Locator: 48969B.
Politics: link here. The Democratic Party faces a voter registration crisis. The New York Times.
The Democratic Party is hemorrhaging voters long before they even go to the polls.
Of the 30 states that track voter registration by political party, Democrats lost ground to Republicans in every single one between the 2020 and 2024 elections — and often by a lot.
That four-year swing toward the Republicans adds up to 4.5 million voters, a deep political hole that could take years for Democrats to climb out from.
Covid cases increasing. I'm shocked! I'm shocked! The anti-vaxxers won? Link here. Long article. Nothing about anti-vaxxers, RFK, Jr, etc. That's fine. The haves and the have-nots. I'm a have. I have my Covid vaccine. I will get annual Covid along with annual flu "shot." I don't think folks care about vaccines, seasonal flu, or Covid any more. Been there, done there, got the t-shirt.
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Back to the Bakken
WTI: $63.25.
Active rigs: 31 (that's a nice jump).
Three new permits, #42253 - #42255, inclusive:
- Operators: KODA Resources (2); Iron Oil Operating;
- Fields: Fertile Valley (Divide); Parshall (Mountrail)
- Comments:
- KODA Resources has permits for two Stout wells, NENE 20-160-102,
- to be sited 703 FNL and 571 / 601 FEL;
- Iron Oil has a permit for a West Shell well, SESW 9-154-89,
- to be sited 302 FSL and 1626 FWL.
