Link , Link , Link , Link , On Aug. 10, Memark, the Cobb-Douglas public health director, told the Cobb County Board of Commissioners that child cases had grown by 60 percent in the past week — the first week of school — for kids between the ages of 5 and 17. On Aug. 8, Georgia’s seven-day average number of cases among 5- to 9-year-olds reached a peak higher than at any previous point in the pandemic. As of Wednesday, it was higher still. That first week of school, instead of posting pictures of the kids’ first day and sitting each afternoon in the carpool pickup line, my husband and I tried to come up with a schedule to fill their days in advance of virtual school starting later in the month.], Link , [You don’t know what "exceptionalism" means, do you. It is and has always been a cancer. People who don’t understand and don’t care how the things they do affect the people around them are the reason we have collective problems like the pandemic, Holley To Gov. Bill Lee], Link , Link , [While Schumer so far has kept his caucus united, writing and passing a multitrillion-dollar social spending package is likely to be his hardest task in a Senate where he has zero room for error. And Republicans are betting that moderates like Sinema and Manchin will pare down the effort significantly. But Schumer is going to continue to use the same message his members have heard for the nearly five years that he's been Democratic leader. His path to resolving internal caucus battles, Schumer said, is "not mysterious. I preach how we each need each other. And without unity we have nothing.”], Link , [So the @JustinTrudeau and @liberal_party team are penning deals for universal childcare and universal pharmacare. What an amazing achievement for a government and for Canadians. We are very fortunate to have this government.]