 at 8:59:51 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Nature morte<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Still Life with Pears and Grapes, 1880<br \/><\/\/> More Monet \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IJa53htaI3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/IJa53htaI3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/92bzWCKOzJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/92bzWCKOzJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Claude Monet (@artistmonet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artistmonet\/status\/1773577836160225397\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s funny how the still life is only a minor genre in photography. I wonder why that is?<\/p>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMemories are made by breaking DNA \u2014 and fixing it\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-00930-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nature<\/a>]. The deck: \u201cNerve cells form long-term memories with the help of an inflammatory response, study in mice finds\u201d (!!). \u201c, a study in mice shows. The findings, published on 27 March in Nature, are \u2018extremely exciting\u2019, says Li-Huei Tsai, a neurobiologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge who was not involved in the work. They contribute to the picture that forming memories is a \u2018risky business\u2019, she says. Normally, breaks in both strands of the double helix DNA molecule are associated with diseases including cancer. But in this case, the DNA damage-and-repair cycle offers one explanation for how memories might form and last\u2026. Tom\u00e1s Ryan, an engram neuroscientist at Trinity College Dublin, says the study provides \u2018the best evidence so far that DNA repair is important for memory.\u2019 But he questions whether the neurons encode something distinct from the engram \u2014 instead, he says, the DNA damage and repair could be a consequence of engram creation. \u2018Forming an engram is a high-impact event; you have to do a lot of housekeeping after,\u2019 he says.\u201d \u2022 If indeed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Engram_(neuropsychology)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">engrams<\/a>\u201d are more than theoretical!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information for plants<\/strong>: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/200pm-water-cooler-3-28-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From tennesseewaltzer:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/winter_ice.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-269212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/winter_ice.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/winter_ice-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>tennesseewaltzer writes: \u201cThis happens with snow and rain and freezing temperatures, which moderate to produce the icicles. Typically along a state thoroughfare cut through the local stone which undergirds so much of Middle Tennessee land.\u201d A pretty scene\u2026 I think there are lichens on those rocks. Somewhere\u2026. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"donate\"\/><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Water Cooler is a standalone entity <em>not<\/em> covered by the annual NC fundraiser. So if you see a link you especially like, or an item you wouldn\u2019t see anywhere else, please do not hesitate to express your appreciation in tangible form. Remember, a tip jar is for tipping! <em>Regular positive feedback both makes me feel good and lets me know I\u2019m on the right track with coverage<\/em>. When I get no donations for five or ten days I get worried. 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