Post-Election FB Diary. (1) Before the Explosion
Looking back at the two months after the election is like watching someone in a horror movie who isn't quite sure that there is a killer on the loose. Here are some of my Facebook ....
Category: Geography/Economics/Politics
McCarthy Raises Temperature on Democrats
Republican's Greene Problem House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) decried Democratic moves against Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). Greene is a new Congress member who was given a committee assignment by McCarthy even though ....
Trump Popularity After Capitol Attack
[update, 12/18/2021] Almost a year later, US democracy remains in a state of emergency, with the (correct) belief that Biden is the rightful winner of the 2020 election at 27% of Republicans, 94% of Democrats, ....
Rioting as Politics by Other Means
In quick succession I read two different accounts of the attack on the capitol: US Representative Pramila Jayapal (R - WA) and others trapped in the House chambers, and Donald Trump calling Senators to lobby ....
COVID: No Good States
I've been hearing increasingly dire reports about Covid infections in the news lately. How bad is it really? Looking at Covid-19 numbers for all the states, it's hard to say that any of them are ....
EU Peak Covid Deaths, US Peak Cases
COVID-19 deaths/person in the EU and UK are about the same as the US this week, as they are in Germany and France. Italy is considerably higher and Spain lower. But... Peaks in deaths continue ....
Quantifying the Congressional Assault on Democracy
In a move that generated derision from legal experts across the political spectrum, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the Supreme Court to throw out the votes of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the ....
Mixed Signals on Covid Responses
International case statistics show a range of trends in recent weeks. US cases have skyrocketed in recent weeks, as amply covered by the media. EU and UK cases also skyrocketed (left panel), starting a couple ....
Why You Should Ignore Latest Voter Fraud Claims from Trump
I don't know what other claims Donald Trump and his allies will make about voter fraud over the next few weeks, but in the spirit of Slow News, I'm providing a quick reference sheet for ....
COVID Death Update
Two weeks ago I posted graphics showing the path COVID was taking through the states. There has been a lot of news about rising caseloads throughout the country, but in recent weeks the rise in ....