Poll Results – 9/1/2020

 Posted by at 10:49 am  Blog News, Politics
Sep 012020
 

Here are the results of our “Trump* Wants to Postpone Elections” Poll.  Politics Plus Polls are not scientific, because those who respond here are not balanced according to demographic categories.   Therefore, we do not accurately reflect the makeup of the US population.  Nevertheless, our polls are usually factually accurate, and more often than not, they reflect the thinking of the majority of those who actually do think.

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And here are your comments.

Showing comments 111 of 11.

 

Posted by dave c  August 30, 2020 at 10:24 am. From: (US)  

 

I think its a “trial balloon” to see how far he can go….since I’ve seen people say “if Trump loses we’ll be in the streets” he has lots of cover to act however dictatorial and or authoritarian he wishes

 

Posted by Lynn Squance  August 28, 2020 at 4:46 pm. From: (CA)    

 

I don’t think this an either/or question but rather an “and” question. Trump is supremely narcissistic as we all know and the evidence is very plain to see — “I alone can fix it.” and more recently, “I’m the only thing standing between the American dream and total anarchy, madness and chaos.” Trump has always touted his economic policies and the economy being the best ever in all US history. Along comes COVID and “his” economy, upon which he had pinned his re-election, is in the dumpster. So of course he wants to distract from that and what better way than floating the idea of delaying the election on the pretense of a fraud canard. He had to know that delaying the election was not going to happen before he floated the idea — there are too many lawyers around him! But the question certainly did distract a bit but it also spawned its own controversy re the USPS and mail-in-ballots, with which he is still trying do an end run around the laws. But likewise, the Narcissist-in-Chief does not to lose, not o mention that if he does lose, he will surely face criminal charges for a multitude of sins of commission and omission. Staying in power is the only way he can avoid that scenario. Let’s not forget that he said that China’s President Ji had the right idea when he made himself president for life. His enablers will say he was only joking but that would be his wet dream. Fasten your seatbelts because it is going to be a very, very, very bumpy ride for the next 5 months, assuming of course that he loses. Anybody who votes for him is, in my opinion, willfully blind, stupid and delusional.

 

Posted by SoINeedAName  August 20, 2020 at 3:34 pm. From: (US)    

 

As Kayleigh McEnema has indicated: Trump is lining up his ducks to claim that ANY result that does NOT reelect him will be rigged, fraudulent, invalid, etc. …

Hopefully not, but November might turn out to be bloodier that we had ever imagined.

GOTV – the margin of our Biden/Harris victory has to be unassailable!

 

Posted by Gene Jacobson  August 16, 2020 at 7:23 am. From: (US)    

 

Testing the waters. Distracting people from the chaos around us, of his making. It’s his way. He does it all the time. “many people say” or “a lot of people think”, it’s all just him making things up and trying to gaslight his base and America into thinking there’s something there when there never was to begin with. It’s sort of his signature.

 

Posted by JL  August 7, 2020 at 1:35 am. From: (US)    

 

I didn’t vote since I consider his reason to deflect a combination with Covid, emerging evidence of more criminal and impeachable offenses where fascist approach of staying in office to avoid/postpone trials has been a plan since before he took the oath of office with evidence of criminal behavior already emerging then…his failures to do his job have undermined conventional election win chances and the brainwashing tactics did not prove to be long lasting on enough voters so now we see him testing out other illegitimate strategies.

 

Posted by Rixar13  August 5, 2020 at 3:16 pm. From: (US)    

 

Distraction

 

Posted by Lona Goudswaard  August 2, 2020 at 4:38 pm. From: (AU)    

 

Returning to the previous page, I could see that I had indeed chosen number 3 Posted by Lona Goudswaard  August 2, 2020 at 4:35 pm. From: (AU)    

 

I thought I had pushed the number three button, but it hardly matters as I think that he has done it for both reasons.

 

Posted by Mitch D.  August 2, 2020 at 8:54 am. From: (US)   

 

The would-be man, would-be king for life, working on finding whatever way comes to hand not to relinquish the presidency. The good news is that it would take both houses of congress to agree to delay the election, and that is not about t happen. The bad news is that he might create a new crisis (war with Iran?) to try to bluster his way past the January 20th “bye now!” deadline. He can’t simply dismiss congress, as other autocrats have done with their parliaments, though he might try, with the help of Barr, to work around that. Bottom line: He is not going to go easily!

 

Posted by Pat B  August 2, 2020 at 8:40 am. From: (US)    

 

Postponing the elections? The results would be fraudulent? He’s drawing straws, deflecting the important issues, talking incoherently, and doing nothing for assistance with the pandemic with Americans losing their lives every day. Imho, by him trying to postpone the election, he’s admitting that he’s in a rock and a hard place right now. I think it will get worse for him, as time goes by.

 

Posted by Joanne D  August 2, 2020 at 8:06 am. From: (US)    

 

I don’t know for a fact that he is setting up a coup, but I do know for a fact that we had better assume that he is and plan to avert it. One of Murphy’s Laws reads something like “The distraction that you are dismissing is the real attack.” Not word-for-word accurate, but all too accurate in meaning.

 

I voted with the majority.  I should have included a “Both” response, as I now think that one is the best answer.  The trial balloon hypothesis also has merit.

The new poll is up, and it’s quantitative rather than either/or.  Please vote and PLEASE vote Blue between now and 11/3.

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Aug 242020
 

It’s a busy day, here in the CatBox.  Diana, my palliative care nurse, is coming between (9:00 and 10:00 this morning for a routine visit.  I’m now experiencing a side effect from my new cancer treatment: fatigue.  Evelyn, my Oncologist, advised me that was the most likely problem I might have.  It’s a fight to keep my eyes open today.  Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, but it won’t effect my writing.  It will be 4:30 to 5:00 PM when she gets here.  Starting tomorrow, I shall be covering the Republican National Convention in Open Threads.  But you don’t need to stay away.  I shall not include any videos, just a brief pictorial summary.  Oh God, it’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:01 (average 4:56).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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Trump* Virus Update:

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At least it’s worst in red states.

US Cases: 5,875,939
US Deaths: 180,618
Plus the many GOP plague murder victims Republicans are hiding from us.

Short Takes:

From Forbes: A majority of Republican voters think that the U.S. coronavirus death toll, which is over 176,000 and rising, is “acceptable,” a CBS News/YouGov poll found Sunday, with an even larger number saying that the national response to coronavirus is “going well.”

That speaks volumes about the incredible lack of empathy among the deplorable Republican Reich. To anyone who gives a damn, 176,000 dead Americans (now over 180,000) is NOT even barely tolerable, let alone “going well”.  RESIST!!

From NY Times: Just weeks after President Trump’s administration agreed to pull back federal officers from demonstrations in Portland, Ore., where his attempt at a high-profile crackdown backfired, the fate of the city’s protests now rests to a large extent with an altogether different leader: A brand-new, 39-year-old district attorney whose approach to enforcing the law is as contested as the demonstrations themselves.

The new prosecutor, Mike Schmidt, took office Aug. 1 after defeating an experienced federal prosecutor by a 3-to-1 margin in Multnomah County, which includes most of Portland. Even his critics say the breadth of his victory gave him a mandate to reshape prosecutions in Portland, a city of frequent protests, where there is no clear end in sight to demonstrations against police brutality that began after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

He has not been slow to shake things up: Ten days after taking office, Mr. Schmidt effectively dismissed charges against more than half of about 600 people arrested since the protests began at the end of May.

His directive met with strong objections from the Portland police and Multnomah County sheriff. But it was in keeping with his progressive campaign platform as one of a new generation of prosecutors across the country who are pledging to reduce penalties for low-level nonviolent crimes.

Mr. Schmidt said his office would presumptively decline to prosecute demonstrators for minor offenses such as interfering with the police, disorderly conduct and trespassing — cases that did not involve deliberate violence, property damage or theft. And charges for assault on officers and resisting arrest will now require closer scrutiny, with prosecutors taking into account in filing charges whether the police fired tear gas into crowds.

I voted for Mike. I’m glad I did. Oregon leads the way!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of protest): Confounds the Science – (Parody of) Sound of Silence – REMIX | Don Caron / Linda Gower

 

We’ve shared this one before, but it certainly warrants another view. Kudos to left-wing protesters.  RESIST!!

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Aug 102020
 

It’s a hot, busy day here in the CatBox.  I’m waiting for Diana, my palliative care nurse, to come change my patch, hopefully at about 9:30 AM.  I’m already running late, because I overslept.  Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, but it will not affect my publishing as she won’t be back from Eastern Oregon until mid-afternoon tomorrow.  I texted WWKristen, who is with her and promised they will both stay safe and naughty.  Oh God, it’s Monday!  Update:  Diana came and changed my patch.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:12 (average 4:49).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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US Cases: 5,201,873
US Deaths: 165,626

Short Takes:

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Georgia teen says school used students as guinea pigs

The school administrators were goose-stepping behind their beloved Nazi leader, criminal Fuhrer Trump*. Now that her suspension has been lifted, nine students have already tested positive for Trump* virus, and this GOP crime has been exposed, threats of physical violence are SOP for the Republican Reich!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Biden Leads In 2020 Battleground Map

May God protect the truth of his projection from the Republican Reich collusion with Trump’s* boss, Putin [R-RU]. Help God with your vote!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of protest): “Nasty Man” by Joan Baez

Joan is seven years older than I am. I’m so glad she’s still with is. Kudos to left-wing protestors!  RESIST!!

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Aug 032020
 

It’s a routine day here in the CatBox.  The rest of the week will be busier.  Friday is a WWWendy day and a Hospital Oncology team day.  Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, so please expect no more than a Personal Update or an Open Thread.  Wednesday my palliative care nurse is coming.  Oh God, it’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:24 (average 7:34).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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US Cases: 4,815,776
US Deaths: 158,376

Short Takes:

From NPR: It’s hard to believe that the hole President Trump dug for himself could get deeper, but it has.

A record and widening majority of Americans disapprove of the job he’s doing when it comes to handling the coronavirus pandemic; he gets poor scores on race relations; he’s seen a suburban erosion despite efforts to win over suburban voters with fear; and all that has led to a worsened outlook for Trump against Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential election.

As a result, in the past month and a half, the latest NPR analysis of the Electoral College has several states shifting in Biden’s favor, and he now has a 297-170 advantage over Trump with exactly three months to go until Election Day.

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As long as we don’t get complacent or think we can afford to “vote our conscience”, the only way criminal Fuhrer Trump* and the Republican Reich can stay in power is through a Nazi coup.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Bernie Sanders: ‘The Next Three Months Are The Most Important In Modern U.S. History’

 

For months, all we heard from the Republican Reich was “Bernie is a socialist”. I’d rather have a socialist (social democrat) in any political office than a Republican Fascist. Kudos to Bernie for the degree to which he supports Joe Biden. Progressives, please do what Bernie says!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of protest): Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth 1967

 

The Republican Reich Nazi Gestapo are even more likely to kill us now than they were then. Kudos to left-wing protestors!  RESIST!!

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Poll Results – 8/2/2020

 Posted by at 11:18 am  Blog News, Politics
Aug 022020
 

Here are the results of our “Trump Let Russia Murder Our Troops” Poll.  Politics Plus Polls are not scientific, because those who respond are not balanced according to demographic categories.   Therefore, we do not accurately reflect the makeup of the US population.  Nevertheless, our polls are usually factually accurate, and more often than not, they reflect the thinking of the majority of those who actually do think.

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And here are your comments.

Showing comments 18 of 8.

Posted by Lynn Squance  July 30, 2020 at 7:55 am. From:  (CA)    

 

This morning (30/07/20), Trump “floated” the idea of delaying the November election which he has no authority to do according to Article II, Section 1 of the US Constitution, such authority belonging to the Congress. If he actually tries this, I would hope that even his supporters (I won’t hold my breath!) would see this as a desperate attempt to subvert the rule of law (the Constitution) and the will of the people. This is clearly a move for his own interests since other credible options for the election have been floated but met with resistance by Trump and some Republicans. In my non legal opinion, if Trump carried out his “suggestion”, the word treason comes to mind. After all, does not his oath of office include the words “all enemies, foreign and domestic” (or words to that effect)! Trump needs to go and the sooner, the better!

 

Posted by jl  July 3, 2020 at 3:20 am. From: (US)    

 

The assumption that the G7 effort was directly tied to the bounties effort probably has too little evidence–could well be continued effort for 2016 and/or 2020 election, for example…might need to include multiple instances of actions helping Russia vs. protecting/helping U.S. to support a charge of treason.

 

Posted by JL in reply to jl  20 hours ago.  From:  (US)    

 

I think now that the postponing election idea has been floated, with condemnation by so many GOP voices, including co-founder of The Federalist Society, that this one is now the impeachable issue that will garner sufficient GOP support to actually convict.

 

Posted by P Bowen  July 2, 2020 at 3:56 am. From: (US)    

 

As the President of the United States, this man has done everything and acts for the good of Russia. As President he has lied, deflected, and acted as a foreign agent (for Putin), and has hobnobbed with the dictators. He needs to be impeached.

 

Posted by Lynn Squance  July 1, 2020 at 4:39 pm. From:  (CA)    

 

I voted “treason and impeach” however I doubt that this meets the legal definition of treason. Having said that, his actions are completely against the US common good and I would think against his oath of office. I believe he should be impeached by the House but the Republican Senate will never convict, just like the last time. But WOW — a president impeached twice during his first and hopefully only term. That is another high point, or low point if you like, to Trump’s BS residency! I hope that the law can come after him once he is out of office in 01/2021. Benedict Arnold will come up a bit only to be replaced by Donald J Trump at the bottom of the American ash heap.

 

Posted by Lona Goudswaard  July 1, 2020 at 4:03 pm. From:  (AU)    

 

I understand that strictly legally speaking this isn’t treason. Hardly anything is. But as a President, he should be impeached for it. But then he should have been impeached for so many other things too but never was, right?

 

Posted by Colleen L  July 1, 2020 at 11:34 am. From:  (US)    

 

It has come down to where tRump has gotten away with so many criminal acts, that it surprises me that he’s still capable of sitting in the Oval Office.

Again he’s using his usual saying, that he wasn’t told, or knew anything about it. When we have others saying that it was brought up to his at a certain date meeting.

He has shown more respect for Russia than he has for the U.S. We’ve seen it when he was belittling the CIA when there checking the Russia involvement with his election.

I hope they actually something about this and that it’s not just something that gets ignored or forgotten.

 

Posted by Joanne D  July 1, 2020 at 7:50 am. From:  (US)    

 

I have to draw a distinction between what is actually in the Constitution and what our principles and beliefs, as well as the use of a word in the language, overwhelmingly tell us. With that distinction, it is not treason. I could put it differently and say, sure it’s treason – butit doesn’t fit the legal definition of treason, which is so narrow that no one could ever be convicted on it. But that doesn’t mean he cannot be impeached on it. While it is not as cut and dried legally as extortion, it carries a heck of a lot more emotion, and more people in both parties are more disturbed by it than they were by extortion – especially by extortion of foreign nation – “are those even people?”

I voted with the vast majority that it is treason, and Congress should impeach Trump*.  I called it treason, because, although undeclared, Afghanistan is a shooting war, and for Russia to finance killing our troops is an act of war against the US.  Trump* is aiding and abetting Russia in that act of war, and that’s treason.  Although the Republican bastards in the Senate will not do their job and convict Trump*, he should be impeached because we have a duty to do so, and because it’s the right thing to do.  Trump* should be Trump**. or even Trump********************.

The new poll is up.  Please vote.

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Go, Joe! Go!

 Posted by at 10:29 am  Politics
Jul 272020
 

As of today, there are 99 days left until election day, and hopefully, not much longer before the US has a President for the first time since Obama left office.  It would be hard for things to look much better for Joe Biden.

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The polls say things are looking very good for former Vice President Joe Biden. Polling averages show the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee ahead in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, North Carolina, and Arizona. And some eye-popping surveys even have him leading President Donald Trump in Texas, which hasn’t gone for a Democrat since 1976. But is it all too good to be true? Many Democrats certainly seem to think so.

“I don’t trust polling,” Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell recently told the Atlantic. “I don’t believe that Biden is 16 points up in Michigan; that’s a bullshit poll, and it’s the same people who said Hillary [Clinton] had it in the bag.”

Dingell is among the Democrats traumatized by polling missteps last cycle, which led surveys to overlook the strength of Trump’s support in key battleground states including Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania — three states Clinton was counting on to win the election. In a late-October survey of Wisconsin, for example, the Marquette Law School poll had Clinton up by 6 percentage points, while Trump ultimately won the state by 0.7 points.

After the election, pollsters conducted an autopsy of why there was such a disconnect between state polls and the final electoral outcomes (though perhaps less so than some Democrats believe).

The review, led by the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), identified multiple factors: For one, some pollsters failed to weight for education — so more educated individuals who favored Hillary Clinton were overrepresented in samples and skewing the results. For another, many surveys missed the wave of undecided voters who may have broken for Trump at the last minute.

Importantly, as many pollsters frequently emphasize, the way polls are interpreted also matters: These surveys, after all, are intended to be a “snapshot” in time, and not necessarily predictive of the election’s final result. It’s worth noting, too, that there are variables that make every cycle different: According to a mid-July New York Times analysis, because of the polling lead he currently has, Biden would still win key battleground states if the polls had errors comparable to the ones they saw in 2016…  [emphasis added]

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Trump won these key states in 2016. Now, he’s losing them

Of course, the worst thing we can do is to become complacent and overconfident.  That could give Trump* at least four more years man maybe make him permanent Fuhrer of the Republican Fifth Reich.  Nevertheless, day after day of ever increasing horrors can tire us to the point of PTSD.  Therefore, it’s important that we recognize the light at the end of the tunnel to give us hope.  Go, Joe!  Go!

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Jul 242020
 

It’s another busy day here in the CatBox.  My Providence home health doctor is coming this morning for her routine monthly visit.  Other than back pain, it’s a pretty good day.  TGIF!!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:12 (average 5:14).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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US Cases: 4,171,378
US Deaths: 147,364
World Cases: 15,715,850
World Deaths: 637,615
Trump’s* share of World Deaths: 23.1%

Short Takes:

From Alternet: If November brings the type of major blue wave that Democratic strategists are hoping for, it would include not only former Vice President Joe Biden defeating President Donald Trump, but also, Democrats achieving a majority in the U.S. Senate, increasing their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and enjoying victories in an abundance of state races. And the Cook Political Report is saying that according to its analysis, Democrats are now favored to retake the U.S. Senate.

Cook’s Jessica Taylor reports, “With just over 100 days until Election Day, the political climate appears dire for Republicans across the board. President Trump is the decided underdog against former Vice President Joe Biden in our Electoral College ratings, and Democrats could end up expanding their House majority. That leaves the Senate as Republicans’ firewall — the final barrier to unified control for Democrats in 2021.”

But that “firewall,” Taylor reports, could disappear because “as of now, Democrats are a slight favorite to win the Senate majority.”

A Republican pollster, quoted anonymously, told Cook, “Something remarkable would have to happen for Republicans to still have control of the Senate after November. It’s grim. There’s just so many places where Democrats either have the upper hand or are competitive in states that six months ago, we wouldn’t have considered at risk.” And a GOP strategist was equally pessimistic, telling Cook, “If you’re an incumbent in a bad environment sitting at 44%, you should be pretty damn scared. The expanding map has made it really hard, and there’s just a lot of Democratic momentum right now.”

From Cook’s projections to November results!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Portland mayor is tear-gassed alongside protesters

Portland is my home. The rare crowd violence has nothing to do with the demonstrators. There are a few right wing anarchists using the peaceful demonstrations as an excuse to act-out. Both the federal Nazi Republican gestapo and the unmuzzled Portland Police Bureau are ignoring the violent anarchists and attacking peaceful demonstrators and our mayor.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from labor): Ryan Bingham “Direction of the Wind” (Madison, Wisconsin protests) (live performance music video)

Except for unmuzzled Republican Nazi police unions, support labor.  RESIST!!

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Poll Results–7/1/2020

 Posted by at 9:05 am  Blog News, Politics
Jul 012020
 

Here are the results of our “Second Trump* Virus” Poll.  Politics Plus Polls are not scientific, because those who respond are not balanced according to demographic categories.   Therefore, we do not accurately reflect the makeup of the US population.  Nevertheless, our polls are usually factually accurate, and more often than not, they reflect the thinking of the majority of those who actually do think.

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And here are your comments:

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Posted by JL June 26, 2020 at 2:55 am. From:  (US)

Health experts say it is still the first surge that was never adequately stopped…so we are not yet at the peak, which a resurgence will create an even higher peak they tell us–be careful

Posted by SoINeedAName June 10, 2020 at 9:47 am. From: (US)

I went with “Somewhat Worse” because I don’t think (at least I hope) we’ll have another outbreak in as crowded and dense a population as NYC.

It will continue to spread – particularly in those states (mostly red) which opened before recommended guidelines were met.

Posted by Lona Goudswaard June 1, 2020 at 2:52 pm. From: (AU)

It is still pretty bad as it is, so I don’t think it can get much worse and I voted for somewhat worse.

Posted by Mitch D. June 1, 2020 at 12:25 pm. From: (US)

A second wave is becoming evident elsewhere, I believe, and it will hit here, just as it did after certain Mother’s Day partying.

Posted by Joanne D June 1, 2020 at 7:04 am. From:  (US)

Just to clarify – by “make the disease worse” I mean, and I assume you mean, “increase the number of people infected.” I am not ruling out that their actions might also lead to mutations which would make the actual symptoms and/or per capita death rate; I just think that will be hard to prove.

That said, “opening up the country” can only lead to massive numbers of new cases, the only mitigating factor being governors (and some mayors) with the sense God gave lettuce.

Posted by Pat B June 1, 2020 at 7:04 am. From:  (US)

I have no confidence nor faith in this administration. Sadly, I feel that those who do not abide, read/listen, by the facts and data drawn out by CDC, and those respected medical officials and authorities who alert the communities about this, it will continue. With a vengeance, I might add. I pray that I’m wrong though.

I voted “much worse”.  One just has to look at our daily Trump* Virus Update to know how true that is.  The states that have followed criminal Fuhrer Trump’s* instructions most closely are the ones where the disease is worst.  The lone exception is California.  There, individuals have followed criminal Fuhrer Trump’s* instructions, in violation of state regulations.

The new poll is up, and it’s a good one.  Please vote.

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