As Heather Cox Richardson notes, yesterday's Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows that prices rose less than 3% in the previous twelve months. Inflation has fallen to its lowest rate since April 2021, and for well over a year, wages have grown faster than inflation. Ths stock market ticked up in response to the report.
As Robert B. Hubbell says, after constantly pounding the Biden administration about how the economy is a problem, MSNBC got an "expert" on its show today to say, “Well, of course, the election won’t be decided on the economy.”
When times are tough economically, it's the Democrats' problem.
When Democrats solve economic problems and excel, somehow the economy no longer matters.
"The press has no interest in reporting on a positive economic story. Kamala Harris announced that she would give a speech on Friday outlining her economic policies. The New York Times didn’t wait for the speech to give it a negative review, posting the headline Harris Is Set to Lay Out an Economic Message Light on Detail.
Josh Marshall notes that the tack the media want to take on Harris is to pretend that, until she agrees to sit-down interview with them, she's light on policy and vision. The Beltway media consistently underestimated and even ridiculed her as v-p, so they're baffled that she's doing so well in her campaign, and they need an explanation. They want to corner her in iinterviews, and punish her if she refuses. They want control.
The report was not released to the public last spring. Why does #Biden get high marks from liberals for environmental protection?
“The creeks around East Palestine, #Ohio, were so badly contaminated by last year’s disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment that some workers became sick during the cleanup.
Workers … reported headaches and nausea — while shooting compressed air into the creek bed, which releases chemicals from the sediment and water”
“Google said Wednesday that an alleged Iranian #hacking operation aimed at US presidential campaigns is ongoing and more wide-ranging than previously known as the hackers continue to target the email accounts of current US officials and people associated with Vice President Kamala #Harris, President Joe #Biden and #Trump.” #Iran
#ElonMusk reportedly claimed that President Joe #Biden’s policies would allow millions of undocumented #immigrants to cross over from Mexico into the US & derail the country’s #economy. It would also change the #demographics to hurt the #GOP’s chances in elections for years to come, he was quoted as saying.
“Look up civil asset forfeiture laws. You probably won’t be surprised that Joe Jim Crow #Biden was behind it. Mr. #Crime Bill himself introduced the bill in 1983. Under this #law federal agents had nearly unlimited powers to seize assets from private citizens.”
In CA’s late primary, I didn’t get a choice in ’16, ’20 or ’24, just got to affirm #Biden / Hillary or pick whoever already dropped out. This cycle, #Pelosi et al simply picked #Kamala.
The second complaint, filed against Trump's campaign, is identical except for naming #Trump instead of #Musk.
#Fain - who became president of the #UAW in March 2023 & led a historic, successful #strike against #Ford Motor Co., #GeneralMotors Co. & #Stellantis NV - emerged over the last two years as a crucial supporter & surrogate for President Joe #Biden before he dropped out of the presidential race.
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Just a reminder, criticizing #Biden on #Gaza does not mean an endorsement for trump. That's really stupid, and I thought the general public was smarter than that, but I continue to keep seeing posts berating people for daring to criticize a #Genocide architect and blaming us for wanting trump to win for some reason?
It seems everyone's got their heads in their asses over this issue. Remember, genocide = bad
So far, investigators have not found evidence that the #Biden-#Harris#hacking attempts were successful…. The #FBI began the investigation in June, suspecting #Iran was behind the attempts to steal data from 2 US presidential campaigns. Agents contacted Google, among other companies, to discuss what appeared to be a #phishing effort targeting people associated w/the Biden campaign, these people said.