Morning Jolt: An American Summer Meltdown

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On the menu today: I return from vacation to find the whole country on fire; America's cities include a lot of unvaccinated Americans, and, defying the popular perception about the unvaccinated, the odds are good that most of those unvaccinated urbanites are Democrats; and an easily overlooked, spectacularly implausible bit of spin from Beijing about the origin of COVID-19.

A Bold New Era of Ignoring Problems

Thanks to Alexandra DeSanctis for sitting in for me last week. Now, what the heck happened while I was gallivanting around New England?

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 increased 32 percent in one week, mask mandates came back in a few cities ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 26 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 26 2021 An American Summer Meltdown On the menu today: I return from vacation to find the whole country on fire; America's cities include a lot of unvaccinated Americans, and, defying the popular perception about the unvaccinated, the odds are good that most of those unvaccinated urbanites are Democrats; and an easily overlooked, spectacularly implausible bit of spin from Beijing about the origin of COVID-19. A Bold New Era of Ignoring Problems Thanks to Alexandra DeSanctis for sitting in for me last week. Now, what the heck happened while I was gallivanting around New England? Hospitalizations for COVID-19 increased 32 percent in one week, mask mandates came back in a few cities ...   READ MORE

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