Once the summer estate of an eccentric railroad builder, The Crimea is one Baltimore’s hidden gems. Visitors to Leakin Park might even hike over remnants of the fort he built around it.https://t.co/oS8SeSFl3E
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) July 7, 2022
The New York Times and others on the Covid-19 BA-5 subvariant
The symptoms of coronavirus subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are similar to those of earlier versions of Omicron, experts said. https://t.co/WIkKYeRt9m pic.twitter.com/hYTgcAdHYN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 8, 2022
Two super-infectious coronavirus strains have shown the ability to reinfect even those who recently contracted an earlier Omicron subvariant.
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 7, 2022
Experts and officials say there are sensible steps residents can take to protect themselves. https://t.co/DnPElGWvak
BA.5 is now the dominant U.S. variant and may pose the biggest threat to immune protection yet https://t.co/8fY8ZDCm8h
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 7, 2022
Impact of the BA.5 Variant in the United Stateshttps://t.co/DUxqHMgHGz by @LaurenLeatherby
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 7, 2022
“I think there’s an underappreciation of what it’s going to do to the country, and it already is exerting its effect” pic.twitter.com/yBIoIIr7fE
The recent COVID surge has been tied to a subvariant of omicron known as BA.5, the most transmissible subvariant yet. https://t.co/85qtASiVGC
— Axios (@axios) July 9, 2022
1/ Six COVID experts explain why Omicron BA.5 is such a concern, and what they're doing to avoid it
— Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 (@celinegounder) July 9, 2022
by @BusinessInsider's @Hilarx & @natmusumecihttps://t.co/x3ik8IKhvW
Hint: you've heard it all before pic.twitter.com/xl1qpDoC3q
BA.5 got started in S. Africa and Portugal. Besides affecting much of Western Europe and the US now, it is leading to new surges in the Asian-Pacific region and South America. In most regions deaths have remained low to date@OurWorldInData pic.twitter.com/CbO1qpeuwA
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 9, 2022
Update on gun polls – 7/7/22
NATIONAL POLL: Support of #GunPolicies:
— MonmouthPoll (@MonmouthPoll) June 30, 2022
ALL AMERICANS / CURRENT GUN OWNERS
83% / 76% – Background checks
75% / 60% – Red flag laws
60% / 41% – National gun registry
55% / 33% – Ban assault weapon sales
42% / 18% – Mandatory buyback of assault weaponshttps://t.co/4NZ9MHxXgw pic.twitter.com/BnSAyWbzU0
66% for making gun laws more strict, rather than keeping them the same (25%) or less strict (8%). A big margin on a pretty salient issue–and one (unlike inflation, say) on which Congress directly legislates. Shouldn't Democrats should be able to capitalize on this in 2022? pic.twitter.com/a3ZPeh81gJ
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 5, 2022
34% of Republican and 87% of Democratic respondents said they were “very” or “somewhat” confident that stricter gun laws would reduce mass shootings, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted in September 2019.
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) July 5, 2022
https://t.co/QWRNwdKogV
NEW: Texas poll shows overwhelming support across the board for stronger gun laws and opposition to weakening them.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) July 6, 2022
If you care about saving lives from gun violence, sign up to get out the vote for gun sense candidates in Texas now. Text READY to 644-33. #txlege https://t.co/V0ooMtWpht
NATIONAL POLL: Which is more responsible for the recent mass shootings in the US?
— MonmouthPoll (@MonmouthPoll) June 30, 2022
55% – mental health issues
33% – ease of getting guns
Republicans (80%) point to mental health issues and Democrats (62%) say it is the ease of getting guns. https://t.co/4NZ9MHxXgw
Deseret News poll of Utah voters:
— Andy Larsen (@andyblarsen) July 7, 2022
– 90% support background checks on all gun sales
– 79% support raising age limit for guns to 21
– 72% support red flag laws
– 60% support outright ban of assault rifles and high-capacity magazineshttps://t.co/iI8vHofSl8
Do you support or oppose requiring comprehensive background checks for all gun purchasers, including private sales between two individuals?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 4, 2022
Support 83%
Oppose 17%
(Monmouth U. Poll, 6/23-27/22)
trend: https://t.co/9fQDO9wRtM
AMONG CURRENT GUN OWNERS
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 4, 2022
… For each one I read, please tell me if this is a major reason, minor reason, or not a reason why you own a gun: To defend against possible government tyranny.
Major reason 30%
Minor reason 24%
Not a reason 44%
(Monmouth U. Poll, 6/23-27/22)
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn shepherded landmark gun legislation through the Senate last month. Between April and June, his disapproval rating went from 39% to 50%, according to a Texas Politics Project poll. https://t.co/OQd6EV7N0R
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) July 6, 2022
Do you support or oppose a federal red flag law that would allow police to temporarily take away the guns of someone who poses a threat to themselves or others?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 4, 2022
Support 75%
Oppose 24%
(Monmouth U. Poll, 6/23-27/22)
more: https://t.co/9fQDO9wRtM
NPR/@Ipsosus: The overwhelming majority of gun owners are in favor of universal background checks, of raising the minimum age to buy guns to 21 and so-called "red flag" laws to remove guns from potentially dangerous people. (@DomenicoNPR @Ericnpr) Details: https://t.co/VHO1Tbh0Ei pic.twitter.com/EWlldUDFdD
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) July 8, 2022
Covers: The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
“The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game” (1966) is a great Smokey Robinson song recorded by The Marvelettes. Jerry Garcia, Grace Jones, and Blondie are among the artists who covered it.
Covers: Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
“Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” was originally by The Undisputed Truth but is much better known from the Temptations version – both released in 1972.
Do you believe that the Comey and McCabe audits were random?
I don’t. I think it is more likely that Trump made IRS do this. Trump treated everything as political. He had no respect for government integrity and impartiality.
update 11/17/22
It’s strange that this story about how Trump allegedly told his chief of staff to sic the IRS on Comey and McCabe – who were later hit with rare intrusive audits – doesn’t name his IRS appointee – Charles Rettig – or mention he finally stepped down Friday.https://t.co/GrF3mGgMr5
— Helen Kennedy 🌻 (@HelenKennedy) November 14, 2022
How unlikely were those Comey-McCabe audits? See for yourself. https://t.co/IRB2PbO1bU
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) July 7, 2022
If you have 154 million marbles (roughly the number of tax returns filed per year), and a few of them are red (including those of James Comey and Andrew McCabe), what are the chances you’ll draw two or more red marbles if you randomly draw a few thousand? https://t.co/64d3VyvevX
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 7, 2022
NEW:
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) July 6, 2022
IRS says for ‘17 it randomly picked 5,000 taxpayers out of 153 million who filed for a highly invasive audit
IRS says for ‘19 it randomly picked 8,000 out of 154 mil for same audit
Among those picked: former FBI dir Jim Comey and his dep. Andy McCabehttps://t.co/AV4MzEoze5
Accountabilty: outrageous that both former FBI Director James Comey & Deputy Director Andrew McCabe were "randomly selected" for most intrusive form of IRS audits under leadership of Trump IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig – this screams for Congressional oversight investigation.
— Shanlon Wu (@shanlonwu) July 7, 2022
NEW: The head of the IRS asks a watchdog to investigate the decision to conduct rare tax audits of former FBI officials James Comey and Andrew McCabe https://t.co/iiJG9cx8VX
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 7, 2022
The news that James Comey and Andrew McCabe mysterious got the worst level of IRS audit isn't surprising on one level.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 7, 2022
Authoritarians always turn the power of the state against their enemies.
Last week we learned Mark Meadows tried to get Bill Barr to go after @ProjectLincoln.
Am I correct in understanding that Trump's own IRS commissioner was faster to call for an investigation into this potential abuse of power than the Democratic congressional leaders https://t.co/u6z4dOgQ8i
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) July 7, 2022
Here's my column on the tax audits targeting Comey and McCabe and why Trump's IRS Commissioner – who is still there – needs to be walked out of his office now: https://t.co/UlcTUESbv0 @MSNBC @MSNBCDaily
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) July 9, 2022
Every New Deal Project map
A web map of every New Deal project!https://t.co/LnvAKedV49 pic.twitter.com/nokInAKumy
— Chris Whong (@chris_whong) July 6, 2022
Lynnewood Hall
I lived in Elkins Park from 1964-1976. I never heard of this place.
Historic Lynnewood Hall to be sold
Larry the Cat’s great Twitter posts
There’s lots of turmoil in the UK. Larry the Cat who lives at 10 Downing Street has been posting through a fake and funny account.
My pal @KyleBarr5 has written about my role in the last few days. Enjoy.https://t.co/QpQHLsSHmC
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 8, 2022
Larry The Cat's Announcement Amid UK Ministers' Resignation Goes Viral https://t.co/MWBbZxTifN pic.twitter.com/5orudIsd4q
— NDTV News feed (@ndtvfeed) July 6, 2022
My ultimatum has received more RTs and likes than the resignation of the actual Chancellor of the Exchequer.
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 6, 2022
I love Twitter. pic.twitter.com/rfk4MSb2Ld
I’ve just checked the kitchen and there’s a week of supplies for a normal family. Johnson will have polished those off by breakfast, so if we block deliveries we’ll have him out by lunchtime tomorrow. #DowningStreetSiege #kitileaks
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 6, 2022
The BBC giving the public what they want https://t.co/c4hzXS2hJg
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 6, 2022
Time to end this charade. I’ve told the copper outside that there’s a squatter in my house who needs evicting… https://t.co/3XunELRzGC
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 6, 2022
He’s not wrong. #LarryForPM https://t.co/o4e5FZQqWr
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 6, 2022
Even in Texas, the majority opposes banning abortions
Texas: Majority oppose banning abortion; 66% support gun red flag laws; Gov. Abbott leads O’Rourke by 6 points (@jamesrhenson @JoshuaMBlank @TxPolProject) Details: https://t.co/6LdaMYD2FS pic.twitter.com/mcmkcRnKnl
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) July 6, 2022
Wow. New poll shows just 15% of Texans support a total ban on abortion in the state. https://t.co/oLiSg4IN0R
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) July 6, 2022
CBS News Poll: Most Texans think women will still seek abortions in Texas even if unsafe
— CBS News Poll (@CBSNewsPoll) June 30, 2022
A majority of Texans want abortion to be legal in all or most cases
https://t.co/0bZIrk0MUb
CBS NEWS TEXAS POLL: ABORTION
— CBS News Poll (@CBSNewsPoll) June 30, 2022
Texans weigh in on what happens after next
(Interviews for this poll were conducted mostly before the Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade was handed down) pic.twitter.com/HHNqEmW4ZV
On guns, 78% in TX (!) support universal background checks, 70% want to raise purchase age to 21, 66% back red flag law, 55% would ban high-capacity magazines, 54% ban assault weapons & 54% oppose state's permitless carry law. Less clear if those opinions (+abortion) change votes https://t.co/QnGnIAFIy7
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 6, 2022
In new @TxPolProject poll, only a little over 10% of Texans says they support banning abortion in cases of rape or incest-which is exactly what will go into effect w/the state's trigger law. Yet TX Rs remain confident voters won't prioritize that enough to vote on it. Safe bet?
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 6, 2022
Sad! 