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By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nPatient readers, brunch was quite something today, so please forgive any solecisms or infelicities. \u2013lambert<\/p>\nBird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, The Celery Fields, Sarasota, Florida, United States.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#election\">Election 2024 roundup<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#parsons\">Gram Parson\u2019s birthday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#wired\">Welding<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"187.84327719098\">\n<p><a name=\"election\"\/>Results: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Handy map<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/results.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"612\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/results.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/results-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Certainly Trump\u2019s solid win in the popular vote is legitimizing, and makes the kind of spook manipulations I was concerned about, like a color revolution, far less likely, though the nature and role of the Intelligence Community as an extra-constitutional entity remains a question. (Sadly, CIA Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/michigan-senate-slotkin-rogers-03884db9f8f2ff6d15be150f6c29ef14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Elissa Slotkin may yet pull out a win<\/a>.) <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s popular vote win was also unexpected:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.2972972972973\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.0675675675676\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One thing the prediction markets missed: <\/p>\n<p>The low-probability outcome of Trump becoming the first Republican to win the popular vote in 20 years ended up happening.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/32J4qJVqZx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/32J4qJVqZx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axios (@axios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1854134493050765741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarris to concede Wednesday afternoon\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/trump-harris-election-updates-11-5-2024#00000193-0266-d97f-add3-23e79ca50000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cVice President Kamala Harris will deliver a concession speech Wednesday at 4 p.m., her office announced. Harris will speak at Howard University, her alma mater in Washington, where her supporters watched returns Tuesday night before being sent home after midnight as President-elect Donald Trump pulled ahead in battleground state results.\u201d \u2022\u00a0In the election Live Blog, I published <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AydenMakesMaps\/status\/1853223728600977702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a schedule of returns from the Harris campaign<\/a>: \u201cThursday, 11\/07 & Beyond: If results are very close in any state, the race still may not be called.\u201d But events moved much, much faster than the Harris campaign expected!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarris congratulates Trump on winning the presidential race\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/06\/kamala-harris-concedes-donald-trump-00187922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cKamala Harris has called Donald Trump to congratulate him on winning the 2024 presidential election, according to a senior Harris aide. The vice president talked about the importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans, the aide said.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Oh. Hopefully she\u2019s not lying on the \u201cpeaceful transfer\u201d part; I still don\u2019t see how you just hand the keys to the White House over to someone you devoutly believe is a fascist. (unless they were lying all along). RussiaGate was launched, IIRC, in the Clinton campaign plane the day after the election, so maybe Kamala\u2019s people were hatching the same sort of plot before 4:00pm today. We shall see.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>A compendium of reactions. \u2013lambert<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Class<\/em><\/strong>: Harris always did well in the Hamptons:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"7.1284829721362\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"17.108359133127\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Staggering class realignment\/shift in working class<\/p>\n<p>Harris lost DESPITE major shift of affluent voters her way<\/p>\n<p>2020: Trump wins voters over $100K, 54-52<br \/>2024: *Harris* wins voters over $100K, 54-45<\/p>\n<p>2020: Biden wins voters $50K-$100K, 57-42<br \/>2024: *Trump* w\/ voters $50K-$100K,\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JStein_WaPo\/status\/1854168624119877887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Shoutout to Ferguson and Storm:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.2550143266476\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.9512893982808\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I really encourage people who think the Biden economy was great to read this paper from May by Thomas Ferguson and Servaas Storm. “Trump versus Biden: The Macroeconomics of the Second Coming.” Need to understand the economic context of this catastrophe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LI41QPehjV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/LI41QPehjV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UoCREFlp3u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/UoCREFlp3u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neal Meyer (@nealmeyer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nealmeyer\/status\/1854169635655930221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Trump being an expert in sniffing out weakness. Turns out the Democrat weakness was class, as one would expect from a party whose base is the PMC. Sadly, the only way to <em>express<\/em> this is through immigration. \u201cLived experience,\u201d doncha know.<\/p>\n<p>Universal concrete material benefits:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/biden_takeaways.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"927\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/biden_takeaways.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/biden_takeaways-162x300.png 162w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Missouri:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.7661290322581\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.9032258064516\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing to see here, just a centrist losing by half a million votes in a state where leftwing labor policy won. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MiRq73hkis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/MiRq73hkis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aren R. LeBrun (@arenrlebrun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arenrlebrun\/status\/1854035829930299477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Counties<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cEarly Results Show a Red Shift Across the U.S.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/mvOV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]: \u201cOf the counties with nearly complete results, more than 90 percent shifted in favor of former President Donald J. Trump in the 2024 presidential election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/counties.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/counties.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/counties-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kamala\u2019s underperformance:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2134831460674\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.955056179775\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">“Holy smokes! Literally nothing? Literally not one county?”<\/p>\n<p>Jake Tapper is absolutely SHOCKED by the map showing that Kamala didn’t outperform Biden in a single county. <\/p>\n<p>She’s a total loser!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XI0Q4s4wnU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/XI0Q4s4wnU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1854064784351678941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>See the community note. There are 3.144 counties in the United States, and 58\/3,144 = 0.01844783715, which is zero for all practical purposes. (I also think Twitter, or, I suppose, Musk, deservers credit for the \u201cCommunity Notes\u201d feature. I find it useful.)<\/p>\n<p>Data point (1):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2525773195876\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.340206185567\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An interesting data point. Donald Trump just won Anson County, North Carolina. The county is 40% Black. Trump becomes just the second Republican to win this county since the 1870s. (For people keeping score, that means since Reconstruction).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darvio Morrow (@DTheKingpin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DTheKingpin\/status\/1853993344843616485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Data point (2):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6424581005587\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.016759776536\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump won Starr County TX, most Hispanic county in America at 97% by 16 points.<\/p>\n<p>Last time it voted republican was in 1892.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanGirdusky\/status\/1854019263478042758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Blob<\/em><\/strong>: I wonder how the \u201cthirty five year national security expert\u201d is feeling?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.8133802816901\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.8028169014085\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Musk v Pompeo. The battle for heart of the Trump administration has begun: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JmvThxutR7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/JmvThxutR7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\/status\/1854073863207866459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps all the endorsements from generals and spooks and national security goons were \u2014 hear me out \u2014 a negative?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.1646706586826\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.0419161676647\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The country is not okay. Every National Security Advisor said do not vote for this man. And millions do, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darlene McDonald (@iamdarlenemcd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamdarlenemcd\/status\/1853990627660423418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our Democracy<\/em><\/strong>: Misery:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2037037037037\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.20987654321\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There’s a sign you can see in many shops that sell beautiful but fragile items: LOVELY TO LOOK AT, DELIGHTFUL TO HOLD, BUT ONCE YOU BREAK IT, THEN IT’S SOLD.<br \/>You can say the same about democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\/status\/1854115853840593251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>One party\u2019s candidate was chosen in primaries; the other\u2019s was selected by a small cabal. One party\u2019s base hated its leadership, and used the primary mechanism to get rid of it. The other party wouldn\u2019t even consider such a thing, and operates strictly by seniority. Which party is more democratic?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Democrat Leadership<\/em><\/strong>: The entire Democrat leadership ought to be purged, for starters:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.2599118942731\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.9647577092511\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This catastrophic Senate outcome is on Schumer, who explicitly sought to trade working class votes for suburban affluent votes, and got got neither. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/38FgfygfIY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/38FgfygfIY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1854123398542278882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Of course, that won\u2019t happen, and the entire party has been made over in the image of the failed leaders (Exhibit A: AOC), so even if it did happen, it would make no differenece.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Identity Politics<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cA historic realignment\u201d \u2013Trump<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"6.185595567867\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"15.02216066482\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump claims Muslim Americans as part of the coalition that helped secure his projected victory in the 2024 presidential election: “It came from \u2014 they came from all quarters \u2014 union, non-union, African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, Arab American, Muslim \u2026 It was\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lyTfJIr3Fd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/lyTfJIr3Fd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DropSiteNews\/status\/1854141858345361535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Abortion<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cReproductive Freedom\u201d outperformed Kamala:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.3660377358491\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.2566037735849\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Abortion rights are beating Kamala in every single state that voted on them.<\/p>\n<p>Progressive policies aren’t unelectable \u2013 unpopular Democratic politicians are. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Akum3h67jZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Akum3h67jZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Holding Dems Accountable (From the Left!) (@PushBidenLeft) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PushBidenLeft\/status\/1854021301481906460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>This suggests, perhaps counter-intuitively, that the Supreme Court in Dobbs, which left abortion up to the states, will in fact maximize poltically feasible codification (assuming Trump keeps his promise not to push for a national ban. No doubt the Christianists will push for a national ban when Congress reconvenes, so we\u2019ll see what happens. Personally, I think Trump would like the whole issue, and its zealots, to go away). <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our Famously Free Press<\/em><\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2078313253012\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.710843373494\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even prototypical DC journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkHalperin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@MarkHalperin<\/a> says the media failure may be so immense it can’t be repaired.<\/p>\n<p>“It’s such an admission of complete professional irresponsibility, of malpractice, that it’s difficult for people to concede.” <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/77eML6ka1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/77eML6ka1c<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IBL5CzVDlW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/IBL5CzVDlW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emily Kopp (@emilyakopp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilyakopp\/status\/1854124501614702716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=opera&q=trump+2016+inaugural+dark&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The \u201cdark\u201d meme<\/a> reappears:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.1340206185567\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.835051546392\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Notice how WaPo and NYT use the term “dark” to describe Trump, but never used that for Biden and Harris while they spent a year bombing babies?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Trump is bad, but this kind of media whitewashing of Dems has to stop. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MrEkQ0Stc7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/MrEkQ0Stc7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Daou (@peterdaou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterdaou\/status\/1854137039869915519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fascism<\/em><\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2095709570957\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"13.260726072607\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">America is not a dark place, Trump is not a fascist, and we\u2019re not headed for an authoritarian state.<\/p>\n<p>Dems just did a bad job at governing and politics. They trusted the Federal Reserve and the foreign policy and media establishment.<\/p>\n<p>Trump didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1854124853655220524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>I disagree with scholar-of-fascism Paxton\u2019s claim that this is a fascist moment (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/10\/200pm-water-cooler-10-28-2024.html#paxton\">see extended discussion here<\/a>). I don\u2019t think it\u2019s evidence-based, let alone based on scholarship. That said, I agree wholeheartedly with him here: \u201cWhatever Trumpism is, it\u2019s coming \u2018from below as a mass phenomenon, and the leaders are running to keep ahead of it.’\u201d Democrats will, of course, be incapable of even perceiving this \u201cmass phenomenon,\u201d let alone analyzing it. Ditto RINOs. Today\u2019s Republicans? I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Liberal Inability to Self-Reflect<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cWould it not in that case be simpler for the government to dissolve the people and elect another?\u201d \u2014 Bertolt Brecht<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.4956896551724\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.4870689655172\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This election was about one thing: hate vs. the understanding we’re all in this together. Americans prefer the former. That’s the only conclusion to draw. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/peJsk84GIU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/peJsk84GIU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert (@ElizKolbert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElizKolbert\/status\/1854139944509268446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The sad thing is that even though Kolbert is at The New Yorker, I\u2019ve enjoyed her writing on climate.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Schadenfreude<\/em><\/strong>: The Bidens (1): Ouch!<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.4246575342466\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.2739726027397\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jill wore all red to vote. As the wife of a democrat politician there\u2019s no way she doesn\u2019t know how this looks. Biden and Jill are pissed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aHb5k4VZUe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/aHb5k4VZUe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coco \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@CoClarified) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoClarified\/status\/1853912706052657237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The Bidens (2): Biden\u2019s counter-programming, whatever the cause, cannot have been helpful:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.4093959731544\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.510067114094\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201ctell kamala. i want her to know it was me.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5o1uUCy8Le\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/5o1uUCy8Le<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AErF84Rjab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/AErF84Rjab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loganclarkhall\/status\/1853955697224159605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>(\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8ToP_EnAlLU?si=Vf2W7HwyxFDgjkZa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">I want her to know it was me<\/a>\u201d is a Game of Thrones reference.)<\/p>\n<p>Get the word \u201cLincoln\u201d out of your mouths:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.7209302325581\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.1627906976744\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guest on CNN: ‘The Lincoln Project was utterly useless. They just built themselves a bunch of beach houses on Dem donor money.’<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Daou (@peterdaou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterdaou\/status\/1854150668564541947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The fall of House Cheney:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.6778523489933\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.0335570469799\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They Cheneys have now stolen two elections from Democrats but you can\u2019t really blame them for the second<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryangrim\/status\/1854055370055884975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: This post brings Water Cooler\u2019s daily election 2024 coverage to an end, although the election will continue to be a rich vein of inquiry as the transition to a Trump administration takes place (assuming, of course, that there is not a third, successful assassination attempt, or some late-breaking lawfare imbroglio). Let me briefly review my methodology. Since this is not my blog, I don\u2019t make \u201ccalls\u201d and certainly don\u2019t make endorsements. Rather, I lay out my evidence and thinking and trust the readers to make use of them as they may. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2023\/12\/200pm-water-cooler-12-1-2023.html\">Back in December 2023<\/a> I wrote, looking forward, or at least ahead, to the year\u2019s coverage:<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"15\">\n<p>340 days is a long time in politics. In the formulation of stability vs. volatility \u2014 that is, the view that the race is a \u201cregular order\u201d of Trump v. Biden, vs. the view that it is by no means certain that Trump and\/or Biden will nominated[1], elected, and allowed to assume office[2], and further, that the means by which the parties will select their candidates is unknown[3], and even the nature of victory is unknown \u2014 I am firmly on the side of volatility[4]. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[1] In fact, Biden was defenestrated. [2] We can\u2019t be sure: The transition period is a long time of politics. [3] Kamala was selected not in a primary, but by a small cabal. [4] I think the upheaval on election day comes under the heading of volatility (in addition to Trump being the second President since Grover Cleveland to serve two non-consecutive terms). Further:<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"15\">\n<p>Hence my grimly detailed and methodical pointillist method; we need to know as much about all the players and fields as we possibly can, because we cannot know who will emerge from the pack[5], or even, at this point, why[6]. The powers that be can rig the election all they want, but if the dogs won\u2019t eat the rigging, what then? And if they will, what then? So strap yourselves in.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[5] Robert Kennedy. [6] Uncommitted and Stein re: genocide.<\/p>\n<p>I feel that the \u201cgrimly detailed and methodical pointillist method\u201d cannot but have given readers insight into splendor and miseries of electoral politics, the strengths and weaknesses of the parties and the players, and \u201cvibes.\u201d What I did not anticipate, going into 2024, was the sheer volume and solidity of the bullshit I would have to contend with, and the overwhelming commitment of the press to the victory of one candidate\/party. These two factors made the daily task of plucking nuggets from the news flow much more time-consuming and, indeed, risky than I have become accustomed to, because literally every data point had to be \u201cassessed,\u201d as if I were some sort of spook myself. Another way of saying this is that the PMC are my people, the press being a subset thereof; and I have been accustomed to being able to apply a proper discount to a large array of PMC work products, venues, etc., shortcutting the assessment process. Not so this year! Another methodological issue was representing the ebb and flow of candidate support in the campaign. Here, I decided to use the RealClearPolitics (RCP) poll averages every week. RCP is a conservative source, but and so its averages protected me (and you) from polling error and manipulation. Throughout, potential paths to victory for the ultimate winner were always clear. I\u2019m also happy to have kept drawing that red box around <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/trump-wins-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a>, where the Blue Wall first cracked. (I was surprised that Trump won the popular vote, but I never did track it, since it wasn\u2019t relevant to victory). Here endeth my criticism\/self-criticism for Water Cooler\u2019s election coverage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/CalSuWers-Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); IA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmmwra.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Boise; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/?plantId=1056f05c-0e46-4e3d-b007-c0453ba7dc0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/#:SARS-CoV-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.srhd.org\/topics\/spokane-county-case-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spokane County<\/a>); IL (<a href=\"https:\/\/iwss.uillinois.edu\/wastewater-treatment-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&subtopic=recurring-updates&indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/sars-cov-2-in-wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/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, KidDoc, 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><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are no official statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 57 Greed (previous close: 43 Fear) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 57 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 6 at 2:00:00 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Musical Interlude<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"parsons\"\/>Gram Parsons\u2019 birthday was the other day:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe title=\"Sin City (2006 Remaster)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cWYxkwgml6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Nook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cReport finds \u2018shocking and dispiriting\u2019 fall in children reading for pleasure\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2024\/nov\/05\/report-fall-in-children-reading-for-pleasure-national-literacy-trust\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guardian<\/a>]. In the UK: \u201cChildren\u2019s reading enjoyment has fallen to its lowest level in almost two decades, with just one in three young people saying that they enjoy reading in their free time, according to a new survey. Only 34.6% of eight- to 18-year-olds surveyed by the National Literacy Trust (NLT) said that they enjoy reading in their spare time. This is the lowest level recorded by the charity since it began surveying children about their reading habits 19 years ago, representing an 8.8 percentage point drop since last year. It is also part of a broader downward trend since 2016, when almost two in three children said that they enjoyed reading.\u201d \u2022 That\u2019s a steep drop-off!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What color!<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.1344537815126\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6302521008403\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bouquet of violets <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FSFKoEjYqR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/FSFKoEjYqR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DAAxiqQzPc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/DAAxiqQzPc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Edouard Manet (@artistmanet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artistmanet\/status\/1853808520614826373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally!<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.5981595092025\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.4233128834356\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gorgeous time-lapse of Mt Fuji in Japan today and FINALLY, it’s capped with snow \ud83d\ude0d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dvBkbKvBbO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/dvBkbKvBbO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Volcaholic \ud83c\udf0b (@volcaholic1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/volcaholic1\/status\/1853920158298869797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly 5.3% of welders in the US are women. After years as a writing professor, I became one \u2212 here\u2019s what I learned\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/only-5-3-of-welders-in-the-us-are-women-after-years-as-a-writing-professor-i-became-one-heres-what-i-learned-240431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Conversation<\/a>]. \u201cRecognizing the good pay and job security, U.S. women have moved in greater numbers into skilled trades such as welding and fabrication within the past 10 years. From 2017 to 2022, the number of women in trades rose from about 241,000 to nearly 354,000. That\u2019s an increase of about 47%. Even so, women still constitute just 5.3% of welders in the United States.\u201d \u2022 Worth a read, particularly if you\u2019re a woman thinking of entering the field.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information for plants<\/strong>: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/200pm-water-cooler-11-5-2024.htmll\">here<\/a>. From Milton:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fall_colors_2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fall_colors_2.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fall_colors_2-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Milton writes: \u201cFall Colors around of Big Pine along Hwy 395 in the Eastern Sierra. This was taken as I took the turn off to the Bristlecone Pine forests.\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. Material here is Lambert\u2019s, and does not express the views of the Naked Capitalism site. 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Patient readers, brunch was quite something today, so please forgive any solecisms or infelicities. \u2013lambert<\/p>\n
Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, The Celery Fields, Sarasota, Florida, United States.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#election\">Election 2024 roundup<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#parsons\">Gram Parson\u2019s birthday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#wired\">Welding<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"187.84327719098\">\n<p><a name=\"election\"\/>Results: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Handy map<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/results.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"612\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/results.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/results-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Certainly Trump\u2019s solid win in the popular vote is legitimizing, and makes the kind of spook manipulations I was concerned about, like a color revolution, far less likely, though the nature and role of the Intelligence Community as an extra-constitutional entity remains a question. (Sadly, CIA Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/michigan-senate-slotkin-rogers-03884db9f8f2ff6d15be150f6c29ef14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Elissa Slotkin may yet pull out a win<\/a>.) <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s popular vote win was also unexpected:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.2972972972973\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.0675675675676\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One thing the prediction markets missed: <\/p>\n<p>The low-probability outcome of Trump becoming the first Republican to win the popular vote in 20 years ended up happening.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/32J4qJVqZx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/32J4qJVqZx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axios (@axios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1854134493050765741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarris to concede Wednesday afternoon\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/trump-harris-election-updates-11-5-2024#00000193-0266-d97f-add3-23e79ca50000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cVice President Kamala Harris will deliver a concession speech Wednesday at 4 p.m., her office announced. Harris will speak at Howard University, her alma mater in Washington, where her supporters watched returns Tuesday night before being sent home after midnight as President-elect Donald Trump pulled ahead in battleground state results.\u201d \u2022\u00a0In the election Live Blog, I published <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AydenMakesMaps\/status\/1853223728600977702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a schedule of returns from the Harris campaign<\/a>: \u201cThursday, 11\/07 & Beyond: If results are very close in any state, the race still may not be called.\u201d But events moved much, much faster than the Harris campaign expected!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarris congratulates Trump on winning the presidential race\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/06\/kamala-harris-concedes-donald-trump-00187922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cKamala Harris has called Donald Trump to congratulate him on winning the 2024 presidential election, according to a senior Harris aide. The vice president talked about the importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans, the aide said.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Oh. Hopefully she\u2019s not lying on the \u201cpeaceful transfer\u201d part; I still don\u2019t see how you just hand the keys to the White House over to someone you devoutly believe is a fascist. (unless they were lying all along). RussiaGate was launched, IIRC, in the Clinton campaign plane the day after the election, so maybe Kamala\u2019s people were hatching the same sort of plot before 4:00pm today. We shall see.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>A compendium of reactions. \u2013lambert<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Class<\/em><\/strong>: Harris always did well in the Hamptons:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"7.1284829721362\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"17.108359133127\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Staggering class realignment\/shift in working class<\/p>\n<p>Harris lost DESPITE major shift of affluent voters her way<\/p>\n<p>2020: Trump wins voters over $100K, 54-52<br \/>2024: *Harris* wins voters over $100K, 54-45<\/p>\n<p>2020: Biden wins voters $50K-$100K, 57-42<br \/>2024: *Trump* w\/ voters $50K-$100K,\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JStein_WaPo\/status\/1854168624119877887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Shoutout to Ferguson and Storm:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.2550143266476\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.9512893982808\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I really encourage people who think the Biden economy was great to read this paper from May by Thomas Ferguson and Servaas Storm. “Trump versus Biden: The Macroeconomics of the Second Coming.” Need to understand the economic context of this catastrophe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LI41QPehjV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/LI41QPehjV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UoCREFlp3u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/UoCREFlp3u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neal Meyer (@nealmeyer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nealmeyer\/status\/1854169635655930221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Trump being an expert in sniffing out weakness. Turns out the Democrat weakness was class, as one would expect from a party whose base is the PMC. Sadly, the only way to <em>express<\/em> this is through immigration. \u201cLived experience,\u201d doncha know.<\/p>\n<p>Universal concrete material benefits:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/biden_takeaways.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"927\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/biden_takeaways.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/biden_takeaways-162x300.png 162w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Missouri:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.7661290322581\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.9032258064516\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing to see here, just a centrist losing by half a million votes in a state where leftwing labor policy won. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MiRq73hkis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/MiRq73hkis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aren R. LeBrun (@arenrlebrun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arenrlebrun\/status\/1854035829930299477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Counties<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cEarly Results Show a Red Shift Across the U.S.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/mvOV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]: \u201cOf the counties with nearly complete results, more than 90 percent shifted in favor of former President Donald J. Trump in the 2024 presidential election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/counties.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/counties.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/counties-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kamala\u2019s underperformance:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2134831460674\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.955056179775\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">“Holy smokes! Literally nothing? Literally not one county?”<\/p>\n<p>Jake Tapper is absolutely SHOCKED by the map showing that Kamala didn’t outperform Biden in a single county. <\/p>\n<p>She’s a total loser!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XI0Q4s4wnU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/XI0Q4s4wnU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1854064784351678941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>See the community note. There are 3.144 counties in the United States, and 58\/3,144 = 0.01844783715, which is zero for all practical purposes. (I also think Twitter, or, I suppose, Musk, deservers credit for the \u201cCommunity Notes\u201d feature. I find it useful.)<\/p>\n<p>Data point (1):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2525773195876\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.340206185567\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An interesting data point. Donald Trump just won Anson County, North Carolina. The county is 40% Black. Trump becomes just the second Republican to win this county since the 1870s. (For people keeping score, that means since Reconstruction).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darvio Morrow (@DTheKingpin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DTheKingpin\/status\/1853993344843616485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Data point (2):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6424581005587\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.016759776536\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump won Starr County TX, most Hispanic county in America at 97% by 16 points.<\/p>\n<p>Last time it voted republican was in 1892.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanGirdusky\/status\/1854019263478042758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Blob<\/em><\/strong>: I wonder how the \u201cthirty five year national security expert\u201d is feeling?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.8133802816901\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.8028169014085\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Musk v Pompeo. The battle for heart of the Trump administration has begun: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JmvThxutR7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/JmvThxutR7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\/status\/1854073863207866459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps all the endorsements from generals and spooks and national security goons were \u2014 hear me out \u2014 a negative?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.1646706586826\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.0419161676647\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The country is not okay. Every National Security Advisor said do not vote for this man. And millions do, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darlene McDonald (@iamdarlenemcd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamdarlenemcd\/status\/1853990627660423418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our Democracy<\/em><\/strong>: Misery:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2037037037037\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.20987654321\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There’s a sign you can see in many shops that sell beautiful but fragile items: LOVELY TO LOOK AT, DELIGHTFUL TO HOLD, BUT ONCE YOU BREAK IT, THEN IT’S SOLD.<br \/>You can say the same about democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\/status\/1854115853840593251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>One party\u2019s candidate was chosen in primaries; the other\u2019s was selected by a small cabal. One party\u2019s base hated its leadership, and used the primary mechanism to get rid of it. The other party wouldn\u2019t even consider such a thing, and operates strictly by seniority. Which party is more democratic?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Democrat Leadership<\/em><\/strong>: The entire Democrat leadership ought to be purged, for starters:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.2599118942731\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.9647577092511\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This catastrophic Senate outcome is on Schumer, who explicitly sought to trade working class votes for suburban affluent votes, and got got neither. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/38FgfygfIY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/38FgfygfIY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1854123398542278882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Of course, that won\u2019t happen, and the entire party has been made over in the image of the failed leaders (Exhibit A: AOC), so even if it did happen, it would make no differenece.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Identity Politics<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cA historic realignment\u201d \u2013Trump<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"6.185595567867\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"15.02216066482\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump claims Muslim Americans as part of the coalition that helped secure his projected victory in the 2024 presidential election: “It came from \u2014 they came from all quarters \u2014 union, non-union, African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, Arab American, Muslim \u2026 It was\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lyTfJIr3Fd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/lyTfJIr3Fd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DropSiteNews\/status\/1854141858345361535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Abortion<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cReproductive Freedom\u201d outperformed Kamala:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.3660377358491\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.2566037735849\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Abortion rights are beating Kamala in every single state that voted on them.<\/p>\n<p>Progressive policies aren’t unelectable \u2013 unpopular Democratic politicians are. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Akum3h67jZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Akum3h67jZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Holding Dems Accountable (From the Left!) (@PushBidenLeft) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PushBidenLeft\/status\/1854021301481906460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>This suggests, perhaps counter-intuitively, that the Supreme Court in Dobbs, which left abortion up to the states, will in fact maximize poltically feasible codification (assuming Trump keeps his promise not to push for a national ban. No doubt the Christianists will push for a national ban when Congress reconvenes, so we\u2019ll see what happens. Personally, I think Trump would like the whole issue, and its zealots, to go away). <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our Famously Free Press<\/em><\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2078313253012\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.710843373494\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even prototypical DC journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkHalperin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@MarkHalperin<\/a> says the media failure may be so immense it can’t be repaired.<\/p>\n<p>“It’s such an admission of complete professional irresponsibility, of malpractice, that it’s difficult for people to concede.” <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/77eML6ka1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/77eML6ka1c<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IBL5CzVDlW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/IBL5CzVDlW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emily Kopp (@emilyakopp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilyakopp\/status\/1854124501614702716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=opera&q=trump+2016+inaugural+dark&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The \u201cdark\u201d meme<\/a> reappears:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.1340206185567\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.835051546392\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Notice how WaPo and NYT use the term “dark” to describe Trump, but never used that for Biden and Harris while they spent a year bombing babies?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Trump is bad, but this kind of media whitewashing of Dems has to stop. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MrEkQ0Stc7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/MrEkQ0Stc7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Daou (@peterdaou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterdaou\/status\/1854137039869915519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fascism<\/em><\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2095709570957\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"13.260726072607\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">America is not a dark place, Trump is not a fascist, and we\u2019re not headed for an authoritarian state.<\/p>\n<p>Dems just did a bad job at governing and politics. They trusted the Federal Reserve and the foreign policy and media establishment.<\/p>\n<p>Trump didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1854124853655220524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>I disagree with scholar-of-fascism Paxton\u2019s claim that this is a fascist moment (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/10\/200pm-water-cooler-10-28-2024.html#paxton\">see extended discussion here<\/a>). I don\u2019t think it\u2019s evidence-based, let alone based on scholarship. That said, I agree wholeheartedly with him here: \u201cWhatever Trumpism is, it\u2019s coming \u2018from below as a mass phenomenon, and the leaders are running to keep ahead of it.’\u201d Democrats will, of course, be incapable of even perceiving this \u201cmass phenomenon,\u201d let alone analyzing it. Ditto RINOs. Today\u2019s Republicans? I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Liberal Inability to Self-Reflect<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cWould it not in that case be simpler for the government to dissolve the people and elect another?\u201d \u2014 Bertolt Brecht<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.4956896551724\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.4870689655172\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This election was about one thing: hate vs. the understanding we’re all in this together. Americans prefer the former. That’s the only conclusion to draw. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/peJsk84GIU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/peJsk84GIU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert (@ElizKolbert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElizKolbert\/status\/1854139944509268446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The sad thing is that even though Kolbert is at The New Yorker, I\u2019ve enjoyed her writing on climate.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Schadenfreude<\/em><\/strong>: The Bidens (1): Ouch!<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.4246575342466\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.2739726027397\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jill wore all red to vote. As the wife of a democrat politician there\u2019s no way she doesn\u2019t know how this looks. Biden and Jill are pissed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aHb5k4VZUe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/aHb5k4VZUe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coco \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@CoClarified) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoClarified\/status\/1853912706052657237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The Bidens (2): Biden\u2019s counter-programming, whatever the cause, cannot have been helpful:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.4093959731544\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.510067114094\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201ctell kamala. i want her to know it was me.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5o1uUCy8Le\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/5o1uUCy8Le<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AErF84Rjab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/AErF84Rjab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loganclarkhall\/status\/1853955697224159605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>(\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8ToP_EnAlLU?si=Vf2W7HwyxFDgjkZa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">I want her to know it was me<\/a>\u201d is a Game of Thrones reference.)<\/p>\n<p>Get the word \u201cLincoln\u201d out of your mouths:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.7209302325581\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.1627906976744\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guest on CNN: ‘The Lincoln Project was utterly useless. They just built themselves a bunch of beach houses on Dem donor money.’<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Daou (@peterdaou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterdaou\/status\/1854150668564541947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The fall of House Cheney:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.6778523489933\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.0335570469799\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They Cheneys have now stolen two elections from Democrats but you can\u2019t really blame them for the second<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryangrim\/status\/1854055370055884975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: This post brings Water Cooler\u2019s daily election 2024 coverage to an end, although the election will continue to be a rich vein of inquiry as the transition to a Trump administration takes place (assuming, of course, that there is not a third, successful assassination attempt, or some late-breaking lawfare imbroglio). Let me briefly review my methodology. Since this is not my blog, I don\u2019t make \u201ccalls\u201d and certainly don\u2019t make endorsements. Rather, I lay out my evidence and thinking and trust the readers to make use of them as they may. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2023\/12\/200pm-water-cooler-12-1-2023.html\">Back in December 2023<\/a> I wrote, looking forward, or at least ahead, to the year\u2019s coverage:<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"15\">\n<p>340 days is a long time in politics. In the formulation of stability vs. volatility \u2014 that is, the view that the race is a \u201cregular order\u201d of Trump v. Biden, vs. the view that it is by no means certain that Trump and\/or Biden will nominated[1], elected, and allowed to assume office[2], and further, that the means by which the parties will select their candidates is unknown[3], and even the nature of victory is unknown \u2014 I am firmly on the side of volatility[4]. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[1] In fact, Biden was defenestrated. [2] We can\u2019t be sure: The transition period is a long time of politics. [3] Kamala was selected not in a primary, but by a small cabal. [4] I think the upheaval on election day comes under the heading of volatility (in addition to Trump being the second President since Grover Cleveland to serve two non-consecutive terms). Further:<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"15\">\n<p>Hence my grimly detailed and methodical pointillist method; we need to know as much about all the players and fields as we possibly can, because we cannot know who will emerge from the pack[5], or even, at this point, why[6]. The powers that be can rig the election all they want, but if the dogs won\u2019t eat the rigging, what then? And if they will, what then? So strap yourselves in.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[5] Robert Kennedy. [6] Uncommitted and Stein re: genocide.<\/p>\n<p>I feel that the \u201cgrimly detailed and methodical pointillist method\u201d cannot but have given readers insight into splendor and miseries of electoral politics, the strengths and weaknesses of the parties and the players, and \u201cvibes.\u201d What I did not anticipate, going into 2024, was the sheer volume and solidity of the bullshit I would have to contend with, and the overwhelming commitment of the press to the victory of one candidate\/party. These two factors made the daily task of plucking nuggets from the news flow much more time-consuming and, indeed, risky than I have become accustomed to, because literally every data point had to be \u201cassessed,\u201d as if I were some sort of spook myself. Another way of saying this is that the PMC are my people, the press being a subset thereof; and I have been accustomed to being able to apply a proper discount to a large array of PMC work products, venues, etc., shortcutting the assessment process. Not so this year! Another methodological issue was representing the ebb and flow of candidate support in the campaign. Here, I decided to use the RealClearPolitics (RCP) poll averages every week. RCP is a conservative source, but and so its averages protected me (and you) from polling error and manipulation. Throughout, potential paths to victory for the ultimate winner were always clear. I\u2019m also happy to have kept drawing that red box around <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/trump-wins-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a>, where the Blue Wall first cracked. (I was surprised that Trump won the popular vote, but I never did track it, since it wasn\u2019t relevant to victory). Here endeth my criticism\/self-criticism for Water Cooler\u2019s election coverage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/CalSuWers-Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; 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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\/sars-cov-2-in-wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/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, KidDoc, 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><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are no official statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 57 Greed (previous close: 43 Fear) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 57 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 6 at 2:00:00 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Musical Interlude<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"parsons\"\/>Gram Parsons\u2019 birthday was the other day:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe title=\"Sin City (2006 Remaster)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cWYxkwgml6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Nook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cReport finds \u2018shocking and dispiriting\u2019 fall in children reading for pleasure\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2024\/nov\/05\/report-fall-in-children-reading-for-pleasure-national-literacy-trust\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guardian<\/a>]. In the UK: \u201cChildren\u2019s reading enjoyment has fallen to its lowest level in almost two decades, with just one in three young people saying that they enjoy reading in their free time, according to a new survey. Only 34.6% of eight- to 18-year-olds surveyed by the National Literacy Trust (NLT) said that they enjoy reading in their spare time. This is the lowest level recorded by the charity since it began surveying children about their reading habits 19 years ago, representing an 8.8 percentage point drop since last year. It is also part of a broader downward trend since 2016, when almost two in three children said that they enjoyed reading.\u201d \u2022 That\u2019s a steep drop-off!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What color!<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.1344537815126\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6302521008403\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bouquet of violets <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FSFKoEjYqR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/FSFKoEjYqR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DAAxiqQzPc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/DAAxiqQzPc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Edouard Manet (@artistmanet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artistmanet\/status\/1853808520614826373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally!<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.5981595092025\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.4233128834356\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gorgeous time-lapse of Mt Fuji in Japan today and FINALLY, it’s capped with snow \ud83d\ude0d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dvBkbKvBbO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/dvBkbKvBbO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Volcaholic \ud83c\udf0b (@volcaholic1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/volcaholic1\/status\/1853920158298869797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly 5.3% of welders in the US are women. After years as a writing professor, I became one \u2212 here\u2019s what I learned\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/only-5-3-of-welders-in-the-us-are-women-after-years-as-a-writing-professor-i-became-one-heres-what-i-learned-240431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Conversation<\/a>]. \u201cRecognizing the good pay and job security, U.S. women have moved in greater numbers into skilled trades such as welding and fabrication within the past 10 years. From 2017 to 2022, the number of women in trades rose from about 241,000 to nearly 354,000. That\u2019s an increase of about 47%. Even so, women still constitute just 5.3% of welders in the United States.\u201d \u2022 Worth a read, particularly if you\u2019re a woman thinking of entering the field.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information for plants<\/strong>: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/200pm-water-cooler-11-5-2024.htmll\">here<\/a>. From Milton:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fall_colors_2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fall_colors_2.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fall_colors_2-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Milton writes: \u201cFall Colors around of Big Pine along Hwy 395 in the Eastern Sierra. This was taken as I took the turn off to the Bristlecone Pine forests.\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. Material here is Lambert\u2019s, and does not express the views of the Naked Capitalism site. 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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, The Celery Fields, Sarasota, Florida, United States.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#election\">Election 2024 roundup<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#parsons\">Gram Parson\u2019s birthday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#wired\">Welding<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"187.84327719098\">\n<p><a name=\"election\"\/>Results: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Handy map<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/results.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"612\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/results.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/results-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Certainly Trump\u2019s solid win in the popular vote is legitimizing, and makes the kind of spook manipulations I was concerned about, like a color revolution, far less likely, though the nature and role of the Intelligence Community as an extra-constitutional entity remains a question. (Sadly, CIA Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/michigan-senate-slotkin-rogers-03884db9f8f2ff6d15be150f6c29ef14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Elissa Slotkin may yet pull out a win<\/a>.) <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s popular vote win was also unexpected:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.2972972972973\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.0675675675676\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One thing the prediction markets missed: <\/p>\n<p>The low-probability outcome of Trump becoming the first Republican to win the popular vote in 20 years ended up happening.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/32J4qJVqZx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/32J4qJVqZx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axios (@axios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1854134493050765741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarris to concede Wednesday afternoon\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/trump-harris-election-updates-11-5-2024#00000193-0266-d97f-add3-23e79ca50000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cVice President Kamala Harris will deliver a concession speech Wednesday at 4 p.m., her office announced. Harris will speak at Howard University, her alma mater in Washington, where her supporters watched returns Tuesday night before being sent home after midnight as President-elect Donald Trump pulled ahead in battleground state results.\u201d \u2022\u00a0In the election Live Blog, I published <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AydenMakesMaps\/status\/1853223728600977702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a schedule of returns from the Harris campaign<\/a>: \u201cThursday, 11\/07 & Beyond: If results are very close in any state, the race still may not be called.\u201d But events moved much, much faster than the Harris campaign expected!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarris congratulates Trump on winning the presidential race\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/06\/kamala-harris-concedes-donald-trump-00187922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cKamala Harris has called Donald Trump to congratulate him on winning the 2024 presidential election, according to a senior Harris aide. The vice president talked about the importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans, the aide said.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Oh. Hopefully she\u2019s not lying on the \u201cpeaceful transfer\u201d part; I still don\u2019t see how you just hand the keys to the White House over to someone you devoutly believe is a fascist. (unless they were lying all along). RussiaGate was launched, IIRC, in the Clinton campaign plane the day after the election, so maybe Kamala\u2019s people were hatching the same sort of plot before 4:00pm today. We shall see.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>A compendium of reactions. \u2013lambert<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Class<\/em><\/strong>: Harris always did well in the Hamptons:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"7.1284829721362\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"17.108359133127\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Staggering class realignment\/shift in working class<\/p>\n<p>Harris lost DESPITE major shift of affluent voters her way<\/p>\n<p>2020: Trump wins voters over $100K, 54-52<br \/>2024: *Harris* wins voters over $100K, 54-45<\/p>\n<p>2020: Biden wins voters $50K-$100K, 57-42<br \/>2024: *Trump* w\/ voters $50K-$100K,\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JStein_WaPo\/status\/1854168624119877887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Shoutout to Ferguson and Storm:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.2550143266476\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.9512893982808\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I really encourage people who think the Biden economy was great to read this paper from May by Thomas Ferguson and Servaas Storm. “Trump versus Biden: The Macroeconomics of the Second Coming.” Need to understand the economic context of this catastrophe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LI41QPehjV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/LI41QPehjV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UoCREFlp3u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/UoCREFlp3u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neal Meyer (@nealmeyer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nealmeyer\/status\/1854169635655930221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Trump being an expert in sniffing out weakness. Turns out the Democrat weakness was class, as one would expect from a party whose base is the PMC. Sadly, the only way to <em>express<\/em> this is through immigration. \u201cLived experience,\u201d doncha know.<\/p>\n<p>Universal concrete material benefits:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/biden_takeaways.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"927\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/biden_takeaways.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/biden_takeaways-162x300.png 162w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Missouri:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.7661290322581\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.9032258064516\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing to see here, just a centrist losing by half a million votes in a state where leftwing labor policy won. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MiRq73hkis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/MiRq73hkis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aren R. LeBrun (@arenrlebrun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arenrlebrun\/status\/1854035829930299477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Counties<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cEarly Results Show a Red Shift Across the U.S.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/mvOV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]: \u201cOf the counties with nearly complete results, more than 90 percent shifted in favor of former President Donald J. Trump in the 2024 presidential election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/counties.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/counties.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/counties-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kamala\u2019s underperformance:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2134831460674\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.955056179775\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">“Holy smokes! Literally nothing? Literally not one county?”<\/p>\n<p>Jake Tapper is absolutely SHOCKED by the map showing that Kamala didn’t outperform Biden in a single county. <\/p>\n<p>She’s a total loser!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XI0Q4s4wnU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/XI0Q4s4wnU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1854064784351678941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>See the community note. There are 3.144 counties in the United States, and 58\/3,144 = 0.01844783715, which is zero for all practical purposes. (I also think Twitter, or, I suppose, Musk, deservers credit for the \u201cCommunity Notes\u201d feature. I find it useful.)<\/p>\n<p>Data point (1):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2525773195876\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.340206185567\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An interesting data point. Donald Trump just won Anson County, North Carolina. The county is 40% Black. Trump becomes just the second Republican to win this county since the 1870s. (For people keeping score, that means since Reconstruction).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darvio Morrow (@DTheKingpin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DTheKingpin\/status\/1853993344843616485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Data point (2):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6424581005587\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.016759776536\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump won Starr County TX, most Hispanic county in America at 97% by 16 points.<\/p>\n<p>Last time it voted republican was in 1892.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanGirdusky\/status\/1854019263478042758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Blob<\/em><\/strong>: I wonder how the \u201cthirty five year national security expert\u201d is feeling?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.8133802816901\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.8028169014085\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Musk v Pompeo. The battle for heart of the Trump administration has begun: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JmvThxutR7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/JmvThxutR7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\/status\/1854073863207866459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps all the endorsements from generals and spooks and national security goons were \u2014 hear me out \u2014 a negative?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.1646706586826\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.0419161676647\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The country is not okay. Every National Security Advisor said do not vote for this man. And millions do, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darlene McDonald (@iamdarlenemcd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamdarlenemcd\/status\/1853990627660423418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our Democracy<\/em><\/strong>: Misery:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2037037037037\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.20987654321\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There’s a sign you can see in many shops that sell beautiful but fragile items: LOVELY TO LOOK AT, DELIGHTFUL TO HOLD, BUT ONCE YOU BREAK IT, THEN IT’S SOLD.<br \/>You can say the same about democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\/status\/1854115853840593251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>One party\u2019s candidate was chosen in primaries; the other\u2019s was selected by a small cabal. One party\u2019s base hated its leadership, and used the primary mechanism to get rid of it. The other party wouldn\u2019t even consider such a thing, and operates strictly by seniority. Which party is more democratic?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Democrat Leadership<\/em><\/strong>: The entire Democrat leadership ought to be purged, for starters:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.2599118942731\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.9647577092511\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This catastrophic Senate outcome is on Schumer, who explicitly sought to trade working class votes for suburban affluent votes, and got got neither. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/38FgfygfIY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/38FgfygfIY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1854123398542278882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Of course, that won\u2019t happen, and the entire party has been made over in the image of the failed leaders (Exhibit A: AOC), so even if it did happen, it would make no differenece.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Identity Politics<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cA historic realignment\u201d \u2013Trump<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"6.185595567867\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"15.02216066482\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump claims Muslim Americans as part of the coalition that helped secure his projected victory in the 2024 presidential election: “It came from \u2014 they came from all quarters \u2014 union, non-union, African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, Arab American, Muslim \u2026 It was\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lyTfJIr3Fd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/lyTfJIr3Fd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DropSiteNews\/status\/1854141858345361535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Abortion<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cReproductive Freedom\u201d outperformed Kamala:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.3660377358491\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.2566037735849\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Abortion rights are beating Kamala in every single state that voted on them.<\/p>\n<p>Progressive policies aren’t unelectable \u2013 unpopular Democratic politicians are. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Akum3h67jZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Akum3h67jZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Holding Dems Accountable (From the Left!) (@PushBidenLeft) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PushBidenLeft\/status\/1854021301481906460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>This suggests, perhaps counter-intuitively, that the Supreme Court in Dobbs, which left abortion up to the states, will in fact maximize poltically feasible codification (assuming Trump keeps his promise not to push for a national ban. No doubt the Christianists will push for a national ban when Congress reconvenes, so we\u2019ll see what happens. Personally, I think Trump would like the whole issue, and its zealots, to go away). <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our Famously Free Press<\/em><\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2078313253012\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.710843373494\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even prototypical DC journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkHalperin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@MarkHalperin<\/a> says the media failure may be so immense it can’t be repaired.<\/p>\n<p>“It’s such an admission of complete professional irresponsibility, of malpractice, that it’s difficult for people to concede.” <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/77eML6ka1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/77eML6ka1c<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IBL5CzVDlW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/IBL5CzVDlW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emily Kopp (@emilyakopp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilyakopp\/status\/1854124501614702716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=opera&q=trump+2016+inaugural+dark&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The \u201cdark\u201d meme<\/a> reappears:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.1340206185567\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.835051546392\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Notice how WaPo and NYT use the term “dark” to describe Trump, but never used that for Biden and Harris while they spent a year bombing babies?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Trump is bad, but this kind of media whitewashing of Dems has to stop. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MrEkQ0Stc7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/MrEkQ0Stc7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Daou (@peterdaou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterdaou\/status\/1854137039869915519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fascism<\/em><\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2095709570957\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"13.260726072607\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">America is not a dark place, Trump is not a fascist, and we\u2019re not headed for an authoritarian state.<\/p>\n<p>Dems just did a bad job at governing and politics. They trusted the Federal Reserve and the foreign policy and media establishment.<\/p>\n<p>Trump didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1854124853655220524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>I disagree with scholar-of-fascism Paxton\u2019s claim that this is a fascist moment (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/10\/200pm-water-cooler-10-28-2024.html#paxton\">see extended discussion here<\/a>). I don\u2019t think it\u2019s evidence-based, let alone based on scholarship. That said, I agree wholeheartedly with him here: \u201cWhatever Trumpism is, it\u2019s coming \u2018from below as a mass phenomenon, and the leaders are running to keep ahead of it.’\u201d Democrats will, of course, be incapable of even perceiving this \u201cmass phenomenon,\u201d let alone analyzing it. Ditto RINOs. Today\u2019s Republicans? I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Liberal Inability to Self-Reflect<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cWould it not in that case be simpler for the government to dissolve the people and elect another?\u201d \u2014 Bertolt Brecht<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.4956896551724\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.4870689655172\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This election was about one thing: hate vs. the understanding we’re all in this together. Americans prefer the former. That’s the only conclusion to draw. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/peJsk84GIU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/peJsk84GIU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert (@ElizKolbert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElizKolbert\/status\/1854139944509268446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The sad thing is that even though Kolbert is at The New Yorker, I\u2019ve enjoyed her writing on climate.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Schadenfreude<\/em><\/strong>: The Bidens (1): Ouch!<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.4246575342466\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.2739726027397\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jill wore all red to vote. As the wife of a democrat politician there\u2019s no way she doesn\u2019t know how this looks. Biden and Jill are pissed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aHb5k4VZUe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/aHb5k4VZUe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coco \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@CoClarified) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoClarified\/status\/1853912706052657237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The Bidens (2): Biden\u2019s counter-programming, whatever the cause, cannot have been helpful:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.4093959731544\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.510067114094\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201ctell kamala. i want her to know it was me.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5o1uUCy8Le\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/5o1uUCy8Le<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AErF84Rjab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/AErF84Rjab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loganclarkhall\/status\/1853955697224159605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>(\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8ToP_EnAlLU?si=Vf2W7HwyxFDgjkZa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">I want her to know it was me<\/a>\u201d is a Game of Thrones reference.)<\/p>\n<p>Get the word \u201cLincoln\u201d out of your mouths:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.7209302325581\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.1627906976744\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guest on CNN: ‘The Lincoln Project was utterly useless. They just built themselves a bunch of beach houses on Dem donor money.’<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Daou (@peterdaou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterdaou\/status\/1854150668564541947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The fall of House Cheney:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.6778523489933\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.0335570469799\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They Cheneys have now stolen two elections from Democrats but you can\u2019t really blame them for the second<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryangrim\/status\/1854055370055884975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: This post brings Water Cooler\u2019s daily election 2024 coverage to an end, although the election will continue to be a rich vein of inquiry as the transition to a Trump administration takes place (assuming, of course, that there is not a third, successful assassination attempt, or some late-breaking lawfare imbroglio). Let me briefly review my methodology. Since this is not my blog, I don\u2019t make \u201ccalls\u201d and certainly don\u2019t make endorsements. Rather, I lay out my evidence and thinking and trust the readers to make use of them as they may. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2023\/12\/200pm-water-cooler-12-1-2023.html\">Back in December 2023<\/a> I wrote, looking forward, or at least ahead, to the year\u2019s coverage:<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"15\">\n<p>340 days is a long time in politics. In the formulation of stability vs. volatility \u2014 that is, the view that the race is a \u201cregular order\u201d of Trump v. Biden, vs. the view that it is by no means certain that Trump and\/or Biden will nominated[1], elected, and allowed to assume office[2], and further, that the means by which the parties will select their candidates is unknown[3], and even the nature of victory is unknown \u2014 I am firmly on the side of volatility[4]. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[1] In fact, Biden was defenestrated. [2] We can\u2019t be sure: The transition period is a long time of politics. [3] Kamala was selected not in a primary, but by a small cabal. [4] I think the upheaval on election day comes under the heading of volatility (in addition to Trump being the second President since Grover Cleveland to serve two non-consecutive terms). Further:<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"15\">\n<p>Hence my grimly detailed and methodical pointillist method; we need to know as much about all the players and fields as we possibly can, because we cannot know who will emerge from the pack[5], or even, at this point, why[6]. The powers that be can rig the election all they want, but if the dogs won\u2019t eat the rigging, what then? And if they will, what then? So strap yourselves in.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[5] Robert Kennedy. [6] Uncommitted and Stein re: genocide.<\/p>\n<p>I feel that the \u201cgrimly detailed and methodical pointillist method\u201d cannot but have given readers insight into splendor and miseries of electoral politics, the strengths and weaknesses of the parties and the players, and \u201cvibes.\u201d What I did not anticipate, going into 2024, was the sheer volume and solidity of the bullshit I would have to contend with, and the overwhelming commitment of the press to the victory of one candidate\/party. These two factors made the daily task of plucking nuggets from the news flow much more time-consuming and, indeed, risky than I have become accustomed to, because literally every data point had to be \u201cassessed,\u201d as if I were some sort of spook myself. Another way of saying this is that the PMC are my people, the press being a subset thereof; and I have been accustomed to being able to apply a proper discount to a large array of PMC work products, venues, etc., shortcutting the assessment process. Not so this year! Another methodological issue was representing the ebb and flow of candidate support in the campaign. Here, I decided to use the RealClearPolitics (RCP) poll averages every week. RCP is a conservative source, but and so its averages protected me (and you) from polling error and manipulation. Throughout, potential paths to victory for the ultimate winner were always clear. I\u2019m also happy to have kept drawing that red box around <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/trump-wins-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a>, where the Blue Wall first cracked. (I was surprised that Trump won the popular vote, but I never did track it, since it wasn\u2019t relevant to victory). Here endeth my criticism\/self-criticism for Water Cooler\u2019s election coverage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/CalSuWers-Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); IA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmmwra.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Boise; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/?plantId=1056f05c-0e46-4e3d-b007-c0453ba7dc0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/#:SARS-CoV-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.srhd.org\/topics\/spokane-county-case-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spokane County<\/a>); IL (<a href=\"https:\/\/iwss.uillinois.edu\/wastewater-treatment-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&subtopic=recurring-updates&indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/sars-cov-2-in-wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/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, KidDoc, 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><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are no official statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 57 Greed (previous close: 43 Fear) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 57 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 6 at 2:00:00 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Musical Interlude<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"parsons\"\/>Gram Parsons\u2019 birthday was the other day:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe title=\"Sin City (2006 Remaster)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cWYxkwgml6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Nook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cReport finds \u2018shocking and dispiriting\u2019 fall in children reading for pleasure\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2024\/nov\/05\/report-fall-in-children-reading-for-pleasure-national-literacy-trust\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guardian<\/a>]. In the UK: \u201cChildren\u2019s reading enjoyment has fallen to its lowest level in almost two decades, with just one in three young people saying that they enjoy reading in their free time, according to a new survey. Only 34.6% of eight- to 18-year-olds surveyed by the National Literacy Trust (NLT) said that they enjoy reading in their spare time. This is the lowest level recorded by the charity since it began surveying children about their reading habits 19 years ago, representing an 8.8 percentage point drop since last year. It is also part of a broader downward trend since 2016, when almost two in three children said that they enjoyed reading.\u201d \u2022 That\u2019s a steep drop-off!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What color!<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.1344537815126\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6302521008403\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bouquet of violets <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FSFKoEjYqR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/FSFKoEjYqR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DAAxiqQzPc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/DAAxiqQzPc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Edouard Manet (@artistmanet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artistmanet\/status\/1853808520614826373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally!<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.5981595092025\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.4233128834356\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gorgeous time-lapse of Mt Fuji in Japan today and FINALLY, it’s capped with snow \ud83d\ude0d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dvBkbKvBbO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/dvBkbKvBbO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Volcaholic \ud83c\udf0b (@volcaholic1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/volcaholic1\/status\/1853920158298869797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly 5.3% of welders in the US are women. After years as a writing professor, I became one \u2212 here\u2019s what I learned\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/only-5-3-of-welders-in-the-us-are-women-after-years-as-a-writing-professor-i-became-one-heres-what-i-learned-240431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Conversation<\/a>]. \u201cRecognizing the good pay and job security, U.S. women have moved in greater numbers into skilled trades such as welding and fabrication within the past 10 years. From 2017 to 2022, the number of women in trades rose from about 241,000 to nearly 354,000. That\u2019s an increase of about 47%. Even so, women still constitute just 5.3% of welders in the United States.\u201d \u2022 Worth a read, particularly if you\u2019re a woman thinking of entering the field.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information for plants<\/strong>: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/200pm-water-cooler-11-5-2024.htmll\">here<\/a>. From Milton:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fall_colors_2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fall_colors_2.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fall_colors_2-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Milton writes: \u201cFall Colors around of Big Pine along Hwy 395 in the Eastern Sierra. This was taken as I took the turn off to the Bristlecone Pine forests.\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. Material here is Lambert\u2019s, and does not express the views of the Naked Capitalism site. 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More tangibly, a constant trickle of donations helps me with expenses, and I factor in that trickle when setting fundraising goals:<\/p>\n<p>Here is the screen that will appear, which I have helpfully annotated:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-226891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution.png 606w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you hate PayPal, you can email me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, and I will give you directions on how to send a check. 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