Augie Ray

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Customer Experience expert and advisor. Analyst by nature and profession. Tracking ongoing COVID data and risks because your health matters. Love music, film, photography & progressive causes. Opinions my own. He/Him

Chart of the level of COVID in around 196 sewersheds over the past year. The chart shows many sewersheds over 500 PMMoV last September and many over 1,000 PMMoV this past winter. At present, a handful are over 100 PMMoV and none exceed 250 PMMoV.
Wastewater data of COVID levels in Florida over three months. The average stayed below a very low 20 PMMoV until May 26. Then it rose to 57 PMMoV in the three or four weeks following. Since then, COVID has risen abruptly to 142 PMMoC on July 6 and 327 PMMoV on July 7 (although very recent data is preliminary and subject to change.)
@HunterBiden tweet: When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain. A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created.” That is the Senator Graham I will remember today. Not because I have forgotten what came after. Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love. I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump.
Six months of COVID wastewater data from the US. It peaked above 140 PMMoV six months ago, fell to around 14 in early June, and is up to around 26 PMMoV today.
Two views of the White House. On the left is the White House we know with the green South Lawn. On the right, how it looks today, with a 5,000-seat UFC arena (looking an awful lot like a circus ring.)
@DHSgov on X.com" “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.” 2 Peter 3:18 May our nation continue to be guided by the light of our Savior.
16 examples of conservative accounts calling for the White House ballroom to be constructed within hours of a failed shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
Biofire one-year trend of positive rate of testing for COVID-19, showing the positive rate is at 1.1%. Previously in the past year, the lowest point was 1.9%
Two Washington Post editorials: The Texas gerrymander freakout What's happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy. August 29, 2025 Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it. April 22, 2026
That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰
Chart of the number of accumulated measles in each of the last few years. 2023 ended with 63 cases. 2025 had 283. 2026 saw measles explode to 2253 cases. And as of January 29, 2026, we're already at 607 cases.
CNN screen cap: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen." - via Axios
Post by Minnesota Star Tribune: Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. http://bit.ly/3YWp1jE Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune The accompanying graphic shows five kinds of gas grenades, address some that are toxic and corrosive.
President Donald Trump meets with María Corina Machado in the Oval Office, where she presented him with her Nobel Peace Prize, on January 15, 2026
Risk chart depicting effects of SARS-CoV-2 repeat infection on six-month risk of long COVID. Estimated burden of ‘At least one long COVID symptom’, and cardiovascular, pulmonary, and/or neurologic long COVID symptoms, per one million COVID-19 cases in a population with Australia's distribution of adult age, comorbidity number, and infection severity. Selected priors are limited to no medication administered during the acute stage of infection.
Image of January 6 rioters attacking police at the U.S. Capitol along with Kash Patel's comments on December 5, 2025: “When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life.”
The famous painting depicting the moment of the Declaration of Independence, titled Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull. The 12-by-18-foot oil-on-canvas work was completed in 1818 and has hung in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda since 1826.
Donald J. Trump post: THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT
The Trump Administration is working to reopen the government for the American people. Mission-critical activities of CDC will continue during the Democrat-led government shutdown. Certain federal government activities have ceased due to a lack of appropriated funding. During the government shutdown, only web sites supporting excepted functions will be updated. As a result, the information on this website may not be up to date and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries.
A sample of 12 identical tweets that say: As a lifelong Democrat, I didn't know what to make of Charlie Kirk. I've since spent several lunch breaks watching his debates (FULL videos) and have come away with the impression that we got him all wrong. The reaction from those on my side of the aisle have really made me rethink whether we're on the right side of history. Well, I'm crossing the aisle—| just registered as a Republican. Anyone else?
EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF FASCISM POWERFUL AND CONTINUING NATIONALISM DISDAIN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IDENTIFICATION OF ENEMIES AS A UNIFYING CAUSE SUPREMACY OF THE MILITARY RAMPANT SEXISM CONTROLLED MASS MEDIA OBSESSION WITH NATIONAL SECURITY RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT INTERTWINED CORPORATE POWER PROTECTED LABOR POWER SUPPRESSED DISDAIN FOR INTELLECTUALS & THE ARTS OBSESSION WITH CRIME & PUNISHMENT RAMPANT CRONYISM & CORRUPTION FRAUDULENT ELECTIONS
In a new poll, Data for Progress finds that 53% of Republicans believe Donald Trump should run again for president in 2028. Overall, just 27% of likely voters agree.
screen capture of Costco vaccine page with info on COVID vaccines in Sept/Oct.
& Donald J. Trump & © @realDonald Trump The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of “WOKE.” The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future. We are not going to allow this to happen, and | have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities where tremendous progress has been made. This Country cannot be WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE. We have the "HOTTEST" Country in the World, and we want people to talk about it, including in our Museums. 415 ReTruths 1.33k Likes Aug 19, 2025, 2:46 PM
Trump "I did that" meme.
Axios headline: House GOP blocks second Dem attempt to release Epstein files
Chuck Schumer tweet: I just forced Republicans to delete their ridiculous bill name. It’s no longer named the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Nothing about this bill is beautiful—it’s a betrayal to American families, and it’s undeserving of such a stupid name.
Laura Loomer post: Alligator Alcatraz Feeding illegals to the gators. We need more of this energy.
Donald J. Trump post today: EVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I'M WATCHING! YOU'RE PLAYING RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY. DON'T DO IT!
Chart of disabilities in US citizens 16 or over. In 2020, around 30 million were disabled, but this started to grow in 2020 and now stands at 35.5 million.
Chart showing chronic absenteeism rates in school years from 2017 to 2024. The rate was as high as 15.2% before the pandemic, then jumped to 28.5%, 25.4% and 23.5% in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Chart of US Federal outlays in 2024 versus 2025, showing spending is up slightly as of May.
Cover of The New Yorker showing Lady Liberty in jail with scratch marks on the wall signifying 100 days gone.
Tweet thread from camden domville @DomvilleCamden: Replying to @realDonaldTrump (@realDonald Trump | voted for you and | still support you. But my wife came here legally through teacher exchange program. We got married and right after we tried to get a lawyer for her to become a citizen. She got a email today saying she might lose her job. | understand you're trying to make America great again. Which is awesome. But her losing her job and getting sent back. When I'm trying to make her a citizen after marriage. 10000 for the paperwork. Please don't punish people that are trying to come here legally. I voted for you and think you're a great man. But I'm getting affected. If you could not send my wife back to her country. She was trying to do the right thing. | respect you, but we barely get a notice. I'm not trying to be disrespectful. | just don't want my wife to go back.
Cartoon of a red-hat-wearing MAGA voter talking about the economy and saying, “Sure, it's going to be inconvenient and hard... but in the long run, this sacrifice will benefit everyone.” To which another person responds, “Oh please! That arguments couldn't get you to wear a mask five years ago.”
Headline: As San Francisco car break-ins plunge, these businesses are suffering All over the city, auto glass merchants say they are hobbled by what's otherwise a staggering sign of progress. April 17, 2025
A chart from the Pew Research Center shows that 42% of US adults have received the flu vaccine since August 2024, compared to just 27% who received the COVID-19 vaccine.
Ann Coulter tweet: I wonder why it took them so long to tell us who the pilot was. Photo shows black veteran Sean Johsnon, who was killed in the crash.
If it endures, Donald Trump’s decision on April 2 2025 to enact sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on US trade partners will go down as one of the greatest acts of self-harm in American economic history. They will wreak untold damage on households, businesses and financial markets across the world, upending a global economic order that America benefited from and helped to create.
Current front page of the New York times, with the headline "US markets plunge from the shock of Trump's new tariffs" and graphs demonstrating the US market is down significantly, with other nations' stock markets also hurting thanks to Trump's tariffs.
SNL Weekend Update's Colin Jost sharing an image from the national security text chain on Signal, calling the fire emoji "the Tesla emoji."
masking and COVID-19 transmission: Masks protect you and others by reducing the amount of droplets that enter the air when someone coughs, sneezes, talks, sings, or breathes.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HEADLINE: To Save Money, Maybe You Should Skip Breakfast By Gabriel T. Rubin
Donald J. Trump tweet: | look forward to watching the sick terrorist thugs get 20 year jail sentences for what they are doing to Elon Musk and Tesla. Perhaps they could serve them in the prisons of El Salvador, which have become so recently famous for such lovely conditions!
Elon Musk tweet from March 19, 2020: Based on current trends, probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April 2:38 PM - Mar 19, 2020
Picture of Elon's "salute" superimposed on the Tesla logo.
Elon Musk reposted Alice Smith, who said: Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn't murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did.
New York Times banner headline ("US Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss") with a chart of US cumulative COVID deaths. The period from September 18, 2022 to today is called out, highlighting that 168,344 Americans lost their lives to COVID in this period.
Two The Economist covers: October 19-24, 2024: The Envy of the World: America's Economy: A Special Report March 8-14, 2025: The Revised Economic Outlook featuring an image of Donald Trump standing on a mountain of money holding a gas can and a flame.
@realDonaldTrump: All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter. 3/4/25,7:30 AM
Chart from the St. Louis Fed showing its Q1 2025 GDP forecast plunging rapidly.