(Political Ramblings from a Little Left of Center)
A good friend, knowing I’d be thoroughly appalled, sent me a link to buy a talking Trump figurine that excretes a collection of 17 recorded droppings from Trump himself. “It’s like having the President in the same room with you!” Thanks, Carol. I now have a new definition of Hell. Upon reflection, however, it occurred…
Joe Biden recently announced the formation of his VP selection committee. I’m hurt that I wasn’t asked to participate, but I thought I’d add my two cents anyway. Since Biden already announced that his pick will be a woman, that considerably narrows the field. I’ve identified thirteen women that, at some point, have been touted…
Since I had a positive response to my initial COVID-19 analytics, I’ll try to post updates on a semi-regular basis. This post uses data as of 4/24/20. See below for commentary and some explanatory notes. Click on any table to display a larger version; hit the back button to return here. Selected Countries by %…
The Priorities USA super PAC released a 30-second ad that juxtaposed Trump’s own pandemic statements with concurrent case counts. In response, the Trump campaign sent cease-and-desist letters to numerous TV stations – including a threat to pull their broadcast licenses – to try to keep the ad off the air. What an absolutely brilliant campaign…
It’s time to take an early look at the Texas State House of Representatives. Democrats have a slight chance to reclaim the Texas House for the first time in 20 years. It’s a VERY long shot at the moment, but it’s worth some premature attention due to the vast importance of that flip both to…
Trump continues to play a very dangerous political game with the nation. He’s been all over the map with respect to what role the federal government should play in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. He failed to take the lead in the initial stages of the pandemic and, in fact, downplayed its significance for political purposes…
It’s been just shy of a year since I last wrote about the 2020 Senate races. While many things (including some of the candidates) are still in flux, an updated look seems appropriate. While Republicans are still favored to retain control of the Senate, the chances of a Democratic takeover have improved enough to warrant…
While everyone’s attention is elsewhere at the moment, the 2020 elections are just seven months away. Some things have changed; some things haven’t. Since my last post on the Presidential contest, Sanders dropped out of the Democratic race and endorsed Biden, making the latter the presumptive nominee. On the Republican side, Trump is still a…
I thought I’d share a few of my own COVID-19 analytics (using data as of 4/10/20). While I follow a wide variety of published sources, it can be tough to glean useful information from the reams of available data. For my own edification, I decided to hack together some simple analytics to give myself a…
Tracking Sites World US Tracking / Map / Testing US Vaccine Rollout (CDC, NYT) TX Austin/Travis Info / Dashboard TX Williamson Info / Dashboard TX DSHS Parenthetical Politics Health Organizations CDC / FDA / NIH WHO Info / Dashboard Johns Hopkins Selected News Sources STAT Treatments & Vaccines Risk Map ABC / Live Science Texas Tribune…