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I don't know enough about his district to say one way or the other. We are definitely going to have a lot more of the MTG ilk in congress in the short term. Long term, I hope that does open some eyes to folks that just keeping pulling the "R" level right now. But ultimately, until those districts that have a history of flopping between D and R only trend towards "D", only then will you see change in the GOP.

Last weekend I ran a few errands and decided to just flip through some stations, I don't even know the station I landed on, but they were playing this. Just fantastic.

No battle lines are being drawn, there is no competition either. Trump has control of the party. Old members are allowed to stay if they stay silent about the big lie, new members must openly embrace it in order to join. There is a small fraction that are speaking out, but they have only two choices. 1) Play the media circuit as they claim they are fighting to take back the GOP, 2) Try and run as an independent. They have zero influence within the GOP. That playbook is going to be fine for well established GOP strongholds, but once you start putting MTG type folks up for election in districts that traditionally are closer split between the parties, that's when the rails fall off. That's also when the GOP finally starts to reshape.

She's the only one in the household that isn't eligible yet for the vaccine, so no concern for the rest of us here, but while she seemed better all day, right before bed she started complaining that her chest hurts and she doesn't feel like she can take deep breaths. Oh vey. Cancelled Walgreens and setup a test with CVS tomorrow, they claim 1-2 day turnaround. Found this, how infuriating. https://www.newsweek.com/home-covid-tests-hit-shortage-after-companies-scaled-back-production-1631271

They may have in July, it was close at least. Right now though, we have a chance to finish 9-3 in the last 12 games against some of the best teams in baseball. Just fun to watch (or listen).

My daughter has been home from school since last Friday. Initially just felt I was being extra cautious as she was complaining about a runny nose Thursday night and coughed a little bit. No fever, no nausea, but an occasional cough and a lot of sinus draining. Over the weekend she complained about her throat. No sign of Strep. Overall doing better, but still draining a bit. Pre-covid, i'd chalk it up to the common cold and hope it didn't turn into a sinus infection. Finally called the doc today though at my wife's urging. Based on her symptoms/severity, they don't want her to come in, but say to try and get an over the counter covid test and not to send her back to school until confirmed. Weeks ago I noticed them everywhere. Can't find them and if you are looking for one, don't trust the 'in stock' reporting on any pharmacy website. So now, PCR test scheduled for tomorrow, Walgreens is saying 3-5 days for results though. I'm pretty confident she's going to be out of school for at least a week over the sniffles...annoying.

You guys wouldn't believe how productive i've been at work in the last week.

Probably should have taken the points there. Not a horrible call though.