~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; New Covid data, with wastewater increase; Mangione hit with Federal charges, death penalty possible; Biden wasn’t been governing the country, an extra-constitutional entity was. ~

By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
Bird Song of the Day
Northern Mockingbird, Tulare Ave., Contra Costa, California, United States. “In magnolia tree at approx. 8 feet off the ground, directly above …