The good news is that I'm scheduled to receive my COVID vaccine booster shot early next month, sooner than expected. On a personal level, my situation's not too bad.
On the national level, the news still generally sucks, since most of the liberal blogs I read are produced by folks who believe readership generally increases or decreases according to degrees of content negativity. When the outlook is sunny, people like me find other things to do than worry about politics. When it's dreary, need to check in several times a day to see if we've reached the end yet.
This afternoon, the outlook is that the Supreme Court is on the verge of abolishing the right to legal abortions in Texas and other red states. In the Senate, Manchin and Sinema are prepared to run Joe's economic agenda into the ditch with their demands, and end U.S. democracy with their refusal to reform filibuster rules. So when is a Senate majority really not a majority?
Predictably, Donnie Doohickey finds ways to get daily media attention. This week he announced another scam. This one involves raising millions for personal use by seducing investors with a social media platform devoted to Truth. Give Doohickey credit for seeing there'll always be a flush market for the sort of bullshit he's selling.
The House of Representatives referred the Bannon contempt of Congress case to the Justice Department for prosecution. Some (R)s voted with the (D)s on that one. On the blogs, there's the usual pessimism that Bannon will never be penalized for pissing on the subpoena.
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