By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n \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 Trump Assassination Attempts (Plural)<\/p>\n \u201cTrial of man accused in Trump assassination attempt in Florida pushed back to September\u201d [Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cRyan Routh\u2019s trial will begin Sept. 8 instead of the previously scheduled Feb. 10, 2025 start date, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said in an order released on Monday\u2026. Routh\u2019s attorneys had asked the judge to delay the trial until no earlier than next December, saying they needed more time to review the evidence against him and decide whether to mount an insanity defense. Routh owned 17 cellphones and numerous other electronic devices, and there are hundreds of hours of police body camera and surveillance videos that have been provided to the defense, Routh\u2019s attorneys argued during a hearing two weeks ago in Fort Pierce, Florida. In her order, Cannon said she wanted to err on the side of providing more time given the seriousness of the allegations, but that starting the trial no earlier than December would be an excessive amount. A September trial date didn\u2019t amount to an \u2018unreasonable delay,\u2019 she said\u2026. The judge said that any insanity defense or any request related to Routh\u2019s mental competency must be made by early February. Any visit to the scene of the assassination attempt must be made by the end of February.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Biden Administration<\/p>\n \u201cA Reflective Biden Harbors Some Regrets as His Term Winds Down\u201d [New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cDespite being described by his allies as in a pensive, , mood as the end of his term approaches, the president has not made himself available to answer many questions about his recent actions.\u201d How often is \u201csometimes\u201d? More: \u201cAside from joking about his wealth, Mr. Biden has openly stewed over one of Mr. Trump\u2019s flashier \u2014 and apparently effective \u2014 stunts as president. During the same speech at Brookings, Mr. Biden said he had been \u201cstupid\u201d not to sign his name to Covid stimulus checks that were distributed to Americans early in his term. Mr. Trump emblazoned his signature on checks distributed after a relief bill was passed in the spring of 2020. Mr. Biden and his advisers learned a little something from Mr. Trump\u2019s tendency to scrawl his name on things. By 2023, signs touting infrastructure projects \u201cfunded by President Joe Biden\u2019s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\u201d began popping up around the country. But those had little political impact compared with a signed check.\u201d \u2022 Bush the Younger signed his checks in the 2000s. Obama, in his miserably inadequate stimulus package, put up no signs, which gave rise to comment. Trump signed his checks. And only in 2023 does Biden\u2019s name go up on signs. Slow learners, or what?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump Transition<\/p>\n \u201cThe Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to Failing to Elect a House Speaker Quickly\u201d [Chad Pergram, Thread Reader<\/a>]. Original<\/a>. Sounds like a pretty big deal: \u201cThis is the breakdown when the Congress starts: 219 Republicans to 214 Democrats\u2026. The Speaker of the House must win an outright majority of all Members casting ballots for someone by name. In other words, the person with the most votes does not win\u2026 So let\u2019s crunch the math for Mike Johnson. If there are 219 Republicans and four vote for someone besides him \u2013 and all Democrats cast ballots for Jeffries, the tally is 215-214. But there\u2019s no Speaker. No one attained an outright majority of all Members casting ballots for someone by name. 218 is the magic number if all 434 Members vote. By rule, this paralyzes the House. The House absolutely, unequivocally, cannot do anything until it elects a Speaker. Period. The House can\u2019t swear-in Members. Technically, they\u2019re still Representatives-elect. Only after the House chooses its Speaker does he or she in turn swear-in the membership. The House certainly can\u2019t pass legislation. It can\u2019t form committees. It\u2019s frozen in a parliamentary paralysis until it elects a Speaker\u2026. This also means that the House cannot certify the results of the Electoral College, making President-elect Trump the 47th President of the United States on January 6. The failure to elect a Speaker compels the House to vote over and over\u2026.\u201d Much more on possible scenarios in the complete thread. Chuck Grassley, Senate President Tempore, is fourth in line for the Presidency: \u201cIf the House is still frittering away time, trying to elect a Speaker on January 20, Grassley likely becomes \u2018Acting President.’\u201d \u2022 Could be entertaining! And today\u2019s House has not had a good record picking Speakers in a timely and non-acrimonious mannner. Maybe the people floating Elon Musk for Speaker<\/a> had these scenarios gamed out?<\/p>\n \u201cCongress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now\u201d [The Hill<\/a>]. \u2022 Still on Section Three.<\/p>\n \u201c4D Chess: Democrats Admit Trump Actually Won In 2020 And Is Now Unable To Serve Third Term\u201d [Babylon Bee<\/a>]. \u201cIn a shrewd move, Democratic Party leaders finally disclosed that Trump had, in fact, won the 2020 election against Joe Biden and has been the rightful president this whole time, rendering him term-limited and unable to take office in January\u2026. At publishing time, Nancy Pelosi announced that she had retroactively filed articles of impeachment against Trump for the second term he should have been serving the last four years.\u201d\u00a0\u2022 You know they would.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 2026<\/p>\n Oh noes. Already?<\/p>\n \u201cCould 2024 Trump\u2019s Victory Counter a 2026 \u2018Midterm Curse\u2019?\u201d [RealClearPolitics<\/a>]. \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s popular vote victory has eroded some of the demographic gains Democrats have been working on for years, giving Republicans hope they can break the historic trend of the president\u2019s party losing seats in the first midterm election after winning the White House. Two years from now some 14 Democratic House members will be defending districts Trump won, compared to just three Republicans in districts carried by Vice President Kamala Harris. It\u2019s a significantly better outlook than the GOP faced after Trump\u2019s 2016 victory, which he eked out on the basis of an Electoral College win in the key swing states.\u201d And: \u201cWith a more even playing field, the Democrats\u2019 chances of taking advantage of the famed \u201cmidterm curse\u201d in 2026 will depend in large part on whether Trump\u2019s popularity recedes over the next two years, a variable impossible to predict. While the national politics play out, Democrats and Republicans will continue focusing on what they can control \u2013 continuing their redistricting court battles as far as they can take them.\u201d<\/p>\n 2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n \u201cWill the U.S. Ever Be Ready for a Female President?\u201d [New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cFor Democrats still scarred by Hillary Clinton\u2019s loss to Donald J. Trump in 2016, Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s defeat at the hands of the same man in November has only deepened anxieties over gender bias and prompted a fresh round of debate over the electability of women to the nation\u2019s highest office.\u201d \u2022 Perhaps these \u201cscarred\u201d Democrats could give consideration to the idea that \u2014 hear me out \u2014 the quality of the candidates has something to do with electoral outcomes? For example\u2013<\/p>\n The Teamsters. Who needs \u2019em?<\/p>\n \u201cDemocrats need to heal their fractures or find a new candidate from Hope\u201d [Mark Halperin<\/a>, FOX]. \u201cFor decades, United States voters have shuttled back and forth between the extant two major parties, rewarding them alternatively with victories and punishing them with defeats, carefully crafting a corrective balance of pragmatism, philosophy and harmony that has seen the parties sharing and exchanging power\u2026. For both the Democrats and Republicans, therefore, sustaining long-term strength and clout has not been dependent on maintaining a permanent grip on power, but on a disciplined self-examination after electoral failure\u2026. Obama\u2019s \u201cshellacking,\u201d George W. Bush\u2019s 2006 midterm \u2018thumping,\u2019 Richard Nixon\u2019s narrow but decisive 1960 loss to JFK. These have been classic wake-up calls from the U.S. citizenry to chastened leaders.\u201d But: \u201cFor the Democratic Party in 2024, this elemental process of recovery won\u2019t be so simple. First off, many Democrats remain in the grips of Trump Derangement Syndrome, which makes introspection and accommodation impossible\u2026. Second, the Democratic Party has spent years in denial [of Biden\u2019s severe loss of acuity], which is a hard habit to break\u2026. Furthermore, refusing to acknowledge that Vice President Kamala Harris was not a strong presidential candidate also has impeded the Democratic Party\u2019s recovery process.\u201d \u2022 It wasn\u2019t just \u201cdenial\u201d about Biden; it was outright lying, top to bottom, by people who met with him extensively and maintained he was \u201csharp as a tack.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n \u201cConspiracy theory is the new normal: 2024 was the year QAnon went mainstream\u201d [Amanda Marcotte, Salon<\/a>]. I keep forgetting Marcotte is still typing. \u201cAnother option, however, is to listen to what swing voters who backed Trump said about their decision. That would seem the wisest choice, but to be fair to people who don\u2019t want to go there, hearing these people out is a truly miserable experience. What quickly becomes evident about the median voters in an American focus group is how profoundly opposed they are to even the most basic factual information. On the contrary, it\u2019s a community with a pathological aversion to reality, where people compulsively react to anything truth-shaped with hostility, running as hard as they can toward disinformation. They are addicted to BS. Of course they voted for Trump, the country\u2019s most reliable dealer of their favorite drug. This may sound ungenerous to these voters, but only if you\u2019ve been sparing yourself the torture of engaging their actual opinions. If you hold your nose and dive in, it\u2019s startling how much the typical swing voter is allergic to facts. It\u2019s not just ignorance, but overt hostility to anything that smacks of veracity.\u201d \u2022 Like, ya know, saying out loud that Biden\u2019s brain was turning to mush?<\/p>\n \u201cMost Americans are avoiding politics news: poll\u201d [Axios<\/a>]. \u201cAbout two-thirds of Americans have recently felt the need to limit their political news consumption, according to a recent poll. The reluctance to consume political news is reflected in TV ratings. Americans of all parties, and Democrats in particular, are tuning out politics. People don\u2019t feel the same need to avoid news about overseas conflicts, the economy or climate change, per an AP-NORC survey<\/a> conducted in early December. The poll also found that Americans want public figures to talk less about politics. About 7 in 10 Democrats said they\u2019re stepping back from political news. About 6 in 10 Republicans and independents say the same.\u201d \u2022 TV and cable. But not, say, TikTok?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Democrats en d\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhat Does It Mean When Your Party Brand Collapses?\u201d [The Liberal Patriot<\/a>]. \u201cHow exactly is a Democratic Party split along these lines\u2014centrists versus progressives with a heaping portion of disengaged and uninterested members\u2014going to repair its brand anytime soon? Without some factional co-mingling under the strong leadership of a charismatic new party figure that everyone accepts temporarily (think Barack Obama), the only way this gets resolved is if one of the two sides wins majority control of the party institutions and sets it on a course more in line with their approach. This seems unlikely since neither faction is particularly interested in coherent and cohesive party building outside of their strongholds. Centrists are a diffuse bunch mostly concentrated in districts and states that are highly competitive where politicians must downplay their connections to the party or run against it to attract more moderate to conservative voters. Progressives are concentrated in deep blue areas of the country where increasingly left-wing economic and cultural views rule the day among party faithful and where swing-voters either don\u2019t exist or aren\u2019t determinative. Given the current geographical limitations of the Democratic coalition, if you had to pick one side of this intra-party debate over the other, you would favor the centrist model purely for political expediency in trying to win more House and Senate seats and Electoral College votes in battleground states. The math is brutal otherwise. As is usually the case with Democrats, however, stasis is the more likely winner of the upcoming battle meaning nothing really will change\u2026.\u201d \u2022 Alrighty then. (The article goes on to recommend \u201cfusionism\u201d a la Reagan\u2019s successful rebranding of the Republican party based on \u201cfreedom, free markets, and traditional values.\u201d)<\/p>\n \u201cMarianne Williamson launches bid for DNC chair\u201d [The Hill<\/a>]. \u201cFormer presidential candidate Marianne Williamson on Thursday launched a bid for chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), jumping into a crowded field of candidates vying to rebuild the party after its general election losses last month\u2026. Among the other declared contenders are New York state Sen. James Skoufis (D), Minnesota Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin, Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler, former Maryland Gov. Martin O\u2019Malley and former Homeland Security official Nate Snyder.\u201d \u2022 Could Williamson be worse?<\/p>\n \u201cNew Hampshire lawmaker reflects on retiring from Congress: \u2018I\u2019m trying to set a better example’\u201d [Boston Globe<\/a>]. \u201c[Representative Annie M. Kuster], 68, said her decision to retire was based on many factors, including Donald Trump\u2019s approaching return to the presidency, but she hopes it will also encourage Democrats to make room for younger generations in the halls of power. \u2018I\u2019m trying to set a better example,\u2019 Kuster told the Globe. \u2018I think there are colleagues \u2014 and some of whom are still very successful and very productive \u2014 but others who just stay forever.’\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018I Probably Could Have Flipped Over a Few More Tables’\u201d (interview) [Cori Bush, Politico<\/a>]. \u201cAIPAC spent at least $8 million to defeat you. Do you wish Democratic leaders had done more to keep the group out of primaries this year or lend you more support?<\/strong> [BUSH:] Absolutely. At this point, yes, and looking forward, Democratic leadership has to do something. Democratic leadership must make the decision that this corporate money should not be able to be used in Democratic primaries. Because that was the deciding factor in this race. Democrats have to ban corporate PAC donations, and specifically have to speak up and push to ban the super PAC spending in our Democratic primaries. That is the only way that this does not happen again, because I wasn\u2019t unseated because I didn\u2019t take care of my community. We brought over $2 billion to our district in four years. We helped thousands of constituents who reached out to our office to help them navigate federal agencies, whether it was housing or PPP loans, whatever their need was. Let me also add the eviction moratorium. It saved people in our district and around the country. That work was for 11 million people around this country to stay housed during the deadly global pandemic. And I still hear today from people around the country who say, \u2018You were the reason why I was able to stay housed.’\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Republican Funhouse<\/p>\n So the personal isn\u2019t political?<\/p>\n Realignment and Legitimacy<\/p>\n That\u2019s the stuff to give the troops:<\/p>\n Re-reading Huey Long’s “Share Our Wealth” speech from 1934 sure is something. pic.twitter.com\/MmwWyMx1sF<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Elliot Haspel (@ehaspel) December 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/center> <\/p>\n No wonder \u201cthey\u201d shot him.<\/p>\n \u201cLuigi Mangione\u2019s sweater sells out at Nordstrom one day after court appearance\u201d [The Independent<\/a>]. \u201cMangione was wearing a white-collared shirt underneath the sweater in addition to light grey slacks and orange shoes at the courthouse. While fans first thought his sweater was a $1,000 Maison Margiela sweater, it was later determined that Mangione was wearing the \u201cwashable Merino crewneck sweater\u201d from Nordstrom. The sweater was previously available for $89.50 according to the Nordstrom website, but it is currently on sale for $62.65 with 30 percent off. The sweater comes in six other colors aside from the burgundy one, which is no longer available.\u201d \u2022 The aghastitude of the press seems to be having little effect, out there in the biomass. Give it time, I suppose. I wonder how many of the burgundy sweaters were Christmas gifts?<\/p>\n \u201cHealth Insurance Leaders Pressured DOJ To Charge Luigi Mangione\u201d [Dan Boguslaw (!), Deeper State<\/a>]. \u201cAccording to reporting<\/a> by Joe Marino, Ben Kochman and Matt Troutman last week, health insurance leaders pressured the DOJ to make an example of Luigi Mangione by bringing federal charges against him in a surprise announcement that caught his lawyers off guard<\/a>. If tried in federal court, Mangione could be sentenced to death, silencing any further criticism of the American healthcare system he decried in his manifesto. According to the Post\u2019s[1] report<\/a>, \u2018federal charges came amid pressure from health insurance industry leaders to make an example out of Mangione.\u2019 The Post also writes that the decision to unveil federal charges \u2018came from the top of the DOJ in Washington D.C.\u2019 How and when healthcare industry leaders tried to strong-arm the department of justice remains unclear. But the top three DOJ officials under Attorney General Merrick Garland have all represented massive healthcare companies during their respective stints in private practice before joining the DOJ\u2026. At O\u2019Melveny & Myers, [Lisa Monaco, the Deputy U.S. Attorney General] represented Humana\u2013the fifth largest U.S. health insurance company\u2026 Notably, O\u2019Melveny & Myers also successfully defended<\/a> United Health in a suit brought by United Health group insured patients earlier this year\u2026. The number three at DOJ, Acting Associate AG Benjamin Mizer, also represented healthcare and pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis, among others firms\u2026. The number three at DOJ, Acting Associate AG Benjamin Mizer, also represented<\/a> healthcare and pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis, among others firms. Finally, #4 at DOJ, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prolegar, reported<\/a> Lumos Pharma, Syneos Health, and Amgen, as former clients on her disclosure.\u201d \u2022 Sigh. NOTE [1] The New York<\/em> Post. BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!<\/p>\n Not so sure of the source, and definitely sure about some of the responses, but doesn\u2019t the signage speaks for itself?<\/p>\n \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2 “Capitol Hill is Israeli occupied territory.”<\/p>\n \u2014 Pat Buchanan pic.twitter.com\/WG5SAgNmyr<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Keith Woods (@KeithWoodsYT) December 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n \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 Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (CDC<\/a>, 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 Resources, United States (Local): AK (dashboard<\/a>); AL (dashboard<\/a>); AR (dashboard<\/a>); AZ (dashboard<\/a>); CA (dashboard<\/a>; Marin, dashboard<\/a>; Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (dashboard<\/a>; wastewater<\/a>); CT (dashboard<\/a>); DE (dashboard<\/a>); FL (wastewater<\/a>); GA (wastewater<\/a>); HI (dashboard<\/a>); IA (wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (dashboard<\/a>, Boise; dashboard<\/a>, wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, Spokane County<\/a>); IL (wastewater<\/a>); IN (dashboard<\/a>); KS (dashboard<\/a>; wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (dashboard<\/a>); MA (wastewater<\/a>); MD (dashboard<\/a>); ME (dashboard<\/a>); MI (wastewater<\/a>; wastewater<\/a>); MN (dashboard<\/a>); MO (wastewater<\/a>); MS (dashboard<\/a>); Resources, Canada (National): Wastewater (Government of Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n Resources, Canada (Provincial): ON (wastewater<\/a>); QC (les eaux us\u00e9es<\/em><\/a>); BC (wastewater<\/a>); BC, Vancouver (wastewater<\/a>).<\/p>\n 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, thump, Tom B., Utah, Bob White (3). <\/p>\n Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n Transmission: Covid<\/p>\n \u201cA \u2018silent\u2019 COVID surge may hit the US over the holidays, experts warn \u2014 here\u2019s what that means\u201d [Today<\/a>]. \u201cThey\u2019re calling it \u2018silent\u2019 because this winter wave follows a long period of unusually low COVID activity this fall, so many people are unaware that COVID levels have risen sharply over the past two weeks, the most recent wastewater data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show. As a result, people may not know their risk of infection is increasing and not test if they have only mild symptoms, which can cause the virus to spread at holiday gatherings, during travel and more. As of Dec. 14, wastewater viral activity of SARS-CoV-2 \u2014 the virus that causes COVID-19 \u2014 is \u2018high\u2019 or \u2018very high\u2019 in 21 states, according to CDC data.\u201d IMNSHO, states don\u2019t matter nearly so much as cities, because people are concentrated in cities. The CDC\u2019s wastewater map shows very little red (especially compared to past surges). More: \u201d \u2018There\u2019s a good chance that a lot of people are going to get sick in the next couple of weeks and be unaware of it. Most people are not tracking CDC data, and so their only way of knowing whether we\u2019re in a wave is if they\u2019ve gotten sick,\u2019 Michael Hoerger, Ph.D., associate professor at Tulane University School of Medicine and public health expert on tracking COVID-19 trends, tells TODAY.com.\u201d \u2022 For a critique of Hoerger\u2019s model, see here<\/a>. I think the whole \u201csilent surge\u201d talking point is misplaced. (1) The \u201csurge\u201d in absolute terms will be low. I don\u2019t want anybody to get Covid, but let\u2019s maintain a sense of realism. (2) I reject the entire paradigrm of adjusting behavior to Hoerger\u2019s projections, or anyone else\u2019s (and this includes hospital infection control programs). The data lags, in the case of CDC\u2019s Green Map, by two weeks. This means that in the case of a variant undergoing exponential growth, the surge could be massive before any alarm bells ring. Therefore, IMNSHO, the only sensible course of action is to be consistent in your protocol at all times, and then a \u201csurge,\u201d of whatever dimensions, will never catch you by surprise.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Transmission: H5N1<\/p>\n \u201cBiden\u2019s USDA Let H5N1 Spread. Now Bird Flu is a Loaded Gun in Trump\u2019s Hands\u201d [The Gauntlet<\/a>]. \u201cH5N1 need not be circulating in dairy cows. It could and should have been eliminated months ago. It still might be with aggressive action. Unfortunately, the Biden administration hasn\u2019t made any serious attempt to halt the virus, nor does it look likely to take the kind of bold action needed now. But that will hardly surprise anyone who has paid attention to the unprecedented illness normalization and public health vilification that has occurred since 2020\u2026. H5N1 need not be circulating in dairy cows. It could and should have been eliminated months ago. It still might be with aggressive action. Unfortunately, the Biden administration hasn\u2019t made any serious attempt to halt the virus, nor does it look likely to take the kind of bold action needed now. But that will hardly surprise anyone who has paid attention to the unprecedented illness normalization and public health vilification that has occurred since 2020.\u201d \u2022 Yep. It\u2019s not possible to reverse engineer the likelihood of a pandemic from the institutional response to its possibility, but it were, buckle up.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Vaccines<\/p>\n It would be amusing if we couldn\u2019t develop vaccines against bird flu\u2026 because of bird flu:<\/p>\n Just a reminder, we need eggs for Flu vaccines. We are still in the Phase 1 Trial for the mRNA Vaccine for #H5N1<\/a>. To make vaccines for the U.S. population, we will need 900,000 eggs daily from hens for 9 months. This is assuming that the chickens don’t get infected with #BirdFlu<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/bVDyv8l4yF<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Danielle Beckman (@DaniBeckman) December 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Lambert here: The State of New York and Walgreens still chugging along faithfully.<\/p>\n TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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