Lowest approval rating ever

The Economist/YouGov approval tracker has the OAFPOTUS's net approval at -27 (34% approve, 61% disapprove), down 0.9 points since last week, and the lowest approval rating in the history of the poll. In their state-by-state analysis he's only above water in Idaho, Wyoming, and West Virginia, which together account for 11 electoral votes, not quite enough to swing a national race. Even among older white uneducated men, he's around -15. Will that translate into the 6 Senate pickups we need to halt the politicization of the Federal judiciary? We'll find out in 81 days.

Before that happens:

• Gulf State petro-kings thought they were getting a kindred spirit in the OAFPOTUS, but they (like so many others) have discovered he screws everyone.
• If the Secretary of Health and Human Services recommends a new vaccination schedule and no one implements it, is it still sound?
• Former US Representative (R-IL) and US Air National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Adam Kinzinger is outraged by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's incompetence dealing with catastrophic morale on the USS Abraham Lincoln.
• We don't actually have to impose Medicare for All; we can simply make it optional and achieve very nearly the same results.
• Along the same lines, the best policies Democrats should be championing are all pretty boring ones, but ones with lots of popular support.
• Kyla Scanlon demonstrates that the only thing keeping most Americans from getting rich is they're not already rich.
• Following up on his essay yesterday about AI and capitalism, Bruce Schneier argues in The Guardian that maybe the US should nationalize OpenAI and Anthropic.

Finally, tonight I'm attending a concert at Ravinia Festival called "Brahms X Radiohead," which merges Johannes Brahms' Symphony #1 with Radiohead's 1997 album OK Computer. I have no clue what to expect, despite having heard both works in the past. Will it be Dark Side of the Moon meets The Wizard of Oz? Or will it be something else entirely? We'll have picnic blankets, wine, and cheese, so worst case: it rains and we don't hear it. Updates as the situation develops.