This is what Republicans have in store if Democrats can't get out the vote this fall

 

Top headline:  Crikey, 6/7/2022

Bottom headline:  New York Times, 7/22/2022

Since the Supreme Court decision last month overturning Roe v. Wade, anti-gay rhetoric and calls to roll back established L.G.B.T.Q. protections have grown bolder. And while Republicans in Congress appear deeply divided about same-sex marriage — nearly 50 House Republicans on Tuesday joined Democrats in supporting a bill that would recognize same-sex marriages at the federal level — many Republican officials and candidates across the country have made attacking gay and transgender rights a party norm this midterm season.  [emphasis added]

Vaccines work: Vaccinated COVID patients much less likely to be hospitalized or die than unvaccinated

 

Headline:  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/22/2022

People who were unvaccinated were 6.4 times more likely to die than those who have two doses of vaccine, and 3.5 times more likely than those who had received their primary series and booster dose.

GET ME REWRITE: No surprise that Wisconsin nursing homes struggle to find staff

 

Headline:  Wisconsin Public Radio, 7/21/2022

Wage report:  Indeed

One change, though, is especially concerning, Brown said. Employment in the health care and social assistance sector fell 3.9 percent, with employment in nursing and residential care facilities shrinking by roughly 13 percent. 

"It is alarming to see these trends and to see the employment in that sector hitting its lowest level in a really long time — at this time when we're only going to need more and more individuals," he said.  

That’s because the state’s population is aging. And with too few young people replacing retiring workers, he said, the problem is bound to get worse.

Once upon a time, a vaccine eliminated polio in the United States

 

Screenshot:  CDC

Headline:  Wisconsin State Journal, 7/21/2022

WSJ excerpt

An unvaccinated young adult from New York recently contracted polio, the first U.S. case in nearly a decade, health officials said Thursday. 

Officials said the patient, who lives in Rockland County, had developed paralysis. The person developed symptoms a month ago and did not recently travel outside the country, county health officials said.

Greetings from Trump's America: Ottawa County, Michigan, which is not as Trumpy, or as red, as it used to be

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Sources:  Wikipedia, Bridge Michigan (7/19/2022)

3rd-party candidates received 17.9% of vote in 1992, 7.3% of vote in 1996, 7.2% in 2016;

(Segregationist George Wallace received 7.2% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 12,546 more votes than he did in 2016, a 14% increase, in a county where the 2020 population of 296,200 is a 12% increase over the 2010 census.

Biden received 19,732 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 44%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 1.6 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 7.1 percentage points.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:

• 35.1% - Ottawa County
• 30.0% - Michigan
• 32.1% - U.S.

% of population 65 and older:

• 15.9% - Ottawa County
• 18.1% - Michigan
• 16.5% - U.S.

% of population living in poverty:

•   6.7% - Ottawa County
• 12.6% - Michigan
• 11.4% - U.S. 

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Arizona
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Audrain County.  (6/20/2021)

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Washington County.  (8/5/2021)

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Valley County/Opheim.  (5/27/2019)

Nebraska
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Burt County.  (3/27/2019)
Keya Paha.  (4/14/2019)
Knox County.  (3/28/2019)
Nemaha County.  (3/27/2019)
Richardson County.  (3/27/2019)
Sioux County.  (12/22/2018)

New Jersey
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7th Congressional District.  (4/14/2017)

New York
Broome County.  (2/14/2019)
Cayuga County.  (2/13/2019)
Cortland County.  (2/14/2019)
Essex County.  (11/29/2017 update)
Franklin County. (2/9/2019)
Fulton County.  (2/10/2019)
Herkimer County.  (2/10/2019)

Lewis County.  (9/13/2021)
Orange County.  (2/15/2019)
Oswego County.  (2/11/2019)
Otsego County.  (2/12/2019)
Putnam County.  (2/27/2018)
Renssalaer County.  (2/13/2019)
St. Lawrrence County.  (2/8/2019)
Seneca County.  (2/14/2019)
Sullivan County.  (2/15/2019)
Warren County.  (2/11/2019)
Washington County.  (2/11/2019)
19th Congressional District.  (3/26/2017)

North Carolina
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Hyde County.  (11/10/2019)
Robeson County.  (12/1/2017)
Union County.  (3/9/2017)

North Dakota
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Ohio
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Auglaize County.  (10/5/2021)
Belmont County.  (7/17/2018)

Brown County.  (9/16/2021)

Carroll County.  (12/6/2021)
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Darke County.  (9/23/2021)
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Huron County.  (6/19/2017)
Jackson County.  (6/6/2017)
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Lawrence County.  (9/2/2021 update)
Marion County.  (7/14/2018)
Meigs County.  (2/22/2019)
Mercer County.  (12/8/2019)

Monroe County.  (9/3/2021)
Morgan County.  (9/3/2021)

Morrow County.  (9/23/2021)
Muskingum County.  (12/8/2020 update)
Ottawa County. (3/5/2019)

Paulding County.  (9/5/2021)

Pike County.  (9/1/2021)

Perry County.  (9/3/2021)
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Richland County.  (9/5/2021)

Ross County.  (9/6/2021)
Sandusky County.  (3/5/2019)

Scioto County.  (9/1/2021)
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Williams County.  (3/21/2017)
Wood County.  (3/6/2019)
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Oklahoma

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Nowata County.  (5/5/2018)
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Oregon

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Douglas County.  (5/17/2017)

Pennsylvania

Beaver County.  (2/8/2019)
Blair County/Altoona.  (4/28/2019)
Bradford County.  (2/18/2020)
Cambria County/Johnstown.  (6/3/2017)

Clearfield County.  (3/6/2022)

Dauphin County. (4/22/2017)
Elk County.  (3/24/2019)

Erie County.  (10/11/2018 update)
Fayette County.  (7/25/2018)

Fulton County.  (12/10/2021)

Greene County.  (5/3/2017)

Huntingdon County.  (3/9/2021)
Lawrence County.  (2/5/2019)

UPDATE. Luzerne County.  (1/14/2017)
Lycoming County.  (1/28/2020)
McKean County.  (2/17/2020)
Mercer County.  (2/9/2019)

Northampton County.  (7/20/2017)
Old Forge (Lackawanna County).  3/18/2019)
Pike County.  (2/23/2020)
Potter County.  (2/17/2020)
Susquehanna County.  (2/18/2020)
Tioga County.  (2/17/2020)
Warren County.  (6/30/2019)
Wayne County.  (2/18/2020)

Williamsport.  (1/24/2017)

8th Congressional District.  (4/18/2017)

South Carolina

Spartanburg County.  (6/5/2017)

South Dakota

Charles Mix County.  (11/11/2019)
Lawrence County,.  (4/27/2017)

Tennessee
Campbell County.  (12/10/2017)
Carter County.  (2/24/2020)

Cooke County.  (5/16/2021)
Lake County.  (12/22/2018)
Marion County.  (4/1/2017)
Maury County.  (10/31/2017)
Roane County.  (5/1/2018)
Union County.  (5/30/2017)

Texas
Gaines County.  (4/26/2017)

Llano County.  (4/18/2022)
Shackelford County.  (2/26/2018)

Virginia
Bland County.  (2/16/2020)
Buchanan County.  (12/13/2019)
Carroll County.  (2/28/2020)
Dickenson County.  (2/15/2020)
Floyd County.  (2/27/2020)

Franklin County.  (3/8/2021)
Frederick County.  (2/15/2020)
Giles County.  (2/26/2020)
Grayson County.  (2/27/2020)
Lee County.  (2/15/2020)

Llano County.  (4/18/2022)
Patrick County.  (2/29/2020)
Pulaski County.  (2/26/2020)
Russell County.  (2/15/2020)
Scott County.  (2/16/2020)
Smyth County.  (2/16/2020)
Tazewell County.  (2/16/2020)
Washington County.  (7/6/2021 update)
Wise County.  (11/9/2020)

Washington
Columbia County.  (11/7/2021)

Grays Harbor County.  (8/20/2017)

West Virginia
Berkeley County.  (3/25/2018)
Boone County.  (9/11/2021 update)
Brooke County.  (3/17/2019)
Cabell County.  (8/1/2021 update)

Calhoun County.  (9/10/2021)

Clay County.  (5/21/2021)
Doddridge County.  (9/11/2021 update)
Fayette County.  (1/24/2017)
Greenbrief County.  (9/12/2021 update)
Hancock County. (3/17/2019)
Hardy County.  (2/15/2020)
Harrison County.  (3/19/2019)
Jackson County.  (6/18/2017)

Lewis County.  (9/12/2021)
Lincoln County.  (3/21/2019)
Logan County.  (3/21/2019)
Marion County.  (3/18/2019)
Marshall County.  (2/7/2018)
Mason County.  (9/10/2021)
McDowell County.  (7/10/2017)
Mercer County.  (3/20/2019)
Mingo County.  (9/10/2021 update)

Monroe County.  (9/12/2021)

Nicholas County.  (5/21/2021)

Pendleton County.  (9/11/2021)

Ritchie County.  (9/12/2021)
Summers County.  (3/25/2018)
Wayne County.  (3/24/2018)
Wetzel County.  (9/11/2021 update)

Wirt County.  (9/10/2021)
Wood County.  (1/15/2019)
Wyoming County.  (3/20/2019)

Wisconsin
6th congressional district.  (1/27/2018)
Adams County.  (2/6/2017)
Barron County.  (1/3/2020)
Buffalo County.  (3/19/2017)
Burnett County.  (2/24/2018)
Clark County,.  (8/13/2018)
Crawford County.  (5/14/2018)

DeKalb County.  (8/20/2021)
Florence County.  (11/13/2019)
Fond du Lac County.  (3/7/2018)  
Forest County.  (6/16/2019)
Grant County.  (5/16/2018)
Green Lake County.  (1/26/2018)
Jackson County.  (3/8/2018)
Johnson Creek.  (1/21/2017)
Juneau County.  (2/23/2017)
Lafayette County.  (5/16/2018)
Langlade County,.  (6/9/2019)
Lincoln County.  (1/14/2020)
Manitowoc County.  (8/10/2017)
Monroe County.  (3/8/2018)
Oconto County.  (7/24/2018)
Oneida County.  (4/24/2017)
Pepin County.  (12/21/2017)
Price County.  (12/23/2018 update)
Richland County.  (11/10/2017)
Rusk County.  (6/30/2019)
Sauk County.  (5/14/2018)
Sawyer County.  (3/20/2017)
Taylor County.  (12/23/2018 update)
Trempealeau County.  (5/28/2019)
Vernon County.  (5/14/2018)

Waushara County.  (2/6/2017)
Winnebago County.  (11/27/2017)
Wood County.  (3/8/2018)