I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
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Yes, as of Friday morning we were at 79.8% of the population over age 12 having been vaccinated. That said, there is one county that has only about 54% vaccinated. Folks are still wearing masks indoors, which is great.
Loads of out-of-state plates around this weekend though and as the tourists arrive (our economy is greatly dependent on tourism!) it will be interesting to see if our numbers still stay low.
And, BTW< Gov. Scott is still a republican, but he believes in science and is not an idiot and he understands that the best way to get the economy back on track is to keep people healthy! He is a Vermont Republican in the tradition of Jim Jeffords, I think, and we are generally pretty pleased with the job he is doing. Oh, and he has made it clear that Vermont needs MORE immigrants.
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Poll: Nearly One-Third Of Republicans Believe Trump Will Be 'Reinstated'
Aldous PennyfarthingJune 14 | 2021
Poll: Nearly One-Third Of Republicans Believe Trump Will Be 'Reinstated' Within Months
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Reprinted with permission from Daily Kos
I'll never understand why anyone listens to Donald Trump on any subject. He wanted to nuke hurricanes. He wanted to put alligator-filled moats along the southern border. He thinks windmills cause cancer, asbestos is swell, and exercise is bad for you. He seriously suggested pumping our bodies full of UV light and disinfectant. He thinks we have planes that are literally invisible, for God's sake!
Nevertheless, millions of Trump fans have bent their brains into pretzels trying to make his doofus proclamations sound presidential—or even marginally nonsimian (see also: hydroxychloroquine).
We've pretty well established that Trump's brain is, at best, masticated circus peanut and, at worst, Lucifer's molten boom-booms, and yet when he dry-heaves utter batshit nonsense, plenty of his fans seem all too ready to lick it up like feral purse poodles.
Case in point: Fully 29 percent of Republicans think Donald Trump is returning before the year is out—possibly riding in on a cloud or a flaming chariot or (more likely) a golf cart with a cupholder and custom-installed deep fryer.
A new Politico/Morning Consult poll asked survey respondents this straightforward question: "How likely do you think it is that former President Donald Trump will be reinstated as U.S. President this year, if at all?" The question was no doubt included in the poll because Trump himself has been telling insiders that he thinks he'll be back in office by August. (Narrator: He won't.)
The results? (You still have time to bail if you've had your yearly quota of frothing insanity. You're still here? Okay, gird your loins.)
Among Republicans surveyed, 17 percent think it's "very likely" that Trump will return to the White House this year, 12 percent think it's "somewhat likely," and ten percent don't know or have no opinion. Taken together, this shows that two-fifths of Republicans have not yet accepted that Joe Biden won the presidency.
Of course, that wasn't the only eye-opening result. Asked whether things are going in the right direction in the U.S. or on the wrong track, only 15 percent of Republicans thought things were going in a positive direction, while 85 percent said we're veering off course. Guess 85 percent of Republicans prefer raging pandemics and collapsing economies to Democratic presidents.
Is this what it's like to lick hallucinogenic toads for breakfast in lieu of frosted Pop-Tarts? At some point, do you just surrender to the unreality of your environment?
Over at Civiqs, even more Republicans report they're worried; a stunning 93 percent of card-carrying GOPers think we're all gonna die.
If you enjoy watching Donald Trump eat the Republican Party from within, like a genetically modified tropical eyeball worm, you'll be happy to know that the Politico/Morning Consult poll found that 80 percent of Republicans want to stick around so they can see him play either a major role (59 percent) or a minor role (21 percent) in the party going forward. If you'd prefer he stay in Florida chucking oyster shells at flamingos from his balcony, you'll likely be disappointed by the 13 percent of Republicans who want him to slink away.
There's also some good news, of course. President Biden's approval rating is at 53 percent among all registered voters, with 28 percent of respondents "strongly" approving of the job he's doing, 25 percent "somewhat" approving, 43 percent disapproving, and the rest offering no opinion.
Meanwhile, 66 percent of registered voters want Congress to pass an infrastructure bill—so maybe we should get that done, huh?
There's still some sanity left in the world, so long as you look in the right place. And that right place is clearly nowhere in the vicinity of the right wing. I invite Republicans to hurry on back to planet Earth. The water's fine. At least it is for now—unfortunately, only 12 percent of Republicans consider passing a bill to address climate change a "top priority."
Go figure.
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The more authentic you become, the more genuine in your expression, particularly regarding personal experiences and even self-doubts, the more people can relate to your expression and the safer it makes them feel to express themselves. That expression in turn feeds back on the other person's spirit, and genuine creative empathy takes place, producing new insights and learnings. -Stephen Covey
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All the Trump minions just hang in there like a ring around the un-washed bathtub.
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I wonder what the 'Donald is My Savior' people will do when he passes on......which I hope will be of natural causes, but sooner than later!
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Yeslama, thanks so much for the additional insight to your state's covid/pandemic/vaccine response and your governor! I hope things remain the same or even improve on already great results despite tourists flocking to Vermont.
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You are welcome! Today we had one new case, 2 are currently hospitalized state-wide, and we are over 80% of the 12+ population at least partially vaccinated! Good news!
I do worry for folks in places without availability of the vaccine, or for friends here in the U.S. with significant immunosuppression. But for the moment, I am going to enjoy a sense of relief in my own life.
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Avatars ( Divine and Ruth ) are great. Color me still in disgust with the majority of those on the Right. McConnell is being his usual charming self. Should the Senate get the chance with some losses by the Democrats he would see to it that any SC seat Pres. Biden tried to fill would not happen. Such a charmer !! As 22' is looking shaky ( any time the Orange one tries to interject himself you have troubles ) maybe he is worried and wants to inspire his troops to work a bit harder. They need to overcome the Orange one as well as other issues. Yet -- they don't dare not follow that Orange thing. Well, sometimes when you make your bed -- that's all you have.
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And who knows is they are going to end up where they think they are going to be at the appointed time.
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and what is it that is said in reference to pictures:
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Steve was a big part of the Lincoln Project and he would obviously be far better than Mike Lee.
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Jackie, great memes and the “spending eternity with conservative christians selling point" still has me laughing! Ohmygosh, SO TRUE. Hard enough putting up with them on earth!
I wonder if Steve Schmidt can make a viable run for Utah Senate; if he has a true shot I hope he goes for it.
Yeslama, feeling some personal relief because of the vaccine rollout and effectiveness is very important. I feel it, too. Our county reported only 9 active covid cases amd zero hospitalizations yesterday. I know Ohio's covid cases continue to plummet tho I don't have the exact statistics.
Here's a very telling graph and article, the news comes as no surprise:
Less than a month remains until the Fourth of July, which was President Biden's goal for 70% of American adults to have gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
It looks like it's going to be a stretch to get there.
As of Tuesday, nearly 64% of U.S. adults have had at least one shot, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The key issue is that demand has dropped off. After an initial crush, the number of doses being administered daily is on a steep decline from the early April peak.
So what's going on? A few things to note:
- There's a huge political divide. Speaking over the weekend, former President Donald Trump took credit for the vaccine rollout and told a North Carolina crowd of supporters that "most of you" have likely been vaccinated.
- But surveys have shown Trump supporters are the least likely to say they have been vaccinated or plan to be. Remember, Trump got vaccinated before leaving the White House, but that was reported months later. Unlike other public officials who were trying to encourage people to get the shot, Trump did it in private.
- The top 22 states (including D.C.) with the highest adult vaccination rates all went to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
- Some of the least vaccinated states are the most pro-Trump. Trump won 17 of the 18 states with the lowest adult vaccination rates. Many of these states have high proportions of whites without college degrees.
- But it's not just about politics:
- Black Americans, who vote overwhelmingly Democratic, aren't getting the vaccine at the rate of whites. Less than a quarter of Black Americans had gotten at lease one vaccine dose as of Tuesday, according to the CDC. It's the lowest of any racial or ethnic group listed.
- Black Americans also make up a significant percentage of the population in places like Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina and Georgia. Those are seven of the 10 states with the lowest adult vaccination rates, though the gathering of data by race and ethnicity has been spotty depending on the state.
- Young people, who also lean heavily toward Democrats, are also less likely to get vaccinated. More than 80% of people over 65 have gotten at least one shot, compared with just 45% of 18- to 24-year-olds and 51% of those 25 to 39.
- And it's not necessarily about hesitancy. The May NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found 75% of Black adults said they had gotten a shot or would get it when one came available. That was about the same as white adults, but Black adults trailed whites when it came to those who said they'd actually received one.
- Equitable distribution of the vaccines has been a focus of the Biden White House, and they can't be happy with the lag.
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Loyalty to the family must be merged into loyalty to the community,
loyalty to the community into loyalty to the nation,
and loyalty to the nation into loyalty to mankind.
The citizen of the future must be a citizen of the world.
- Thomas Cochrane
Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel
that the human race is their family circle.
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As this is true it is worrisome that we are starting to lag with getting people vaccinated here. Many of the people who have flouted getting the shots seemed to have forgotten the reason they don't get measles, whooping cough or polio. Just as the fact that the orange looney did indeed manage to get covid, they should think about the fact that they often perhaps come into more contact with people that are fairly much strangers -- though they may be constituents. If they are anything like those who say they AREN'T going to get vaccinated, then things will just keep going. Hard to believe what you might willingly do to your loved ones.
I think there was a question at one point ( not sure where we are on that as well ) with people who got the first shot but not the second. I would imagine that everyone here didn't even consider skipping the second one. Still, better to have one than none. Even should Pres. Biden not reach the goal he set, I hope we get close. Mainly for those people who hopefully will be able to dodge a possibly deadly encounter with covid.
The latest numbers are 605,915 people ( almost 606,000 ) have passed away from covid, so it still carries a major threat. There are those who will never get a or the shots, but I think it a pretty foolish thing. I mean, would you turn down a life jacket if you were on the lake in bad weather for sure.
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Jewel of the former WH press briefing room -- barf-barf.
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June 14, 2021
Jun 15
Today, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told radio personality Hugh Hewitt that it is "highly unlikely" that he would permit President Biden to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court if the Republicans win control of the Senate in 2022.
While it seems certain that, if returned to his leadership role in the Senate, McConnell would block any Biden nominee, the fact he said it right now suggests that he is hoping to keep evangelical voters firmly in the Republican camp. In 2016, after Justice Antonin Scalia died in February, McConnell refused even to hold hearings for President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland. McConnell's justification for this unprecedented obstruction was that Obama's March nomination was too close to an election—a rule he ignored four years later when he rushed through Amy Barrett's appointment to the Court in late October when voting in the upcoming election was already underway—and yet the underlying reason for the 2016 delay was at least in part his recognition that hopes of pushing the Supreme Court to the right, especially on the issue of abortion, were likely to push evangelical voters to the polls.
McConnell's stance was at least in part directed to the changing nature of the judiciary under President Biden. Last week, the Senate confirmed the first Muslim American federal judge in U.S. history, a truly astonishing first since Muslims have been part of the U.S. since the earliest days of African enslavement in the early 1600s. By a vote of 81 to 16, the Senate confirmed Zahid Quraishi, the son of Pakistani immigrants and veteran of two tours of duty in Iraq, to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
More to the point, perhaps, for McConnell, is that the Senate today confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Jackson takes the place of Merrick Garland, who is now the attorney general. This post is generally seen as a stepping stone to the Supreme Court. Biden has suggested he would appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court, and Jackson is widely thought to be a top contender.
Aside from its implications for the Supreme Court, McConnell's stand makes a mockery of Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV) insistence on bipartisan support for legislation that protects voting rights. Manchin is demanding that bills protecting voting win bipartisan support because he says he fears that increasing partisanship will injure our democracy. McConnell's flaunting of his manipulation of Senate rules to cement Republican control of our courts leaves Manchin twisting in the wind.
States, too, are passing voter suppression legislation along strictly partisan lines. The Brennan Center for Justice keeps tabs on voting legislation. It writes that "Republicans introduced and drove virtually all of the bills that impose new voting restrictions, and the harshest new laws were passed with almost exclusively Republican votes and signed into law by Republican governors."
The Republican domination of the government over the past four years is on the table today as Democratic lawmakers try to get to the bottom of who authorized the FBI under former president Trump to spy on reporters, Democratic lawmakers and their families and staff members, and on White House Counsel Don McGahn and his wife. CNN chief congressional reporter Manu Raju tweeted that Adam Schiff (D-NY) who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, says after speaking with Garland that he still doesn't know who started the investigation. "We discussed the need to really do a full scale review of what went on in the last four years, and make sure that steps are taken to re-establish the independence of the department," he said.
While Attorney General Merrick Garland has referred the issue to the inspector general of the Justice Department, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Jerry Nadler (D-NY), tonight announced the committee would open a formal investigation into the department's secret seizure of data. "It is…possible that these cases are merely our first glimpse into a coordinated effort by the Trump Administration to target President Trump's political opposition," the committee members said in a statement. "If so, we must learn the full extent of this gross abuse of power, root out the individuals responsible, and hold those individuals accountable for their actions."
In the midst of the uproar over the news that the Trump Department of Justice investigated Democratic lawmakers, the top national security official in the Justice Department, John Demers, a Trump appointee, has retired. Demers ran the department that had a say in each of the leak investigations.
Meanwhile, in Brussels, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, organized as a military alliance after WWII, met today. The heads of state of the 30 participating countries issued a communique reaffirming "our unity, solidarity, and cohesion," and reiterating that, in case of attack, each nation would come to the aid of another. The members reiterated their commitment to a rules-based international order.
While the statement said NATO members remained open to a periodic, focused, and meaningful dialogue," it singled out Russia as a threat and called for it to withdraw its forces from Ukraine, Georgia, and the Republic of Moldova. It condemned Russia's "illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea." It warned that NATO countries would, in certain circumstances, recognize a cyberattack as "amounting to an armed attack" and would treat it as such, rising to each other's defense.
The statement was less strident against China, noting its "growing influence and international policies can present challenges."
NATO leaders vowed to stand against terrorism and to continue to support Afghanistan despite the U.S. withdrawal. They reiterated that they did not want Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. In a reflection of the new era, the signatories' statement called for addressing climate change. It also affirmed "the critical importance of women's full, equal, and meaningful participation in all aspects of peace and stability, as well as the disproportionate impact that conflict has on women and girls, including conflict-related sexual violence."
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This is a piece/headline from Raw Story Extra and I'm wondering if anyone here know anything more on this.
This Monday, Fox26Houston reporter Ivory Hecker went off script during a live report and informed her bosses that she had been secretly recording them and plans to hand over the recordings to the right-wing media watchdog group Project Veritas.
Hecker was about to start her report on power outages throughout the region, but interrupted her report to say she had an announcement.
"Before we get to that story, I want to let you the viewers know that [Fox Corporation] has been muzzling me to keep certain information from you, the viewers — and from that I'm gathering, I'm not the only reporter being subjected to this — I'm going to be releasing some recordings about what goes on behind the scenes at Fox, because it applies to you, the viewers," she said.
Enjoy Raw Story? Don't sit on the
sidelines. Learn about membership."I found a non-profit journalism group called Project Veritas who's gonna help put that out tomorrow, so tune into them ," she added before going on to report on the heat wave story.
The fact that Hecker was planning on handing over her recordings to Project Veritas -- a group that has been accused of deceptive editing --- had conservatives on Twitter excited, giving them hope that some kind of reckoning is in store for the Fox News Corporation. Without even knowing what information Hecker has, some are already praising her as a "whistleblower."
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This Monday, Fox26Houston reporter Ivory Hecker went off script during a live report and informed her bosses that she had been secretly recording them and plans to hand over the recordings to the right-wing media watchdog group Project Veritas.
Hecker was about to start her report on power outages throughout the region, but interrupted her report to say she had an announcement.
"Before we get to that story, I want to let you the viewers know that [Fox Corporation] has been muzzling me to keep certain information from you, the viewers — and from that I'm gathering, I'm not the only reporter being subjected to this — I'm going to be releasing some recordings about what goes on behind the scenes at Fox, because it applies to you, the viewers," she said.
Enjoy Raw Story? Don't sit on the
sidelines. Learn about membership."I found a non-profit journalism group called Project Veritas who's gonna help put that out tomorrow, so tune into them ," she added before going on to report on the heat wave story.
The fact that Hecker was planning on handing over her recordings to Project Veritas -- a group that has been accused of deceptive editing --- had conservatives on Twitter excited, giving them hope that some kind of reckoning is in store for the Fox News Corporation. Without even knowing what information Hecker has, some are already praising her as a "whistleblower."
I'm wondering if any of you know anything more about the Raw Story Extra that I ran across.
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If Kayleigh never lied then that means she has never told the truth, ever, correct? So every word that fall from her pouty lips needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Does she hear herself?
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We must work on our souls, enlarging and expanding them. We do so by experiencing all of life-- the beauty and the joy as well as the grief and pain. Soul work requires paying attention to life, to the laughter and the sorrow, the enlightening and the frightening, the inspiring and the silly. -Matthew Fox
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Ana Navarro
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@vp hosted women Senators for dinner at her residence. The ultimate girls night out. Good to see these women put partisanship aside and get together to clink glasses and break bread.
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Ruth, that’s a wonderful picture and an even better message.Too bad the men can’t put on their bipartisan, big boy pants (Mitch McConnell, I’m looking at you!) long enough to sit down together for a meal. It might actually be a first step towards working together.
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Food has always been a wonderful means for bringing people together.
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Just for fun, and why commas matter......
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LOL! Does anyone remember a book published many years ago called Eats Shoots and Leaves? A very funny look at why commas matter. There is a children’s version of the book which I always read to my first graders when we were learning about comma usage. Humor is a great teacher!
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