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By Lambert Strether of Corrente<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nBird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern), Lake Wales; Lake Kissimmee State Park, Polk, Florida, United States. \u201cOdd song type from conspicuous perch in wet meadow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#supremes\">Supreme Court decisions<\/a> (not immunity).<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#debates\"> The Debates<\/a>, pre-game analysis.<\/p>\n<p>(3) <a href=\"#climate\">Climate anecdotes and tips<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/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>The Supremes<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"supremes\"\/>\u201cSupreme Court rejects challenge to Biden admin\u2019s talk with social media companies\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/4740806-supreme-court-biden-social-media\/?email=752c6957690564bbc509bf21e6edf579db9a9d59&emaila=fc0db90741cc997a5ee8a3f016d32839&emailb=50d0c6cec4014a7cd030caaf9df1dadff9895296a6a738a1390a2243f0ce4663&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=06.26.24%20RS%20-%20Breaking%20Alert%20-%20Biden%20social%20media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201cThe 6-3 decision does not address the First Amendment issues at the center of the cases and instead denies the challenge filed by two Republican attorneys general and private parties by finding they didn\u2019t have legal standing to bring it. \u2018The plaintiffs, without any concrete link between their injuries and the defendants\u2019 conduct, ask us to conduct a review of the years-long communications between dozens of federal officials, across different agencies, with different social-media platforms, about different conduct,\u2019 Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority. \u2018This Court\u2019s standing doctrine prevents us from \u2018exercising such general legal oversight\u2019 of other branches of Government.’\u201d \u2022 The headline is a bit deceptive, since the Court remanded the case to the Fifth Circuit. But I don\u2019t know if the standing issue can be cured.<\/p>\n<p>When is a bribe not a bribe? When it\u2019s a gratuity!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Supreme Court’s second AND FINAL decision of the day is Snyder v. U.S. By a 6\u20133 vote, the conservative supermajority further weakens a federal statute guarding against corruption in government. All three liberals dissent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/90GL1SlWUH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/90GL1SlWUH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m5ydrH8ufM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/m5ydrH8ufM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mjs_DC\/status\/1805967724868206771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than a half 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> <a name=\"swing\"\/>Friday\u2019s RCP Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rcp_2024-06-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"1001\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-273727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rcp_2024-06-21.png 571w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rcp_2024-06-21-171x300.png 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>At this point, we should entertain the hypothesis that the Bragg verdict is a damp squib, unless Biden can somehow leverage it in the debate. 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>) still Brownian-motioning around. Of course, it goes without saying that these are all state polls, therefore bad, and most of the results are within the margin of error. If will be interesting to see whether the verdict in Judge Merchan\u2019s court affects the polling, and if so, how. NOTE Sorry for the excess red dots; I can\u2019t seem to make them go away!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump courts rappers as surrogates for his campaign to win more voters of color\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-courts-rappers-surrogates-campaign-win-voters-color-rcna157972?cid=eml_nbcp_%7Bdate(%E2%80%98yyyyMMdd%E2%80%99)%7D&$3p=e_sailthru&_branch_match_id=1334552094905202763&utm_medium=Email%20Sailthru&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA1VN0W7DIAz8GvpGssGqJJOqaVPXt35DxAAlVglYBob693Uq7WGWdT6f7fNaCub3vo8\/NvqWO4PYBYi3XuOHUG8aT37OBkJZqR5YSAQLRBPmSuG07sdCfwp14WytdX82Nm2sYApQwGamLvGRk4Xqhtw+q7SpUsmS+KmnLHMlSospPktrNjSwRNkgyt9U9rFNIZEkG83rcZgGJfTFghP67Lcw82OchToOX44NmKiR4VsxjC8M03jnuF6d+y9P++oOw\/kBA8954AsBAAA=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u201cAt Donald Trump\u2019s Black voter outreach event at a Detroit church last weekend, the church\u2019s pastor and several prominent Black Republicans joined the former president onstage. So did another unlikelier figure: rapper Casada Sorrell, better known as Sada Baby. Most Republican voters may not be familiar with Sada Baby, but there\u2019s a good chance their kids are. In 2020, he went viral with his single \u2018Whole Lotta Choppas,\u2019 a pandemic mainstay on TikTok that was among the first viral records on the app. Years later, he sat onstage inches from Trump and said, \u2018He might be the first person to make me vote,\u2019 fueled in part by the mere fact that Trump\u2019s team reached out to him. \u2018Him reaching out showed me, like, some type of effort that another candidate hadn\u2019t shown ever,\u2019 Sorrell said, noting that Trump could have pursued a bigger Detroit name like rapper Eminem (a notorious critic of him)\u2026. And it\u2019s not a one-off move. As Trump works to court young voters of color, one strategy his campaign has pursued is to turn rap stars into surrogates, pursuing not only nationally renowned names but also smaller acts prominent in their local communities.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump praises Louisiana displaying Ten Commandments in public schools\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/21\/trump-ten-commandments-louisiana?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Axios<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018I love the Ten Commandments in public schools, private schools, and many other places,\u2019 Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Friday. \u2018This may be, in fact, the first major step in the revival of religion, which is desperately needed, in our country,\u2019 he added.\u201d \u2022 \u201cOur country.\u201d Trump\u2019s pandering. I have to say, I prefer the Trump 2016 campaign, a bunch of randos flying in Trump\u2019s plane, and Trump doing A\/B testing on the fly with the crowds. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump\u2019s Ground Game Is No Longer In Our Hearts\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/p\/trump-campaigns-get-out-the-vote-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Bulwark<\/a>]. \u201cFor months, Trump was criticized over his small staff and the Republican National Committee\u2019s layoffs and shuttered field offices. But since May, his campaign has quietly been in talks with more than three dozen conservative groups to outsource parts of its voter turnout operation. This would be a first-of-its-kind effort\u2026. It can all be financed with unlimited corporate dollars and untraceable dark money from political nonprofits that are otherwise off-limits to a federal campaign\u2026. This type of arrangement between federal campaigns and outside groups used to be forbidden, but the rules changed under a March 20 Federal Election Commission advisory opinion, sought by the Democratic group Texas Majority PAC and the Elias Law Group. That opinion may turn out to fundamentally change the way federal political campaigns mobilize voters for years to come. It was also a lifeline to the Trump campaign, which was hurting for cash and facing President Biden\u2019s mammoth operation, which has 150 field offices, 400 staffers, and a massive volunteer army across the battleground states.\u2019\u2026 \u2018After the Trump coup at the RNC, the question is whether the Trump campaign got caught flat-footed and were lucky to get bailed out by the FEC, or was this their plan all along to roll the dice and work with these groups like Turning Point on the ground?\u2019 the Republican consultant asked, cautioning that \u2018experience matters. Technology matters. Organization matters. And staff matters. You have to hire the right people and not a bunch of what we call \u2018carnies\u2019 who you just can\u2019t rely on.\u2019 In 2022, for instance, paid canvassers in Las Vegas were supposed to be knocking on doors but instead were discovered gambling eight miles away at Caesar\u2019s Palace casino, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/republicans-are-spending-millions-turnout-operations-are-deeply-flawed-rcna74920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an NBC News report<\/a> that detailed multiple Republican ground-game problems in Nevada and Georgia.\u201d \u2022 Elias Law Group, eh? Hard to believe they\u2019d bring a suit that would benefit Republicans more than Democrats. Three days later\u2013<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s Get-Out-The-Vote Plan is Bonkers\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2024\/06\/20\/donald-trumps-get-out-the-vote-plan-is-bonkers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Monthly<\/a>]. \u201cThe get-out-the-vote operations, the so-called \u2018ground game,\u2019 may determine the outcome in November. This is why it\u2019s bonkers that the Trump campaign has outsourced its ground game to far-right operators with no track record of success\u2026. Turning Point\u2019s reputation as a grifting operation seems deserved. A 2020 investigation by ProPublica found that \u2018three Turning Point insiders \u2026 won lucrative deals from the group to handle its printing, payroll processing and fundraising. The non-profit has also made misleading assertions about its finances to state and federal regulators.\u2019 An October 2023 Associated Press investigation found: \u2018The organization also enriched [Turning Point CEO Charlie] Kirk and his allies \u2026 top Turning Point officials collected pricey salaries, enjoyed lavish perks and steered at least $15.2 million to companies they, their friends and associates are affiliated with.\u2019 \u2026 According to Politico, Turning Point has filled \u2018a few dozen seats on the RNC with allies.\u2019 And Turning Point is now the central player in the Trump ground game.\u201d \u2022 Must be more to it than that, since Lara Trump is now head of the RNC.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s why shy Trump voters feel safe going public\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/heres-why-shy-trump-voters-feel-safe-going-public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>]. \u201cAlmost from the moment he descended the golden escalator nearly a decade ago, we have heard tell about the infamous \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shy Donald Trump voter<\/a>\u2018 lurking below the surface of public opinion\u2026. From the beginning, part of the magic of Trump\u2019s raucous rallies was that so many of his supporters who couldn\u2019t tell their friends and family were suddenly surrounded by a sea of like-minded Americans ready not just to vote but to party\u2026. But something has changed, from individuals to institutions, the stain of publicly standing up for Trump is all but gone, and in its place stands, not so much defiance, as the simple realization that Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/president-trump-fired-me-im-still-voting-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump was a competent president<\/a>, not a cartoon super villain\u2026. Trump has recently enjoyed high-profile fundraisers from high rollers in big oil and big tech who even four years ago might have shied away from such a MAGA spotlight. But no more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cPatrick Lawrence: Hunter Biden\u2019s Charge of Lying Under Oath\u201d [Patrick Lawrence, <a href=\"https:\/\/scheerpost.com\/2024\/06\/19\/patrick-lawrence-hunter-bidens-charge-of-lying-under-oath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ScheerPost<\/a>]. \u201cMore than two-thirds of Americans, according to a poll conducted earlier this year, think the House hearings should continue; half of these respondents \u2014 34 percent of those surveyed \u2014 \u2018think Joe Biden is guilty of corruption and should be impeached.\u2019 These figures cannot land as a surprise to anyone who has paid careful attention to the House hearings. Among much else, they have already produced substantive evidence establishing in considerable outline the operations of what is called, with justification, the Biden crime family: \u2014 Payments of $5 million each to Joe and Hunter Biden by Mykola Zlochevsky, the founding chairman of Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian gas company. Zlochevsky sought (and enjoyed) Vice\u2013President Biden\u2019s protection from Ukraine\u2019s chief prosecutor, who was investigating Burisma on charges on suspicion of extensive corruption. \u2014 Gross payments to the Biden family, chiefly Hunter and Joe\u2019s brother James, of more than $20 million during the years (2009\u20132017) when Joe was vice-president. \u2014 A dense network of 20\u2013odd shell companies the Biden family set up to disguise payments received from influence-peddling schemes Hunter conducted in Ukraine, Russia, China and elsewhere. \u2014 The detailed testimony, so far not credibly refuted, of government investigators \u2014 from the F.B.I. and the IRS \u2014 providing granular evidence of the Biden family\u2019s illegal financial operations.\u201d \u2022 Those are the first four items. There are more.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cBlack Voters in This City Could Determine 2024. And It\u2019s Not Looking Good for Biden\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/06\/21\/biden-black-voters-enthusiasm-gap-milwaukee-00163496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. Milwaukee. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/poll\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MLSP78CrosstabsLV.html#D1B:_Trump_vs_Biden,_leaners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Polls suggest<\/a> the president is trailing his 2020 performance in the city and surrounding county. In Wisconsin\u2019s April Democratic primary, his performance within the city limits lagged well behind the rest of the state\u2026. In traditionally Democratic redoubts, polls suggest alarmingly low levels of support among Black and Latino voters. In 2016, Hillary Clinton\u2019s underperformance in Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Detroit\u2019s Wayne County \u2014 the urban centers that power Democratic fortunes in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan \u2014 enabled Trump\u2019s surprise Rust Belt victories. This year, signs of a lack of enthusiasm for Biden in those places among Black voters is giving rise to fears of a repeat. In Wisconsin, there isn\u2019t much margin of error: The last two presidential elections here have been decided by less than 25,000 votes each. A low turnout among Black voters in Milwaukee \u2014 or a diminished winning margin for Biden \u2014 would deal a significant blow to his chances of carrying the state and its 10 electoral votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Debates: \u201cHillary Clinton: I\u2019ve Debated Trump and Biden. Here\u2019s What I\u2019m Watching For.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/dnyuz.com\/2024\/06\/25\/hillary-clinton-ive-debated-trump-and-biden-heres-what-im-watching-for\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. Clinton shills for her Broadway show right in the lead. I suppose that was only to be expected. More: \u201cI am the only person to have debated both men (Mr. Trump in 2016 and, in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary race, Senator Biden)\u2026. It is a waste of time to try to refute Mr. Trump\u2019s arguments like in a normal debate. It\u2019s nearly impossible to identify what his arguments even are. He starts with nonsense and then digresses into blather\u2026. These ploys will fall flat if President Biden is as direct and forceful as he was when engaging Republican hecklers at the State of the Union address in March. The president also has facts and truth on his side.\u201d Here\u2019s the one item that isn\u2019t boilerplate: \u201cUnfortunately, Mr. Biden starts from a disadvantage because there\u2019s no way he can spend as much time preparing as I did eight years ago. Being president isn\u2019t just a day job; it\u2019s an everything-everywhere-all-at-once job. Historically, that has led to weaker first debate performances for the incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>The Debates: \u201cBiden\u2019s high-stakes gamble risks everything \u2013 including his nomination \u2013 as he prepares for Trump debate\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/25\/opinion\/bidens-high-stakes-gamble-risks-everything-including-his-nomination-as-he-prepares-for-trump-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cWith his job and legacy on the line, Biden seized the moment to take a week off <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/25\/us-news\/trump-team-says-biden-will-probably-be-filled-with-adderall-at-presidential-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to prepare for his debate with Donald Trump<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>MO: \u201cWill Cori Bush be ousted like Bowman? New poll shows her opponent leading by one point\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/06\/26\/cori-bush-squad-primary-jamaal-bowman\/74215470007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">USA Today<\/a>]. \u201cThe poll, conducted by The Mellman Group between June 18 and June 22, found that St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell overcame a double-digit deficit in January to lead Bush 43% to 42%. Four percent of the survey respondents supported other candidates on the ballot while 11% were undecided. He has picked up support across various groups, the poll found, including among whites and Blacks, men and women and those under and over the age of 50. Bell also leads Bush in job performance and favorability ratings. Sixty-one percent of survey respondents gave Bell a positive rating on his job performance while only 49% gave Bush a positive rating. 60% of respondents are favorable towards Bush while 64% are favorable towards Bell.\u201d \u2022 MOE: 4.9%. That\u2019s a lot. <\/p>\n<p>MO: \u201cCori Bush claimed her faith healing helped a sick toddler walk, healed woman\u2019s tumors\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cori-bush-claimed-her-faith-healing-helped-sick-toddler-walk-healed-womans-tumors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>]. \u201cIn her 2022 autobiography \u2018The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America,\u2019 Bush wrote about her time working as a faith healer. During that time, the New York Post first reported she claimed that she had an almost supernatural ability within her to heal others. One instance included helping a disabled toddler to walk.\u201d \u2022 Better than the Brownstone Institute, I suppose\u2026. Or mainstream macro.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Campaign Finance<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBloomberg shells out millions to help Biden battle Trump in 2024 presidential election rematch\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bloomberg-shells-out-millions-help-biden-battle-trump-2024-presidential-election-rematch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>]. \u201cBloomberg, a one-time Republican turned independent turned Democrat, wrote a massive $19 million check to the Future Forward PAC, known as the FF PAC, which is the leading super PAC supporting Biden\u2019s bid for a second term in the White House. And Bloomberg, who briefly ran unsuccessfully against Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, also gave the maximum donation of $929,600 to the Biden Victory Fund, a fundraising committee that benefits the president\u2019s re-election campaign and various Democratic Party committees.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Funhouse<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRecent State Legislative Primaries Reveal a GOP at War with Itself\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.exposedbycmd.org\/2024\/06\/17\/recent-state-legislative-primaries-reveal-a-gop-at-war-with-itself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Center for Media and Democracy<\/a>]. \u201cIn Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, and South Carolina, obstructionists who are part of the State Freedom Caucus Network (SFCN) have fielded Republican primary candidates to oppose not just state legislative leaders, but also the candidates they backed. Three of the Republican governors in these states threw their weight behind moderates in contested legislative primaries, but in three states, GOP establishment leaders \u2014 a majority whip, a president pro tem, and an assistant majority leader \u2014 lost to these right-wing insurgents. Freedom caucuses in these and the seven other states SFCN lists among its members represent an extreme Right faction of the largely MAGA-dominated Republican Party that uses procedural measures in state legislatures to advance their culture war agenda, as the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) recently reported. These caucuses vary somewhat state by state, but in terms of policy they usually oppose gender-affirming care, Medicaid expansion, most taxation, and allowing public schools to teach about the history of racism in the U.S. Most favor increasing voting restrictions. They oppose Republicans working with Democrats on any issue, and label any legislators who do as \u2018RINOs\u2019\u2026 \u2018In every state where they appear, Freedom caucuses cause headaches for the so-called establishment Republicans in charge,\u201d according to a recent piece in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/politics\/freedom-caucuses-arent-just-for-congress-anymore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Governing<\/a>.\u201d \u2022 Nothing like this on the so-called left, how odd.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en D\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter Bernie\u201d [Ross Barkan, <a href=\"https:\/\/rosselliotbarkan.com\/p\/after-bernie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Political Currents<\/a>]. Concluding paragraph: \u201c[I]t\u2019s unlikely anyone on the left is currently capable of assembling a national coalition on the scale of what Sanders managed in 2016 or 2020. The political conditions have changed. More importantly, though, few leftist politicians have internalized the lessons Sanders taught, especially when he rose so rapidly in 2016. A winning coalition is a broad coalition. It is knit together around the issues that matter to the greatest number of people. It accounts for those who might fail some of the stricter ideological litmus tests. It is professional, serious, and not held prisoner by online culture. And it is devised, somehow, to seize the Democratic nomination in the manner Sanders, even at his strongest, never could. Sanders, in the Bronx last week, tried his best, hollering about the billionaire class, his voice cutting through the heat. He could only do so much, though, not running for president again\u2014and sans a genuine prot\u00e9g\u00e9.\u201d \u2022 Sad, and I mean this without irony. On the Bowman rally with Sanders and AOC:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ok besides what everyone else is saying already, this needs to be said by me. It has nothing to do with politics. It\u2019s about being decent human beings. <\/p>\n<p>If YOU organize an outdoor event in record breaking dangerous heat. YOU supply the water. You don\u2019t say \u201clol, bring water\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0npo8CRAfT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/0npo8CRAfT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 thomas \ud83d\udee0 (@t_NYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/t_NYC\/status\/1804336546360840245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Realignment and Legitimacy<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMonbiot has a change of heart on sortition\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/equalitybylot.com\/2024\/06\/19\/monbiot-has-a-change-of-heart-on-sortition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Equality by Lot<\/a>]. With quotes. \u201cHaving an advocate for sortition with the prominence of George Monbiot could be an important development. But it would be so only if Monbiot does not limit himself to a one-off article but rather makes sortition advocacy a central theme of his activism.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/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>Covid 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>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; 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>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>Look for the Helpers<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hopefully this will continue to be legal:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will be moving my mask distribution efforts to the University of Utah and Salt Lake City \ud83d\ude42 Hoping to continue as a COVID Safe Campus ambassador \ud83e\udd1e\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\ude37<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vanessa (graduation era)\ud83d\ude37 (@vanessainstem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vanessainstem\/status\/1804244150574870642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Transmission: H5N1<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBird flu leads to cancellation of 2024 Shiawassee County Fair dairy show\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/wwmt.com\/news\/state\/shiawassee-county-fair-2024-dairy-show-cancellation-cows-bird-flu-influenza-public-safety-dr-nora-wineland-community-event-entertainment-east-michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WWMT<\/a>]. \u201cDue to the \u2018highly pathogenic avian influenza,\u2019 or bird flu, organizers with the Shiawassee County Fair have canceled their 2024 dairy show. This comes after \u2018much\u2019 deliberation and consultation with Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, or MDARD, State Veterinarian Dr. Nora Wineland, according to organizers on Facebook.\u201d \u2022 Sensible.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maskstravaganza<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Variants: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p> Sequelae: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAntibodies from Long Covid patients prompt symptoms in mice\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/antibodies-long-covid-patients-prompt-symptoms-mice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Science<\/a>]. \u201cIn the quest to explain the symptoms of Long Covid, one suspect\u2014antibodies in the blood that target a patient\u2019s own tissues\u2014is getting extra scrutiny from two teams of scientists an ocean apart. Both groups injected mice with antibodies from the blood of people with Long Covid, the constellation of symptoms that sometimes persist for months or years after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. And in certain cases, they say, the rodents developed symptoms seemingly mirroring those of their human donors, in particular a heightened sensitivity to pain. Some scientists say these studies, one posted earlier this week, bolster the case for a dysfunctional immune system, triggered by a coronavirus infection, directly fueling Long Covid symptoms\u2014and open the door to potential new treatment trials\u2026. But although other researchers said the studies were elegantly done, and may offer novel mouse models of Long Covid, they are less certain about the bottom line. \u2018There\u2019s no uniform autoantibodies\u2019 in these groups of patients, says Avindra Nath, clinical director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.\u201d \u2022 Nevertheless, this suggests the existence of biomarkers. Maybe NIH should be looking for them\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow to Fix $1.6 Billion Long COVID Program: Experts Weigh In\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/how-fix-1-6-billion-long-covid-program-experts-weigh-2024a1000bs4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MedScape<\/a>]. \u201cWhen the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched a $1 billion dollar research effort in 2021 focused on long COVID, hopes were high that it would lead to some answers for the mysterious riddle of the complex condition. Now, more than 3 years later and with total funding of about $1.6 billion, critics contend the federal government has little to show for its efforts. Disappointment runs high among long COVID specialists and patients, who cite poor scientific coordination, few treatments that go beyond symptom management, and a lack of clinical trials focused on pharmaceutical interventions.\u201d More: \u201c[Grace McComsey, MD, who leads one of the 15 nationwide long COVID centers funded by RECOVER] admitted things aren\u2019t perfect but said that RECOVER has enrolled and retained nearly 20,000 people from an extremely diverse group of patients with nearly 18 papers that have been published or will be published soon. Clinical trials don\u2019t happen overnight, said McComsey, because you have to design the studies, enroll patients, and ensure their safety. \u2018No one else in the world is doing anything like this,\u2019 she said.\u201d \u2022 So <em>papers<\/em> are the metric?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Personal risk assessment:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CDC Immunology Webinar <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zyjycrtwYq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/zyjycrtwYq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Outbreak Updates (@outbreakupdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/outbreakupdates\/status\/1804973354732204317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"covid\"\/><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] (CDC) This week\u2019s wastewater map, with hot spots annotated. <\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.3 dominating.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) This is the best I can do for now. At least data for the entire pandemic is presented.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Now a jump, which <em>is<\/em> be compatible with a wastewater decrease, but still not a good feeling .(The New York city area has form; in 2020, as the home of two international airports (JFK and EWR) it was an important entry point for the virus into the country (and from thence up the Hudson River valley, as the rich sought to escape, and then around the country through air travel.)<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). This is the best I can do for now. Note the assumption that Covid is seasonal is built into the presentation. At least data for the entire pandemic is presented.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) 4.3%; big jump. (Because there is data in \u201ccurrent view\u201d tab, I think white states here have experienced \u201cno change,\u201d as opposed to have no data.)<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Still going up!<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Up. Those sh*theads at CDC have changed the chart so that it doesn\u2019t even run back to 1\/21\/23, as it used to, but now starts 1\/1\/24. There\u2019s also no way to adjust the time rasnge. CDC really doesn\u2019t want you to be able to take a historical view of the pandemic, or compare one surge to another. In an any case, that\u2019s why the shape of the curve has changed.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) Same deal. Those sh*theads. I\u2019m leaving this here for another week because I loathe them so much:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"544\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-272941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week.png 601w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, but positivity up.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are no official statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Tech: Go big or go home:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reminder that Aaron Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led to him taking his own life.<\/p>\n<p>But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UAE Exotic Falconry & Finance\ud80c\udd43 (@FalconryFinance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FalconryFinance\/status\/1804986218645803215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Tech: So now I suppose the insurgents will try to game the training sets:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2. McDonald’s \u2013 Chat GPT<\/p>\n<p>Principle: The Obvious Choice<\/p>\n<p>McDonald’s asking AI which is the most iconic burger.<\/p>\n<p>It was a Big Mac. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A3y7nvbC4X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/A3y7nvbC4X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Ad Professor (@The_AdProfessor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_AdProfessor\/status\/1805982063428067744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Tech: I don\u2019t know who asked for AI either:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1fM9YhrTKC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/1fM9YhrTKC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Vicious (@alleywaykrew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alleywaykrew\/status\/1804666677226799194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 41 Fear (previous close: 39 Fear) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 42 (Fear). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Jun 26 at 1:24:11 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople need this \u2018essential\u2019 cognitive ability\u2014and fewer have it than ever before, says psychologist: \u2018It\u2019s a major concern’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/06\/26\/technology-reliance-causes-loss-of-cognitive-ability-psychologist.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNBC<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018We are at risk of losing this essential capability that I call receptivity,\u2019 says Davis, the managing director of Toronto-based leadership consulting firm Russell Reynolds Associates. \u2018It\u2019s the ability to have good judgment, to have insight about people, and it\u2019s a major concern.\u2019 Technology, social media and artificial intelligence are to blame, Davis adds: People rely so much on their their phones that they\u2019re increasingly unable to make judgment calls on their own. \u2018It\u2019s a cognitive ability that you need to actually exercise in order to not lose it,\u2019 he says. Davis uses GPS as an example. People once used physical maps, or memory, to get to where they needed to go. Now, if your phone dies, you might find yourself lost more easily. \u2018What happens when Waze fails? When you don\u2019t have a cell signal? When we don\u2019t have ChatGPT?\u2019 says Davis. People\u2019s ability to talk to and connect with each other is similarly at risk, he says. \u2018If your head\u2019s in your phone, you\u2019re meeting people through Tinder profiles or you\u2019re basing your business decisions based purely on a resume and not really seeing or spending time with a person, you\u2019re losing your core human capability to have insight into other people,\u2019 says Davis.\u201d \u2022 That \u201cleadership consulting\u201d rubric gives me pause. But anyhow, what\u2019s the problem? \u201cInsight into other people\u201d is for sales and marketing, and that seems to be going OK!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Climate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"climate\"\/>News you can use:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The bubble wrap sticks via static whatever and creates extremely effective insulation between you and the outside world \u2013 not as good as new fancy double pane insulated glass, but pretty damn good for not much money. Plus it still allows light in and even gives you privacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Ellis (@jzellis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jzellis\/status\/1805394072074698829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Other parallel suggestions in the thread.<\/p>\n<p>Ka-ching:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We’re under contract to buy an $8m Louisiana RV park.<\/p>\n<p>The owner spent $9,500 each to add these covers to shade some pad sites.<\/p>\n<p>Covered sites are $1,150\/month.<br \/>Without a cover it’s $670\/month.<\/p>\n<p>Payback period is 19 months. You better believe we’ll be adding more of these! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uj7ZQIdhgO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Uj7ZQIdhgO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Koerner (@mhp_guy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mhp_guy\/status\/1804323654580183324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cColonel Sanders\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonel_Sanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>]. \u2022 The jobs Colonel Sanders had! Nothing like this today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings You Didn\u2019t Know About GNU Readline\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/twobithistory.org\/2019\/08\/22\/readline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TwoBit History<\/a>]. \u201d Lots of software depends on the GNU Readline library to implement functionality that users expect, but the functionality is so auxiliary and unobtrusive that I imagine few people stop to wonder where it comes from. GNU Readline was originally created in the 1980s by the Free Software Foundation. Today, it is an important if invisible part of everyone\u2019s computing infrastructure, maintained by a single volunteer.\u201d \u2022 Like so much else!<\/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\/06\/200pm-water-cooler-6-25-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From Clyde:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_1-rotated.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_2-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_2-rotated.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Clyde writes: \u201cAn old apple tree in east central NH. Looking at the trunk it\u2019s amazing that it\u2019s not only still alive but standing and producing apples. Plants and trees\u2019 efforts to keep surviving never cease to amaze me.\u201d<\/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 three or four days I get worried. 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Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern), Lake Wales; Lake Kissimmee State Park, Polk, Florida, United States. \u201cOdd song type from conspicuous perch in wet meadow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#supremes\">Supreme Court decisions<\/a> (not immunity).<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#debates\"> The Debates<\/a>, pre-game analysis.<\/p>\n<p>(3) <a href=\"#climate\">Climate anecdotes and tips<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/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>The Supremes<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"supremes\"\/>\u201cSupreme Court rejects challenge to Biden admin\u2019s talk with social media companies\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/4740806-supreme-court-biden-social-media\/?email=752c6957690564bbc509bf21e6edf579db9a9d59&emaila=fc0db90741cc997a5ee8a3f016d32839&emailb=50d0c6cec4014a7cd030caaf9df1dadff9895296a6a738a1390a2243f0ce4663&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=06.26.24%20RS%20-%20Breaking%20Alert%20-%20Biden%20social%20media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201cThe 6-3 decision does not address the First Amendment issues at the center of the cases and instead denies the challenge filed by two Republican attorneys general and private parties by finding they didn\u2019t have legal standing to bring it. \u2018The plaintiffs, without any concrete link between their injuries and the defendants\u2019 conduct, ask us to conduct a review of the years-long communications between dozens of federal officials, across different agencies, with different social-media platforms, about different conduct,\u2019 Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority. \u2018This Court\u2019s standing doctrine prevents us from \u2018exercising such general legal oversight\u2019 of other branches of Government.’\u201d \u2022 The headline is a bit deceptive, since the Court remanded the case to the Fifth Circuit. But I don\u2019t know if the standing issue can be cured.<\/p>\n<p>When is a bribe not a bribe? When it\u2019s a gratuity!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Supreme Court’s second AND FINAL decision of the day is Snyder v. U.S. By a 6\u20133 vote, the conservative supermajority further weakens a federal statute guarding against corruption in government. All three liberals dissent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/90GL1SlWUH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/90GL1SlWUH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m5ydrH8ufM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/m5ydrH8ufM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mjs_DC\/status\/1805967724868206771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than a half 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> <a name=\"swing\"\/>Friday\u2019s RCP Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rcp_2024-06-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"1001\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-273727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rcp_2024-06-21.png 571w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rcp_2024-06-21-171x300.png 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>At this point, we should entertain the hypothesis that the Bragg verdict is a damp squib, unless Biden can somehow leverage it in the debate. 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>) still Brownian-motioning around. Of course, it goes without saying that these are all state polls, therefore bad, and most of the results are within the margin of error. If will be interesting to see whether the verdict in Judge Merchan\u2019s court affects the polling, and if so, how. NOTE Sorry for the excess red dots; I can\u2019t seem to make them go away!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump courts rappers as surrogates for his campaign to win more voters of color\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-courts-rappers-surrogates-campaign-win-voters-color-rcna157972?cid=eml_nbcp_%7Bdate(%E2%80%98yyyyMMdd%E2%80%99)%7D&$3p=e_sailthru&_branch_match_id=1334552094905202763&utm_medium=Email%20Sailthru&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA1VN0W7DIAz8GvpGssGqJJOqaVPXt35DxAAlVglYBob693Uq7WGWdT6f7fNaCub3vo8\/NvqWO4PYBYi3XuOHUG8aT37OBkJZqR5YSAQLRBPmSuG07sdCfwp14WytdX82Nm2sYApQwGamLvGRk4Xqhtw+q7SpUsmS+KmnLHMlSospPktrNjSwRNkgyt9U9rFNIZEkG83rcZgGJfTFghP67Lcw82OchToOX44NmKiR4VsxjC8M03jnuF6d+y9P++oOw\/kBA8954AsBAAA=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u201cAt Donald Trump\u2019s Black voter outreach event at a Detroit church last weekend, the church\u2019s pastor and several prominent Black Republicans joined the former president onstage. So did another unlikelier figure: rapper Casada Sorrell, better known as Sada Baby. Most Republican voters may not be familiar with Sada Baby, but there\u2019s a good chance their kids are. In 2020, he went viral with his single \u2018Whole Lotta Choppas,\u2019 a pandemic mainstay on TikTok that was among the first viral records on the app. Years later, he sat onstage inches from Trump and said, \u2018He might be the first person to make me vote,\u2019 fueled in part by the mere fact that Trump\u2019s team reached out to him. \u2018Him reaching out showed me, like, some type of effort that another candidate hadn\u2019t shown ever,\u2019 Sorrell said, noting that Trump could have pursued a bigger Detroit name like rapper Eminem (a notorious critic of him)\u2026. And it\u2019s not a one-off move. As Trump works to court young voters of color, one strategy his campaign has pursued is to turn rap stars into surrogates, pursuing not only nationally renowned names but also smaller acts prominent in their local communities.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump praises Louisiana displaying Ten Commandments in public schools\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/21\/trump-ten-commandments-louisiana?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Axios<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018I love the Ten Commandments in public schools, private schools, and many other places,\u2019 Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Friday. \u2018This may be, in fact, the first major step in the revival of religion, which is desperately needed, in our country,\u2019 he added.\u201d \u2022 \u201cOur country.\u201d Trump\u2019s pandering. I have to say, I prefer the Trump 2016 campaign, a bunch of randos flying in Trump\u2019s plane, and Trump doing A\/B testing on the fly with the crowds. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump\u2019s Ground Game Is No Longer In Our Hearts\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/p\/trump-campaigns-get-out-the-vote-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Bulwark<\/a>]. \u201cFor months, Trump was criticized over his small staff and the Republican National Committee\u2019s layoffs and shuttered field offices. But since May, his campaign has quietly been in talks with more than three dozen conservative groups to outsource parts of its voter turnout operation. This would be a first-of-its-kind effort\u2026. It can all be financed with unlimited corporate dollars and untraceable dark money from political nonprofits that are otherwise off-limits to a federal campaign\u2026. This type of arrangement between federal campaigns and outside groups used to be forbidden, but the rules changed under a March 20 Federal Election Commission advisory opinion, sought by the Democratic group Texas Majority PAC and the Elias Law Group. That opinion may turn out to fundamentally change the way federal political campaigns mobilize voters for years to come. It was also a lifeline to the Trump campaign, which was hurting for cash and facing President Biden\u2019s mammoth operation, which has 150 field offices, 400 staffers, and a massive volunteer army across the battleground states.\u2019\u2026 \u2018After the Trump coup at the RNC, the question is whether the Trump campaign got caught flat-footed and were lucky to get bailed out by the FEC, or was this their plan all along to roll the dice and work with these groups like Turning Point on the ground?\u2019 the Republican consultant asked, cautioning that \u2018experience matters. Technology matters. Organization matters. And staff matters. You have to hire the right people and not a bunch of what we call \u2018carnies\u2019 who you just can\u2019t rely on.\u2019 In 2022, for instance, paid canvassers in Las Vegas were supposed to be knocking on doors but instead were discovered gambling eight miles away at Caesar\u2019s Palace casino, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/republicans-are-spending-millions-turnout-operations-are-deeply-flawed-rcna74920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an NBC News report<\/a> that detailed multiple Republican ground-game problems in Nevada and Georgia.\u201d \u2022 Elias Law Group, eh? Hard to believe they\u2019d bring a suit that would benefit Republicans more than Democrats. Three days later\u2013<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s Get-Out-The-Vote Plan is Bonkers\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2024\/06\/20\/donald-trumps-get-out-the-vote-plan-is-bonkers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Monthly<\/a>]. \u201cThe get-out-the-vote operations, the so-called \u2018ground game,\u2019 may determine the outcome in November. This is why it\u2019s bonkers that the Trump campaign has outsourced its ground game to far-right operators with no track record of success\u2026. Turning Point\u2019s reputation as a grifting operation seems deserved. A 2020 investigation by ProPublica found that \u2018three Turning Point insiders \u2026 won lucrative deals from the group to handle its printing, payroll processing and fundraising. The non-profit has also made misleading assertions about its finances to state and federal regulators.\u2019 An October 2023 Associated Press investigation found: \u2018The organization also enriched [Turning Point CEO Charlie] Kirk and his allies \u2026 top Turning Point officials collected pricey salaries, enjoyed lavish perks and steered at least $15.2 million to companies they, their friends and associates are affiliated with.\u2019 \u2026 According to Politico, Turning Point has filled \u2018a few dozen seats on the RNC with allies.\u2019 And Turning Point is now the central player in the Trump ground game.\u201d \u2022 Must be more to it than that, since Lara Trump is now head of the RNC.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s why shy Trump voters feel safe going public\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/heres-why-shy-trump-voters-feel-safe-going-public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>]. \u201cAlmost from the moment he descended the golden escalator nearly a decade ago, we have heard tell about the infamous \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shy Donald Trump voter<\/a>\u2018 lurking below the surface of public opinion\u2026. From the beginning, part of the magic of Trump\u2019s raucous rallies was that so many of his supporters who couldn\u2019t tell their friends and family were suddenly surrounded by a sea of like-minded Americans ready not just to vote but to party\u2026. But something has changed, from individuals to institutions, the stain of publicly standing up for Trump is all but gone, and in its place stands, not so much defiance, as the simple realization that Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/president-trump-fired-me-im-still-voting-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump was a competent president<\/a>, not a cartoon super villain\u2026. Trump has recently enjoyed high-profile fundraisers from high rollers in big oil and big tech who even four years ago might have shied away from such a MAGA spotlight. But no more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cPatrick Lawrence: Hunter Biden\u2019s Charge of Lying Under Oath\u201d [Patrick Lawrence, <a href=\"https:\/\/scheerpost.com\/2024\/06\/19\/patrick-lawrence-hunter-bidens-charge-of-lying-under-oath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ScheerPost<\/a>]. \u201cMore than two-thirds of Americans, according to a poll conducted earlier this year, think the House hearings should continue; half of these respondents \u2014 34 percent of those surveyed \u2014 \u2018think Joe Biden is guilty of corruption and should be impeached.\u2019 These figures cannot land as a surprise to anyone who has paid careful attention to the House hearings. Among much else, they have already produced substantive evidence establishing in considerable outline the operations of what is called, with justification, the Biden crime family: \u2014 Payments of $5 million each to Joe and Hunter Biden by Mykola Zlochevsky, the founding chairman of Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian gas company. Zlochevsky sought (and enjoyed) Vice\u2013President Biden\u2019s protection from Ukraine\u2019s chief prosecutor, who was investigating Burisma on charges on suspicion of extensive corruption. \u2014 Gross payments to the Biden family, chiefly Hunter and Joe\u2019s brother James, of more than $20 million during the years (2009\u20132017) when Joe was vice-president. \u2014 A dense network of 20\u2013odd shell companies the Biden family set up to disguise payments received from influence-peddling schemes Hunter conducted in Ukraine, Russia, China and elsewhere. \u2014 The detailed testimony, so far not credibly refuted, of government investigators \u2014 from the F.B.I. and the IRS \u2014 providing granular evidence of the Biden family\u2019s illegal financial operations.\u201d \u2022 Those are the first four items. There are more.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cBlack Voters in This City Could Determine 2024. And It\u2019s Not Looking Good for Biden\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/06\/21\/biden-black-voters-enthusiasm-gap-milwaukee-00163496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. Milwaukee. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/poll\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MLSP78CrosstabsLV.html#D1B:_Trump_vs_Biden,_leaners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Polls suggest<\/a> the president is trailing his 2020 performance in the city and surrounding county. In Wisconsin\u2019s April Democratic primary, his performance within the city limits lagged well behind the rest of the state\u2026. In traditionally Democratic redoubts, polls suggest alarmingly low levels of support among Black and Latino voters. In 2016, Hillary Clinton\u2019s underperformance in Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Detroit\u2019s Wayne County \u2014 the urban centers that power Democratic fortunes in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan \u2014 enabled Trump\u2019s surprise Rust Belt victories. This year, signs of a lack of enthusiasm for Biden in those places among Black voters is giving rise to fears of a repeat. In Wisconsin, there isn\u2019t much margin of error: The last two presidential elections here have been decided by less than 25,000 votes each. A low turnout among Black voters in Milwaukee \u2014 or a diminished winning margin for Biden \u2014 would deal a significant blow to his chances of carrying the state and its 10 electoral votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Debates: \u201cHillary Clinton: I\u2019ve Debated Trump and Biden. Here\u2019s What I\u2019m Watching For.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/dnyuz.com\/2024\/06\/25\/hillary-clinton-ive-debated-trump-and-biden-heres-what-im-watching-for\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. Clinton shills for her Broadway show right in the lead. I suppose that was only to be expected. More: \u201cI am the only person to have debated both men (Mr. Trump in 2016 and, in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary race, Senator Biden)\u2026. It is a waste of time to try to refute Mr. Trump\u2019s arguments like in a normal debate. It\u2019s nearly impossible to identify what his arguments even are. He starts with nonsense and then digresses into blather\u2026. These ploys will fall flat if President Biden is as direct and forceful as he was when engaging Republican hecklers at the State of the Union address in March. The president also has facts and truth on his side.\u201d Here\u2019s the one item that isn\u2019t boilerplate: \u201cUnfortunately, Mr. Biden starts from a disadvantage because there\u2019s no way he can spend as much time preparing as I did eight years ago. Being president isn\u2019t just a day job; it\u2019s an everything-everywhere-all-at-once job. Historically, that has led to weaker first debate performances for the incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>The Debates: \u201cBiden\u2019s high-stakes gamble risks everything \u2013 including his nomination \u2013 as he prepares for Trump debate\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/25\/opinion\/bidens-high-stakes-gamble-risks-everything-including-his-nomination-as-he-prepares-for-trump-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cWith his job and legacy on the line, Biden seized the moment to take a week off <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/25\/us-news\/trump-team-says-biden-will-probably-be-filled-with-adderall-at-presidential-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to prepare for his debate with Donald Trump<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>MO: \u201cWill Cori Bush be ousted like Bowman? New poll shows her opponent leading by one point\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/06\/26\/cori-bush-squad-primary-jamaal-bowman\/74215470007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">USA Today<\/a>]. \u201cThe poll, conducted by The Mellman Group between June 18 and June 22, found that St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell overcame a double-digit deficit in January to lead Bush 43% to 42%. Four percent of the survey respondents supported other candidates on the ballot while 11% were undecided. He has picked up support across various groups, the poll found, including among whites and Blacks, men and women and those under and over the age of 50. Bell also leads Bush in job performance and favorability ratings. Sixty-one percent of survey respondents gave Bell a positive rating on his job performance while only 49% gave Bush a positive rating. 60% of respondents are favorable towards Bush while 64% are favorable towards Bell.\u201d \u2022 MOE: 4.9%. That\u2019s a lot. <\/p>\n<p>MO: \u201cCori Bush claimed her faith healing helped a sick toddler walk, healed woman\u2019s tumors\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cori-bush-claimed-her-faith-healing-helped-sick-toddler-walk-healed-womans-tumors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>]. \u201cIn her 2022 autobiography \u2018The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America,\u2019 Bush wrote about her time working as a faith healer. During that time, the New York Post first reported she claimed that she had an almost supernatural ability within her to heal others. One instance included helping a disabled toddler to walk.\u201d \u2022 Better than the Brownstone Institute, I suppose\u2026. Or mainstream macro.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Campaign Finance<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBloomberg shells out millions to help Biden battle Trump in 2024 presidential election rematch\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bloomberg-shells-out-millions-help-biden-battle-trump-2024-presidential-election-rematch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>]. \u201cBloomberg, a one-time Republican turned independent turned Democrat, wrote a massive $19 million check to the Future Forward PAC, known as the FF PAC, which is the leading super PAC supporting Biden\u2019s bid for a second term in the White House. And Bloomberg, who briefly ran unsuccessfully against Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, also gave the maximum donation of $929,600 to the Biden Victory Fund, a fundraising committee that benefits the president\u2019s re-election campaign and various Democratic Party committees.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Funhouse<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRecent State Legislative Primaries Reveal a GOP at War with Itself\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.exposedbycmd.org\/2024\/06\/17\/recent-state-legislative-primaries-reveal-a-gop-at-war-with-itself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Center for Media and Democracy<\/a>]. \u201cIn Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, and South Carolina, obstructionists who are part of the State Freedom Caucus Network (SFCN) have fielded Republican primary candidates to oppose not just state legislative leaders, but also the candidates they backed. Three of the Republican governors in these states threw their weight behind moderates in contested legislative primaries, but in three states, GOP establishment leaders \u2014 a majority whip, a president pro tem, and an assistant majority leader \u2014 lost to these right-wing insurgents. Freedom caucuses in these and the seven other states SFCN lists among its members represent an extreme Right faction of the largely MAGA-dominated Republican Party that uses procedural measures in state legislatures to advance their culture war agenda, as the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) recently reported. These caucuses vary somewhat state by state, but in terms of policy they usually oppose gender-affirming care, Medicaid expansion, most taxation, and allowing public schools to teach about the history of racism in the U.S. Most favor increasing voting restrictions. They oppose Republicans working with Democrats on any issue, and label any legislators who do as \u2018RINOs\u2019\u2026 \u2018In every state where they appear, Freedom caucuses cause headaches for the so-called establishment Republicans in charge,\u201d according to a recent piece in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/politics\/freedom-caucuses-arent-just-for-congress-anymore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Governing<\/a>.\u201d \u2022 Nothing like this on the so-called left, how odd.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en D\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter Bernie\u201d [Ross Barkan, <a href=\"https:\/\/rosselliotbarkan.com\/p\/after-bernie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Political Currents<\/a>]. Concluding paragraph: \u201c[I]t\u2019s unlikely anyone on the left is currently capable of assembling a national coalition on the scale of what Sanders managed in 2016 or 2020. The political conditions have changed. More importantly, though, few leftist politicians have internalized the lessons Sanders taught, especially when he rose so rapidly in 2016. A winning coalition is a broad coalition. It is knit together around the issues that matter to the greatest number of people. It accounts for those who might fail some of the stricter ideological litmus tests. It is professional, serious, and not held prisoner by online culture. And it is devised, somehow, to seize the Democratic nomination in the manner Sanders, even at his strongest, never could. Sanders, in the Bronx last week, tried his best, hollering about the billionaire class, his voice cutting through the heat. He could only do so much, though, not running for president again\u2014and sans a genuine prot\u00e9g\u00e9.\u201d \u2022 Sad, and I mean this without irony. On the Bowman rally with Sanders and AOC:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ok besides what everyone else is saying already, this needs to be said by me. It has nothing to do with politics. It\u2019s about being decent human beings. <\/p>\n<p>If YOU organize an outdoor event in record breaking dangerous heat. YOU supply the water. You don\u2019t say \u201clol, bring water\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0npo8CRAfT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/0npo8CRAfT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 thomas \ud83d\udee0 (@t_NYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/t_NYC\/status\/1804336546360840245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Realignment and Legitimacy<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMonbiot has a change of heart on sortition\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/equalitybylot.com\/2024\/06\/19\/monbiot-has-a-change-of-heart-on-sortition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Equality by Lot<\/a>]. With quotes. \u201cHaving an advocate for sortition with the prominence of George Monbiot could be an important development. But it would be so only if Monbiot does not limit himself to a one-off article but rather makes sortition advocacy a central theme of his activism.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/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>Covid 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>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; 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. 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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>Look for the Helpers<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hopefully this will continue to be legal:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will be moving my mask distribution efforts to the University of Utah and Salt Lake City \ud83d\ude42 Hoping to continue as a COVID Safe Campus ambassador \ud83e\udd1e\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\ude37<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vanessa (graduation era)\ud83d\ude37 (@vanessainstem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vanessainstem\/status\/1804244150574870642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Transmission: H5N1<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBird flu leads to cancellation of 2024 Shiawassee County Fair dairy show\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/wwmt.com\/news\/state\/shiawassee-county-fair-2024-dairy-show-cancellation-cows-bird-flu-influenza-public-safety-dr-nora-wineland-community-event-entertainment-east-michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WWMT<\/a>]. \u201cDue to the \u2018highly pathogenic avian influenza,\u2019 or bird flu, organizers with the Shiawassee County Fair have canceled their 2024 dairy show. This comes after \u2018much\u2019 deliberation and consultation with Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, or MDARD, State Veterinarian Dr. Nora Wineland, according to organizers on Facebook.\u201d \u2022 Sensible.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maskstravaganza<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Variants: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p> Sequelae: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAntibodies from Long Covid patients prompt symptoms in mice\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/antibodies-long-covid-patients-prompt-symptoms-mice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Science<\/a>]. \u201cIn the quest to explain the symptoms of Long Covid, one suspect\u2014antibodies in the blood that target a patient\u2019s own tissues\u2014is getting extra scrutiny from two teams of scientists an ocean apart. Both groups injected mice with antibodies from the blood of people with Long Covid, the constellation of symptoms that sometimes persist for months or years after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. And in certain cases, they say, the rodents developed symptoms seemingly mirroring those of their human donors, in particular a heightened sensitivity to pain. Some scientists say these studies, one posted earlier this week, bolster the case for a dysfunctional immune system, triggered by a coronavirus infection, directly fueling Long Covid symptoms\u2014and open the door to potential new treatment trials\u2026. But although other researchers said the studies were elegantly done, and may offer novel mouse models of Long Covid, they are less certain about the bottom line. \u2018There\u2019s no uniform autoantibodies\u2019 in these groups of patients, says Avindra Nath, clinical director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.\u201d \u2022 Nevertheless, this suggests the existence of biomarkers. Maybe NIH should be looking for them\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow to Fix $1.6 Billion Long COVID Program: Experts Weigh In\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/how-fix-1-6-billion-long-covid-program-experts-weigh-2024a1000bs4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MedScape<\/a>]. \u201cWhen the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched a $1 billion dollar research effort in 2021 focused on long COVID, hopes were high that it would lead to some answers for the mysterious riddle of the complex condition. Now, more than 3 years later and with total funding of about $1.6 billion, critics contend the federal government has little to show for its efforts. Disappointment runs high among long COVID specialists and patients, who cite poor scientific coordination, few treatments that go beyond symptom management, and a lack of clinical trials focused on pharmaceutical interventions.\u201d More: \u201c[Grace McComsey, MD, who leads one of the 15 nationwide long COVID centers funded by RECOVER] admitted things aren\u2019t perfect but said that RECOVER has enrolled and retained nearly 20,000 people from an extremely diverse group of patients with nearly 18 papers that have been published or will be published soon. Clinical trials don\u2019t happen overnight, said McComsey, because you have to design the studies, enroll patients, and ensure their safety. \u2018No one else in the world is doing anything like this,\u2019 she said.\u201d \u2022 So <em>papers<\/em> are the metric?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Personal risk assessment:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CDC Immunology Webinar <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zyjycrtwYq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/zyjycrtwYq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Outbreak Updates (@outbreakupdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/outbreakupdates\/status\/1804973354732204317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"covid\"\/><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] (CDC) This week\u2019s wastewater map, with hot spots annotated. <\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.3 dominating.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) This is the best I can do for now. At least data for the entire pandemic is presented.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Now a jump, which <em>is<\/em> be compatible with a wastewater decrease, but still not a good feeling .(The New York city area has form; in 2020, as the home of two international airports (JFK and EWR) it was an important entry point for the virus into the country (and from thence up the Hudson River valley, as the rich sought to escape, and then around the country through air travel.)<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). This is the best I can do for now. Note the assumption that Covid is seasonal is built into the presentation. At least data for the entire pandemic is presented.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) 4.3%; big jump. (Because there is data in \u201ccurrent view\u201d tab, I think white states here have experienced \u201cno change,\u201d as opposed to have no data.)<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Still going up!<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Up. Those sh*theads at CDC have changed the chart so that it doesn\u2019t even run back to 1\/21\/23, as it used to, but now starts 1\/1\/24. There\u2019s also no way to adjust the time rasnge. CDC really doesn\u2019t want you to be able to take a historical view of the pandemic, or compare one surge to another. In an any case, that\u2019s why the shape of the curve has changed.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) Same deal. Those sh*theads. I\u2019m leaving this here for another week because I loathe them so much:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"544\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-272941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week.png 601w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, but positivity up.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are no official statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Tech: Go big or go home:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reminder that Aaron Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led to him taking his own life.<\/p>\n<p>But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UAE Exotic Falconry & Finance\ud80c\udd43 (@FalconryFinance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FalconryFinance\/status\/1804986218645803215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Tech: So now I suppose the insurgents will try to game the training sets:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2. McDonald’s \u2013 Chat GPT<\/p>\n<p>Principle: The Obvious Choice<\/p>\n<p>McDonald’s asking AI which is the most iconic burger.<\/p>\n<p>It was a Big Mac. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A3y7nvbC4X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/A3y7nvbC4X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Ad Professor (@The_AdProfessor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_AdProfessor\/status\/1805982063428067744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Tech: I don\u2019t know who asked for AI either:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1fM9YhrTKC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/1fM9YhrTKC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Vicious (@alleywaykrew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alleywaykrew\/status\/1804666677226799194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 41 Fear (previous close: 39 Fear) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 42 (Fear). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Jun 26 at 1:24:11 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople need this \u2018essential\u2019 cognitive ability\u2014and fewer have it than ever before, says psychologist: \u2018It\u2019s a major concern’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/06\/26\/technology-reliance-causes-loss-of-cognitive-ability-psychologist.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNBC<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018We are at risk of losing this essential capability that I call receptivity,\u2019 says Davis, the managing director of Toronto-based leadership consulting firm Russell Reynolds Associates. \u2018It\u2019s the ability to have good judgment, to have insight about people, and it\u2019s a major concern.\u2019 Technology, social media and artificial intelligence are to blame, Davis adds: People rely so much on their their phones that they\u2019re increasingly unable to make judgment calls on their own. \u2018It\u2019s a cognitive ability that you need to actually exercise in order to not lose it,\u2019 he says. Davis uses GPS as an example. People once used physical maps, or memory, to get to where they needed to go. Now, if your phone dies, you might find yourself lost more easily. \u2018What happens when Waze fails? When you don\u2019t have a cell signal? When we don\u2019t have ChatGPT?\u2019 says Davis. People\u2019s ability to talk to and connect with each other is similarly at risk, he says. \u2018If your head\u2019s in your phone, you\u2019re meeting people through Tinder profiles or you\u2019re basing your business decisions based purely on a resume and not really seeing or spending time with a person, you\u2019re losing your core human capability to have insight into other people,\u2019 says Davis.\u201d \u2022 That \u201cleadership consulting\u201d rubric gives me pause. But anyhow, what\u2019s the problem? \u201cInsight into other people\u201d is for sales and marketing, and that seems to be going OK!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Climate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"climate\"\/>News you can use:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The bubble wrap sticks via static whatever and creates extremely effective insulation between you and the outside world \u2013 not as good as new fancy double pane insulated glass, but pretty damn good for not much money. Plus it still allows light in and even gives you privacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Ellis (@jzellis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jzellis\/status\/1805394072074698829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Other parallel suggestions in the thread.<\/p>\n<p>Ka-ching:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We’re under contract to buy an $8m Louisiana RV park.<\/p>\n<p>The owner spent $9,500 each to add these covers to shade some pad sites.<\/p>\n<p>Covered sites are $1,150\/month.<br \/>Without a cover it’s $670\/month.<\/p>\n<p>Payback period is 19 months. You better believe we’ll be adding more of these! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uj7ZQIdhgO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Uj7ZQIdhgO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Koerner (@mhp_guy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mhp_guy\/status\/1804323654580183324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cColonel Sanders\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonel_Sanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>]. \u2022 The jobs Colonel Sanders had! Nothing like this today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings You Didn\u2019t Know About GNU Readline\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/twobithistory.org\/2019\/08\/22\/readline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TwoBit History<\/a>]. \u201d Lots of software depends on the GNU Readline library to implement functionality that users expect, but the functionality is so auxiliary and unobtrusive that I imagine few people stop to wonder where it comes from. GNU Readline was originally created in the 1980s by the Free Software Foundation. Today, it is an important if invisible part of everyone\u2019s computing infrastructure, maintained by a single volunteer.\u201d \u2022 Like so much else!<\/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\/06\/200pm-water-cooler-6-25-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From Clyde:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_1-rotated.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_2-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_2-rotated.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Clyde writes: \u201cAn old apple tree in east central NH. Looking at the trunk it\u2019s amazing that it\u2019s not only still alive but standing and producing apples. Plants and trees\u2019 efforts to keep surviving never cease to amaze me.\u201d<\/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 three or four days I get worried. More tangibly, a constant trickle of donations helps me with expenses, and I factor in that trickle when setting fundraising goals:<\/p>\n<p>Here is the screen that will appear, which I have helpfully annotated:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-226891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution.png 606w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you hate PayPal, you can email me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, and I will give you directions on how to send a check. 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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern), Lake Wales; Lake Kissimmee State Park, Polk, Florida, United States. \u201cOdd song type from conspicuous perch in wet meadow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#supremes\">Supreme Court decisions<\/a> (not immunity).<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#debates\"> The Debates<\/a>, pre-game analysis.<\/p>\n<p>(3) <a href=\"#climate\">Climate anecdotes and tips<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/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>The Supremes<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"supremes\"\/>\u201cSupreme Court rejects challenge to Biden admin\u2019s talk with social media companies\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/4740806-supreme-court-biden-social-media\/?email=752c6957690564bbc509bf21e6edf579db9a9d59&emaila=fc0db90741cc997a5ee8a3f016d32839&emailb=50d0c6cec4014a7cd030caaf9df1dadff9895296a6a738a1390a2243f0ce4663&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=06.26.24%20RS%20-%20Breaking%20Alert%20-%20Biden%20social%20media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201cThe 6-3 decision does not address the First Amendment issues at the center of the cases and instead denies the challenge filed by two Republican attorneys general and private parties by finding they didn\u2019t have legal standing to bring it. \u2018The plaintiffs, without any concrete link between their injuries and the defendants\u2019 conduct, ask us to conduct a review of the years-long communications between dozens of federal officials, across different agencies, with different social-media platforms, about different conduct,\u2019 Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority. \u2018This Court\u2019s standing doctrine prevents us from \u2018exercising such general legal oversight\u2019 of other branches of Government.’\u201d \u2022 The headline is a bit deceptive, since the Court remanded the case to the Fifth Circuit. But I don\u2019t know if the standing issue can be cured.<\/p>\n<p>When is a bribe not a bribe? When it\u2019s a gratuity!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Supreme Court’s second AND FINAL decision of the day is Snyder v. U.S. By a 6\u20133 vote, the conservative supermajority further weakens a federal statute guarding against corruption in government. All three liberals dissent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/90GL1SlWUH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/90GL1SlWUH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m5ydrH8ufM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/m5ydrH8ufM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mjs_DC\/status\/1805967724868206771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than a half 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> <a name=\"swing\"\/>Friday\u2019s RCP Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rcp_2024-06-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"1001\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-273727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rcp_2024-06-21.png 571w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rcp_2024-06-21-171x300.png 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>At this point, we should entertain the hypothesis that the Bragg verdict is a damp squib, unless Biden can somehow leverage it in the debate. 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>) still Brownian-motioning around. Of course, it goes without saying that these are all state polls, therefore bad, and most of the results are within the margin of error. If will be interesting to see whether the verdict in Judge Merchan\u2019s court affects the polling, and if so, how. NOTE Sorry for the excess red dots; I can\u2019t seem to make them go away!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump courts rappers as surrogates for his campaign to win more voters of color\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-courts-rappers-surrogates-campaign-win-voters-color-rcna157972?cid=eml_nbcp_%7Bdate(%E2%80%98yyyyMMdd%E2%80%99)%7D&$3p=e_sailthru&_branch_match_id=1334552094905202763&utm_medium=Email%20Sailthru&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA1VN0W7DIAz8GvpGssGqJJOqaVPXt35DxAAlVglYBob693Uq7WGWdT6f7fNaCub3vo8\/NvqWO4PYBYi3XuOHUG8aT37OBkJZqR5YSAQLRBPmSuG07sdCfwp14WytdX82Nm2sYApQwGamLvGRk4Xqhtw+q7SpUsmS+KmnLHMlSospPktrNjSwRNkgyt9U9rFNIZEkG83rcZgGJfTFghP67Lcw82OchToOX44NmKiR4VsxjC8M03jnuF6d+y9P++oOw\/kBA8954AsBAAA=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u201cAt Donald Trump\u2019s Black voter outreach event at a Detroit church last weekend, the church\u2019s pastor and several prominent Black Republicans joined the former president onstage. So did another unlikelier figure: rapper Casada Sorrell, better known as Sada Baby. Most Republican voters may not be familiar with Sada Baby, but there\u2019s a good chance their kids are. In 2020, he went viral with his single \u2018Whole Lotta Choppas,\u2019 a pandemic mainstay on TikTok that was among the first viral records on the app. Years later, he sat onstage inches from Trump and said, \u2018He might be the first person to make me vote,\u2019 fueled in part by the mere fact that Trump\u2019s team reached out to him. \u2018Him reaching out showed me, like, some type of effort that another candidate hadn\u2019t shown ever,\u2019 Sorrell said, noting that Trump could have pursued a bigger Detroit name like rapper Eminem (a notorious critic of him)\u2026. And it\u2019s not a one-off move. As Trump works to court young voters of color, one strategy his campaign has pursued is to turn rap stars into surrogates, pursuing not only nationally renowned names but also smaller acts prominent in their local communities.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump praises Louisiana displaying Ten Commandments in public schools\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/21\/trump-ten-commandments-louisiana?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Axios<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018I love the Ten Commandments in public schools, private schools, and many other places,\u2019 Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Friday. \u2018This may be, in fact, the first major step in the revival of religion, which is desperately needed, in our country,\u2019 he added.\u201d \u2022 \u201cOur country.\u201d Trump\u2019s pandering. I have to say, I prefer the Trump 2016 campaign, a bunch of randos flying in Trump\u2019s plane, and Trump doing A\/B testing on the fly with the crowds. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump\u2019s Ground Game Is No Longer In Our Hearts\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/p\/trump-campaigns-get-out-the-vote-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Bulwark<\/a>]. \u201cFor months, Trump was criticized over his small staff and the Republican National Committee\u2019s layoffs and shuttered field offices. But since May, his campaign has quietly been in talks with more than three dozen conservative groups to outsource parts of its voter turnout operation. This would be a first-of-its-kind effort\u2026. It can all be financed with unlimited corporate dollars and untraceable dark money from political nonprofits that are otherwise off-limits to a federal campaign\u2026. This type of arrangement between federal campaigns and outside groups used to be forbidden, but the rules changed under a March 20 Federal Election Commission advisory opinion, sought by the Democratic group Texas Majority PAC and the Elias Law Group. That opinion may turn out to fundamentally change the way federal political campaigns mobilize voters for years to come. It was also a lifeline to the Trump campaign, which was hurting for cash and facing President Biden\u2019s mammoth operation, which has 150 field offices, 400 staffers, and a massive volunteer army across the battleground states.\u2019\u2026 \u2018After the Trump coup at the RNC, the question is whether the Trump campaign got caught flat-footed and were lucky to get bailed out by the FEC, or was this their plan all along to roll the dice and work with these groups like Turning Point on the ground?\u2019 the Republican consultant asked, cautioning that \u2018experience matters. Technology matters. Organization matters. And staff matters. You have to hire the right people and not a bunch of what we call \u2018carnies\u2019 who you just can\u2019t rely on.\u2019 In 2022, for instance, paid canvassers in Las Vegas were supposed to be knocking on doors but instead were discovered gambling eight miles away at Caesar\u2019s Palace casino, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/republicans-are-spending-millions-turnout-operations-are-deeply-flawed-rcna74920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an NBC News report<\/a> that detailed multiple Republican ground-game problems in Nevada and Georgia.\u201d \u2022 Elias Law Group, eh? Hard to believe they\u2019d bring a suit that would benefit Republicans more than Democrats. Three days later\u2013<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s Get-Out-The-Vote Plan is Bonkers\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2024\/06\/20\/donald-trumps-get-out-the-vote-plan-is-bonkers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Monthly<\/a>]. \u201cThe get-out-the-vote operations, the so-called \u2018ground game,\u2019 may determine the outcome in November. This is why it\u2019s bonkers that the Trump campaign has outsourced its ground game to far-right operators with no track record of success\u2026. Turning Point\u2019s reputation as a grifting operation seems deserved. A 2020 investigation by ProPublica found that \u2018three Turning Point insiders \u2026 won lucrative deals from the group to handle its printing, payroll processing and fundraising. The non-profit has also made misleading assertions about its finances to state and federal regulators.\u2019 An October 2023 Associated Press investigation found: \u2018The organization also enriched [Turning Point CEO Charlie] Kirk and his allies \u2026 top Turning Point officials collected pricey salaries, enjoyed lavish perks and steered at least $15.2 million to companies they, their friends and associates are affiliated with.\u2019 \u2026 According to Politico, Turning Point has filled \u2018a few dozen seats on the RNC with allies.\u2019 And Turning Point is now the central player in the Trump ground game.\u201d \u2022 Must be more to it than that, since Lara Trump is now head of the RNC.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s why shy Trump voters feel safe going public\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/heres-why-shy-trump-voters-feel-safe-going-public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>]. \u201cAlmost from the moment he descended the golden escalator nearly a decade ago, we have heard tell about the infamous \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shy Donald Trump voter<\/a>\u2018 lurking below the surface of public opinion\u2026. From the beginning, part of the magic of Trump\u2019s raucous rallies was that so many of his supporters who couldn\u2019t tell their friends and family were suddenly surrounded by a sea of like-minded Americans ready not just to vote but to party\u2026. But something has changed, from individuals to institutions, the stain of publicly standing up for Trump is all but gone, and in its place stands, not so much defiance, as the simple realization that Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/president-trump-fired-me-im-still-voting-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump was a competent president<\/a>, not a cartoon super villain\u2026. Trump has recently enjoyed high-profile fundraisers from high rollers in big oil and big tech who even four years ago might have shied away from such a MAGA spotlight. But no more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cPatrick Lawrence: Hunter Biden\u2019s Charge of Lying Under Oath\u201d [Patrick Lawrence, <a href=\"https:\/\/scheerpost.com\/2024\/06\/19\/patrick-lawrence-hunter-bidens-charge-of-lying-under-oath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ScheerPost<\/a>]. \u201cMore than two-thirds of Americans, according to a poll conducted earlier this year, think the House hearings should continue; half of these respondents \u2014 34 percent of those surveyed \u2014 \u2018think Joe Biden is guilty of corruption and should be impeached.\u2019 These figures cannot land as a surprise to anyone who has paid careful attention to the House hearings. Among much else, they have already produced substantive evidence establishing in considerable outline the operations of what is called, with justification, the Biden crime family: \u2014 Payments of $5 million each to Joe and Hunter Biden by Mykola Zlochevsky, the founding chairman of Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian gas company. Zlochevsky sought (and enjoyed) Vice\u2013President Biden\u2019s protection from Ukraine\u2019s chief prosecutor, who was investigating Burisma on charges on suspicion of extensive corruption. \u2014 Gross payments to the Biden family, chiefly Hunter and Joe\u2019s brother James, of more than $20 million during the years (2009\u20132017) when Joe was vice-president. \u2014 A dense network of 20\u2013odd shell companies the Biden family set up to disguise payments received from influence-peddling schemes Hunter conducted in Ukraine, Russia, China and elsewhere. \u2014 The detailed testimony, so far not credibly refuted, of government investigators \u2014 from the F.B.I. and the IRS \u2014 providing granular evidence of the Biden family\u2019s illegal financial operations.\u201d \u2022 Those are the first four items. There are more.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cBlack Voters in This City Could Determine 2024. And It\u2019s Not Looking Good for Biden\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/06\/21\/biden-black-voters-enthusiasm-gap-milwaukee-00163496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. Milwaukee. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/poll\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MLSP78CrosstabsLV.html#D1B:_Trump_vs_Biden,_leaners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Polls suggest<\/a> the president is trailing his 2020 performance in the city and surrounding county. In Wisconsin\u2019s April Democratic primary, his performance within the city limits lagged well behind the rest of the state\u2026. In traditionally Democratic redoubts, polls suggest alarmingly low levels of support among Black and Latino voters. In 2016, Hillary Clinton\u2019s underperformance in Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Detroit\u2019s Wayne County \u2014 the urban centers that power Democratic fortunes in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan \u2014 enabled Trump\u2019s surprise Rust Belt victories. This year, signs of a lack of enthusiasm for Biden in those places among Black voters is giving rise to fears of a repeat. In Wisconsin, there isn\u2019t much margin of error: The last two presidential elections here have been decided by less than 25,000 votes each. A low turnout among Black voters in Milwaukee \u2014 or a diminished winning margin for Biden \u2014 would deal a significant blow to his chances of carrying the state and its 10 electoral votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Debates: \u201cHillary Clinton: I\u2019ve Debated Trump and Biden. Here\u2019s What I\u2019m Watching For.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/dnyuz.com\/2024\/06\/25\/hillary-clinton-ive-debated-trump-and-biden-heres-what-im-watching-for\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. Clinton shills for her Broadway show right in the lead. I suppose that was only to be expected. More: \u201cI am the only person to have debated both men (Mr. Trump in 2016 and, in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary race, Senator Biden)\u2026. It is a waste of time to try to refute Mr. Trump\u2019s arguments like in a normal debate. It\u2019s nearly impossible to identify what his arguments even are. He starts with nonsense and then digresses into blather\u2026. These ploys will fall flat if President Biden is as direct and forceful as he was when engaging Republican hecklers at the State of the Union address in March. The president also has facts and truth on his side.\u201d Here\u2019s the one item that isn\u2019t boilerplate: \u201cUnfortunately, Mr. Biden starts from a disadvantage because there\u2019s no way he can spend as much time preparing as I did eight years ago. Being president isn\u2019t just a day job; it\u2019s an everything-everywhere-all-at-once job. Historically, that has led to weaker first debate performances for the incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>The Debates: \u201cBiden\u2019s high-stakes gamble risks everything \u2013 including his nomination \u2013 as he prepares for Trump debate\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/25\/opinion\/bidens-high-stakes-gamble-risks-everything-including-his-nomination-as-he-prepares-for-trump-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cWith his job and legacy on the line, Biden seized the moment to take a week off <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/25\/us-news\/trump-team-says-biden-will-probably-be-filled-with-adderall-at-presidential-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to prepare for his debate with Donald Trump<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>MO: \u201cWill Cori Bush be ousted like Bowman? New poll shows her opponent leading by one point\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/06\/26\/cori-bush-squad-primary-jamaal-bowman\/74215470007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">USA Today<\/a>]. \u201cThe poll, conducted by The Mellman Group between June 18 and June 22, found that St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell overcame a double-digit deficit in January to lead Bush 43% to 42%. Four percent of the survey respondents supported other candidates on the ballot while 11% were undecided. He has picked up support across various groups, the poll found, including among whites and Blacks, men and women and those under and over the age of 50. Bell also leads Bush in job performance and favorability ratings. Sixty-one percent of survey respondents gave Bell a positive rating on his job performance while only 49% gave Bush a positive rating. 60% of respondents are favorable towards Bush while 64% are favorable towards Bell.\u201d \u2022 MOE: 4.9%. That\u2019s a lot. <\/p>\n<p>MO: \u201cCori Bush claimed her faith healing helped a sick toddler walk, healed woman\u2019s tumors\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cori-bush-claimed-her-faith-healing-helped-sick-toddler-walk-healed-womans-tumors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>]. \u201cIn her 2022 autobiography \u2018The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America,\u2019 Bush wrote about her time working as a faith healer. During that time, the New York Post first reported she claimed that she had an almost supernatural ability within her to heal others. One instance included helping a disabled toddler to walk.\u201d \u2022 Better than the Brownstone Institute, I suppose\u2026. Or mainstream macro.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Campaign Finance<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBloomberg shells out millions to help Biden battle Trump in 2024 presidential election rematch\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bloomberg-shells-out-millions-help-biden-battle-trump-2024-presidential-election-rematch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>]. \u201cBloomberg, a one-time Republican turned independent turned Democrat, wrote a massive $19 million check to the Future Forward PAC, known as the FF PAC, which is the leading super PAC supporting Biden\u2019s bid for a second term in the White House. And Bloomberg, who briefly ran unsuccessfully against Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, also gave the maximum donation of $929,600 to the Biden Victory Fund, a fundraising committee that benefits the president\u2019s re-election campaign and various Democratic Party committees.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Funhouse<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRecent State Legislative Primaries Reveal a GOP at War with Itself\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.exposedbycmd.org\/2024\/06\/17\/recent-state-legislative-primaries-reveal-a-gop-at-war-with-itself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Center for Media and Democracy<\/a>]. \u201cIn Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, and South Carolina, obstructionists who are part of the State Freedom Caucus Network (SFCN) have fielded Republican primary candidates to oppose not just state legislative leaders, but also the candidates they backed. Three of the Republican governors in these states threw their weight behind moderates in contested legislative primaries, but in three states, GOP establishment leaders \u2014 a majority whip, a president pro tem, and an assistant majority leader \u2014 lost to these right-wing insurgents. Freedom caucuses in these and the seven other states SFCN lists among its members represent an extreme Right faction of the largely MAGA-dominated Republican Party that uses procedural measures in state legislatures to advance their culture war agenda, as the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) recently reported. These caucuses vary somewhat state by state, but in terms of policy they usually oppose gender-affirming care, Medicaid expansion, most taxation, and allowing public schools to teach about the history of racism in the U.S. Most favor increasing voting restrictions. They oppose Republicans working with Democrats on any issue, and label any legislators who do as \u2018RINOs\u2019\u2026 \u2018In every state where they appear, Freedom caucuses cause headaches for the so-called establishment Republicans in charge,\u201d according to a recent piece in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/politics\/freedom-caucuses-arent-just-for-congress-anymore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Governing<\/a>.\u201d \u2022 Nothing like this on the so-called left, how odd.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en D\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter Bernie\u201d [Ross Barkan, <a href=\"https:\/\/rosselliotbarkan.com\/p\/after-bernie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Political Currents<\/a>]. Concluding paragraph: \u201c[I]t\u2019s unlikely anyone on the left is currently capable of assembling a national coalition on the scale of what Sanders managed in 2016 or 2020. The political conditions have changed. More importantly, though, few leftist politicians have internalized the lessons Sanders taught, especially when he rose so rapidly in 2016. A winning coalition is a broad coalition. It is knit together around the issues that matter to the greatest number of people. It accounts for those who might fail some of the stricter ideological litmus tests. It is professional, serious, and not held prisoner by online culture. And it is devised, somehow, to seize the Democratic nomination in the manner Sanders, even at his strongest, never could. Sanders, in the Bronx last week, tried his best, hollering about the billionaire class, his voice cutting through the heat. He could only do so much, though, not running for president again\u2014and sans a genuine prot\u00e9g\u00e9.\u201d \u2022 Sad, and I mean this without irony. On the Bowman rally with Sanders and AOC:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ok besides what everyone else is saying already, this needs to be said by me. It has nothing to do with politics. It\u2019s about being decent human beings. <\/p>\n<p>If YOU organize an outdoor event in record breaking dangerous heat. YOU supply the water. You don\u2019t say \u201clol, bring water\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0npo8CRAfT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/0npo8CRAfT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 thomas \ud83d\udee0 (@t_NYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/t_NYC\/status\/1804336546360840245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Realignment and Legitimacy<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMonbiot has a change of heart on sortition\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/equalitybylot.com\/2024\/06\/19\/monbiot-has-a-change-of-heart-on-sortition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Equality by Lot<\/a>]. With quotes. \u201cHaving an advocate for sortition with the prominence of George Monbiot could be an important development. But it would be so only if Monbiot does not limit himself to a one-off article but rather makes sortition advocacy a central theme of his activism.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/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>Covid 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>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; 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>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>Look for the Helpers<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hopefully this will continue to be legal:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will be moving my mask distribution efforts to the University of Utah and Salt Lake City \ud83d\ude42 Hoping to continue as a COVID Safe Campus ambassador \ud83e\udd1e\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\ude37<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vanessa (graduation era)\ud83d\ude37 (@vanessainstem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vanessainstem\/status\/1804244150574870642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Transmission: H5N1<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBird flu leads to cancellation of 2024 Shiawassee County Fair dairy show\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/wwmt.com\/news\/state\/shiawassee-county-fair-2024-dairy-show-cancellation-cows-bird-flu-influenza-public-safety-dr-nora-wineland-community-event-entertainment-east-michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WWMT<\/a>]. \u201cDue to the \u2018highly pathogenic avian influenza,\u2019 or bird flu, organizers with the Shiawassee County Fair have canceled their 2024 dairy show. This comes after \u2018much\u2019 deliberation and consultation with Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, or MDARD, State Veterinarian Dr. Nora Wineland, according to organizers on Facebook.\u201d \u2022 Sensible.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maskstravaganza<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Variants: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p> Sequelae: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAntibodies from Long Covid patients prompt symptoms in mice\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/antibodies-long-covid-patients-prompt-symptoms-mice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Science<\/a>]. \u201cIn the quest to explain the symptoms of Long Covid, one suspect\u2014antibodies in the blood that target a patient\u2019s own tissues\u2014is getting extra scrutiny from two teams of scientists an ocean apart. Both groups injected mice with antibodies from the blood of people with Long Covid, the constellation of symptoms that sometimes persist for months or years after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. And in certain cases, they say, the rodents developed symptoms seemingly mirroring those of their human donors, in particular a heightened sensitivity to pain. Some scientists say these studies, one posted earlier this week, bolster the case for a dysfunctional immune system, triggered by a coronavirus infection, directly fueling Long Covid symptoms\u2014and open the door to potential new treatment trials\u2026. But although other researchers said the studies were elegantly done, and may offer novel mouse models of Long Covid, they are less certain about the bottom line. \u2018There\u2019s no uniform autoantibodies\u2019 in these groups of patients, says Avindra Nath, clinical director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.\u201d \u2022 Nevertheless, this suggests the existence of biomarkers. Maybe NIH should be looking for them\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow to Fix $1.6 Billion Long COVID Program: Experts Weigh In\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/how-fix-1-6-billion-long-covid-program-experts-weigh-2024a1000bs4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MedScape<\/a>]. \u201cWhen the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched a $1 billion dollar research effort in 2021 focused on long COVID, hopes were high that it would lead to some answers for the mysterious riddle of the complex condition. Now, more than 3 years later and with total funding of about $1.6 billion, critics contend the federal government has little to show for its efforts. Disappointment runs high among long COVID specialists and patients, who cite poor scientific coordination, few treatments that go beyond symptom management, and a lack of clinical trials focused on pharmaceutical interventions.\u201d More: \u201c[Grace McComsey, MD, who leads one of the 15 nationwide long COVID centers funded by RECOVER] admitted things aren\u2019t perfect but said that RECOVER has enrolled and retained nearly 20,000 people from an extremely diverse group of patients with nearly 18 papers that have been published or will be published soon. Clinical trials don\u2019t happen overnight, said McComsey, because you have to design the studies, enroll patients, and ensure their safety. \u2018No one else in the world is doing anything like this,\u2019 she said.\u201d \u2022 So <em>papers<\/em> are the metric?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Personal risk assessment:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CDC Immunology Webinar <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zyjycrtwYq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/zyjycrtwYq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Outbreak Updates (@outbreakupdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/outbreakupdates\/status\/1804973354732204317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"covid\"\/><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] (CDC) This week\u2019s wastewater map, with hot spots annotated. <\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.3 dominating.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) This is the best I can do for now. At least data for the entire pandemic is presented.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Now a jump, which <em>is<\/em> be compatible with a wastewater decrease, but still not a good feeling .(The New York city area has form; in 2020, as the home of two international airports (JFK and EWR) it was an important entry point for the virus into the country (and from thence up the Hudson River valley, as the rich sought to escape, and then around the country through air travel.)<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). This is the best I can do for now. Note the assumption that Covid is seasonal is built into the presentation. At least data for the entire pandemic is presented.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) 4.3%; big jump. (Because there is data in \u201ccurrent view\u201d tab, I think white states here have experienced \u201cno change,\u201d as opposed to have no data.)<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Still going up!<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Up. Those sh*theads at CDC have changed the chart so that it doesn\u2019t even run back to 1\/21\/23, as it used to, but now starts 1\/1\/24. There\u2019s also no way to adjust the time rasnge. CDC really doesn\u2019t want you to be able to take a historical view of the pandemic, or compare one surge to another. In an any case, that\u2019s why the shape of the curve has changed.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) Same deal. Those sh*theads. I\u2019m leaving this here for another week because I loathe them so much:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"544\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-272941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week.png 601w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, but positivity up.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are no official statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Tech: Go big or go home:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reminder that Aaron Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led to him taking his own life.<\/p>\n<p>But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UAE Exotic Falconry & Finance\ud80c\udd43 (@FalconryFinance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FalconryFinance\/status\/1804986218645803215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Tech: So now I suppose the insurgents will try to game the training sets:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2. McDonald’s \u2013 Chat GPT<\/p>\n<p>Principle: The Obvious Choice<\/p>\n<p>McDonald’s asking AI which is the most iconic burger.<\/p>\n<p>It was a Big Mac. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A3y7nvbC4X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/A3y7nvbC4X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Ad Professor (@The_AdProfessor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_AdProfessor\/status\/1805982063428067744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Tech: I don\u2019t know who asked for AI either:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1fM9YhrTKC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/1fM9YhrTKC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Vicious (@alleywaykrew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alleywaykrew\/status\/1804666677226799194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 41 Fear (previous close: 39 Fear) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 42 (Fear). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Jun 26 at 1:24:11 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople need this \u2018essential\u2019 cognitive ability\u2014and fewer have it than ever before, says psychologist: \u2018It\u2019s a major concern’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/06\/26\/technology-reliance-causes-loss-of-cognitive-ability-psychologist.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNBC<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018We are at risk of losing this essential capability that I call receptivity,\u2019 says Davis, the managing director of Toronto-based leadership consulting firm Russell Reynolds Associates. \u2018It\u2019s the ability to have good judgment, to have insight about people, and it\u2019s a major concern.\u2019 Technology, social media and artificial intelligence are to blame, Davis adds: People rely so much on their their phones that they\u2019re increasingly unable to make judgment calls on their own. \u2018It\u2019s a cognitive ability that you need to actually exercise in order to not lose it,\u2019 he says. Davis uses GPS as an example. People once used physical maps, or memory, to get to where they needed to go. Now, if your phone dies, you might find yourself lost more easily. \u2018What happens when Waze fails? When you don\u2019t have a cell signal? When we don\u2019t have ChatGPT?\u2019 says Davis. People\u2019s ability to talk to and connect with each other is similarly at risk, he says. \u2018If your head\u2019s in your phone, you\u2019re meeting people through Tinder profiles or you\u2019re basing your business decisions based purely on a resume and not really seeing or spending time with a person, you\u2019re losing your core human capability to have insight into other people,\u2019 says Davis.\u201d \u2022 That \u201cleadership consulting\u201d rubric gives me pause. But anyhow, what\u2019s the problem? \u201cInsight into other people\u201d is for sales and marketing, and that seems to be going OK!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Climate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"climate\"\/>News you can use:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The bubble wrap sticks via static whatever and creates extremely effective insulation between you and the outside world \u2013 not as good as new fancy double pane insulated glass, but pretty damn good for not much money. Plus it still allows light in and even gives you privacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Ellis (@jzellis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jzellis\/status\/1805394072074698829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Other parallel suggestions in the thread.<\/p>\n<p>Ka-ching:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We’re under contract to buy an $8m Louisiana RV park.<\/p>\n<p>The owner spent $9,500 each to add these covers to shade some pad sites.<\/p>\n<p>Covered sites are $1,150\/month.<br \/>Without a cover it’s $670\/month.<\/p>\n<p>Payback period is 19 months. You better believe we’ll be adding more of these! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uj7ZQIdhgO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Uj7ZQIdhgO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Koerner (@mhp_guy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mhp_guy\/status\/1804323654580183324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cColonel Sanders\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonel_Sanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>]. \u2022 The jobs Colonel Sanders had! Nothing like this today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings You Didn\u2019t Know About GNU Readline\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/twobithistory.org\/2019\/08\/22\/readline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TwoBit History<\/a>]. \u201d Lots of software depends on the GNU Readline library to implement functionality that users expect, but the functionality is so auxiliary and unobtrusive that I imagine few people stop to wonder where it comes from. GNU Readline was originally created in the 1980s by the Free Software Foundation. Today, it is an important if invisible part of everyone\u2019s computing infrastructure, maintained by a single volunteer.\u201d \u2022 Like so much else!<\/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\/06\/200pm-water-cooler-6-25-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From Clyde:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_1-rotated.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_2-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_2-rotated.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/apple_2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Clyde writes: \u201cAn old apple tree in east central NH. Looking at the trunk it\u2019s amazing that it\u2019s not only still alive but standing and producing apples. Plants and trees\u2019 efforts to keep surviving never cease to amaze me.\u201d<\/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 three or four days I get worried. 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