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Health, Death, and Politics
The following is based upon Warraich et al. 2022 and Lofgren 2025. Americans living in counties that voted Democratic during presidential elections from 2000 to 2016 experienced larger decreases in death rates than residents of counties that voted for a Republican candidate. The results indicate that the gap in overall death rates between Democratic and…
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Kamala Harris VP
We hear almost continual complaints about Kamala Harris from Republicans – I suspect it’s because they fear her. Republicans often assassinate the character of political figures they know to be formidable. Harris came to the Vice-Presidency with significant credentials and skills gained as a public prosecutor and a Democratic Senator from California. Under President Joe…
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From Michael Moore, When will all the states look like Michigan?
The following is from Michael Moore’s Substack.com I’m often stopped on the street and asked, “Mike, what’s it like, living in a state where there’s not a single white man in charge?” Indeed! In 2018, after 181 years of white men holding the power in this former “Michigan Territory” that was once forced to “bribe”…