I was shocked to find out that in the best vaccinated state in the country, mine, that all of the nine deaths in the resurgence of Delta this summer, had been fully vaccinated. Being vaccinated matters a lot, but this Delta strain is far more dangerous than I realized.

THe progressives have to stick to their guns here. No infrastructure bill until Sinema and Manchin are publicly on board with the reconciliation bill. If we need more compromise I’m ok with that. But these bills have to go together or not at all.

America is turned upside down. A Nearly all white Jury in Georgia returns a guilty verdict against three white men who chased down and killed a Black man. A Wisconsin jury and good old boy judge let a young white man armed with an illegal gun go free after killing two white boys.

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Not a good look. They can make a tough decision re a citizen of a small nation, but they flinch when it's a big rich nation.

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Bragg needs to explain this in a coherent way. So far he has not done so.

Hi Twitterverse. Many thanks for the knowledge and sharing over the past ten years or so. If Musk takes over Twitter I will be off within a few hours. Might be just as well for my well being but I’ve learned a lot of valuable stuff from many of you.Thank you all. Howard

I may add Iowa to the list of states we can pick up a Senate seat in. Grassley is clearly terrified about running against a career Military guy who won a tough primary. That means he has internal polls that show he can lose. Franken appears to be an excellent candidate for Iowa.