During the pandemic, Thursday was my day for COVID-19.  Looks like there is a new variant that could become serious, so I return today for an update.  But first, yesterday I ended with input from Elon Musk.  Today I will start with him.  From the  New York Time s: Elon Musk is leaving Washington . In a post on X last night, he confirmed for the first time what has become increasingly clear for weeks — that his work with the Trump administration and DOGE is coming to an end. He thanked Trump “for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending. ”   One more matter dealing with politics.  The  New York Times  this morning also showed the following graphic, which is startling: Trump won because many counties shifted from Democratic to Republican.  Ironically, Democrats improved in mostly richer counties.  What has happened is that Republicans are now making gains in working-class areas.  Wonder what will happen in November 2026 when t...

Donald Trump wrote on his social media site Truth Social that he won the debate with Kamala Harris, and said that there will be no further debates.  Just his general nature, or illusionary as usual, for all polls showed Harris trouncing Trump.  From  Reuters : Voters generally gave Harris better marks than Trump on how she carried herself. Asked which of the two appeared more dignified, 56% of people familiar with the debate picked Harris, compared to 24% who picked Trump. Forty-nine percent said Harris "seemed like someone who would listen to me and understand my concerns," compared to 18% who saw Trump that way. And, oh oh, is he in trouble with The Donald, for  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.  himself said Harris won and that Independents support for Trump will drop following this disastrous debate. Fox News host Neil Cavuto said Trump lost the debate by a wide margin.  He decisively lost.  He might have made very good presentations on where the economy was,...

I was just about to post my blog today when I saw that a shooter using an automatic weapon  shot at Donald Trump  during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.  He was extremely lucky, as a bullet just grazed his ear, while a person in the audience behind him was killed and another seriously wounded.  The assassin was killed.   Watch this video . I haven't seen any official report, but witnesses mentioned at least seven shots that sounded like firecrackers.  Trump is fine and was walked off the stage by secret service agents into a van to take him to a nearby hospital. President Joe Biden  tried to talk to Trump and had an announcement that condemned the shooting. Lincoln in 1865, James Garfield 1881, William McKinley 1901 and John F. Kennedy 1963.   There are  always threats to U.S. presidents , so protection is crucial.   Barack Obama  and  Joe Biden  were well protected.  Trump is only a former president...