2:00PM Water Cooler 10/10/2024 | bare capitalism

By Lambert Strether of Corrente.

Chicken Track of the Day

Tropical Mockingbird (Mayan), Reserva de la Biosfera Rio Celestun, Yucatán, Mexico. “Recorded in coastal desert scrub on the sting of a dried salt lagoon lined with mangrove. Low, distant rumble from a motor boat may be heard, particularly within the second phase.”

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Politics

“So most of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are actually a rational administration of symbolic capital.” –Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles

2024

Lower than thirty days to go!

Friday’s RCP Ballot Averages:

For those who ignore the complete idea of margin of error, Trump gained just a few inches of floor within the trench warfare (In fact, we on the surface would possibly as nicely be inspecting the entrails of birds once we attempt to predict what’s going to occur to a subset of voters (undecided; irregular) in a subset of states (swing), and the irregulars particularly would possibly as nicely be quantum foam, however presumably the marketing campaign professionals have higher information, and have the state of affairs as below management as it may be _{MR SUBLIMINAL Fooled ya. Kidding!}.

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“Unique: Harris overtakes Trump amongst suburban voters, Reuters/Ipsos polling reveals” [Reuters]. “Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has erased Republican rival Donald Trump’s benefit within the huge center of American society: suburban residents and middle-income households, an evaluation of Reuters/Ipsos polling reveals.

Since President Joe Biden ended his flagging reelection bid on July 21, Vice President Harris has pulled into the lead in each of those giant demographic teams, reinvigorating Democrats’ prospects within the Nov. 5 election, although the race stays exceptionally shut. Suburbanites, who make up about half of the U.S. voters and are as racially numerous because the nation at giant, are a key prize. Biden beat Trump in suburban counties by about six proportion factors within the 2020 presidential election. Earlier than Biden dropped out, Trump was main him 43% to 40% amongst suburbanites in Reuters/Ipsos polls performed in June and July, reflecting the Democrat’s wrestle to energise supporters. Harris started closing the hole when she launched her marketing campaign in July and led Trump 47% to 41% amongst suburban voters in polling throughout September and October. That represents a nine-point swing within the Democrat’s favor, in keeping with the evaluation of six Reuters/Ipsos polls that included responses from over 6,000 registered voters. Throughout the identical intervals, Trump went from main Biden 44% to 37% amongst voters in households that earn between $50,000 and $100,000 – roughly the center third of the nation – to path Harris 43% to 45%, additionally a nine-point swing away from Trump. The figures had margins of error of round 3 proportion factors. Trump carried this group 52%-47% in 2020, in keeping with a Pew Analysis Heart evaluation of exit polls.” • See additionally the Jacobin ballot in PA.

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Kamala (D): Mainly, yeah:

it was kinda cool these three weeks Kamala campaigned on “Republicans are bizarre and we’re not going again” earlier than deciding to pivot to “Republicans are my buddies they usually’re good and we are able to do Republican coverage even higher than they will,” the technique that already misplaced to Trump

— So well-known and good at sketch comedy (@RuckCohlchez) October 10, 2024

Sadly, Kamala or whoever picked Walz earlier than the pivot, following which they struggled to utilize him (and to the query of “Who’s the actual Kamala? Earlier than the pivot or after?” I reply “There is no such thing as a actual Kamala”).

Kamala (D): “Harris Calls DeSantis ‘Egocentric,’ Biden Praises Him as ‘Very Gracious’” [RealClearPolitics]. • Biden’s nonetheless President. Harris choosing out the drapes throughout a hurricane isn’t a wise transfer.

Kamala (D): “Harris Rails Towards Company Landlords Whereas Taking Donations From Blackstone Billionaire” [Sludge (Carla)]. “In late July, talking to a crowd of greater than 10,000 folks at her first marketing campaign rally in Atlanta, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris vowed to go after companies that purchase up houses and jack up lease. ‘We are going to tackle company landlords and cap unfair lease will increase,’ Harris stated to nice applause. The Harris marketing campaign has made taking over company landlords a serious plank of its plans to assist make life extra inexpensive for the center class, and it has change into a typical theme at her rallies. In her Aug. 16 plan for an ‘alternative financial system,’ the marketing campaign outlined the steps Harris would take to go after these actual property traders throughout her first 100 days in workplace…. Whereas she campaigns on the difficulty, the Harris marketing campaign is being backed by the president of the most important company landlord within the nation, an organization that her longtime political advisors are at the moment serving to to defeat a California poll measure that may increase lease management. Jonathan Grey, the billionaire president and chief working officer of funding agency Blackstone, donated $413,000 to the Harris Motion Fund in late July, simply after President Biden dropped out of the race. Grey additionally donated $50,000 to the fund final June, whereas Biden was the nominee, plus $6,600 to the Biden marketing campaign—funds that are actually managed by the Harris marketing campaign…. Blackstone, an enormous different funding administration firm with over $1 trillion in belongings below administration, is the most important landlord within the nation, proudly owning and managing virtually 350,000 models of rental housing, in keeping with a report from the Non-public Fairness Stakeholder Venture (PESP).” • “Alternative” for whom?

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“Behind the Curtain: Dems’ Blue Wall blues” [Axios]. “Prime Democratic politicians and operatives inform us the important states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania are getting harder for Vice President Harris and the celebration’s Senate candidates…. There’s rising fear amongst Democrats that Harris appears caught, even sliding a bit, after a powerful begin to her younger presidential marketing campaign. Her media blitz, heavy spending and largely favorable protection don’t appear to be transferring the needle a lot, if in any respect, these Democrats say…. [David] Axelrod provides that Harris ‘had an incredible launch, proper via the conference and the talk. However in these campaigns, each time you clear a bar, the bar will get raised. It’s important to elevate your sport and regulate your technique.’” • So hoisting a beer is lifting your sport?

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AK: “A Crazier Path to 270: Can Harris Wrest Alaska Away From Trump?” [Bloomberg]. “Alaskans are likely to check with lawmakers by their first names — Lisa, Mary or Sarah, as in Palin — reflecting intensely native politics. The state has voted for Republican presidential candidates in each election after 1964, however on the remainder of the poll, it’s some of the bipartisan states. Its state legislature is dominated by coalitions of Republicans, Democrats and one impartial, and its US congressional delegation is understood for bucking celebration strains…. Now the state has additionally change into an unlikely speaking level for Democratic fundraisers and strategists as a small however tantalizing presidential election prize after a ballot final month confirmed Harris trailing former President Donald Trump by simply 5 proportion factors. Polling there was extra sparse than in conventional swing states. However in an election yr wherein crazier issues have already occurred, it all of a sudden appeared not unattainable for the Harris marketing campaign to scoop up Alaska’s three electoral votes, providing another path to the 270 electoral votes wanted for the presidency.”

MI: “Crashing Arab American Help Spells Hazard for Kamala Harris in Michigan” (interview) [James Zogby, Rolling Stone]. “Is the Arab voter shift to Trump reversible?That Trump vote — going to 42 p.c — was a rise of seven p.c. However that 7 p.c was tender. We requested the voters, if Harris have been to demand a cease-fire, or if she have been to say she would droop arms assist except Israel agreed to a cease-fire, her numbers went up from 42 to 62 p.c. She regained a major variety of Trump votes that have been the folks mainly voting for him as a protest towards Democrats. The response I’m getting, after I go across the nation and speak to folks, is that they wish to punish Democrats. That’s not a wise political transfer, however that’s what persons are feeling. And I don’t have an argument to make as a result of they haven’t given us arguments to make. Who’s “they,” I’m sorry? The marketing campaign. I maintain telling them, if you’d like folks to vote for you, you gotta give them a motive. They don’t appear to care sufficient concerning the Arab American vote to do one thing to get it.” • That is like Clinton not visiting Wisconsin in 2016. And to suppose all Harris must do is lie! (Considering wishfully, Biden may pull one thing out of his hat, however even when he may, he most likely wouldn’t, given how he retains counter-programming Kamala’s marketing campaign occasions.)

NC: “We’re nonetheless discovering useless neighbors in North Carolina. We’d like assist” [Guardian]. “Many have been. At the least 227 folks have died, and that toll is just going to get greater. The rivers are giving up the useless; landslides are yielding corpses. The destruction is grotesque and, in some circumstances, whole, with bridges condemned, roadways eviscerated, and entire cities – Swannanoa, Scorching Springs – obliterated. The private terror I felt that morning is nothing in comparison with the craze I really feel on behalf of these lives unnecessarily misplaced, these displaced, these struggling to entry too few companies, and at a governmental response that has seemingly prioritized essentially the most privileged. I’m a kind of most privileged. The Federal Emergency Administration Company (Fema) confirmed as much as my prosperous, resource-secure neighborhood of Asheville on 1 October. Nonetheless, I’ve been with out energy, water and wifi, and had solely spotty cell service, since 27 September. There’s a curfew in place, there are fuel shortages and everybody resides with a profound feeling of disconnection from the remainder of the world. Mutual assist has been a lifeline for me and plenty of others.” And mutual assist is nice. However: “Apart from listening to that Joe Biden did an aerial overpass of our area (“We’ve acquired your again”) and the looks of Fema vehicles in my gentrified neighborhood on Tuesday, I’ve seen little proof of the sturdy, coordinated, multi-agency response for which I and plenty of others had hoped. Maybe that’s partly as a result of the roads are in varied states of destruction and the cell community barely usable. However, having lived via the pandemic in 2020, I’m skeptical.” • Not the sentiment that Democrat would want to hear, I’m positive (recall from yesterday the dearth of AP tales; FEMA barrelling in with aid is strictly the kind of story AP may and would cowl, even when they solely went so far as Asheville. However nothing (which raises its personal questions).

NC: “Will Hurricane Helene Disrupt Elections in North Carolina?” [Democracy Docket]. From October 2. ” election officers throughout the state have come collectively to offer help. ‘I’ve been overwhelmed, however not shocked, by the presents of assist from county boards of elections in elements of the state not affected by the storm to assist their colleagues in western North Carolina,’ [Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections] stated. ‘And I do know that help will proceed.’”

NC: “14 of 19 polling locations in Avery County unusable after Helene, elections director says” [WCNC]. “Sheila E. Ollis, the elections director in Avery County, says 14 out of 19 polling locations within the county are unusable on account of varied impacts of Helene. Causes for the closures embrace landslides, washed-out roads and being transformed into shelters. Ollis advised WCNC Charlotte’s Kayland Hagwood that county leaders are working to merge some polling areas so residents can vote. Any modifications would require county board approval.” • Therefore the tweaked voting guidelines—

NC: “Two states blasted by storms tweak voting guidelines” [Axios]. “North Carolina’s elections board this week unanimously authorised emergency measures for the 13 western counties hit hardest by Helene. The modifications embrace permitting county election boards to switch early voting days, hours and websites — and open a polling place in one other county if their very own polling web site has been impacted. Boards additionally could permit any voter within the county who’s unable to get to their Election Day precinct voting web site to solid a poll on the county’s elections workplace. North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday additionally authorised laws to present $5 million to the State Board of Elections for post-storm administration prices — and increase the emergency guidelines to 25 counties. The modifications may assist many North Carolinians vote, however voting isn’t more likely to be high of thoughts for these with profound losses. ‘In case your basement is flooded, or if you’re displaced and you need to go dwell together with your grandma in one other state … voting goes to drop down your listing of priorities,’ [Kevin Morris, a senior research fellow and voting policy scholar with the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program] stated.”

NV: “The Latino Battleground You Haven’t Heard About” [Politico]. “Nevada is much extra aggressive this yr than in current elections. Whereas Democrats have stacked wins over the past twenty years and Biden received the state by two proportion factors in 2020, there was a hiccup through the 2022 midterms, with Democrat Steve Sisolak turning into the one incumbent governor within the nation to lose. Regardless of the union’s endorsement of Harris this summer season, “We predict if the election was at present we might lose Nevada,” a Culinary official stated.” • Univision could have a Harris City Corridor at present (October 10). Excessive stakes, a lot greater than Colbert and The View.

NV: “In Nevada, Latinos may choose the following president. They aren’t offered on both candidate” [NPR]. “Round 1 in 5 voters within the Silver State are Latino. That’s extra political energy than the group has in virtually any of the opposite seven key states within the Electoral School depend…. The Democrats have additionally launched their not-so-secret weapon within the state — a military of service staff from the Culinary Employees Union who’ve been serving to ship the celebration victories for a number of elections. Ted Pappageorge, secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Employees Union, admits Nevada, ‘to be sincere, ought to be Trump territory.’ ‘On the finish of the day, we’re aggressive, and we outwork everyone,’ he stated, including, ‘there’s a pathway to win if we actually can get staff speaking to staff head to head on the doorways.’ That’s precisely what they do. Hundreds of cooks and servers and room cleaners will take a depart of absence to knock on doorways, six days per week for Harris and the Democrats. The Culinary Union will assist cowl their missed wages as they undertake this completely different form of work. The Trump marketing campaign can also be rising its efforts to achieve Latino voters. In Nevada, it’s internet hosting Spanish cellphone banking periods, postcard writing nights and trainings for native volunteers.” •

NY: “Trump will maintain a rally at Madison Sq. Backyard within the race’s remaining stretch” [Associated Press]. “Trump has lengthy stated he believes that he can win New York, though it’s overwhelmingly Democratic and he has misplaced the state within the final two elections by greater than 20 proportion factors. However Trump additionally relishes staging occasions that can draw outsized media consideration, like one held on the so-called World’s Most Well-known Enviornment.” • Perhaps the marketing campaign has adopted the precautionary precept, and scheduled Trump right into a secure place?

PA: “New Ballot: Regardless of Blue-Collar Troubles, Harris Has Slight Lead Over Trump in Pennsylvania” [Jacobin]. “new Heart for Working-Class Politics (CWCP) / YouGov ballot performed between September 24 and October 2 finds 46.8% of registered voters in Pennsylvania help Vice President Kamala Harris whereas 44.7% help former president Donald Trump for president in 2024. One other 5.5% stay undecided, and three.0% help one other candidate…. Among the many lowest-income voters, these making lower than $30k a yr, Harris holds a commanding lead with 53.3% to Trump’s 38.3% help. Amongst lower-middle-income ($30k–$60k) and middle-income voters ($60k–$100k), Trump leads by a margin of 0.6% and 4.6%, respectively. Amongst upper-middle-income voters ($100k–$200k), Harris leads with 47.6% to Trump’s 45.6%. And among the many highest-income voters (>$200k), Trump has a lead with 51.7% in comparison with solely 48.3% for Harris. Total, voters with a family earnings under the median favor Harris (47%) over Trump (44%), whereas voters incomes above the median are break up between the candidates at 47% help for every. Amongst handbook staff, 55.9% favor Trump and solely 36.2% favor Harris. Amongst service and clerical staff, Harris has the sting with 47.7% help to Trump’s 42%. Amongst professionals, Harris leads with 47.3% help to Trump’s 44.9% help. The candidates are in a useless warmth amongst managers and enterprise house owners: Harris has 46.4%, Trump has 46.4%.”

PA: “The Latino Battleground You Haven’t Heard About” [Politico]. Utilizing this one twice: “Latinos are poised to play a pivotal function throughout the battleground state panorama in November, not solely within the Solar Belt states the place Latino populations are highest however in Rust Belt stalwarts like Pennsylvania, the place Latinos are the state’s fastest-growing demographic group — and a major bloc in small- and mid-sized cities spanning from northeastern Pennsylvania to the Lehigh Valley.” • The place our provide chain warehouses are.

PA: “Obama Heads to Pennsylvania to Give Harris a Jolt of Democratic Power” [New York Times]. “Unleashing Mr. Obama is an indication that Ms. Harris is transferring her marketing campaign into its highest gear with Election Day lower than a month away and the presidential race exceedingly shut. This week, her operation is popping its focus from fund-raising and defining her message to getting out the vote as shortly as potential. Mr. Obama’s rally on Thursday in Pittsburgh kick-starts that effort. And he’s anticipated to proceed rallying Democrats to the polls in a number of extra battleground state occasions within the coming weeks. ‘You herald somebody like Barack Obama to encourage folks, to encourage them to take part and to set the stakes and urge them to vote,’ stated David Axelrod, a former high strategist for Mr. Obama. ‘There’s nobody higher.’ Encouraging early voting is a key marketing campaign technique. As extra Democrats solid their ballots early, it turns into simpler for the Harris marketing campaign to seek out and end up the voters who’re more durable to achieve.” • Unleashing Obama? Or pushing a string?

WI: “Battle Over Poll Drop Containers Rages On in Wisconsin as Officers Put Them at Heart of Election Integrity Debate” [ProPublica]. “However ever for the reason that excessive drama of the 2020 presidential election, humble drop bins have been greater than a receptacle of absentee ballots; they’ve morphed right into a vessel for emotion, suspicion and even conspiracy theories. Within the battleground state of Wisconsin, particularly, the mere presence of those sidewalk containers has impressed political activists and neighborhood leaders to plot towards them, to name on folks to look at them across the clock and even to hijack them. They’ve been the topic of two state Supreme Courtroom selections, in addition to authorized memos, native council deliberations, press conferences and far hand-wringing. Wausau Mayor Doug Diny was so leery of the field outdoors Metropolis Corridor that he absconded with it on a Sunday in September, isolating it in his workplace. It had not but been secured to the bottom, he stated, and so he wished to maintain it secure. The escapade was met with a backlash but in addition received the mayor some admirers on-line earlier than he returned it. Wausau Mayor Doug Diny eliminated the poll field outdoors Metropolis Corridor and introduced it to his workplace. Credit score:Courtesy of Doug Diny. , usually situated outdoors a municipal constructing, library, neighborhood heart or fireplace station.” • Complexity is the enemy of high quality, which means “selection” just isn’t mechanically good. Why construct a system that multiplies assault surfaces? A query that solutions itself, as soon as requested. Additionally, early voting delenda est.

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Syndemics

“I’m in earnest — I can’t equivocate — I can’t excuse — I can’t retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD.” –William Lloyd Garrison

Covid Sources, United States (Nationwide): Transmission (CDC); Wastewater (CDC, Biobot; contains many counties; Wastewater Scan, contains drilldown by zip); Variants (CDC; Walgreens); “Iowa COVID-19 Tracker” (in IA, however nationwide information). “An infection Management, Emergency Administration, Security, and Common Ideas” (particularly on hospitalization by metropolis).

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Morbidity and Mortality

“Turkish Airways pilot dies mid-flight, prompting emergency JFK touchdown” [Daily News]. • I’m wondering why. ‘Tis a thriller!

TABLE 1: Each day Covid Charts

Employment Scenario: “United States Preliminary Jobless Claims” [Trading Economics]. “The variety of people submitting for unemployment advantages within the U.S. rose by 33,000, reaching a complete of 258,000 for the week ending October fifth, surpassing market expectations of 230,000. This marks the best stage in 14 months, largely pushed by substantial will increase in Michigan and states affected by Hurricane Helene. In Michigan alone, claims surged by 10,667 over the previous two weeks, primarily on account of layoffs within the manufacturing and administration sectors. North Carolina and Florida additionally noticed notable will increase.” • Michigan, eh?

Inflation: “United States Shopper Value Index (CPI)” [Trading Economics]. “Shopper Value Index CPI in america elevated to 315.30 factors in September from 314.80 factors in August of 2024.”

Manufacturing: “Boeing Considers ‘Subsequent Steps’ After Pulling Contract Supply for Hanging Employees” [Flying]. “In a press release posted Tuesday by IAM District 751 in Seattle, Washington, IAM stated that Boeing refused to suggest any wage will increase, trip/sick depart accrual development, ratification bonus, 401(okay) match/SCRC contribution or reinstate staff’ profit pension. ‘By refusing to discount the provide despatched to the media, the corporate made it more durable to achieve an settlement,’ the IAM assertion continued. ‘Your negotiating committee tried to handle a number of priorities that might have led to a proposal we may carry to a vote, however the firm wasn’t keen to maneuver in our path. By way of the mediator, Boeing has now withdrawn its September 23 provide.’ The IAM assertion stated {that a} survey of the union’s members confirmed the contract provide wasn’t ok. It stated that the union’s negotiating committee stays able to proceed talks.”

Manufacturing: “Push to finish Machinists strike stalls as storm clouds collect over Boeing” [Seattle Times]. “Stephanie Pope, president and CEO of Boeing Business Airplanes, blamed the union’s negotiating committee for the standstill…. On this spherical of negotiations, Pope advised workers Tuesday, Boeing had made ‘new and improved proposals,’ together with will increase in take-home pay and retirement. Holden, the Machinists union president, stated that declare is deceptive and overstates what Boeing delivered to the desk. The rise in take-home pay revolved round a assured 2% annual bonus, Holden stated. However Machinists have acquired a bigger bonus for 11 of the final 12 years, which means that stipulation wouldn’t assure greater take-home pay, Holden continued. He stated the corporate had elevated the amount of cash staff with a vested pension profit may earn for every year of service. However, Holden continued, the corporate didn’t tackle different retirement advantages. Now there’s no provide in any respect on the desk. ‘Which was a silly mistake,’ Holden stated. ;That is our job to get an settlement. It’s our job to proceed negotiating, to proceed attempting to work via our particular person stances and to get traction on one thing that might result in a negotiated provide that we may vote.’”

Manufacturing: “A United Boeing 787 with 176 folks on board needed to divert after the pilot’s screens went clean over distant northern Canada” [Business Insider]. “Based on a Transportation Security Board of Canada report, whereas over Hudson Bay, the ‘captain’s major flight show and navigation show did not a clean show.’ Each flight administration computer systems additionally entered “a degraded mode with restricted capabilities.’ The [Transportation Safety Board of Canadas’s] report added that this meant the aircraft was left with out lateral navigation or LNAV — an autopilot mode that entails following a programmed flight path.” • Oopsie.

At present’s Worry & Greed Index: 72 Greed (earlier shut: 72 Greed) [CNN]. One week in the past: 71 (Greed). (0 is Excessive Worry; 100 is Excessive Greed). Final up to date Oct 10 at 1:55:29 PM ET.

Information of the Wired

“Portugal plans to change into low-tax haven for younger folks” [Financial Times]. “The nation’s centre-right authorities desires to cut back the earnings tax burden on younger folks for 10 years — together with a primary yr wherein no tax is due — below a plan that has few precedents in fiscal coverage elsewhere. The initiative underlines the urgency of reversing a debilitating outflow of younger folks, who’re leaving one of many poorest economies in western Europe in quest of higher paid jobs overseas.” • I maintain saying: Have your passports prepared. And nothing unsuitable with a little bit arbitrage!

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