Month: July 2024

Plurality of Economists Say Inflation Would Be Worse Under Trump

Buck Banks

56%

“The Wall Street Journal’s survey, conducted July 5-9, received responses from 68 professional forecasters from business, Wall Street and academia. Of the 50 who answered questions about Trump and Biden, 56% said inflation would be higher under another Trump term than a Biden term, versus 16% who said the opposite. The remainder saw no material difference.”

Too Little and Too Late, NYT Comes out against Trump

Pensito Editors

Mr. Trump has shown a character unworthy of the responsibilities of the presidency. He has demonstrated an utter lack of respect for the Constitution, the rule of law and the American people. Instead of a cogent vision for the country’s future, Mr. Trump is animated by a thirst for political power: to use the levers of government to advance his interests, satisfy his impulses and exact retribution against those who he thinks have wronged him.

He is, quite simply, unfit to lead.

– Excerpt from a too-little and too-late New York Times editorial assessing Trump’s unfitness to lead, after nearly two weeks of faulty and sometimes fabricated news coverage of the aftermath of the June 27 presidential debate.

Pelosi: ‘I Don’t Know What’s Happened to the New York Times That They Make up News’

Pensito Editors

“I never said he should reconsider his decision. The decision is the president’s. I don’t know what’s happened to The New York Times that they make up news. It isn’t true. I think the President is great. And there are some misrepresentations of what I have said.”

– House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi reacting to a Times story about her comments on Pres. Biden published under the misleading headline, “Pelosi Suggests That Biden Could Reconsider Decision to Stay in the Race.”

Ocasio-Cortez Files Impeachment Documents Against Justices Alito and Thomas

Buck Banks

“Given the court’s demonstrated inability to preserve its own legitimate conduct, it is incumbent upon Congress to contain the threat this poses to our democracy and the hundreds of millions of Americans harmed by the crisis of corruption unfurling within the court. Congress has a legal, moral, and democratic obligation to impeach.”

— Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York introduced articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito on Wednesday, ramping up Democrats’ disapproval of the high court in the wake of ethics issues and a spate of major decisions at the close of its latest term.

Pollster Says Trump Has Edge in Electoral College

Buck Banks

2 points

Eli McKown-Dawson: “Even if Biden fully makes up his 3-point deficit in the national polls, he’ll still be favored to lose the election. Specifically, our model thinks that the Electoral College will be biased in Trump’s favor by about 2 points in 2024. … This means that Biden is only favored to win the election if he wins the popular vote by 2 points or more; he’s the underdog otherwise.”

Post-Debate Poll Finds 94% of Biden Voters Still Support Him

Pensito Editors

94%

Percentage of Biden supporters polled before and after the debate who said they still support him. Among Trump supporters, 86 percent said they’ll stand by their man. Polling was conducted by the Northeastern University-led data project CHIP50 using surveys of the same people before and after the debate, a method that produces more precise results, according to CHIP50.