Day: August 11, 2021
Just One in Six Republicans is Concerned About the Delta Variant
14%
A new Civiqs poll finds that only 14% of Republicans surveyed are very worried or somewhat worried about the Delta Covid-19 variant. Meanwhile, 49% of independents and 87% of Democrats are worried.
Quitters Quitting All Over the Place
69.3%
Quits as a percentage of total separations — which includes layoffs, firings and retirements — reached 69.3% in June. This measure, also known as the “take this job and shove it” indicator is at an all-time high, Axios reports.
Schatz: Debt Ceiling Will ‘Resolve Itself’
“I am predicting, with absolute certainty, it will resolve itself uneventfully. Because it always does.”
— Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), quoted by Politico, on the debt ceiling standoff.
Mr. Malpractice
Floridians, Dr. DeSantis doesn’t really care about ya,
He says, Don’t let that bad coronavirus bug scare ya!
And when it comes to masks,
Don’t even bother to ask —
Dr. DeSantis says COVID-19 is caused by too much “media hysteria.”
Tucker Carlson Resorts to Fascist Propaganda on Fox
Baltimore Sun opinion writer: “If not the theme of [Fox News fascist propagandist Tucker] Carlson’s week of broadcasts from Hungary, then the leitmotif was: Look at what a ‘happy’ and ‘orderly’ country Hungary is under Mr. Orbán, as opposed to the chaos and darkness of American life under Mr. Biden. We need someone like Mr. Orbán to lead America out of that darkness. And who would that someone be but Mr. Trump, who was described as a ‘great friend of Hungary’ by the Hungarian leader in an interview with Mr. Carlson last week.”
