Year: 2024
One Lame Campaign
It’s pretty widely agreed: Trump’s campaign is a hot mess,
No one asserts anymore he’s playing thee-dimensional chess.
It’s a funny kind of campaign,
Based on lies, invective and blame,
And featuring press conferences at his golf courses — without the press.
Luntz: Like Nothing I’ve Seen in My LIfetime
“She’s bringing out people who are not interested in voting for either Trump or Biden. So the entire electoral pool has changed. And if it continues in this direction, you have to start to consider Democrats winning the Senate and Democrats winning the House… I haven’t seen anything like this happen in 30 days in my lifetime.”
— GOP pollster Frank Luntz, on CNBC.
Trump Still Seeking a Nickname for Harris
“The nickname game has been a staple of former President Trump’s campaigns — from Little Marco to Ron DeSanctimonious, his monikers made headlines. … But now, as the former president struggles to shift his messaging toward a new Democratic foe, he’s tried to launch a variety of labels for Vice President Kamala Harris — but they don’t seem to be sticking.”
— Axios
Inflation at Lowest Point Since 2021
2.9%
New York Times: “Overall inflation was 2.9 percent in July on a yearly basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, easing slightly from 3 percent in June and a bit milder than economists had expected. … While inflation still exceeds the 2 percent that was normal before the coronavirus pandemic, it is much slower than the 9.1 percent peak in 2022.”
Don’t Monkey Around
Just when you thought you’d had all your shots
At your local neighborhood doc-in-the-box,
The World Health Organization
Offered some alarming information:
There’s a raging global outbreak of the dreaded monkey pox.
Uncovered: MAGA Extremist Candidate for NC School Chief’s Treasonous Jan 6 Video
NEW on CNN: Michele Morrow, the GOP nominee to run North Carolina’s K-12 public schools and its $11 billion budget was at January 6 and posted a video on Facebook that night calling for pro-Trump military coup.https://t.co/LI1xs5t5CK pic.twitter.com/wcQfAjpIhL
— Andy Kaczynski (@KFILE) August 9, 2024
ABC 11: Michele Morrow, the Republican nominee to run K-12 public education in North Carolina, filmed a video after attending the January 6 riot at the US Capitol urging then-President Donald Trump to put “the Constitution to the side” and use the military to stay in power. In a deleted Facebook livestream she filmed from her hotel room, Morrow called for mass arrests of anyone who helped certify the 2020 election.
Here’s part of what she said:
