Amanda Gorman, speaking now, when I asked her for her first political memory:

So Trump seems to be catching Alamo, Texas a bit unawares?

I am getting laid off 12/31 but I am going to go give to Capitol Area Food Bank (again) because my G-d families might not eat.

this is definitely one of the darker/better ones

a president-elect gets « president’s daily brief »- level briefings. *Much* more detailed than briefings for nominees. That’s something a former acting director of national intelligence knows perfectly well.

Here's some of what @SenatorRomney  had to say to me about the big computer hack, what it says about our cyber abilities/will, and the White House silence about it.

Incredible reporting from Reuters. “At least two-thirds of the dead inmates identified by Reuters, 4,998 people, were never convicted of the charges on which they were being held.”

Fauci: "If we get the majority of Americans, 70-85%, vaccinated by then [the fall] we could have a degree of herd immunity that would get us back to normal" Emphasizes deep concerns about people who are "skeptical" of vaccine.

So there’s a possibility that Utah will soon be rationing intensive care, with patients who get sicker despite getting care would be sent home, and younger patients (more likely to live) getting priority over older.