Author Archives: David Posnett

VOTE for your Favorite Blog Post of 2020!

Posted on November 16, 2020 by David Posnett

It seems like the right time to reassess. The R&R blog has enjoyed increased attention and readership in 2020. Here is a yearly count of clicks (views). Note that 2020 is not yet quite over. Here are the leading posts, … Continue reading →

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Ways to Help in Georgia

Posted on November 15, 2020 by David Posnett

Jon Ossoff Reverend Raphael Warnock From Diane Saatchi: REGISTER VOTERS Did you know there are 23,000 young people in Georgia who were not old enough to vote in the November 3rd election but will be for the January 5th runoff? … Continue reading →

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Georgia on my Mind

Posted on November 11, 2020 by David Posnett

a classic OK. We can either listen to this classic… or get active… or both! Joe Biden continues to pick up votes in Georgia after clinching the presidency. According to WSBTV.com News Staff. Updated November 9, 2020 – 4:55 PM … Continue reading →

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SARS-CoV-2 mink-associated variant strain

Posted on November 8, 2020 by David Posnett

This story is of some concern… (1) WHO, 6 November 2020 Since June 2020, 214 human cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Denmark with SARS-CoV-2 variants associated with farmed minks, including 12 cases with a unique variant, reported on … Continue reading →

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Honking and Cheering in NY City

Posted on November 7, 2020 by David Posnett

The Mayor of Paris just tweeted this: Brooklyn celebrations at truly, every street corner. Videos pouring in from everywhere of people cheering, celebrating, crying, dancing, marching, playing music. New York City ❤️ pic.twitter.com/JKdKklNmLM — Sarah A | ساره (@sa0un) November … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Base: 2 Anecdotal Cases Regarding Sources of News

Posted on November 6, 2020 by David Posnett

From Gigi Morris (Sag Harbor): This may offer some insight into what is happening in this country. About 3 weeks ago, I had a cleaning lady coming to my house in NH (she lives in VT) and I mentioned that … Continue reading →

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Threatening rallies by Trump supporters

Posted on November 5, 2020 by David Posnett

Threatening rallies in Arizona This has me nervous. AZ has already been called for Biden by some news outlets including Fox News. And here is the reporting by NBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd9mdelRKfk Refusing to accept the results….

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Encouraged

Posted on November 4, 2020 by David Posnett

I just got back from PA: Dauphin county (Harrisburg), where we were assigned to be poll watchers.  The county went D by 8 points.  Yay.  PA is important. This graph is from Nate Cohn’s article in the NYT and shows … Continue reading →

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The Days After Election Day

Posted on October 31, 2020 by David Posnett

As our democracy hangs by a rapidly fraying thread, it is critical that each of us do everything we can to ensure that Donald Trump is voted out of office, and once voted out of office, that he actually LEAVES … Continue reading →

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Poll Watching in Pennsylvania

Posted on October 29, 2020 by David Posnett

https://www.wnep.com/article/news/after-president-said-bad-things-happen-in-philly-pa-election-leaders-fire-back-on-completely-inaccurate-poll-watcher-claims-by-trump/521-725882e0-4934-4473-a4d9-bb8e8c947c12 From: Kathryn Levy  I really don’t think the PA-Dems would be pushing so hard for poll observers if they didn’t think it was important.  I worked in Florida as a volunteer coordinator for the Kerry and Obama campaigns. Particularly in the case … Continue reading →

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