In today's mail we each received a postage paid postcard to return to the Town Clerk to request an absentee ballot. We immediately filled out the cards and mailed them back!
Now I'm wondering what Primary Day (Aug 11th) and Election Day (Nov 3rd) will look like. I usually work at the polls, but I think I might instead be asked to help open and count absentee ballots!
A new Monmouth poll finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the presidential race nationally, 53% to 41%. Half of the electorate says they have ruled out voting for Donald Trump in November, while 4 in 10 say the same about Joe Biden. 21% of registered voters do not have a favorable opinion of either Donald Trump or Joe Biden; Biden leads Trump among these voters, 55% to 21% (in 2016 Trump won them 47% to 30%).
“I’m concerned about voter registration in Mississippi. The blacks are having lots of events for voter registration. People in Mississippi have to get involved, too.” — Mississippi election commissioner Gail Welch, quoted by the Hattiesburg American.
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain was admitted to a hospital and is being treated for Covid-19, Newsmax reports. A photo shows Cain at President Trump’s rally in Tulsa with no face mask. Hmmmmm. . . . the timing is about right.
Less than 24 hours before Herman Cain was hospitalized with coronavirus, he tweeted about President Trump’s July 4th celebration at Mt. Rushmore: “Masks will not be mandatory for the event, which will be attended by President Trump. PEOPLE ARE FED UP!”
I think it's more likely that Republicans may clamor for their Convention to nominate someone else as the GOP candidate. If that is in the works, DT might quit, just so they can't kick him out, so to speak. Or maybe the highest donor gets to tell him "You're fired!"??
trump is too stupid to figure out that HE IS THE REASON FOR HIS NUMBERS CRATERING. I am very happy to hear they are and hope the downward trend continues apace.
From Mount Mansfield TV: In celebration of July 4th, we've dug into our archives for Richmond July 4th parade and firework celebrations from the past 8 years. You can watch enjoy them online here: http://mtmansfieldctv.org/richmond-july-4-archives/
Josh Marshall: This is a Big Deal [Click] Trump campaign trying to use an NDA to stop Omarosa Manigault-Newman talking about her time as a government employee at the White House.
"The primary reason for wearing a face mask is to prevent personal droplets from spreading to others. "Researchers at Florida Atlantic University, in a study published in the journal Physics of Fluids on Tuesday, found that bandanas reduced the average distance that coughs traveled from 8 feet to 3.6 feet. A folded handkerchief took that distance down to 1.25 feet. Commercial cone masks reduced the distance to 8 inches, and a two-layer, stitched mask to 2.5 inches." https://www.cnn.com/…/donald-trump-jr-masks-meme…/index.html
Ranked choice voting (RCV) will be on the 2020 ballot in both Massachusetts and Alaska. [Click] Good!
ReplyDeleteNice!
DeleteAnd the Vermont Legislature has voted to have vote by mail.
Good indeed. I wish it were everywhere.
DeleteIn today's mail we each received a postage paid postcard to return to the Town Clerk to request an absentee ballot. We immediately filled out the cards and mailed them back!
DeleteNow I'm wondering what Primary Day (Aug 11th) and Election Day (Nov 3rd) will look like. I usually work at the polls, but I think I might instead be asked to help open and count absentee ballots!
Core of a gas planet seen for the first time [?] [Click]
ReplyDeleteFrank Bruni: Is Trump Toast? [Click] “There’s a persuasive argument that the 2020 election is already over”
ReplyDelete...if only we already had all the rights, privileges and responsibilities thereof.
DeleteVT: 1227/ 56 (+17 😖/ 0)
ReplyDelete211 active/ 0 x 15 days
Recovered 960
In Hospital = 2 (+1)
Tests 67,341 (+1049)
4.56%
OHIO: There is a delay in Thursday reporting because of a technical issue in the website.
ReplyDeleteGive yourself a day off?
DeleteA new Monmouth poll finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the presidential race nationally, 53% to 41%. Half of the electorate says they have ruled out voting for Donald Trump in November, while 4 in 10 say the same about Joe Biden. 21% of registered voters do not have a favorable opinion of either Donald Trump or Joe Biden; Biden leads Trump among these voters, 55% to 21% (in 2016 Trump won them 47% to 30%).
ReplyDeletePrivately Funded Border Wall in Danger of Collapse. [Click]
“I’m concerned about voter registration in Mississippi. The blacks are having lots of events for voter registration. People in Mississippi have to get involved, too.”
— Mississippi election commissioner Gail Welch, quoted by the Hattiesburg American.
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain was admitted to a hospital and is being treated for Covid-19, Newsmax reports. A photo shows Cain at President Trump’s rally in Tulsa with no face mask. Hmmmmm. . . . the timing is about right.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans Will Likely Cancel Convention Rally [Click] What a bunch of weenies! Heck, that’s treason, isn’t it?
Gun Sales Soar In the U.S. [Click]
Carville thinks Trump may drop out. [Click] That would be very amusing, but I will not be holding my breath waiting for it to happen.
[Two] GOP senators propose swapping Columbus Day with Juneteenth as federal holiday [Click] I wonder how that will go down with other members of their caucus.
Chortle du jour:
DeleteLess than 24 hours before Herman Cain was hospitalized with coronavirus, he tweeted about President Trump’s July 4th celebration at Mt. Rushmore: “Masks will not be mandatory for the event, which will be attended by President Trump. PEOPLE ARE FED UP!”
Wasn't Carville the guy who told us Hilary Clinton was the only candidate who could bet Trump in 2016?
DeleteI don't recall, Bill; but I do seem to remember that he wasn't as smart as he thought he was.
DeleteI think it's more likely that Republicans may clamor for their Convention to nominate someone else as the GOP candidate. If that is in the works, DT might quit, just so they can't kick him out, so to speak. Or maybe the highest donor gets to tell him "You're fired!"??
Delete“What Do I Do? What Do I Do?”: Trump Desperate, Despondent as Numbers Crater, “Loser” Label Looms [Click] “A Republican strategist close to Mitch McConnell told me that Republicans have Labor Day penciled in as the deadline for Trump to have turned things around. After that, he’s on his own.”
ReplyDeletetrump is too stupid to figure out that HE IS THE REASON FOR HIS NUMBERS CRATERING. I am very happy to hear they are and hope the downward trend continues apace.
DeleteHe has malignant narcissism. It’s less about intelligence and more about a self focus so strong he cannot see beyond himself.
DeleteSenator Duckworth Makes Extraordinary Move To Protect Key Impeachment Witness [Click] ZOT!
ReplyDeleteHere's a little fun from the town next to mine!
ReplyDeleteFrom Mount Mansfield TV:
In celebration of July 4th, we've dug into our archives for Richmond July 4th parade and firework celebrations from the past 8 years. You can watch enjoy them online here: http://mtmansfieldctv.org/richmond-july-4-archives/
I verified that there is a Richmond, Vermont...
DeleteLOL, Alan! It's the town next to mine!
DeleteWil and I have marched with Peter Welch in a parade there. Nice town.
DeleteHere is a tool, via NPR, such that you can hover your cursor over a county and see how the county is doing with COVID-19. I was gratified to hear on NPR that Hawaii and Vermont are doing best in the nation. That was comforting to hear on a day when we had 17 (argh!) new cases.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/07/01/885263658/green-yellow-orange-or-red-this-new-tool-shows-covid-19-risk-in-your-county
ReplyDeleteProsecutor [Berman] fired by Barr to testify before House committee in closed-door session next week [Click]
Joint Chiefs Chairman: Some troops were issued bayonets in DC unrest, not trained in crowd control [Click] Cute
Pelosi: “the president himself is a hoax” [Click]
The War Over Kamala Harris’s Wikipedia Page [Click]
Josh Marshall: This is a Big Deal [Click] Trump campaign trying to use an NDA to stop Omarosa Manigault-Newman talking about her time as a government employee at the White House.
How Republicans Keep Appeasing Trump [Click] The description is of a doomed campaign. Has no one in the lot read The Art of War?
ReplyDeleteBiden Assembles Massive Election Monitoring Team [Click] Well, this sounds good.
ReplyDeleteDoc came yesterday. N-95 masks. Took blood. Lost 15 pounds. Yay! Wrote this yesterday and blog ate it.
ReplyDeleteThat's fabulous, puddle!!! High Five!! 🖐
Delete"The primary reason for wearing a face mask is to prevent personal droplets from spreading to others.
ReplyDelete"Researchers at Florida Atlantic University, in a study published in the journal Physics of Fluids on Tuesday, found that bandanas reduced the average distance that coughs traveled from 8 feet to 3.6 feet. A folded handkerchief took that distance down to 1.25 feet. Commercial cone masks reduced the distance to 8 inches, and a two-layer, stitched mask to 2.5 inches."
https://www.cnn.com/…/donald-trump-jr-masks-meme…/index.html
No, Susan Rice did not support the Iraq War [Click]
ReplyDeleteEmblem on Trump Campaign T-Shirt Resembles Nazi Symbol [Click]
ReplyDeleteThe truth about Christopher Columbus—maybe. . . [Click]
ReplyDeleteThis Forbes article helps to clarify the BBC video [Click]
Delete