The party’s defeat last month in Virginia — and closer-than-expected victory in New Jersey — has many Democrats searching for an off-ramp to the pandemic that allows them to sell a brighter future to voters next November.
If you're worried about the new omicron coronavirus variant, you're far from alone: The World Health Organization is warning that omicron is spreading like no other strain of COVID-19 has before.
"Omicron is spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variant," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a news briefing.
Omicron has been found in 77 countries less than a month after it was officially reported. As it announced that figure, the WHO added, "the reality is that omicron is probably in most countries, even if it hasn't been detected yet."
An Associated Press review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 — a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election.
Democrat Joe Biden won Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and their 79 Electoral College votes by a combined 311,257 votes out of 25.5 million ballots cast for president. The disputed ballots represent just 0.15 percent of his victory margin in those states.
I am not surprised. If anything, voting laws tend to favor Republicans for the presidency with the electoral college and how Republican states often create laws like voter ID that make it hard for poor people of color who don't drive to vote. Illegal fraud in elections is exceedingly rare but legal ways of certain laws and state lines and local districts do certainly rig elections in non true to voters wishes.
We all have times when we feel like a fraud. Psychologist Kevin Cokley studies the corrosive effects of self-doubt, and how we can turn that negative voice in our heads into an ally. If you like this show, please check out our new podcast, My Unsung Hero! And if you’d like to support our work, you can do so at support.hiddenbrain.org.
This morning started out nice, but rain is expected by evening. 🌦
Today I am working from home, 👨💻 so I won’t have to worry about getting caught in the rain, but I might have to skip my evening walk due to the rain. It doesn’t look like it will last and tomorrow should be nice. Too bad tomorrow it’s back to working back downtown, but the one day of remote work should be fun — and give me a chance to fully recover from my COVID-19 and TDAP shot.
I don’t know about getting out of town on Saturday, ⛈ it looks like rain, but maybe Sunday through at least mid-week. Hard to say how much snow there will be, probably not a lot, but it really could vary especially if I decide to go out to Central NY and Cazenovia. Even though I have new tires and a 4×4, I don’t want to mess with either snow or ice if I can avoid it — might instead go directly to the Finger Lakes, where at least I know the road will be lowed.
Did you notice that tomorrow, we are picking up some daylight in the evening? 🌆 Only a minute, but you have to start somewhere. It will be nice to come home and not be pitch black, especially when walking home from the Park and Ride. Certainly by February — which seems distant, but really isn’t at this point.
Today. Feels like … November 25th.
A chance of rain, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy.
Light east wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
and
45 degrees
,
4:22 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … October 24th.
Rain, mainly before 5am.
South wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
and
38 degrees
,
7:19 sunrise.
Thursday. Feels like … October 14th.
Partly sunny.
South wind around 10 mph.
and
62 degrees
,45 max dew point,
4:23 sunset.
Thursday Night. Feels like … October 9th.
A slight chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy.
South wind 8 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
and
43 degrees
,
7:19 sunrise.
Friday. Feels like … November 11th.
Sunny.
West wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
and
51 degrees
,
4:23 sunset.
Friday Night. Feels like … November 13th.
A chance of rain after 1am, mixing with snow after 3am. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
and
32 degrees
,
7:20 sunrise.
Saturday. Feels like … December 12th.
Rain and snow likely before noon, then rain. High near 39. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
and
39 degrees
,
4:23 sunset.
Saturday Night. Feels like … December 3rd.
Rain and snow likely, becoming all snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
and
26 degrees
,
7:21 sunrise.
Sunday. Feels like … December 22nd.
A chance of snow showers before 7am. Mostly sunny.
