A once useful source of breaking news headlines that has since devolved into pushing narratives in favor of Democrats. In short, it is not a trustworthy news source.

for - political polarization - common ground with trump voters - example of democrat winning the rural vote - this is a good lesson for climate communication - climate communication - reaching rural communities

for - key insight - key issue of 2024 election is NOT which democrat to vote for, but to prevent autocracy at any cost

Schumaker, E. (2021, September 22). Poll after poll shows the same thing: Americans are cool with vaccine mandates. Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/most-americans-support-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-polls-2021-9

Gelfand, M., Li, R., Stamkou, E., Pieper, D., Denison, E., Fernandez, J., Choi, V. K., Chatman, J., Jackson, J. C., & Dimant, E. (2021). Persuading Republicans and Democrats to Comply with Mask Wearing: An Intervention Tournament. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/6gjh8

This hope runs afoul of the #JustPowers clause of The Declaraton of Independence.

Simply put, all just powers of Government must be derived from individuals, and since no individual may do these things (if they did, they would likely be charged criminally for their violent actions to do so) no one can justly grant these powers to Government.

Since it fails this test, the proposal is clearly unjust based on the test laid out in our founding documents. No party that consistently proposes imposing violent or unjust policies should be allowed to exist.

How cherry-picking science became the center of the anti-mask movement. (2022, February 14). Gothamist. https://gothamist.com

Trisha Greenhalgh. (2021, December 27). This is nothing short of scandalous. Unless and until those leading the public health response acknowledge the AIRBORNE nature of the virus and give transmission mitigation advice commensurate with how airborne viruses spread, we will be yo-yoing from wave to wave ad infinitum. [Tweet]. @trishgreenhalgh. https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1475502337594646528

Wood, D., & Brumfiel, G. (2021, December 5). Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates. Misinformation is to blame. NPR. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate

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Im, H., Wang, P., & Chen, C. (2021). The Partisan Mask: Political Orientation, Collectivism, and Religiosity Predict Mask Use During COVID-19. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/9s58f

Spenser Lang on Twitter: “Astounding how we let politics influence public health. Republican, Democrat, who cares—Get vaccinated! Https://t.co/oOKZ5PcTqB” / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved June 28, 2021, from https://twitter.com/spenserlang/status/1408126711456276488

All 16 States That Have Hit Biden’s Vaccine Goal Voted For Him In 2020. (n.d.). Retrieved June 24, 2021, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/06/22/all-16-states-that-have-hit-bidens-vaccine-goal-voted-for-him-in-2020/?sh=beca64f39d30

watching Katie Porter support repealing the SALT Caps has betrayed me to my core, shattered my hopes for what the Democratic party could be. pretending to speak for the middle class, she's giving an enormously regressive tax cut to the ultra-wealthy, and it's sickening to watch & soils my every memory of her fighting good fights. Incredibly dishonest & tragic, using so many fake GOP style "think of the middle class" ways to sell something that hardly affects them.

Covid: Red states vaccinating at lower rate than blue states—CNNPolitics. (n.d.). Retrieved April 12, 2021, from https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/10/politics/vaccinations-state-analysis/

Number of Republicans Leaving the House Hits Pandemic High. (2020, July 7). Mediaite. https://www.mediaite.com/news/number-of-republicans-who-say-theyre-socializing-amid-pandemic-rises-even-as-more-democrats-stay-home-survey/

Coronavirus’ spread in GOP territory, explained in 6 charts. (2020, June 30). AP NEWS. https://apnews.com/7aa2fcf7955333834e01a7f9217c77d2

This may of stuck out to me purely because I live in Georgia, but Blow's decision to include this in his article is interesting. The democratic victory was determined to be the direct result of increased voter turnout, particularly in communities of color. It is interesting that the legislation he mentions here manages turn this victory into a loss of some sort.

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Explaining Governors’ Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States. COVID-19 and the Labor Market. (n.d.). IZA – Institute of Labor Economics. Retrieved August 8, 2020, from https://covid-19.iza.org/publications/dp13137/

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Science Magazine on Twitter: “Democrats & Republicans have seemingly taken a divided stance on how to handle the #COVID19 pandemic, & their Twitter accounts might provide the best evidence to date. Watch the latest video from our #coronavirus series on research from @ScienceAdvances: https://t.co/BSCdWS011J https://t.co/sJyF357wje” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved June 27, 2020, from https://twitter.com/sciencemagazine/status/1276282194596675590

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