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By Lambert Strether of Corrente<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nBird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, 138 Captains Dr, West Babylon, Suffolk, New York, United States. \u201cSinging from a rooftop. Mimicry includes Black-capped Chickadee, Killdeer, Carolina Wren, Northern Flicker, American Robin (call), Blue Jay, and possibly a few others of lesser fidelity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#twentyfifth\">Impeachment articles against Harris<\/a> (frivolous).<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#harris\">How Harris grabbed Biden\u2019s war chest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(3) <a href=\"#goog\">Only Google can search Reddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(4) <a href=\"#wheel\">The wheel of emotions<\/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 Constitutional Order (Immunity)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s Going On in Footnote 3?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawfaremedia.org\/article\/what-s-going-on-in-footnote-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lawfare<\/a>]. \u201cIn practical terms, the matter is important because it might\u2014and we must stress might\u2014open up a loophole in the Court\u2019s opinion that Special Counsel Jack Smith could exploit on remand to one degree or another.\u201d \u2022 I\u2019ve gotta admit, my eyes glazed over on this one. However, if Lawfare is signaling Smith, we can expect the issue to come up. For now, just remember the words \u201cFootnote 3.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"twentyfifth \"\/>The Constitutional Order (Twenty-Fifth Amendment)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTennessee Republican files articles of impeachment against Harris\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4788663-andy-ogles-impeachment-articles-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201cRep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) filed articles of impeachment against Vice President Harris on Tuesday, as Republicans ramp up attacks while she launches a presidential campaign\u2026. The filing expands on previously introduced articles that target Harris\u2019s record on immigration\u2026 He added a second article in the new filing, which claims Harris covered up President Biden\u2019s mental well-being, constituting a \u2018breach of public trust.’\u201d \u2022 I don\u2019t the immigration stuff is impeachable, so I\u2019ll skip that part. But here are Ogle\u2019 articles of impeachment, and here is the Twenty-Fifth Amendment section, which I have helpfully annotated:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris_impeachment_article_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"838\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris_impeachment_article_2.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris_impeachment_article_2-179x300.png 179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[1] I don\u2019t think failing to act upon a putative \u201cmoral obligation\u201d is an impeachable offense \u201cTreason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors\u201d).Here once again is the relevant part of the Twenty Fifth Amendment:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Twenty Fifth Amendment gives the Vice President (Kamala) the <em>power<\/em> to \u201cdeclare\u201d \u201cthat the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,\u201d but it imposes no duty to do so. \u201cMoral obligation\u201d or no, there\u2019s no <em>Constitutional<\/em> obligation.<\/p>\n<p>[2] So what?<\/p>\n<p>[3] \u201cBreaches of public trust\u201d, \u201cfailing basic expectations,\u201d and \u201clack of integrity\u201d are not high crimes and misdeameanors either. Nor are they rare in Our Nation\u2019s Capital. \u201cUse every man after his desert, and who shall \u2018scape whipping?\u201d \u2013William Shakespeare, Hamlet. <\/p>\n<p>This is frivolous, and it\u2019s no wonder the leadership doesn\u2019t support it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than four months 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RCP<\/a> Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"1172\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-19.png 618w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-19-158x300.png 158w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-19-540x1024.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Virginia and North Carolina added to the list. NC was never going for <del>Biden<\/del> Harris, but Virginia? Yikes! <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"defenestration\"\/>Biden Defenestration:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden was deathly pale\u2026 Air Force One was flying so fast I felt sick: Daily Mail\u2019s reporter on board reveals the incredible inside story of the mad rush to get Joe to Covid isolation \u2013 and why she feared for him\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13664787\/Biden-deathly-Air-Force-One-covid-isolation-secret-rush.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. \u201cWhen [Biden] finally stepped through the door, his appearance was shocking. He looked pale, weak, exhausted and shuffled slowly across the room. \u2018He looks bad,\u2019 one reporter muttered. We all agreed. [Unmasked,] Biden greeted [and potentially infected] the patrons, shaking hands with families at three different tables and posing for selfies. Finally, a colleague got wind of a tip. The president\u2019s next scheduled event at UnidosUS had been canceled. \u2018Biden has COVID,\u2019 my colleague shouted. Moments later, we could see Karine Jean-Pierre and other senior Biden staff piling into their vans. Once he was on board, we reporters rushed to find our seats in the back of the plane. And nearly from the moment we lifted off the runway, the fuselage began to shake. It\u2019s not entirely uncommon for Air Force One pilots to drop the hammer. President Trump routinely asked his crew to cut down flight times by going faster. But this break-neck speed was unusual for President Biden\u2026. The normal flight time from Vegas to Delaware is around four and a half hours. We made the trip in three hours and 48 minutes.\u201d \u2022 Hmm. Makes you wonder if there were any sequelae from his previous two infections (that we know of).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden\u2019s COVID Hubris is the Nail in His Re-Elect Coffin\u201d [Julia Doubleday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegauntlet.news\/p\/joe-bidens-covid-hubris-is-the-nail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Gauntlet<\/a> (PI)]. \u201cThe truth is that to the DC machine, Joe was, just like the rest of us, ultimately disposable. He served his purpose by serving capital; his maskless face as an elderly man in public was the ultimate propaganda for the disappearance of the virus that ended his career as surely as he claimed to have ended it. He gave his career, his body and his mind to advance the interests of the ruling class, to the detriment of us all. They say life\u2019s a beach, Joe. I guess it is for you, now.\u201d \u2022 He claimed to have ended Covid. Then Covid ended him.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"trail\"\/><em><strong>The Campaign Trail<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"harris\"\/>Trump (R): \u201cBiden dropped his reelection plans. What happens to his campaign war chest?\u201d (interview) [Sean Cooksey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/07\/22\/nx-s1-5048037\/biden-dropped-his-reelection-plans-what-happens-to-his-campaign-war-chest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NPR<\/a>]. Cooksey is the Republican Chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). \u201cWell, I think it\u2019s really complicated, is the short answer. I mean, we take a step back to consider the situation \u2013 this is really unprecedented in terms of modern political history, and certainly in terms of campaign finance law. We have a presidential nominee or a presumptive nominee dropping out just weeks before his party convention. And he\u2019s \u2013 what he\u2019s attempting to do is to give his entire committee, the cash and all the assets\u2026. [o]ver to another person.\u201d <strong>Q: We get that. So can she use that money?<\/strong> Well, again, I think it\u2019s going to have to go through a process through the FEC. I think I expect there\u2019s going to be probably challenges to that at the agency and probably in the courts, as well\u2026 Yeah. I think there\u2019s a number of different avenues that I could expect different parties to challenge this attempted transfer, this attempted change to the presidential committees. There\u2019s a process in which private parties can file complaints with the Federal Election Commission. There\u2019s also a process in which they prospectively ask for advisory opinions. One of the problems with those processes is they can take a lot of time, and we don\u2019t have a lot of time until the election, I think we\u2019re at 106 days out. And so I think there\u2019s going to be a lot of challenges in the courts as well.\u201d \u2022 Whether or not there are grounds for injunction, I don\u2019t know. (Though now I wonder if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/07\/200pm-water-cooler-7-23-2024.html#rollout\">redirecting Biden\u2019s site to ActBlue immediately upon his defenestration<\/a> is one of the moving parts here.) Cooksey tweeted the relevant campaign finance law:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">11 C.F.R. \u00a7 110.1(b)(3):<\/p>\n<p>“If the candidate is not a candidate in the general election, all contributions made for the general election shall be either returned or refunded to the contributors or redesignated \u2026, or reattributed \u2026, as appropriate.”<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Cooksey (@SeanJCooksey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanJCooksey\/status\/1815089842365321563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And got a nastygram in return:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">House Democrats are now trying to silence me as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FEC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@FEC<\/a> Chairman for raising questions about President Biden giving VP Harris all of his campaign cash. All I did was quote federal regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Why are Democrats afraid of the law? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pYPJOSkPbh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/pYPJOSkPbh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Cooksey (@SeanJCooksey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanJCooksey\/status\/1815819368896307638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t actually have even the sketchiest sort of evidence of Biden \u201cgiving\u201d Harris \u201call his campaign cash.\u201d Would a digitally signed Tweet be sufficient? Surely not. It seems that Harris just took it; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/07\/200pm-water-cooler-7-23-2024.html#rollout\">the process <em>did<\/em> seem a bit brusque<\/a>. I think the matter turns on the two words \u201credesignated\u201d or \u201creattributed\u201d in 11 C.F.R. \u00a7 110.1. I am not a campaign finance law maven, but if either implies a <em>process<\/em> at the FEC, potential litigants might have a point (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brendan_fischer\/status\/1815770157895053439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">based on strict textual reading<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden-Harris campaigns could have asked for an expedited legal advisory opinion from the FEC before acting. Given the unprecedented nature of the situation, that would have been the ethical thing to do. Instead, they took advantage of the slow timeline to resolve complaints\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraPowellEsq\/status\/1815916058748068213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And now\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump campaign files complaint with FEC seeking to keep Biden from transferring campaign funds to Harris\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-campaign-complaint-fec-prevent-biden-funds-transfer-harris\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=519641524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS<\/a>]. \u201cThe Trump campaign\u2019s general counsel, David Warrington, accuses them of \u201cfiling fraudulent forms with the Commission purporting to repurpose one candidate\u2019s principal campaign committee for the use of another candidate,\u201d claiming that Harris simply replaced Biden\u2019s name with her own rather than filing her own Statement of Candidacy. \u2018There is no provision in federal campaign finance law for Kamala Harris to take over Joe Biden\u2019s candidacy now by quite literally attempting to become him via an amendment of his Form 2, assuming control of his campaign by amending Form 1, and making off with all of his cash,\u2019 wrote Warrington.\u201d Scratch out \u201ccat\u201d and write in \u201cdog.\u201d More: \u201cHans von Spakovsky, a former member of the Federal Election Commission, said in a Fox News op-ed published Sunday that if Harris becomes the presidential nominee, she would get access to the campaign cash. \u2018When the Biden for President Committee filed its registration statement with the FEC, it registered itself as the \u2018principal campaign committee\u2019 for both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,\u2019 he wrote.\u201d \u2022 But surely that\u2019s stupid? Biden and Harris were running for diffferent offices! <\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cSecret Service urging Trump campaign to stop holding outdoor rallies: Report\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/americas\/secret-service-urging-trump-campaign-to-stop-holding-outdoor-rallies-report\/3283680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anadolu Agency<\/a>]. \u201c\u2026 or we can do it the hard way\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: I remember all those kids in 2008, \u201cfired up and ready to go,\u201d scripts memorized, knocking on doors. Sixteen years later, those kids are drowning in college debt, can\u2019t buy their starter home, and are seeing their paychecks shrink, mostly because the object of their adoration put the banksters back in charge after the Great Financial Crash. Here we go again, except some of those listed below should know better:<\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (1):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Switching to Kamala has, for some reason, allowed every Democrat to just focus solely on the fact that they fucking hate Donald Trump, intraparty differences don\u2019t matter, he must lose again no matter what, and its unleashed an energy I\u2019ve just never seen in politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conor Rogers (@conorjrogers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/conorjrogers\/status\/1815794300044587320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (2):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m ugly crying. I love her so much. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Harris2024?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#Harris2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alyssa_Milano\/status\/1815822785563992495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (3):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watching Kamala speak just now with my young daughter gave me goosebumps and made me tear up. I can’t think of a more perfect human being who would be more perfect for POTUS at this exact time. I’m so fuckin proud. I am so excited for my baby to have this role model. \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kimmy \ud83d\udcda\ud83d\udcd3\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\uddf3\ufe0f\ud83c\udf0a\ud83d\udfe6 (@KimKimmmmay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimKimmmmay\/status\/1815511787498086771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (4), \u201cThings that did not happen\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vsAqdVZMHk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/vsAqdVZMHk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel (@growing_daniel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/growing_daniel\/status\/1815921735449141586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (5):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I remember hearing some white corporate lady on Clubhouse back in the day, just in absolute ecstasy cheering on some black lady letting off steam about the Current Thing \u2014 “you tell it, sister!” “I’m here for it!” and realized this phenomenon is totally real.<\/p>\n<p>It was one of the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mTNgY367qS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/mTNgY367qS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wesley Yang (@wesyang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wesyang\/status\/1815913184630562857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (6):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Holy cow. Completely packed stadium for VP Kamala Harris on her first campaign stop as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in Wisconsin right now. People are so fired up, energized, and ready to support Kamala Harris. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8zPrrqLPYd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/8zPrrqLPYd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Victor Shi (@Victorshi2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Victorshi2020\/status\/1815815812143538616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This is not a \u201cstadium.\u201d It\u2019s an auditorium. And \u201calways hire a hall that\u2019s too small\u201d (meaning Kamala has a good advance team (as long as she can keep them)).<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s TikTok:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This has a million likes on TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1OmAWVge1w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/1OmAWVge1w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 umichvoter \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83e\udd65\ud83c\udf34 (@umichvoter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/umichvoter\/status\/1815760800356630957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>But remember TikTok is absolutely not organic:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Very interesting that TikTok is aggressively laundering and rehabilitating Kamala Harris\u2019s image. <\/p>\n<p>Remember that anything that trends on that platform is essentially \u201callowed\u201d to trend. Nothing really is organic. <\/p>\n<p>If TikTok can transform Kamala\u2019s image from cringe to cool in 24\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bcoNorRsrD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/bcoNorRsrD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsMelChen\/status\/1815886579052732544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurprise Lilies\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/sarahkendzior.substack.com\/p\/surprise-lilies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sarah Kendzior\u2019s Newsletter<\/a>]. I don\u2019t think much of Kendzior, for reasons the rest of the article would show, but this rings true: \u201cMany Americans have spent the past eight years joining political cults: a common phenomenon in flawed democracies turning into autocracies. Americans must reject cult logic if we want our nation to survive. This includes not building a political cult around Kamala Harris. A campaign is different than a cult. It is one thing to back a candidate and cheer them on. It is another to submit to a mindset of fear, deference, and servitude; to browbeat fellow voters offering constructive criticism; and to proclaim a politician\u2019s every puzzling move either an Act of God or evidence of a Secret Noble Plan. Americans created cults around Trump, Mueller, Garland, Pelosi, Garland, Fauci, \u201cQ\u201d, and Biden, among others, to the detriment of our nation\u2019s health and to the benefit of grifters\u2019 wallets.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Remember when liberal Democrats were naming their dogs after Mueller? The Fauci votive candles?<\/p>\n<p>Non-cult member (1):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Beyonc\u00e9 went from having black panther dancers at the superbowl to licensing her music to a cop. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wa6aeIeJNv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wa6aeIeJNv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briebriejoy\/status\/1815929048184275163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Non-cult member (2):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OH WELL<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joseph N. DiStefano (@PhillyJoeD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyJoeD\/status\/1815758258092560476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/former-attorney-general-holder-vet-harriss-potential-running-mates-sources-2024-07-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Exclusive: Former attorney general Holder to vet Harris\u2019 potential running mates<\/a> Reuters.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>MI: Well, so much for Muslim vote:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichiganDems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@MichiganDems<\/a> presidential endorsement call, I was speaking up for the 101k Michigan Uncommitted voters who want our Party to adopt a more humane Gaza policy when a fellow DNC delegate unmuted to say “shut up, asshole.”<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abbas Alawieh (@AZAlawieh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AZAlawieh\/status\/1815943797483921809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Michigan Uncommitted voters are now demanding a meeting with Harris.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>That was then, this is now:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2021: Media reports on Biden asking Kamala to be border czar <\/p>\n<p>2024: Media says Biden never asked Kamala to be border czar <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jdlAQSB8vz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/jdlAQSB8vz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul A. Szypula \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Bubblebathgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bubblebathgirl\/status\/1816113313484357742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Pack journalism:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remarkable. <\/p>\n<p>Two different AP News streams, both on the same day, with radically different results. <\/p>\n<p>After Joe Biden dropped out of the race, Robert F. Kennedy immediately scheduled a press conference to reassure the American people. <\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden did not. <\/p>\n<p>However, AP News DID\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NTn27YAWRT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/NTn27YAWRT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lauren Lee (@sheislaurenlee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sheislaurenlee\/status\/1815738780667539934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/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:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" 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, KF, 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>Transmission: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPrevalence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in saliva, stool, and urine samples of COVID-19 patients in Bihar, India Open Access\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microbiologyresearch.org\/content\/journal\/acmi\/10.1099\/acmi.0.000693.v4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Microbiology Research<\/a>]. From the Abstract: \u201cBesides inhalation as a route for transmission, feco-oral has also been proposed. Its transmission to sewage systems is a growing public health issue\u2026. This cross-sectional observational study was conducted from January 2021 to March 2022 on human non-respiratory samples. A total of 345samples including saliva (116), stool (97), and urine (132) were collected from 143 COVID-19 cases. Samples were analysed for SARS-CoV-2 by multiplex RT-PCR targeted against E, ORF 1ab, and RdRp genes. In this study, out of 143cases, a total of 107 (74.8%) were positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in at least one of the nonrespiratory samples. There is a high prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in non-respiratory samples.\u201d And: \u201cThe presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the faeces of COVID-19 patients indicates potential feco-oral transmission of SARS-CoV-2. In addition to this, the excretion of SARS-CoV-2 in human stool and saliva is a concern of public health importance, especially in developing countries like India where open defecation and spitting in public is a rampant practice. Also, stray animals may get infected and might serve as a source of infection for humans. The sewage system might also be a potential source of viral outbreaks, community spread, and a future surveillance strategy. However, these potential routes of transmission need further investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maskstravaganza<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Masks while swimming (!), a thread:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s pool and beach season! Will a respirator work for swimming and water parks (or shower sans hair washing)?<\/p>\n<p>Using my PortaCount 8020A, I tested the most accessible & affordable water-resistant respirator, 3M Aura 1870+, after 6 and 8 hours of wear at the pool (1.5hrs total of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xwx00hGI8V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/xwx00hGI8V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stealthy Jess \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 \ud83d\udc9c (@AdvancedTweaker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdvancedTweaker\/status\/1815930182064300274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Celebrity Watch<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Winning gold in the FAFO Olympics:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday: Australia’s Olympic team chief said one water polo player had covid but they were ‘treating covid no differently to other bugs\u2026.this isn’t Tokyo.”<\/p>\n<p>Today: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4uHwfWHG34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/4uHwfWHG34<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nate Bear (@NateB_Panic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NateB_Panic\/status\/1816080170345812335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Another sure-to-be maskless conference, coming up:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please tell me the pandemic preparation community has learnt something from the disastrous WHO AIRBORNE disinformation response to SARS-CoV-2??<\/p>\n<p>Is the focus still just on vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics, and surveillance?<\/p>\n<p>Is no one discussing the lesson about the vital\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jnjR8KgarD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/jnjR8KgarD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AgkRAAPJgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/AgkRAAPJgw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Johnston (@JOHNJOHNSTONED) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JOHNJOHNSTONED\/status\/1815952482666938441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs no one discussing the lesson about the vital role of transmission mitigation strategies and the fundamental importance of getting the mode of transmission right?\u201d Until the powers-that-be can figure out how to charge rent for the air, the \u201cmode of transmission\u201d will <em>not<\/em> be of \u201cfundamental importance,\u201d no.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Where do pediatricians get this?<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And when I follow up and ask if their pediatrician informed them about covid safety precautions, all of them said they got no advice, no information.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Babel Fish (@TheBabelFish1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBabelFish1\/status\/1815714383256838373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"covid\"\/>Lambert here: Looks like the holiday travel dumped accelerant on the pre-existing surge; see especially the growth in wastewater \u201chot spots.\u201d Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGEND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> for charts new today; all others are not updated.<\/p>\n<p>2) For a full-size\/full-resolution image, Command-click (MacOS) or right-click (Windows) on the chart thumbnail and \u201copen image in new tab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1] (CDC) This week\u2019s wastewater map, with hot spots annotated. Keeps spreading.<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* very popular.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) Worth noting Emergency Department use is now on a par with the first wave, in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Keeps up steady increase. (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). The visualization suppresses what is, in percentage terms, a significant increase.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) An optimist would see a peak.<\/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. <\/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 statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cCrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/07\/24\/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TechCrunch<\/a>]. \u201cCrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that crashed millions of computers with a botched update all over the world last week, is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology, according to several people who say they received the gift card, as well as a source who also received one\u2026. \u2018To express our gratitude, your next cup of coffee or late night snack is on us!’\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"goog\"\/>Tech: \u201cGoogle Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/google-is-the-only-search-engine-that-works-on-reddit-now-thanks-to-ai-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">404 Media<\/a>]. \u201cGoogle is now the only search engine that can surface results from Reddit, making one of the web\u2019s most valuable repositories of user generated content exclusive to the internet\u2019s already dominant search engine. If you use Bing, DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, Qwant or any other alternative search engine that doesn\u2019t rely on Google\u2019s indexing and search Reddit by using \u201csite:reddit.com,\u201d you will not see any results from the last week. DuckDuckGo is currently turning up seven links when searching Reddit, but provides no data on where the links go or why, instead only saying that \u2018We would like to show you a description here but the site won\u2019t allow us.\u2019 Older results will still show up, but these search engines are no longer able to crawl\u2019 Reddit, meaning that Google is the only search engine that will turn up results from Reddit going forward. Searching for Reddit still works on Kagi, an independent, paid search engine that buys part of its search index from Google. The news shows how Google\u2019s near monopoly on search is now actively hindering other companies\u2019 ability to compete at a time when Google is facing increasing criticism over the quality of its search results. And while neither Reddit or Google responded to a request for comment, it appears that the exclusion of other search engines is the result of a multi-million dollar deal that gives Google the right to scrape Reddit for data to train its AI products. They\u2019re [Reddit] killing everything for search but Google,\u2019 Colin Hayhurst, CEO of the search engine Mojeek told me on a call.\u201d \u2022 And of course, as usual, Google \u201cscraping\u201d Reddit means stealing the labor of hundreds of thousands of users. \u201cOriginal accumulation,\u201d as the Bearded One calls it. All for a power-hungry bullshit generator nobody ever asked for, but the Bros thought would be a great idea!<\/p>\n<p>Tech: Hat tip, Silicon Valley:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CVS is going to stop all phone customer service. Not just that, but calls from patients will now be transcribed via generative AI and routed to pharmacists. Hope there are no errors here’s your medicine!<\/p>\n<p>Efficiency! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UhuJQktgst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/UhuJQktgst<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1816109984284868903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 43 Fear (previous close: 55 Neutral) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 58 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Jul 24 at 12:37:17 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wheel\"\/>Interesting graphic:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Geoffrey Roberts’s emotional word wheel helps describe emotions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2m5Lx9R3km\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/2m5Lx9R3km<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD (@acagamic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acagamic\/status\/1815763936819732654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Interesting idea but I\u2019m not sure I accept the categories or the method (Spinoza distinguishes between emotions and feelings, though without the text to hand I can\u2019t say why. But I\u2019m not sure this wheel does). Meanwhile, a fraction within the Democrat Party is clearly feeling strong emotions, <em>collectively<\/em>, after Kamala\u2019s annunciation. I don\u2019t know where to place them on this wheel (nor do I understand them in the first place).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich \u2013 and that threatens us all\u201d [George Monbiot, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/article\/2024\/jul\/24\/extreme-wealth-super-rich-devon-society-planet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guardian<\/a>]. \u201cExtreme wealth can severely hamper enjoyment. As Michael Mechanic documents in his book, Jackpot, there are two groups of people who have to think about money all the time: the very poor and the very rich. Immense wealth possesses you just as much as you possess it: managing it becomes a full-time job. You don\u2019t know whom to trust; you can start to imagine your friends aren\u2019t friends at all; it can dominate and poison your family relationships. It can hollow you out, socially, intellectually and morally. But I think there might be a further corroding aspect of wealth that hasn\u2019t been widely discussed. Great wealth flattens the world. If you can go anywhere and do anything, everything is over the horizon. You speed past the local and the particular, towards an endlessly escalating ideal of luxury: the better marina, the bigger yacht, the private jet, the super-home. The satisfaction horizon can retreat before you. Place has no meaning, other than as a setting that might impress the friends you no longer trust. But anyone who is impressed by money is not worth impressing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelationships are coevolutionary loops\u201d [Escaping Flatland]. \u201cThis is what I infer when I see someone who is comfortable in their unique strangeness, too. There probably exists someone who enabled that evolution of personality. A parent, a friend group, a spouse. It is rare for people to come into themselves if no one is excited and curious about their core, their potential. We need someone who gives us space to unfold\u2026. For me, this is Johanna. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henrikkarlsson.xyz\/p\/looking-for-alice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">We first met<\/a> when she was 21 and I was 22 and later became a couple. What is <em>me<\/em> in me has unfolded primarily in her company. This has been a mutual unfolding; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henrikkarlsson.xyz\/p\/doestoevsky-as-lover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">we spoke each other into being<\/a>. This essay is about how we made our first home together. By <em>home<\/em> I don\u2019t mean just the physical structure, but <em>the emotional space in which the coevolutionary loop plays out<\/em>.\u201d \u2022 Hmm.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, progress still does occur:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A comparison of Wisconsin’s occupied bald eagle nests in 1974 and 2019. The increase is attributed to the Clean Water Act <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S0IS3UDghT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/S0IS3UDghT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amazing Maps (@amazingmap) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amazingmap\/status\/1815821084836651146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<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\/07\/200pm-water-cooler-7-23-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From timotheus:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tobacco.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tobacco.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tobacco-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Timotheus writes: \u201cTobacco as decoration.\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. 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Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, 138 Captains Dr, West Babylon, Suffolk, New York, United States. \u201cSinging from a rooftop. Mimicry includes Black-capped Chickadee, Killdeer, Carolina Wren, Northern Flicker, American Robin (call), Blue Jay, and possibly a few others of lesser fidelity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#twentyfifth\">Impeachment articles against Harris<\/a> (frivolous).<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#harris\">How Harris grabbed Biden\u2019s war chest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(3) <a href=\"#goog\">Only Google can search Reddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(4) <a href=\"#wheel\">The wheel of emotions<\/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 Constitutional Order (Immunity)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s Going On in Footnote 3?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawfaremedia.org\/article\/what-s-going-on-in-footnote-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lawfare<\/a>]. \u201cIn practical terms, the matter is important because it might\u2014and we must stress might\u2014open up a loophole in the Court\u2019s opinion that Special Counsel Jack Smith could exploit on remand to one degree or another.\u201d \u2022 I\u2019ve gotta admit, my eyes glazed over on this one. However, if Lawfare is signaling Smith, we can expect the issue to come up. For now, just remember the words \u201cFootnote 3.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"twentyfifth \"\/>The Constitutional Order (Twenty-Fifth Amendment)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTennessee Republican files articles of impeachment against Harris\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4788663-andy-ogles-impeachment-articles-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201cRep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) filed articles of impeachment against Vice President Harris on Tuesday, as Republicans ramp up attacks while she launches a presidential campaign\u2026. The filing expands on previously introduced articles that target Harris\u2019s record on immigration\u2026 He added a second article in the new filing, which claims Harris covered up President Biden\u2019s mental well-being, constituting a \u2018breach of public trust.’\u201d \u2022 I don\u2019t the immigration stuff is impeachable, so I\u2019ll skip that part. But here are Ogle\u2019 articles of impeachment, and here is the Twenty-Fifth Amendment section, which I have helpfully annotated:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris_impeachment_article_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"838\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris_impeachment_article_2.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris_impeachment_article_2-179x300.png 179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[1] I don\u2019t think failing to act upon a putative \u201cmoral obligation\u201d is an impeachable offense \u201cTreason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors\u201d).Here once again is the relevant part of the Twenty Fifth Amendment:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Twenty Fifth Amendment gives the Vice President (Kamala) the <em>power<\/em> to \u201cdeclare\u201d \u201cthat the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,\u201d but it imposes no duty to do so. \u201cMoral obligation\u201d or no, there\u2019s no <em>Constitutional<\/em> obligation.<\/p>\n<p>[2] So what?<\/p>\n<p>[3] \u201cBreaches of public trust\u201d, \u201cfailing basic expectations,\u201d and \u201clack of integrity\u201d are not high crimes and misdeameanors either. Nor are they rare in Our Nation\u2019s Capital. \u201cUse every man after his desert, and who shall \u2018scape whipping?\u201d \u2013William Shakespeare, Hamlet. <\/p>\n<p>This is frivolous, and it\u2019s no wonder the leadership doesn\u2019t support it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than four months 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RCP<\/a> Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"1172\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-19.png 618w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-19-158x300.png 158w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-19-540x1024.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Virginia and North Carolina added to the list. NC was never going for <del>Biden<\/del> Harris, but Virginia? Yikes! <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"defenestration\"\/>Biden Defenestration:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden was deathly pale\u2026 Air Force One was flying so fast I felt sick: Daily Mail\u2019s reporter on board reveals the incredible inside story of the mad rush to get Joe to Covid isolation \u2013 and why she feared for him\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13664787\/Biden-deathly-Air-Force-One-covid-isolation-secret-rush.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. \u201cWhen [Biden] finally stepped through the door, his appearance was shocking. He looked pale, weak, exhausted and shuffled slowly across the room. \u2018He looks bad,\u2019 one reporter muttered. We all agreed. [Unmasked,] Biden greeted [and potentially infected] the patrons, shaking hands with families at three different tables and posing for selfies. Finally, a colleague got wind of a tip. The president\u2019s next scheduled event at UnidosUS had been canceled. \u2018Biden has COVID,\u2019 my colleague shouted. Moments later, we could see Karine Jean-Pierre and other senior Biden staff piling into their vans. Once he was on board, we reporters rushed to find our seats in the back of the plane. And nearly from the moment we lifted off the runway, the fuselage began to shake. It\u2019s not entirely uncommon for Air Force One pilots to drop the hammer. President Trump routinely asked his crew to cut down flight times by going faster. But this break-neck speed was unusual for President Biden\u2026. The normal flight time from Vegas to Delaware is around four and a half hours. We made the trip in three hours and 48 minutes.\u201d \u2022 Hmm. Makes you wonder if there were any sequelae from his previous two infections (that we know of).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden\u2019s COVID Hubris is the Nail in His Re-Elect Coffin\u201d [Julia Doubleday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegauntlet.news\/p\/joe-bidens-covid-hubris-is-the-nail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Gauntlet<\/a> (PI)]. \u201cThe truth is that to the DC machine, Joe was, just like the rest of us, ultimately disposable. He served his purpose by serving capital; his maskless face as an elderly man in public was the ultimate propaganda for the disappearance of the virus that ended his career as surely as he claimed to have ended it. He gave his career, his body and his mind to advance the interests of the ruling class, to the detriment of us all. They say life\u2019s a beach, Joe. I guess it is for you, now.\u201d \u2022 He claimed to have ended Covid. Then Covid ended him.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"trail\"\/><em><strong>The Campaign Trail<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"harris\"\/>Trump (R): \u201cBiden dropped his reelection plans. What happens to his campaign war chest?\u201d (interview) [Sean Cooksey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/07\/22\/nx-s1-5048037\/biden-dropped-his-reelection-plans-what-happens-to-his-campaign-war-chest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NPR<\/a>]. Cooksey is the Republican Chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). \u201cWell, I think it\u2019s really complicated, is the short answer. I mean, we take a step back to consider the situation \u2013 this is really unprecedented in terms of modern political history, and certainly in terms of campaign finance law. We have a presidential nominee or a presumptive nominee dropping out just weeks before his party convention. And he\u2019s \u2013 what he\u2019s attempting to do is to give his entire committee, the cash and all the assets\u2026. [o]ver to another person.\u201d <strong>Q: We get that. So can she use that money?<\/strong> Well, again, I think it\u2019s going to have to go through a process through the FEC. I think I expect there\u2019s going to be probably challenges to that at the agency and probably in the courts, as well\u2026 Yeah. I think there\u2019s a number of different avenues that I could expect different parties to challenge this attempted transfer, this attempted change to the presidential committees. There\u2019s a process in which private parties can file complaints with the Federal Election Commission. There\u2019s also a process in which they prospectively ask for advisory opinions. One of the problems with those processes is they can take a lot of time, and we don\u2019t have a lot of time until the election, I think we\u2019re at 106 days out. And so I think there\u2019s going to be a lot of challenges in the courts as well.\u201d \u2022 Whether or not there are grounds for injunction, I don\u2019t know. (Though now I wonder if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/07\/200pm-water-cooler-7-23-2024.html#rollout\">redirecting Biden\u2019s site to ActBlue immediately upon his defenestration<\/a> is one of the moving parts here.) Cooksey tweeted the relevant campaign finance law:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">11 C.F.R. \u00a7 110.1(b)(3):<\/p>\n<p>“If the candidate is not a candidate in the general election, all contributions made for the general election shall be either returned or refunded to the contributors or redesignated \u2026, or reattributed \u2026, as appropriate.”<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Cooksey (@SeanJCooksey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanJCooksey\/status\/1815089842365321563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And got a nastygram in return:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">House Democrats are now trying to silence me as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FEC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@FEC<\/a> Chairman for raising questions about President Biden giving VP Harris all of his campaign cash. All I did was quote federal regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Why are Democrats afraid of the law? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pYPJOSkPbh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/pYPJOSkPbh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Cooksey (@SeanJCooksey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanJCooksey\/status\/1815819368896307638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t actually have even the sketchiest sort of evidence of Biden \u201cgiving\u201d Harris \u201call his campaign cash.\u201d Would a digitally signed Tweet be sufficient? Surely not. It seems that Harris just took it; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/07\/200pm-water-cooler-7-23-2024.html#rollout\">the process <em>did<\/em> seem a bit brusque<\/a>. I think the matter turns on the two words \u201credesignated\u201d or \u201creattributed\u201d in 11 C.F.R. \u00a7 110.1. I am not a campaign finance law maven, but if either implies a <em>process<\/em> at the FEC, potential litigants might have a point (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brendan_fischer\/status\/1815770157895053439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">based on strict textual reading<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden-Harris campaigns could have asked for an expedited legal advisory opinion from the FEC before acting. Given the unprecedented nature of the situation, that would have been the ethical thing to do. Instead, they took advantage of the slow timeline to resolve complaints\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraPowellEsq\/status\/1815916058748068213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And now\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump campaign files complaint with FEC seeking to keep Biden from transferring campaign funds to Harris\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-campaign-complaint-fec-prevent-biden-funds-transfer-harris\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=519641524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS<\/a>]. \u201cThe Trump campaign\u2019s general counsel, David Warrington, accuses them of \u201cfiling fraudulent forms with the Commission purporting to repurpose one candidate\u2019s principal campaign committee for the use of another candidate,\u201d claiming that Harris simply replaced Biden\u2019s name with her own rather than filing her own Statement of Candidacy. \u2018There is no provision in federal campaign finance law for Kamala Harris to take over Joe Biden\u2019s candidacy now by quite literally attempting to become him via an amendment of his Form 2, assuming control of his campaign by amending Form 1, and making off with all of his cash,\u2019 wrote Warrington.\u201d Scratch out \u201ccat\u201d and write in \u201cdog.\u201d More: \u201cHans von Spakovsky, a former member of the Federal Election Commission, said in a Fox News op-ed published Sunday that if Harris becomes the presidential nominee, she would get access to the campaign cash. \u2018When the Biden for President Committee filed its registration statement with the FEC, it registered itself as the \u2018principal campaign committee\u2019 for both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,\u2019 he wrote.\u201d \u2022 But surely that\u2019s stupid? Biden and Harris were running for diffferent offices! <\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cSecret Service urging Trump campaign to stop holding outdoor rallies: Report\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/americas\/secret-service-urging-trump-campaign-to-stop-holding-outdoor-rallies-report\/3283680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anadolu Agency<\/a>]. \u201c\u2026 or we can do it the hard way\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: I remember all those kids in 2008, \u201cfired up and ready to go,\u201d scripts memorized, knocking on doors. Sixteen years later, those kids are drowning in college debt, can\u2019t buy their starter home, and are seeing their paychecks shrink, mostly because the object of their adoration put the banksters back in charge after the Great Financial Crash. Here we go again, except some of those listed below should know better:<\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (1):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Switching to Kamala has, for some reason, allowed every Democrat to just focus solely on the fact that they fucking hate Donald Trump, intraparty differences don\u2019t matter, he must lose again no matter what, and its unleashed an energy I\u2019ve just never seen in politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conor Rogers (@conorjrogers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/conorjrogers\/status\/1815794300044587320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (2):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m ugly crying. I love her so much. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Harris2024?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#Harris2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alyssa_Milano\/status\/1815822785563992495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (3):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watching Kamala speak just now with my young daughter gave me goosebumps and made me tear up. I can’t think of a more perfect human being who would be more perfect for POTUS at this exact time. I’m so fuckin proud. I am so excited for my baby to have this role model. \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kimmy \ud83d\udcda\ud83d\udcd3\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\uddf3\ufe0f\ud83c\udf0a\ud83d\udfe6 (@KimKimmmmay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimKimmmmay\/status\/1815511787498086771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (4), \u201cThings that did not happen\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vsAqdVZMHk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/vsAqdVZMHk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel (@growing_daniel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/growing_daniel\/status\/1815921735449141586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (5):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I remember hearing some white corporate lady on Clubhouse back in the day, just in absolute ecstasy cheering on some black lady letting off steam about the Current Thing \u2014 “you tell it, sister!” “I’m here for it!” and realized this phenomenon is totally real.<\/p>\n<p>It was one of the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mTNgY367qS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/mTNgY367qS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wesley Yang (@wesyang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wesyang\/status\/1815913184630562857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (6):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Holy cow. Completely packed stadium for VP Kamala Harris on her first campaign stop as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in Wisconsin right now. People are so fired up, energized, and ready to support Kamala Harris. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8zPrrqLPYd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/8zPrrqLPYd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Victor Shi (@Victorshi2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Victorshi2020\/status\/1815815812143538616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This is not a \u201cstadium.\u201d It\u2019s an auditorium. And \u201calways hire a hall that\u2019s too small\u201d (meaning Kamala has a good advance team (as long as she can keep them)).<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s TikTok:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This has a million likes on TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1OmAWVge1w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/1OmAWVge1w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 umichvoter \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83e\udd65\ud83c\udf34 (@umichvoter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/umichvoter\/status\/1815760800356630957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>But remember TikTok is absolutely not organic:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Very interesting that TikTok is aggressively laundering and rehabilitating Kamala Harris\u2019s image. <\/p>\n<p>Remember that anything that trends on that platform is essentially \u201callowed\u201d to trend. Nothing really is organic. <\/p>\n<p>If TikTok can transform Kamala\u2019s image from cringe to cool in 24\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bcoNorRsrD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/bcoNorRsrD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsMelChen\/status\/1815886579052732544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurprise Lilies\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/sarahkendzior.substack.com\/p\/surprise-lilies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sarah Kendzior\u2019s Newsletter<\/a>]. I don\u2019t think much of Kendzior, for reasons the rest of the article would show, but this rings true: \u201cMany Americans have spent the past eight years joining political cults: a common phenomenon in flawed democracies turning into autocracies. Americans must reject cult logic if we want our nation to survive. This includes not building a political cult around Kamala Harris. A campaign is different than a cult. It is one thing to back a candidate and cheer them on. It is another to submit to a mindset of fear, deference, and servitude; to browbeat fellow voters offering constructive criticism; and to proclaim a politician\u2019s every puzzling move either an Act of God or evidence of a Secret Noble Plan. Americans created cults around Trump, Mueller, Garland, Pelosi, Garland, Fauci, \u201cQ\u201d, and Biden, among others, to the detriment of our nation\u2019s health and to the benefit of grifters\u2019 wallets.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Remember when liberal Democrats were naming their dogs after Mueller? The Fauci votive candles?<\/p>\n<p>Non-cult member (1):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Beyonc\u00e9 went from having black panther dancers at the superbowl to licensing her music to a cop. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wa6aeIeJNv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wa6aeIeJNv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briebriejoy\/status\/1815929048184275163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Non-cult member (2):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OH WELL<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joseph N. DiStefano (@PhillyJoeD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyJoeD\/status\/1815758258092560476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/former-attorney-general-holder-vet-harriss-potential-running-mates-sources-2024-07-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Exclusive: Former attorney general Holder to vet Harris\u2019 potential running mates<\/a> Reuters.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>MI: Well, so much for Muslim vote:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichiganDems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@MichiganDems<\/a> presidential endorsement call, I was speaking up for the 101k Michigan Uncommitted voters who want our Party to adopt a more humane Gaza policy when a fellow DNC delegate unmuted to say “shut up, asshole.”<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abbas Alawieh (@AZAlawieh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AZAlawieh\/status\/1815943797483921809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Michigan Uncommitted voters are now demanding a meeting with Harris.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>That was then, this is now:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2021: Media reports on Biden asking Kamala to be border czar <\/p>\n<p>2024: Media says Biden never asked Kamala to be border czar <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jdlAQSB8vz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/jdlAQSB8vz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul A. Szypula \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Bubblebathgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bubblebathgirl\/status\/1816113313484357742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Pack journalism:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remarkable. <\/p>\n<p>Two different AP News streams, both on the same day, with radically different results. <\/p>\n<p>After Joe Biden dropped out of the race, Robert F. Kennedy immediately scheduled a press conference to reassure the American people. <\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden did not. <\/p>\n<p>However, AP News DID\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NTn27YAWRT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/NTn27YAWRT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lauren Lee (@sheislaurenlee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sheislaurenlee\/status\/1815738780667539934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/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:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" 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, KF, 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>Transmission: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPrevalence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in saliva, stool, and urine samples of COVID-19 patients in Bihar, India Open Access\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microbiologyresearch.org\/content\/journal\/acmi\/10.1099\/acmi.0.000693.v4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Microbiology Research<\/a>]. From the Abstract: \u201cBesides inhalation as a route for transmission, feco-oral has also been proposed. Its transmission to sewage systems is a growing public health issue\u2026. This cross-sectional observational study was conducted from January 2021 to March 2022 on human non-respiratory samples. A total of 345samples including saliva (116), stool (97), and urine (132) were collected from 143 COVID-19 cases. Samples were analysed for SARS-CoV-2 by multiplex RT-PCR targeted against E, ORF 1ab, and RdRp genes. In this study, out of 143cases, a total of 107 (74.8%) were positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in at least one of the nonrespiratory samples. There is a high prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in non-respiratory samples.\u201d And: \u201cThe presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the faeces of COVID-19 patients indicates potential feco-oral transmission of SARS-CoV-2. In addition to this, the excretion of SARS-CoV-2 in human stool and saliva is a concern of public health importance, especially in developing countries like India where open defecation and spitting in public is a rampant practice. Also, stray animals may get infected and might serve as a source of infection for humans. The sewage system might also be a potential source of viral outbreaks, community spread, and a future surveillance strategy. However, these potential routes of transmission need further investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maskstravaganza<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Masks while swimming (!), a thread:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s pool and beach season! Will a respirator work for swimming and water parks (or shower sans hair washing)?<\/p>\n<p>Using my PortaCount 8020A, I tested the most accessible & affordable water-resistant respirator, 3M Aura 1870+, after 6 and 8 hours of wear at the pool (1.5hrs total of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xwx00hGI8V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/xwx00hGI8V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stealthy Jess \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 \ud83d\udc9c (@AdvancedTweaker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdvancedTweaker\/status\/1815930182064300274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Celebrity Watch<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Winning gold in the FAFO Olympics:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday: Australia’s Olympic team chief said one water polo player had covid but they were ‘treating covid no differently to other bugs\u2026.this isn’t Tokyo.”<\/p>\n<p>Today: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4uHwfWHG34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/4uHwfWHG34<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nate Bear (@NateB_Panic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NateB_Panic\/status\/1816080170345812335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Another sure-to-be maskless conference, coming up:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please tell me the pandemic preparation community has learnt something from the disastrous WHO AIRBORNE disinformation response to SARS-CoV-2??<\/p>\n<p>Is the focus still just on vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics, and surveillance?<\/p>\n<p>Is no one discussing the lesson about the vital\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jnjR8KgarD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/jnjR8KgarD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AgkRAAPJgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/AgkRAAPJgw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Johnston (@JOHNJOHNSTONED) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JOHNJOHNSTONED\/status\/1815952482666938441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs no one discussing the lesson about the vital role of transmission mitigation strategies and the fundamental importance of getting the mode of transmission right?\u201d Until the powers-that-be can figure out how to charge rent for the air, the \u201cmode of transmission\u201d will <em>not<\/em> be of \u201cfundamental importance,\u201d no.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Where do pediatricians get this?<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And when I follow up and ask if their pediatrician informed them about covid safety precautions, all of them said they got no advice, no information.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Babel Fish (@TheBabelFish1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBabelFish1\/status\/1815714383256838373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"covid\"\/>Lambert here: Looks like the holiday travel dumped accelerant on the pre-existing surge; see especially the growth in wastewater \u201chot spots.\u201d Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGEND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> for charts new today; all others are not updated.<\/p>\n<p>2) For a full-size\/full-resolution image, Command-click (MacOS) or right-click (Windows) on the chart thumbnail and \u201copen image in new tab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1] (CDC) This week\u2019s wastewater map, with hot spots annotated. Keeps spreading.<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* very popular.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) Worth noting Emergency Department use is now on a par with the first wave, in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Keeps up steady increase. (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). The visualization suppresses what is, in percentage terms, a significant increase.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) An optimist would see a peak.<\/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. <\/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 statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cCrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/07\/24\/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TechCrunch<\/a>]. \u201cCrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that crashed millions of computers with a botched update all over the world last week, is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology, according to several people who say they received the gift card, as well as a source who also received one\u2026. \u2018To express our gratitude, your next cup of coffee or late night snack is on us!’\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"goog\"\/>Tech: \u201cGoogle Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/google-is-the-only-search-engine-that-works-on-reddit-now-thanks-to-ai-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">404 Media<\/a>]. \u201cGoogle is now the only search engine that can surface results from Reddit, making one of the web\u2019s most valuable repositories of user generated content exclusive to the internet\u2019s already dominant search engine. If you use Bing, DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, Qwant or any other alternative search engine that doesn\u2019t rely on Google\u2019s indexing and search Reddit by using \u201csite:reddit.com,\u201d you will not see any results from the last week. DuckDuckGo is currently turning up seven links when searching Reddit, but provides no data on where the links go or why, instead only saying that \u2018We would like to show you a description here but the site won\u2019t allow us.\u2019 Older results will still show up, but these search engines are no longer able to crawl\u2019 Reddit, meaning that Google is the only search engine that will turn up results from Reddit going forward. Searching for Reddit still works on Kagi, an independent, paid search engine that buys part of its search index from Google. The news shows how Google\u2019s near monopoly on search is now actively hindering other companies\u2019 ability to compete at a time when Google is facing increasing criticism over the quality of its search results. And while neither Reddit or Google responded to a request for comment, it appears that the exclusion of other search engines is the result of a multi-million dollar deal that gives Google the right to scrape Reddit for data to train its AI products. They\u2019re [Reddit] killing everything for search but Google,\u2019 Colin Hayhurst, CEO of the search engine Mojeek told me on a call.\u201d \u2022 And of course, as usual, Google \u201cscraping\u201d Reddit means stealing the labor of hundreds of thousands of users. \u201cOriginal accumulation,\u201d as the Bearded One calls it. All for a power-hungry bullshit generator nobody ever asked for, but the Bros thought would be a great idea!<\/p>\n<p>Tech: Hat tip, Silicon Valley:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CVS is going to stop all phone customer service. Not just that, but calls from patients will now be transcribed via generative AI and routed to pharmacists. Hope there are no errors here’s your medicine!<\/p>\n<p>Efficiency! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UhuJQktgst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/UhuJQktgst<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1816109984284868903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 43 Fear (previous close: 55 Neutral) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 58 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Jul 24 at 12:37:17 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wheel\"\/>Interesting graphic:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Geoffrey Roberts’s emotional word wheel helps describe emotions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2m5Lx9R3km\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/2m5Lx9R3km<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD (@acagamic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acagamic\/status\/1815763936819732654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Interesting idea but I\u2019m not sure I accept the categories or the method (Spinoza distinguishes between emotions and feelings, though without the text to hand I can\u2019t say why. But I\u2019m not sure this wheel does). Meanwhile, a fraction within the Democrat Party is clearly feeling strong emotions, <em>collectively<\/em>, after Kamala\u2019s annunciation. I don\u2019t know where to place them on this wheel (nor do I understand them in the first place).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich \u2013 and that threatens us all\u201d [George Monbiot, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/article\/2024\/jul\/24\/extreme-wealth-super-rich-devon-society-planet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guardian<\/a>]. \u201cExtreme wealth can severely hamper enjoyment. As Michael Mechanic documents in his book, Jackpot, there are two groups of people who have to think about money all the time: the very poor and the very rich. Immense wealth possesses you just as much as you possess it: managing it becomes a full-time job. You don\u2019t know whom to trust; you can start to imagine your friends aren\u2019t friends at all; it can dominate and poison your family relationships. It can hollow you out, socially, intellectually and morally. But I think there might be a further corroding aspect of wealth that hasn\u2019t been widely discussed. Great wealth flattens the world. If you can go anywhere and do anything, everything is over the horizon. You speed past the local and the particular, towards an endlessly escalating ideal of luxury: the better marina, the bigger yacht, the private jet, the super-home. The satisfaction horizon can retreat before you. Place has no meaning, other than as a setting that might impress the friends you no longer trust. But anyone who is impressed by money is not worth impressing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelationships are coevolutionary loops\u201d [Escaping Flatland]. \u201cThis is what I infer when I see someone who is comfortable in their unique strangeness, too. There probably exists someone who enabled that evolution of personality. A parent, a friend group, a spouse. It is rare for people to come into themselves if no one is excited and curious about their core, their potential. We need someone who gives us space to unfold\u2026. For me, this is Johanna. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henrikkarlsson.xyz\/p\/looking-for-alice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">We first met<\/a> when she was 21 and I was 22 and later became a couple. What is <em>me<\/em> in me has unfolded primarily in her company. This has been a mutual unfolding; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henrikkarlsson.xyz\/p\/doestoevsky-as-lover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">we spoke each other into being<\/a>. This essay is about how we made our first home together. By <em>home<\/em> I don\u2019t mean just the physical structure, but <em>the emotional space in which the coevolutionary loop plays out<\/em>.\u201d \u2022 Hmm.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, progress still does occur:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A comparison of Wisconsin’s occupied bald eagle nests in 1974 and 2019. The increase is attributed to the Clean Water Act <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S0IS3UDghT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/S0IS3UDghT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amazing Maps (@amazingmap) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amazingmap\/status\/1815821084836651146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<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\/07\/200pm-water-cooler-7-23-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From timotheus:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tobacco.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tobacco.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tobacco-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Timotheus writes: \u201cTobacco as decoration.\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. 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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, 138 Captains Dr, West Babylon, Suffolk, New York, United States. \u201cSinging from a rooftop. Mimicry includes Black-capped Chickadee, Killdeer, Carolina Wren, Northern Flicker, American Robin (call), Blue Jay, and possibly a few others of lesser fidelity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#twentyfifth\">Impeachment articles against Harris<\/a> (frivolous).<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#harris\">How Harris grabbed Biden\u2019s war chest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(3) <a href=\"#goog\">Only Google can search Reddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(4) <a href=\"#wheel\">The wheel of emotions<\/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 Constitutional Order (Immunity)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s Going On in Footnote 3?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawfaremedia.org\/article\/what-s-going-on-in-footnote-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lawfare<\/a>]. \u201cIn practical terms, the matter is important because it might\u2014and we must stress might\u2014open up a loophole in the Court\u2019s opinion that Special Counsel Jack Smith could exploit on remand to one degree or another.\u201d \u2022 I\u2019ve gotta admit, my eyes glazed over on this one. However, if Lawfare is signaling Smith, we can expect the issue to come up. For now, just remember the words \u201cFootnote 3.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"twentyfifth \"\/>The Constitutional Order (Twenty-Fifth Amendment)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTennessee Republican files articles of impeachment against Harris\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4788663-andy-ogles-impeachment-articles-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201cRep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) filed articles of impeachment against Vice President Harris on Tuesday, as Republicans ramp up attacks while she launches a presidential campaign\u2026. The filing expands on previously introduced articles that target Harris\u2019s record on immigration\u2026 He added a second article in the new filing, which claims Harris covered up President Biden\u2019s mental well-being, constituting a \u2018breach of public trust.’\u201d \u2022 I don\u2019t the immigration stuff is impeachable, so I\u2019ll skip that part. But here are Ogle\u2019 articles of impeachment, and here is the Twenty-Fifth Amendment section, which I have helpfully annotated:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris_impeachment_article_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"838\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris_impeachment_article_2.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris_impeachment_article_2-179x300.png 179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[1] I don\u2019t think failing to act upon a putative \u201cmoral obligation\u201d is an impeachable offense \u201cTreason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors\u201d).Here once again is the relevant part of the Twenty Fifth Amendment:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Twenty Fifth Amendment gives the Vice President (Kamala) the <em>power<\/em> to \u201cdeclare\u201d \u201cthat the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,\u201d but it imposes no duty to do so. \u201cMoral obligation\u201d or no, there\u2019s no <em>Constitutional<\/em> obligation.<\/p>\n<p>[2] So what?<\/p>\n<p>[3] \u201cBreaches of public trust\u201d, \u201cfailing basic expectations,\u201d and \u201clack of integrity\u201d are not high crimes and misdeameanors either. Nor are they rare in Our Nation\u2019s Capital. \u201cUse every man after his desert, and who shall \u2018scape whipping?\u201d \u2013William Shakespeare, Hamlet. <\/p>\n<p>This is frivolous, and it\u2019s no wonder the leadership doesn\u2019t support it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than four months 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RCP<\/a> Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"1172\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-19.png 618w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-19-158x300.png 158w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-19-540x1024.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Virginia and North Carolina added to the list. NC was never going for <del>Biden<\/del> Harris, but Virginia? Yikes! <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"defenestration\"\/>Biden Defenestration:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden was deathly pale\u2026 Air Force One was flying so fast I felt sick: Daily Mail\u2019s reporter on board reveals the incredible inside story of the mad rush to get Joe to Covid isolation \u2013 and why she feared for him\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13664787\/Biden-deathly-Air-Force-One-covid-isolation-secret-rush.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. \u201cWhen [Biden] finally stepped through the door, his appearance was shocking. He looked pale, weak, exhausted and shuffled slowly across the room. \u2018He looks bad,\u2019 one reporter muttered. We all agreed. [Unmasked,] Biden greeted [and potentially infected] the patrons, shaking hands with families at three different tables and posing for selfies. Finally, a colleague got wind of a tip. The president\u2019s next scheduled event at UnidosUS had been canceled. \u2018Biden has COVID,\u2019 my colleague shouted. Moments later, we could see Karine Jean-Pierre and other senior Biden staff piling into their vans. Once he was on board, we reporters rushed to find our seats in the back of the plane. And nearly from the moment we lifted off the runway, the fuselage began to shake. It\u2019s not entirely uncommon for Air Force One pilots to drop the hammer. President Trump routinely asked his crew to cut down flight times by going faster. But this break-neck speed was unusual for President Biden\u2026. The normal flight time from Vegas to Delaware is around four and a half hours. We made the trip in three hours and 48 minutes.\u201d \u2022 Hmm. Makes you wonder if there were any sequelae from his previous two infections (that we know of).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden\u2019s COVID Hubris is the Nail in His Re-Elect Coffin\u201d [Julia Doubleday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegauntlet.news\/p\/joe-bidens-covid-hubris-is-the-nail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Gauntlet<\/a> (PI)]. \u201cThe truth is that to the DC machine, Joe was, just like the rest of us, ultimately disposable. He served his purpose by serving capital; his maskless face as an elderly man in public was the ultimate propaganda for the disappearance of the virus that ended his career as surely as he claimed to have ended it. He gave his career, his body and his mind to advance the interests of the ruling class, to the detriment of us all. They say life\u2019s a beach, Joe. I guess it is for you, now.\u201d \u2022 He claimed to have ended Covid. Then Covid ended him.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"trail\"\/><em><strong>The Campaign Trail<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"harris\"\/>Trump (R): \u201cBiden dropped his reelection plans. What happens to his campaign war chest?\u201d (interview) [Sean Cooksey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/07\/22\/nx-s1-5048037\/biden-dropped-his-reelection-plans-what-happens-to-his-campaign-war-chest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NPR<\/a>]. Cooksey is the Republican Chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). \u201cWell, I think it\u2019s really complicated, is the short answer. I mean, we take a step back to consider the situation \u2013 this is really unprecedented in terms of modern political history, and certainly in terms of campaign finance law. We have a presidential nominee or a presumptive nominee dropping out just weeks before his party convention. And he\u2019s \u2013 what he\u2019s attempting to do is to give his entire committee, the cash and all the assets\u2026. [o]ver to another person.\u201d <strong>Q: We get that. So can she use that money?<\/strong> Well, again, I think it\u2019s going to have to go through a process through the FEC. I think I expect there\u2019s going to be probably challenges to that at the agency and probably in the courts, as well\u2026 Yeah. I think there\u2019s a number of different avenues that I could expect different parties to challenge this attempted transfer, this attempted change to the presidential committees. There\u2019s a process in which private parties can file complaints with the Federal Election Commission. There\u2019s also a process in which they prospectively ask for advisory opinions. One of the problems with those processes is they can take a lot of time, and we don\u2019t have a lot of time until the election, I think we\u2019re at 106 days out. And so I think there\u2019s going to be a lot of challenges in the courts as well.\u201d \u2022 Whether or not there are grounds for injunction, I don\u2019t know. (Though now I wonder if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/07\/200pm-water-cooler-7-23-2024.html#rollout\">redirecting Biden\u2019s site to ActBlue immediately upon his defenestration<\/a> is one of the moving parts here.) Cooksey tweeted the relevant campaign finance law:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">11 C.F.R. \u00a7 110.1(b)(3):<\/p>\n<p>“If the candidate is not a candidate in the general election, all contributions made for the general election shall be either returned or refunded to the contributors or redesignated \u2026, or reattributed \u2026, as appropriate.”<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Cooksey (@SeanJCooksey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanJCooksey\/status\/1815089842365321563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And got a nastygram in return:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">House Democrats are now trying to silence me as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FEC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@FEC<\/a> Chairman for raising questions about President Biden giving VP Harris all of his campaign cash. All I did was quote federal regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Why are Democrats afraid of the law? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pYPJOSkPbh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/pYPJOSkPbh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Cooksey (@SeanJCooksey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanJCooksey\/status\/1815819368896307638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t actually have even the sketchiest sort of evidence of Biden \u201cgiving\u201d Harris \u201call his campaign cash.\u201d Would a digitally signed Tweet be sufficient? Surely not. It seems that Harris just took it; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/07\/200pm-water-cooler-7-23-2024.html#rollout\">the process <em>did<\/em> seem a bit brusque<\/a>. I think the matter turns on the two words \u201credesignated\u201d or \u201creattributed\u201d in 11 C.F.R. \u00a7 110.1. I am not a campaign finance law maven, but if either implies a <em>process<\/em> at the FEC, potential litigants might have a point (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brendan_fischer\/status\/1815770157895053439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">based on strict textual reading<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden-Harris campaigns could have asked for an expedited legal advisory opinion from the FEC before acting. Given the unprecedented nature of the situation, that would have been the ethical thing to do. Instead, they took advantage of the slow timeline to resolve complaints\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraPowellEsq\/status\/1815916058748068213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And now\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump campaign files complaint with FEC seeking to keep Biden from transferring campaign funds to Harris\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-campaign-complaint-fec-prevent-biden-funds-transfer-harris\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=519641524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS<\/a>]. \u201cThe Trump campaign\u2019s general counsel, David Warrington, accuses them of \u201cfiling fraudulent forms with the Commission purporting to repurpose one candidate\u2019s principal campaign committee for the use of another candidate,\u201d claiming that Harris simply replaced Biden\u2019s name with her own rather than filing her own Statement of Candidacy. \u2018There is no provision in federal campaign finance law for Kamala Harris to take over Joe Biden\u2019s candidacy now by quite literally attempting to become him via an amendment of his Form 2, assuming control of his campaign by amending Form 1, and making off with all of his cash,\u2019 wrote Warrington.\u201d Scratch out \u201ccat\u201d and write in \u201cdog.\u201d More: \u201cHans von Spakovsky, a former member of the Federal Election Commission, said in a Fox News op-ed published Sunday that if Harris becomes the presidential nominee, she would get access to the campaign cash. \u2018When the Biden for President Committee filed its registration statement with the FEC, it registered itself as the \u2018principal campaign committee\u2019 for both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,\u2019 he wrote.\u201d \u2022 But surely that\u2019s stupid? Biden and Harris were running for diffferent offices! <\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cSecret Service urging Trump campaign to stop holding outdoor rallies: Report\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/americas\/secret-service-urging-trump-campaign-to-stop-holding-outdoor-rallies-report\/3283680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anadolu Agency<\/a>]. \u201c\u2026 or we can do it the hard way\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: I remember all those kids in 2008, \u201cfired up and ready to go,\u201d scripts memorized, knocking on doors. Sixteen years later, those kids are drowning in college debt, can\u2019t buy their starter home, and are seeing their paychecks shrink, mostly because the object of their adoration put the banksters back in charge after the Great Financial Crash. Here we go again, except some of those listed below should know better:<\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (1):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Switching to Kamala has, for some reason, allowed every Democrat to just focus solely on the fact that they fucking hate Donald Trump, intraparty differences don\u2019t matter, he must lose again no matter what, and its unleashed an energy I\u2019ve just never seen in politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conor Rogers (@conorjrogers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/conorjrogers\/status\/1815794300044587320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (2):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m ugly crying. I love her so much. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Harris2024?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#Harris2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alyssa_Milano\/status\/1815822785563992495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (3):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watching Kamala speak just now with my young daughter gave me goosebumps and made me tear up. I can’t think of a more perfect human being who would be more perfect for POTUS at this exact time. I’m so fuckin proud. I am so excited for my baby to have this role model. \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kimmy \ud83d\udcda\ud83d\udcd3\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\uddf3\ufe0f\ud83c\udf0a\ud83d\udfe6 (@KimKimmmmay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimKimmmmay\/status\/1815511787498086771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (4), \u201cThings that did not happen\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vsAqdVZMHk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/vsAqdVZMHk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel (@growing_daniel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/growing_daniel\/status\/1815921735449141586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (5):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I remember hearing some white corporate lady on Clubhouse back in the day, just in absolute ecstasy cheering on some black lady letting off steam about the Current Thing \u2014 “you tell it, sister!” “I’m here for it!” and realized this phenomenon is totally real.<\/p>\n<p>It was one of the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mTNgY367qS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/mTNgY367qS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wesley Yang (@wesyang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wesyang\/status\/1815913184630562857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Harris (D) Liberalgasm (6):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Holy cow. Completely packed stadium for VP Kamala Harris on her first campaign stop as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in Wisconsin right now. People are so fired up, energized, and ready to support Kamala Harris. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8zPrrqLPYd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/8zPrrqLPYd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Victor Shi (@Victorshi2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Victorshi2020\/status\/1815815812143538616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This is not a \u201cstadium.\u201d It\u2019s an auditorium. And \u201calways hire a hall that\u2019s too small\u201d (meaning Kamala has a good advance team (as long as she can keep them)).<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s TikTok:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This has a million likes on TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1OmAWVge1w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/1OmAWVge1w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 umichvoter \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83e\udd65\ud83c\udf34 (@umichvoter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/umichvoter\/status\/1815760800356630957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>But remember TikTok is absolutely not organic:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Very interesting that TikTok is aggressively laundering and rehabilitating Kamala Harris\u2019s image. <\/p>\n<p>Remember that anything that trends on that platform is essentially \u201callowed\u201d to trend. Nothing really is organic. <\/p>\n<p>If TikTok can transform Kamala\u2019s image from cringe to cool in 24\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bcoNorRsrD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/bcoNorRsrD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsMelChen\/status\/1815886579052732544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurprise Lilies\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/sarahkendzior.substack.com\/p\/surprise-lilies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sarah Kendzior\u2019s Newsletter<\/a>]. I don\u2019t think much of Kendzior, for reasons the rest of the article would show, but this rings true: \u201cMany Americans have spent the past eight years joining political cults: a common phenomenon in flawed democracies turning into autocracies. Americans must reject cult logic if we want our nation to survive. This includes not building a political cult around Kamala Harris. A campaign is different than a cult. It is one thing to back a candidate and cheer them on. It is another to submit to a mindset of fear, deference, and servitude; to browbeat fellow voters offering constructive criticism; and to proclaim a politician\u2019s every puzzling move either an Act of God or evidence of a Secret Noble Plan. Americans created cults around Trump, Mueller, Garland, Pelosi, Garland, Fauci, \u201cQ\u201d, and Biden, among others, to the detriment of our nation\u2019s health and to the benefit of grifters\u2019 wallets.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Remember when liberal Democrats were naming their dogs after Mueller? The Fauci votive candles?<\/p>\n<p>Non-cult member (1):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Beyonc\u00e9 went from having black panther dancers at the superbowl to licensing her music to a cop. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wa6aeIeJNv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wa6aeIeJNv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briebriejoy\/status\/1815929048184275163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Non-cult member (2):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OH WELL<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joseph N. DiStefano (@PhillyJoeD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyJoeD\/status\/1815758258092560476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/former-attorney-general-holder-vet-harriss-potential-running-mates-sources-2024-07-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Exclusive: Former attorney general Holder to vet Harris\u2019 potential running mates<\/a> Reuters.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>MI: Well, so much for Muslim vote:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichiganDems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@MichiganDems<\/a> presidential endorsement call, I was speaking up for the 101k Michigan Uncommitted voters who want our Party to adopt a more humane Gaza policy when a fellow DNC delegate unmuted to say “shut up, asshole.”<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abbas Alawieh (@AZAlawieh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AZAlawieh\/status\/1815943797483921809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Michigan Uncommitted voters are now demanding a meeting with Harris.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>That was then, this is now:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2021: Media reports on Biden asking Kamala to be border czar <\/p>\n<p>2024: Media says Biden never asked Kamala to be border czar <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jdlAQSB8vz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/jdlAQSB8vz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul A. Szypula \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Bubblebathgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bubblebathgirl\/status\/1816113313484357742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Pack journalism:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remarkable. <\/p>\n<p>Two different AP News streams, both on the same day, with radically different results. <\/p>\n<p>After Joe Biden dropped out of the race, Robert F. Kennedy immediately scheduled a press conference to reassure the American people. <\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden did not. <\/p>\n<p>However, AP News DID\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NTn27YAWRT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/NTn27YAWRT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lauren Lee (@sheislaurenlee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sheislaurenlee\/status\/1815738780667539934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/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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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:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" 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, KF, 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>Transmission: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPrevalence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in saliva, stool, and urine samples of COVID-19 patients in Bihar, India Open Access\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microbiologyresearch.org\/content\/journal\/acmi\/10.1099\/acmi.0.000693.v4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Microbiology Research<\/a>]. From the Abstract: \u201cBesides inhalation as a route for transmission, feco-oral has also been proposed. Its transmission to sewage systems is a growing public health issue\u2026. This cross-sectional observational study was conducted from January 2021 to March 2022 on human non-respiratory samples. A total of 345samples including saliva (116), stool (97), and urine (132) were collected from 143 COVID-19 cases. Samples were analysed for SARS-CoV-2 by multiplex RT-PCR targeted against E, ORF 1ab, and RdRp genes. In this study, out of 143cases, a total of 107 (74.8%) were positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in at least one of the nonrespiratory samples. There is a high prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in non-respiratory samples.\u201d And: \u201cThe presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the faeces of COVID-19 patients indicates potential feco-oral transmission of SARS-CoV-2. In addition to this, the excretion of SARS-CoV-2 in human stool and saliva is a concern of public health importance, especially in developing countries like India where open defecation and spitting in public is a rampant practice. Also, stray animals may get infected and might serve as a source of infection for humans. The sewage system might also be a potential source of viral outbreaks, community spread, and a future surveillance strategy. However, these potential routes of transmission need further investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maskstravaganza<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Masks while swimming (!), a thread:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s pool and beach season! Will a respirator work for swimming and water parks (or shower sans hair washing)?<\/p>\n<p>Using my PortaCount 8020A, I tested the most accessible & affordable water-resistant respirator, 3M Aura 1870+, after 6 and 8 hours of wear at the pool (1.5hrs total of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xwx00hGI8V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/xwx00hGI8V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stealthy Jess \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 \ud83d\udc9c (@AdvancedTweaker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdvancedTweaker\/status\/1815930182064300274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Celebrity Watch<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Winning gold in the FAFO Olympics:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday: Australia’s Olympic team chief said one water polo player had covid but they were ‘treating covid no differently to other bugs\u2026.this isn’t Tokyo.”<\/p>\n<p>Today: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4uHwfWHG34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/4uHwfWHG34<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nate Bear (@NateB_Panic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NateB_Panic\/status\/1816080170345812335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Another sure-to-be maskless conference, coming up:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please tell me the pandemic preparation community has learnt something from the disastrous WHO AIRBORNE disinformation response to SARS-CoV-2??<\/p>\n<p>Is the focus still just on vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics, and surveillance?<\/p>\n<p>Is no one discussing the lesson about the vital\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jnjR8KgarD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/jnjR8KgarD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AgkRAAPJgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/AgkRAAPJgw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Johnston (@JOHNJOHNSTONED) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JOHNJOHNSTONED\/status\/1815952482666938441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs no one discussing the lesson about the vital role of transmission mitigation strategies and the fundamental importance of getting the mode of transmission right?\u201d Until the powers-that-be can figure out how to charge rent for the air, the \u201cmode of transmission\u201d will <em>not<\/em> be of \u201cfundamental importance,\u201d no.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Where do pediatricians get this?<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And when I follow up and ask if their pediatrician informed them about covid safety precautions, all of them said they got no advice, no information.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Babel Fish (@TheBabelFish1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBabelFish1\/status\/1815714383256838373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"covid\"\/>Lambert here: Looks like the holiday travel dumped accelerant on the pre-existing surge; see especially the growth in wastewater \u201chot spots.\u201d Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGEND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> for charts new today; all others are not updated.<\/p>\n<p>2) For a full-size\/full-resolution image, Command-click (MacOS) or right-click (Windows) on the chart thumbnail and \u201copen image in new tab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1] (CDC) This week\u2019s wastewater map, with hot spots annotated. Keeps spreading.<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* very popular.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) Worth noting Emergency Department use is now on a par with the first wave, in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Keeps up steady increase. (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). The visualization suppresses what is, in percentage terms, a significant increase.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) An optimist would see a peak.<\/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. <\/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 statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cCrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/07\/24\/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TechCrunch<\/a>]. \u201cCrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that crashed millions of computers with a botched update all over the world last week, is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology, according to several people who say they received the gift card, as well as a source who also received one\u2026. \u2018To express our gratitude, your next cup of coffee or late night snack is on us!’\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"goog\"\/>Tech: \u201cGoogle Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/google-is-the-only-search-engine-that-works-on-reddit-now-thanks-to-ai-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">404 Media<\/a>]. \u201cGoogle is now the only search engine that can surface results from Reddit, making one of the web\u2019s most valuable repositories of user generated content exclusive to the internet\u2019s already dominant search engine. If you use Bing, DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, Qwant or any other alternative search engine that doesn\u2019t rely on Google\u2019s indexing and search Reddit by using \u201csite:reddit.com,\u201d you will not see any results from the last week. DuckDuckGo is currently turning up seven links when searching Reddit, but provides no data on where the links go or why, instead only saying that \u2018We would like to show you a description here but the site won\u2019t allow us.\u2019 Older results will still show up, but these search engines are no longer able to crawl\u2019 Reddit, meaning that Google is the only search engine that will turn up results from Reddit going forward. Searching for Reddit still works on Kagi, an independent, paid search engine that buys part of its search index from Google. The news shows how Google\u2019s near monopoly on search is now actively hindering other companies\u2019 ability to compete at a time when Google is facing increasing criticism over the quality of its search results. And while neither Reddit or Google responded to a request for comment, it appears that the exclusion of other search engines is the result of a multi-million dollar deal that gives Google the right to scrape Reddit for data to train its AI products. They\u2019re [Reddit] killing everything for search but Google,\u2019 Colin Hayhurst, CEO of the search engine Mojeek told me on a call.\u201d \u2022 And of course, as usual, Google \u201cscraping\u201d Reddit means stealing the labor of hundreds of thousands of users. \u201cOriginal accumulation,\u201d as the Bearded One calls it. All for a power-hungry bullshit generator nobody ever asked for, but the Bros thought would be a great idea!<\/p>\n<p>Tech: Hat tip, Silicon Valley:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CVS is going to stop all phone customer service. Not just that, but calls from patients will now be transcribed via generative AI and routed to pharmacists. Hope there are no errors here’s your medicine!<\/p>\n<p>Efficiency! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UhuJQktgst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/UhuJQktgst<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1816109984284868903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 43 Fear (previous close: 55 Neutral) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 58 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Jul 24 at 12:37:17 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wheel\"\/>Interesting graphic:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Geoffrey Roberts’s emotional word wheel helps describe emotions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2m5Lx9R3km\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/2m5Lx9R3km<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD (@acagamic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acagamic\/status\/1815763936819732654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Interesting idea but I\u2019m not sure I accept the categories or the method (Spinoza distinguishes between emotions and feelings, though without the text to hand I can\u2019t say why. But I\u2019m not sure this wheel does). Meanwhile, a fraction within the Democrat Party is clearly feeling strong emotions, <em>collectively<\/em>, after Kamala\u2019s annunciation. I don\u2019t know where to place them on this wheel (nor do I understand them in the first place).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich \u2013 and that threatens us all\u201d [George Monbiot, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/article\/2024\/jul\/24\/extreme-wealth-super-rich-devon-society-planet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guardian<\/a>]. \u201cExtreme wealth can severely hamper enjoyment. As Michael Mechanic documents in his book, Jackpot, there are two groups of people who have to think about money all the time: the very poor and the very rich. Immense wealth possesses you just as much as you possess it: managing it becomes a full-time job. You don\u2019t know whom to trust; you can start to imagine your friends aren\u2019t friends at all; it can dominate and poison your family relationships. It can hollow you out, socially, intellectually and morally. But I think there might be a further corroding aspect of wealth that hasn\u2019t been widely discussed. Great wealth flattens the world. If you can go anywhere and do anything, everything is over the horizon. You speed past the local and the particular, towards an endlessly escalating ideal of luxury: the better marina, the bigger yacht, the private jet, the super-home. The satisfaction horizon can retreat before you. Place has no meaning, other than as a setting that might impress the friends you no longer trust. But anyone who is impressed by money is not worth impressing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelationships are coevolutionary loops\u201d [Escaping Flatland]. \u201cThis is what I infer when I see someone who is comfortable in their unique strangeness, too. There probably exists someone who enabled that evolution of personality. A parent, a friend group, a spouse. It is rare for people to come into themselves if no one is excited and curious about their core, their potential. We need someone who gives us space to unfold\u2026. For me, this is Johanna. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henrikkarlsson.xyz\/p\/looking-for-alice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">We first met<\/a> when she was 21 and I was 22 and later became a couple. What is <em>me<\/em> in me has unfolded primarily in her company. This has been a mutual unfolding; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henrikkarlsson.xyz\/p\/doestoevsky-as-lover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">we spoke each other into being<\/a>. This essay is about how we made our first home together. By <em>home<\/em> I don\u2019t mean just the physical structure, but <em>the emotional space in which the coevolutionary loop plays out<\/em>.\u201d \u2022 Hmm.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, progress still does occur:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A comparison of Wisconsin’s occupied bald eagle nests in 1974 and 2019. The increase is attributed to the Clean Water Act <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S0IS3UDghT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/S0IS3UDghT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amazing Maps (@amazingmap) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amazingmap\/status\/1815821084836651146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<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\/07\/200pm-water-cooler-7-23-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From timotheus:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tobacco.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tobacco.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tobacco-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Timotheus writes: \u201cTobacco as decoration.\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. 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