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Mark Schaftlein
The Schaftlein Report is hosted by Mark Schaftlein, who runs the Private Equity Investment firm Capital Consulting Inc. which is based in Delray Beach, Florida and serves as CEO of Conservative Broadcast Media & Journalism (CBMJ).
Mr. Schaftlein is a world-renowned conservative political commentator who seeks to address factual political news without the left-wing bias of the mainstream media.
Schaftlein Report | Guest Dr Mark Sherwood Headline - Democrats ARE executing their plan 1) Take a border that was relatively secure under Trump and create a 2000 mile hole 2) Allow drugs and human smugglers to flourish 3) Run $2T deficits bringing the debt to $35T 4) Chastise Israel and snuggle up to China and Iran 5) Weaponize Identity politics 6) Weaken the military with insane race, gender and sexual policies 7) Weaponize the Justice Department against political foes- Lawfare 8) Control the media 9) All out assault on natural gas and oil 10) 300K jobs and 3.8% unemployment fueled by illegal immigration and deficit spending 11) CIA warns Israel of Iran attack 12 Latest polls
Guests: Joe Visconti and Lee Elci Headline - Biden Making ALL of the Wrong Policies - Trouble Lies Ahead Unless WE Change Course 1) U.S. called for Cease Fire vote at UN. Action vetoed by China and Russia. 1A) Israel calls its own shots despite intense pressure from Democrats looking for votes in Michigan. 1B) Palestinian neighboring countries do not want them. 1C) Speaker Johnson was to invite Netanyahu to speak to joint session of congress. Schumer said No. 2) Biden urges Ukraine to halt hitting Russian oil refinery and storage facilities with missile and drones He fears rising oil prices will cost him the election. 3) Despite the Supreme Court saying no to Student Loan relief, Biden goes for work around - 78K public employees with $5B in debt given relief in a purely political effort to buy votes. 41M borrowers with $1.6T in debt remain 4) Texas security forces in El Paso are being overwhelmed by illegal immigrants. No end in sight. Biden believes his plan is working. Border Patrol Chief say policies are NOT working. 4A) White House calls Texas law on Illegals "Extreme and Unconstitutional" 5) Joe Manchin says he will block Biden judicial nominees unless at least one Republican votes of the nominee 6) Apple Lawsuit, LNG export limitations despite need for gas in Europe and 50/50 gas to electric cars - people do not like this 7) $7T Spending proposed by Biden. This is $2T above Pre-Covid budgets while we are 34.5T in debt 8) Is the Federal Reserve accepting 3% Inflation by signaling rate cuts too early? Are global rate cuts at hand? 8A) Gold is above $2,200 an ounce, S & P 500 at record high. Many foreign markets at or near record highs. 9) Trump continues to lead in all 7 swing states. Numbers continue to flat line with no change.in movement. Biden at 40% Approval and 2/3 say country going in the wrong direction. 10) Hunter Biden - The gift that keeps on giving while Trump appears a sympathetic figure based on government abuse? Go figure!
Schaftlein Report | Guests: Tom Amenta and Joe Visconti
Headline - Trump Forces Biden to the Border a Catastrophic Policy Failure 1) Biden going to the border (Brownsville ranked 29th) only Weakens his position while Trump (Eagle Pass 1st) gains Strength. 1A) Major cities like NY, Chicago and Denver are becoming part of the Welfare State Network as budgets explode for illegals 1B) Border Patrol Union Rips Biden calling the policy a Catastrophic Disaster. Trump vows Deportation. 1C) Jeh Johnson well respected former Border Czar under Obama says the "Crisis" must be addressed. 2) In Two Major Polls, Trump's lead over Biden is expanding. Border, Inflation and Biden's age are top[ issues 2A) Bloomberg/Morning Consult - he is up in all 7 swing states and +6 Nationally. Same results in Emerson poll 2B) Real Clear Politics Average shows Trump up by +3 and Biden approval average at 40% 2C) In a 5 way General Election scenario, Trump expands the lead over Biden in a 5-8 point range 2D) Former Speaker McCarthy says Biden uses Cards to speak in meetings are rarely deviates indication he has mentally slowed down by a lot 3) In Law fare news, an Illinois judge tosses Trump with a pending Supreme Court ruling ahead 3A) Supreme Court to hear Immunity claim case 3B) NY Appellate court will NOT lift judgment stay as Trump tries to secure bond. 3C) Millions of Americans are fed up with the legal process targeting Trump - "A sympathetic figure" 3D) Kennedy qualifies for the ballot in Georgia and Arizona 4) Over 100 dead after stampede in Gaza food line - Of course Israel gets blamed. Calls for cease fire grow by Democrats 5) In Economic new, the Personnel Consumption Expenditure index rose at an annual rate of 2.8%. Inflation coming down but still elevated. 5A) Excluding Food and energy 2.4%. Food and Auto costs remain high 6) McConnell stepping away from Senate leadership. We'll discuss his legacy and what it means. 6A) John Thune is early favorite to replace. 7) Adam Schiff leads CA Senate jungle Primary. tight for 2nd with Steve Garvey and Katie Porter YoiYTube: https://youtu.be/fffeGuTCETk
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Schaftlein Report | Guests: Tom Amenta and Joe Visconti
Headline - Trump Forces Biden to the Border a Catastrophic Policy Failure 1) Biden going to the border (Brownsville ranked 29th) only Weakens his position while Trump (Eagle Pass 1st) gains Strength. 1A) Major cities like NY, Chicago and Denver are becoming part of the Welfare State Network as budgets explode for illegals 1B) Border Patrol Union Rips Biden calling the policy a Catastrophic Disaster. Trump vows Deportation. 1C) Jeh Johnson well respected former Border Czar under Obama says the "Crisis" must be addressed. 2) In Two Major Polls, Trump's lead over Biden is expanding. Border, Inflation and Biden's age are top[ issues 2A) Bloomberg/Morning Consult - he is up in all 7 swing states and +6 Nationally. Same results in Emerson poll 2B) Real Clear Politics Average shows Trump up by +3 and Biden approval average at 40% 2C) In a 5 way General Election scenario, Trump expands the lead over Biden in a 5-8 point range 2D) Former Speaker McCarthy says Biden uses Cards to speak in meetings are rarely deviates indication he has mentally slowed down by a lot 3) In Law fare news, an Illinois judge tosses Trump with a pending Supreme Court ruling ahead 3A) Supreme Court to hear Immunity claim case 3B) NY Appellate court will NOT lift judgment stay as Trump tries to secure bond. 3C) Millions of Americans are fed up with the legal process targeting Trump - "A sympathetic figure" 3D) Kennedy qualifies for the ballot in Georgia and Arizona 4) Over 100 dead after stampede in Gaza food line - Of course Israel gets blamed. Calls for cease fire grow by Democrats 5) In Economic new, the Personnel Consumption Expenditure index rose at an annual rate of 2.8%. Inflation coming down but still elevated. 5A) Excluding Food and energy 2.4%. Food and Auto costs remain high 6) McConnell stepping away from Senate leadership. We'll discuss his legacy and what it means. 6A) John Thune is early favorite to replace. 7) Adam Schiff leads CA Senate jungle Primary. tight for 2nd with Steve Garvey and Katie Porter
Schaftlein Report | Guest - Drew Allen Headline - Biden and Trump to the Border in Defining Issue 1) Americans overwhelmingly Disapprove of Biden Border Policy by 35-57 break down as follows: Democrats - 73% approve his handling Independents - 35% Republicans -4% 1A) Crime, Drugs, Human Trafficking 1B) In England, mass migration has forever changed the identity of the country. Will it happen here? 2) Michigan Primary - How many Democrats will vote Uncommitted? 3) Cease fire for Hostages - Biden hints while stuffing his face with Ice Cream 4) Fani Willis perjury charges to come? 5) Macron - Western troops in Ukraine? 6) The plight of Russian who oppose Putin and the war - stories from 3 dissidents of political violence - Isolation, poor food, sleep deprivation and abuse
Schaftlein Report Airdate: Thursday, February 20, 2024 Guest - Andrew Crapuchettes Headline - Economic Anxiety While Stock Market Booms 1) What's behind the anxiety of a labor market with a 3.0M job gap of Full time versus Part time. 1A) Government Surveys used to determine labor numbers 1B) Nvidia earnings power the S & P 500 to record territory with the stock up $100. Artificial Intelligence boom! 2) How are 15M Illegal Aliens in the country effecting the job market? 2A) A Huge issue with the American people. Executive Action by Biden coming? 2B) What are the politics behind this? 2C) Democratic states earmarking $500M for Illegals cash payments? 3) With a growing economy, how come CA has a budget deficit of $73B 4) More polling shows Trump with a 3-5 point lead over Biden as the incumbent is under water by 20 points favorable or unfavorable opinion while Trump is -11 5) Biden cancels another $1.2B of student debt further adding to the budget deficit pf $475B over 10 years 6) Famed Investor Bill Ackman refers to Biden as a "National Embarrassment"
Schaftlein Report Airdate: Thursday, February 15, 2024 Guest - Drew Allen Headline - Illegal Immigration Wreaking Havoc 1) Blue cities severely stressed with required social services 2) Biden Executive Order forced the Census to count illegal non citizens in in voting districts. 16M have entered the U.S. Each district represents 762K people. You do the math. 3) NY hush money trial set for 3-25. Fani Willis removal in GA? 4) Cook Political Report - Biden has severe uphill battle to 270 electoral votes 4A) 86% of voters feel Biden is too old. 4B) Although Democrat Centrist won NY special election, it cost them $14M versus $8M for GOP and the winner Suozzi ran AGAINST Biden policies. 5) Israel rightly rejects cease fire proposal with Hamas while northern border simmers but war outbreak not likely with Hezbollah 6) Ukraine hit Russian city killing 6 and wounding 18 7) Official Washington freaks out over Russia threat of Nuclear weapons in space. 8) Economic News - Household Survey versus Business survey has a 3.0M jobs gap - We'll explain why this may be over estimating job growth. Full time versus part time/
Schaftlein Report Airdate: Thursday, February 15, 2024 Guest - Drew Allen Headline - Illegal Immigration Wreaking Havoc 1) Blue cities severely stressed with required social services 2) Biden Executive Order forced the Census to count illegal non citizens in in voting districts. 16M have entered the U.S. Each district represents 762K people. You do the math. 3) NY hush money trial set for 3-25. Fani Willis removal in GA? 4) Cook Political Report - Biden has severe uphill battle to 270 electoral votes 4A) 86% of voters feel Biden is too old. 4B) Although Democrat Centrist won NY special election, it cost them $14M versus $8M for GOP and the winner Suozzi ran AGAINST Biden policies. 5) Israel rightly rejects cease fire proposal with Hamas while northern border simmers but war outbreak not likely with Hezbollah 6) Ukraine hit Russian city killing 6 and wounding 18 7) Official Washington freaks out over Russia threat of Nuclear weapons in space. 8) Economic News - Household Survey versus Business survey has a 3.0M jobs gap - We'll explain why this may be over estimating job growth. Full time versus part time/
Headline - Consumer Price Index Comes in High High at 3.1% 1) Americans feeling the pain. Core CPI excluding food and energy rose 3.9%. That was the same number in December. 1A) Predictably, stocks fall and bond yields rise. 1B) Interest Rate cuts anticipated by investors which had been moved from March to May may need to now wait until June. 1C) Groceries, Insurance and Equipment helped fuel the high number. 2) Many Voters believe Trump can run the government like a business, despite his personnel issues 3) Senate passes $95B Ukraine and Israel aid bill by a 70-29 vote. It now heads for uncertain future in the House. 4) Trump asks the Supreme court for time to Appeal the Immunity case he lost in the DC Circuit 5) Musk says Putin can't afford to lose the war. In Tucker interview Putin claims he is open to negotiated settlement. We'll explain. 5A) Sources claim U.S. will not pressure Ukraine to cede any territory 6) Defiant Biden pushes back against Israel plan to extract Hamas from Rafah. 7) Desperate Biden campaign joins Tic Tok. Trump leads by 35 in South Carolina 8) Secretary of Defense Austin back in hospital with Bladder problem.
Guest - Jeffrey Dunetz Headline - Democrats Failure at the Border - Biden takes the Heat from Voters 1) White House threatens to Reduce Deportations and Retention - Amazingly Bad Policy 1A) Biden considers Executive action to deal with border. 2) Biden hemorrhaging voters on Important Issues: Border -35 Economy -22 Mental & Physical Health - 23 Crime -21 Abortion +12 Migrant Rights +17 2A) 80% support Israel - Radical Democrats do not 2B) Only 34% in CNN poll say Biden deserves 2nd term. Harris is lower at28% 2C) Democrats lose support among Black and Hispanic voters 3) Supreme Court hears arguments in Trump ballot case 4) For the second time in a week, Biden claims he met with a dead foreign leader at G7 conferences. 5) U.S. strike kills Iranian backed militia leader 6) 5 marines killed in copter crash in CA
Schaftlein Report Airdate: Tuesday, February 6, 2924 Guest - David Brat Title: Vice-Provost for Engagement & PR, Liberty University
Headline - Debt, Taxes and Economic Cracks? 1) Consumers owe Credit card companies $1.05T. The U.S. government is $34T in Debt. Are we headed for a 'Death Spiral'? What causes a break? 2) Certain voices are calling for tax increases (former Treasury Sec. Robert Rubin). What about actual spending CUTS? With divided government in an election year, neither spending cuts or tax increases are even on the table. Vermont is considering a Wealth Tax. 3) S & P 500 at record high with certain technology stocks maintaining sky high price to earnings multiples. On the day record high was achieved, more stocks were in the red than in the green. 1987 was the last time that happened. We'll analyze. 3a) Are $2T government deficits contributing to the stock valuations? 4) Overall price levels remain high with no sign of reduction. CPI at 3% but car insurance is up 26%. Middle income and low income consumers are getting crushed. Rents have also remained high. Gas prices have come down, but will a wider middle east conflict cause them to go up? Politics at play? 5) Trump leading Biden by 5 points in latest NBC poll but way upon the economy and border security, which are the top 2 issues. 6) $118B Border, Ukraine, Israel aid bill in big trouble. YouTube: https://youtu.be/fFwPd_4DZeQ
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Schaftlein Report Airdate: February 1, 2024 Guest - Tom Amenta Headline - Trump/Biden Poll Results Changing? Economy and Immigration are Top Issues 1) Who is correct Morning Consult or Quinnipiac? 1A) Consult has Trump up 45-40 and leading in all 7 swing states. Quinnipiac has Biden up 50-45 1B) Trump appears to be gaining among working class, Black and young voters, Biden gaining women and Independents? 1C) 65% of Voters want someone other than Biden or Trump. Advertising projected to be $10.2B with half still spent on TV adds. 1D) Manchin seriously considering a run under No Labels. Kennedy support around 15-18% 1E) In a 5 way race, Trump leads Biden by an average of 5 points. Betting markets have Trump up by 8. 2) By far, the top 2 issues are the Economy and Immigration or lack there of. 3) Homelessness hits a record 653K as rents rise. 4) 65% of Americans having difficulty covering one month of expenses and half can't cover a $1,000 emergency 5) Border Bill faces uncertainty in both chambers - we'll analyze 6) U.S. response to 3 service members killed? 7) Crime out of control and police numbers continue to drop.
Schaftlein Report Airdate: January 30, 2024 Guest - Colonel Eric Buer, USMC (RET.) Author - Ghosts of Baghdad Headline - A Firsthand account of a Marine Attack Helicopter Pilot in the Iraq War 1) Colonel Buer details the initial attacks and the aftermath 1A) The chaos, sights and sounds of night combat operations flying a Cobra attack helicopter - a first hand account 1B) Duty, honor and country delivering massive fire power and devastating blows against our enemies 2) the recent attacks against Americans in the Middle East and what America needs to do next 3) Iranian involvement, the changing dynamics of the region. 4) the Israeli/Hamas War and the possible end ga
Schaftlein Report Guest Host: Drew Thomas Allen Airdate: Jan 25, 2024 Headline: The Texas Border Battle is a War Against a Lawless Federal Government Peter Navarro is going to jail. It's meant to intimidate us. The border battle is heating up. Why Abbott must stand his ground and why it's about so much more than the border and illegal immigration. Are you ready for the propaganda battle? Morning Joe lies through his teeth on recent show. Drew shows you how to deal with propagandists. He humiliated a left on live tv last week. Finally, John Stewart has been summoned from retirement to command the Daily Show. It's the latest evidence the left is scared to death of Trump.
Schaftlein Report Airdate: January 11, 2024 Guest - Drew Allen Headline - Republican Shake Up
1) DeSantis and Haley trade Insults and attack each other in heated Iowa Debate. "The donner debate" 1A) Trump holds town hall, then heads to NY for Civil Trial. Claims he has decided on VP. 1B) Christie drops out - hot microphone comments 2) GOP Conservatives revolt against spending bill. We agree with them. Enough is enough. We need to control the spending insanity 3) CPI comes in hotter than expected in December at 3.4% as we predicted. 4) Since Biden took office inflation is up 17.6%. Food up 33%, shelter up 19%, energy up 33% and electricity up 27% 5) U.S. unfreezes $10B Iran funds - Crazy 6) Houthi Rebels continue attacks against ships in Red Sea. 7) Nick Sabin retires, Bill Belichick and Patriots separate and Pete Carroll steps aside in Seattle
Guest - Joe Visconti Headline - Biden Takes the Low Road - Democrats Very Nervous 1) His entire election strategy is to Blame Trump for everything. mentioned 40 times in speech in South Carolina 2) 74% say Biden is too old, His Job Approval is stuck at 40% and 67% say country is on the Wrong Track 3) Iowa is one week away and Trump leads DeSantis by 25+. Trump in D.C. court fighting Immunity Issue 4) New Hampshire closes as Haley gains support. 39-32 Trump leads but 43% are undecided leaning Haley. Are these numbers real? 5) Biden openly trying to influence Israel to get put of Gaza as his poll numbers shrink and he feels heat from the radical left. Meanwhile, Israel and Hezbollah near war as attacks increase. 6) CPI up 17% since Biden took office. 45% say they are worse off under Biden., only 23% say better for a -22 rating 7) In economic news, office vacancies hit 19.6% the highest since 1979 7A) 50% of credit card debt can't be paid and they are paying 20% interest. 8) Putin deploys his National Guard in occupied Ukraine.
1) A polling trend continues as strategies takes shape. 2) Biden approval rating at 39% similar to Jimmy Carter at 37% 2A) Biden being defined by a migrant crisis at the border, tough economy, unrest over seas and his age . 2B) He is -21 on economy, -23 on border and -11 on Israel /Hamas war. His age at 81 is very problematic. 2C) Biden campaign to focus on 1-6, Trump and abortion. This will not work. 3) Trump pushes Colorado case to Supreme Court. 4) Texas continues to ship migrants to sanctuary cities which are experiencing a flood of people. They can't handle it. 5) The DOJ sues Texas. Unbelievable, yes you read it correctly. 6) Amazingly, during a Republican media event at the border, there were hardly any crossings. 6A) This is a political strategy to allow migrants in the country to change the make up of the country.. 7) Middle East escalation - Terrorist attack in Iran as 2 suicide bombers kill over 100? 7A) Israel takes out Hamas leader in Beirut.
Guest - Tom Amenta Headline - Presidential Race Appears Frozen - Literally No Change 1) Barreling toward a rematch 65% of Americans do not want 1A) Trump leads Biden among Young and Hispanic voters and is making up ground with Black voters 1B) Biden poll numbers look worse than Jimmy Carter at the same point in time with him holding an approval rating of 40%. 1C) Trump leads by 30 in Iowa and 20 in New Hampshire 2) Why is this happening? Cost of Living/Economy, Wide Open Border and Biden's age. 3) Biden gave 2.0M Federal Workers a raise from 4.7% to 5.2% while millions of Americans can't get that 4) Gov. Newsome to provide Health Insurance for Illegals - a move surely to further inflame political differences 5) Pro Palestinian supporters continue to disrupt life in Blue cities and states - Another bad point for Democrats 6) Iran navy in the Red Sea and Israel strike Hamas leaders in Beirut. 7) Ukraine stalemate continues in bloody war of attrition. Does Russia have the upper hand?
As the year concludes, Mark Schaftlein reflects on the 2023 political and financial rollercoaster of events. From market fluctuations to geopolitical tensions, as Mark and his guests dissected the complexities shaping economies worldwide. Their incisive analysis and insightful interviews brought clarity to viewers navigating a tumultuous year in politics and finance, making it an indispensable source for understanding the intricate dance between power and wealth in 2023
Schaftlein Report | Guest - Joe Visconti Headline - Federal Reserve Leaves Rates Unchanged, Signals Cuts in 2024 Air Date: 12-19-23 Headline - Biden Support Plummets 1) Every Policy Decision is a Disaster for the country - Inflation, Bad Energy Policy and Border Disaster 1A) Multiple polls show his under water - Approval is 34-38% and Disapproval is 58-60%. Monmouth has him at 34% 1B) Biden has asked his staff to determine why he is so low with "ALL" that he has accomplished? 1C) Trump leads Biden 48-42 outside the margin of error. We'll need every bit of this to overcome Mail in Vote manipulation as Democratic Governors have vetoed bills to combat election fraud. In another poll Trump leads 50-46%. In a 5 way race the lead is 41-37 with Kennedy polling at 14% 1D) His support among Latinos is upside down as 28% approve and 62% do not. He is losing young voters 2) 24% say the country is on the Right Track while 69% say Wrong Track for a -45% 3) Iowa - Trump is at 58%, DeSantis is at 22% and Haley is 13% 3A) New Hampshire - Trump 44%, Haley 29% and DeSantis is at 11% 3B) Nationally Trump si at 69%, DeSantis 12% and Haley 9% 4) Biden Israel policy is based on the vote in Michigan - We'll explain Defense Secretary Austin pushes more targeted bombing. Massive tunnels found. 6) Arizona Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs sends National Guard troops to the border. 5) Liberal Democrats and Radical Progressives oppose any border deal as part of Ukraine and Israel aide. 6) Outrageous jury award against Giuliani of $148M in liable suit in Atlanta. Intimidation tactics 7) Energy prices rise as Red Sea attacks continue. 7A) Biden and Kerry war on Coal is hurting Americans s it contributes 36% of electricity.
Guest - Richard Battle and Jeffrey Dunetz Headline - Federal Reserve Leaves Rates Unchanged, Signals Cuts in 2024 1) Dow rallies to All Time High above 37K. 10 Year Note below 4% down 106 basis points in 45 days 1A) Unemployment at 3.7% and the CPI is at 3.1% year over year. Inflation expected to fall to 2.5% in 2024 1B) Why do Americans still have a negative view of Biden on the Economy He is way upside down 40-60 1C) 5.2% military pay increase for 2024 in Senate approved budget. 2) Polling - David Axelrod says Biden numbers are terrible. Trump leads Biden between 2-9 points in the 8 key swing states! Bloomberg/Morning Consult Poll 2A) Iowa - Trump 51%, DeSantis 19%, Haley 16% 2B) New Hampshire - Trump 45%, Haley 18%, Christie 14%, DeSantis 11%, Ramaswamy - 10% 2C) Trump 37%, Biden 31%, Kennedy 17% in three way race. Throw in fringe candidates and it gets better fro Trump 2D) Mentally Fit -Trump +16, Physically Fit - Trump +34, Were you helped or hurt. Trump 49-37 3) House panel move Impeachment Inquiry forward 4) Harvard brand is now TOXIC. 5) Radical Pro-Palestinian leftists shut down the 110 freeway in LA. 75 arrested. 5A) 80% of the residents of the West Bank support Hamas. While V.P. Harris pushes sympathy for Palestinians. 6) Israel continues to decimate Hamas but at a cost. 9 elite troops killed in recent ambush. Militants are surrendering. What happens after the war ends?
Guest - Jason Bermas Headline - Fear of Trump Win Settling in with Democrats 1) Voters are unhappy with the economy, crime, border, expensive homes and Biden's foreign policy failures 1A) Whispers are now open calls for Biden to step aside - Al Hunt. LBJ all over again. 2) Biden approval in Michigan -14 and Trump leads by 50 -40 2A) Iowa poll- Trump 51, DeSantis 19 and Haley 16 Jason explains the Caucases 2B) Gov. Sununu to endorse Haley in N.H. 3) What is Jack Smith doing going directly to Supreme Court in Trump Case? 4) Mounting evidence against Biden family leading toward Formal House Impeachment Inquiry? 4A) One candidate gets sympathy from the American public and the other takes all the blame. Guess who? 5) How is Harvard's President keeping her job? We'll exp;lain 6) CPI up .1% in November but 3.1% over the past year. 4% taking out food and energy. These are telling numbers. 7) Zelenskyy in D.C. to pitch Ukraine aid. 8) Israel pounds Hamas rocket launch sites.
1) The 4th and "final" GOP Debate is over. Did it matter?
2) Why is CNN going to host 2 more GOP debates? 3) Communist Van Jones melts down on live television over Vivek Ramaswamy. 4) Biden continues to deny involvement with Hunter's foreign business dealings...while more evidence proves he was involved with Hunter's foreign business dealings. 5) The border is wide open and illegals are waiting in line to be "apprehended." 6) Will we get a Biden impeachment? 7) Chris Wray says the FBI didn't validate Hunter Biden laptop because it would be election interference. HAHAHAHA. 8) Racist Biden halts menthol cigarette ban because -- wait for it -- he worries blacks won't vote for him over it.
Guest - Tom Amenta Headline - Border Security for Military Aid? YES 1) Ukraine and Israel aid break down over lack of agreement on Border Security. Speaker Johnson delivers ultimatum. 1A) The hard left and immigration advocates tie Biden's hand. Republicans need to stand firm on this one. 2) Israel presses war in Khan Younis where it believes Hamas leaders and hostages are holed up. A route here leads to daylight for military purposes. 2A) Trump on Hannity tonight and the Debate with 4 participants is tomorrow. 3) Trump +6, DeSantis +2 and Haley +10 over Biden. Biden job approval at 38%. 4) House appears to be headed to an Impeachment Inquiry vote that will pass. 5) Santos is gone, why is Sen. Menendez still there? Gold bars from a violent robbery found in his home. 6) Job openings drop to 8.7M, lowest since March 2021. 10 year Note falls to 4.1% down from over 5.0% at the end of October 7) Congress authorized $7.5B for Electric charging Stations - so far none have been built.
Headline - Trump still Dominates as Haley Surges?
AirDate: November 30, 2023 1) Is the Haley surge in the polls real. Koch money rolls in. 1A) DeSantis goes all in on Iowa visiting all 99 counties. Debates Newsome on Fox tonight 1B) Trump still far ahead in all of the early states + he leads Biden by 4 in latest polls. 1C) Biden refers to Trump as a Congressman? Wheel him out folks. 2) Is the U.S. applying pressure to Israel for extended cease fire which is now in 7th day? Yes. 2A) 3 Israeli's murdered in Jerusalem and 2 attackers are killed. 2B) Hundreds of Pro-Palestinian protestors swarm NYC Christmas Tree. Insane NYC police forced to battle demonstrators. 2C) Biden apologizes to Muslim leaders for his early negative tone toward Palestinians death toll, despite the fact that Hamas murdered 1,200 people.. 3) Home prices rise for 7th straight month. Record high prices in much of the country. Pending sales drop to 2001 levels as more supply of homes greater than $750K hit the market as rates drop from 8% to 7%. 4) Henry Kissinger - A diplomat for the ages. We'll discuss his accomplishments and career.
Guest - Joe Visconti Headline - The State of the Country as we celebrate a great American Holiday 1) The 2024 Election is less than a year away - Trump is leading 2) Inflation, Insecurity, Economy, Interest Rates and Debt 3) Border Insecurity and Massive Problems in our major cities 4) Global Conflicts in Israel and Ukraine 5) China is an equal Global player to the U.S. Sure looks that way
Guest - Dave Brat - Vice Provost Engagement and Public Relations Liberty University Headline - Exploding Federal Deficit - No End in Sight 1) Gross Domestic Product Analysis 2) Deficit Spending 3) Inflation and Interest Rates 4) Tax Rates and Spending Cuts a potential Solution
Guest - Drew Thomas Allen Headline - Is the policy to Israel shifting? 1) 50 Hostage Release deal? 1A) Hamas leaders in Qatar should be prosecuted for violating U.S. and International Laws 2) Only 39% approve Biden's handling of the economy. Democrats consider changing the message? 2A) Home sales fall to a 13 year low. Inflation is at 3.2% and Unemployment is at 3.9% but may rise. 2B) Food banks see demand surge 2C) Debt to GDP is at 120% 3) Joe Biden turned 81. Where was the celebration? 4) Musk sues Media Matters a liberal outfit over manipulation of adds. Texas Attorney General laun ches probe. 5) Harvard Harris poll shows Trump up by 6-9 points over Biden. Trump is +5 in Michigan
Guest - General Michael Flynn Headline - Hate for Israel and Praise for China. How did we get here? 1) 150 Violent Anti-Israel protesters injures 6 police officers outside of DNC Headquarters. Democratic congressional members escorted out of the building. 1A) College campus support for Hamas? How did we get here. Still a minority but a very loud voice. Professors are part of the problem. 1B) General Flynn provides analysis on the Israel/Hamas war. 2) Media proclaims Biden/Xi summit a success. Was there ever any doubt. Climate action, Fentanyl, Military Communication and Pandas. Taiwan status quo? 2A) Where were the American flags in SF? Nothing but Chinese flags on motorcade route? 3) Continuing Resolution passes the Senate for short term funding through Jan 2024. No funding yet for Israel or Ukraine 4) Trumps lead among Republican voters towers in the range of 45-50 points. 4A) In both Fox News and Quinnipiac polls, Trump beats Biden 39-35 in a five way race including Kennedy, Stein and West. Throw in Manchin and the numbers barely budge. 4B) Majority of Democrats by 54-28 want an alternative to Biden.
Mark Schaftlein and his Guest Gary Demar discuss the rising support in both houses and the marches on college campuses
Guest - Drew Allen Author and Commentator Headline - DeBunking the Election Night Results 1) While the Election Results were not good, the Media has done a terrible analysis. We'll explain 2) Debate Analysis from Miami. 2A) Trump leads Biden 49-45. His support is eroding. 3) Why is the U.S. Response to attacks on our soldiers so MINIMAL? 3A) Israel agrees to a ridiculous U.S. request for a 4 hour daily pause in fighting - Biden and Blinken are a total weak disaster 3B) Israel destroys Hamas tunnels and kills weapons maker 4) Central American countries are now providing busses for illegals on their journey. Mayorkas should be impeached. 5) Higher Inflation for Longer? Biden has lead us to a $2T deficit (1.7T + $300B in student loan forgiveness) Almost $200B in additional interest expense. This is without a recession or U.S. at war.
Schaftlein Report | Guest - Joe Visconti Headline - Israel Splits North Gaza 1) Military Operation continues while whinny liberals and cease fire nuts support Hamas 1A) Biden and Blinken plead for "humanitarian temporary halt".. Israel may do "small pause" U.S. troops under attack and Biden does NOTHING 2) A growing chorus of Democrats want Biden to Withdraw from race as polling numbers are a disaster. 2A) Multiple credible polling shows Trump leading in 5 of 7 Swing states. 2B) Media in full panic and melt down. DISBELIEF 2C) Biden too old +42, Policies hurt Americans =17, Bad Economy +24. Economy. border, crime and foreign policy are working against Biden 3) 4 Key elections states today KY, VA, Ohio and Mississippi 4) Speaker Johnson ties Ukraine aid to Border Security - AWESOME. 4A) He also ties Israel aid to cutting IRS budget - Another winner 5) DeSantis, Haley, Scott, Christie and Ramaswamy appear to qualify for tomorrow debate in Miami 6) Biden refuses to provide loan documents between him and his brother in the Biden crime family saga. Drip, Drip, Drip
Guest - Jeffrey Dunetz Headline - Israeli Army marches to Gaza City 1) Israeli troops advancing 1A)300 miles of Hamas tunnels 1B)Foreign Passport holders allowed to leave Gaza 1C) Biden calls for "pause" Free "prisoners".. Nobody is listening 2) Thai representative "speaks with Hamas" in Tehran. Iran is the real enemy here. 3) Jewish students harassed and attacked on college campuses in ugly scenes 4) Israeli aid bill house demands offsets for $14B 5) Trump 39, Biden 36, Kennedy 17, West 4 We'' explain 6) More evidence of Biden bribes 0- It never ends. The man is compromised 7) Talib is uncensured and Santos in Not expelled. No surprise here 8) Tuberville hold wears on GOP in military abortion issue
Israel pushes Deeper into Gaza Killing Hamas Leaders with full U.S. Support 1) Israel takes out numerous Hamas fighters and 4 senior Hamas commanders that planned the 10-07 attacks 1A) Fighting in tunnels and Hamas territory. Israel is losing soldiers in the fight as the war expands. 1B) Spokesman Admiral John Kirby stands by Israel in virtually all public comments 2) Secretary Blinken and Biden have so far rejected calls from the far left wing radicals in Democratic party for ceasefire - rightfully so 2A) Pro Palestinian demonstrators disrupt Blinken testimony. 2B) Our middle east bases have been attacked 23 times with only one limited response so far. Weakness on display. 3) College idiots continue to make fools of themselves and their universities with antisemitic demonstrations. Columbia University approves of student and professor actions supporting Hamas. 4) The House pushes $14B in aid for Israel with offset cuts in IRS funding separating Israel and Ukraine aid. A conflict with he Senate and Oval office wishes 5) Biden approval falls to 37% with 60% disapproving of his handling of the economy. Why - Inflation is still double from when Biden became President 6) His support among Democrats has fallen from 86% to 76%. His cognitive decline is obvious and Democrats are trying to hide the obvious. 7) Trump up in Iowa 45 to 16 for Haley and DeSantis. In South Carolina 53 to 22 for Haley and 11 for DeSantis. 8) Judge rules razor wire can stay at the border. for now. 169 detained from terror watch list.
Guest - Richard Battle Conservative Author and Commentator Headline - Mass shooting in Maine 1) 18 dead and killer at large. Certified Fire Arms instructor with mental health issues. 2) Mike Johnson of Louisiana elected Speaker - Fabulous initial speech focus on Debt, Border security and aid to Israel 3) U.S. GDP rose 4.9% in Q-3. All indications are leading to a slow down as interest rates remain elevated. 4) Israel tests ground invasion into Gaza as daily bombings to kill terrorists continue. Rocket hits Tel Aviv. Hamas traps and blocks Palestinians from leaving. 4A) Biden and Netanyahu confirm Israel will decide on the invasion time line not the U.S. 5) Iran drone attacks against U.S. military personnel continue in middle east. Why has our government not responded tot he Iranian actions? 5A) Iran foreign reserves now $60B versus $4B when Trump left office. They have gone from selling 400K barrels of oil a day to 3M under Biden. Why is this happening?.Appeasement DOES NOT work. 6) 40 FBI confidential sources confirm Biden crime family activity. Cover up - Grassley 7) Will liberal Jews finally abandon the left after their atrocious actions and votes? 8) UFC announces Bud Light deal and the boycotts and protests begin. When will they ever learn? 9) Jamaal Bowman pleads guilty to pulling fire alarm in capital. What a dumb ass. 10) Ca Gov. Newsome in China to meet XI
1) It sure looks that way - Hostages before strike? Biden/Jimmy Carter 1A) 70% of Israeli's favor ground Invasion 1B) Why does the AP not call them terrorists, instead of militants? 1C) Hamas launches rockets and Israel counters with precision bombs 1D) 95% of Americans over the age of 65 support Israel, while only 52% of 18-24 year olds do. 2) Our Southern border is WIDE open. 2023 - 2.47M crossings 2022 - 2.38M 2021 - 1.73M 2020 - 458K under Trump 3) In Presidential politics Biden is bleeding black vote. Support drops from 90% in 2020 to 74% today 3A) He and Trump are tied in 3 national polls despite Biden job approval at 40% 3B) Kennedy at 19% in Harvard Harris poll pulling from both. 4) How did Joe Biden pay $3.0M cash for a house as the self proclaimed poorest member of congress? 5) 3rd Georgia election case pleads guilty to lesser charge - Jenna Ellis 6) Skyrocketing crime in Washington D.C. forces mayor to rethink liberal Democratic policies. 7) Tom Emmer for Speaker?
Guest - Andrew Crapuchettes Founder - Red Balloon Headline - What did Biden's Trip Accomplish 1) Humanitarian aid, $100M more of YOUR Tax Dollars for what? How is it distributed to those in need? Opening of 20 trucks from Egypt for supplies at the Rafah Crossing - OK A delay in Israeli military Operations - Maybe - Jury is still out 2) Rashida Tlaib should be expelled from Congress. She is Anti-American, a disgusting liar and pathetic human being. In the face of evidence, she still blames Israel for hospital parking lot bombing. 2A) Pro Palestinian protesters storm the capital. Only 3 arrested. Where is the outrage? 3) U.S. vetoes UN resolution condemning Hamas as there is no language in it to allow for Israel to defend itself. 4) Sen. John Fetterman says now is NOT the time for ceasefire. We totally AGREE. He receives massive backlash from the left which has gone insane. 4A) 9 rockets fired from Lebanon. 5) In Presidential politics, Trump leads Biden in 5 of 7 swing states (AZ,GA,NC,PA,Wisc.) Biden leads in 2 (Nev and Mich) The collective margin is +4 which is outside the margin of error being + or - 1. 5(A) Trump is +14 on the Economy and +11 om Foreign Policy 6) Jordan withdraws from Speaker race in a victory for Moderates and Democrats. Yes that's right. Pathetic. 6A) McHenry likely Interim speaker until January? 7) Inflation continues to hammer the lower and middle class workers. Mortgage rates above 8%. Problems in commercial real estate emerging as predicted.
Guest - Richard Battle Headline - Biden to Israel and House to Vote on Jordan as Speaker 1) President Biden heads to Tel Aviv. 1A) Hamas compared to ISIS 1B) Humanitarian aid for Hostages? Hamas releases hostage video 1C) College professors praising Hamas? Sad but true. 1D) Antisemitism is widespread in U.S. Shockingly high and fully exposed 1E) Billionaires cutting off Ivy League aid. - Finally 1F) No refugees in Egypt or Jordan - King Abdullah 2) Democrats push Biden to shift Iran policy - Finally 3) Jim Jordan still needs votes for speaker 4) Putin in China with Xi 5) Ukraine using Army Tactical Missile System - i.e. Long range precision artillery 6) Washington Post publishes letter urging Schiff and Porter to drop out of CA Senate race because they are white.
Guest - Jeffrey Dunetz Headline - Secretary Blinken and President Biden Unwavering Support for Israel 1) Hamas calls on Muslims to mobilize. 1A) Hamas is identical to ISIS 2) 360K Israeli troops amassed 3) U.S. Special Operations involved? 4) 5 Democratic Senators and scores of House members call for a freeze on $6B of Iranian funds. Why hasn't it been done? 5) Backlash against radical Democrats for criticizing Israel and supporting Palestinians 6) Intelligence failures come to light in Israel 7) In politics, Scalise still short of needed votes 8) Trump and DeSantis are even with Biden. Haley leads by 4. 8A) Trump leads in 3 early primary states by 30 points as field remains fractured. 9) In closely followed Ky Governors race, incumbent Democrat Steve Beshear leads Daniel Cameron in polls. Ky has been a good predictor of Presidential results the next year since 2000. 10) UAW strike expand to Ford plant in Louisville which is Ford's most profitable operation. 110 Consumer Price Index came in at 3.7%. On the high side. Rates higher for longer? YES
The Atrocities Grow in Israel 1) Geo Political ramifications of war in Israel and the Middle East\ 2) Economic impact on the U. S. and global economy 3) The risk of rapidly escalating oil prices and potential supply imbalances 4) Rising interest rates - How high and for how long? 5) Budget Deficits and support for both Ukraine and Israel with the issues of a Divided Congress
1) Poetic Justice - Trump was right all along. Border Security as Democratic leaders succumb 2) Speaker Battle - We'll analyze 3) Economy in trouble? Jobs report tomorrow as interest rates remain at elevated levels 4) Russian terrorist strike in Ukraine leaves 49 civilians dead. Future Funding ? 5) Trump and Biden in virtual tie despite all of the country's problems. Job approval 40-54 upside down. 5A) Haley rising in New Hampshire? 6) Cornel West and Kennedy to run as Independents - What effect will this have 7) Murder in NYC as 18 year old deranged black kid stabs White guy in unprovoked attack 8) Pelosi evicted - Liberals scream 9) Trump ordered by judge to not transfer assets.
1) 10 Year note rises above 4.75% and 2 Year above 5.1%. Stocks become vulnerable 1A) Record Federal Debt and the Federal Reserve shrinking its Balance Sheet. 1B Geo-political risk is high with war in Ukraine continuing, gas and insurance prices rising. 1C) CA raises fast food workers pay to $20 per hour minimum. We'll discuss ramifications 1D) Is Stagflation around the corner. 2) Matt Gaetz tries to oust McCarthy in vote today. This is a clown show and not good for the GOP 3) In New Hampshire Trump is at 49%, Nikki Haley is now at 19%, DeSantis is at 15% 3A) 84% of Trump voters will not switch. 39% of primary voters say they would consider changing their preferred candidate. 4) Kennedy to switch to Independent. What will be the effect? 5) Biden Approval still under water however Rasmussen has it at 49-48 approve of Biden job. However other polls show his support around 41% and 54% disapprove - RCP Average. Which polls is correct? 6) Rampant Crime i cities - Rep. Cuellar's car is carjacked and prominent reported in Philadelphia is murdered. 7) Trump Fraud case continues with Judge to decide case. Hunter pleads Not Guilty.
Ukraine’s Biggest Con Artist Returns to the US to shake America down for more billions.
The Senate Accommodates the Mentally Deficient Slob Fetterman.
Why the Biden Impeachment Inquiry Should Be Expanded to Include Other Crimes.
Russell Brand is the Latest Victim of the Fascist Democrat Party.
Shock: Praising Obesity Has Led to More Heart Disease Deaths
1) Biden re-election doubt explode with Media attention - "Too Old" 1A) Last chance to get rid of Biden/Harris as time is running out - Democrats panic? 1B Impeachment Inquiry into his son business dealings tied to him? White House tries to rally the MEDIA? 1C) His age has become a liability and Harris is NOT ready. 1D) 77 of Americans say he istoo old, while 69% of Democrats feel the same way 1E) Influential Democrats David Ignatius and James Carville sound the warning siren 2) GOVERNMENT BARRELS TOWARD 10-01 SHUTDOWN AS PARTIES FAR APART ON SPENDING BILLS 2A) Conservatives dig in in push to change the trajectory of spending. 2B) Is McCarthy's job safe? 3) Romney will not seek re-election - We'll dive into why 4) Polls unchanged with Trump and Biden in almost identical spots and the head to head is a virtual tie. Right Track 25-64 is also unchanged.
1) Abuse of Power and Obstruction among Biden family corruption as Impeachment probe launched 2) Will this shake up the Presidential race? 2A) Harris on Face the Nation says she doesn't understand Trump question on election and says she is ready but fully endorses Biden The American people do not want or like her. 2B) Harris, Newsome, Buttigieg, Whitmer and AOC among alternatives? We'll discuss. 3) Biden leads Trump by 2 in Morning Consult poll however he trails Biden by a larger margin in Doug Shoen poll ( He is a Democrat centrist) 4) Budget talks House conservatives demand the following: No more weaponizing DOJ Reversing WOKE diversity, equity and inclusion and LGBTQ+ policies Lower spending levels Border security Biden Impeachment 5) Oil at highest level $92 in 10 months 6) $6B to Iran in prisoner swap 7) Blue city and state blues as illegals overwhelm sanctuary havens - Gov. Abbott and Mayor Adams exchange insults 8) Putin - "Trump charges politically motivated" 9) Biden embarrasses the USA while in Vietnam
1) China unofficially bans I-phone sales to government officials? 2) Soaring value of the dollar causing concern in Asia. Oil near $90 while Biden cancels ANWAR approved drilling rights in Alaska. 3) US economy appears to be growing faster than anticipated in 2023. Why are so many people disenchanted? Millennial and Generation Z are not in the labor force to the degree of their past generations. 4) Secretary Blinken in Kiev to support Ukraine. 5) Hunter Biden indictment on gun charges? Really? 6) Biden polling numbers are BAD. Democrats don't want him by 2-1. Trump picks up 10 cross overs (we'll explain that) However in head to head versus Trump it is very tight within the margin of error in most polls. Haley leads by 6 in hypothetical Biden match up 7) CNN poll shows Biden approval at 39% 8) Poor Mayor Eric Adams says migrants will destroy NYC. We told you so a year ago.
1) Nate will explain our headline and Investment Strategies
2) Oil touches $90 a barrel. Russia and Saudi Arabia maintain cuts in production. Gas nears $6.00 a gallon in CA
3) Musk describes how he DEWOKED Twitter - Fascinating stuff
4) 51% say Biden economy has gotten worse while 31% say it is better. 42% blame Biden and 29% blame Republicans
5) National Rent control ideas "floated by Democrats". Currently not policy though. For how long? Massive implications another disaster coming?
6) Political update
Headline - Inflation Still Too High 1) Economy PCE up 3.3% and core up 4.2% 2) Military aid to Taiwan 3) Biden 9/11 NO show Alaska 4) Trump = Not Guilty plea and Liberal efforts to keep him off the ballot 5) Blue cities ask federal aid for migrants 6) Evidence piles up in Biden Influence peddling case 7) DeSantis shines in storm leadership but Trump still up by 30
Hurricane Idalia barrels toward Florida big Bend North of Tampa 1) Implications for a state with Property Insurance Issues - Potential Category 3 2) Biden's age continues to be an issue as 71% say he is too old 2A) 3 Biden aliases and 5,000 emails - Impeachment Inquiry potential 2B) No change in Job Approval 42-53. Right track wrong track at 24-65. Open border, crime, poor economy and bad energy policies 2C) Another Whopper as Biden claims to have influenced Strom Thurmond on Civil Rights Act but he was on 21 and still in college. 3) Climate Change Alarmists Red Faced Democrats Sen(s) Markey and Durbin silent as Maui says down power lines were to blame 4) Car theft up 104% in Chicago as Mayor blames car manufacturers for poor anti-theft devices. 4A) Retail theft at $100B as Nordstrom closes SF flagship store 5) Culture wars- Modelo sales up 20%, Bud Light down 20% 6) Capital is leaving China. Banks cut rates on mortgages and deposits. Lower collateral to buy stocks, American business see too risky environment 6A) Property crisis, high youth unemployment and $13T in debt for local governments 6B) Under reported genocide continues in Xi visit to Turkistan - a culture being erased
Hurricane Idalia barrels toward Florida big Bend North of Tampa 1) Implications for a state with Property Insurance Issues - Potential Category 3 2) Biden's age continues to be an issue as 71% say he is too old 2A) 3 Biden aliases and 5,000 emails - Impeachment Inquiry potential 2B) No change in Job Approval 42-53. Right track wrong track at 24-65. Open border, crime, poor economy and bad energy policies 2C) Another Whopper as Biden claims to have influenced Strom Thurmond on Civil Rights Act but he was on 21 and still in college. 3) Climate Change Alarmists Red Faced Democrats Sen(s) Markey and Durbin silent as Maui says down power lines were to blame 4) Car theft up 104% in Chicago as Mayor blames car manufacturers for poor anti-theft devices. 4A) Retail theft at $100B as Nordstrom closes SF flagship store 5) Culture wars- Modelo sales up 20%, Bud Light down 20% 6) Capital is leaving China. Banks cut rates on mortgages and deposits. Lower collateral to buy stocks, American business see too risky environment 6A) Property crisis, high youth unemployment and $13T in debt for local governments 6B) Under reported genocide continues in Xi visit to Turkistan - a culture being erased
1) Commentary on 1st Debate - Vivek Ramaswamy is a disaster. We'll analyze what did and did not happen.
2) House Judiciary Committee to probe Georgia DA Willis motives in Trump et all prosecution
2B) Prosecution asks for 10-18-23 trial. Trump removes GA defense counsel.
3) Prigozhin apparently killer with 9 other in Russian plane crash
4) Ukraine troops appear to be launching attack in Crimea to take back from Russians
Guest - Drew Thomas Allen
Headline - Debate set as Trump heads toward Atlanta Booking
1) Debate stages set with 8. Who needs to shine?
2) Trump heads to Atlanta for Mug Shot - The decline of democracy
3) Biden debacle in Maui - sleeping and bad jokes
4) Student loan forgiveness and extensions - what happened to supreme court ruling?
5) Cars, Gas and Houses are becoming almost unattainable for many
Headline - Economic Mess
1) Global bond yields hit 15 year high - We'll explain
2) American savings are shrinking
3) Deficits are exploding
4) China youth unemployment over 20 %, real estate issues and missed debt payments
5) The debate is next week. We'll analyze
Trump and Prosecutors Cancelling Our Rights / Freedom Economy
1) The elephant in the room historic political prisoner? or not? The death of our democracy?
2) Andrew explains the Freedom Economy.
3) State of the U.S. economy over all with interest rates rising
Mark Schaftlein discusses with Gabriel Rench the arrests which happened on September 23rd, 2020 at a psalm sing protest in the Moscow parking lot of City Hall. The protest had been organized by Christ Church, where Gabriel Rench was a deacon, and the ensuing news coverage spread far and wide, even to President Trump’s twitter feed. Many around the country were outraged by the decision of MPD to arrest peaceful protestors, while others raged at Christ Church for behaving, they believed, unlawfully and unsafely.
• City of Moscow acted unlawfully in arresting and charging protesters.
• Tax Payers Pay the Price of the City of Moscow’s Religious Discrimination.
• Constitutional rights cannot be suspended during a pandemic.
• Mediation Settlement Award
Mark Schaftlein's guest is Tom Amenta author of The Twenty Year War
Topics:
- Ghost Gun decision
- The change in the news stories becoming commentaries, not news
- Classified documents - Donald Trump does not have to prove he is innocent
- The presidential election will come do to eight states
- The outcome of a third party, like 1992 Ross Perot, candidate
- What could derail Trump and Biden from winning their party's nomination
Joe Visconti guest show host speaks with guest Jeffrey Dunetz publisher and editor of Lidblog
First amendment rights and the importance of allowing voices to be heard
Importance of providing Generations with the right to hold opinions without interference
The erosion of parental rights
The hypocrisy in the media and advertisers
George Colli is a DuPont and Murrow Award winning investigative journalist with experience covering Connecticut, the White House, Congress and some of the biggest breaking news stories from the last decade.
- Ukraine
- GOP - 100 Million Flowed Through the Biden Family
- John Carrey and Climate Change
- Weight Loss Stocks - Novo Nordisk
- Retail Sales - Soft Today
- Proprietary Systems for Carnivore Trading
- 4% of Stocks Drive 90% of the Total Weatlth
- Carnivore Finds the 4%
- NASDAQ +30% This Year
- Waiting for DOW, S&P, RUSSELL 2000 to catch up
- S&p Running Up
- DOW Booming Today
- No Red Lights on Stock Market Growth
- Reading the Tape - Reading the Market
- 15 Stocks to Look Out For
Ukraine to join NATO “when conditions are met”
Busy time for NATO as Sweden is now set to become its newest
member
Turkey tried to use this to get into the EU, but instead got concessions to start the conversation about it, big win for Turkey.
Russia is not totally surrounded by NATO minus Belarus and Ukraine in
Europe
Excellent trench weapons/moderate surface area weapons
Trump’s Special Counsel Trial
Trump’s team seems to be pushing for a post-election trial
Threads vs Twitter- new challenge to Elon
Twitter down 5% over the past two days
1) No more race dictating college admissions in 6-3 and 6-2 vote in North Carolina and Harvard cases. The Court got it right 2) Purge in Russia? - Early indications are Gen Surovikin and General Gerasimov (he has access to nuclear codes 1 of 3) are in a hep of trouble. 2A) Other top officials also being reviewed. 3) Rep. James Comer Oversight chair says corruption may top $40M and possibly influenced 6 policy decisions. 30-40 banks and shell companies used to hide money from IRS 4) Federal Reserve Chairman Powell signals 2 more rate hikes to fight inflation 5) Biden falsely claims economic success. Sure - he took a strong economy growing 5% down to 1% 5A) 34% do NOT approve of his economic policies whatever they are. 29% do not approve of his efforts to combat inflation despite the efforts of the Fed. 6) Worry at some polls: Trump leads Biden by 4 in Economist/Yougov poll. Real Clear Politics average has Trump up just under 1%. 6A) However in swing states Quinnipiac polls: Wisconsin has Biden +9, New Hampshire Biden +9, while in PA it is Trump +1. DeSantis fares better than Trump in Wisc and NH.
1) Prigozhin, Putin, Lukashenko and what really happened. 1A) All charges dropped. How did 15K-25K troops capture a strategic city unopposed. Was it staged? 1B) Prigozhin in Belarus. For how long? 2) Trump leading Biden 44-41 in Morning Consult Poll. Harris poll he is up by 6. +38 in Republican Primary, Half of Republican primary voters want Trump and half want an alternative 2A) 64% believe Trump charges are politically motivated. 77% of Republicans do not care about the charges 2B) Main stream media begins to look for alternatives to Biden - Al Hunt names Whitmer, Newsom and NC Gov. Cooper. The MSM is finally asking the White House Press Secretary tough questions about Hunter. 3) NBC Poll shows Right track is at 20% and Wrong track at 74% 3A) Biden approval rating holds steady at 43% in NBC poll despite 68% saying he is not mentally healthy 3B Biden leads Trump by 4 and is even with DeSantis in the same NBC poll 3C) The problem for Trump he is underwater by 22 % on his favorability numbers among all voters. But so is Biden. Americans do NOT want a rematch 4) The government and media cover up of the Burisma bribery claims could have contributed to the 2020 election results. Will it be different this time as allegations swirl and Garland faces possible Impeachment 4A) Biden denies lying about his discussions with Hunter 5) Trump Document Tapes leaked to CNN 6) DeSantis endorsed by Florida Police Union as he promises to fix the border problem
1) No Democrats voted against the liar who falsely lead charges against Trump 2) Bank of England raises interest rates by 50 basis points to combat persistent inflation. 2A) Our Federal Reserve hints at additional increases at future meetings 2B) U.S. median home prices drop 3% to $396K, Inventory down 20% and there is only a 3 month supply of homes on the market 2C) Ford secures a $9.2B loan to build an EV Factory 3) Rep. Comer to bring additional witnesses in Biden Bribery Investigation 4) San Francisco dissolves into chaos and becomes a magnet for homeless - car break ins, 911 hang ups, jail population reduced 40%, city provided alcohol and marijuana to homeless, vacant buildings, retailers closing and an 8% drop in population 5) Credible polls show Trump and Biden in very competitive races with each leading in separate polls. 5A) The same holds true for a DeSantis and Biden race 5B) Biden job approval falls to 32% in CNN poll. 6) Former Representative Will Hurd launches long shot 2024 bid. Fierce critic of Trump 7) Jack Smith gives Trump legal team evidence in Documents case 8) Oceangate submarine feared lost as robot reaches ocean floor
1) Has the Stock Market Inflated Too Fast? The forward P/E is 19.5. AI mania or reality driving optimism? 1A) The Federal Reserve Balance sheet is at $8.4T, down from a peak of $8.7T in March but double the $4.0T in March 2020 1B) Stock prices are at the same level as they were in March 2022 when Interest Rates started to rise. Apple trading at 31X forward earnings versus long term average of 15X Nvidia trading at 156X cash flow versus 14X over time 1C) The S & P 500 is closely tied to QE? What about QT happening now? 1D) The median Employee costs in the U.S. averages $62K. At META it is $300K and GOOG $280K. How soft or firm is the labor market? 2) China cutting interest rates. How much is their economy slowing or not growing out of Covid? 3) The Commercial real estate debacle hanging over SF and NYC - Crime, progressive policies, retailers leaving 4) Case Shiller Inflation Adjusted PE ratio is 31X versus a median of 17X 5) Should the Federal Reserve resume rate increases or leave as is and react to data? 4% Inflation seems low to most Americans 6) The recent spending agreement between the White House and Congress - Dave Brat gives his opinion 7) The political landscape and upcoming budget negotiations heading into the fall
Headline - Federal Reserve Pauses Interest Rate Hikes 1) However, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says July meeting will be live as majority still favor additional hikes with Inflation still running at 4% 1A) Stock market trading at a forward price earnings multiple of 19.5 which is on the high side of history as markets move higher 2) Democrats and Anti-Trumpers are fighting the No labels Unity ticket - We'll explain 3) In CA Trump leads DeSantis 53-19 with Pence at 9%,Haley at 6% and Scott at 4% 3A) Nationally Trump leads DeSantis 53-23. Biden leads Kennedy 70-17 in Quinnipiac Poll 3B) Miami Mayor Francis Suarez enters the Republican race bringing the field to 11 4) Trump raises $6.6M AFTER the Indictment 5) Sen. Kennedy - "Biden Bribery Scandal is not going away" 6) Marine Daniel Penny indicted in NYC subway choking case - 2nd degree manslaughter 7) Texas send 42 Illegals to LA by bus. The city is a "Sanctuary City" 8) Rep. Adam Schiff is not censured as 20 Republicans say No
Guest Richard Battle
1) Trump in Miami courthouse on Federal Charges - Implications
2) Biden corruption - Burisma has 2 tapes of Biden? Double Standard
3) Trump +30 and Biden +43. 17 months out what can change?
4) Inflation now 4% year over year. Still high
5) Ukraine kills top Russian General - Ukraine counter offensive
6) Border is still side open. Status update from Richard
1) FBI to allow the entire Oversight Committee to view Biden Internal document in criminal bribery probe 2) White House blames "Climate Crisis" on Canadian burn - 3) VP Pence is officially in the race. After viewing his start, he is LIKELY to gain ground and may get in the top 4. We'll explain. 4) North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum enters the race and is running on economic issues. 5) Former Governor Christie launches attacks on Trump. Will he be effective? 6) Inflation remains the top election issue 7) Trump informed he is the target of an ongoing criminal investigation over classified documents 8) Gov. DeSantis blasts Gov. Newsom over Sanctuary state and migrant plane flights. FL has budget surplus and CA is in a deficit. 9) Biden vetoes bill to cancel student debt relief. Supreme Court likely to crush his hopes in ruling later this month 10) RNC to launch campaign to Vote Early in 2024. We have been suggesting this for years!
1) Christie and Pence enter the race 2) Comer to hold Wray in Contempt of Congress - Potential Biden crime family documents? 3) Will Jack Smith indict Trump in Classified Document case? 4) Musk interviews RFK Jr. 5) Pride month takes over NYC 6) Biden stock at 41-56 upside down numbers 7) Chicago killing fields 682 murders - 489 are black. Where is BLM? 8) Planes and busses descend on sanctuary cities and states 9) The disaster of George Gascon in LA - A personal experience
1) Debt Ceiling bill in the Senate 1A) Students must begin making payments under the bill and pipeline approval approval process shortened. 2) Sen. Manchin opposes student loan forgiveness bill White House says it will veto. Supreme Court decision in June. 3) Pence and Christie to enter the Primary. Trump continues huge lead in polls 4) White House denies Biden Corruption per NSA spokesperson John Kirby 4A) FBI confirms they have Biden corruption document and FBI is Stonewalling congress 4B) FBI is protecting Biden and targeting Trump 5) Private payrolls rise 278K in May 6) Right track 22% wrong track 68% 7) Culture Wars - Anheuser Bush loses $27B in market cap and Target is down 20%
1) Fiscal Responsibility Act - The good, bad and ugly. 2) Risk to the Dollar of running $1.5T deficits 3) Inflation still running 4.5% 3A) Mortgage rates now 7.1%. People are not selling their homes because they have low mortgage rates. 3B) Prices are not coming down fast enough 4) China rejects Biden administration for Military meeting 5) Drones attack Kiev and Moscow 6) DeSantis focus on Iowa while the contest starts with Trump up 47-25 6A) What will be AI's influence on the 2024 election 7) 11 killed and 45 wounded in Chicago.
Governor Ron DeSantis Enters Race 1) Rollout on Twitter less than perfect and Media critique goes into high gear. 1A) DeSantis will be a formidable candidate in the Primary race 2) DeSantis, Trump and Biden are all within 1 point in Presidential race 3) Trump still leads in all polls but the first vote is 7 months away. 4) Do not count out Biden and the Democrats as identity politics, media and tech companies support will be a challenge. 5) Economy, border, crime and Biden incompetence are key issues but much more goes into a general election vote - we'll explain 6) Debt ceiling and budget cut talks continue
Guest Joe Visconti
1) Tim /Scott enters race 2) DeSantis is next 3) Budget talks "productive but no deal" 4) Fake travel advisory for black and lgbtq in Florida. Residents are laughing at the absurdity. 5) NC Govenor - "state of emergency over school choice" - absurd 6) AP gets climate grants and pushes climate change stories 7) Denver sweeps LA 4-0
Hosted By Jeffrey Dunetz and Guest Ken McClenton 1) GOP Rep Anna Luna from Florida files to have Schiff removed from House for Lying in Russia probe 2) Chicago's new mayor pushes $12B tax hike and defund the police West Hollywood Unarmed “Security Ambassadors” Failed. City Council Votes for More Police 3) 29 of 30 missiles shot down by Ukraine The above stories came from real clear politics. 4) DeSantis appears ready to announce run next week
1) As we knew Russian Collusion was a HOAX. FBI used uncorroborated intelligence 2) Hunter Biden Investigators removed from the case by DOJ in blatant retaliation. Did Garland or Biden give that order. 3) Debt Ceiling talks are going nowhere according to McCarthy. Stock market is nervous. 3A The government took in $2.7T in revenue $364B is Interest on debt $770B is Social Security $420B is Medicare $157B is Veterans $465B is Defense $524B Other We spend more than this. 4) MSNBC and CNN are still going berserk over Trump appearance on CNN. 5) DeSantis signs bill to prohibit state funding for schools that engage in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (Woke ideology) 5A) Presidential announcement coming soon. 6) Daniel Penny defense fund tops $2.0M 7) Migrant Invasion in full display despite being bussed to Democratic cities 8) Man arrested for attacking a Democratic Congressman Gerry Connolly staff.
1) Revelations of Corruption unveiled - Now the meat needs to be connected to the bone 1A) Subpoena issued to FBI. Stonewalling? Rep. Comer alleges Biden family received millions. 2) Trump goes on CNN in WILD evening of Politics - We'll explain Afghanistan, Border, Inflation, War, Putin 3) Border Implosion - 150K poised to enter illegally. "Chaos at the border" - Biden 4) April PPI came in at .2% below the .3% forecast. Inflation still running at 5% 4A) Jobless claims raise to 265K, highest level since 2021 5) No progress on budget and debt ceiling - A calamity in the making another Biden disaster. Staff is negotiating though. 6) Santos charged 7) Sen. Feinstein returns - She looks like she is over 100 years old
1) Biden and McCarthy meet 2) Biden polls collapse to 36/37% approval - Media in full panic 3) Biden and Hunter corruption gets more media attention 4) Trump comments on Bud light debacle 5) 150K migrants posed to enter U.S, as Title 42 ends 6) Economy in trouble - Consumers $1T in credit card debt. 49% can't handle an unexpected $400 expense. 7) T-Mobile shuts down SF flagship store due to crime, drugs and homelessness
1) Regional banking crisis continues as some stocks are down 30 -50% today 1A) Short sellers spreading false stories - we'll explain 1B) Rep. Lois Frankel insider selling/trading - Jeffrey explains 2) Biden is missing in action on debt ceiling talks - McConnell 2A) House produced a bill now it is up to Biden and McCarthy to reach a deal. 3) House oversight committee subpoenas the FBI over Biden bribery whistle blower. 4) Biden administration not being honest saying the border is secure - Sen. Sinema 5) Navy used a non-binary drag queen to recruit - What the hell are they doing? This is nuts 6) Is the U.S. edging toward socialism?
Janet Yellen said we’re going to run out of cash in the next 30 days
Fed meets as we record, First Republic bought by JP Morgan, markets still think there is more instability
Title 42 is almost done and wait… the President is sending troops to the border? SHOCKING!
Clarence Thomas and the gifts
Disney vs DeSantis
“The Squad” vs Feinstein
Russia vs Ukraine
- Waiting for the Spring offensive
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- 100,000k Russian Casualties
Met Gala- WHO CARES!?
1) Growth slowed from 2.6% in Q-4 2022 to 1.1% in Q-1 2023 1A) Americans are losing faith they will have enough money for retirement 1B) Total debt held by all sources increased 90% since 2009 to $68T. Someone is bearing losses as interest rates have risen. 2) Republican House passes Raising the Debt Ceiling by $1.5T implementing spending cuts of $4.5T with cap on Government Spending of 1% per year. This seems very reasonable. Senate and Biden say No. 2A) Democratic Governors come out against expanded work requirements for social programs. 3) Polling has DeSantis beating Biden 48-45%, while the same poll shows Biden beating Trump by the same 48-45% 3A) DeSantis appears ready to launch campaign in Mid May 3B) Press Conference reveals Biden is given questions from reporters in advance. 3C) Biden 62%, Kennedy 19%, Williamson 9% 4) General Miley says Ukraine can win due to high morale however Russian troop strength is at the same level as when war started, despite losing 170K solders. 4A) Russia will not allow visitors to jailed WSJ reporter. 5) In Minnesota and CA, Democrats are blaming car companies for a huge spike in auto thefts instead of the criminals. 6) 75 year Anniversary of Israel - Jeffrey adds perspective
1) Despite the overwhelming numbers against Biden, he is favored to win. We'll explain. 1A) 51% of Democrats do not want him to run and 26% do want him to run 1B The WSJ did an editorial saying Biden IS in Decline. We agree. It is selfish what he is doing. 2) DeSantis heads oversees to Israel, UK, Japan and S. Korea. Pence to decide in June. 2A) 70% of Voters do NOT want Trump to run including 44% of Republicans, 70% of Independents and 93% of Democrats 2B) Trump leads DeSantis 46-31 in latest NBC poll 2C) Gov. Sununu calls Trump already a 3X loser a potential 4x LOSER noting he added $8T to the national debt in 4 years. Covid contributed partly to this to be fair. 3) Gov. Jim Justice to challenge Sen. Manchin in WV 4) Debt Ceiling cap on collision course as Biden shows NO movement to McCarthy plan to raise debt ceiling by $1.5T with 4.5T in cuts to spending. 4A) Americans are reducing savings to cope with Inflation 5) Bud Light sales drop 17% after disastrous Trans advertising campaign flops. 2 executives put on leave. 6) Leaks indicate the U.S. government stepped in to convince Kiev NOT to attach Moscow. so let me get this straight - I'll explain. This is another level of incompetence in the Biden administration getting EVERYTHING wrong internationally. 7) Secretary Tony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan under fire for their roles in the Hunter Biden Laptop fiasco. Both spread lies and disinformation according to CIA operative Mike Morrell. 8) Bill Maher states the obvious - "Young black men are killing each other in Chicago. Where are the celebrities against this?" 9) Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon relieved of their jobs. We'll add insight.
1) No Democratic votes and likely failure in Senate 2) Abortion pill ruling delayed by Supreme Court 2A) 80% disagree with the Dobbs ruling turning back to the states. Majority of the public supports bans after 15 weeks. 3 )McCarthy announces budget and debt ceiling deal capping debt at an additional 1.5T and reducing spending to 2022 levels with saving s of over $4.5T 3A) Biden rejects it and labels it a MAGA budget 4) SpaceX test rocket explodes over gulf. 2x the power of Saturn rockets. 5) In economic news, home prices declined by 1% to $376K average and sales are down 22% year over year 5A) Jobless claims are up to 245K and 1.86M are currently on unemployment benefits 5B) 41% believe the U.S. is already in a recession 6) Illegal aliens are costing the U.S. $150B a year just to house them. Sanctuary cities like, NY, Chicago and Denver have budget problems trying to house these people. 7) IRS whistle blower says Garland lied to Congress and a massive cover up is happening.in Hunter Biden case 8) Trump leads DeSantis by 42-22 in NH with Sununu at 12%
1) Teen mob take over downtown Chicago and assault white woman 1A) St. Louis Prosecutor fails to show at Murder Trial 1B) Mobs take over LA gas and convenience store in Compton 1C) In NYC Jim Jordan and GOP congress highlight the crime issue and poor prosecution of criminals. DA goes after Trump while crime rages 2) DHS Secretary Mayorkis grilled by Senate over migration policies.. 1.06M detained in last 6 months, 162K alone in March 3) McCarthy touts the need to negotiate over hte debt ceiling in stock exchange visit. Biden does nothing and remains on defense. 4) Russia continues detention of WSJ journalist 5) Consumers falling behind on credit card and loan payments as banks increase reserves to cover losses. 6) In politics, Fox / Dominion Lawsuit - We'll discuss 6A) Biden caving to radical minority on women sports participation by Transgenders 7) Trump embraces early voting, mail in voting and drop boxes. We agree. 7A) Both Tennessee Senators Blackburn and Haggerty endorse Trump
Headline - Inflation Moderates Slightly 1) Core CPI rose 5.6% excluding food and energy up 5.0% 1A) Core PPI declined .5% in March excluding food and energy it was down .1% 1B) Egg prices declined 11% in March however rents were up 18% over the past 2 years 1C) Federal Reserve expects a mild recession due to bank failures later this year 1D) American consumers purchased $788B in Chinese goods primarily cell phones last year 1E) 50% of office buildings are vacant in 10 largest cities. @M people left large cities during 2020 to 2022. We've been telling you this. 2) Biden EV goals by 2035 unrealistic according to industry experts 3) In Politics, Sen. Tim Scott announces an Exploratory Committee for potential Presidential race 3A) Gov. DeSantis announces plans to be in Washington D.C. on 4-18 to meet high ranking Republican leaders 3B) Sen Feinstein who is 89 has Shingles and has missed 60 major votes since February and has asked to be relieved of committee assignments. 3C) With Sen. Fetterman's health issues the Senate is 49-49 at times 3D) RFK Jr. is getting 10% support among Democratic primary voters 3E) Democrats have become the party of cultural elites and perceived intellectuals representing the wealthiest congressional districts and have little in common with non college educated working class people 4) To no surprise, the Biden administration was involved in the Mar a Lago raid. 5) Former Obama official claims Biden involved in kickback schemes with Hunter. FBI stalls on the subject. 6) Victor Davis Hanson chronicles Biden foreign policy failures
1) Aftermath of Louisville shooter killing 4 and wounding 9. Suicidal and live streaming a murderous rampage 2) Tennessee City Counsels try to reinstate terminated lawmakers. Racial overtones? 3) Chino, CA - An 11 year old girl transitioned with school assistance without the parents knowledge under the Parental Secrecy Policy 4) Entertainers slam Anheuser-Busch over advertising with a Trans Activist in beer commercial for Bud Light - Just stop drinking the beer? 5) 2 courts rule completely opposite on abortion pill. Case likely headed to Supreme Court. Chose your battles carefully. 6) Whole foods pulls out of downtown San Francisco after 1 year due to soaring crime. No surprise 7) Democratic National Committee chooses Chicago for 2024 convention. A perfect selection city for a party with a reputation as Soft on Crime 8) U. S. spy operations catches Egypt trying to sell weapons to Russia. What will be the consequences? 9) China demonstrates attack plan simulation for Taiwan as a counter to meeting with U.S. officials in Taiwan 10) 58% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck 11) Biden signs decree ending Covid 19 emergency - did anyone else notice this?
1) Leftist secure seat on Wisconsin Supreme Court tilting the court from Conservative to Liberal. Large turn out of left wing voters. However, with a Super Majority in the state House and Senate, the newly elected Justice can be removed 1A) If Republicans keep pushing for tighter abortion restrictions, they will continue to lose elections. 2) Chicago Mayor -elect Johnson a liberal progressive wins by 51-49%. He is promising the most radical progressive change Chicago has ever seen. Look out for your wallet and your safety if you live in Chicago. 3) Bob Lee the Cash App founder is murdered in SF being stabbed to death in a supposed nice neighborhood. No suspect in custody. Residents fear SF is nearing collapse as crime soars, office buildings remain empty and the tax base deserts while the homeless, drug addicts and other losers populate the city. 4) A NC Democrat flips to Republican giving the GOP a veto proof majority in the state house. Why - The Democratic party criticized the Flag and Prayer. The party moved so far left, she did not recognize it anymore. Sounds familiar. 5) Trump's poll numbers skyrocket from a Feb 45-42 against Biden to a current 47-40. in Rasmussen. Trump rails against AG Bragg and Republicans come out defending Trump. 6) In economic news, job openings drop to 9.9M from 10.6M. ADP says 145K jobs were added in March. The labor department releases numbers tomorrow Bond yields drop on concern for slowing economic activity 7) Taiwan President met with McCarthy in LA and a U.S. delegation flew to Taiwan in show of support. 8) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. files paperwork to run for the Democratic nomination.
1) The Final Battle - Trump to be charged with 34 felony counts upgraded to a class E from Misdemeanor on Falsification of business records. No mugshot or handcuffs. No jail if convicted for first time offender. This is a political circus and a very bad day for our country. 1A) More media than protesters? 2) Trump up by 30 in Republican race as led surges - we'll explain. In NH, Trump up by an average of 21 points. Democrats fear a repeat of 2016. 3) The Chicago mayor race is today with Paul Vials who supports the police having a narrow lead over Brandon Johnson who favors Defunding the police. 4) Dan Kelly a conservative endorsed in Wisconsin Supreme Court election as a shift in that court hangs in the balance. Abortion, Redistricting and possibly the 2024 election in the balance as $42M poured into the race. 5) Biden approval holds steady at 44-54 6) In economic news, Jamie Dimon says the banking crisis is not over. The stock market falls after a recent large run up. 6A) 5,000 GM workers to take buy outs 6B) Oil back above $80 as Saudi's perceive the Biden Administration changed their policy to buy back oil to fill the depleted SPR. We'll explain. 7) Finland officially becomes a NATO member.
1) Russia charges WSJ reporter on Spying charges. WSJ denies it and demands immediate release. Court date set for May 1A) Top U.S. General confirms Russians are being slaughtered in the war. 2) Attorney General Merrick Garland in a blatant political move advised not to arrest abortion protestors earlier this yer at the homes of Supreme court Justices. 3) 9 dead after 2 black hawk helicopters collide while training in KY 4) There has been another train derailment, this time in MN. 5) Jobless claims are at 198K, up 7K but still a low figure 5A) Biden extends drilling in the Gulf of Mexico 2600 square miles - A move to the center? 6) In politics, Biden approval hovers between 38-42% while his disapproval is between 54-56% going in the wrong direction 6A) Trump leads DeSantis by 30 with the rest far behind. 6B) In a match up between Biden and either Trump or DeSantis, it is a 2 point race +/- 6C) AZ Democrats sue to prevent a 3rd party No Labels from being on the ballot. Growing concerns over Biden and losing the Senate. 7) NHL may cancel "Pride night" because players refuse to wear LGBTQ gear. Good for the players!! 8) Pope hospitalized with upper respiratory infection 9) Batter Up
1) Consumer confidence rises during March as banking crisis somewhat subsides - good news 1A) Disney joins a list of companies with a layoff announcement of 7,000 which is not a surprise 1B) There is absolutely no progress in the debt ceiling debate - bad news and we'll explain 1C) Commercial Real Estate loans are becoming a concern particularly in NYC and SF as debt will roll over at higher interest rates 1D) Hearings in the Senate on the SVB collapse as regulators testify 1E) Sam Bankman Fried charged with Bribery of Chinese official as the former Crypto boss charges increase in his fraud scheme 2) The Nashville Trans gender (man to a woman) shooter had a manifesto to attack the Christian Academy killing 6. Brave police officers likely saved many more sa they took out the shooter within 6 minutes 3) 39 killed in fire at U.S./ Mexico migrant facility in Juarez. 4) A weapons facility in Norway was unable to increase artillery production to meet demand because a Tic Tok data center was sucking up all of the electricity.. 4A) Russia pulls back in parts of Ukraine as losses continue unabated. A spring counter -offensive is likely 5) A Rand Paul staffer was randomly attacked in Washington close proximity tot he capitol in broad daylight by a 42 year old black man just release from a 12 year prison term. "voices told him to do it. One day out and right back in jail. 6) In a classic case of government over reach, Journalist Matt Taibbi who broke the Twitter Files story was visited by IRS. Charmian Jim Jordan wants answers. 7) Israeli tensions ease as Netanyahu suspends judicial overhaul which was tearing the country apart. 8) In Chicago mayor race, Paul Vallas leads Brandon Johnson by 6 points. Vallas supports the police while Johnson wants to Defund.
1) What will the Grand Jury and DA do? Trump? 2) DeSantis teases 2024 plans. Rips Trump character and Trump responds. 3) Federal Reserve raises interest rates 25 basis points, markets fall then recover 4) Biden approval drops to 38% near low of his presidency. He was at 45% in Feb. and 41% in Jan. 4A) Only 30% of Iowa voters approve of Biden 5) Portland disintegrates - shootings, toxic waste, drug addicts, shoplifting causes Walmart to leave, other business closures poor police protection. A liberal dystopia before our eyes 5A) LA crime out of control in certain neighborhoods. Strike keeps schools closed 6) Tic Tok CEO grilled on capital hill.
1) China shifted the majority of their oil purchases to Russia over Saudi Arabia 1A) International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Putin war crimes. 2) Potential Trump indictment next week. Manhattan district attorney playing dangerous political game. It is a misdemeanor. We'll discuss the implications. Will Trump gain politically? 3) In France, the Macron government survives a no confidence vote over raising the retirement age to 64 from 62 which was badly needed. 4) In Economic news, Amazon to cut an additional 9K jobs. 4A) First Republic Bank still shaky as Jamie Dimon leads an effort to rescue the bank. Stock was down 46% yesterday but up slightly today. 4B) UBS buys Credit Suisse for $3.2B as $17B in debt wiped out. 4C) Home sales spiked 14.5% in February as prices fell for the first time in a decade when mortgage rates fell. 30 year loan now 6.62% 4D) Biden decision to veto and ESG investing bill draws ire from Sen. Joe Manchin and others across party lines. 5) European Union to send 1M rounds of ammunition to Ukraine. U. S. to renovate Abrams tanks to speed up delivery. 6) In the court of stupidity, a Philadelphia judge awarded $9.25M to 343 plaintiffs who protested the George Floyd action and had to be disbursed by police. The judge cited physical and emotional issues. This works out to $19K per person after attorney fees. 7) 430K kids in LA are not in school over a strike. 8) Trump leads DeSantis 54 -26 in newly released Morning Consult Poll. Both are within 2 points in race against Biden
1) European bank stocks are stabilize as Credit Suisse receives $54B commitment from the Swiss National Bank. 1A) The Federal Reserve meets next week. The expectation is a 25 basis point increase then a pause. 1B) First Republic Bank in merger or takeover talks as the stock falls 25%. 1C) Secretary Yellen says the banking system is stable and deposits remain safe. 1D) 84% of Americans do not want bank bailouts. Shareholders and bond holders? 2) France raises the retirement age from 62 to 64. The U.S. should also consider doing this. 3) Poland to send fighter jets to Ukraine. Film shows Russian jets intercepting U.S. drone and dropping fuel before crash. 4) Trump leading DeSantis in latest polling by 46-32%. In head to head, Trump leads 51-40%.
1) Federal Reserve, Treasury and FDIC step up and back ALL deposits to avert further bank runs. 1A) Stocks are up after a severe fallout on Monday when bank stocks were routed over concern for their very survival. 2) Inflation rose by 6% in February down slightly from January's rise of 6.4%. 3) More layoffs in the technology sector as Meta, formerly known as Facebook, announces 10K pink slips planned 3a) CA court rules Gig workers can be classifies as contractors rather than employees. 4) Biden OKs Alaska oil drilling project. The political leadership in Alaska was unanimous in its support. Project will produce 180K barrels a day and generate billions in tax revenue. Climate Environmentalists are outraged. We'll explain their lunacy. 4) Prosecutors appear to be targeting Trump over the Stormy Daniels payment for potential indictment. 5) Trump and DeSantis virtually tied in CNN poll at 37-39% while Haley and Pence are around 7% each. 6) DeSantis calls Russia - Ukraine was a territorial dispute and U.S. should limit involvement. We disagree on this one but still support DeSantis. 7) McConnell out of hospital with Rib Fracture from fall. Will rehab.
1) A Florida Federal Judge strikes down a Biden policy of "Catch and Release" Administration claims there are not enough facilities to handle the flow. We'll try policies to stop illegals from coming. 1A) Biden and his press secretary shrug off Fentanyl deaths and drugs continue to pour over the border. 1B) Republican Senators push for border wall construction to resume 2) Russia launches massive missile and drone attacks on civilian targets in cities across Ukraine in another example of blatant war crimes. 2A) Bakhmut may fall soon according to NATO General Secretary. 3) In a plan already labeled "it will not see the light of day", Biden again proposes raising taxes on those making over $400K by raising the Obama tax from 3.8% to 5%. We have a spending problem, not a tax problem. Biden wants 5.2% raise for Federal workers. 4) Job openings are at 10.8M 4A) Initial jobless claims are now at 211K lead by CA and NY 5) Jeffrey discusses the videos released on Fox News Tucker Carlson show and why Democrats are mad. 5A) Speaker McCarthy vows to release all of the footage to the public 6) In early polling, DeSAntis leads Trump by 25 in Florida however the role is reversed in other states.
1) Chairman Powell says Inflation is still too high and unemployment rates may go up to 4.5%. 1A) Sen. Elizabeth Warren goes off the rails in Senate testimony condemning the Federal Reserve's plan to fight inflation 2) Only 21% of U.S. households can afford homes currently listed for sale defined as 30% of median income for house payments. In 2021 that was 40%. 2A) Cost of housing is up 32% since the pandemic even with a 12% decline from the peak. 2B) The 30 year fixed has gone from 2.9% in 2021 to 5.34% in 2022 and 6.8% in 2023 2C) We have 2 job openings for every applicant. 2D) Car loans are now going out 7 years 3) Washington D.C. city Counsel pulls bill to weaken sentences for serious crimes after Congress turns up the heat. It furthers the narrative that Democrats are soft on crime. 4) An Antifa mob attacked an Atlanta police facility and 35 were arrested on domestic terrorism charges. All but 2 were from out of state. 5) Biden administration is pushing China to NOT supply weapons to Russia. Battles rage on in Ukraine and both sides are losing significant casualties. 6) In Politics, Biden approval is at 46% however just 37 % of Democrats want him to run for reelection. What are the alternatives? 6A) Sen. Fetterman still hospitalized for depression. 6B) Gov Larry Hogan will NOT seek the Republican nomination. 7) In the classified document investigations, both Democrats and Republicans claim the FBI is withholding information.
Guest - Jeffrey Dunetz Headline - Senate Rebukes Biden ESG Investing rules 1) A Bi-partisan Senate approved a bill to kill ESG investing rules. Biden Veto is likely. 2) Supreme Court to rule on Biden Student Loan Forgiveness likely in July. Legal doubts persist 3) In early polling, Trump leads DeSantis by 47% to 39% in Yahoo News/You gov poll. 3A) Emerson poll has Trump up by 20. 3B) 68% of voters do NOT want Biden to run!! 4) For the first time in 40 years an incumbent mayor in Chicago lost. She was a terrible mayor and crime was out of control. 4A) Chicago police officer killed by teenage suspect who is in critical condition after turning and firing on the deceased officer. Of course she blames gender, color and sexual preference for her loss. 5) Interest rates rise as 2 year notes top 5% and 10 year notes top 4% 5A) Core Inflation isat a record level in Europe. 9% in Germany 6) Secretary of State Blinken and his Russian counterpart Lavrov met briefly in India and discussed American Paul Whelan, war in Ukraine and Nuclear treaty
1) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis while not indicating he is running checks all of the boxes that indicate as such. 1A) DeSantis signs bill revoking Disney's self governing power in Florida. The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District is now in charge. Woke policies come back to haunt Disney 1B) Trump still leads in most polls while maintaining about 1/3 control of the Republican base 2) Biden plan to reduce and or eliminate student debt arguments go before the Supreme Court. Most of the benefit would go to rich kids attending Ivy league schools 4% of those get 12% of the aid, while 40% attending public schools get 21% of aid. 2A) If the court does not intervene, then the cost will be $400B over 3 years further running up U.S. Debt 3) Chinese virologist who worked on the Covid project says the lab leak was NOT an accident 4) Representative James Connor says the Treasury Department is "obstructing" the probe into the Biden family business schemes 5) Russian soldier losses are greater than all combined conflicts since WWII 6) Chicago Mayor election today as 8 candidates vie for the job. Will one of the worst mayors in America Lori Lightfoot be replaced?
1) According to recent polling, President Biden is gaining support among Democrats and left leaning Independents, while former President Trump support among Republicans and conservative Independents is falling. 2) Trump goes to Ohio train derailment prior to DOT Secretary Buttigieg who is now 2 weeks past the accident 3) Senator Tim Scott (R) South Carolina visits Iowa. This looks like a preview of coming attractions 4) Senator John Tester (D) Montana announces he will run for a 4th term in conservative Montana. 5) Sam Bankman-/Fried charged with 12 counts of making illegal campaign contributions. The scheme involves $40M 6) 23 House Republicans demand audit of Ukraine aid. 6A) Russian support for the war is hardening after waves of repression, propaganda and and crack downs on war opponents. 6B) Will it ultimately end up Russia versus NATO? 7) 9 Palestinians killed and 102 injured in Israeli raid. Jeffrey provides analysis.
1) Only 26% say the U.S. is going in the right direction 2) Biden's approval stays steady at 44% while 51% Disapprove 3) Migration continues from high tax and high crime states like CA, NJ and NY with state income tax rates of 13.3%, 10.75% and 8.82% 3A) They are moving to Florida, Texas and Tennessee with no state income tax. Florida is BOOMING 3B) Utah Governor asks Californians not to move to Utah- tongue in cheek. 4) In Economic news, retail sales were up 3% in January fueling speculation for higher interest rates for longer to cool the inflation further and slow consumer spending 4A) A bleak area for inflation is food prices which are up 11.3% year over year. 5) In Political stupid season the following were headlines: A. Biden calls Les Moore the new Governor of Maryland who happens to be Black "boy" . Not a shock as he calls many younger people "boy" B. Al Sharpton says Governor Ron DeSantis is trying to erase black history. Really? C. Marjorie Taylor Green calls Nikki Haley "Bush in heals". Really? D. Woke lunatics want to do away with the terms mom and dad. 6) It's been a bad week for crashes as train derailment stuns Ohio town and Black Hawk goes down in Alabama killing 2. 7) British intelligence says Russia is using 97% of its Army in Ukraine. Casualties mount on both sides.
1) Consumer Price Index increases 6.4% year over year while core CPI is up 5.6% Both of these figures are still too high and indicate higher interest rates for longer. Very slow progress bringing down inflation as food, housing and energy prices remain high. Interest rates spike. Markets fall.
2) Balloon fallout as White House provides little to no information. Intelligence community caught flat footed? 1 Balloon and 3 objects? One missile strike failed. Questions remain why administration allowed the balloon to travel across the U.S.? Electronic sensors recovered
3) 3 killed and 5 in critical condition at Michigan State. The shooter, a 43 year old black man not affiliated with the university or the students kills himself. No motive at this time?
4) Haley officially announces her candidacy for President. More to follow? Who can beat Trump? Reuters/Ipsos Poll Trump at 43%, DeSantis at 31% Haley at 4% 4a) America does not want a Biden-Trump redo.
5) U.S. advises American citizens to leave Russia. 6) Ukraine inflicting huge casualties on Russians as conflict appears to escalate. More Russian troops to the front? Potential Russian advance after months of stalemate?
1) Biden goes on the road and spells out blatant lies about Social Security and Republican policy 2) NH Governor Sununu positions himself for a Presidential run. Others to follow? 3) Senator John Fetterman hospitalized in D.C. 4) House Republicans press Hunter and Jim Biden for business documents. 5) Half of all Americans say they are worse off then one year ago 6) Disney joins the ranks of corporate cut backs by announcing 7,000 lay offs. 7) Democratic run cities in CA are facing a huge upswing in prostitution and similarly related crimes as a result of a stupid bill passed in the CA legislature which targeted support for LGBTQ people. Go figure. Widespread with little opportunity for police to stop it. 8) Roger Waters discussion - Jeffrey will discuss 9) Kevin Durant traded to Phoenix suns and Russell Westbrook to Utah for now.
Guest - Drew Allen Headline 1) 4 in 10 Americans say they are Worse off financially 2) Biden's dismal poll numbers: 34% believe he is honest 31% feel he is competent 28% believe he can handle a crisis 28% believe he is mentally and physically competent to be President 2A) 58% of Democrats prefer someone other than Biden as their nominee 49% of Republicans prefer someone other than Trump as their nominee 3) Democrats remove Iowa and New Hampshire from their slots in the Primary schedule. South Carolina will go first - To no surprise 4) Spy Balloon - Nuisance or real issue? 5) Border Chiefs to testify in House hearing. Secretary Mayorkis initially said No to two officials before relenting. 6) Jay Powell talks Economics and Interest Rates at the Economic Club of Washington D.C. 7) 7.8 Earthquake kills 5,000 in Syria and Turkey
Federal Reserve Raises the Federal Funds Rate 25 Basis Points 1) The NASDAQ rallies huge up over 15% year to date 1A) Inflation still high. Could we see disinflation? 1B) Biden floats idea of capping credit card late fees. The earliest it could happen would be 2024 if at all. Lots of obstacles. 2) McCarthy meets Biden and says they can reach common ground? 3) Direct TV censorship of Newsmax draws Republican scrutiny 3A) Culture Wars - Smithsonian kicked out a student who was wearing a pro life hat. This should not happen. 4) Republicans introduce Articles of Impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkis 5) Omar to be kicked off Foreign Relations Committee? 5A) Lawyer for Hunter Biden admits the laptop is his. 6) Nikki Haley prepares 2024 run 7) Biden approval at 44%
Headline - Where is the Economy Prior to Fed Decision? 1) Consumer spending appears to be slowing as credit card usage on balances grows. 1A) The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points at the conclusion of their meeting tomorrow. Inflation has slowed to 5% year over year however the elevated prices show no signs of reversing. 1B) Exxon reports earnings of $55.7B 2) McCarthy and Biden to discuss debt ceiling limit. The country is capped at $31.4T are we are there. 3) In politics, the DOJ has refused to provide Jim Jordan's committee the Biden documents claiming their investigation is ongoing. This is a stall tactic. 3A) Georgia prosecutors have given notice to Trump orbit of possible criminal charges in their vote investigation. 4) Trump hits DeSantis in his South Carolina rally even thought he has yet to announce his candidacy. 5) Texas Governor Greg Abbott announces appointment of Border Czar to help with migrant surge. 6) Republicans and Democrats make up about 28% each of registered voters while Independents are at 41%.
Guest - Tom Amenta Headline - Economy Expands in Q-4 2022 1) Gross Domestic Product expands by 2.9% in Q-4. First time unemployment claims fall below 190K. 1A) For the full year 2022, growth was 2.1% 2) Democrats at he White House are mad at Chevron for distributing profits to shareholders with Dividends and stock buy backs 3) Russia fumes as the west sends tanks to Ukraine. Russia fires missiles at civilian targets and kills 11 4) Representatives Schiff and Swalwell removed from Intelligence committee as McCarthy promised 4A) Schiff announces he is running for Senate in CA. Rep. Katie Porter previously announced. 5) In Memphis, the city is on edge as a release of the police video is pending. A man was stopped for traffic violation, tried to evade police. Pursuit took place, suspect was taken to hospital and died 3 days later. All parties involved are black - The victim, the 5 cops and the police chief. Police chief says excessive force used by cops. District Attorney charging all five with second degree murder and additional charges 6) Trump reinstated on Facebook and Instagram. Does anyone care?
How many More Classified Documents Exist? !) Biden is at it again. Is there a cover up in the works? 64% of Americans are concerned 1A) Ron Klain leaving s Chief of Staff replaced by Jeff Zients 2) 3 Mass shooting in CA leave 19 dead and many wounded 3) Atlanta mayhem as radical environmental activists attack downtown buildings after member shot by police returning fire kill one of their own. 6 arrested. 4) Democrats escalate fight as Minority Leader Jeffries names Schiff and Swalwell to Intelligence committee challenging McCarthy. 5) Democrats want no debt ceiling and unlimited government borrowing. Typical radical policy. 56% of Americans favor limited government shutdown to additional spending. 6) American credit card balances head higher as people borrow to live beyond their means.. 7) Germany to allow Poland to deliver German made tanks to Ukraine. 8) Trump leads Biden by 3 in Emerson poll.
1) Biden appears clueless on Document scandal 2) Putin's status. Has he withdrawn and become laconic - Jeffrey discusses the ramifications More advanced weapons to Ukraine. 3) Woke gone crazy - No aloha, hola or shalom? National Hockey League Pride Night drives their fans away. USC - No more "fields"? 4) Microsoft to lay off 10,000 and Crypto firm Genesis to file for bankruptcy? Stocks fall on Recession concerns. 4A) Debt ceiling talk heats up in Washington. We'll provide analysis. 5) In Atlanta, a tree huger protester shot at law enforcement at a cop training site and when fire was returned, he met his maker. Was it really worth it over a tree and defending a forest? 6) Biden approval falls to 40% in Reuters/Ipsos poll nearly matching his all time low of 39%. This is not a good sign prior to the 80 year old announcing his re-election bid.
1) GOP wants visitor log at Biden Delaware home that does not exist 2) GOP House Representative Comer says Biden administration should make budget cuts now to avoid Debt Default 3) NYC Mayor Adams says NTC has no more room for illegal immigrants 3A) U.S. returns migrants to Cuba (6K so far last year) and Haiti. 4) High rise apartment building in Dnipro, Ukraine hit by missile and 40 dead including children. Russia wants to seize Donbas by March 5) Davos, Switzerland meeting to discuss war, Economic woes and Climate change - Sure they would?? 6) 6 dead in gang related shooting in California central valley. 7) NFL Divisional play-off games are set. We hit 5 of 6 game winners only missing the Minnesota Vikings loss to the NY Giants. We also hit 4-2 against the spread with NY Giants and Miami spoiling the party. ReplyForward
1) Consumer Price Index in line with expectations. Gas fell 9% in December while food was up 12% year over year 2) Biden Declassified Documents - The left defends him, the opposite of Trump. More documents found in his Delaware home. 3) Biden approval rises to 44% and Disapproval falls to 52%. Still upside down but improving. 4) Democratic Representatives Schiff, Omar and Swalwell removed from Intelligence and Foreign Relations Committees 5) Putin changes Generals again as stalemate continues in Ukraine 6) Natural Gas Stove Fiasco. Another far left disaster 7) We like San Francisco, Jacksonville, Buffalo, Minnesota, Cincinnati and Dallas in this weekend Play-off games
1) McCarthy won on 15th ballot to become Speaker of the House 1A) Next step is voting on the rules 2) Biden visited the border in El Paso over the weekend. Too little too late. He did not even have the decency to invite the Governor of Texas Greg Abbott who was forced to pen a letter to Biden. 2B) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis deploys the Florida National Guard as migrant come to the Keys 3) Biden appears to be planning to run in 2024 despite a 42% approval rating 4) Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow announces her retirement as she will not seek re-election for a 5th term. 5) Georgia Grand Jury completes Trump work, issues a report and is disbanded. They had no power to prosecute but can recommend action for another grand jury. 6) In Economic news, Goldman Sachs to lay off 3,200 employees 6A) 7,000 nurses strike in NYC over pay and support 7) Massive protests rock Brazil capital. 8) NFL Play-off picture is settled and Demar Hamlin continues his remarkable improvement.
1) McCarthy Speaker - He loses 7th vote? 1A) Despite concessions, no deal in voting. 1 Member to call vote to oust speaker More Freedom Caucus members on Rules Committee Promised votes on term limits Leadership Pacs to stay out of Open primaries 1B) Republicans increasingly look incapable of governing. 2) Hamlin shows sign of improvement 3) Putin announces cease fire for 2 days and says territory must be conceded to end war. 3A) Ukraine asks for tanks 4) Amazon announces lay offs of 18K jobs joining other tech firms in announcing large cuts 4A) However, December payrolls grow by 235K 5) Biden turning attention to the border - looks that way. 5A) U.S. will turn away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans
1) McCarthy fails on 4th vote despite getting 90% of the vote 1A) Trump calls on Republicans to vote for McCarthy 1B) Chip Roy nominates Byron Donald as Dumpster Fire grows 2) Biden, McConnell and the Governors of Ky and Ohio meet for photo op for bridge construction between KY and Ohio celebrating infrastructure deal. 3) College murder suspect on the way back to Idaho to face 4 murder charges 4) Sam Bankman Fried pleads not guilty to numerous fraud charges 5) Ukraine spy chief warns of strikes deeper into Russia
1) Kevin McCarthy in battle for Speaker of the House - We support him! 1A) Freedom Caucus and other far right Republicans refuse to budge 1B) Fox News Brian Kilmead - "They are looking like idiots". - We agree 1C) McConnell becomes the longest serving leader in Senate history. 2) NFL Shocker as Demar Hamlin remains in critical condition following cardiac arrest on MNF. 2A) CPR performed for 6-8 minutes to restart his heart following collapse. Game postponed. 3) Kohberger the Idaho 4 murder suspect to be in court today in PA. 4) Migrants landing in Florida Keys. 212K got away in the last 3 months including 72K last month. 5) Russians angry as numerous troops killed in strikes with estimates at 400-500 dead. 6) Apple stock hits 52 week low as market capitalization falls below $2T. Stocks fall to start the year. 7) Pope Emeritus Benedict lies in state at St. Peters Basilica
1) Death toll up to 27 in Buffalo as massive blizzard swamps the city. 50 dead nationwide. 1A) Record cold and travel delays over the holidays. Southwest cancels 75% of flights yesterday. 2) Texas relocates 3 busloads of migrants to VP Harris residence. Liberals outraged. White House condemns 3) Ukraine launching attacks inside Russia. 3 killed at Russian base and 620 killed over the Christmas weekend. 3A) Ukraine says it is open to peace talks at the UN in February. Putin says there is a path to talks while the foreign minister demands surrender. 4) Retail sales were up 7.6% over the holidays 5) Denver Broncos fire coach Nathaniel Hackett in first year on the job.
The Schaftlein Report | Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All Guest - Jeffrey Dunetz
1) Zelenskyy to speak to joint session of Congress 2) Senate moving to pass Omnibus $1.7T spending bill 3) Title 42 on temporary hold issued by Supreme Court. Biden reluctantly asks for extension short term 4) In 7 Blue states, (WA, MASS, NJ, Minn, Hawaii, Colo. Oregon and R.I.) unemployment insurance, medicaid, food stamps and Obama care benefits total around $98K. Democrats are paying people not to work. Permanent wards of the state. No wonder they vote democrat. 5) Sam Bankman-Fried to waive extradition back to U.S. 6) Stacey Abrams campaign spent $100M to lose and is $1M in debt 7) Biden calls Irish Americans idiots? 8) The humorous difference between Christmas and Hanukkah - Jeffrey 9) We'll be back on Tuesday 12-27 for final year end show! 1) Zelenskyy to speak to joint session of Congress 2) Senate moving to pass Omnibus $1.7T spending bill 3) Title 42 on temporary hold issued by Supreme Court. Biden reluctantly asks for extension short term 4) In 7 Blue states, (WA, MASS, NJ, Minn, Hawaii, Colo. Oregon and R.I.) unemployment insurance, medicaid, food stamps and Obama care benefits total around $98K. Democrats are paying people not to work. Permanent wards of the state. No wonder they vote democrat. 5) Sam Bankman-Fried to waive extradition back to U.S. 6) Stacey Abrams campaign spent $100M to lose and is $1M in debt 7) Biden calls Irish Americans idiots? 8) The humorous difference between Christmas and Hanukkah - Jeffrey 9) We'll be back on Tuesday 12-27 for final year end show!
1) Title 42 Ends Wednesday. Mainstream Media finally reporting on the CRISIS. 1A) El Paso in crisis. City declares state of emergency 1B) Biden has tried to end Trump's Remain in Mexico Policy but a federal judge has said NO. 1C) Denver mayor declares state of emergency when only 650 illegals arrive. 2) Bankman - Fried agrees to waive extradition. Still in Bahamian jail. 2A) Prosecutors looking at political donations 3) Sen. Manchin dodges question on if he will leave Democratic party and be an Independent. while trying to move a Natural gas pipeline forward that was stalled in the senate. Democrats voted 40-10 against him. 3A) Coal use is at a record high globally 4) Trump backs McCarthy and says 5 Conservatives should stand down. 4A) Trump's NFT is ridiculed by Republicans but sells out at $99 for 44K units. 5) Twitter story unfolds as FBI was in constant contact with Twitter officials. 5A) Musk loses Twitter poll to remain CEO 5B) Conservatives previously banned return to Twitter 6) Goldman Sachs to lay off 4K employees 7) New England loses on one of the dumbest plays in NFL history. Beyond stupid 7A) Mike McCarthy blows game and Dallas loses on interception to Jacksonville. I'll explain the poor coaching. 7B) Washington is a victim of 1 questionable call and 1 terrible officiating calls at the end of the game on a non pass interference call. How is this missed? 7C) Colts blow 33-0 lead in worst collapse in NFL history 8) Mark Levin calls for special prosecutor to investigate the Biden Family and Joe Biden specifically. 9) ,Illinois ends cash bail. Judges now decide. 10) Congratulations to Argentina for winning World Cup!
The Schaftlein Report | Government Spending as Usual. Guest - Jeffrey Dunetz 1) House passes Short term spending bill and paves the way fora $1.7T Omnibus bill to fund the government through 9-30-23. 1A) Sen. Rand Paul rails against the bill 3,000 pages nobody has read. 2) The Federal Reserve raises interest rates 50 basis points putting the Fed Funds rate in a range of 4.25% to 4.375% 2A) Federal Reserve projects .5% growth in 2023. Says we have a 3.5M person labor shortage. 2B) Rates have risen by 425 basis points this year and the projection is to take the Federal Funds Rate to 5.1% and hold there for an extended time. 2C) Stocks getting hammered down about 2% 3) The worlds largest Crypto firm Binance is under criminal investigation for money laundering according to the Justice Department. $3B of customer funds requested on Tuesday to be returned as redemptions soar. 4) Ken Griffin tax records leaked by IRS. We'll explain why this is important and a disgrace. 5) Washington Post announces layoffs after losing 500K subscribers.Woke staffers wearing masks panic and whine about their jobs. SORRY 6) U.S. sues Arizona for using containers to seal the border. You can't make this up. We have a radical government.
1) Senate budget negotiators on verge of reaching massive spending deal to fund government through 2023. 1A) Efforts to freeze spending levels at this year levels blocked by Democrats and $16B in earmarks are included in the bill 2) McConnell pounds Trump as main cause of poor GOP performance in mid terms with advancing "lesser candidate quality" 2A) Support for Trump plummets among Republicans 3) Sam Bankman Fried denied bail. Among charges he faces is making illegal campaign contributions circumventing laws 4) As border continues be wide open, calls for DHS Secretary Mayorkis to resign increase. 4A) CA Gov. Newsome warns Democrats to address the issue saying inaction is not a strategy 5) 7th Federal Reserve rate hike today will bring the Fed funds rate to a range of 4.125 to 4.25%. This is the highest fed funds rate in 15 years. 5A) Inflation is costing the average American family about $400 extra per month. 6) U.S. is finalizing plans to send Patriot Missile defense systems to Ukraine. 7) Amid a crime wave in Seattle, the city counsel has voted to cut the police budget - Yes that makes sense??? Only in a liberal bastion 8) In Cancel Culture, the city of Detroit will remove the name Dr. Ben Carson from a high school. Why - Because he is associated with Trump. 9) When Republicans take control of congress, the investigations on Biden corruption will focus on the money trail from Hunter to Joe. Stay tuned!
1) Sam Bankman Fried arrested in the Bahamas at request of U.S. government. Multiple charges filed. 1A) House holds hearings with newly appointed FTX CEO John Ray as efforts begin to understand how the fraud occurred. 1B) SEC says fraud took place for years 2) CPI Index up .1% in November and 7.1% year over year, below forecast of 7.3%. 2A) Core CPI excluding food and energy up .2% and 6% yearly. 2B) Interest rates fall after the news. 2 year note down to 4.2% and 10 year note at 3.5% 2C) Services makes up 73% of CPI and that number was still high. 2D) 50 basis point increase slated for this week, then 25 basis points in January and 25 basis points in February. This will bring the terminal Fed Funds rate to 4.88% by February 3) Mexican police escort 1,000 migrants that illegally crossed into El Paso. 5,000 are in custody and the system is overwhelmed. 3A) 16K have crossed in 2 days. Border is wide open 4) Ukraine repels 11 Russian attacks as battles rage on. 5) Iran executes a 2nd protester who was a young student. Protests rage. 6) Appeals Court rules Catholic hospitals do not have to perform Trans operations 7) Sen. Manchin has "No intention" of changing parties, "at this time" 8) 58% of voters do NOT want Biden to run. No surprise as his approval is 42%. 8A) DeSantis leads Trump by 56-33 in USA Today/Suffolk University poll 9) Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach dies at 61 of heart disease.
The Schaftlein Report | Senate Shake up 1) Sen. Sinema leaving the Democratic party - non committal on Biden support. 2) Twitter censuring of Conservatives spreads exposing numerous lies by Democrats. 2A) Rep. Rho Khana (D) agrees to Twitter censorship hearings. 3) St. Louis Mayor Tishauna Jones seeks reparations - seriously? 4) NYC to forcibly hospitalize homeless with mental illness - This is an interesting idea that we support trying 5) Producer Price Index was up .3% in November and 7.4% from a year ago. 5A) Federal Reserve meets this week and will likely raise interest rates 50 basis pints to combat inflation. 6) McCarthy continues to deal with the 5 Republicans who will not support him despite all he has done for the party. This could lead to a disastrous start for the party unless the 5 far right wing conservatives come around. We'll explore a solution. 7) Supreme Court to take up 2nd Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Fraud scheme. 2 Appellate courts have already blocked the plan. 8) Crime report - Exploding all over the country. The latest example - A 77 year old Atlanta woman in a gated community killed by a young black man stealing her car. The car was recovered while the suspect is at large. 8A) Multiple cases of victims assaulted and then killing the attacker. Maybe there is some justice.
Guest - Jeffrey Dunetz 1) Russia said no on Whelan but Biden and Blinkin secure Griner 1A) A marine is left in Russia while a celebrity is sent home. This is a tough look. Whelan family supports the decision. 2) Zelensky named Person of the Year by Time if that matters anymore - good selection 2A) Ukraine strikes deep inside Russia at bases launching attacks on Ukraine 3) Blackrock and Citibank warn of coming Recession 3A) Administration announces $36B bailout of Teamster pension fund. The money came from a previously passed "American Rescue Fund" Another union pay back with our tax dollars. 4) Biden approval at 43% and a plurality of Democrats do not want him to run for 2024. We predict he will run. 5) Trump comes under more criticism in wake of another defeat in Georgia of his chosen candidate. 5A) The Republican base did not show the same enthusiasm as the Democrats and did not vote as 400K fewer voted in Dec.run off. 6) How Biden froze the Abraham accords 7) AOC under investigation by House ethics committee?
1) 51.4% to 48.6% win in Run Off by 95K votes. When they had the General back in November Warnock bested Walker by 49.4 - 48.5 1A) Warnock gained 2 points while Walker gained only .1%. The marginal Republican base stayed home while Warnock voters turned out. 1B Democrats outpaced Republicans by 200K votes in pre-election day voting. 1C Polling was pretty accurate on this race. Insider Advantage nailed it exactly. 2) Why did he win: Metro Atlanta DeKalb County 87-13 Clayton County 89-11 Fulton county 77-23 Gwinnett County 62-38 Cobb County 60-40 3) Analysis: Walker was a first time candidate with non transparent baggage that turned off some conservative voters. The negative Trump effect - we'll explain Walker campaigned thinking he could win a larger % of black vote. A HUGE miscalculation. Residency in the state? Outspent 3 to 1 by Democrats Marginal Republicans did not vote for Walker and some shifted their vote to Warnock. Now they will suffer the consequences. Did race play a role in lower than expected rural turn out? 4) Media influence - Fox news did not even show Warnock victory speech instead running a Gutfeld show. In Other news: 5) NDAA moves closer to reality - The National Defense Authorization Act. We'll discuss what is in it and what is not. 6) 1-6 committee sends over a criminal referral to the DOJ. 6A) Trump company found guilty of tax fraud in NY court. 7) Rep. Andy Biggs to challenge Kevin McCarthy for Speaker after losing by 85% to 15% in the first vote. Why are Republicans the party of stupid? 8) Federal Reserve continues its balance sheet run off reducing it by $95B per month. The U.S. total Debt to GDP ratio is at 420%. Not good.
The Schaftlein Report | Walker/Warnock Race Brings Election 2022 to a Close Guest - Tom Amenta 1) Warnock favored by 3 in Run off polls show 2) House to repeal Vaxcine mandate for military service personnel 3) Biden visit to Arizona will not include Border visit. "More important thing sot deal with" He doesn't care about the 4M that have crossed. 4) McCarthy to McConnell - "No omnibus deal" for budget. We agree 100% 5) White House calls Twitter Hunter Biden Story "old news". Musk - "much more to come" 6) Senators throw cold water on Impeachment talk even of Mayorkis. We'll discuss. 7) Biden 2024 decision will come in the new year according to chief of staff Ron Klain. 8) Avenatti gets 14 years for stealing money from clients
1) 263K jobs added in November. Unemployment rate holds at 3.7% 1A) B of A CEO Moynahan says wage growth needs to slow or there is a higher risk of wage price spiral which will further drive up inflation. 1C) European Union agrees to $60 a barrel price cap on Russian oil. Russia says it will not export oil. 1D) Wall street banks cutting bonus pools by 30% in precursor to recession 1E) Larry Summers expects a sharp down turn in the economy in 2023 2) Democrats move to make South Carolina the first voting primary state replacing Iowa. Payback for Jim Clayburn supporting Biden and his winning the nomination in 2020. Nevada/ New Hampshire to follow then Georgia and Michigan. 2A) Harmeet Dhillon challenges McDaniel for RNC leadership. 3) Warnock holds small leads in numerous polls and 1.557M already voted in GA. 52% Democratic votes and 39% Republican votes 4) Republican John Duarte flips CA Central Valley U.S. House district by winning just over 50% and taking the final seat giving Republicans a 222-212 advantage in the House. 5) Trump becomes unhinged saying he should be returned to power and the Constitution terminated. 6) Musk releases Hunter Biden suppression strategy exposing Brennan, Clapper, Peneta and CIA Chief Mike Hayden as liars for claiming Russian Disinformation 7) Blasts at 2 air bases in Russia kill 3 as Kremlin launches missile strikes on Ukraine.
1) Some Republicans say NO to huge spending bill and push for short term resolution.
1A) $45B added to military budget for 2023 to $847B
2) House committee obtains 6 years of Trump tax returns
3) Biden student loan deferral scheme cost taxpayers $5B per month. A 3 judge Federal Appeals Court unanimously reject Biden's plan.
4) Federal Reserve Chairman Powell says rate increases will slow to 50 basis points in the December meeting.
4A) Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) Index declined to 6% in October from 6.3% in September.
4B) Core CPA which excludes food and energy declined to 5% in October from 5.2% in September
4C) CPI was 7.7% in October and is expected to decline marginally in November
5) Warnock up by 51-49 over Walker in GA Senate race. Early voting shatters records. Outgoing Lt. Gov in Georgia did not vote for Walker. Amazing dunce.
6) 5 Bonehead Republicans still oppose McCarthy for speaker. If this holds, we will be the party of stupid.
7) Jeffrey discusses the 75 year anniversary of UN Resolution approving a separate Jewish state and the lack of recognition from Arabs.
1) Short term spending bill or long term? Military or discretionary spending.
This is the debate on government funding bill. We'll dive into it.
1A) Biden wants to prioritize spending for Ukraine and Covid along with the Defense Authorization.
2) "Flat out lie" - Oil companies claim Biden is lying saying domestic oil production is discouraged in the U.S.
citing 125 actions taken to reduce domestic production
3) The economy grew at a revised rate of 2.9% in Q-3 up from a 2.6% initial figure.
The forecast for Q-4 is 1%
4) McConnell casts doubt on Trump after diner with White Nationalist
5) Crypto "death spiral" continues as another firm called Bitfront closes.
Numerous crypto firms paid high interest rates on crypto deposits that had no backing other than fictional coins they created and leveraged up and borrowed on.
A Classic Ponzi Scheme unraveling.
6) Something called a "non-binary who worked in the Biden Administration charged with stealing luggage in an airport.
This is INSANE. Male/Female - no, Heterosexual/Homosexual - no.
The insanity of identity politics
1) Walker and Warnock tied in latest polling in Georgia Senate Race
2) Virginia Congressman Don McEachin has died leaving the House at 222-212. A new election will take place in 2023 to determine
a new member. Appointments are not allowed.
2A) 5 Republicans are holding out against McCarthy for now but will likely work out a resolution so the Republican Party is united.
3) Glen Youngkin for President in 2024 - We'll discuss as his tenure as Governor of Virginia is going very well.
3A) Frank Cannon a chief strategist at Pro life America says he is great on virtually every issue however his stance on Abortion needs to change.
We'll explain the fallacy in that type of thinking and how it needs to change if we want to win a national election.
4) Republican National Committee is undertaking an election review headed by Haley Barbour a veteran GOP strategist.
We are up against Big tech, media and early voting among many issues - We'll add our voice to the debate
5) The White House walks back Biden gun comments. Are we surprised? No
6) Musk to release Twitter suppression on Hunter Biden laptop
1) Following mass shootings, Biden want to ban semi - automatic weapons.
The Senate says "No"
1A) In a typical holiday weekend, 28 shot and 5 fatally in Chicago.
2) Warnock out raising Walker 3-1 in GA run off. Holds small lead as voting starts. Who will turn out?
3) DeKalb county, GA homeowner kills one and wounds three as criminals tried to rob the owner. No charges filed. GOOD
4) Trump 2024 - Republicans yawn as it generates little excitement and plenty of potential challengers line up
4A) Ca Gov. Newsome says he has ruled out 2024 run. (We'll see?)
4B) Final House numbers 222-213 Republican. McCarthy still projected to be Speaker despite far right grumblings and current no votes
5) Biden approval at 42-56 post election.
5A) Biden to allow Chevron to drill oil off Venezuela cost to bring to America. Huh/ What about U.S. drilling?
6) Diesel prices are up 50% this year on tight supplies. This effects ships, trucks, trains and tractors leading to higher inflation and rising prices.
Democrats are to blame.
7) The global warming effect - We have a 56 year high on snow covered ground in North America and a forecast of a cold winter.
8) BlockFi files for bankruptcy s fallout continues from FTX Ponzi scheme
9) Federal Reserve Governor Williams says further tightening needed to cool inflation. Recession fears and China protests cause stocks to fall
10) College Football poll and play-off projection:
- Georgia
- Michigan
- TCU
- USC
- Ohio State
- Alabama
1) Incoming Speaker Kevin McCarthy has demanded action to secure our southern border demanding DHS Secretary Mayorkis resign
for misrepresenting to congress the security status at the border. We agree 100%!
If he does not resign, he will be Impeached by the new congress
2) Biden Administration extends student loan payments until 6-30-23 using covid as an excuse while the Supreme Court decides the
case on an emergency request. This is a blatant abuse of unauthorized power the President does not have.
2A) Biden had previously promised to end the deferment on 12-31-22. This is terrible policy and an act of socialism giving relief not approved by congress.
3) Kevin Kiley (R) wins a U.S. House seat in CA pushing Republicans to a 221-213 majority. I seat is left to be determined.
4) Supreme Court rules Trump must turn over his tax returns to House committees.
5) CBS news now confirms the Hunter Laptop is real 2 years after the fact. The cover up stinks.
6) 6 killed in Walmart mass shooting in Virginia. Gunman kills himself.
7) In the FTX fraud case, there are substantial assets stolen or missing
8) Musk finds closets full of "stay woke" shirts at Twitter
9) Violent protests take place at Chinese factory that produces I-phones over wages. Workers beaten as covid lock down policies continue.
10) Jobless claims hit 240K, highest level since August.
11) Travel safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
1) David Valado (R) wins CA-22 and the Republicans now have a 220-213 advantage.
1A) Two races remain uncalled and the Republican is way ahead in one race and extremely close in the other.
The final total will either be 221-214 or 222-213 Republican control.
2) Warnock leads Walker 51-47 in AARP poll.
88% of black voters going to Warnock. 61% of 18-49 year olds and 54% of Independents for Warnock.
Voters over 49 heavily favor Walker.
3) Oregon governor pardons 45K marijuana convictions.
4) Emerson poll shows Biden at 39% approval and 53% disapproval.
5) Jeffrey explains what a Woke Thanksgiving is.
1) Adam Frisch concedes to Lauren Boebert giving Republicans a 219-213 advantage in the House.
Three seats still undecided in CA. Republicans lead in two of them.
1A) Lisa Murkowsky takes the lead in Alaska Rank Choice Voting scheme likely headed to win.
2) McCarthy vows to remove Eric Swalwell, Adam Schiff and Ilhan Omar from House committees.
3) Biden turned 80 this past weekend.
3A) Trump welcomed back on Twitter by Musk. Pompeo says "GOP tired of losing" referring to Trump's contribution toward the losses.
3B) Tubberville is the only Senator to currently endorse Trump
3C) Like it or not, Republicans vow to embrace early voting and some form of ballot harvesting to compete.
3D) Majority of Hispanic voters want tougher border enforcement
4) In Economic news, 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.
4A) Workers expect top receive a 4.6% pay increase in 2023
4B) Soaring diesel prices which are $1.61 over gasoline are causing food prices to go up.
5) Biden administration asks the Supreme Court to intervene in his illegal scheme to cancel student debt without authorization from congress.
6) FTX owes creditors $8B. Democrats under pressure to return money for creditors.
7) Mass shooting kills 5 in Colorado
Schaftlein Report | How Big will the Republican House margin be?
Guest - Drew Allen
1) Republicans are currently leading in 4 uncalled races. 3 are in CA and the Lauren Boebert race in Colorado
1A) 218 Seats secured. Likely final number is 221 or 222 which would be a 7 or 9 seat advantage.
B) Pelosi announcement
2) GA Democrats sue to overturn State election law that no voting within 2 days of a holiday.
Passed in 2016 with Bi-partisan support.
3) Pompeo - "We need a leader who doesn't claim victim hood"
3A) Trump announcement scaring off nobody?
4) Karen Bass wins LA Mayor race - We'll break down the numbers
5) Title 42 ends at the border. Likely flood of illegals to continue.
5A) Lindsay Graham - "No immigration deal until border is secure"...We've heard this before?
6) Same sex marriage bill passes filibuster and likely to codify the law. No real change here as nothing is new.
7) No trace of student killer in Idaho or the weapon.
8) FTX Bankruptcy "Complete failure of corporate controls" new CEO who oversaw Enron.
In my opinion, this will be worse than Enron.
Schaftlein Report | Trump Announces 3rd Run at Presidency
Guest - Jeffrey Dunetz
1) 61% of Republicans say he should run
1A) 47% support him, 33% support DeSantis
1B) VP Pence - "There will be better choices", National Review Editorial Board - "NO"
2) McConnell claims he will win today's Senate Leadership vote. We support him.
3) DeSantis receives standing ovation at Republican Governors meeting in Orlando.
3A) He leads Trump by 7-8 points in Iowa, New Hampshire, FL and GA.
4) Republicans achieve 218 in House as CA-3 district winner Kevin Kiley declared. Media and AP not yet calling the race.
5) Gov. Abbott expands migrant busing to Philadelphia
6) Administration claims large amount of student loans will default. So what? They tried to forgive them illegally.
7) FTX collapse appears to show $1B in client funds missing. Will the Democratic party return $25M donated to creditors?
8) Missile as NOT launched from Russia.
1) 217 - 205 with 13 races not called. Democrats lead in 9 and Republicans in 4.
1A) Republicans meet today to to elect speaker designate. Kevin McCarthy against Andy Biggs
1B) Republicans need to figure out Mail in Voting. Florida they did. Elsewhere no so much.
2) Katie Hobbs defeats Kari Lake 50.4 to 49.6. Hobbs refused to debate.
3) Trump to make announcement tonight. He is upside down by 36 points among Independents.
Joe and Mark discuss pros and cons
4) LA Mayors race, Karen Bass leads Rick Caruso by 52-48 or 29K votes. He spent $100M.
She campaigned on abortion even though it is not a local issue in LA or CA.
She was a crime victim of burglary earlier this year and rarely discussed crime or homelessness.
What does this tell us?
5) Biden at 42% Approval post election
6) Core Producer Price Index smaller than expected as a possible indication of cooling inflation. It is still at 8%.
7) Biden Administration forces out Radical Border Commissioner Chris Mangus. Scapegoat.
8) Russian missile strikes hit residential buildings in Ukraine cities
9) Iran Parliament votes to execute 15K protesters
1) No Incumbent Senators lost. Republicans outspent $68M to $35M in PA and $30M to $10M in AZ.
1A) Inflation was top issue by 31%, Abortion next at 27%, but top issue for Democrats by 66%.
1B) Republicans gained significantly with Latinos losing by 21 but that is a fain from 2018 where they were -40.
Working class latinos broke toward Republicans
1C) 67% of voters do NOT want Biden to run in 2024
1D) Trump WAS a HUGE negative for Republicans and looks pathetic attacking DeSantis and Youngkin.
1E) Democrats won voters under the age of 30 by 28 points, under 45 by 13 points but lost over 45 by 10 points.
1F) Then8% of undecided voters broke toward Democrats. Independents were about even and that is a problem for Republicans.
1G) Even though Republicans got 5M more votes, redistricting worked in Democrats favor.
2) The House is currently Projected to go Republican by 219-216 but races are still very tight and could go either way.
For McCarthy to win Speaker post, he will have to deal with the Freedom coalition of very conservative members.
3) Republican Governors in NH, TX, GA and FL post huge wins by good governing.
4) The 2020 and 2022 Democratic coalition came through. college educated women were huge for Democrats.
5) Western states Arizona, CA and Nevada need to improve the speed of vote counting. Otherwise, the elections appears to be clean.
This is important for election integrity.
6) A federal judge in Texas halts Biden Student Loan forgiveness plan.
7) 4 students killed in Idaho and 3 Virginia football players killed by former player.
7A) 27 shot and 5 fatally in Chicago.
1) McCarthy in line to become speaker if Republicans hold on in the house. Current projection is 220-215.
2) Run off in Georgia. Walker got 200,000 less votes than Brian Kemp
2A) Arizona and Nevada Laxalt up 15K with 84% counted . Delayed Counting is insane and wrong.
3) Democrats captured Single women vote by 30 points with single women saying 68% cast their vote on abortion and won the demographic age of 18-39.
Republicans carried Married men and Women.
3A) Independents voted Democrats 49-47. Both parties voted 96-4
4) Democrats felt Abortion was the main issue 76%, Inflation 28%.
5) Biden says he plans to run in 2024 and will make decision early in 2023.
6) Republicans won 50M votes 52.3% versus Democrats 44M 46.2% a 6.1% gap. The Generic ballot was 2.5%.
6A) The losses were very close in Democratic districts. Not nearly as many seats flipped as predicted. Current gain is 9 which would be a 219-216 House.
6B) Democrats put money into races they needed to defend.
6C) Democrats won state legislatures in Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania
6D) Finally goodbye Beto and Stacey
7) CPI comes in at 7.7% less than expected and the stock market is soaring. Core inflation was .3% in October.
Medical Services, used cars, apparel and energy services lead the decline
8) Crypto firm FTX on verge of bankruptcy. Potential malfeasance
9) Russians announce withdrawal from Kherson, Ukraine
1) Governor Ron DeSantis +19 and Senator Marco Rubio +17 have huge wins in Florida.
Dade and Palm Beach counties flip to Republican. $73M spent on Demings to lose hugely
2) Young voters propelled Fetterman in PA by 3 points in a total disaster for Republicans.
3) GA likely goes to run off as expected. Warnock has small lead.
3A) Nevada results not likely known until Saturday. Extremely close with 120K ballots outstanding.
Laxalt leads by 23K with 80% counted. Potential only Senate incumbent to lose and best hope for Republican flip.
4) Republicans likely to flip House in much closer races with projections of 220-215. A +10 pick up. 218 Needed for control.
4A) Senate appears to show 49 - 49 Tie with run off in GA and the Nevada race in the balance.
5) Longshot states WA Murray +14, NH Hassan +10, Bennett +12 were fools gold - All blowouts
6) Johnson wins by 1% (27K votes) in Wisconsin.
7) Arizona is too close to call however likely to stay Democrat as Kelly leads
8) Vance wins big in red Ohio +7. Budd holds North Carolina by 3.
9) Kemp wins big in GA +9 as Abrams burns $105M and Abbott wins in TX +9. Arizona Governor race too close to call at Lake needs to make up 10K votes.
9A) Hocul wins by 5 in NY as Zeldon outperformed. House seats flip in NY.
9B) Mastriano crushed in Pennsylvania Governors race.
10) Early voting crushed Republicans.
11) Inflation and Abortion WERE the top issues.
12) This was a Disastrous night for Trump Republicans
1) Joe Biden is at 39% approval in the Reuters - Ipsos poll on Election Day.
Mainstream Media polls have him in the low to mid 40's
1A) In the CNN summary poll of 5 accredited firms, the Biden approval sits at 40% and 54% disapprove. We believe this is accurate.
1B) The final Generic Ballot has the GOP +2. This is very good news!
2) Prognostications:
1A) Larry Sabato Crystal Ball Senate 51-49 House +24 237-198. Walker and Oz win.
1B) WSJ expects Republicans to pick up 17% of Black vote and north of 45% of Hispanic vote. In 2018
those numbers were 6% and 33%
1C) Real Clear Politics says Republicans +3 in Senate and +31 in House and +2 Governors
2) Johnson extends lead in Wisconsin to 6 points. Is Laxalt really up 5-6 in Nevada?
3) Arizona is tied and New Hampshire and Washington state are within are within 2 points
4) Oz picking up momentum in PA. is it enough to overtake the early Democratic vote lead?
5) Walker surges in Georgia. Can he hit 50% to win on election night or is a run off coming in December?
6) Budd in North Carolina and Vance in Ohio are poised to win by greater than 4 points each.
7) As we have been saying for a year, Inflation, Economy, Gas Prices, Crime and the Open Border ARE the Key issues.
7A) Democrats widely misread the electorate on Abortion, False Democracy Claims, Climate and Voting Rights
8) Schaftlein Report - Our projection is we will report on tomorrow's show that Republicans have won 50 Senate seats with Races in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Georgia still to be decided.
Republicans will flip 21 House seats.
1) 40M Early Votes - Enthusiasm gap tightens as many races too close to call.
1A) say the county is going in the wrong direction and 77% want significant changes.
1B) RCP predicts GOP picks up 3 senate seats and 31 House seats.
1C) Fox News projects 49-47 Senate with 4 undecided and 23 House seat pick up.
1D) Cook Political Report projects 18 House seats and 538 says 15 seats
2) Biden Approval at 40%. Washington Post creates Bottomless Pinocchio's for Biden's endless lies on Social security, Inflation and gas prices.
2A) The Generic Ballot edge average goes to Republicans by 2 points.
2B) How will Black, Latino and Suburban voters go. Will the shift be as large as predicted?
3) Legendary coach Vince Dooley endorsed Herschel Walker prior to his passing last week. Walker surging but can he get 50%.
Trafaler has him +2
4) Arizona and Pennsylvania races are tied in polling. Will GOP lead in Nevada hold? New Hampshire is so close.
4A) Vance up big in Ohio by 8-10
5) NY Governor race Lee Zeldon surges. Can he win?
6) Biden says he will close down coal mines.Senator Manchin is furious and calls him out. White House walks back the comment.
7) Biden has not yet call Netanyahu to congratulate him on Israeli win.
8) Crime report - 9 shot and wounded outside Philadelphia bar.
9) Major changes coming to border if GOP takes both chambers. Voters are furious.
From Keystone, Afghanistan, Inflation, gas prices, economy, education, crime and border, Americans are fed up.
10) Tom Cotton passes on 2024 run.
1) Biden delivers unhinged desperate speech which will accomplish nothing.
He heads to Blue New Mexico, CA and Illinois to campaign. Odd strategy?
1A) Hillary Clinton delivers "Basket of Deplorable speech 2" "The consequences of voting Republican"
These aging liberal losers will come back to haunt Democrats.
2) General Don Buldoc dodged attack by an individual prior to debate in which he won easily. The suspect was arrested. Buldoc now +1
3) Oz now up by 1 in PA, Bennett only up by 2 in Colorado. If Republicans win Colorado, it will be a tsunami for the Red team!
3A) Johnson up +2 in Wisconsin
4) In a very odd twist, the White House took CREDIT for the increase in Social security benefit payments. Biden even bragged about it.
The problem is the increase is tied to Inflation so the Tweet was deleted.
5) Only 17 % of Voters are happy with the direction of the country.
6) In Economic news, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates 75 basis points an said rates would be higher for longer and signaled
another 50 basis point rise in December is expected.
7) Musk said to be laying off half of Twitter work force of about 3,500 people.
8) The Israeli election - Jeffrey to provide a deep dive update as it can be confusing. Bibi wins as right wing coalition forms.
- Biden now LYING about Social Security and Medicare in an effort to scare senior voters.
Claims his son died in Iraq. He is NOT mentally competent top be President.
1A. His approval is at 37% in Quinipiac Poll. Republicans are +4 in Generic Ballot
- PA court rules undated ballots will not be accepted. Finally common sense to election laws.
2A. Oz and Fetterman tied in Senate Race 47% each.
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General Buldoc now leads in NH by 1.
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Mike Lee up by 19 in Utah and Democratic plan to deceive voters with an Independent McMullen ready to fail.
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Laxalt up by 5 over Cortez Mastro in Nevada Emerson College Poll.
Super high gas prices are crushing voters over $5.50 per gallon. -
GA Sheriffs across the state furious at Abrams for claiming they only want to arrest black men.
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In Michigan, Tudor Dixon is tied with Gretchen Whitmer for Governor.
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In Minnesota, Jim Schultz leads Keith Ellison by 7 in Attorney General race.
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Netanyahu appears to have been reelected in Israel for a third time.
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North Korea fires 23 missiles into the sea.
Schaftlein Report | One week until election Day. 21M already Voted
Guest - Drew Allen
1) Arizona Senate race takes a turn as Libertarian drops out and endorses Masters. He was polling at 1%
Jim McLaughlin Republican pollster has Kelly +2. Kari Lake up by 10 in governors race. Hispanic voters shift to GOP is the key.
2) Georgia - Scott Rasmussen pollster has Walker +5. The RCP average is Walker +2. Run off likely. Walker outspent 4-1.
3) Nevada - Pollster Trafalger has Laxalt up by 4. Average is Laxalt +1
4) NYT Governor race - Lee Zeldon takes the lead by 1 point over Kathy Hochul according to Trafalger Poll of Likely Voters
5) Republican ENTHUSIASM is +10. Generic ballot is Republicans +2
6) Republican attacks on Democratic crime wave have been devastating to Democrats
6A) 82% of Black Democrats are concerned about crime. Only 33% of White Democrats rate crime a major problem.
6B) Mass shooting in Chicago leaves 14 injured in Halloween incident.
7) Only 1 in 3 voters support Biden energy policies
8) Musk limits censorship tools for employee access
9) Roberts temporarily blocks access to Trump tax returns.
1) CBS projects +25 House Seats giving Republicans control.
Real Clear Politics predicts +31
1A) The Economy/Inflation is the top issue.
1B) Independents have broken toward Republicans by 18 points over the past two weeks to lead 49-33.
Two weeks ago, Democrats were +2
1C) Generic Ballot at Republican +3
2) Democrats desperately try to push Fetterman over the finish line. Democrats lied to the voters of PA by not
disclosing his health issues fully.
3) Patty Murray only up by 1 in Washington state - Trafalger poll. Bolduc and Hassan tied in New Hampshire
4) Musk starts enforcing cuts at Twitter as leftists rage. Musk fires entire BOD of leftists.
5) Heating Oil prices skyrocket tin the Northeast. Will voters swing to GOP?
Diesel shortage in mid Atlantic region coming.
6) Personal Consumption Expenditure Index stays high at 6.2%. This is a key gage viewed by the Federal Reserve.
7) Biden's senile side shows again claiming there are 54 states. Democrats keep him on the sideline bringing out Obama.
8) 35 shot and 5 killed in Chicago over the weekend.
9) Russian missile strikes hit critical infrastructure in Ukraine. Russians block grain supplies.
Schaftlein Report | Democratic Party Problems Persist
Guest - Jeffrey Dunetz
1) Kelly and Masters are tied in Arizona.
Kelly - "Arizonians are sick of Biden Border Policies" He is the Democrat.
2) Even Democrats and their Media are criticizing Fetterman as not qualified to be in the Senate.
3) Budd up by 4 over Beasley in NC
4) Walker now up by 2-5 points in GA according to Trafalger/Rasmussen
4A) Kemp up by 10
5) 21% of Black voters support Republicans. Trump won 12%. Hispanics support at 40%, Trump won 32%
5A) Democrats embrace Transgenderism, support criminals instead of victims, no answer of Inflation.
They are the party of division and hate. Example - The State Department spent money on 13 drag shows in Ecuador. Enough already!
6) Democratic policies on Abortion, gun control and climate are not popular with the electorate .
7) Crime - Gunman hijacks a bus in NYC and crashes then gets arrested. Portland man slashes tires on 65 cars - anarchy.
8) Economy grew 2.6% in Q3 but recession fears are persistent
9) NJ Democrat Bob Menendez under criminal investigation - again
10) Musk takes over Twitter tomorrow. Maybe the cesspool will be cleaned up
1) Cook Political Report has Republicans winning 25 House seats
1A) Virginia Political Science Professor Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball gives Republicans clear edge in House
1B) Generic Ballot at Republican +2.4%
2) Biden approval rating at 39% in Reuters Poll. Democrats generally keeping him off the campaign trail.
3) 2 Suspects arrested in savage attack on Rubio volunteers in horrific political attack. Victim in hospital.
4) Senate race shows Rubio up 10 points over Demings
4A) Fetterman has a disgraceful debate performance showing he in not qualified to be a senator. Flip flops on fracking issues.
Medically unfit.
4B) In a shocking development, Tiffany Smiley is gaining on Patty Murray in Washington. She still trails by 4-5 points.
5) DeSantis cruising in Florida up 14 points
5A) Zeldon puts in exceptional debate in NY Governor racee. Crime is top issue.
6) Inflation and the Economy dominate the issues nationwide and tha favors Republicans.
7) Red Balloon update on employers and employees
1) Polling Numbers:
GA - Walker +2
Wisc. - Johnson +2
Nevada - Laxalt - +2
Ohio - Vance +3
N.H. Hassan +2 (Don Bolduc is gaining)
Penn. - Fetterman +2 (mixed polling)
Generic Ballot - Republicans +3
Kemp +7 in GA Governor race over Abrams
Abbott +9 in TX over O'rourke
Hocul/Zeldon too close to call in NY
1A) A Biased media is keeping the race close with positive Democratic coverage and Negative Republican coverage.
1B)) Democrats are running all negative adds against Republicans driving up their negative numbers.
Republicans are favored on the issues, but some candidates are less popular.
2) Rubio staffer attacked and hospitalized after canvassing for Rubio in Hialeah.
3) Biden's Jim Crow 2.0 exposed as another blatant lie as voter turn out surges.
3A) Biden appears lost at White House tree planting ceremony in garden. Another sign of cognitive loss.
4) Russian court rejects Griner drug conviction appeal
5) Adidas ends Kanye West endorsement deal over anti Jewish remarks
6) Driver arrested carrying 60 illegals across the border
7) Progressives pull embarrassing letter to Biden seeking for Ukraine to negotiate with Russia despite progress in war and
war crimes by Russians
8) Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter dies at 68.
1) Inflation, Crime and Border/Immigration issues are working for Republicans
2) Generic Ballot has Republicans +3.4
2A) Real Clear Politics projects Republicans win 29 House seats and 3 Senate seats
2B) PA tied at 46%, one poll has Oz +4
2C) Laxalt up 1% in Nevada, Hassan up by 2 on Bolduc in New Hampshire - McConnell pulls funding?
Vance +4 in Ohio, Johnson +3 in Wisconsin, Murray lead falls to 3 in Washington.
2D) Abrams losing badly in GA Governor race down 7-10 points. Campaign manager paid $Millions from non profit she set up.
3) Biden approval at 39% as Independents and some Democrats flee
4) Majority of Americans blame the crime spike on "Woke Policies of Democrats"
4A) Largest ever drop in Math scores attributed to same issue
5) Appellate Court temporarily stops Biden's Illegal Student Loan Forgiveness scheme. 22M have applied so far.
Biden claims congress passed it by 1 or 2 votes? He is lost.
6) Russia launches massive missile attacks on Ukraine causing major power outages while the 101st Airborne Division is in Europe on the border of Ukraine
7) 50 shot in Chicago over the weekend.
1) Wide split on Biden energy policies showing the following disapproval:
Republicans - 72%
Independents - 54%
Democrats - 15% Classic Definition of LOW INFORMATION VOTERS
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is at a 40 year low thanks to Biden poor policies.
biden asks energy companies to produce more oil and slash prices. This is REVERSE Economic theory.
2) Housing delivers a mixed report:
Home Sales declined 24% year over year, However the Average selling price rose 8% to $385K.
1.25M homes are for sale which is a 3.2 month supply. A balanced market is a 6 month supp;ly.
3 year fixed rate mortgages are now 7.22%
3) Election notes:
Generic Ballot GOP +6 and Biden Approval at 39%
Pennsylvania tried to accept mail in ballots without dates.
OZ pounds Fetterman on crime
Cook Political Report moves Florida Senate race from Lean Republican to Likely Republican as Rubio strengthens his lead
Washington Senate race moved from Solid Democratic to Likely Democrat as Murray lead shrinks
4) Supreme Court asked to BLOCK Biden Illegal Student Debt Relief program.
5) BLUE CITY DISASTER NEWS:
A.Washington D.C. city counsel votes 12-1 to allow Illegal Immigrants to vote in local elections. This will not pass congress as opposition grows
from both parties but it illustrates the insanity of leftists.
B. Large numbers of police officers resign in St Louis a crime rate soars
C. San Francisco spends $1.7M to build a public toilet. The city blamed inflation.
D. Black Americans are being crushed by Democratic crime and no bail policies.
20% of population in NY and 72% of crime victims
13% nationwide and 50% of crime victims.
1% of streets produce 25% of crime in NYC
5% of streets produce 50% of crime in NYC
Similar story in other blue cities like Chicago and Memphis.
This is a social break down on massive proportions
6: Foreign Affairs:
6A) British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after just 6 weeks at the helm. Her policies were rejected by financial markets.
6B) China - Are they moving to take Taiwan sooner under Xi?
6C) How long will Putin remain while deaths climb past 65K? They lost $15K in Afghanistan.
1) Election Polls:
Hocul (D) lead narrows to 4 over Zeldon (R) in NY Governor race - Quinnipiac poll
Fetterman (D) lead over OZ (R) narrows to 2 in PA Senate Race - AARP poll
Kelly (D) lead over Masters (R) narrows to 1 point in AZ Senate Race - Trafalger poll
Lake (R) extends lead to +3 in AZ Governor Race - Trafalger poll
2) Biden approval holds steady at 40% and he does not go out on the campaign trail. Why would anyone want him near them.
2A) CNN commentator Gloria Borger - "Biden does NOT want the election to be about inflation and the economy. Sorry, he is losing that argument.
3) Republicans are trusted more in the key issues of Inflation, Economy, Crime and Border.
3A) Abortion falls to 5th as only 1 in 10 make it a priority and the split is 40-37 Democrats - Republicans meaning they are essentially canceling each
other out.
4) Biden advocates full term abortions. Is his base that insecure where he has to pander to the far left wing?
5) Rubio has stellar debate performance over Demings in FL Senate battle. He currently leads by 4.
6) Democratic Senator Warner acknowledges the $1.9T rescue plan was too large contributing to inflation.
Unemployment had fallen from 15% to 6%. Inflation was running at 1.4% and we were well on the way to recovery.
Democrats ruined that with terrible economic policies.
7) Americans are increasing credit card use as they run out of money to buy basic necessities. This is a bad omen.
7A) Federal Reserve signals another 75 basis point hike as persistent inflation grips America
8) Republicans are pounding Democrats as soft on crime and the message is working
1) Democrats are LOSING and Lying on ALL of the Key Issues
1A) Biden to release an additional 10-15M barrels of oil and sell 40M barrels beyond the 180M already authorized in an effort
to stop the rise in gas prices before the election. Typical political move rather than solving the real problem.
2) Democrats feel they may have "Peaked too early" in Congressional races. We agree and we'll explain further.
2A) Democrats are pouring money into a Rhode Island House race held by Democrats since 1991. When you are on the
defensive, you are losing.
2B) Biden appeals to his base by promising legislation on abortion and rolling our student loan forgiveness web page.
Legal challenges remain.
3) High profile Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is in a tie with his Republican challenger Tim Schultz.
4) Senate Polling:
Vance +2 in Ohio
Budd +6 in North Carolina as his lead expands
Grassley only up +3 in Iowa as race is closer than expected
Johnson +3 in Wisconsin and the lead appears to be growing
Warnock and Walker appear headed to run off as no one is above 50% due to Libertarian candidate drawing 3-4% support
5) Black candidates and NAACP claim Republican adds about crime are racist. They are trying to distract on the central issue of crime and Americans are
not buying what they are selling. All Americans are concerned about crime and the weak Democratic policies that got us here. Sen. Tubberville laughs off criticism.
5A) Police attacked in Philadelphia
5B) White House asked El Paso mayor NOT to declare State of Emergency over Border invasion.
6) Grassley - "FBI is aware of Biden Crime Family activity". What will happen? Our guess is nothing.
7) Russia hits Ukraine power stations with drones from Iran and levels civilian homes in escalation of war.
1) Generic Ballot Likely Voters 48-41 Rasmussen. Up from +4 at last polling.
CBS Republicans +2, however 48-43 min competitive races.
Harris Poll Republican +6
Trafalger Republican +5
New York Times Republicans +4
1A) CNN poll who do you trust to get the country moving in the right direction - Republicans 54-45%.
Extremely motivated to vote Republicans52-46
59% say the economy is extremely important
56% say Inflation is extremely important
1B) CBS says Republicans poised to increase turn out and take the House. Democrats only hope is younger voters turning out.
Current projection is 224 - 211 Republican edge in House
1C) Real Clear Politics projects 26 seat pick up in House
2) Fetterman +2 in PA, Kelly +4 in AZ, Warnock +1 in GA, Vance +3.5 in Ohio, Johnson +6 in Wisconsin, Laxalt +2 in Nevada
3) Nike founder Phil Knight to support Republican candidate for Governor in Oregon Betsy Johnson as he says Oregon has gone the wrong way.
4) Biden says the economy is "Strong as Hell". WHAT?
Only 26% want him to run for re-election.
Jill Biden booed mercilessly at Philadelphia Eagles/Dallas cowboys football game
4A) Inflation and higher mortgage rates are pushing away first time home buyers. Grocery prices for food up 13% year over year.
5) Democrats have spent $2T on the economy and it has failed to work. They will not discuss this on the campaign trail.
6) Open door policies at the border lead to having 76% of migrants in shelters for homeless.
7) Crime Report:
SF woke policies turn the city into an open drug market.
Serial killer of 5 caught in Stockton, CA
36 Shot in Chicago, innocent victims killed
Orlando Jewelry store owner kills 2 of 4 robbers who tried to rob him. EXCELLENT!! Too bad he didn't go 4 for 4.
8) Suicide drones and missiles strike key Ukrainian cities.
9) Tennessee defeats Alabama 52-49 in great College Football game in Knoxville
1) Inflation at 8.2% is not going down despite Federal Reserve Rate Hikes.
The CPI was .4% translating into a year over year figure of 8.2%
The PPI or core rate increased by.6% to translate to a 6.6% increase year over year
Americans are struggling to pay their bills.
25% are delaying retirement
Mortgage Rates are now 7%
2) Utilities were up 2.9%, Transportation up 1.9% and Medical care rose 1%.
Food and Rent increases are also big contributors.
3) Markets are now expected to see a peak Federal Funds Rate of 4.79% in Q-3 of 2023.
The Fed Funds Rate needs to be above 5% to bring inflation down according to Larry Summers former Treasury Secretary.
3A) The Fed is expected to increase the Fed Funds Rate by 75 basis points in November
and 50-75 basis points in December.
4) Biden claims "Beau lost his life in Iraq". No he did not. Biden can't even remember the cause of death of his own son.
Another sign of his mental lack of capacity. He is in LA today and Orange County tomorrow looking for cash from liberals.
LA City counsel President resigns after racist remarks uncovered on tape.
5) Polls; Johnson up by 6 over Barnes in Wisconsin. Vance up 1-2 in Ohio.
5A) In our opinion, the Walker/Warnack Senate race in GA will head to a December run off as neither candidate is poised to hit 50%.
Potentially Republicans could have 50 seats with the balance of power decided by this run off.
6) Democrats are losing the Crime Issue and it continues to get worse.
7) UN demands Russia return annexed land.
8) We support Troy Aikmans comment about players wearing dresses after horrible NFL call. He should not have said his comment was wrong.
All of the Twitter gays, trans gender lovers, radicals and white liberals are outraged. Good, let them be outraged! We don't care about their outrage.
9) Lidblog - Is Biden using federal dollars to help Hunter Biden with his legal issues?
1) Why are the Markets so obsessed with the Federal Reserve?
Why do some investors believe the"war on inflation" has been won? Is it due to the falling commodity prices 23%?
"hope" for a pause is not a strategy in our opinion.
It appears investors are "wishing for a Pivot" trying to talk rate hikes down and throwing out bad scenarios to the media that is needed to curb inflation. Talking their book.
Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson says the "hope" is premature.
1A) The money supply grew rapidly in Q-2 of 2020 and beyond up to 66%.
Now the money supply is falling 4%. With rate hikes, is this enough to slow Inflation?
Can the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes work without a "hard landing"?
2) Treasury Secretary Yellin - "U.S. Economy doing well. It has slowed down after a strong recovery and based on the job report is resilient"
The economy created 263K jobs in September and the Unemployment Rate is 3.5%.
3) The IMF and World Bank are in D.C. UN is concerned about Central Banks raising rates.
4) Jamie Dimon, the COE of JP Morgan says the U.S. should pump more oil and gas to help with the Global energy crisis.
Biden says Saudi Arabia will suffer "consequences" for OPEC+ production cut.
5) Household spending is up 6% in September but down form 7.8% in August year over year.
However the personal savings rate is only 3.5%.
6) Eggs are up 40%, butter and margarine + 30% and gasoline +25%.
7) Consumers expect Inflation rate a year from now to be 5.4% down somewhat from 5.75% in August.
1) Gas prices on the rise as are Heating oil. Administration feels the effects of self inflicted wounds from terrible energy policies
2) Jamie Dimon CEO of JP Morgan sees 2023 Recession as do many others
3) Administration proposes changes to worker classifications for gig workers changing from Contract employment to employees.
This is INSANE and follow CA law. Lyft, Uber and Doordash stock pummeled.
4) Social Security payments projected to rise 8.7% in 2023
5) Tim Ryan goes berserk in debate with JD Vance in Ohio debate. He voted with Biden 100% and yet he claims he is a moderate.
He is NOT.
6) Tulsi Gabbard leaves the Democratic Party. Better late than never. That party has been radicalized and does not represent American Values.
7) China and India call for de-escalation in Ukraine.
Russia continues missile attacks on Ukraine
8) Senate still up n the air with 1 seat projected to flip for each party.
House projection is for 20 -25 seat Republican gain.
1) Biden approval is -15 in 7 key swing states.
The White House is constantly walking back his statements as he often appears confused.
1A) Biden is below 50% Approval on every top issue and is way down on crime and the economy.
62% say the economy is getting worse
1B) Democrats voting on Abortion and Republicans on the Economy.
Who will Independents trust and vote for?
2) Crime:Gunshots at the home of NY Governor candidate Lee Zeldon as 2 people shot.
Vegas killer was an illegal immigrant with a criminal history.
NYC man killed in subway stabbed in a random attack.
Also in NYC, 4 black women teenagers all with criminal records attack 2 teenagers on subway.
Tyson foods to leave Chicago due to crime as exodus continues. 527 Killed this year.
4 teens aged 14-15 kill liquor store clerk over 6 pack of beer in LA
3) Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona declares Border Chaos Crisis in break from Democratic Party.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams declares State of Emergency over 17K migrants in the city while 200K per month
pour across the border.
4) Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers urges the Federal Reserve to keep tightening interest rates
to fight inflation and abandon its hostility towards oil companies.
The Federal Reserve is on track to raise rates at its next meeting by 75 basis points to bring the Federal Funds rate
to a range of 3.25 to 3.5%
4A) The U.S.added 263K jobs in September and the Unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%
5) Truck bomb takes out key bridge in Crimea as Ukraine continues to disrupt key Russian supply lines.
Russia launches rockets into Kiev and other target cities in major escalation.
6) State of Florida finds 19 cases of Voter Fraud. 15 of the 19 were black. Palm Beach Post blames the policy instead of the perpetrator in
classic incorrect racism policy.
6A) In Florida, blacks represent 17% of the population and 47 of inmates in state prison for felony convictions.
Again, the Post blames the system instead of the criminal. America is NOT buying this garbage anymore!
7) Matt Rhule fired as Carolina Panthers coach. roughing call of Brady denounced as a joke.
1- Gas prices are headed up. OPEC+ cuts 2.0M barrels a day. Biden administration in panic ahead of mid terms.
Administration was considering sinking offshore drilling lease sales. They now will continue releasing 1.0M barrels a day as our stockpile dwindles.
1A- Wall Street warns of Housing major slowdown
2- Democrats are unable to shake the "Soft on Crime" label as 77% of Americans feel it is a major problem.
2A- Nadler, Schumer, Omar and Pressley unable to defend Democratic policies.
2B- 5 people in Merced, CA family senselessly killed by a criminal who got out early.
3- DACA illegally implemented by Obama administration according to 5th Circuit of Appeals court. Court allows it to remain in place for now.
Biden blames MAGA Republicans? Insane response.
4- Biden claims global warming caused the intensity of the hurricane to hot Florida. Meteorologists say no relationship.
5- DeSantis - "Send illegal immigrants who looted back to their country after their criminal trial for looting. Liberals are outraged. Good!
6- In Governors races, Hocul up by only 2 in NY and Kemp up by 5 over Abrams in Georgia.
7- Races are tight all across the country in the Senate campaigns.
8- Did the FBI hide evidence of Biden crime family as alleged by an insider?
1) Gas prices headed higher. Biden is powerless to stop it. White House "Disappointed".
1A) Home heating oil prices to soar just in time for winter.
1B Political Payback to Democrats just ahead of the election. We'll explain.
2) U.S. provides an additional $625M in aid to Ukraine. Russians leave behind bodies in the streets of Ly,am
as Putin signs farcical Annexation order.
3) Biden Student Loan Forgiveness program turns into a fiasco given poor planning to no planning and ongoing litigation
4) U.S. National Debt soars past $31T. This is without Build Back Better which landed on the ash heap of history.
4A) ADP says U.S. added 209K jobs in September.
5) In Florida, DeSantis leads by 11 and has a 55% Approval rating. Likely sweep of the entire cabinet in upcoming elections.
6) Republicans narrow Democratic lead to 3 points in New Hampshire and Arizona.
6a) Democrats go all in to defeat Walker in GA. Backfire possible.
7) A Republican Governor in Oregon? Would be first time in 35 years. Currently up by 2.
8) Gallup has Republicans +5 in Favorability Rating 44-39 over Democrats.
1) Republicans are on the right side of the issues - 82%, 72%, 67% are top ranked issues
2) Biden approval 38% disapproval 54%
3) In Florida, DeSantis is +8 and Rubio is +7
4) NC Budd is only up 1 point
5) Democratic support among Black voters falls from 84% in 2020 to 74% today. No surprise as Biden policies are a disaster.
6) In Economic news, job openings fall from 11.0M to 10.5M
7) Oil production likely cut by 1.0M barrels a day at OPEC+ meeting tomorrow. Biden administration not happy after projections for oil price hikes
8) Home prices fell by 1% in September the first drop in 127 months. Prices are likely to fall much further.
9) Stocks are up big for second day in a row ; 5% gain in 2 days in huge bear market rally
10) White House continues damage control to Biden remark "Where's Jackie". Now he claims he was "raised Puerto Rican"
Biden is completely out to lunch and clearly not in charge of the government.
11) NYC Mayor Adams claims Democrats have done nothing about the border crisis and drugs and illegal immigrants
continue to flood into the country. 21 Year old Florida sheriff deputy killed while serving meth warrant is a consequence.
12) DeSantis blasts VP Harris over Hurricane Equity remark. White House has no response and dodges questions.
13) Kanye West claims BLM is a scam and is now dead. He is correct.
1- Favorably Rating R-44% , D- 39%: Generic ballot R +2
2- Al Sharpton - "Democrats are NOT Connecting with Black and Latino voters"
He's correct
3- Sunday show the Liberal commentators ABC, NBC, CNN and MSNBC are cheering for Democrats as they see a sinking ship lead by Biden
3A- Abortion, Voting Rights and Climate are NOT the key issues. It's the Economy stupid - Carville
4- in Nevada, Laxalt +2 in Senate race and Lombardo + 3 in Governor race. Both are Republican
5- OPEC+ proposing to cut 1.0M barrels a day. Oil is up 4% today potentially headed back to $100.
Gas in LA hits a record at $6.47 for regular unleaded. Yikes!
6- VP Harris - "Hurricane Equity" statement comes under withering criticism by both parties. White House can't explain and dodges the question.
6A- Pelosi statement on "pick the crops' going over like a lead balloon.
7- Ukraine troops gain in the south in Russia annexed territory near Kherson.
7A- H.R. McMaster 'Russian Army at breaking point". Troops flee Lyman after being surrounded.
8- Britain backs off tax cuts for top earners stabilizing their bond market.
8A- Japanese Yen falls to 145 as their easy money policies remain in place despite tightening around the world.
9- In our regular Monday Chicago crime report, 33 shot and 5 killed and no mention from mainstream media.
They are trying with little success to cover up the Democratic soft on crime narrative taking place.
1) Potentially hundreds dead, 2.0M without power, winds clocked at 150 MPH fifth highest ever.
Captiva and Sanibel bridges wiped out.
2) Harris makes ridiculous statement saying we have a "strong alliance with the Republic of North Korea". She is not quailified to be VP.
3) Biden comes under severe criticism over deceased Congresswoman remark about Jackie Walorski
4) Oz within 3 points of that radical Fetterman in PA
5) Johnson +5 in Wisconsin over radical Mandela Barnes
6) Democrats weak on crime policies are catching up on them. 6 injured in Oakland school shooting.
7) Mike Pompeo initiates campaign to root out Woke policies in the military.
8) Everything Democrats touch becomes a disaster. Republicans forecast to gain in Mid terms. is the Cavalry coming?
1) Storm Surge could be 15 feet, 150 MPH Winds,Widespread Power Outage
2) Russia to Annex part of Ukraine after Sham vote. Was the gas pipeline sabotaged?
Americans urged to leave Russia
3) The Strategic Petroleum reserve is at a 37 year low due to Biden terrible energy policies.
4) Mortgage interest rates cross 7%. Demand plummets.
5) Democrats flip flop on crime as polling data blames Democrats. 69% are concerned about crime.
6) Biden's student loan forgiveness plan faces legal challenge.
7) Bank of England buys long term bonds to temporarily ease rising rates.
Rates fall on U.S. debt
7A) U.S. debt is at $30T and represents 123% of GDP. Annual interest expense is now $600B
U.S. economy is $24T
8) During an event, another Biden gaffe as he inquires about deceased Rep. Jackie Walorski asking "where is she".
8) My current Senate model shows 1 GOP pick up in Nevada and 1 loss in PA leaving the Senate 50/50
I project a +21 in the House
1) Swing state Generic ballot has Republicans +9. This is a clear lean toward Republicans taking control of the House
2) Republicans are at +19 on dealing with the Economy as Interest Rates continue Upward trajectory and stock market declines.
More evidence the Democrats can never be trusted with Economic stewardship.
2A) Biden upside down 42% - 53%. Harris down 39% - 51%
2B) Gov. Abbott up 8 over O'Rourke in Texas
3) Americans are projected to pay more than 17% more to heat their homes this winter.
3A) 71% say their paychecks are not keeping up with Inflation
3B) Andrew updates the employment picture across America from Red Balloon
4) If the U.S. allowed more permitting for pipelines, then we could create more energy and lower prices.
The Democrats are opposed to this.
5) Social Issues - Pro life is now +5 while a majority of Americans are OK with a 15 week window for abortions. Democrats want 40 weeks
5A) White House calls Rising Crime "Complicated" This is Insane.
5B) Democrats can't "Blame Shift" their way out of the border crisis they created.
5C) CBO - Biden student loan plan projected to cost $400B
6) Russians fleeing to avoid fighting in Ukraine.
7) Florida braces for Category 4 storm in central/southwest area north and south of Sarasota
1) U.S. and major global markets are hitting year to date lows on rising interest rate fears and the strength of the u.S. Dollar.
We'll analyze.
1A) British Pound hits record low against the dollar at $1.03. It rebounded to $1.07 .
Their government is spending $80B to pay for high utility bills this winter while pitching tax cuts for the highest earners.
This is bad policy and the market is punishing the pound.
1B) Gasoline in CA averages $5.76 while the U.S. is $3.71. Why? Taxes, Rules, Regulations and Refiners.
1C) U.S. ships 68% of its Liquefied Natural Gas to Europe.
2) In Politics, a majority of Democrats say Biden should not run in 2024 by a margin of 56-35. He is upside down 39%-55% in ABC Poll.
2A) CBS Poll has Congressional Ballot at 47R - 46D and projects Republicans will control the House by a narrow margin of 223-215
2B) ABC Poll has Generic Ballot at Republicans +5
2C) Murray +2 in WA state (Upset coming)
3) New Orleans is forced to hire civilians as crime soars and the police department is being depleted.
3A) 40 shot and 6 killed in Chicago
4) 1000 people a day are moving to Texas and Florida continues to attract 600 people per day. Blue state to Red state migration is clear.
5) Is Xi Jinping still in power in China or is General Li Qiaoming in control?
6) Conservative government now controls Italy after elections
1) Federal Reserve hikes Rates 75 basis points, Mortgage Rates rise, Gas price stop going down and are headed back up after 100 days of declines
2) Biden Confused on World Stage
3) NY Attorney General James gets way out over her skis on Trump
4) Putin expands War or does he?
5) Democratic representative Rashida Talib embarrassed by her own stupidity as bank CEO's put her in her place.
She is an absolute disgrace to be in Congress and a complete knucklehead as well as an Anti-Semite.
6) Governor DeSantis is preferred among Florida Republicans
7) North Dakota Democratic man kills Republican teenager and is charged with Vehicular Murder
8) Air Force goes WOKE with new verbal standards. This is NUTS
1) Background, Projects, Films, Books
2) How he decided to focus on the Hunter Biden Story
3) The complicated relationship between father and son, China and other business dealings
4) Media and Journalistic corruption heading into the 2020 election and beyond.
5) Why the Left continues to cover for the son Hunter
6) What happens next in the saga?
1) Background, Projects, Films, Books
2) How he decided to focus on the Hunter Biden Story
3) The complicated relationship between father and son, China and other business dealings
4) Media and Journalistic corruption heading into the 2020 election and beyond.
5) Why the Left continues to cover for the son Hunter
6) What happens next in the saga?
1) Energy, Crime, Immigration and Inflation are Republican issues 60% important
Pro Choice is Democratic talking point - 37% care
2) Border Crisis escalates - 2m enter, terrorists found
3) Home values slump as mortgage rates rise
4) Biden ridiculed "Pandemic is over"
5) 63% of Americans falling behind cost of living. Biden administration out of touch
6) Abbott up 11 in Texas governor, Johnson + 4 in Wisconsin Senate. Kelly +1 in Arizona over Masters while Lake leads Governor race by 4.
We'll analyze
7) Ukraine sinks supply ship, Russia tries to Anex territory despite losing it.
8) Federal Reserve expected to raise interest rates 75 basis points tomorrow.
1) Rail Strike Averted which would have hurt the economy. 24% wage increase over 5 years
2) Gov. Ron DeSantis flies illegals to Martha's vineyard which is in a sanctuary state to counter Biden's Open Border Policies.
2A) VP Kamala Harris blatantly lies about the border being secure
3) Democrats celebrate the Inflation Enhancement Act while the stock market plunges. Vulnerable Democrats avoid the scene and do not comment.
4) IMF International Monetary Fund admits it got Inflation forecast wrong on a global basis.
5) Mortgage Rates go over 6% for the first time since 2008
5B) 1 in 5 people are now buying groceries with buy now pay later plans. $46B this year versus $15B last year.
6) Biden wastes $4M flying to Delaware to vote instead of mailing in his ballot.
7) Fetterman's health becomes an issue in PA senate race - We'll explain what the Washington Post and WSJ said
8) 25 year old Karoline Leavitt wins primary in New Hampshire. She is a solid Conservative outsider. $5.0M spent trying to defeat her.
Schumer says Democrats are poised to lose the house.
9) Former Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo teases 2024 run. We support him!
10) Crime - Two 20 year old murderers were released on minimal bail in Harris County (Houston). The result, they committed another murder of a law enforcement officer.
This INSANITY has to stop. Democratic policies are killing people all across the country
11) A Russian informant was paid by the FBI in the fake Steel Dossier case in the fake Russian collusion hoax. It never ends.
We are experiencing a totalitarian experience. Mike Lindell, a private citizen has his cell phone confiscated.
12) Is Russia on the verge of a strategic defeat in Ukraine?
1) Even with gas prices dropping, food, rents and medical expenses gained traction.
We have been saying this for months. Food is up 0.8% and rents are up 0.7%
1A) Groceries up 13.5%, highest since 1979
2) Excluding food and energy, core inflation rose 0.6% to 6.3%. Way above normal.
3) Hourly earnings were up just 0.2% and are down 2.8% year over year.
4) The stock market is getting punished down 2.5%. Interest rates are rising quickly with the 2 year note above 3.7%
5) NY Times - Early polls may give Democrats false hopes in mid terms. We'll explain.
Inflation, Crime and the Border are top concerns
6) Gov. Hocul ending Covid emergency in NY weeks before the election. We'll explain.
7) Recaptured Ukraine territory doubles to 2,300 square miles as the counter offensive gains steam.
8) Arizona Representative Biggs - "VP Harris is lying about the border being secure - "Knucklehead"
9K crossed under Trump while 340K under Biden.
Harris advocates a pathway to citizenship while Americans demand a secure border.
9) Justice department issues 40 subpoenas ahead of midterms in blatant political move
10) Final Primaries in New Hampshire and Rhode Island voting tonight.
Democrats distance themselves from Biden despite voting for his policies 100% of the time.
11) Las Vegas Democratic politician charged with murder of reporter.
1) Senate Races:
Ariz - Kelly +2
Georgia - Walker +3 (gain)
Florida - Rubio +2
North Carolina - Budd +3
Nevada - Cortez Mastro +1
Pennsylvania - Fetterman +5 (loss)
Wisconsin - Barnes +3 (loss)
Forecast D+1
2)Governor Races:
Kemp +6 in Georgia
DeSantis + 5 in Florida
3) U. S. House projection is +22 seats for Republicans
4) Ukraine makes significant gains in Counter offensive taking back 1,110 square miles.
U.S. weapons get the credit
5) Putin and Xi to meet on Wednesday in Kazakhstan
6) Biden continues to avoid the press. He is a national embarassment
7) Credit cards will now report gun sales
8) 4th group of migrants arrive in Chicago
9) Minneapolis sued over policy ordering white teachers to be fired first.
10) 21st anniversary of 9/11 that killed 3,000
1)Their Policies are a DISASTER, if you have bad policies, attack the other party straight out of the Democratic playbook.
2) Biden took a booming economy without inflation and we now have high inflation and a busted economy.
2A) Mortgage Interest Rates hit 5.9%, the highest since 2008.
2B) European Central Bank raises rates 75 basis points getting off zero.
3) U.S. provides another $2.0B in aid to Ukraine including $800M in weapons
4) Memphis gunman out of jail early (previous charge of attempted murder reduced to assault)
goes on rampage killing 4 and wounding 3 while live streaming on Face book.
CNN and MSNBC don't cover the story likely because the assailant is black and out of jail on reduced sentence
which does not fit their political narrative.
5) 103 more migrants are shipped to Chicago from Texas. OPEN BORDER UPDATE
1.0M illegals are in the country seeking asylum getting free housing, food and education for kids.
4.0M more have cases pending who turned themselves in.
6) Britain to resume fracking as energy crisis grows. Price controls are implemented.
6A) Queen Elizabeth has died at 96.
7) 46% of Americans view the mid terms as a referendum on Biden. Contrary to media reports.
7A) Fetterman agrees to debate Oz in PA Senate race
7B) Mandela Barnes advocated letting violent prisoners out of prison in Wisconsin as he sought
to free 50% of inmates. 65% were violent offenders
8) Democrats are back peddling on promise to Manchin on permit drilling legislation as House radical liberals scoff at plan.
Schumer vows to move forward to keep promise to Manchin.
9) Biden up 6 on Trump
1) Liberal Media blasts judge for granting Special Master Request. Judge to review evidence of raid.
2) Cost of Living strapping middle income Americans
3) Fetterman advertisement targets time he pulled gun on black man and his poor health non disclosure
4) Nevada Senate election is very tight and could lean toward Laxalt in a shift away from Democrats'
5) Real Clear Politics forecasts a 22 set GOP pick up in the House
6) Generic Ballot is even - This actually gives Republicans a slight edge
7) Biden is betting the mid terms on Division in the country which he is the ring leader
8) Fast food workers to make $22 per hour in CA? We'll explain the new Board.
9) Democrats are trying to buy votes with Fiscal Irresponsibility
10) Vilification of MAGA - Steve Bannon faces indictment in NY for state charges after Trump pardoned Federal charges.
1) Judge grants Trump request for Special Master to review documents in Raid case.
Trump slams Biden for vicious, hateful and divisive speech in PA.
2) Biden's Student Loan forgiveness plan is not popular when people learn how it will be paid for.
In excess of 60% do not like it. It is not playing well in swing state PA.
If implemented, some states may tax the forgiveness. (That's the minimum they should do.
3) Gazprom the Russian oil and gas giant, cuts off entirely the flow of gas to Europe.
8 Russian oil executives who voice concern or opposition have died mysteriously in 2022,
including members of their immediate family.
3A) The Euro currency drops below $0.99 cents which is the lowest exchange rate ever on recession fears
in Europe due to supply concerns over winter gas supply disruption.
3B) The Russian economy is in a recession and it is likely to continue for an extended period of time due to the war and sanctions.
4) Biden asks for $13.7B in additional aid for Ukraine.
5) OPEC+ announces a cut of 100K barrels a day in production. Oil jumps 3.5% and is back above $90 in the U.S.
6) British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss representing the Conservative party has been named Prime Minister of Great Britain.
7) In domestic politics, the Generic Ballot is tied in the Real Clear Politics poll, however Rasmussen has Republicans +5.
7A) Patty Murray is +3 in Washington Senate race, much closer than anticipated. What does this tell us?
7B) Gov. Hocul leads Lee Zeldon by 5 in NY Governor race.
8) In another disaster at the border, 13 illegals died trying to cross the river
9) Bed, Bath and Beyond CFO commits suicide by jumping out of his residence building. Was facing a federal investigation
into his trading activity while recently announcing layoffs for the struggling company.
10) In college football, Georgia and Alabama cruise and Ohio State comes back to defeat Notre Dame in a close game to start the season.
Guest - Jeffrey Dunetz1) Biden the Divider. Media pushes anti MAGA narrative
2) Trump Special Master
3) No High end chip sales to China
4) UN to inspect Ukrainian nuclear plant
5) Abbott ships Illegals to Chicago. Liberals outraged
6) Crime surges in Blue cities and Biden claims Dems support police. No they don't
7). Afghan woman claims she is raped by Taliban official and she gets arrested
8) Mary Peltola wins special election in Alaska rank choice voting. 1 Democrat against 2 Republicans.
The rematch is in 2 months. Palin should drop out so Republicans can win the seat
9) Green Energy policies are killing Europe as energy supplies dwindle while continent is in a 500 year drought
10) Major heat and drought in CA and west causes major stress on power grid as Newsome says do not charge EV's
11) Quinnipiac poll has Biden at 40% - 52%
55% of Independents say he is doing a bad job, 92% of Republicans say the same. 83% of Democrats approve up 11% in a month.
Bien has spent 40% of his time away from the White House
12) Fetterman refuses to debate OZ in PA
13) Counter offensive in Ukraine is making progress as Russians retreat.
Former Putin ally and head of Lukoil jumps out of 6th floor hospital window.
Numerous former Putin allies and their families have been killed in mysterious ways
14) Biden quietly trying to revive iran nuclear deal.
1) Biden approval falls to 38% in Reuters/Ipsos after an uptick to 41% last month
2) The economy, Immigration and Crime are main Republican issues.
Democrats care about the environment, economy, abortion and health care
3) 74% believe the country is going in the wrong direction
Democrats own inflation, gas prices, crime and 87K IRS agents as well as open border
4) 20 Whistleblowers come out against FBI Director Wrey lack of confidence and politicize the bureau.
5) Student debt plan is not paid for and likely to add to the federal debt. Democrats campaigning
stay clear of the issue.
6) Biden smearing GOP as fascists will backfire as he is desperate.
7) Rubio leading Demings in Florida despite media effort to portray otherwise. The race will be close.
Joe updates us on Levy - Blumenthal race in Connecticut
8) ADP shows a slowing in hiring at 130K jobs while the forecast was 300K.
9) Massive fraud anticipated in low income weatherization program which ballooned from $315M to $1B.
10) Gorbachev dies at 91
1) Zuckerberg admits censoring Biden Laptop story.
Senators Johnson and Grassley call for investigation
25 year veteran FBI agent Timothy Thibault escorted out of FBI building
2) Dershowitz says DOJ can't be trusted in Trump case
3) Desperate Biden to deliver Prime time speech lying about Republicans in unprecedented attack.
4) Unvaccinated migrants, no penalties lead to surge of illegals at border.
No solution in sight.
5) Still no plan on who pays for student loans
Biden was paid $900K by U of Penn and did not teach a class.
6) Democrats do not want to campaign with Biden who is -17 in PA and -15 in Wisc.
7) Polls
Walker +2
Kelly +4
Barnes +2
Fetterman +4
Vance +5
Bennett + 5
8) Crime - 5 killed in 3 days in Oakland
9) Ukraine launches offensive to retake Kherson and pave the way to the sea
1) Biden's Student Loan Folly and Illegal Policy
2) Media pushes Abortion issue
3) Afghanistan Anniversary debacle
4) Massive Trump Redaction leads to more questions than answers
5) Texas continues to bus illegals to NYC
6) Generic Ballot has Republicans up 0.6% and projected to take 23 House Seats
6A) Cook Political REport says pick up will be 10-20 seats
7) CA insane policy of no gas cars by 2035
8) 60% of Republicans say Trump 2024 nominee
9) Crime continues out of control as 3 killed in Oregon supermarket and 15 shot in Chicago
10) Stock had big drop Friday and more selling today
- Biden's student loan hand out
- Is the Red Wave becoming a ripple?
- Is there there food crisis coming?
- The US Returning To The Iran Deal, Good Or Bad?
- Trump calls for McConnell to be ousted as GOP leader ‘immediately’--
Dr. Fauci announces that he will be resigning in December, according to CNBC.
“The 81-year-old has advised seven U.S. presidents, starting with Ronald Reagan through the HIV/AIDS epidemic, West Nile virus, the 2001 anthrax attacks, pandemic influenza, various bird influenza threats, Ebola, Zika and, most recently, Covid and monkeypox.”
The CDC also announced that they will be relaxing their guidelines.
All of this just in time for midterms.
According to Fox Business, half of US companies surveyed are preparing to cut jobs.
“That's according to a new survey published on Thursday by consultant PwC, which last month polled more than 700 U.S. executives and board members from various industries. About half of respondents said they are preparing to reduce headcount — or already have — while 52% have implemented hiring freezes.”
But the WSJ wrote a this morning saying that people are still able to find jobs in record time. “But one characteristic of today’s economy is that job cuts at small startups and large companies have yet to dent the overall labor market. Labor demand is still historically strong, offering only faint signs of cooling. There are nearly two job openings for every unemployed person seeking work.”
There is still hope in this bleak economy for workers who are looking for pro-American businesses.
Gas Prices, Economy, and Crime continues to dominate midterm issues according to a recent poll, despite what main stream media wants you to believe.
According to Rasmussen: “Ninety-two percent are concerned about rising gas prices, while 68 percent are very concerned. Ninety-one percent are concerned about President Joe Biden’s economic recession. Sixty-six are very concerned. And 86 percent are concerned about violent crime. Sixty-one percent are very concerned.”
Beverly Hills department store bans masks due to rising crime rates.
“Fraser Ross, owner of the Kitson department store located in Beverly Hills, posted signs last Wednesday to inform shoppers that they would not be allowed to wear a mask in the store because of recent spikes in crime.”
Americans don’t care about liberal punditry and policies, they care about what is impacting them at home.
A new report finds that woke policies during the pandemic crushed downtown small businesses and economic activity in a number of blue cities, and these areas have yet to recover.
How the data was gathered:
“Our analysis incorporated data for 27 months from March 2020 to May 2022 for 62 cities of at least 350,000 people across the US and Canada. We then calculated a Recovery Quotient (RQ) for both downtowns and entire cities by comparing the total normalized device counts from the most recent 3 months of data compared to the first 3 months of data.”
Key Findings:
San Francisco’s downtown economic activity remains 69% below pre-pandemic levels, Portland’s is still down 59%, Detroit’s is down 58%, and Chicago is down 43%.
For medium sized cities: Cleveland is still down 64%, Minneapolis is still down 56%, and Oakland 54%.
Redfin released a new report that shows a record amount of homebuyers are actively preparing to relocate to conservative states. The top three cities, Miami, Tampa, and Phoenix, are netting the highest inflow of users. The top out-of-state origin for user searches was from either New York or Los Angeles.
According to CNBC’s Top States for Business 2022 Ranking, 9 of the top 10 states for ‘Business Friendliness’ have Republican Governors.
Washington D.C. is trying to incentivize people to move and buy homes in their city by offering 200k in loans to residents.
“Prospective homebuyers in Washington, D.C., can now receive more than $200,000 to help with their mortgage down payments, marking the latest effort by the city government to incentivize district residents
Americans are moving because of their freedoms are being infringed upon by woke liberal policies.
An RAF Chief Recruiter was allegedly instructed by her superiors to discriminate against white men in the hiring process. She quit in response to this.
The head of recruitment within Britain’s RAF is said to have been ordered by the “air force’s senior management to actively discriminate against white men in service of their woke agenda, a report published on Sunday alleges.”
Beverly Hills department store bans masks due to rising crime rates.
“Fraser Ross, owner of the Kitson department store located in Beverly Hills, posted signs last Wednesday to inform shoppers that they would not be allowed to wear a mask in the store because of recent spikes in crime.”
Washington D.C. is trying to incentivize people to move and buy homes in their city by offering 200k in loans to residents.
“Prospective homebuyers in Washington, D.C., can now receive more than $200,000 to help with their mortgage down payments, marking the latest effort by the city government to incentivize district residents to purchase homes.”
Developments at RedBalloon:
Expanding into Canada
Fighting wokeness in HR
Offering free job postings
Let's plan to spend a substantial amount of time talking about the Raid. Biden White House facilitated DOJ's criminal probe against Trump, scuttled privilege claims: memos Let's talk about Clinton and her email scandal in comparison.
This does appear to relate back to 2016 and Trump Russia Collusion. The Democrats never had the good son Trump but does he have the goods on them? Biden approval pops back up? From 36% to 47% in just one month? I don't buy it. Could this be possible?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/biden-bottoms-out-pops-back-to-47-approval Recent polls also suggest the Republicans are losing ground going into midterms. Predictions of a red wave are no more. They're expected to take house...but not by as much. The Senate is considered a toss up. I don't buy it. It doesn't mesh with reality. How much stock should we put in these polls? Liz Cheney is going to campaign for democrats. McConnell expressed concerns over GOP candidate quality. Trump called him a broken down hack. Are RINOs sabotaging the conservatives? Have you ever heard a Democrat talk this way about democrat candidates? https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-calls-mcconnell-a-broken-down-hack-over-midterm-prediction/ Fauci is retiring in December he's said. Republicans saying it's because he's hoping to escape investigation/prosecution. In any case, the man most responsible for pushing disastrous lockdowns and destroying economy will be earning 350K a year pension. https://nypost.com/2021/12/29/dr-fauci-on-track-for-annual-retirement-payout-up-to-350k-report/ Democrat cities are ghost towns. Democrat led cities see deserted downtowns, surging crime as residents flee
Mike Pence wants to be president but he repeatedly proves why he's not qualified. He's soft. He calls on the verbal attacks against the FBI to stop. He should be calling on all the so-called good guys in the FBI to come forward. https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/22/mike-pence-is-wrong-doj-and-fbi-rot-spreads-way-deeper-than-garland/ Brian Stelter is out at CNN, but is that good news? Many think it means CNN is moving center. But Chris Wallace will be filling Stelter's slot for a while. He's no centrist. What happens if CNN does regain credibility, but just dresses their propaganda better?
1) 2.0M have crossed this year and over 4.0M since Biden took office 2) Polls in PA and Biden 3) Affidavit Redaction? 4) Car bomb kills daughter of Putin ally 5) Inflation Enhancement Act - Polling poorly 6) Student Loan Forgiveness - Say it ain't so Joe 7) Interest rate hike fears pummel Wall Street
1) Harriett Hagerman defeats Liz Cheney 64-32% in Wyoming Republican Primary
2) Sen. Lisa Murkowski (43%) and Kelly Tshibaka (40%) advance in Alaska Senate contest
3) Sarah Palin among 3 top candidates vying for House seat in Alaska
4) Merrick Garland approval rating at 36% after Raid
4A) Sen. Grassley wants answers on Clinton "kid gloves" treatment after Trump raid
4B) Independent voters are not buying an Impartial Justice Department
5) Border Crisis - 199K entered illegally in July. 44K more Got Away.
2000 pounds of fentanyl seized which could make 469M doses.
13K pounds of meth seized.
5A) Operation Lone Star leads to 18K criminal arrests including 15K felons
5B) NYC is housing illegal immigrants in upscale hotels after receiving busloads from Texas
6) United Kingdom sees highest Inflation in 40 years at 10.1% while mortgage demand in the U.S., hits a 22 year low
7) China conserves electricity by shutting down factories as a heat wave slows the economy to 0.4% growth for quarter ending 6-30.
Zero Covid also a contributing factor.
8) Representative Val Demings leads Senator Marco Rubio by 4 in Florida? Internal polling does not reflect this but the race will be very tight.
1) Trump demands Affidavit be unsealed. Trump lawyer says Department of Justice opposes Independent Review of seized records.
DOJ says No to unsealing affidavit.
1A) 3 Trump passports seized and returned
2) Inflation Enhancement Act provides up to a $7,500 credit for certain groups to by an EV. The average price is now $66K.
Ford just raised prices by $8,000.
2A) Congressional Budget Office confirms people earning less than $200K WILL pay an extra $20B in taxes from the Inflation Enhancement Act.
2B) Biden to sign Inflation Enhancement Act today adding 87K IRS Agents - Did Biden represent this to you when he campaigned for President
3) Demand for oil and gas is back to Pre - pandemic levels while builders are slowing construction of new homes rapidly.
4) On the Culture War Front we have the following observations:
A. A North Dakota School Board has voted to remove the words "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance
B. A Minneapolis Teachers Union Agreement stipulates that White teachers will be laid off first regardless of seniority.
C. A left wing publication Atlantic Magazine claims the Catholic Rosary is an "Extremist symbol"
D. In a confusing statement, the CDC says people exposed to Covid - 19 no longer have to isolate? That's not what we have been told for 2 years.
E. San Franciso reverses course and agrees to REFUND the police by $120M after DeFunding it by that amount last year.
Predictably, crime soared.
5) Primary day in Alaska and Wyoming today
6) Ukraine bombs ammunition depot in Crimea multiple explosions
1) Everyone wants to know why it happened.
1A) Wild media speculation - Top Secret Information, Nuclear information, Charges
1B) Voter enthusiasm super high after raid on Republican side. Voters shocked by Raid.
1C) DOJ and FBI are political arms of the Democratic Party and act as Enforcers.
1D) Trump - "We need to bring down the temperature"
1E) 14 Whistleblowers have come forward to testify according to Jim Jordan
2) Trump has a wide lead among Primary voters and he is ahead of Biden in the General by 3-5 points
3) Arizona is building their own border wall as things have gotten out of hand
4) Florida bans Medicaid from covering Gender Affirming treatments - Great!
5) Congressional Delegation goes to Taiwan and China ramps up military drills.
6) U.S. missiles have been critical in aiding Ukraine
7) Because of Inflation, Social Security benefits may increase close to 10% further exploding the budget deficit.
The average American is paying an extra $717 per month
8) Abbott leads O'Rourke by 7 -10 points in Texas
9) Alaska Primary is Tuesday with Murkowski and Palin on the ballot.
10) Wyoming is D-day for Liz Cheney against Harriet Hagerman
11) Afghanistan debacle is one year ago and the country is a disaster
1) Biden claims zero inflation which is not true. The inflation rate is running at 8.5%. The increase came in flat but that
is little comfort to most Americans. Falling gas prices did help.
1A) The Producer Price Index was up 9.8% in July compared to July 2021, however it fell 0.5% from June.
Falling gas prices were the main reason. Gas is now averaging $3.99 per gallon down from $5.01 55 days ago.
1C) The Strategic Petroleum Reserve which was at 638M barrels when Biden took office will be down to $384M barrels by 9-30.
A 40% reduction. Capacity is 714M barrels.
1D) Jobless claims rise to 262K, highest in 8 months. We still have over 9.5M job openings in the country.
2) Federal government collected 4.1T in taxes during the first 10 months of the fiscal year. The government spent $4.8T leaving a deficit of $700B.
Department of Health and Human Services spent $1.33T
Social Security spent $1.06T
Defense spent $590B
3) Republicans continue to demand answers from FBI Director Wray on the Trump raid. He remains silent.
A judge has ordered the DOJ to respond to a request to unseal the Trump raid warrant.
3A) 77% of Republicans and 56% of Independents believe the Trump Raid was politically motivated.
4) Russian death toll of senior officers reaches 100 with over 10 Generals killed. They have suffered between 60K to 70K casualties of dead or wounded.
5) Plot uncovered to kill John Bolton and Mike Pompeo by Iranian.
6) Barnes versus Johnson in Wisconsin Senate race. Barnes is a radical leftist.
7) Fetterman versus Oz in Pennsylvania Senate race. Fetterman is a radical leftists. Get the pattern here.
8) I predict Bernie Sanders will run in 2024. Senator Joe Manchin approval rating declines 30 points after Inflation bill support.
1) Levy will face Richard Blumenthal who is seeking his third term. His approval rating is below 50%.
Joe will provide inside information on how it happened and analyze the upcoming race in the fall.
1A) Trump endorsed candidates go 4 for 4
2) Joe Kent declared the winner in Washington District 8 for U. S. House,
2A) Omar barely wins Minnesota seat by 50-48%
3) Reuters has Biden at 40% approval rating, up 2 points since July. His disapproval is at 55%.
The reason for the gain is a 9 point improvement among Democrats from 69% to 78%.
3A) The concern over Biden's mental health is as follows:
Democrats 39%
Republicans 82%
Independents 56%
4) Fallout intensifies over Trump raid. Sen Josh Hawley calls for him to resign or be impeached. McConnell demands answers.
4A) Trump takes the 5th in NY AG probe.
5) Rep. Scott Perry of the Freedom Caucas has his cell phone seized by the FBI as part of the 1-6 investigation. Republicans are outraged and demand answers.
6) Consumer Price Index comes in at 8.5%, down from 9.1% last month. Airline tickets and gas prices drop lead the way.
Rents and food remain elevated. Gas prices decline from $5.01 in June to $4.01 in July. Still up 44% year over year.
6A) Core CPI excluding food and energy came in at 5.9%. 390 basis points above the Federal Reserve target.
6B) The Federal Reserve is likely to win the battle with Inflation over time. But at what cost? Rates likely to be raised another 50 basis points at the September meeting.
7) Stocks rally and the VIX fear index falls to 20. It hit a peak of 35 in June.
8) DHS to end "Remain in Mexico policy" allowing asylum seekers to enter the U.S.
This is a result of the recent Supreme Court ruling and the reversal of a U.S. District judges reversing his temporary ruling
9) Ukraine destroys 9 planes in Crimea expanding the war
10) Betting markets now have DeSantis at 23% and Trump at 20% for Republican nomination
1) Presidential Records Act of 1978
2) 15 Boxes Seized following orders from Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI director Christopher Wray.
Republicans demand they testify before the Judiciary committee
2A) Trump's safe broker into
3) Weaponization of FBI and Justice Department and a blatant abuse of power in Mar A Lago raid.
Secret Service was notified. Biden apparently not notified? Pelosi heard chatter?
4) Dershowitz - "Should have issued a subpoena"
5) This illustrates the extent Democrats will abuse their power to stay in power. They must be defeated at the ballot box.
6) Pompeo - "FBI never touched Hillary's home". Double standard for Democrats
7) Joe Kent surges past Jamie Herrera Butler by 837 votes and is now projected to win according to Cook Political Report.
She voted to impeach Trump
8) Biden struggles with cough during CHIPS Act ceremony
9) Tax increases in the Inflation bill include Natural gas, crude oil, coal, corporate 15%, stock buyback and an excise tax on drugs that do not adhere
to government price controls plus 87K new IRS agents.
10) Leora Levy Senate Primary today in Connecticut with Trump's endorsement
1) Senate Parliamentarian gave the OK for Democrats Tax. Climate and Drug bill to proceed.
After Amendments failed, the bill passed the Senate 50/50 along party line votes and Harris broke the tie.
"Biden got credit for nothing" - Jonathan Karl ABC News.
$450B in spending with Inflation running hot.
Obamacare subsidies through 2024.
86K new IRS agents
15% corporate tax and an excise tax on gas
Electric cars, fossil fuels and renewable energy are the big winners
2) 528K jobs created in July. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5%. Why do 70%of Americans believe the Economy is going to get worse?
3) Republicans chose Milwaukee as the site for their 2024 Convention.
4) Trump won CPAC straw poll by 69-24 over DeSantis.
4A) With no Trump in the race DeSantis gets 65%, Don Jr. 8%, Cruz 6% and Pompeo 5% .
5) Joe Kent has rallied to trail by only 257 votes with 89% of the votes cast in Washington 8 seat.
6) Gov Greg Abbott continues sending migrants to NYC and DC.
7) Crime has gotten so bad in NYC that 10 criminals have been arrested 500 times due to bail reform. What bail?
Businesses are moving away from high crime blue cities with Soros back District Attorneys
8) Rasmussen has Biden at 45% approval. The Real Clear Politics average is 39.6%
8A) The Generic ballot has Republicans +3%. The RCP average is 0.1%.
9) Gov. Abbott of Texas continues with busing illegal immigrants to NYC which is a sanctuary city and residents are not happy
10) Consumer confidence in the housing market hits a 10 year low and Inflation expectations are 6.2% for the next year
then 3.2% for the following 3 years.
1) Leora Levy background
2) Policy Positions - America First
Economy, Inflation, Gas Prices
Invasion at southern border
Crime
Education versus indoctrination
2nd Amendment rights
Foreign Policy - Israel, Ukraine, China, Russia
2A) The Inflation Reduction Act
3) State of the Republican Primary Race running against 2 opponents
4) Richard Blumenthal (D) is below a 50% approval rating hovering around 45%.
There is an opportunity to flip Connecticut from Blue to Red.
Voters are NOT pleased with how Democrats are running the country
1) Blake Masters wins Senate Republican Primary in Arizona. He was backed by Trump and Investor Peter Theil.
2) Eric Schmidt wins Senate Republican Primary in Missouri defeating the former Governor backed by Trump.
3) Representative Peter Meijer of Michigan who voted to impeach Trump defeated by former Trump administration official John Gibbs.
Democrats contributed $500K to Gibbs campaign. He is now the underdog in the fall election in a moderate left leaning district.
4) The media goes bananas over Kansas upholding a constitutional law in the state allowing abortion by a 60-40 vote.
5) Kari Lake leads by 12K votes for Arizona Governor. She was backed by Trump.
6) Conservative Tuder Dixon wins in Michigan and will take on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer,
7) Joe Kent, a solid conservative who we had on twice at Schaftlein Report came in third place in Washington 8th Congressional district and
will not be on the ballot in the fall.
7) Pelosi leaves Taiwan after receiving praise from Republicans and some Democrats along with a muted response from the White House.
7A) Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns of CCP threat and says it was unacceptable behavior by China and very provocative. U.S. delegation posed no threat to CCP.
8) Inflation Reduction Act contains the following:
Price controls on the drug industry
80K new IRS agents
Billions on green energy welfare subsidies (remember Solindra?)
Higher taxes
Higher risk of job losses
9) Household debt now tops $16T for the first time ever up $312B since last month fueled by Inflation.
Credit card debt up 13%
1) Do not raise taxes to if you want more supply. Increasing supply will help reduce prices. Democrats are moving in the opposite direction.
1A) Inflation Reduction Act - Sen. Sinema holds the cards.
Dave details the problems with the bill.
1B) This follows the CHIPS Act which passed the senate with the goal of bringing chip manufacturing back to the U.S.
2) Oil drops as weak Chinese factory data heightens demand concerns and property slumps.
Gasoline prices drop for the last 45 days
2A) 2 Year Notes are prices 30 basis points higher than 10 year notes 3.00% - 2.7%. Is this an indicator of a future recession? Or a current recession?
3) Home prices cooled at a record pace in June as demand falls and supply builds. This is the biggest drop since the 2007-2009 period.
It would take 6 more months of drops to bring the market back to normal conditions
Rising interest rates currently around 5% and Inflation are leading the slide
The Median price is now $416K
4) Americans wages are not keeping up with Inflation costing the average family an extra $460 per month.
76% of Americans are concerned about Inflation and 60% are worried about making rent and mortgage payments.
35% of Americans rent instead of own and the average rent is now $2,000 per month.
72% have not saved enough for retirement
5) How did Government student debt projections go from a profit of $114B to a projected loss of $197B?
Easy answer - If the policy is to defer payments way too long and not accrue interest, you have a blow up.
If Biden forgives $10K per student, it will cost the government $321B.
The total student debt now stands at a whopping $1.7T an average of $30K per borrower.
6) Job openings fell to 10.7M in July from 11.1M in June
7) Federal Reserve to raise Balance Sheet run off to $95B in September. The Balance sheet is currently at $9T.
1) Terrible pictures emerge from Eastern Kentucky flood area.
2) Personal Consumption Expenditures a primary Federal Reserve Inflation gage rose 6.8% last month.
It was the biggest 12 month rise since 1982.
2A) Excluding Food and Energy, the PCE increased 4.8% up .1% from May but off the high of 5.3% hit in February.
2B) Production constraints will keep oil prices high for the foreseeable future.
2C) Inflation is a much bigger concern for the Fed versus Recession
3) Senator Sinema has not responded yet to the Manchin-Schumer bill. She previously was against taxing carried interest. Reports indicate she does
not want that in the bill and she wants to give Republicans time for Amendments.
The Chamber of Commerce and numerous other organizations speak out AGAINST the bill.
Inflation Reduction Act - The name is a joke, no they are serious.
4) Gallup Poll has Biden at 38% an All time low down from 41% one month ago.
4A) Rasmussen poll provides better news with Biden at 42%.
4B) The Generic Ballot has Republicans up by 1%
5) The Misery Index which combines Inflation and Unemployment is forecasting a 30-40 seat House Pick up by Republicans.
We are more cautious in the range of 15-20.
5A) 45% of Americans blame Biden for Inflation
6) Both Biden and Trump are at 35% Approval on whether they should run in 2024.
7) A veteran Chicago prosecutor resigned citing zero confidence in District Attorney Kim Fox while number of arrests in the city are at a 20 year low,
despite the rise in crime. 48 shot over the weekend through Saturday.
8) Biden has a rebound of Covid with no symptoms. Will isolate for 5 days.
9) Pelosi trip to include Taiwan visit on Tuesday.
10) Primaries in Arizona, Missouri, Washington and Michigan tomorrow.
11) Basketball legend Bill Russell dies at 88.
1) Following (1.5%) in 1st Quarter, the debate is on. Is the USA in or approaching a Recession?
1A) Fed hikes rates 75 basis points. Another 100 basis point increases is expected by year end in effort to tame Inflation
2) The Federal Reserve has a $9T balance sheet. It has only been reduced by $16B since June.
2A) the 2 year not is yielding 20 basis points above the 10 year note signaling a slow down ahead and possible recession.
3) Sen. Manchin and Schumer reach agreement on slimmed down energy, climate, prescription drug and tax hike deal.
Investments in energy, manufacturing with goal to reduce carbon emissions 40% by 2030, expand subsidies for the Affordable Care Act,
Reform environmental Permitting to speed up domestic energy production, 15% minimum corporate tax and cut the deficit by $30B a year for 10 years.
EV tax credits included in deal.
3A) What will Sen Sinema do. She has opposed tax increases on carried interest in the past
3B) Generate $739B in Revenue and spend $433B over 10 years.
4) Senate passes CHIPS bill to enhance domestic semiconductor chips. 17 Republicans join Democrats.
5) Warnock leads Walker by 3 and Kemp leads Abrams by 5 in Georgia polls.
6) While liberals scream about climate, Asia and Africa are building over 200 coal fired power plants.
Why not focus on Methane which is 50x worse that CO2?
7) Biden offers prisoner swap of arms dealer for basketball player Griner and businessman Whelan.
Guest: Andrew Craqpuchettes
1) Andrew details the massive shift and explains the factors causing the move.
Democratic policies are a leading cause.
2) Pending home sales fall across all regions of the country an average of 13% as buyers back away.
3) Federal Reserve officials say they misread Inflation and now plan to correct course with 75 basis point raise today
on top of previous raises of 25, 50 and 75 basis points. This will bring the Federal Funds Rate to a range of 2.25% to 2.5%.
This is still WELL below the Inflation rate
4) Q-2 GDP forecast ranges from -1.0% to positive 1.2%
5) White House sells another 20M barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
5A) Sanctions on Russian economy are having only a limited effect as while they are in a recession, it is not a bad as expected due to continued
high oil and gas prices
6) Economist Nuriel Roubini aka Dr. Doom says a "mild recession" is a fantasy.
7) In politics, only 20% of New Hampshire voters want Biden to run in 2024. 75% nationwide oppose him running according to a CNN poll.
NY Times says "Failing Biden" must not run in 2024.
8) Why are Democratic Senate candidates REFUSING to say a man cannot get pregnant? This is pure Insanity pandering to a radical base
9) ICE is developing a program to give ID cards to Illegal immigrants. More bad policies.
Massive amount of drugs confiscated at border.
10) Attorney General Merrick Garland not ruling out charging Trump if evidence supports he violated the law in Lester Holt interview.
1) President Biden - "We are not going into a Recession". Is he correct?
2) Walmart cuts forward guidance - blames inflation effecting its consumers. We have been discussing this for months.
3) Consumer Confidence falls to lowest level since 2-21. Fed poised to hike rates 75 basis points
4) The Average cost of a new car from GM is $50,500. WOW!
5) Oil and Gasoline prices likely to stay high as Refiners face increasing costs for Insurance, maintenance, heating cost to tun the facilities,
physical hazards and debt. No new refiners are being build and the last one was over 2 decades ago.
6) 9.3 months supply of new homes are on the market and the normal is 4.5 months.
Sales of new homes were down 8.1% last month.
Existing home sales fell for the second month in a row.
7) Gas Rationing has been approved by the European Union as Russian supplies are at 20% of capacity.
8) Migrant smuggling is a billion dollar business.
55K migrants escape capture each month. The "Gotaways" are spreading all through out the U.S.
9) Robberies in NYC are up 40%. No bail fees and the NY District Attorney reclassifying crimes where criminals feel emboldened.
10) Trump in D.C. for first time since he left office for a Keynote address to America First Policy Institute
11) Will we ever know the truth about Hunter Biden?
1) NY Times blames Sen. Manchin for Climate Failure while seeking "Radical Transformation".
All of the Global Warming fear mongering on Sunday shows with Former VP Al Gore.
The problem - They want the U.S. to halt drilling and reduce carbon footprint while China, India and Russia continue to produce oil and other carbon fuels.
Americans do NOT want higher gas prices while drilling less.
Democrats want Executive Action which Biden has done on a limited basis and they push electing more Democrats - No surprise.
2) Treasury Secretary Yellin - We have a path to avoid a Recession
Summers suggests raising taxes to reduce demand and lower inflation.
3) Crime is a MAJOR issue. Biden pushes $33B to Refund the Police. We agree
60 shot in Chicago this weekend killing 3.
3A) Democratic mayors beg for Federal help as migrants arrive in Sanctuary cities from the border.
4) 64% of Democrats do not want Biden to run in 2024. Only 19% of Hispanics support Biden
5) Trump 49% and Gov. DeSantis at 24% in Turning Point straw poll. We'll explain the results.
6) Generic Congressional Ballot average Republicans +3%
Trafalger +8%
Rasmussen +10%
Emerson +1%
7) Russian forces running out of steam?
Ukrainian forces outgunned in effort to retake Southern Ukraine?
Which is true? 82 Colonels now killed. 60K dead or wounded
8) Russia reduces gas to Europe to 20% of capacity from 40% last week blaming turbine repairs.
CNN Poll 68% believe Biden has the Wrong Priorities.
Americans overwhelmingly want the administration to focus on Inflation.
White House - No Climate Emergency Declaration, yet but Biden will do Executive Orders on climate?
Germany forces businesses to close down as energy is rationed due to Russian gas shortage. Hospitals, schools and food producers are prioritized.
Energy prices could triple this year when it gets cold.
EU proposes voluntary 15% Natural Gas Cut as Putin threatens to cut off gas flows.
17 Democratic members of congress arrested during abortion protest at Supreme Court. AOC mocked for fake handcuff.
House passes Marriage Equality bill with all Democrats and 50 Republicans which would repeal Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 that
defined marriage as a union of a man and a woman.
Why are leftists angry over the 22 year old that stopped a mass casualty event?
Build Back Better reduced from $3.5T monstrosity to a $40B Prescription Drug Bill. My, my how times have changed.
Thank you Senator Manchin!!!
No spending on Climate and raising taxes.
Thank you Senator Manchin!!!
NYC being over run with asylum seeking migrants with an additional 3,000 arriving on buses from Texas and Arizona.
Mayor pleads for help
McConnell predicts a crowded field of Republicans running for President
Soros donates $1.0M to O'Rourke for TX Governor race. A preview of coming attractions.
Massive heat wave in U.S. Drought in CA central valley threatens food supply. 25% comes from there.
DeSantis leads Trump in Florida and Michigan polls. Slams Biden for wrong thinking energy policies
Japan replaces China as largest holder of U.S. debt with $1.2T versus $1.0T
After Biden praises GM for the EV efforts, GM decides to manufacture some cars in Mexico?
1) Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee Vote unanimously down a plan to toughen sentences for child sex trafficking
2) A group of radical House Democrats propose adding 4 Supreme Court Justices. Don't worry, most Democrats oppose the idea
3) Senator Joe Manchin crushes the Global Minimum Taxation Rate proposed by Democrats
4) Democrats Open Border Policy forces Texas and Arizona Governors to bus Illegals to Washington D.C.
Mayor pleads for help.
5) Radical Climate Democrats push crazy Climate Fantasy fueled by Greeniacs promoting Green New Deal.Americans overwhelmingly oppose this.
6) Democrats push the Liberal World Order hoping for $10 a gallon for gasoline.
7) Liberal policies on Crime cause arrests in only 12% of cases in Chicago. Fewer crimes are reported. Police forced to pull back for fear of prosecution
has lead to massive crime wave here and in other deep blue cities. Sacramento homeless greater than S.F up 67% to over 5,000 people, robbery up 42%, rape 50%.
8) We are at the one year anniversary where Biden said Inflation is "Temporary"
9) DeSantis war chest at $45M
1) Sen. Joe Manchin will only support a Prescription Drug Deal and Assistance on Health Care Premiums.
Says "no" to tax increases and climate bill effectively crushing the Biden Agenda for now.
Progressives liberals are furious.
Sen. Bernie Sanders blasts Manchin (Chairman of the Energy Committee) calling it sabotage.
Claims Climate Change is a threat to humanity
2) Biden meets with Saudi's and MBS - They get photo op and U.S. is unclear what we got?
No apparent increase in oil production.
3) Biden job approval at 33%
4) 20% of Americans have applied for Federal and State Food Assistance or went to food banks.
This illustrates the damaging effects of Biden's increase in inflation and food costs.
5) Border Crossings set a record in June 2022 compared to June 2021 as 192K cross bringing the 2022 Fiscal year total to 1.7M.
It is out of control and open. Americans do not favor open borders.
6) Liz Cheney is down 20 points to her Wyoming Primary opponent Harriet Hagerman.
7) NASCAR star Bobby East murdered by a tattooed face homeless criminal in Westminster, a city here in Orange County CA.
He was filling up his car at a gas station in the middle of the afternoon.
8) 57% of Democrats say the Constitution is racist and sexist, however 89% of Republicans, 80% of Independents and 74% of Democrats have a favorable opinion of it.
49% of Democrats want it rewritten while 77% of Republicans, 63% of Independents 47% of Democrats say no to that idea.
9)Trump to deal with a changing electorate in 2024 according to Dick Morris in his new book "The Return - Trumps Big 2024 Comeback"
50% more people voted in 2020 than 2000 while population grew by only 30%.
10) Cameron Smith wins the British Open Championship at St. Andrews!
1) Wholesale PPI increase of 11.3% is WAY too high and will bleed into an already accelerating Inflation with rising input costs.
2) Biden says June Inflation "Unacceptably high", but out of date. Is it possible it peaked - MAYBE?
The risk is wage price spiral.
3) Excluding Food and Energy, the Core CPI was at 5.9%. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers characterized it as "Way too high and out of control"
Summers warned of this a year ago.
4) Sen. Manchin throws cold water on a scaled back Build Back Better as Inflation is too much a risk for additional spending.
The problem is the Biden administration and Democrats philosophically want to spend more on climate and other initiatives because that is their core belief.
They care more about climate and social issues than inflation. They is the ultra leftist liberal administration policy staffers. The public is NOT with them.
5) Biden trip to Israel - Jeffrey provides a history and contradiction of the difference how Trump and Biden have approached the Middle East and
the ramifications of policy changes. The success of the Abraham Accords and the relationship with Iran and Saudia Arabia.
Biden says "We will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon". Also claims he supports Abraham Accords.
6) Trump strategy on when to announce his 2024 candidacy is hotly debated in Trump world and in Republican circles. Pros/Cons
7) Senator Marco Rubio leads Val Demings by 5-8% in Florida Senate race
Warnock leads Walker 50-57%. Kemp leads Abrams 52-48%
8) Biden falls to 36% in CNBC polls. The lowest ever. Trumps lowest was 37%.
1) Dr. Busler gives his insight on how we got here. Have we reached peak Inflation as commodity prices have fallen significantly?
1A) Consumers expect Inflation of 6.8% one year from now and 3.6% in three years.
2) We have an Inverted Yield Curve with a 2 year / 10 year spread at - .177 basis points with the 2 year note at 3.122 and the 10 year Note at 2.945.
the spread doubled today from .085 yesterday. We'll discuss the implications and what it means.
2A The dollar continues strengthening as rates rise. Will the Euro go lower against the dollar now that we are at parity?
Multinational companies most effected.
3) Oil is below $98 per barrel. Why?
Producers are producing near capacity and there is a slowdown in demand primarily through China.
4) Builders are slashing home prices and slowing construction as buyers pull back.
Home price increases slowed slightly in April year over year to 20.4% and further slowed in May. June may be the first month post peak with prices actually dip month over month.
June actual sales of homes are down 31% year over year. Cancellations have jumped and in some areas 'sales have fallen off a cliff" according to local Realtors.
5) Small business sentiment has plunged to a 48 year low as Inflation is the biggest concern by far.
6) Giant tech companies Alphabet and Microsoft and slowing hiring or marginally reducing staff.
7) Why do we still have 11M job openings?
8) Why is Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Asia ginning up support for a cap on Russian oil prices? Aren't the risks much greater than the potential reward?
How would this work in theory? Sanctions on Russia have had only nominal success.
9) What effect is the Crypto collapse having on the over all economy. Founders of Crypto firm 3AC are missing and the company is in bankruptcy.
They had $10B in Assets under management in March.
1) Oil dips below $100 per barrel and the Dollar and Euro reach parity. Concerns about energy costs in Europe, war in Ukraine, recession in Europe
and Fed raising rates in the U.S. are the reasons.
1A) Federal Reserve on track to raise rates 75 basis points this month
2) Joe Biden's age is NOW the issue as Democrats look to alternatives
3) 46% of Republicans want someone other than Trump. We'll discuss alternatives.
4) 300 Virginia state employees quit rather than return to work in the office. GOOD!
5) "Foot in Mouth - Jill Biden "Hispanic community is as unique as a breakfast Taco". Staff apologizes
6) 60K soldiers could be removed from service for not taking the vaccination even while military recruiting is not achieving their goals.
Drew provides analysis.
7) Some bay area cities are banning construction of new gas stations to fight climate change. Meanwhile China plows ahead.
Meanwhile, Germany will not retire 11 Coal fired power plant. They will also RE-COMMISSION 17 coal and oil fired plants.
So much for climate change when people may freeze.
8) Ukraine war shows no signs of letting up. What will it take to reach a resolution? Timing?
9) Biden to visit Palestinian hospital in East Jerusalem and pledge $100M in U.S. aid in a slap at Israel.
10) Immigration courts have a backlog of 1.8M cases. Deportations are drastically down under Biden as there are virtually no efforts made
to enforce the law. Cases are dismissed or courts grant relief even after an order to remove. 70% chance of deportation under Trump,
just 24% under Biden. It is a surrender to the invasion
1) In England, Boris Johnson's government collapses and he is forced to resign over lack of confidence and poor decisions
2) Confidence in Biden plummets among all groups. Right, Center and Left is not happy with his leadership and the direction or lack there of.
3) A scaled down Build Back Better? Sen. Schumer still pushing radical tax and spend climate and health care bill.
Also discussing with Sen. Manchin a plan to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices starting in 2023
4) Schumer used to fight to keep the filibuster.
5) NEA and the teachers union proposes changing the word "mother" to "birthing parent". These Woke people are completely out of touch with American values.
6) Concerning the border Invasion, instead of helping the state of Texas, the U.S. is investigating Texas operation Lone Star to combat the border surge
claiming potential civil rights violations
7) Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia.
8) Newsome "freedom commercial" draws criticism from Floridians who are overwhelmingly happy with their governor.
Backlash for Montana vacation and will he run for President in 2024?
9) Federal Reserve remains on course to hike rates 75 basis points this month in effort to curb inflation.
Some sign say the inflation is cooling. Mortgage rates decline to 5.3% is largest since 2008.
Commodities have fallen by a large amount.
10) Russia continues to prosecute the Ukraine war slowly advancing as casualties mount and territory falls.
- Only 12% say the USA is going in the right direction.
- Biden approval at 36% in Monmouth poll. 58% Disapprove. A 22 point gap. 3) Radical liberal Democrats are frustrated with Biden on abortion even though he has very limited options on this subject.
- Likewise, even after signing a bipartisan bill, they are still not happy in the aftermath of Highland Park which had very tough gun laws.
- Biden administration sues Arizona over law requiring proof of citizenship to vote? This perfectly illustrates the gap between ordinary Americans who favor such laws and the political elite.
- Germany is on track to shut down 3 fully operating nuclear plants while Europe is having an energy crisis. The EU has requested they keep them open. Again the radical greens are in control in Germany. How stupid can they be?
- Oil prices fall below $100 as fears of recession take hold.
- Biden administration is considering raising ozone standards in Permian basin where we get 40% of our oil. He is either brain dead or deliberately committing political suicide.
Biden's Failing Presidency/Chicago Killings
Guest - Joe Visconti - Political Commentator
1) 71% of Americans do not want Biden to run for re-election.
45% feel he is a bad President, 36% too old and 60% doubt his mental abilities
1A) Democratic Pollster John Zogby rates Biden's performance as President a D.
Says "He is in real trouble"
2) 6 dead and 19 hospitalized in Chicago Parade shooting. 21 year old suspect in custody. PRIOR tot he parade, 54 shot and 7 killed
during holiday weekend. This city is out of control;
2A) Leftist radicals renounce Independence Day
3) Year to date, we have the worst stock market in 52 years.
3A) Atlanta Federal Reserve gage see Q-2 GDP falling negative 2.1%.
This follows Q-1 negative 1.6%.
Recession can be defined as 2 consecutive quarters of negative growth.
Dollar strengthens as the Euro currency approaches parity with the U.S. dollar. $1.20 to $1.02.
4) Oil Price Blame - Biden 51%, Big Oil 26% and Putin 15%
Energy producers roast Biden over staffer who tweeted under his name requesting gas station owners lower prices.
Biden needs a lesson in Economics 101. This is beyond juvenile. Meanwhile his administration is doing everything possible to hamper the industry.
Like blocking an upgrade to a refiner in U.S. Virgin Island while our refiners are running at 94-98% capacity.
4A) On 7-1-22, California INCREASED Gas Taxes by 3 cents as the increase is by law automatically tied to inflation.
The gas tax in CA is now 54 cents a gallon. Supper majority of Democrats in the state legislature are responsible for this.
However voters are also to blame as they approved not rolling it back in a referendum.
4B) CA Gov. Newsome proposes a $1,050 rebate to Californians. This "free money" will help the needy and also will add pressure to inflation.
We'll explain the social cost and benefit.
5) Federal Reserve to raise rates in July by another 75 basis points to try and curb inflation caused by spending $6T during the pandemic years 2020 and 2021,
artificially low interest rates for way too long, Even in 2022, the deficit will be 1.3T. Our Government spends too much money.
6) Russia claims full control of Luhansk region in battle for Donbas and bombing of civilian targets continues.
6A) Capping prices on Russian oil could cause prices to explode to $380 if Russia retaliates by reducing supply.
7) Sunday show had the media personalities looking for ways around the Roe decision. HHS Secretary Bacerra said the only true way is
for Congress to pass a law. Liberal Progressives want more and they are angry at Biden.
8) NYC bomb throwing BLM radicals who plead guilty of attacking police were not charged with enhanced terrorism as prosecutors were overruled
by the Justice Department. They will likely serve 2 years which is less of a sentence than many January 6 participants. Double Standard here.
Schaftlein Report | Supreme Court Crushes EPA in 6-3 Ruling
Guest - Jeffrey Dunetz - LidBlog Author ( LidBlog.com )
Topics:
1) West Virginia versus EPA: Ruling reverses 1973 law that empowered the EPA's regulatory authority over Coal, Power Plants and the Fossil fuel industry. EPA does not have unheralded regulated authority to dictate policy. Congress should dictate rules and not the EPA. This is a HUGE loss for Climate Activists. Victory for energy!!
2) This year the EPA has denied 69 requests from oil companies to make cheaper gasoline under "small refinery exceptions" for ethanol to meet renewable fuel standards. While there are food shortages in the world, radical democrats and climate activists force higher prices on consumers by requiring corm based ethanol in some gasoline products thus increasing the price.
2B) Court rules 5-4 for Biden against Trump's Remain in Mexico policy for people coming from other countries
3) 73% of Americans believe the country is going in the wrong direction in one poll and 85% in a second poll.
4) In Real Clear Politics Polling Average, Biden hit s new Low of 38% approval and 57.5% Disapproval. 19.5% deficit.
On the Economy. he is upside down by 30 points.
5) Small businesses and larger corporations are leaving Chicago as violent crime is up 35%. Once again a liberal democrat is in charge. 20 year old woman shot at point blank range in back of head in Upper East side of NYC strolling her baby
6) Inflation and crime are way more important to Americans than Abortion
7) Recession fears grow as food inflation is at a 42 year high.
Biden rules out asking Saudi Arabia to produce more oil.
8) Biden reaffirms commitment to back Ukraine to defeat Russia as more weapons to be sent by NATO countries to Ukraine
9) 1-6 hearings resemble Soviet show trials. Secret Service refutes witness claims of Trump in The Beast.
Topics :
1) Cook Political Report moves 6 House races toward GOP.
38 Democratic seats considered toss up or worse
10 Republican seats considered toss up or worse
Current projection is GOP pick up of 20-35 seats
2) Supreme Court rules voting map crafted by Republicans in Louisiana is correct by 6-3 vote overruling Obama appointed District Judge who tried to draw a district demographically more favorable to Democrats
3) Biden deflects responsibility for human trafficking deaths in Texas. 2 Mexican citizens arrested.
4) Sweden and Norway approved to join NATO.
U.S. send additional troops (now 100K) in Europe plus additional ships and fighter jets. Russia calls the move "Destabilizing"
5) While we have high oil and gas prices, the fossil fuel industry has lost 67K jobs since Biden took over due to restrictions on domestic oil and gas production as the administration goes green at consumers expense.
5A) Fed Chairman Powell vows to tackle inflation which has been high for a year. Why did they wait so long to address. We have been talking about this for over a year.
6) AOC and other radical Democrats call for Abortion clinics on Federal Land shot down by Biden, Harris and "other Democrats". Pelosi takes communion at Vatican even though her bishop prohibits it
7) As crime escalates in LA county, West Hollywood votes to reduce "Defund" the police budget and reduce the number of officers even though crime is up 137%. This is an ultra liberal area.
8) Former White House aide testifies before 1-06 committee. Democrats claim bombshell testimony, Republicans yawn as the information revealed is mainly old news and some of it is already discredited. The ratings for the hearings have been a disappointment to Democrats. Liz Cheney suggests criminal prosecution for Trump.
9) Lee Zeldin wins GOP Governor primary in NY and will face Gov. Hochul in the fall.
Topics:
1) Tractor trailer full of migrants left abandoned in Texas summer heat cause widespread death and injury
a. Officials looking for truck owner and driver.
b. 7K a day try crossing the border - Biden press secretary "The border is closed" - NO IT IS NOT
2) Russian terrorist attack on shopping mall in central Ukraine - Many dead and wounded
a. Air Defense Systems being sent
b. NATO to increase troop strength from 40K to 300K
c. Is Jake Sullivan the National Security Adviser on the outs with Biden?
3) NY court will not allow Non-citizens to vote
4) Blue city crime - Atlanta man shoots Subway employee over too much mayonnaise on sandwich - Black-on-black murder
a. 1 dead (26 year old woman) and 1 in critical condition (24 year old woman) - Both employees had been on the job for a month
b. Man arrested age 36 - Southwest part of the city - Owner considers closing the store due to crime
c. Buckhead residents want to secede from Atlanta as crime surges
5) Consumer Confidence hits 16-month low
Half of Americans live paycheck to paycheck with virtually no savings
Half believe we are already in a recession
6) Biden Disapproval Ratings Soar
a. Economy 66%
b. Inflation 71%
c. Ukraine 57%
d. Immigration 59%
e. Abortion 60%
f. Guns 62%
Topics:
1) States will now decide:
a. What happened to the Leftists Rage - Most protests were peaceful however some violence in Portland and Phoenix where tear gas used to disburse crowd
b. Warren wants to pack the court - Biden says No
c. Hollywood crushed
d. Media Liberals employ scorched earth plan
e. Trump blamed and credited
f. Ginsburg blamed by leftists
g. Radical Democrats like Waters and AOC openly suggest to defy the court, want judges impeached
h. Companies to pay for travel of employees?
2) From Abortion to guns to January 6th commission, it was a bad week for liberals - People are not changing how they vote
Supreme Court rules a coach who lead his team in prayer cannot be fired and is protected by the 1st amendment in 6-3 decision
3) Democrats try doing everything in their power to distract from the economy, inflation and gas prices
4) Biden accidentally reveals Note cards detailing instructions to him
It's obvious he is in way over his head - His approval hovers in the upper 30's
1.0M voters have changed their registration to Republican since Biden took office
5) DeFacto Amnesty - Federal Prosecutors are dismissing stacks of cases - 70K cases closed - The goal is to pardon 1.0M by 2024
Over 2.75M Illegal Immigrants have tried crossing since Biden took office
6) NATO meetings in Europe as Ukraine withdraws from the East to regroup - Without more weapons, Ukraine cannot handle Russia alone
Russian missile hits Kiev building
7) Potential global food shortages could effect 50m people in 435 countries
*Russia blocking Ukraine ports needed to ship the grain - 60M tons per year
Grain elevators attacked and grain stolen
Topics:
1) Biden asks Gas Station owners to lower prices and continues his criticism of oil companies
a. Americans have "Tuned Out" Biden - His gun speech was viewed by only 5% of focus group participants
b. Germany may have to ration gas
2) Secretary Granholm to meet with oil and refinery companies to discuss the issues - Claims she has no idea how to resolve the problem but at lest it is a step in right direction
3) Tax holiday is dead on arrival in congress - Democrats say Biden was too slow to react to rising inflation and gas prices
4) Fed Chairman Jay Powell "Soft landing is very challenging and a recession is possible"
5) President heads to Europe Saturday for meeting with NATO on Ukraine war and G7 Economic summit
6) France, Germany, Italy and Romania did not promise heavy weapons to Ukraine
a. It is likely to have to cede property to get the war to end and achieve a peace deal
b. Leadership of Biden and NATO comes into question
c. NATO and Ukraine has gone from trying to achieve a military victory to a Survival mode
7) Supreme Court strikes down NY gun restriction law - Establishes the right to carry
8) DeSantis leads Trump by 2 in New Hampshire poll for 2024 39-37% - A statistical tie
Topics:
1) Crude Oil prices fall to $103 per barrel as recession fears hit market - But for how long?
2) Fed chairman Powell: "higher rates will moderate asset prices"
"Price stability is the bedrock for the economy" - We do not have that right now
*Inflation is a supply demand imbalance and a policy error of the Biden administration and the Federal Reserve
3) The current Fed funds rate is 1.6% - Powell says it will be 3-3.5% by year end
4) Biden and some Democratic Senators blame oil companies - Chevron fires back at the criticism
5) Biden to support a 3-month Federal gas tax holiday (18 CENTS ON GAS AND 24 CENTS ON DIESEL)
Pelosi once called it "showbiz" - Will it pass congress and to what effect? We say minimal to no effect
6) Russian Ruble is the strongest performing currency this year up 40% versus the dollar
a. Strong commodity prices and $20B per month in export revenue of oil and gas are contributing factors
b. Paying for oil in Rubles pushes demand in addition to capital controls
7) Russia is rerouting trade through Brazil, India, China and South Africa
8) Demand for mortgages is plunging and house price gains stall as this part of the market desperately needs a cool down
9) Press secretary says Biden will "ELEVATE" pain at the pump - She meant to say alleviate
Topics:
1) Basklash - Biden says what we all knew - Higher gas prices has a silver lining of shifting to renewal energy sources
a. This has been their plan all along - They WANT high gas prices
b. The problem is that high gas prices have had virtually no effect on climate change as drivers continue to drive and pay the higher cost
c. We have not seen demand destruction
d. Biden considers Gas Tax Holiday - Even Obama opposes that
2) Inflation figures price increases over the past year
a. Gasoline up 49%
b. Energy cost up 35%
c. Rents up 15%
d. Cars up 13%
e. Utilities up 12%
f. Groceries up 12%
3) Survey results show 64% of Americans blame Biden for Inflation being so high including 53% of Democrats
4) Economists say the Unemployment rate must go above 5% for inflation to ease
5) The average price of a new house is $435K
The median price of all houses sold is $408K meaning half sold for more and half for less
This is up 15% over last year and up 60% over 5 years
6) Goldman Sachs warns the odds of a Recession are 30% over the next year and 48% over the next two years
7) China is buying 8.4M metric tons of oil from Russia = $5.7B per month (discounted price due to sanctions)
China is buying 7.8M metric tons of oil from Saudi Arabia = $6.3B per month
8) Due to higher oil prices, this allows the Russians to finance the war - Sanctions hurt the Russian people, but not the Kremlin
9) Anti-Trump hearings continue - Americans are generally not paying attention as so much focus is on Inflation, Gas and Food prices
10) Voters go to the polls today in Alabama and Virginia for Senate and Congressional Primaries
Topics:
1) Some even say he will not make it through his current term
a. Biden was shielded during the 2020 campaign and that same strategy is being used in the White House - Very few interviews
b. "Take the car keys away from Grandpa" approach
c. Biden is NOT a moderate but a highly partisan liberal
d. His polling numbers are terrible and the progressive left dominates the party for now
2) Biden hit New Low at 32% approval with 57% Disapproval - A 25 point gap
He is under water in 48 states
3) Democrats are losing Hispanics whose values include being Conservative on Education, social issues, pro life and pro gun, lower taxes and freedom of religion and school choice
4) On the economic front, Bitcoin fell below $18,000 and Etherium below $1,000
a. India is buying Russian coal at a 30% discount to market
b. The threat of a Recession is growing and pundits are jumping aboard including Larry Summers who adjusts his story every day
c. Housing is really slowing in number of units being built as rising interest rates take a toll - Much more slow down to come
5) Treasury Secretary Yellin says the only way out of the current energy crisis is through renewables
a. Can someone please teach the Treasury Secretary about drilling and fracking?
b. The energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm say we are in for high gas prices for the extended future
6) Did anyone try to fly over the weekend? 3,000 flights cancelled and over 6,300 were delayed
Staffing shortages, lack of pilots and weather to blame?
7) Global swimming board rules no more transgender guys can compete in women's events (after reaching puberty)
8) European Union and British intelligence warn the war in Ukraine could go on for years as Russia wages a war of attrition
*Ukraine losing 200 soldiers a day as Russia advances in Donbas region
9) Matthew Fitzpatrick wins the U.S. Open Golf tournament by one shot over Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler in an outstanding day for golf
10) In politics, Katie Britt leads Mo Brooks by 19 in Ala. Senate Republican primary and Dr. Oz is behind in PA senate race by 9
Topics:
1) Federal Reserve raises rates 75 basis points, highest hike in 28 years
Stocks getting pounded in Bear market
2) Biden approval at 39% and Disapproval at 56% in Reuters/Ipsos Poll
This is consistent with other polling data
3) By 51-31%, Voters prefer Republicans over Democrats on handling Inflation
Biden, Schumer and Pelosi meet to discuss inflation - OH NO, they will make it worse
4) Biden begs oil companies to produce more - Way to go Joe - Your policies caused the problem
John Kerry - Absolutely no drilling more oil and gas
5) In a sign of slowing, housing starts hit a 13-month low
6) Taiwan warns China that it has a missile capable of hitting Beijing
7) Radical liberal PAC claims Representative Lauren Boebert (R) is an escort
8) Representative elect Mayra Flores (R) says Democrats have walked away from Hispanics and no longer share their values
*They have gone so far left
9) 222K apprehended at border - A record - Yet no media attention to this
10) French President Macron, Germany's Scholz and Italy's Draghi meet Zelenskyy in Kyiv
11) In Texas governors race - Abbott (R) leads O'rourke by 5 in poll
12) Biden expands Transgender child healthcare as he goes radical left
Topics:
1) Mayra Flores flips Democratic district in Texas special house election 51-43%
Hispanics move away from Democrats toward Republicans in growing trend
2) Russell Fry beats Tom Rice on South Carolina House race 51-25% - Rice voted to impeach Trump
3) Nancy Mace survives challenger supported by Trump also in South Carolina
Trump goes 1 win and 1 loss
4) Adam Laxalt wins primary in Nevada and will face Sen. Cortez Mastro in the general election
Good opportunity for GOP pickup
5) In Georgia poll, Gov. Brian Kemp leads Stacey Abrams 50-45%
Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock tied in Senate race
6) Democratic favorite pollster 538.com has Biden at 39.5% approval and 54% disapproval
Only 5 out of 50 Democratic Senators support Biden to run for re-election
7) Supreme Court Security bill passes House by a huge margin and goes to Biden for his signature
27 radical Democrats voted NO
8) McConnell to support Gun Safety Legislation to strengthen schools, add additional background checks and increased funding for mental health
We still need to see the details of the bill
9) Tom Cotton, Mike Pompeo, Ron DeSantis and Tim Scott are laying the groundwork for a 2024 run for President
Former VP Pence is also a likely candidate
10) More mass graves discovered in Bucha, Ukraine - Possibly up to 12K people
*Battles rage in Donbas region - Are reports of Russian troops refusing to go into battle true?
11) Putin rival Navalny moved to maximum security prison with reputation for torture
Topics:
1) The Producer Price Index is up 10.8% in May, the 6th straight month over 10%
2) Gas is up for a 17th straight day averaging $5.02 nationwide
3) Diesel is up 80% year over year and Gasoline is up 63% - Biden policies are blamed
4) Crypto market blows up as market cap falls below $1T
Crypto banks limit redemption's - they were paying up to 18% interest - Celcius appears to be a Ponzi scheme
Federal regulation likely coming
5) Real estate prices appear to have peaked - In some areas of the country, prices have fallen 5-10%
Mortgage interest rates are around 6%
6) Federal Reserve likely to increase the Federal Funds rate by 75 basis points tomorrow
7) Biden to meet the Saudi's next month - Why not change his policies at home instead of begging the Saudi's?
8) ACA subsidies are a ticking time bomb for Democrats as huge increases are coming in October - Democrats want to extend expiring subsidies
9) Russia now controls 80% of a key Eastern city and three bridges connecting the city have been destroyed
Weapons are slow to get to the fighters - Russia may have the edge in the region
10) Chairman Bennie Thompson (D) of the Jan. 6th committee says no criminal referrals from his group
*Trump releases 12-page rebuttal to the first 2 days of testimony
11) Primary day in 5 states today
Topics:
1) A highly partisan committee and their media allies are at it again this time trying to present a non-evidence-based case to indict Trump and keep him off the ballot in 202 - Focus groups of Independent voters are the Democrats target as they try to divert attention away from all of the other issues facing the country like $5-7 gas prices and 8.6% inflation
a. Media throwing around incendiary words like Trump criminal referral - Democracy is at risk stoking fear in their attempt to retain power
b. Democrats and Republicans "hate each other"? Merrick Garland will make the decision on Trump?
2) Biden approval in Quinnipiac Poll at 35% with Disapproval at 56% - Independents and Hispanics giving up on Biden
3) Republicans lead Generic Ballot 46-41% and are projected to take control of the House in November
4) Biden 2024 - Many Democrats are saying NO
5) On Gun Control - Democrats say they will accept what comes out of the Senate and come back for more next time
6) Democrats pressure Larry Summers who correctly called out the root causes of the Biden inflation last week
*He now ridiculously calls Jan 6th as the root cause - A complete turn around after pressure from Democrats
7) Stock markets taking a beating after large losses on Friday - Possible Fed tightening 75 basis points - Recession fears grow
8) Reports out of Ukraine indicate they may be losing between 100-200 troops per day in heavy fighting
a. Biden tells donors Zelenskyy did not listen to intelligence reports prior to the war - Ukraine rebukes the story
b. Russia appears headed toward converting conquered Ukraine territories into Russia
c. Ukraine needs more artillery
9) Majority believe the Biden Administration is INTENTIONALLY trying to keep gas prices high to appease the Greens and get Americans off fossil fuels
10) Border Agents disgusted by Biden and his policies and outright hostility
Topics:
1) 13 straight days of increase prices at the pump - YIKES
Jet Fuel prices spike
Biden considering trip to Saudi Arabia - Why not support American oil and gas companies?
2) Morning Consult Poll shows Biden at New All Time Low at 39%, Disapproval at 58%
a. In the same poll one month ago, the President was at 42%
b. Biden's base of youth, women, minorities and unions are slowly abandoning him
c. Only 27% believe the country is going in the right direction - Who are these people?
3) Progressives and their policies were crushed in Tuesdays elections
Rick Caruso lead over Karen Bass is 42-37 in LA mayors race - Both go on to the fall
4) Biden promotes false narrative on Kimmel interview that "democracy is in danger"
The only REAL danger is his and Democrat Party policies
5) Law clerks are lawyering up in Supreme Court leak case
6) Radical Democrats block bill to provide security for Supreme Court Justices after it passed the Senate unanimously
Protestors target Kavanaugh home
Man arrested for plotting to kill Kavanaugh charged with Attempted Murder - Schumer rhetoric blamed for which he later apologized
7) Democrats pass a gun control bill that has no chance of passing the Senate - Why not work with the Senate?
Answer - They would rather debate the issue than solve the problem
8) Ukraine war with Russia rages in Donbas while many more bodies are found in Mariupol
9) Jan 6th committee is all about preventing Trump from running in 2024 - Why? - FEAR
10) Biden in LA for Summit of Americas - Numerous leaders did not attend
Focus is on Economic development, climate change and immigration
11) 85% of Republicans and 65% of Democrats are NOT Happy with crime going up and they blame democratic policies
*72% of ALL Americans want more done - Highest level this century!
Topics:
1) SF District Attorney Boudin removed in recall with 60% voting for the recall
a. Rising property crime
b. Homelessness
c. Drug abuse and lack of mental health
2) Karen Bass and Rick Caruso will square off in the fall for LA Mayor job
Bass spent $3.5M and Caruso $13.5M
Caruso won but did not achieve 50%
3) Gov. Newsom and Senator Padilla easily won
4) Republican House races across the country saw incumbents hold strong
5) Gov. Christi Noem easily won race in South Dakota - Sen. Grassley coasted in Iowa
6) Supreme Court has 30 cases pending to decide including abortion, gun rights, ease funding for religious schools and climate change rules
7) Nationally, the price of gas hits $4.97 rising for 10 straight days - We have a refinery shortage in this country - None built in the last 20 years
Diesel is a huge problem
8) Smear efforts of the January 6 commission begins next week with televised hearings to the delight of the left-wing media
a. Prediction - It will not sway voters as that issue barely registers with American voters
b. It is a Hail Mary pass to deflect the disastrous poll numbers out of the White House
Topics:
1) Crime is the prevailing issue in CA and a possible recall of liberal District Attorney in SF
Republicans are +8 in Generic Ballot, Biden at 41% in Rasmussen poll upside down by 16 points
2 ) Africa warns of food crisis - EU voices concern over mass migration to Europe
3) Gun Control - Sen. John Cornyn seeks more time to work deal with Democrats
NY Republican Chris Jacobs quits after blasting gun laws - He will be easily replaced
4) Gas hits $4.92 and food costs continue their climb
5) Pride propaganda enough is enough - Tampa baseball says "NO" to "pride" patches
6) Border risk escalates
7) Attack and counter attack in Ukraine
Topics:
1) 83% say the economy is very or extremely important for their votes
80% say inflation is important
74% say gas prices are important
2) Biden approval by category:
a. Economy - 37%
b. Inflation - 28%
c. Gas - 27%
d. Crime - 38%
e. Immigration - 37%
f. Guns - 37%
g, Abortion - 41%
h. War - 46%
i. Covid - 56%
3) Treasury Secretary concedes the $1.9T spending bill was too much - $600B too high - Also admitting she was wrong on inflation
4) McCormick concedes PA Republican primary to Oz
5) Trump strongly endorses McCarthy
6) Russia hits Kiev with missile attack - Putin warns against U.S. delivering long range rockets
7) 82M vaccines are waster due to short duration usefulness
8) 50 Christians murdered in Nigerian church by radical Islamists
9) In the U.S., 13 killed and 24 wounded over the weekend in shootings at bars and a graduation
10) In Canada Trudeau announces a freeze on gun imports and sales - In a predictable result, gun sales at many stores sold out
11) Another caravan of 10-15K are headed to the U.S. from Guatemala
12) Mainstream media now recognize the dysfunction in the Biden White House
The Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is a disaster, can't answer basis questions and just reads off talking pints
**Biden to have first sit down interview in 118 and it is a clown show with a comedian doing the interview Jimmy Kimmel
Topics:
1) Biden admits food and gas prices are not going down anytime soon - Crude trade around $118
2) In a ridiculous move panned by even the Washington Post, Biden cancels $5.8B in Student Debt for 560K loans related to Corinthian College which collapsed in 2015
3) In a first look at May payrolls, ADP says the economy added just 128K jobs, lowest in 2 years
4) Gun violence continues as 4 killed in Tulsa Medical Center shooting
Biden to deliver prime time address to the nation this evening
5) In Seattle, the Defund capital of America, police no longer respond to sexual assault threats due to budget cuts
Crime is soaring
6) In the war, Russia pushes forward in Donbas as Ukraine looks to take back lost ground
7) EU decision to wean itself off Russian oil will be a slow process - They were buying $10B per month
*India is now the 2nd largest buyer of Russian oil
8) German leader claims Russian economy is collapsing
9) Avenatti gets 4 years in prison for stealing from client Stormy Daniels
Topics:
1) Biden changes course and agrees to send mid-range rocket systems to Ukraine after promise by Zelenskyy not to target Russian territory
a. Ukraine has pleaded for these weapons - Every day of delay by Biden causes more territory and lives to be lost
b. Germany finally relented and also agreed to send more sophisticated weapons
c. Meanwhile Russia is leveling cities in Donbas region in a repeat of Mariupol
d. Putin fires 5 Generals
2) In a meeting with Federal Reserve chairman Powell and Treasury Secretary Yellin, Biden blames Covid, Tax Cuts, Putin, Meat packers, the poultry industry, credit card companies along with oil and gas companies for Inflation
What about his disastrous policies and Federal reserve miscalculation? At lest Yellin admitted she was wrong - She also said "Inflation is way too high and is hurting Americans"
Gas prices hit $4.67 highest ever
3) Biden's plan is as follows:
a. Cool the labor market - Unemployment is at 3.6% and wage inflation is running 6%
b. Biden tries to take credit for deficit cuts because the U.S. did not spend another $1.9T in 2022 that was spent in 2021
c. Build Affordable housing - This will have no effect on inflation
d. Russia and China problems related to war, oil and supply chain issues
e. Recession Fears
4) OPEC+ considers suspending Russia
China suspends some Russian flights because they stole leased planes from European customers
5) Quantitative Tightening Begins $17B for next 3 months then $30B - The Fed balance sheet is at $9T
Jamie Dimon warns of Economic hurricane coming
6) Clinton lawyer Sussman acquitted on charge of lying to FBI
7) Biden administration asks Court to Reinstate Mask Mandates on planes - Don't do this Joe - You'll only make fliers mad
8) Illinois school district will abolish standards for people of color with no penalties for missing assignments and misbehavior - WHAT?
9) While the focus of the country was on the 21 killed in Texas, 50 people were shot in Chicago and 9 killed over the weekend while 250 fire arms were confiscated
In the same period last year, 34 were shot and 3 killed
Topics:
1) 2021 Gas was $3.00 - Today it is $4.62 - Oil is trading above $120 today
2) Yellen said Inflation would be 3% this year and both Biden and Powell said it would be "Transitory"
3) Commodity price remain elevated
4) UK turns to coal after Russian gas cut off
a. EU bans most Russian Oil and Gas imports attempting to cut 90% within 6 months
b. EU gets 25% of its oil and 40% of its gas from Russia
5) Americans savings rate is at the lowest level since 2008
6) Robot orders are up 40% as wages escalate at an alarming rate
7) Housing prices rose 20% year over year - Are we peaking and is slowdown coming?
8) Recession?
9) Biden approval 34-39%
Topics:
1) Shooting fallout:
a. Red Flag Legislation
b. By 54-35% Americans support arming teachers and school staff
c. Robert Francis O'rourke is an ass*** - The "Beto" political stunt will backfire
2) Election fallout - Mainstream Republicans who challenged Trump's endorsements and took the other side feel pretty good - The fear is gone
3) Oz leads McCormick by 902 votes
Cuellar leads Cisneros by 177 votes in key Texas race - A potential loss for radical progressives
4) Democrats are beginning to question the Federal Reserve as inflation is sticky
5) Grain out of Ukraine?
6) England blinks implementing a windfall profit tax on BP and Shell - A policy error we just discussed yesterday not to do
7) The economy tops all issues and concerns for Americans as the Biden administration flails
8) Did the stock market bottom?
9) What happened to Mike Rowe?
Topics:
1) 20 young children killed in school shooting in Uvalde, Texas - Killer Salvatore Ramos wearing body armor is dead - Feds looking for answers
His grandmother killed earlier - Border Patrol Agent killed the shooter
70% of school shooters are under the age of 18
2) Biden delivers terrible and divisive speech from White House - Democrats politicize the murders - Demand gun control while killer likely had serious mental issues
NYT blames NRA and left wing idiots blame Republicans, Manchin and Sinema for no filibuster reform to allow federal gun control
a. NYC subway killer turns himself in - He had a rap sheet a mile long - "Why was he on the streets" - Eric Adams NYC Mayor
b. ISIS plot to kill former President George Bush thwarted - Shihab Ahmed Shihab an Iraqi living in Columbus, OH wanted to have assailants come across the southern border
3) Gov. Brain Kemp and Hershel Walker win Republican primaries in Georgia - Record turnout as another Democrat lie implodes - There was no voter suppression as we have said for a long time - This complete quashes the Voter suppression narrative - Voting Rights a big lie
Brad Raffensperger wins Secretary of State defeating Trump back Jodi Hice
4) Majority of American believe Biden is "Incompetent" Democrats blame the Voters for being stupid
Meanwhile, Biden approval in Reuters poll falls to 36%
5) Biden "celebrated" high gas prices saying the cost to consumers was part of an "Incredible Transition" away from fossil fuels
6) The Consumer is in TROUBLE
7) How do we slow Inflation?
a. Slow or reduce government spending
b. Deregulation to increase supply of goods
c. Slow the money supply or reduce it
d. Avoid wage and price controls, rationing and windfall profits
8) Senator Roger Marshal (R.) Kansas visited the border and called it a "War Zone"
9) Liberals threaten to set fire to the Supreme Court over anticipated Roe v Wade case
10) War update - Cities in the Donbas region are starting to resemble Mariupol - Russians are advancing in all directions in that region
*Cities are being destroyed and reduced to rubble by relentless bombing - 200 bodies are found in a bombed out apartment basement in Mariupol
Topics:
1) Russia appears to signal it is willing to negotiate an end to the war while Ukraine say no until territories are restored - Dean provides a historical perspective
a. Henry Kissinger says Ukraine must cede some territory to Russia over the next two months to start peace talks to end the war
b. Russia is using food as a weapon by seizing grain and bombing grain storage facilities
2) Plans are in the works for Biden to announce Student Loan Forgiveness up to $10,000 - This is sure to get a court challenge
This is a highly controversial gambit likely to backfire
3) Diesel fuel average cost is now $5.61 up 75% from a year ago adding to inflation anxiety
Under Trump, the U.S. was producing 13M barrels a day - Under Biden, that has dropped to 11.5M
*The Biden energy policies are proving to be a disaster for the country
4) Inflation is costing the average American an extra $327 per month - Adjustable rate mortgages are going up adding an average of $400 additional monthly payment - Housing inventory of unsold new homes rose significantly in April
Layoffs are on the rise in technology companies as capital to cover losses dries up
5) Biden walks back his China policy statement
6) Why has the national media completely ignored the Hillary Clinton fake Russia leak?
1) 60% of Americans feel uneasy over Inflation, while 69% state the Economy is bad
2) Jason Furman a top Democratic Economist in the Obama administration confirm what we have been saying for months:
"The $1.9T spending package in Jan 2021 was much too large, the Federal Reserve was slow to react on reducing its bond buying program and the Russian invasion" He left out the Biden disastrous energy policies
Biden economic adviser does not rule out a recession later this year of for 2023
3) Biden administration caught flat footed and needed the U.S. military to come tot he rescue by flying in Baby formula from Europe for a problem that was developing for months - Another example of a disorganized White House
4) Fighting intensifies in the Donbas region as both sides make gains and suffer losses
a. Congress and military leaders encourage the U.S. and NATO support of Ukraine with more weapons
b. Ukraine rules out ceding any territory to Russia
c. Top Russian diplomat resigns claiming lies and hatred
5) With Russia sabre rattling its nuclear capability, the military of both Russia and U.S. re-establish contact
Military allows ABC news to film aboard the USS Maine, a nuclear carrying war ship with the capability to launch 240 weapons and strike within 100 yards accuracy anywhere in the world as a deterrent
6) As we have said for months, Ukraine and the region produces about 25-30% of the worlds wheat and 9% of corn
a. The world is staring at a food crisis in 10 weeks as Russia is blockading ports to transport the grain
b. In a stunning foolish statement, Biden official Samantha Powers says food shortages will push farmers to green energy by replacing fertilizer with natural resources
7) Americans support keeping Title 42 in place at the border by a 55-45 margin - Even many Democrats are relieved
a. The border remains a key issue which represent a stunning indictment of how poorly this administration is managing the border crisis
b. Deportations have fallen dramatically
8) Crime comes to the front pages again with a senseless random unprovoked killing of a man shot on a subway train in NYC
*suspect at large
9) Georgia primary on Tuesday with all eyes on the Republican primary for governor with Kemp leading by a wide margin
a. Democrat Stacey Abrams says Georgia is the worst state to live in - She lost last time and hopefully will lose again - Kemp leads by 5 in the polls
b. Walker leads Warnock by 4 at this early stage
10) In a Sunday interview, former Defense Secretary Bob Gates who served 6 Presidents discussed the colossal failure in the Afghanistan departure confirming the lack of supplies for troops and failure to leave 6K U.S. troops
11) Biden was in Asia over the weekend - The message to Kim "Hello" was odd at best
The message to China was a walk back on Taiwan from the White House - There is no military treaty between the U.S. and Taiwan
12) Biden approval among Independents falls to 34% in CBS poll - A new low
Topics:
1) Democratic turnout increase by 3% while Republican gains were 38%
GOP is up on the Generic ballot by a range of 4-8%
2) In Georgia where Biden claimed "Jim Crow laws to prevent voting among minorities", there is record turnout - Another Democratic lie exposed for the fraud they portray
3) Oz leads McCormick by 1,240 votes with mail in ballots still being counted - The lead is shrinking
4) Speculation about Biden not running in 2024 grows - Why would he - His presidency has been a total failure
His approval rating is at 36-39%
5) Russian colonel on state TV says the war is lost in a stunning revelation
6) Russian Denazification is total propaganda and hypocrisy
7) China is in discussion with Russia to buy discounted oil
8) Gas prices hit an average of $4.59 today the highest ever
a. Mortgage demand plummets as rates on mortgages rise to highest level in 13 years
b. Initial jobless claims increase to 218K to touch highest level since January - It is still very low as jobs are plentiful
9) DHS "pauses" the Disinformation Board - For now?
10) Musk claims Democrats are the party of division and hate - We agree
Topics:
1) PA Senate Race between David McCormick and Mehmet Oz is too close to call with 99% reporting - 31.3% to 31.1% with a lead of about 3,000 votes - Mail in ballots have not been counted yet
a. Trump backed Ted Budd wins in North Carolina Senate race while Rep. Madison Crawford loses
b. Majority of Democratic liberal progressives lose with one exception in house race which will add another member to the ultra liberal "squad"
2) Inflation watch - electric bills expected to soar this summer - CA gas prices are now averaging $6.05 - Gas is above $4 in ALL 50 states
a. If supply remains tight, some are forecasting $10 per gallon - Some stations are running out of fuel in Washington state
b. When Trump left office, gas was $2.41 average and less then $2 in some states
c. Corporate margins are being squeezed by higher fuel and labor costs - Stocks getting punished with Target down 25% today and Walmart down 20% over two days
3) ESG - Environmental, Social, Governance is under fire from numerous Conservative Red states
4) In Ukraine, a Russian soldier pleads guilty in a war crime trial for murder - The first of many
5) Democrats are going NUTS on Social issues and their agenda crumbles
a. Twitter engineers caught on tape bragging about censoring conservatives claiming many employees are leftists and communists
b. Baltimore a city with a poverty rate over 20% and a city counsel with 15 Democrats and no Republicans establishes the city as an "Abortion Sanctuary"
c. Democrats and some members of the media claim Republicans are using the first amendment argument to "appease the white supremacist movement"
d. A middle school kid was punished for sexual harassment because he "misstates a pronoun in addressing a trans kid WHAT? THIS IS INSANE
6) Musk says he can't take it anymore and says he will vote Republican for the first time, angering liberals on social media
7) Florida Governor DeSantis signs law outlawing protests outside private residences
Topics:
1) U.S. warns Russia is engaged in a war of attrition - Reports from captures Russians reveal that Russian commanders are killing their own wounded and leaving their dead on the battlefield
2) Sweden after 200 years of neutrality formally requests to join NATO
3) Senate advances $40B to Ukraine for weapons and humanitarian aid
4) 234K migrant encounters at the border in April with no improvement in sight
5) Elon Musk slams Biden as a Teleprompter President
6) Democrats invoke a strategy to demonize MAGA - Radical group Moveon.org pumps in $30M to oppose MAGA candidates
*Meanwhile BLM founder paid $4M to her secretary, brother and father of her child - No surprise here
7) Key election today in Pennsylvania Republican Primary - OZ leads by only 2 points in key race
8) Biden goes to Buffalo to pay respects
9) Biden HHS loses Transgender case as Christian Alliance wins case in Federal Appeals Court on Gender-transition discrimination case
Topics:
1) Right track / wrong track upside down by 59 points with 16% saying America is on the right track, 75% wrong track
2) Biden approval falls to new low of 39% in NBC poll while 56% disapprove
Abortion and Corona Virus are the only areas giving Biden positive news
3) Consumer sentiment hits 51% the lowest since 2011
a. Price increases are most prevalent among food/groceries, housing and autos all up significantly
b. Stamps slated to go to $.60 in July from $.58, more increases likely
4) The average price of gas is $4.47 nationwide, diesel at $5.56
a. CA gas is average $5.92 - I paid $6.59 over the weekend
b. Biden Administration cancelled 3 Federal Leases last week - The Industry wanted to move ahead
c. This is insanity provoked by the Green Leftists controlling Biden
5) Finland launches bid to join NATO and Sweden is not far behind
6) Sen(s). Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, John Thune and John Barasso visit Zelenskyy in Kiev to bolster bi-partisan support
Mcconnell requests Biden label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism
7) War refugees now exceed 6M
Britain says Russia has lost 33% of its forces as death and loss of equipment grows
8) Grain crisis risk is escalated in Africa and Middle East as Russia blocks grain sales - India bans wheat sales
Wheat jumps 6%
9) Mass shooting hate crime in Buffalo kills 10 - 1 dead and 4 critical after church shooting in Laguna Woods
10) 20 gun shots in Milwaukee after basketball play-off game Friday forced cancellation of a watch party on Sunday
*Boston defeated Milwaukee - Houston Flea Market shooting leaves 2 dead and 3 injured
11) PA Senate Republican primary very tight:
a. Oz -32%
b. Barnette - 27%
c. McCormick 26%
Guest host: Jeffrey Dunetz - LidBlog Author ( LidBlog.com )
Guest: Kenneth McClenton - President of The Exceptional Conservative Network ( TECNtv.com )
Topics:
1) Are you an Ultra Maga?
2) Republicans Press AG Garland to Prosecute Pro-Abortion Demonstrators Outside Justices’ Homes
3) Liberals are making up stories about the Alito document for example saying it will kill contraception ruling - Will Draft decision hurt the GOP in midterms?
4) PPI +11% , and CPI is up 8.3% US Household Debt Hits Fresh Record High of Nearly $16 Trillion, NY Fed Says - Future of Inflation
Some economist say we are already in a recession - Others say not yet, it’s coming in 2023 - Is it Putin’s fault, Trump’s fault, American Voters’ fault, was it caused by the bully who used to beat me up in elementary school??
5) Biden Admin Cancels Major Oil and Gas Lease Sales Amid Soaring Gas Prices - Where were the oil/gas cancelations
6) Is Russia looking to pull out of Ukraine? Ukraine military doing well - Some reports they’re Pushing Russia out of the North and Russia considering trade - leaving Ukraine in exchange Kherson referendum on which country do they want to be part of - Doubt Zelensky will agree, he has said before he won’t give up any Ukraine territory - That Includes Crimea which Russia invaded and took over in 2014
7) 2021 record amount of drug deaths 108,000 +30%
71K of deaths from fentanyl-66% of total. Why do you think fentanyl deaths is growing so fast? Is it because Illegal immigration?
8) Chamber of Commerce CEO Says Elizabeth Warren Is ‘Just Plain Wrong’ About Inflation - Blames Corporations
Topics:
1) 8.3% was above the estimate of 8.1% and slightly below the 8.5% in March. We'll explain further how we as a country got to this point. In a Press Conference, Biden blamed Supply chain problems, Putin and a truly ridiculous statement blaming Republicans even though his policy contributed mightily. With Democrats controlling all three branches of government, the American people are placing blame squarely at Biden and his policies
2) The Core CPI excluding food and energy came in at 6.2%
a. Shelter is up the most since 1991
b. Inflation adjusted earnings fell 2.6% (wage spiral risk?)
c. Energy is up 30%, food up 9% and housing up 5% and likely higher over the past year
d. The middle class and lower income people are getting hurt badly by these higher cost of living increases
3) The Federal Reserve pledges rate increases to get inflation back to 2%. We'll provide analysis as to why the Fed has failed in its core mission as Jerry and I have discussed for months
4) The 10 year Treasury is above 3%
5) Adjustable rate mortgages are now at 11% of all loans and 19% of the dollar amount
6) Student loan debt is now at $1.59T including new loans and accrued interest
Total household debt now at $16T
7) House passes a $40B Ukraine aid package (368-57). Senate expected to follow
Military (arms, training and U. S. personnel) and economic assistance plus $5B for anticipated food shortages
**Total Ukraine support nears $54B
8) Biden approval at 39% in IBD/Tipp poll. Lowest since February at 38%
Guest Host: Joe Visconti - Emmy Award Winning Producer
Guest: Brandon Vallorani - Christian entrepreneur and author of the new book "Let's Go, Brandon!" ( available on patriotdepot.com and flagandcross.com )
Topics:
1. Brandon discusses his new book and its inspiration
2. Joe and Brandon discuss Christian values and patriotism
3. Elon Musk and free speech on Twitter
4. Defense of the Christian Faith
5. Our government is a religion!
6. "I am" vs. "We are"
7. Brandon gives a quick run-through of what's in his new book "Let's Go, Brandon!"
1) Russia retreats from Karkiv after bombing a school killing 60
Putin claims the West including Crimea was preparing to invade Russia
More fraudulent propaganda
2) Interest Rates rise as 10 year note yield hits 3.185% - Still nowhere near inflation levels
Rate increases will likely hit low income people hardest - We'll detail the economic picture and outlook
3) Bi-partisan opposition grows to the radical idea of cancelling student debt and the legality is in question
*This is a crazy left wing radical idea to bail out universities and the students who took on this debt
4) The radical left hits a new low by protesting at Justices private homes
a. An arson attack on a Wisconsin Prolife group
b. The Outrage Addiction Culture rages on every time they lose a political battle
c. In Arizona poll, women care way more about inflation then abortion
5) Sen. Schumer and liberal democratic Senators vow action - They are lying to their base as they know legislation is going nowhere
6) Poll- 50% trust Republicans to tame inflation while just 31% support Democrats
7) In the second biggest upset in Derby history, Rich Strike scores at 81-1 on a fabulous Kentucky Derby day
Topics:
1) Biden: "MAGAs are extremists"
2) The lies the media are telling us about the leaked alito doc
3) Biden tried to end abortion in 1982
4) Schumer says Senate will vote on advancing bill protecting abortion access next week
5) Sen. Paul rips Mayorkas over Disinformation Governance Board
6) Think Your Gas Prices Are Too High? Just Wait - Here Comes Bidenflated Home Electric Costs
7) Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said Hitler had Jewish blood
8) DOW drops 1,200+ points, market was worried that the next increase would be 75 basis points - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said it’s not in the cards
*"A 75-basis point increase is not something that the committee is actively considering," Powell told reporters at the post-meeting press conference
Topics:
1) Chief Justice Roberts to launch investigation on leaked draft opinion
a. Protests erupt on both sides as Conservatives cheer and Liberals in despair
b. Senate Democrats unlikely to be able to legislate a pro-abortion bill - Far left wing radical huts call for court packing and end to filibuster - Not happening
c. By 54-41% margin, most Americans are in favor of limiting abortions after 15 months
2) Russians storm Mariupol steel plant and take control of the city
Ghost drones are now being used by Ukraine to target Russians
Reports of up to 30K Russians killed
3) JD Vance, a Trump backed Senate candidate in Ohio wins GOP primary - Progressives shut out
4) 84% support Voter ID and cleaning up voter rolls - 60% oppose ballot harvesting
5) In some Senate races, Democratic candidates are running against their own party on Inflation and oil prices
6) EU is proposing a ban on Russian Oil
7) 11.5M job openings in the U.S., only an estimated 300K jobs were filled last month
8) Democratic politicians caused inflation and they were warned about their disastrous policies in advance
The loose Federal Reserve also contributed to this inflation situation - oil and easy money lead to this
Summary - Democrats are getting good at losing
Topics:
1) Returning the issue to the states - By most estimates, 90% of Abortions will remain legal
2) Socialism, Communism and the modern American Left - We discuss the book in detail
3) Mayorkis performance on Sunday shows defending poor border management
4) Federal Reserve meeting today and tomorrow with 50 basis point rate increase expected to try and slow inflation
5) Antifa attacking Republicans in Portland
Guests: Todd Hodrinsky - TiCoat CEO ( TiCoat.com )
and Michele Berardo - Midland TiCo
Topic: Todd and Michele discuss how the titanium coating innovation is changing how we clean and protect surfaces in the post-pandemic time
Topics:
1) GDP- Gross domestic product unexpectedly declined at a 1.4%. Projection was a small growth. Recession a contraction of economy in two straight quarters, are we going there? Feds announced a 50-basis point rise in interest rates. Now Rumors are that the next quarter Fed is going to raise interest rates by 75 basis point.
2) Mayorkas testifies DHS is creating 'Disinformation Governance Board' Sounds like Orwell get story right but year wrong. Disinformation board led by Nina Jankowicz -Russia expert who called Hunter's laptop a 'Trump campaign product' and said she 'shudders to think' about Elon Musk taking over Twitter
3) Mayorkas also said Biden admin has 'effectively managed' border crisis despite as he says inherited broken system - Title 42?
4) Canceling student debt - Current delay will end Aug 31, scuttlebutt that a full cancellation is becoming more likely - Would add $1.7 trillion to national debt
5) Ohio senate race-Republican primary race seems to be crowded whose running and who is going to win?
6) Musk buying Twitter - Libs Still going crazy - should rich people be allowed to own media? Why do people use twitter anyway?
7) DeSantis Already Won the Battle with Disney - He Should Quit While Ahead?
8) Laptop from Hell - Can AG Merrick Garland be trusted to run an honest investigation of Hunter Biden or do we need a special prosecutor?
9) Yom HaShoah - Are people forgetting Never Forget?
Topics:
1) Amy Phan West and her Background
2) Issues:
a. Inflation - food and gas prices
b. 2nd Amendment/crime
c. Education
d. Immigration
e. Less government wasteful spending
f. Lower Taxes
g. Protect the unborn
Topics:
1) Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: "U.S. wants to see Russia weakened - We believe Ukraine can win the war with the right equipment"
a. England sends heavy weapons to Ukraine - Germany shifts policy and will now send tanks
b. Ukrainian prisoners of war being held in camps and tortured - Demands of ransom of 5K Euros
2) Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov warns of escalating the conflict with Western involvement
3) Ukraine wheat production to fall 20% risking higher prices and a global food crisis - Sunflower oil also effected
4) Biden Administration pushed Germany to delay Russian oil ban until after the mid-term election - Russian imports represent 12% of German imports
Fearful rising oil prices would hamper Democratic candidates
5) Cedric Richmond, key Biden adviser, leaving White House for DNC - He has been very critical of the Progressive agenda
He is a very sharp guy
6) Free speech makes a comeback - Leftists fear Musk takeover of Twitter
7) Impeachment is on the table to remove Mayorkis form Department of Homeland Security over his and the Biden Administration failures at Southern border
*Remain in Mexico policy goes to the Supreme Court
8) Trump's endorsements remain strong in most races excluding Georgia where Gov. Kemp leads by 20 over Perdue
9) In two polls, only 19% to 37% of voters want Biden to run for a second term
10) VP Harris tests positive for Covid
Topics:
1) Secretary of State Tony Blinken and Joint Chiefs Chairman Austin meet with Zelenskyy
as Ukraine presses for more heavy weapons and gains commitments from U.S. and NATO
2) Ukraine repels Russian attack in Donbas
3) 5.2M Ukrainians have fled the war
4) Macron re-elected in French election over LaPen 57-43 - Tighter margins than last time but still a healthy victory
5) Border disaster - Fentanyl and meth seized in record amounts and human trafficking - Administration tone deaf on Title 42
6) Musk moves closer to taking Twitter private according to reports after raising $43B in financing
7) Democrats parade Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Sunday shows to spew leftist wish list and propaganda in an effort to shore up the left wing base
Pushing Build Back Better again, student debt cancellation
8) Media also pushed the Kevin McCarthy non-story about criticizing Trump after 1-6 capital riots - Democrats and media will do anything to keep Trump in the news
9) LA Sheriff Villanueva "Wokeism is on the ropes" as citizens demand a stronger effort taking on crime and violence
41 shot and 7 killed in Chicago over the weekend
10) U.S. now pushing ALL forms of energy including Nuclear, additional LNG terminals and 1M barrels of oil a day from strategic oil reserve
11) Trucking demand slows way down indicating a slow down in the economy
12) Tributes come in for deceased Senator Orin Hatch
Topics:
1) Armor Personnel Carriers, Long Range Artillery and 140,000 rounds of Artillery, Tactical Drones, grenade launchers, helicopters and anti-tank weapons
2) Despite committing and delivering around $3B worth of aid, 54% say Biden is not being tough enough on Russia
Strangely, I am not in that 54% camp - We could be doing more such as aircrafts and I do believe we should increase economic sanctions beyond where we are now.
3) President Biden stated he will submit an Additional Supplemental funding request to congress next week - It appears to have overwhelming support from both parties
4) Putin declares victory in Mariupol despite Ukrainian troops holding out in steel plant - Russians will surround the plant
If so, it has effectively been conquered
5) In press conference, Biden states that they will not extend Title 42 at the border - 10 Democratic Senators are pushing to extend
6) CDC asks the Justice Department to Appeal the District Judges ruling on no mask mandates on transportation
7) Disney goes Woke - Gov. DeSantis and Florida lawmakers pushing to end tax breaks for Disney
8) Cook Political Report lists 27 House Democratic Seats rated as Toss up while only 12 Republican seats are Toss up
House likely to shift to Republican control
9) 4 Democratic held Senate seats in AZ, GA, Nev and NH are at risk of flipping (Kelly, Warnock, Cortez-Mastro and Hassan)
10) In France election, Macron and Le Pen debate Mass Immigration and the Economy - Sounds familiar
11) Existing Housing sales dip for 2nd month in a row down about 4.5% - Higher interest rates and prices to blame
Rents up 17% year over year
Topics:
1) Biden Administration considering extending Title 42 after receiving criticism from 10 Democratic Senators
Senators Sinema, Manchin and Tester sponsor legislation to extend Title 42 - All 4 Democrats running for reelection oppose letting it expire
We could have up to 18K Illegals a day coming across the border if not extended
2) Biden Administration announces plan to cancel student debt for 40K - They are considering crediting 3.6M borrowers for 3 years of loan credits
The far left wing radicals in the administration are driving this policy - It is questionable if he even has the authority
3) Justice Department to appeal Mask Mandate ruling if CDC recommends even though Biden says "It is up to them" when questioned if people should wear masks
4) 71% feel Biden will complete his term however 21% say no - 8% undecided
5) Russia accuses Biden of having dementia in a psychological operation
6) 67% believe Biden is compromised by his ties to China
7) IMF warns of global food shortage and potential civil unrest
8) Capacity constraints are contributing to global oil shortage while demand is increasing - Basic economics of supply and demand
9) Mariupol on verge of collapse as potential last stand looms
*Battle for eastern Ukraine elevates in intensity
Topics:
1) Russians are also rounding up 27K Ukrainians and sending them to camps near Mariupol while 45K have already been sent to Russia
2) Putin looks for blame removing, and in some cases, arresting and detaining hundreds of officers
3) Blaming the war, the World Bank cuts global growth outlook in 2022 from 4.1% to 3.2% - This may be overly optimistic
4) Biden resumes oil and gas leasing on federal land thus infuriating climate activist (the crazy leftists)
144K acres in 9 states and he increased the fee from 12.5% to 18.75% the first increase in 100 years
80% more land was not allowed to drill + offshore where much oil and gas is located - Basically a half measure
5) Federal Judge rules NO more mask mandates - Biden administration says "Disappointing" - Passengers are thrilled
Liberals are outraged
6) Border Patrol stopped 23 people on the Terror Database list - Gov. Abbott declares he will begin shipping Illegals to Delaware
7) Former Attorney General Bill Barr - "The media are an extension of the Democratic Party" - We've been telling you that for years!
8) Former Detroit Mayor James Craig (whom we support) running to replace Michigan Gov. Whitmer says 'We need to root out woke judges and prosecutors"
He blames rising crime on light bail and reduced sentencing causing a revolving door of criminals
9) KY lawmakers join other Red states in overriding the Governors Veto banning transgender boys from competing in girls sports
(This is great news and common sense)
10) Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra extends "Public Health Emergency" 3 months thus expanding food stamps and medicaid benefits
This reduces the need to work which results in 1.5M unfilled jobs and 3.6% unemployment - A massive give away
We now have 2.5M more people on food stamps than in 2019 and 500K more than April 2020 when the pandemic started
11) Student Loan repayment deferral SCAM saves the average borrower $343 per month - Another effort to buy votes
*A CLASSIC Democratic plan destined to fail like so many others
Topics:
1) Zelenskyy warns of Putin using Nuclear Weapons - Ukraine gave up their Nuclear weapons after a promise of U.S. security
That has not worked out well and other countries are watching - Iran, South Korea and others are noted
2) Ukrainians defy Russian Deadline to surrender in Mariupol or Die - 2,500 troops remain defending the area in steel plant
3) Russia continues to carry out missile strikes throughout the country after their Flagship vessel was sunk
4) Pressure mounts on Biden to visit Ukraine
5) Russia is not longer able to build tanks due to financial problems, sanctions and supply chain issues
6) Durham Report - CIA concluded the Russia/Trump collusion was not possible - Clinton campaign and Democrats pushed a completely false narrative
It is time for the hammer to come down on the fake collusion hoax
7) Twitter fights back against Musk with Poison Pill, Twitter fears being forced into Free Speech and away from leftists garbage
8) Crime is the #1 issue in LA Mayors race - U.S. ranks #3 in the world in murders - If you take out Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, New Orleans and DC, the U.S. drops to 189 out of 193 countries
9) Inflation is scaring middle-class Americans and Biden is getting the blame - What is impacted and what is not
a. Democrats pushing student debt cancellation $1.5T would be like pouring gasoline on the Inflation fire
b. Biden changes policy and will now allow oil companies to bid on oil and gas leases on Federal Lands
10) The Green New Deal, Student Loan Forgiveness and Universal Basic income are wildly unpopular except on the far left radical Democrats
Americans do not want this as a whole
11) 221K Illegals crossed in March - Hispanic Americans are furious and Biden approval with this group falls to 26%
12) China's zero-Covid policy is failing badly - Shanghai shutdown has forced food shortages and major supply chain disruptions
13) In Politics, Pence, Haley and Pompeo who are not currently in office, forge ahead in the "shadow primary"
Gov DeSantis also looms
14) Supreme Court says NO to SALT appeal - Democrats face reality - Only 9% of high earners effected
15) White House considering a way to try and revive Build Back Better - Are you kidding me, more spending in the wake of record inflation
Topics:
1) Quinnipiac poll 33% approval and 54% disapproval
2) Polls:
a. Hispanics hit all time low 26% approve 54% disapprove - 41% strongly disapprove
b. Millennials now at 39% down 20%
c. whites 31% - 59% upside down by 28 points
d. Blacks 63% - 25% 1 of 2 demographic group with support
e. Jews 63% -37% - Why such high level of support
3) Biden send another $800M to Ukraine, however no tanks or planes
4) NYC subway shooters apprehended - Mayor Adams blasts BLM after increase in blacks being murdered in NYC and crime escalating
5) NATO Secretary General goes out of his way to say no war between NATO and Russia
a. Support for Ukraine but no participation in the war?
b. Ukraine blasts Russian warship
6 )Migrant buses arrive in Washington DC from Texas
7) ECB to end bond buying program - finally
a. Retail sales in U.S. rise only .5% as decades high inflation erodes Americans disposable income
8) Musk offers to buy Twitter for $40B - Analysts expect BOD to reject bid - Twitter is a cesspool of leftists
9) CA proposes gas car ban by 2035
Topics:
1) Producer Price Index follows a Consumer Price Index increase of 8.5% in March
2) 56% expect a Recession within the next 12 months
3) According to a CNBC poll, the Cost of Living is the top issue facing Americans followed by the War, Immigration and Border Security, jobs-unemployment, crime, climate change and covid
4) The blame is going to supply chain 69%, corporations 66%, Putin 54%, Biden 49% and the Fed 31%
5) Dutch discusses the markets:
a. Growth stocks versus Value Stocks
b. Bonds and interest rates
c. Commodities
d. Real Estate
e. Cash
f. Crypto?
6) Consequences of war:
*Treasury Secretary Yellen warns China of sanctions if support for Russia continues - She also warns of a global food crisis
Topics:
1) What is the U.S. and NATO response to chemical weapons use by Russia - Is Biden prepared to escalate as he said he would?
10,000 dead in Mariupol?
2) Finland and Sweden move closer to joining NATO
a. Opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza detained in Russia
b. 5,800 cases of Russian War Crimes being investigated
c. Putin purges 100 FSB Agents, arrests leader and placed in prison
d. As we predicted, starvation looms over many countries - Russia is at fault - Protests around the world
e. China calls NATO confrontational in rebuke to driving wedge between Russia and China
3) 13 injured and 10 shot in Brooklyn subway station attack - police looking for black man wearing a gas mask
4) CPI comes in at 8.5%, core excluding food and energy is 6.5%
U.S. gas prices average $4.11 - Biden "I did this stickers" abound
5) Biden announces new rules on"ghost guns" - This issue is not even the top 20?
6) U.S. orders staff out of Shanghai as starvation looms
7) NY Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin arrested on Bribery and Fraud charges
8) Oberlin college owes $33M to bakery in judgment payment for being guilty of slander
9) 80% of Americans support reduced immigration
10) 15M still on lockdown in Shanghai
11) Senator Grassley - "Enough evidence to support Biden investigating"
12) Lunatic Climate activists arrested for blocking entrance to a coal waste plant targeting Sen. Joe Manchin for supporting fossil fuels in West Virginia
Topics:
1) Russians kill 52 civilians at a train station
a. U.S. sends Patriot Missile Defense system to Slovenia as that nation sends Advanced Air Defense System to Ukraine
b. UK and Austrian Prime Ministers meet with Zelenskyy in Kiev
c. Russian troops regroup for Donbas Region attack
d. Ukraine pleads with the west for more weapons - "Stop fearing the Russians" - Zelenskyy
e. Ukraine economy to fall by 45% according to the World Bank
2) Inflation hits 40 year high at 7.9%, food prices jump 13% in March alone - Democrats and Biden taking vast majority of the blame
a. There are early indications of a housing slow down - Home searches on Google are down 21%
3) Record cases of Covid continue in Shanghai despite lock downs - Potential effect on global economy - Car maker Nio suspends production
a. China inflation hits 8.8% - Food shortages in some areas
4) McConnell - "If we take back the House and Senate, we will focus on Crime, Education and Defense of the Country"
*"Joe Biden will now be a Moderate President"
5) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has raised $100M for his reelection campaign - He is heavily favored to win
6) U.S. Interest Rate Yields reach 3 year highs
7) Emmanuel Macron 28.4% versus Marie Le Pen 23.4% on 4-24 in French Election - This vote was a few points closer than 2017
8) Biden changes Remain in Mexico policy under Trump to Catch and release which is a failure
9) Only 7% believe the U.S. is doing well under Biden - Poll numbers on key issues completely upside down
a. Inflation 31-69
b. Economy 37-63
c. Immigration 38-62
d. Crime 39-61 (Chicago - same story different weekend shootings and killings)
10) Scottie Scheffler wins The Masters and retains #1 ranked golfer in the world
Topics:
1) Russia has withdrawn from Kiev and Chernihiv, Siege of Mariupol continues
Russian forces reorganize to attack the two eastern provinces
2) Russian casualties mount and 60 paratroopers refuse to fight
The Lt. colonel who ordered his troops to commit war crimes and kill civilians in Bucha has been identified
3) On the Economic front, 4 EU countries push back on weaning off Russian oil and gas as additional sanctions kick in
a. Hungary, Austria, Italy, Netherlands - The EU spends $927M a day on Russian oil and gas
b. Higher energy cost in Europe lead to 7.5% inflation
4) Jobless claims come in at 166K, the lowest level since 1968
a. Meanwhile, all of the left wing economist were dead wrong on inflation
b. Democrats are being blamed for high energy prices and inflation as they should be with their crazy leftist policies
c. James Bullard, a Federal Reserve Governor say the Fed is behind the curve on taming Inflation - "Fed funds currently at .5%. Should be 3.5%"
5) On the border, it appears Democrats have a Deliberate Plan to let as many illegal aliens in as possible as evidence in the budget allows $4B to hire lawyers to defend the Illegals - Add in Title 42, no wall and under-manned border patrol and you have an unmitigated disaster
*Politically, Hispanics particularly women are turning against the Democrats
6) Texas is sending bus loads of Illegals to Washington DC
7) Republicans registrations are surging in PA at a rate 4X greater then Democrats
8) Kenosha County in Wisconsin home of the BLM riots have flipped to Republican leadership after decades of Democratic control
9) Republicans in GA lead Stacey Abrams by 6 points in race for Governor
10) Police confirm 5 shooters were involved in the gang related deaths of 6 people in Sacramento killings
11) China warns U.S. against Pelosi visiting Taiwan - Trip likely won't happen as she tested positive for Covid
12) Judge Jackson to be confirmed by Senate today before they leave town for 2 weeks
Topics:
1) Piled up charred and burned bodies piled up in Bucha - Sickening war crimes - China calls the killings "Deeply disturbing"
2) Zelenskyy - What is the UN for if it won't deal with blatant aggression and war crimes - Suspend Russia from Human Rights Commission?
Sure - That will work - NO
3) Gen. Milley at the start of the invasion said it would be over in a few days - Now he says it could go on for years - What gives?
4) Czech Republic sends tanks and Infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine - U.S. sends tank killer drones
5) G7 to ramp up sanctions on Russian banks, ban investments in Russia
6) Covid Bill for $10B of additional spending held up until Biden agrees to keep Title 42 in place at southern border
7) Biden extends student loan repayments until 8-31 - A blatant political move pandering
8) Federal Reserve will begin reducing its $9T balance sheet in May along with raising interest rates in effort to slow inflation
9) Inflation is costing the average American $433 per month or $5,200 per year
10) Treasury Secretary Yellen pressed hard by both parties to increase sanctions against key Russian figures - Why certain ones have not been sanctioned - Classified information?
11) Sacramento shooting suspect was released early from a 10-year sentence for assault, domestic violence, robbery and possession of a firearm, despite the District Attorney requesting he stay in jail - The guy had a machine gun and automatic weapon - Another bad example of the revolving door to let criminals out of jail
12) Democratic strategy for mid terms - Scare their base - Blame Trump for everything
This will not work
13) Shortages of tubing, steel and workers will inhibit drilling efforts in the U.S. even if Biden allowed increased production
Topics:
1) Colonel Eidsmoe discusses Ukraine
2) Zelenskyy says Russia soldiers are acting as a terrorist state, criminals not soldiers, and they are killing civilians, bombing civilian targets
a. The military is stealing everything, people taken against their will to Russia
b. Worst War Crimes since WWII
c. UN needs to show how war criminals will be prosecuted and punished
d. Crimea, Georgia and Ukraine - What is next?
e. World has not seen all of Russia's atrocities
3) World leaders consider additional sanctions on Russia
4) Russian economy expected to decline by 10% with Inflation hitting 23% - Shortages of goods
a. EU to ban imports of Russian coal
b. Treasury Department bars Russia payments in dollars from U.S. accounts
5) Border Disaster 62K escaped border patrol and gained illegal entry into the U.S. last month
*Title 42 removal looms in May which could lead to 18K people trying to cross every day
6) John discusses Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson nomination to the Supreme Court
Topics:
1) Russia commits war crime with 300 confirmed Civilian deaths in areas liberated by Ukraine - This is not a battlefield but a crime scene of atrocities
Bound hands and legs, gunshot wounds to the head, signs of torture, mass graves - Rape by Russian soldiers
2) Russia deletes "Military" from Special Military Operation in another propaganda move to cleans its image in Russia away from war
Biden calls for Putin to be charged at trial as a war criminal with evidence gathering to continue
3) Ukrainian forces retake areas outside and near Kyiv where war crimes took place
U.S. vows continued weapons support
4) Pope blasts the Invasion - Sweden and Finland consider requesting membership in NATO
Lithuania becomes first of 27 European countries to cut off Russian gas imports
5) Even Democrats warn the Administration about the potential disaster of cancelling Title 42 as summer surge of illegal immigrants looms
6) Amid a surge in crime, NYC considers changing its NO bail laws
Crime in Chicago as Mayor's aid is in ICU after attack by three youths
7) Housing cost hit record median price of $405K up 13.5% from March 2021
1 out of 7 homes are now owned by investors who have been buying up large chunks particularly in minority areas leading to more renters
8) FL Gov Ron DeSantis leads all potential Democratic opponents by 16-24 points
Sarah Palin to run for Alaska Congressional seat vacated by death of Republican Incumbent
9) "Wish casting instead of preparation" - Amy Walter of Cook Political Report on everything the Biden administration tries to do from Afghanistan, Build Back Better, Inflation, gas prices, border security and crime
Everything fails despite their hopes for resolution - A bright spot is unemployment is down to 3.6% and 431K jobs were added in March
10) Media panic in full melt down over prospect of a Democratic blood bath in the mid terms - CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC
11) Trump rips Biden on Iran Nuclear deal discussions and how he is ruining the country at Michigan rally
1) Administration says Putin given incorrect information about the planning decision of the war?
Incorrect reports of success? Hiding bad results?
Sounds like a false off ramp hope - I don't believe an ounce of this leak
2) More propaganda from Russia - Putin approval at 80% - Very dubious? ...Baghdad Bob
3) Administration to release 180M barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at a rate of 1.0M barrels a day
I have serious doubts this will help do anything other than a short-term drop in oil prices and medium to long-term could have serious consequences
4) Southern Border goes from bad to worse - 7K arrests per day - Biden to end Title 42 which allows immediate deportation due to public health concerns
a. Illegal crossings could increase to 18K per day if this happens at the end of May
b. Arizona poll shows only 33% support Biden's immigration and border policies and 57% oppose
c. Illegals in Florida commit 4 murders and DeSantis is looking for reason why two were released with prior charges and convictions
5) Disney should be boycotted for their disgusting woke policies and people are taking notice - Embracing the Transgender ideology
6) The Biden administration has gone full hard core leftist with its policy of embracing Transgender Youth sex change operations via hormone therapy among numerous treatment - This is disgusting - Passports are now given out with an X, no gender identity
7) Heavy fighting in Kyiv suburbs expected - UN to investigate Russian War Crimes
*Ukraine claims 17.5K Russian soldiers killed and 6K Tanks destroyed in addition to numerous other weapons destroyed
8) Only 39% of workers participated in vote to Unionize Amazon warehouse - NLRB to count ballots in 2nd vote after the previous effort failed
9) Inflation as measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures Index jumped 6.4% in March, the highest since 1982
10) Hunter Biden Laptop scandal grows as even leading liberal papers admit mistakes. Why now?
Topics:
1) Mike discusses Jobs, the Economy, Inflation and the war in Ukraine as an Army veteran
a. Home prices up 19% year over year - Mortgage rates at 4.8% are the highest in 3 years
b. Gas is above $6 in California - Inflation is the number 1 issue for voters
c. No breakthrough on Peace talks with Russians
2) Safety - Mike supports the Police, Military, the 2nd Amendment and Border Security
3) Mike will defend the country against all efforts to impose Socialism and socialistic efforts of the Democrats
4) Mike's Christian values are Pro-God, Pro-Family and Pro-Life
5) Mike is fiscally conservative and he discusses the recent Biden budget plan
Sen. Joe Manchin says NO to taxing unrealized gains
6) Mike discusses his support for Veterans, Health Care, Educating our kids and the environment
7) Generic Ballot favors Republicans as voters turn against Biden policies
In Florida, Republicans now outnumber Democrats by 100K - When DeSantis was elected, that number was Democrats +280K
Topics:
1) Russia says it will scale down military operations in Kyiv and other cities while Ukraine says it would become a Neutral state
Watch their actions, NOT what they say
2) Biden press conference fallout - Walk back or no walk back - Biden caught reading answers to reporters questions off CUE cards
We've said it all along, figuratively, he is not playing with a full deck of cards
3) Comments raised eyebrows:
a. "In kind chemical weapons?"
b. "82nd Airborne division in Ukraine?"
c. "Remain in power?"
4) Ukraine releases the names of 600 Russian spies working in Europe
5) Consumer Sentiment Index hits an 11-year low as the view of the future falls primarily due to Americans concern over Inflation
6) Biden budget calls for $32B increased funding for police and an additional $31B for the military?
7) The lies in Biden's budget proposal which is the most reckless budget proposal EVER:
*False assumptions on interest rate cost to borrow as interest rates rise, lowered inflation 2% next year assumptions -Ballooning 4.8% deficit to GDP forecast - The post war normal is 2.6%
8) Taliban breaks promise and will not allow girls to go to school past the 6th grade - Another Biden blunder
Topics:
1) Biden speaks the truth saying Putin cannot remain in power - The White House and official
Washington push back for stating the truth - Biden calls Putin a butcher
We support what the President said and we'll explain why
2) Devastating bad poll numbers for the President in NBC news and Reuters polls
a. Biden approval at 40% while 54-55% disapprove in both polls
b. Generic ballot has Republicans up 46-44%.
c. Women have gone from 51% approval to 44%
d. Latinos have gone from 48% to 39%
e. He is upside down 30 points on the economy
f. These are potential landslide election results for Republicans in the fall
3) 70% disapprove of Biden's handling of the war
4) 71% say the country is going in the wrong direction
5) War update - 40K Ukrainians have been forcibly deported to Russian camps
a. Russians launch rocket attack toward Lviv
b. Mariupol is now 85% destroyed
c. Civilian deaths now total above 1,100 in Ukraine according to a United Nations Report
d. China cancels $500M gas deal wit h Russian company for fear of sanctions
6) Zelinskyy says Ukraine willing to become a Neutral country as part of Russian Peace Deal
*The next round of "peace talks" scheduled to begin Tuesday in Turkey
7) Biden to announce effort to raise taxes on people with new worth over $100M
8) Trump: "Biden's leadership is one train wreck after another"
9) Biden and Blinken push ahead on Iran Nuclear deal to a pessimistic Middle East audience
10) Biden gaffe - "Sending the 82nd Airborne to Ukraine"
Topics:
1) Biden and NATO meet to determine next steps in war - Civilian casualties mount
2) U.S. considering sending Anti-ship missiles to Ukraine
Russia threatens Poland
3) U.S. to allow 100K Ukrainians into the country
4) Senior Putin adviser quits due to war and others may also leave
Central Bank chief tried to leave and Putin said no, giving her a new 5-year-term
5) What steps will Russian elites take next if any?
6) An EU ban on crude could lead to much higher prices
*U.S. is producing 11.7M barrels a day down from 13.0M in 2020
7) The U.S. can supply Europe with Liquefied natural gas but that will take time - We have lots of gas in this country
8) Jobless claims fall to the lowest level since 1969 at 187K
9) Judge Jackson hearings end and confirmation is likely the first week in April
10) Mayor Eric Adams lifts vaccine mandate for athletes and performers in NYC
11) Madeline Albright passes at 84 - First woman Secretary of State under Clinton
Topics:
1) 80% of Americans want MORE Fossil fuels while only 20% want Green Energy
2) Only 2% believe Climate change and the environment are a top priority
3) Americans feel worse off due to "Climate Progressives" and believe Democrats embrace of these policies are causing energy prices and inflation to go up significantly
4) Voters are really ticked off at Democrats for their soft on crime policies and the Southern Border fiasco
5) Biden is paying the price for cool relations with the Saudi's and the Iran deal is a major sticking point
6) War in Ukraine rages as a stalemate for now - 3 possible outcomes?
a. Protracted war with continued fighting and loss of life and property
b. A peace deal of some sort
c. Putin overthrown
7) Biden to sanction 300 Russian lawmakers - Why not do more?
8) EU plans to curb Russian gas purchases where they current rely on for 40% - Goal is to fill storage to 80%
9) Biden under water in polling average at 41%-53% - A recent poll had his approval rating at 34%
10) Trump has a +12 on favorability over Biden, however in head to head match up Trump leads 45-42
Topics:
1) Russia and Belarus produce 40% of the worlds ingredients such as potash - Ammonia, nitrogen and phosphates are also used in fertilizer which is soaring up 30% this year - this and more leads to significant increase in food prices
2) The risk to both developing and developed countries of the possibility of a global food shortage crisis looms as the cost to make food rises
Supply chain bottlenecks are likely to worsen - Wheat is up 60% since February
3) A negative feedback loop is starting with chaos in commodity markets leading to chaos in the real world as conflicts increase - It potentially compounds and gets worse
a. Anticipation of chaos can lead speculators to price in that risk and escalate risk premiums and costs
b. Historically as cost of living increases across the globe, governments are replaced or collapse
c. We are seeing another refugee crisis in eastern Europe - What other risks are pending?
3) Additional sanctions are being considered against Russia - 40% of all Russian trade is with the EU - China is 17%
Could Russia become more reliant on China as the western countries move away from doing business with Russia?
4) The Federal Reserve has lowered the 2022 growth projections to 2.8% - In December they were saying 4% growth
Just like inflation, their projections have been off lately
5) The 10-year-note is now yielding 2.38% reaching its highest level in 3 years, up 50 basis points in about a month - The 30-year-Note is at 2.59%
Mortgage rates are back above 4%
6) With Inflation still running hot, the Fed is openly telegraphing a 50 basis point increase at the next meeting - What are the implications?
7) The Fed is also considering reducing its $9T balance sheet - Will they do this simultaneously with raising interest rates?
8) What is the possibility of a 2022 Recession with all of the above items taken into consideration?
9) It appears the current strategy of NATO and the U.S. is a protracted stalemate in Ukraine bleeding the Russian economy and supplying just enough military equipment to keep the war going? 10K dead Russian soldiers and 16K wounded? How long can this be sustained?
Topics:
1) Russians suffer up to 14K combat deaths, stalemate in Ukraine, Civilians being targeted
2) Russia uses Hypersonic missile to attack a munitions depot
3) Zelenskyy calls on Putin to speak directly
4) Mariupol is leveled, an Arts school bombed with 400 kids sheltering
5) Mariupol citizens are being captured and taken to camps in Russia
6) NATO secretary General dodged repeated questions about what constitutes crossing a red line in the attacks on civilians and possible use of chemical weapons - He looked weak and his response was pitiful - He basically said he would NOT do ANYTHING that MIGHT escalate the war into Europe
7) Mercenaries are being sent into Ukraine to kill the leadership by Putin - Belarus amassing soldiers if called upon by Putin
8) Diesel tops $7 in CA
9) Biden polling: Handling of Ukraine -8, Strong leader -16, Economy -20, Crime -23, Border -24, Inflation -29
10) Soaring prices for everything to make food brings more inflation:
a. Fertilizer comes from Canada #1, Russia #2 and Belarus #3
b. $715 an acre to plant corn - chemicals, seed, machine equipment fuel and labor all up substantially
11) Biden slammed for pursuit of Venezuelan oil while shunning U.S. energy producers bowing to the Climate nut jobs
*The problem is the U. S. uses 19M barrels a day and produces 12M - the gap is 7M
12) Germany cuts deal with Qatar for Liquefied Natural Gas
Topics:
1) Biden calls Putin a War Criminal
2) Zelenskyy speech moves bi-partisan effort to secure more weapons - Biden to provide long range anti-aircraft systems and munitions
Scolds Germans for not doing more to help Ukraine
3) Russians kill 10 civilians waiting in a bread line
4) Media and Biden blame Putin for high gas prices - The public is not buying what they are selling
5) Democrats fume over high gas prices as they are being blamed - Progressives want less drilling and normal Democrats want more drilling
6) Biden to waive sanctions and allow Russia to build a nuclear power plant in Iran
7) DOJ criticized as soft on crime when federal arsonist (who supported BLM) is only given 10 years after killing someone in the fire
BLM leader and husband hit by federal fraud and conspiracy charges
Topics:
1) An emotional film followed by urgent requests for offensive weapons
Biden approves $800M in immediate aid including anti-aircraft weapons and drones
2) Russians continue attacks on Civilians in Kyiv - They are trying to surround the city and starve and bomb the population into submission as they have done in other conflicts in Chechnya and Syria
3) Polish President calls for Peacekeeping Mission in Ukraine?
4) Russians take 500 hostages in Mariupol from locals and hospital workers
5) Oil prices fall 30% from the recent high above $130
Russia owes $115M interest payment on $150B of dollar debt
6) Insanity - House Democrats want Biden to declare a national climate emergency and bad all drilling on federal lands in the midst of a war - These people are CRAZY
7) In a further sign of cognitive decline, Biden refers to VP Harris as the First Lady? God help us for the next 2.5 years he is in office
8) China's zero Covid policy is failing badly as outbreaks in 28 Provinces escalate
9) Raskin withdraws her name as a Federal Reserve Governor as we predicted yesterday
Topics:
1) Russians increase shelling in Kyiv
Fox News camera man killed
2) Anti-war protester disrupts live Russian TV on their number 1 show
3) Various reports indicate Russian advantage in the war could cease in 14 days - Loss of equipment, poor morale and mounting loss of life
4) Ukraine asks for more weapons to fight the Russians - Speech to congress tomorrow
Negotiations continue with the Russian delegation - 3M refugees have fled the country
5) Economic fall out from the war - Ukrainian farmers are running out of fuel - Agricultural prices are likely to spike in Europe
Food shortages in Europe and the Middle East are coming
6) Russia is the world's largest wheat producer at approximately 30% - Ukraine produces 10%
If the conquest goes to the Russians, more control over food supplies will be in the hands of the Russians
The U.S. used to produce 30% and over the past 30 years, it has declined to 13% due to increased corn production with massive subsidies from the government for ethanol
7) Producer Price Index climbed 10% in February in the U.S
8) U.S. and Russia continue to engage in Iran Nuclear Deal talks - What a disaster policy initiative
9) Saudia Arabia considers accepting Chinese Yuan for oil purchases - U.S. and China have intense discussions over China's role supporting Russia
10) Sen. Joe Manchin says no to Fed nominee Raskin over her radical energy positions - Excellent
*Fed to begin interest rate hikes
Conclusion - U.S. and NATO are ALREADY at War with Russia - We must recognize this and quit discussing non expansion of the war
Topics:
1) No food, water or medicine in Mariupol as over 200K residents are at risk - Bodies in the streets - Russia shoots at unarmed civilians
International rules of law are being systematically disregarded - Even rules of war!
2) Russian airstrike kills 35 at military base in western Ukraine
3) 2.8M have left the country out of 45M people
4) Biden gives $200M of aid to Ukraine and congress passes $13B in additional aid
Bi-partisan members of Congress want airplanes delivered
5) So far the war has been a Strategic Disaster for Putin - He is escalating atrocities
6) Poll: 52% believe Biden's actions are not enough toward Russia, 36% say OK and 12% say too strong
7) Poll: 59% support No Fly Zone, while 41% Oppose
8) Poll: 65% want tougher Economic Sanctions, 61% more weapons but only 21% support direct military action against Russia
9) Poll: Summary 46% approve of Biden's handling of the war and 54% Do Not
10) Germans have doubled their defense budget
11) Commentary:
a. Why are only 70% of Russian banks off the SWIFT system? It should be 100%
b. Europe needs to rapidly reduce dependency on Russian gas
c. More Oligarchs need to to have their assets frozen
d. Recognize the fact that Putin is a murderous Dictator and potentially a psychopath
12) Retired General Barry McCaffery: "Russia would be squashed by an attack on a NATO country"
13) Spill over effect - China warns of consequences for military support for Taiwan
14) Tom Brady unretires and the NCAA Basketball Tournament Field is set
Topics:
1) Cease Fire discussions go nowhere
2) U.S. scraps sending MIG jets from Poland to Ukraine - Another weak effort by NATO and Biden
*Fear of escalation - Get with the program! The Russians are escalating
3) VP Harris again is an embarrassment by laughing on the world stage with Polish President - She can't answer a simple refugee question
4) Russian Barbarians bomb a hospital and deny it
5) Kremlin accuses the U.S. of waging Economic war - Yes they are correct
6) Mariupol under siege with no power, no water or food
7) 6,000 Russian troops killed in action
8) Russian propaganda lies to their people intensify
a. Blames Neo Nazis for war crimes they committed
b. Says they are protecting nuclear facilities
c. Says Ukraine shelled their own civilian neighborhoods
d. Says civilian casualties are actors
9) U.S. Inflation raises to 7.9% highest in 40 years thanks to poor Biden policies
10) Average gas price is now $4.38 - In CA it is $5.75
11) 11.3M job openings in the country - Pay up 5% and inflation at 7.9%
Topics:
1) Russian airstrikes kill 21 civilians as war crimes continue
2) 4,600 protestors detained in Russia on continued crackdown
3) 20 years of progress in Russia has collapsed - Russia moves from an Authoritarian regime to a Totalitarian state
4) Congress approves $13.6B in aid to Ukraine
5) Cold snap expected to push wind chills to -20 causing 40 ton tanks to become freezers - What will Russian troops do?
6) $1.5T government spending bill appears headed to Biden's desk
7) Biden approval receives small bump to Average of 42% approve and 52% disapprove - A 3-4 point gain
8) What's the story with Polish Russian made MiG Jets going to Ukraine?
9) U.S. Intel suggests 4,000 dead Russian soldiers
10) Radical Green New Deal Democrats rally around $5-6 gas - They have always wanted higher prices
*If the US expanded Natural Gas to export to Europe, they could gradually get away from Russian gas as Trump predicted
11) Trump leads Biden by 15 points in GA poll
Topics:
1) High Taxes
2) Job Creators leaving the state
3) Homeless Problem
4) Crime
5) Democratic Super Majority in Sacramento
Topics:
1) White House rejects boosting domestic oil production to lower gas prices
The world produces 95M barrels per day and Russia is the #2 producer accounting for 11%
Environmentalists in Biden administration holding this back - U.S. consumers are hostage to this insane policy - Bowing to an irrational climate change ideology
2) The average price of gas hits $4.00 in the U.S - In CA it's $5.25 as oil trades at $118 per barrel
3) The U.S. considers banning import of Russian oil
4) Americans want Biden to stand up to Russia, end the slaughter in Ukraine
80% approve banning Russian oil, 81% more penalties on Russia - 74% no fly zone
Ukraine backs away from no fly zone request shifting to request for planes
5) Russia continues shelling of residential ares bombing civilians, businesses and stores
6) Russia demands the following:
a. Stop all Ukrainian military action
b. Reject joining NATO and the EU
c. Acknowledge Crimea as Russian territory
d. Recognize the two breakaway territories so Donetsk and Lugansk as Independent states
7) Stagflation is upon us - Higher inflation and slower economic growth estimated to now be 1.5% in Q-1
*Wage price spiral is a risk
Oil spike risk
8) U.S., Iran and Russia continue working on the Iranian nuclear deal? Insane
Topics:
1) French President Macron speaks with Putin and the call goes nowhere - Putin's goal is to take control of the entire country of Ukraine - Putin lies to the Russian people in a televised speech in full propaganda onslaught
2) Russia takes the port city of Kherson choking off supply lines to the South
3) Refugees top 1.0M
4) Western Economic War takes hold - Americans will pay much higher prices for gas - A Fight for Freedom is well worth it
5) U.S. to send Stinger missiles to kill Russian choppers - Biden seeks $10B in aid
Will next steps include sanctions on oil and gas? Import taxes?
*Fast Track LNG plants
6) Zelinsky says he wishes aid had come prior to the invasion - NATO and U.S. slow to react?
7) U.S. Experts: "Militarily, Russian invasion has not been effective - sub optimal at best"
8) Wesley Clark: "Putin is a War Criminal. We need a No Fly Zone"
9) France seizes Oligarch yacht
1) Biden State of the Union Condemns Russia but nothing new in the speech - Biden pushes Build Back Better but Manchin says NO again
While Inflation runs hot, liberal democrats continue to push MORE spending - It will go nowhere
2) NATO countries pour weapons into Ukraine - The invasion has brought European countries together more in the last 6 days than the previous two decades
3) Missiles rain on Ukraine cities as Russia steps up bombardment campaign
4) Oil surges past $110 per barrel and the Federal Reserve is poised to raise interest rates 25 basis points
5) Russian stocks crash 98% on London Indexes as sanctions bite wiping out $572B
European energy companies distance themselves from Russian energy giant Gazprom
**Exxon pulls out of a major Russian project
6) U.S. expands sanctions by closing all airspace to all Russian flights
7) Ukraine Foreign Minister reaches out to China in an effort to mediate a diplomatic solution - Don't hold your breath
8) Abbott and O'rourke easily win primaries and will square of in Texas Governors race - 100K more Republicans voted in the primary
9) Border towns in Texas flip from Blue to Red as we have predicted for months as a result of Biden's failed border policy
Topics:
1) Should and will the U.S. and NATO supply more offensive and defensive weapons to Ukraine? Russia threatens retaliation
Are we willing to risk escalation? What are the dangers and unintended consequences of greater U.S. and NATO confrontation of Russia?
What is the risk of NOT addressing Russian aggression?
2) Why is NATO in this position? Was Ukraine joining NATO the core issue that lead to the invasion or was Russia planning this regardless?
Both Obama and Trump viewed Ukraine as NOT in the U.S. strategic interest
3) 40-mile convey headed to the capital Kiev - Shelling is escalating and significant more destruction is pending
500K refugees have fled Ukraine
4) There are reports of Vacuum bombs being used which is a war crime - Civilian buildings are being targeted
5) Ukraine calls for no-fly zone - Conventional wisdom says this leads to war with Russia over Ukraine
6) The effect of Economic Sanctions - The Ruble is down 30% and interest rates are now at 20% in Russia
What is the risk of Economic collapse in Russia?
7) There is a risk of global stagnation - Allies agree to 60M barrel release from strategic reserves
This is a very short-term effort that will not be effective in the long run - There is a risk of liquidity drying up globally
8) Russia is a 3rd world economy with a 1st rate nuclear arsenal - Financial markets across the globe are reeling
9) Turkey to restrict transit of Russian warships through the straights it controls
How much pressure should be turned up on the Russians by other NATO countries? Norway considers sending weapons
10) WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Topics:
1) Russia attacks airfields and fuel depots - 300K refugees flee
Germany shifts policy to deliver anti-tank weapons and increase defense spending to 2% of GDP
2) 3000 Russians arrested in demonstrations across Russia - Discontent grows at home
3) European skies are closed to Russian aircraft - Putin puts forces on Nuclear alert in an effort to intimidate the allies who call it reckless
4) Russian financial markets roiled as additional sanctions add to stress
SWIFT is partially utilized to hurt the Russian economy - Russian Central Bank cannot access foreign reserves ($600B frozen)
Russian central bank raised interest rates from 9.5 to 20% to halt the slide in the Ruble
5) Russia and Ukraine negotiators begin discussions at Ukraine/Belarus border while fighting continues
6) China calls for a halt to the violence as concern grows over global economic disruption
7) Washington Post/ABC News poll shows Biden at the lowest approval number ever at 37%, with 57% Disapproving
Harvard/Harris has similar numbers 38% Approval and 55% Disapproval
8) Control of Congress 50% Republican and 40% Democrat
Economy 37% Approval and 58% Disapproval
Pandemic 44% Approval and 50% Disapproval
Border and Immigration 66% Disapproval and only 34% Approval from Biden's personnel polling company
62% believe Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump was President
9) Consumer Price Index up 7.5% year over year in January - No surprise here
10) Trump hints at 2024 run in CPAC speech - Trump (59%) and DeSantis (28%) run 1-2 in CPAC straw poll - Pompeo 3rd at 2%
11) Biden's energy policy disaster under the microscope at gas prices increase across the country
Topics:
1) Russia hits Airfields, takes control of Kyiv airport - Invasion from North, South and East
2) Ruble plunges to record low, Russian stock market crashes 40% - $70B in losses
3) Oil over $100 per barrel
4) 27% of Americans expect U.S. to play Major role in the conflict - 52% play a Minor role - 20% No role
5) Under Obama Russia annexed Crimea, Under Biden there is war in Ukraine - Peace under Trump
6) Former National Security Advisor to Trump Rick Grenell casts blame squarely on shoulders of President Biden, Secretary Blinken and Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman - Blame also goes to Angela Merkel of Germany for Russian dependence on energy by Germany
7) Trump, DeSantis, Pompeo and Cruz to headline CPAC
8) Desantis, Rubio and Abbott lead by wide margins in race for Governor and Senate
9) Jobless claims fall to 232K and Continuing claims at 1.48M are the lowest since 1970 - The labor market remains tight
10) Stock market rallies off a 3% down day
Topics:
1) NATO is united against Russia
2) Biden sanctions Russian elites, banks and Russian Debt - Military aid to follow?
No sanctions against Putin? Just the first step?
3) Russia supplies 40% of Europe's Natural Gas - There are 2 pipelines that run through Belarus and Ukraine - Ukraine is paid $2B annually
The Russians view Ukraine joining or partnering with NATO as an economic existential threat
4) 60 of Russian exports are Oil and Natural gas - 40% of Russia's total budget comes from oil and gas
5) The U.S. now imports 4M barrels of oil a day to meet the refining needs of increased gasoline demand - Prices of energy will go up
Heavy oil is imported versus lighter oil produced here in the U.S
*We produce 11.6M barrels per day which is up 6% over last year despite the Biden Administration's efforts to curb fossil fuels in their pursuit of green energy
6) 14 GOP Attorney Generals call for DHS Secretary Mayorkas to Resign for failing to secure the border
7) Sen. McConnell feels the 2022 midterms will be a reflection on the Biden Administration failures
8) Senator Rick Scott presents an 11-point plan including some of the following:
a. Reduce the size of the Federal Government
b. National Voter ID laws
c. Border Wall named after Trump
d. Recognize only 2 genders men and women
e. Educate Kids, Salute the flag, no revisionist history, pledge of allegiance
f. No discrimination based on color of skin
g. Fight crime in cities
Topics:
1) Putin sends troops into 2 Eastern Ukraine regions of occupied territory
2) Senators of both parties demand sanctions be leveled now and not wait for the remaining Invasion to other parts of Ukraine - Biden looks weak and ineffective
3) The cost of the war and cost of sanctions will be weighed next by both sides
Oil at $94 a barrel and high gas prices basically allow Russia to finance the war with minimal additional cost
4) The Germans sanction the Nordstream Pipeline withdrawing Certification
5) Russian stock market falls 10% and the Ruble falls 3.4%
U.S. stocks down for third straight day
6) The problem for the EU is the dependency on Russian oil and gas especially during the winter
7) Biden average approval rating hovers around 42% and disapproval 54% - Some polls numbers are lower
*Generic Ballot shows Republicans at +9, similar to previous polling results
8) The late Medina Spirit stripped of 2021 Derby win and trainer Bob Baffert suspended. Purse money awarded to 2nd place finished Mandaloun
9) Political Commentator Bob Beckel dies at 73
Topics:
1) Russia adds 7K troops as tensions escalate - Biden again claims invasion imminent
2) Clinton Spygate "Fake scandal" according to Hillary - you know she is lying
3) 3 woke school board members fired in SF
4) Quinnipiac poll: Biden approval falls to 37% Disapproval - Underwater in all public issues
5) Kemp leads Perdue in GA by 49-39%
6) Rubio leads Demmings 49-42%
7) Generic Ballot Republican leads over Democrat by 54-42
8) Democratic brand is toxic in Rural America "Hatred of Democrats"
9) BLM bails out accused attempted murderer in Louisville of Jewish Mayoral candidate
10) CA lawmakers trying to repeal Prop 47 reducing from $950 to $450 misdemeanor crime free steals
11) Chinese woman stabbed 40 times in NYC by criminal out on free bail with 3 open criminal charges
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*Richard Battle's new book "Life's Daily Treasure" aim to restore your pride in America and inspire you to confidently pursue your destiny. ( RichardBattle.com )
Topics:
1) AOC Goes to Texas
2) Russia-Ukraine
a. Will NATO countries keep their promises of major sanctions?
b. Who's lying and who's not?
3) Economic Freedom - U.S. dropped from the 20th most economically free country to the 25th
4) Oh Canada? - Trudeau invoked emergency powers act against the peaceful and patriotic protest
5) Lock Her Up - Durham files a brief indicating the campaign hired Rodney Joffe to spy on phone calls from Trump Tower and the White House
6) Energy Inflation - Biden asked Saudi Arabia to produce more crude to help him lower energy and overall inflation
7) Speaking of Crude - Will Prince Andrew get back his military titles and responsibilities now that he has made a schtupping settlement?
Topics:
1) Clinton campaign spying on Trump
2) Fascist Trudeau invoking emergencies act
3) Biden flying migrants around USA covertly
Topics:
1) Is Ukraine NOT joining NATO the Crux of the issue - Yes according to the Ukrainian Ambassador
Ukrainian officials request meeting with Russians
2) Rams win Super Bowl 56 - Controversial calls on Bengals on 3rd and 8 Holding which lead to Rams touchdown - Donald and Kupp star in victory
3) In the John Durham probe, it appears the Hillary Clinton campaign provided false Russian collusion plots against the Trump campaign
The Clinton campaign hired people to infiltrate the Trump servers - Indictments are possible
She is dirty and crooked - WE already knew that
4) In a 2024 poll by John McLaughlin, Trump beats Harris by 11 points 51-40 and Biden 49-44
*Trump/McConnell try to sway the Senatorial mid terms
Biden approval among Blacks falls to 70% from 90%
5) AOC goes on the road to campaign against Incumbent Centrist Democrats in primaries
6) Hispanics moving to Republicans because Democrats abandon Tradition, Family and Love of Country (The Leftist part of the party) calling the shots
7) Trudeau upside down 35-48 as a result of trucking fiasco - Ontario drops mandates?
Topics:
1) Inflation at highest level since 1982
2) Gas prices hit the highest levels in 8 years - Oil could hit $120 if Russia invades
3) Crime and homeless encampments are all over LA as Super Bowl comes to town
4) Al Sharpton - "Crime is out of control in NYC"
75% of Americans believe DeFund the police caused the crime wave
5) Build Back NEVER?
6) Sen. Manchin says we need to get our house in order and cool inflation prior to more government spending
7) Deadbeat students push Biden for $10K in relief - No bill in sight in Congress - Payments restart on 5-1-22
There is no reason to forgive ANY student debt
8) House subpoenas Schaftlein Report Guest Peter Navarro to testify before 1-6 commission
9) Biden-China Connection
Topics:
1) Violent crime has spike in vulnerable Democratic house districts
a. Fentanyl coming across the Southern Border is killing an alarming number of people all across the country - Violent crime committed by illegals is soaring
b. LA Mayor candidate Karen Bass wants to hire more cops while the LA Board of Supervisors wants to fire 4,000 officers over not being vaccinated - The sheriff opposes this action
c. Squad member and radical Cori Bush continues to push DeFund the Police against the wishes of Democratic leadership
2) More women and Hispanics Republicans are running than ever before - 253 women and 228 people of color are running - John James to run for House seat in Michigan
3) Economic News - Misery Index which is the unemployment rate + Inflation stands at 11, highest level since 2007/2008 recession
4) Biden approval at 39.8% in Real Clear Politics average of polls - A new low
5) Many cities and states are dropping mask mandates, but not the Federal Government
6) Joe discusses Iran's role in the Middle East and its Warhead Missle development
7) Democrats say they want to move to the center to pass bi-partisan bills and leadership seems to have got the message - We'll see?
*Political Pressure after left wing agenda fails to pass
8) Biden and the Radicals in the White House to spend $30M on crack pipes
Topics:
1) Most Small Businesses are increasing costs to try and offset Inflation
2) Weekly Jobless claims for the Period ending 1-29-22 total 238K, slightly below the estimate of 245K and below the previous week total of 261K
Continuing Claims of 1.6M are at the lowest level since 1973
3) Productivity was up 6.6% in Q-4 2021 while labor costs were up just 0.3% as defined by hourly compensation - productivity
4) Economy grew by 1.7% in Q-4 2021 and for the whole year came in at 5.7% growth absorbing $6T in Government relief
5) Total Debt in the country reaches $15.5T, however it appears manageable for now?
a. Mortgage Debt - $11T
b. Auto's $1.5T
c. Student Loan $1.5T
d. Credit Cards $856B
e. Mortgage rates went up 50 basis points in 2021 and already 40 basis points in 2022
However, 2/3 of loans went to people with a 760 or higher credit score while only 2% went to subprime borrowers
6) Trade deficit up 27% in 2021 to $859B representing 3.7% of GDP - We imported $1.8T of goods
7) With headline CPI up 7% in December and housing prices soaring, the middle class is at risk of being left out of the housingmarket
8) If Russia invades Ukraine, will oil go north of $100?
*Biden say no Nordstream pipeline - Implications?
Topics:
1) Widespread evidence in PA of systemic issues related to chain of custody in ballots from 2020 election
2) Hispanic women are leading the charge in the switch to GOP
3) Refund the Police being led by black mayors in deep blue cities
4) Inflation adjusted wages are down 2.4% over last year under Biden
5) GoFundMe succumbs to potential fraud charges and agrees to return $10M in donations intended for Canadian Freedom truckers
6) Peter Schweitzer book alleges Biden family got $31M from a Chinese Intelligence company
7) 62% of the public push back against Biden limiting Supreme Court pick to a black woman
8) Sarah Bloom Raskin, wife of Congressman Jamie Raskin, Biden's pick to head Federal Reserve Regulator get major push back from 24 state CFO's. She is a hard core radical against energy companies and a climate activist - She should NOT be confirmed
9) Opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics is down 43%
10) Maskless Democrats are everywhere from Obama, Abrams, Newsom to Garcetti and more
Topics:
1) US Special Forces kill ISIS leader including 13 others
2) Senate Race pits 6 Republican and 4 Democratic Seats as competitive
MO, PA, Ohio, FL, Wisc and NC
NH, AZ, GA and Nev
3) Crime is so bad in SF that the Police Chief will not work with the DA on officer involved shooting and use of force
4) Biden praises McConnell ahead of Court nomination
5) Russia complains about US and NATO troop movements - What happens next?
6) Sen. Ben Ray Lujan of NM is out 4-6 weeks after stroke - The Senate is now 49-50 so Democrats need Republicans to advance anything
7) Facebook stock plunges 24% after users in Canada and US decline
8) GoFundMe cuts off Canadian Trucker page after $10M is raised over mandates
9) BLM shuts down fund-raising after threats from Blue states CA and WA - No one is in charge after former leader quit
10) Americans are fed up with Democrats Covid panic and mandates
Topics:
1) In leaked memo to Axios, the National Security Council's summary of conclusions shows utter failure to prepare for the events which took place in Afghanistan
2) Putin and the west continue talks to try and defuse the situation in Ukraine
3) Hunter Biden undercut the Obama Administration in US efforts to fight corruption in Ukraine according to State Department Memo
*NY Times sues the State Department over the matter
4) Jeff Zucker resigns from CNN over undisclosed relationship with another employee - GOOD!
5) Economic satisfaction plunges to 33% under Biden while 64% are not satisfied - Rents skyrocket across the country some up 40%
a. 27% approve of his energy policy
b. 25% approve of how crime is bein handled
c. Overall Satisfaction at 21% 79% NO
d. Right Track 37% Wrong Track 63%
6) Build Back Better Bill totally stalled in Congress - No SALT relief
7) According to ER Doctors, crime is totally out of control in NYC based on injuries and death from crimes
8) Former Miami Dolphins football coach David Flores files class action lawsuit against the NFL, Miami Dolphins and Denver Broncos. Stinging allegations
7) Border Covert flights bringing people from all over the world to US under cover of night
Topic: Jerry takes us through the life of George Washington from childhood to our First President
Topics:
1) Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams rally from 18 and 10 back respectively to win their conferences and go to the Super bowl in another exciting weekend of NFL games
2) 76% of Americans disagree with considering only a black woman for a Supreme court Nomination
Biden does appear to have a solid group of qualified nominees from names floated - 13 democrats voted against Trump's nominees who were black
*Identity Politics brought us Kamala Harris
3) The Left's obsession with Race is alienating minorities in America particularly Asians and Hispanics
4) Spotify will now label Covid content as an answer to artists push back - There are 3.0M podcasts to demonstrate the power of podcasting
5) With 127K troops on the Ukraine border, blood supplies brought in and NATO concerns mounting, Putin plans visit with Xi Jinping later this week at the Olympics
6) Border crime, smuggling, human trafficking and drugs are rampant at our southern border as criticism mounts of Biden policy - 2M apprehensions last year
7) Texas Governor Greg Abbott leads O'rourke 47-36 in latest poll
8) Trump's Save America rally draws 1.5M viewers on Newsmax versus normal viewers of 50K - Says VP Pence should have reversed the election
9) Spirit Airline employee asked man to remove "Let's go Brandon" mask
10) Soros to pump 125M in Democratic coffers, Super Pac raises $50M for mid terms
Topics:
1) The Labor Market remains tight with the Unemployment rate below 4% - Little movement in Labor Participation Rate - We are still 2M jobs below when the Pandemic started
a. Police Departments are losing officers and are struggling to replace them due to tight labor market, rising crime and public scrutiny
b. Stocks remain volatile as rate hikes loom
2) Midstream 2 pipeline may not operate if Russia invades Ukraine - 760 mile pipeline under the Baltic Sea cost $11B to build to bring natural gas to Germany - China backs the Russians in the dispute
3) DHS Secretary Mayorkis gets an ear full in his meeting with Border Patrol Agents in Yuma, AZ - Deteriorating results, agents pissed off
4) Herschel Walker leads in Georgia and Republicans are +8 in Monmouth Generic Ballot Poll
5) Biden plans to play Identity Politics promising to nominate a black female to replace Breyer
*Republicans have tools to delay or stop an unqualified nominee in the Judiciary committee
6) Progressive DA's under fire and being labeled as "soft" on crime as rates soar
7) Video confirms Biden Administration is flying migrants on private planes from border towns to Northern cities
Topics:
1) Can Biden rally allies against Putin? Russians move additional forces toward Ukraine. Americans urged to evacuate.
Germans seem to be balking due to Nordstream 2 Pipeline slated to go into production later in the year to buy gas from Russia?
2) The Federal Reserve lays the groundwork to raise interest rates in March in an effort to slow inflation
3) Blue City Carjackings skyrocket - In Washington DC, 37 so far this year including a city commissioner with 7,000 car thefts in the last 2 years
In Philadelphia, 100 carjackings this year
4) While a 29th House Democrat Jim Cooper (a 34 year veteran) announces he won't seek re-election, Pelosi announces plan to run again at age 82 - Will she be Leader if Democrats lose the House?
5) VP Harris blames Covid for the Human Trafficking at the border - Her leadership at the border has been a disaster
6) Two Republican congressmen from Texas say DHS Secretary should be impeached due to not obeying the US laws ALREADY on the books:
a. Construction materials rusting at the border
b. Paid for Contracts for Fencing go unfulfilled
c. 283K Illegals being released into the US
d. 14K pounds of Fentanyl seized at border, double last year - Mixed news here
7) Biden approval among Hispanics is down from 59% in November 2020 to 28% today - Why?
*Answer - Economy, Covid, Illegal Immigration, crime and late-term abortion - The same issue most Americans care about
8) Houston Cop Killer Oscar Rosales caught in Mexico
Topics:
1) Stocks remain under pressure after yesterday's rally into the close with the major indexes down another 2%
Inflation, Fed tightening and Ukraine along with a reset in earnings multiples contributing to the decline
2) NY judge strikes down mask mandates following the lead of others
3) In VA, mask proponents sue Governor over his opt out mask policy - Gov. Glenn Youngkin sets up Hotline to report and catch teachers teaching CRT
4) Sen. Manchin is furious with White House Chief of Staff Ron Klein (the alleged mastermind behind Biden) for calling him out for opposing BBB bill
5) Biden under fire for calling Peter Ducey a "Stupid SOB", then apologizing later
6) In Harvard-Harris poll, Biden upside down 39%-53%, Trump would beat him by 53-47 and 59% Disapprove of how Democrats are running congress
Generic Ballot Republicans +7
7) In stray poll, Liz Cheney crushed in Wyoming by Harriet Hageman
8) 178K Illegal Immigrants stopped in December with many released into the US
9) 8,500 troops put on "High Alert"
10) Democrats will continue to push to end the Filibuster so they can push through their Radical Agenda - The recent loss is just a speed bump in their long term plan
11) A son of a Philadelphia police officer is followed and killed in an attack, being shot 9 times
Topics:
1) Biden considering sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe - Is Moscow considering installing a Pro-Russian leader? They deny this is the case
2) Oil can hit $100 a barrel if conflict happens in Ukraine - Lumber is up 81% as a result of climate change efforts and demand for housing
*Inflation rips as rent costs are up 14%
3) Seoul paid Iran's delinquent dues to UN restoring their voting rights with Administration blessing
4) Arizona Censures Sen. Sinema over her Filibuster vote - She is up in 2024 for re-election
5) Fox Poll Results:
Republican Advantages: | Democratic Advantages
National Security +16 | Climate Change +22
Border +16 | Racism +20
Crime +16 | Health Care +16
Economy + 15 | Corona Virus + 9
Immigration +15 | Unite the Country +9
6) Left Wing Dark money by Liberal Billionaires was behind the effort to remove the Filibuster, not grass roots
7) A New Wave of Far Left Wing Liberals sponsored by Justice Democrats will look to challenge moderates in the 2022 midterm primaries
8) Horrific crimes in NY, Houston and Chicago where Police Officers and an Innocent young girl were killed in gun fire
9) Biden's Promises Not Yet Fulfilled:
a. Free Preschool
b. Free Community College
c. Pathway to Citizenship for Illegals
d. Green Energy to END fossil fuels
e. Voting Rights
f. Build Back Better Social Spending bill
Topics:
1) Senators Manchin and Sinema Vote to Uphold the Filibuster - Schumer's gambit fails
2) Biden Presser - "Minor Incursion into Ukraine?" - Walk Back by Biden
3) Biden: "Midterms could easily be illegitimate if Democratic Legislation Fails" - His Fraudulence the President
4) NBC Poll in Line with Other Polls
Independents support falls from 68% to 36%
Blacks support falls from 83% to 64%
18-34 year olds support falls from 56% to 40%
Latino support falls from 59% to 48% - It is much worse in other polls
Women support falls from 61% to 51%
5) Trafalgar Poll Biden upside down by 20 points 39-59 - GOP +14 on Generic Ballot
6) Jobless Claims rise by 286K, highest since October
Rising Inflation causing Consumers to pull back
7) The list of Biden Failures Grows and he does not even acknowledge it
Topics:
1) Pure Political Theater over a Non-Issue in Democratic Controlled Senate
2) Vince takes us through his book detailing Democratic Lies
3) Biden hit new Low in Gallup Poll with 40% Approval and 56% Not - This is actually higher than other recent polling where his approval rating was as low as 33%
*Hispanic and Independent Voters are abandoning Biden
This spells TROUBLE for Democrats
Topics:
1) Consumer Price Index up 7% and Producer Price Index up 9.7% in 2021 - With Supply Chain disruptions and too much money printing from the Federal Reserve, Where do we go from here?
2) Energy prices are up 59% last year and oil is hovering around $84 today, gasoline and heating oil prices are causing pain for Americans - The Biden energy policies are part of the cause for this
3) Real Hourly Wages fell by 2.7% from a year earlier despite significant wage gains and a tight labor market - Inflation was greater than the wage gains
4) U.S. government has spent $6T on Covid since the pandemic started and now Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell is ready to raise interest rates in March along with possibly 3-4 additional hikes - What effect will this have on the economy?
5) Republicans expect inflation to run 7% in 2022 - Democrats expect 3% - What explains this large gap?
6) Consumer Sentiment fell to 68.8% in January, the 2nd lowest level in a decade - For those earning less than $100K, the reading collapsed 10% from December to January
7) With Lael Brainard's Senate Vote pending, questions about her positions come into focus - She states Inflation is the top issue to fight
Is a potential leftward shift in Fed policy by broadening its goals from stable employment and inflation to push climate change and racial diversity?
8) Senators Sinema and Manchin come under widespread Democratic criticism for blocking changes to the filibuster requiring 60 votes to pass legislation
By doing this, they helped preserve the integrity that is left in our governmental system - Senate Majority Leader Schumer pushes forward to his second major defeat
Topics:
1) The Biden Agenda Dead or can he triangulate toward the middle?
We've seen nothing to indicate he will do this as he is beholden to his radical base and the leftists in the White House will NOT permit it
2) Policy Losses Mount
Filibuster - Sen. Sinema say NO
Vaccine Mandates - Supreme Court says NO
Build Back Better - Sen. Manchin says NO
Voting Rights - Divisive Speech looks like the bill has NO Republican support and will be Filibustered - Sen. Schumer sets vote this week.
Inflation Running Hot - Replace Yellin? - He's lost the people
Covid - Little Progress
No more $300Children Payments (for now)
No Climate Bills (for now)
Border - Still wide open
3) In Virginia, the new Governor Glen Youngkin abolishes Critical Race Theory and removes Vaccine Mandates
4) From the Lunatic Democratic Left: 59% of Unvaxxed should be confined to home, 45% placed in Designated Facilities and 48% fined or incarcerated
5) In January 2021, more people identified at Democratic or leaning Democratic by 49-40% - Now, those numbers have flipped 14 points to 42 Democrat and 47 Republican, +9 to -5
Topics:
1) Inflation concerns are everywhere with Wholesale price increases of 9.7% being highest ever recorded - The Federal Reserve indicates Rate Hikes coming in March
2) Biden visits the Senate in a Futile Effort to roll back the Filibuster for a horrific piece of Legislation to Federalize Elections - The House passed the bill earlier today
Democrats don't have the votes to cheat by changing the Law so they try to change the rules of the Senate
Sen. Schumer leads the charge despite his previous support FOR the Filibuster
3) Biden Approval Rating CRASHES to 33%, Disapproval at 57% - an ALL Time LOW
Hispanic approval - 28%
Whites - 32%
Black - 57%
Economy approval - 34%
Covid Response - 39%
Dividing the Nation - 49%
*Confidence in Biden and Health Officials is eroding
4) Inflation and Covid are top 2 issues voters care about by a huge margin
5) Tony discusses Censorship in America and specifically in the Publishing business and Media Lies about "Election Reform"
6) ICE arrests at the border are way down following lenient Biden policies by radical leftists
7) Administration to purchase 500M test kits
8) Good News - Federal Budget Shrinks as government revenues soar - Lowest in 2 years
Topics:
1) Mark discusses his book and the Ramifications for society
2) Inflation in December hits 7%, the biggest jump since 1982
3) Core CPI excluding food and energy hits 5.5%
4) Energy prices up 49% and heating oil up 41%, used cars up 37%, new cars up 12%
5) Biden lies about Voting Rights in Georgia Speech - McConnell: "I do not recognize the man. He is incoherent and ranting false narratives"
6) Democrats consider Student Loan forgiveness next? $10K to $50K
7) Trump would easily beat Biden in 2024 match
Topics:
1) Kenny updates continued efforts to downplay achievements among Asian Americans - An update since his last appearance
2) Democrats continue push to change filibuster over Voting Rights - Sen. Manchin says 'No' and Sen. McConnell threatens floor takeover
3) Department of Justice, Merrick Garland and the White House orchestrated a letter from the National School Board Association claiming Parents are Domestic Terrorists for voicing their opinions against CRT at School Board Meetings
4) Over 200 Colleges require students to undergo CRT training although sometimes calling it something else
5) Justice Department has created a Domestic Terrorism Unit - Why? They say to combat 800 investigations currently ongoing?
6) CA Gov. Newsom is proposing Medicaid to be paid to Illegal Immigrants
7) Hospitalizations reach 145K for Covid and there were 1.35M new infections on Monday
8) In Economic news, Fed Chairman Powell now says Inflation poses a major threat to the job market recovery as interest rates are set to rise - We've been telling you this for months
Topics:
1) Biden Credibility on Omicron comes into Question as cases spread
*A personal account: "As Covid goes, so goes the Biden Presidency" - Chuck Todd
2) NYC District Attorney will reduce sentences for Violent Crimes such as armed robbery, trespassing, resisting arrest, theft from stores and drug dealing
3) NYC will now allow Illegal Immigrants to Vote in local elections - They make up 1 out of 8 voters
4) 76% of Americans do not believe Jan 6 was an Insurrection - Riot yes
5) Senators Ron Johnson and John Thune will run for Re-Election in Wisconsin and South Dakota
6) Biden to Push Voting Rights in Georgia Speech - Schumer presses ahead against filibuster odds
7) Stocks under pressure as fear of Interest rates rising dampens technology stocks
8) Tragedy - 17 killed in Bronx apartment Fire, including 8 children
9) Americans frustrated - Encounter desolate grocery shelves - #BareShelvesBiden
Topics:
1. January 6 - anniversary of capitol riot
2. Ashli Babbitt killed
3. True the vote Georgia Secretary of State ballot harvesting investigation
4. Civil war law to block present day Republicans involved in so called insurrection
5. US Senator Chuck Schumer seeking 60-vote filibuster removal to federalize elections
6. Dick Cheney at US Capitol opposing America First Policies
7. CNN dismal ratings
8. Covid variants, masks
Topics:
1) CDC's New COVID Guidance non-sense - A complete 180 from a couple of days ago
2) Democrats use Jan 6 Anniversary to push removal of the Filibuster
3) Outgoing VA Governor Ralph Northam blames motorists for the I-95 Debale - this includes Virginia Sen. Tim Kane
4) Chicago Teachers Union voted to halt in-person classes - Superintendent canceled remote school completely
5) Chicago: Mayor Lightfoot is completely off the rails - requesting to halt electronic monitoring for 'violent, dangerous' offenders when they are out on bail
6) Pope Francis says couples who don't want kids but choose pets are SELFISH and "takes away our humanity"
Topics:
1) Democrats hit the Pause Button on Build Back Better Climate and Social Spending Bill - Finally Reality Sets IN
2) Sen. Chuck Schumer pushes ending the Filibuster with the Nuclear Option for Voting Rights effort - Sen. Joe Manchin says "that's a Heavy Lift"
3) A Federal Judge Blocks Pentagon from punishing Navy Seals who refused the Covid vaccine
4) Biden Reimposes Trump's Remain-in-Mexico Policy
5) Biden Economic Ratings are below Jimmy Carter - CNBC Polls have him at 60% Disapproval on his handling of the economy
6) USA Today Poll has Biden at 40% - A new low for that poll
7) In 2020 Donald Trump was the Most Admired man in America - The media would not tell the story unlike when Obama was winning the title
*Guess What, they did not release the poll results for 2021
8) Will Biden be Impeached if Republicans gain control of Congress this year?
9) DeFund the Police has now changed to the following in blue cities:
A. Increased Budget Funding for police
B. More Aggressive policing Measures
C. Harsher Penalties being considered
D. Request for Federal Assistance
E. Help with Recruiting, Hiring, Retention and Morale which were hurt severely during the DeFund fiasco
1) Sen. Schumer signals he will try to change the Filibuster to advance Voting Rights Legislation in an effort to Federalize Election Laws - They continue lying to their base
2) In Early Speculation that Speaker Pelosi will retire after the mid terms, Democrats float names of possible successors including Hakeem Jeffries and Ro Khanna
They are finally realizing they will lose 40-80 seats
3) AOC "Roaster" over her "Sexual Frustration" tweet toward Republicans for going maskless in Miami - Escape from NY
4) In Climate Change News, Germany rejects Nuclear Power with a plan to close its remaining two nuclear power plants and rely on Natural Gas until Alternative Energy becomes financially feasible - France moves ahead with multiple strategies for energy
In the US, heavy snow hits the northeast - Surprise it's winter!
5) 2,300 flights cancelled today as airlines battle Omicron
6) Biden and Harris plan 1-6 speeches to milk 2021 events for purely political purposes - Guess What - Nobody Cares!!!
7) Meat and Poultry prices skyrocket - Biden of course blames the Meat Packing companies while the companies blame labor shortages, gas prices and supply chain disruptions
Biden agrees to spend $1B to try resolving the issue to expand capacity
8) In new polling, Hispanics continue to abandon the Democratic Party and are now split evenly with Republicans - This is a 23-point drop from last year
9) NY State to prioritize non-white people to distribute low supply of Covid 19 treatments - No wonder people are fleeing NY
10) In NFL news, Antonio Brown is no longer a Tampa Bay Buc after his bizarre quit during the game Sunday
11) In Covid News, FL Gov. DeSantis asks the Feds to allow the state to purchase Monoclonnal Antibody treatments
The Federal Government has cornered the market and controls the supply
Topics:
1) A Failed First Year Presidency
2) Harry Reid and John Madden passed at 82 and 85 respectively
3) Illegal Immigrants being flow into northern cities with Identity Kits on a large percentage of flights
4) Covid Guidelines keep changing and States are now in charge? 10 days versus 5 days? Numerous industries and sports leagues impacted
5) Women swimmers are ticked off at male transgender dominance at Brown University and others
6) Unemployment claims of 198K at lowest level since 1969 - Total on Unemployment falls to 1.7M collecting checks
7) Twitter suspends mRNA vaccine creator for saying Kids don't need the vaccine
8) MVP Manchin signals support for repeal of Trump tax cuts in 2022?
9) Happy New Year to ALL
1) Flight Cancellations due to Omicron swamp the Nations Travel
2) Fauci recommends Domestic Vaccine Cards to travel
3) Bowl Games Canceled due to Omicron and NFL games are moved
4) VP Harris disastrous Interview on CBS News - She blames Domestic Voting as the central threat to the U.S.
*You've got to be kidding me - No she was serious - Amazing incompetance
5) Blue City Crime Wave - 2,200 shot in Philadelphia this year surpassing NY, LA and Chicago - 521 Killed
6) Biden approval hits record low of 36% and the reason behind it
7) Only 5 states (CA, Hawaii, MD, MASS and Vermont approve) of the job Biden is doing
Topics:
1) Has Harris Flopped as A VP? The liberal NY Times says she flopped - She probably didn’t read it because she was busy fixing the border crisis…Nah!
2) The Supreme Court fast-tracked vaccine mandate suit - Does that mean they will agree with mandates for public companies, or will they strike them down? When will they issue a decision—will they wait for June as they do for most rulings?
3) UH Oh-More Bad Inflation News - Per he the Bureau of Economic Analysis US inflation rose 5.7% in the 12 months ended in November-Highest in almost 40 years. Will it continue, grow? - How will it affect the mid-terms in 11 months?
4) Biden-Manchin, Who Misled Who
*Biden said Manchin said he misled Biden - It wasn’t true and the White House walked it almost immediately - Will Manchin switch parties?
5) Tomorrow is Christmas Eve - Everyone Talks about their favorite Christmas songs or favorite Christmas movies, we discuss our favorite Christmas episodes of TV Shows
Topics:
1) Reactions:
Schumer - Vows a vote on BBB and focus on Voting Rights changing the Filibuster - 85% of Americans support Voter Photo ID
Warren - Pack the Court
AOC - Crisis in Democracy
American People do NOT Support the Radical Left Agenda and its Failures
2) Biden approval plummets:
Independents: 29 - 66 approve/disapprove
Whites: 40 - 56
Hispanics: 33 - 65
3) Biden considers appeasing the Radical Left by extending deferment payments on student loans scheduled to resume on 2-1-22 - The public does not approve of this
4) In Crime ridden Blue cities, Radical District Attorney fight back against Liberal Mayors and Normal Police chiefs
12K cases in LA county not prosecuted
5) In today's Housing Report, prices are up 14% for single family homes and the average price is now $354 - Inventory is down 13%
High end home prices are rising faster, $750K to $1.0M up 37% and homes over $1.0M up 50%
Low end homes below $250K down 19%
6) Inflation is Taxation without Legislation - Only partially true as Biden policies lead us to massive inflation outbreak hurting families
7) Biden being compares less favorably than Jimmy Carter fairly or not
8) Biden praises Trump for Operation Warp Speed on the vaccine and virus research
Topics:
1) Jared gives us a Preview of his thrilling book
Are there parallels today to Tiny Mistakes leading to the Disasters in America?
2) Fallout form BBB Failure cascades as the Democratic Blame Game begins - Radical Rep. Bowman of NY calls Manchin a Racist - Who cares what he says - He's a loser
Claims the money from this bill would go to Blacks, Hispanics, women and poor people - Crocodile tears for Bowman
*It failed because it is a FAR LEFT WING POLICY FAILURE - We do NOT want a Socialist Welfare State! - Sen. Schumer vows vote in 2022
3) Biden shifts focus to combat Omicron - 500M test kits to be send to Americans
4) Biden considers releasing $10B of Assets to Taliban frozen under pressure from Radical Squad members
5) Mayor Lightfoot of Chicago finally seeks help from ATF after unprecedented rate of homicides and gun violence tops 830 murders
6) In good news, Biden and DHS to use materials left at unfinished Wall sites to complete work
Topics:
1) Manchin kills Build Back Better Bill, saving America from a wild socialist spending spree
2) Democrats, Media, Hollywood and Never-Trumpers are angry - Pressure campaign did not work
3) Manchin called "disloyal" - Schumer vowed vote in 2022 - Biden's back in the bunker - AOC is furious at the Senate
4) Amnesty is dead
5) McConnell strategy on first bill proved a winner
6) No $300 child tax credit extension
7) No crazy climate legislation
8) No paid leave
9) Omicron is surging around the globe
10) Two more democrats retired from Congress - bringing the total to 22
11) PBS/NPR/Marist Poll have Biden at 41% - and 55% do not trust Biden or democrats
12) Gangs, smugglers, and criminals surge at border
13) Inflation squeezes families at Christmas
Topics:
1) The "Taper" is reduced to $60B of Bond purchases in January from $90B this month then winding down the program by the end of March
Dr. Michael Busler provides analysis along with the Pitfalls and Opportunities of the policy shift. The ECB increases Bond Purchases?
2) The stock market roars ahead after the announcement - Easy money ending and clarity of the rate hikes or is there something else at work here
Easy money is the drug the stock market craves
3) Wholesale PPI up 9.8% while the 10 Year note hovers near 1.50% - What does the bond market see ahead and will Inflation come down?
4) The $1.75T Build Back Better Bill is temporarily stalled on the Senate - Action not likely until 2022
5) Weekly Jobless claims total 206K, the 4 week average is the lowest since 1969 - 1.84M Continuous Claims which is the lowest since the beginning of the Pandemic
6) We have 11 M job openings and we are still 3M jobs below the pre-pandemic levels - Are Retirements to account for this shift?
7) Half of Voters believe Biden Policies are making Inflation worse - Inflation is at a 30 year high
*"Transitory' may have been the worst Fed prediction EVER
8) How will raising interest rates coupled with a Labor Shortage and supply chain disruptions tame inflation?
9) Projections for 2022!
Topics:
1) SF increases Police Budget amidst huge increase in crime - residents have had enough
2) Chicago 7 shot and 4 killed just yesterday - 12 BLUE cities experience RECORD Homicide Rates
3) The NFL funding to organizations include "DeFund the Police Groups through "Inspire Change", the NFL's Social justice arm
Some organizations support Open Immigration, no police and No Prisons - What is this about?
4) Vaccine Mandates return to NYC and LA + many parts of CA - Google to fire Unvaccinated workers
Many health care providers are not enforcing the mandate due to shortages of qualifies people
5) In you won't believe this - The Biden Administration is blaming high Meat Prices on Meat companies as they look for any excuse for their failures
6) Congress Voted last night to raise the Debt Ceiling by $2.5T to $31.4T - Only 1 Republican joined the Democrats
7) Senator Manchin still not in agreement with Democrats and Biden on $1.75T Build Back Better Bill - CBO and Parliamentarian also obstacles
8) To show how out of touch the Democrats in Congress are, last night they passed a bill about combating Islamophobia globally strictly along party lines
9) DeSantis looks to ship Illegals to Biden and Obama hometowns
10) Gross domestic Production is forecast to be 3.9% in 2022 - Will rising Interest Rates cool the stock market? Many stocks are already in severe correction mode
11) While sitting at a 40-42% approval rate, Biden predicts Democratic wins in 2022 midterms - What else could he say?
Topics:
1) Federal Reserve kicks off 2-day policy Meeting - Will Bond Purchases end in March paving the way to higher Interest Rates? Tapering?
Will Interest Rates go up and how fast? Will this cause margin compression in high growth stocks?
Or will Inflation peak, growth accelerate and interest rates gradually rise?
2) Wholesale Prices were up 9.6% in November, the Fastest on Record EVER
3) Inflation is running at 2X Wage gains - If Inflation is so bad and forecast to be with us for longer, why are bond yields still so low?
4) The S &P 500, Dow Jones 30 and the Nasdaq are all within 2-5% of All time highs - Is the strength of the top 7 Mega Cap Stocks masking weakness in the over-all market?
5) In a sign of the times in the Crypto Market, Bitcoin is down 30% from its high while Dogecoin rallies 20% because Musk says Tesla will accept it for merchandise
Is this the greatest SCAM since the Dutch Tulip fiasco? Selling worthless securities that are not classified as such?
Topics:
1) Kentucky Tornadoes - 64 deaths and 105 unaccounted for
2) Inflation hits 6.8%, the highest since 1982
Gas up 58% -Used Cars up 31% - Rents up 19% - Food up 6% - Apparel up 5%
3) Putin amassing troops and equipment on Ukraine border
4) CBO claims the Build Back Better $1.75T Social Welfare and Climate bill will add $3T to the Deficit if all programs are carried out for the full 10 years
Democrats tried shorter term funding and gimmicks to try getting around this - Senator Joe Manchin is highly concerned
5) Chris Wallace leaves Fox for CNN+, Brain Williams signs off from MSNBC
6) Hillary Clinton - If Trump runs and wins, it could be the end of Democracy - LOL
7) IRS collects $565B in first 2 months of fiscal year - A RECORD!
8) 48% of Americans believe Biden is not "Mentally fit" to be President
9) Minneapolis and City counsel now fund Police at almost the same level as Pre- George Floyd - so much for DeFund the Police...
10) Biden blames poor poll numbers on Misinformation and Corona Virus
11) 60% of Republicans want Trump to run in 2024 - 37% of Democrats want Biden to run
Topics:
1) Hans discusses his book and the need to have secure elections
2) Why Democrats are lying to their base and pushing Voting Rights Legislation which cannot get 60 Votes in the Senate
3) Explain cleaning up Voter Rolls
4) Why is Voter ID such a Hot Button Issue for Democrats and a Common Sense Approach among Republicans?
5) The Value and Framework of the Electoral College versus the movement toward Popular Vote replacing the current system
6) Have State Legislatures taken enough steps to correct the errors that occurred during the 2020 "Pandemic Election"...i.e. Mail-in Ballots
*Courts not Legislatures changing Voting Laws
7) Redistricting and Gerrymandering maps to protect Incumbents by redrawing districts
8) Hispanic Voters Shift toward GOP and the Split is now even at 37% Each
Topics:
1) Wall Street Journal Poll show cratering confidence on a majority of Key Issues - Voters favor Republicans
2) Rents are up 13.9% in a year as Inflation and Amenities drive up costs
3) Most Economists see Fed Bond buying program ending in March paving the way to raising interest rates to combat inflation
4) Cornell Professor Saule Onarouva, a radical educated in Russia and nominated for Comptroller of the Currency, withdraws her nomination after withering criticism
Biden nominated a left wing radical to oversee bank regulation - Another sign of the far left shift in Biden's world
5) Sen. Manchin warns of Inflation and is non committal on his support of the massive Climate and Social Spending $1.75T Bill being pushed by Democrats
"Party Line Votes almost never succeed" - in push for bi-partisanship
6) Biden digs in threatening veto of bi-partisan Senate Bill to Nullify Vaccine Mandates while Appeals Courts continue to overturn his orders
7) Crime - Dozens of Bullets fired at SUV in Brazen Assault killing a 12 year old boy in LA
*Fox Christmas tree burns in NYC, man arrested
8) Kemp - Purdue tied in race for Georgia Governor - primary bid on Republican side
9) Biden and Harris Billboard in Wisconsin - Dumb and Dumber goes viral
10) Pfizer says its booster can protect against Omicron variant
Topics:
1) A Post Trial Analysis of the Rittenhouse Case - Why the jury got it right and the media got it wrong
What the judge, jury and defendant will go through post trial
2) The Non-Event Diplomatic Boycott of the Chinese Hosting the Winter Olympics - China laughs it off - No change in Sponsorship
Why is Biden doing this other than moral support for those in forced labor in China?
3) Why are some members of the Media blaming the Media for Biden's poor polling numbers?
4) Biden and Putin Speak had Video Conference over rising Ukraine tensions - Biden's credibility on the line as Russia faced nominal problems after it annexed Crimea - Economic Sanctions Warning?
5) White Suburban Women shifting toward Republicans, reversing the trend in Virginia Elections aftermath
6) Just 22% of Voters want Biden to run in 2024 - Harris is at 12%
Topics:
1) Senator Bob Dole dies at 98 - A GREAT American Patriot
2) VP Harris Staff leaving due to Poor Leadership and a Toxic Work Environment - "A sinking ship"
3) Biden Chief of Staff Ron Klain complains that Press Coverage of Biden is too negative - Laughable!
4) Economic News - Job growth of 210K was well below estimates of 550K however the unemployment rate fell to 4.2%
*Labor Force Participation Rate remained steady at 61.8% while those aged 24-54 work rate was 78.8%
5) Wage growth was 4.8% while Inflation is running at 6% - this eats away at the gains
6) We are still 3.9M workers below when the pandemic started
7) Former Senator David Perdue to run against Governor Brian Kemp in the Republican Primary in Georgia
8) NYC - Vaccine Mandate for Private Companies?
9) Omicron now in 17 states
10) $1.75T climate and Social Spending bill likely not to be voted on until January - Issues with SALT, Immigration and CBO Score
11) 64% of Democrats view Socialism favorably - Only 14% of Republicans - Both still approve of Capitalism by a wide margin and have over the past decade
12) NRCC expands list of Democrats targeted in 2022 to 70! Wow!
Topics:
1) Economy - 45% of Americans are experiencing hardships from Inflation running hot above 6%
2) Supreme Court heard arguments in Mississippi case and 5 justices appear to be leaning some type of support for the case limiting abortion to the first 15 weeks - Overturn Roe vs Wade
3) Biden extends travel restrictions as Omicron variant is confirmed in U.S. - Americans move on with their lives - No Lockdowns
Austria government considers mandatory shots which is supported by 55% of its Citizens
4) Crime Report - SF Union Square Shopping District now sees Plywood Enforced store fronts and Armed Guards to protect them against Smash and Grab Robbers
The Social Fabric seems to be crumbling in SF
5) Border - Biden releases 5K Unaccompanied minors into the U.S. - 13K more cases pending
6) Afghanistan - Taliban executing Afghan citizens who helped Coalition forces - The Biden Administration is "Deeply Concerned" - Colossal Policy Failure
7) Politics - Stacey Abrams to take 2nd shot at GA Governor Race
Dr. Oz to run for Republican Senate nomination in PA
Gov. Charlie Baker will not seek 3rd term as a popular Governor in MA, a deep blue state
8) Race Relations - The Marxist Organization BLM calls for a month long boycott of "White Companies" - Suggesting buying from Black Only Businesses
Can you imagine the outrage if a white group suggested only buying from White Businesses?
**BLM trying to raise $5.0M to bail our mass murderer in Christmas Parade Terrorist attack
9) Chris Cuomo suspended from CNN for involvement with brother Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment case
10) Trump leads Biden by 5 points in hypothetical 2024 race
11) 3 members of VP Harris Communications staff depart amidst trouble for the VP
Topics:
1) Conspiracy U: A Case Study - Scott discusses tenured professors' conspiracy teaching on campuses and the use of intimidation tactics
2) Anti-sematic and anti-zionist promotions on campuses leading to significant increases in hate crimes against Jews
3) Democrats are trying to stash Amnesty in the Build Back Better $1.75T spending bill - For 6.5M Illegal Immigrants, it strives to do the following:
Temporary Parole
*5 year work and Travel Permits
4) Some Democrats want to ignore the Senate Parliamentarian if she rules against the Democrats as expected
5) Sen. Manchin opposes the plan as 87% of West Virginians oppose the bill
6) Manchin also is opposed to the Paid Leave provision in the deal that will cost $200B
7) Americans move on with their lives and give Omicron variant the cold shoulder as we need to learn to live with a virus that is not going away
Topics:
1) By 54-46%, voters say Biden is responsible for the Division in the country
Voters feel Biden and his Party are the following:
a) Horribly Incompetent
b) Deeply Divisive
c) Controlled by the Radical Left
2) Voters care about the following: Inflation, Covid, Crime, Illegal Immigration, Drugs, Indoctrination in Schools
3) Federal Reserve Chairman Powell acknowledges Inflation is stickier than expected and the need to taper bond Purchases may need to accelerate
Record High Asset Prices, Unemployment at 4.6% but the Labor Participation Rate is unchanged while 9-10M jobs remain open
**The risk of Inflation being persistent has risen
4) Federal Judge strikes down Vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
5) Judge reinstates Remain-in-Mexico Policy - Biden and Mayorkis appeal the decision - STUPID and INCOMPETENT
6) Swollett case - Lawyer tries to rewrite history claiming he is the victim after he did the hoax
Topics:
1) A new variant becomes public after WHO announcement - Still learning about it - Numerous spike mutations but Doctors report mild symptoms
When Trump closed travel to China he was called Xenophobic - Biden implements travel ban restrictions and not a word is said
Japan closes their borders
Democrats dream/lie of ZERO Covid evaporates as Dr. Fauci claims Covid will not be eradicated
2) Democrats face backlash over bail reform - NYC man arrested 3 times in 36 hours
3) Homicides in Deep Blue cities of Philadelphia 501 new record since 1990, Chicago 738, Baltimore 308 and Washington DC highest since 2003
*NYC launches insane program to pay young criminals $1,000 per month for good behavior
Mobs vandalizing stores across the country continued over the holiday weekend
4) In good news department, 2.45M people flew on Sunday a new high since the beginnings of the pandemic in early 2020
5) With Biden approval in the 36% to 40% range, the Left is considering abandoning him after the 2022 midterms and plan to challenge him from the left if he decides to run
6) Leftists student organizations at Arizona State University demands Kyle Rittenhouse be banned - These organizations are as follows:
Students for Socialism who want to end capitalism
Students for Multicultural Solidarity who want a safe space from White Supremacy
Students for Justice for Palestine
College Republicans have requested these organizations be suspended for leading a harassment campaign
7) No progress on resolving the Debt limit set to be reached around 12-15, while Democrats continue to push $1.75T monstrosity
Topics:
1) Wisconsin Killer was a RACIST promoting BLM and his desire to KILL old White People on his social media posts
Why doesn't the Media refer this as a domestic terrorist crime? - Some called it a car crash instead of 6 people being murdered
2) This is a prime example of "BAIL FAILURE" which is happening all across America particularly in blue cities
Left-wing District Attorneys are responsible for this and the Biden Administration supports No Cash bail
3) Democratic cities that enact "Bail Reform" see a significant rise in crime and Repeat Offenders - sometimes 15 to 20 crimes per person
Homicide is up 26% in LA
4) BLM had threatened "no Peace" if jury returns not guilty verdict in Arbery case
All three defendants found guilty of felony murder
5) Biden refuses to apologize to Rittenhouse for "White Supremacist remark"
6) In Economic News, Sen. Manchin calls on Biden to restore the Keystone XL Pipeline work
Could have delivered 900K barrels a day which is almost half of our current shortage
7) Biden claims he is not trying to raise gas prices to combat climate change - His policies could fool you
8) CA Gov. Newsom rejects 109 fracking permits while gas nears $6 in some parts of CA
Radical Climate Policies with a goal of NO Oil and Gas production in the state by 2045
9) Jobless claims down to 199K, the lowest level since 1969 - Why is the FED continuing to pump more money into the system when we are near full employment and prices are exploding up?
10) New home prices are up 17% year over year
11) U.S. not enforcing Vaccine Mandate for everyone coming across the border starting January 22nd - This includes truckers delivering goods
12) USA Right Track 29% / Wrong Track 63% (a whopping 34% upside down) - OUCH
Topics:
1) Plus 18M Previously Approved - This release will have zero effect on the market long term and is not sustainable - The goal is a short-term reduction in gas prices
Economic Advisers expect Inflation to ease in Q-2 or Q-3 of 2022
2) Waukesha Suspect charged with 5 Capital Murder Charges - BLM militants claim this is the start of a Revolution
3) Americans are buying more Guns than ever before as support for gun control fades
4) Supreme Court looking at High Profile Abortion cases in Texas and Mississippi
5) Washington D.C. records 200th homicide - Highest level since 2004. Crime in Blue cities continues at alarming levels
6) Trump leads Biden in theoretical 2024 match by wide margin in 5 swing states - GA, AZ, Mich.,Penn., Wisc
Biden claims he will run in 2024
7) Plymouth Rock Foundation, Mayflower Compact, and 1620 vs. 1619
Topics:
1) Spending Bill Faces Uncertainty in the Senate as we have been telling you
A. Universal Pre-K for 3 and 4 year olds
B. $3,600 Child Credit up to age 6 then $3,000
C. SALT increase up to $80K to help wealthy Democrats
D. Paid Leave for 4 weeks
2) Rittenhouse Trial Verdict Fallout - The left is disgusting - BLM outraged - The Media fans the flames of Disinformation and race relations by misrepresenting the facts of the case and their Narrative was destroyed
3) European lockdowns and vaccine mandates lead to widespread protests
4) Mass looting in Walnut Creek, CA just north of SF as 50-60 masked looters targeted a Nordstrom with crowbars as weapons - Thieves steal $120K in Louis Vuitton robbing in Chicago
5) 5 killed and 40 Injured in Wisconsin parade Massacre - 39 year old Black Man Darrell Brooks in custody - Leftists on Twitter come to his defense and insult those killed
Killer has an extensive Rap Sheet dating back to 1999 and was out of jail on $1,00 bail facing current charges
6) 31 Shot and 5 killed in Chicago, almost all young men - 725 killed this year including 45 in November - Many Blacks have left Chicago for safer places and better lifestyle
Black population in Chicago at lowest level since the 1950's at just under 800K
7) Jerome Powell reappointed by Biden - Needs 51 Senate votes for confirmation
8) 3 Senate Races for 2022 moved toward lean Republican - AZ, Nev and Georgia cook Political Report
9) New CBS Poll shows bad numbers for Biden as 67% Disapprove of his handling of Inflation - Overall, 44% approve while 56% do not
10) West Texas Migrant surge threatens to overwhelm Texas State Troopers - Migrants and Smugglers flee Troopers
11) Covid is spiking in many Northern States
12) Liberal Outrage over Supreme Court Non-ruling in Texas Abortion case
Topics:
1) Democratic Senators Whitehouse, Hirono and Blumenthal call out the Biden Supreme Court Commission
Why - they are not giving them what they want - The only ideas that they embrace is Term limits
This does not fit the RADICAL Agenda for Court Packing favored by Democrats
2) Biden asks the FTC to examine if Oil and Gas companies are inflating gas prices - He is looking for a scapegoat while a Federal judge just granted an injunction on Biden's Executive Order banning oil and gas drilling on federal lands
3) House awaits the CBO score on their $1.75T spending package that includes massive tax breaks for wealthy Americans in SALT repeal
4) Florida is a step closer to crippling vaccine mandates setting up a clash with the Biden Administration order
5) VP Harris makes a fool of herself claiming the border crisis is Trump's fault in a blatant propaganda statement fiasco
6) She compounds her stupidity claiming passing a giant spending bill will bring down inflation - She is utterly clueless
7) Biden handlers cancel press conference with leaders of Canada and Mexico - Keep him isolated as it appears he is incapable of handling the questions
8) Rittenhouse case day 3 with the jury
9) Colorado Representative Boebert lambastes Ilhan Omar
Topics:
1) What is wrong with the European Union and what are the root causes?
Slow economic growth, high taxes, open borders, restrictions on free speech, socialism, anti-Semitism and climate change doctrine - Sound familiar?
2) Why are Democratic politicians trying to make America look like Europe?
Healthcare, Welfare State, Immigration and Assimilation and a Bloated Bureaucracy
3) CBO debunks the idea that Biden's $1.75T Fake Infrastructure Bill would cost nothing - We knew that
4) Secretary Mayorkas claims Amnesty for 11M Illegals is more important than border security in Senatorial Hearing
"Crime, disease and poverty are rampant - This is intentional"- Senator Ted Cruz
5) Rising Energy Prices and Inflation causing havoc - Biden Administration self-induced problem
Meat up 20%, Pork up 14%, Chicken up 7.5% in past year
*Shelter costs are up 9-16% much higher than the 3.4% increase estimated by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (lagging numbers)
Topics:
1) Outrageous comments from Rep Corey Bush a squad member claiming a not guilty verdict will be a license for White supremacist to shoot BLM protesters
2) Biden and Xi hold a non productive Virtual conference where the most notable story was Xi referring to Biden as "Old Friend'
3) Biden signs Bi-Partisan $1.2T Infrastructure Bill
4) Support for Biden's Build Back Better $1.75T Fake Social Spending bill falls to 39% in Swing States as Inflation soars
5) Average Hourly Earnings FELL by 1.2% last month after factoring in rising Inflation
6) 13K Venezuelans, 9K Nicaraguans and 8K Brazilians arrested at the Border - Secretary Mayorkis grilled by Senate for misrepresenting migrant no shows for hearing - 78K last month
7) House Democrats try to Include changes to SALT (State and Local Tax) Deductions that benefit the top 10% of earners
8) Texas Democrat Ryan Guillen joins Republican Ranks - Says Republicans represent South Texas Values
9) Long serving House Democratic member Jackie Speier declines to run for re-election - A harbinger of many more to come
10) Bub Kuns provides Updates of the Progress being made at Reasons for Hope and the good Work they are Spearheading
Topics:
1) Biden approval at 36% while 52% Disapprove in Susquehanna Poll - Democratic support falls to 70% - Independents 29%
*ABC News Poll: Biden approval at 41%, Disapproval at 53% - Generic Ballot Republican lead 51-41% Highest Ever - 64% do NOT want Biden to run again
2) Jonathan Karl book "Betrayal, The Final Act of the Trump Show" - Stories from Jared Kushner (son-in law to Trump) and former Defense Secretary Mike Esper on use of military
2) Biden approval on the Economy at 34% - Biden blamed for Inflation and high gas prices - Consumer sentiment at 66% a 10 year low
2B) 8.7M have quit their jobs in the last two months and we have 10.4M job openings
3) Biden approval on handling Border Crisis at 23% - Fentanyl, opioid and other drugs pouring across - 25% of people arrested at the border are repeat offenders
4) Taliban hold Military Parade with U.S. Weapons - The Ultimate Biden Debacle
5) White House goes into damage control after CNN Report on Dysfunction int he office of VP Harris
6) Senator Patrick Leahy (D) Vermont announces he won't seek re-election at the age of 81 after 8 terms
7) House pushes ahead with $1.75T Spending Bill with Joe Manchin waiting in the Senate to dramatically change the bill
8) Weapons charge against Rittenhouse dropped - Dershowitz - "Media and CNN are like vigilantes"
9) Political persecution - Steve Bannon surrenders to face Contempt of Congress Charges
1) Senator Manchin signals he is in no hurry to support the Fake Infrastructure Build Back Better Bill - Says in 2022, it can be considered
2) Bad Policies and False Promises are leading Biden to approval range of 38-42%
3) Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers suggests the administration needs to allow Energy Production to increase
*The U.S. is currently producing 2.0M barrels of oil a day less than when Trump was President
4) John Kerry LIES - No more coal by 2030 when we have a 100 year supply. Carbon Free by 2035 is a whopper
5) CPI of 6.2% and PPI of 8.6% suggest Inflation is NOT transitory
6) Washington Post - Democrats are LYING about CRT not being taught in our schools
1) Consumer Price Index rises 6.2% - Energy ,Food, Shelter, Cars and Truck prices soar - Treasury Secretary Yellen denies the problem
2) Biden Administration will sacrifice carbon based fuels to "save the planet" and let consumers suffer
3) 11 Democratic Senators sign letter to Biden demanding action to bring down energy prices
4) Biden's collapsing poll numbers: African American support drops from 72% to 52% - Why? - Vaccine Mandates and Job loss
5) Lt. Governor Elect Winsome Sears, who by the way is Black, is called a White Supremacist by the left - Leftists can't stand successful Black Republicans - It violates their narrative
6) Pelosi seen without mask at Billionaire wedding while CA school kids suffer under mask mandates - More liberal hypocrisy - Her approval rating is 35 points under water
7) Outrage grows over Biden Justice Department's plan to pay illegals who broke the law
1) Inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index is up 5.4% - Jerry discusses if will be lasting or Transitory as Fed officials lead us to believe
2) The Fed announced a reduction in bond buying of $15B per month starting this month and concluding around May 2022
They have been buying $120B of bonds and mortgages a month - Why not taper further and just stop while the economy appears to be running hot?
60% of Investors say the Fed should stop buying bonds
3) Interest rates remain low (10 year at 1.5%) despite having added 500K jobs last month - The initial projected rate hike is in July 2022
Why are rates so low if the economy is Really growing strong - or is this just an increased demand coming our of the pandemic?
4) The unemployment rate is around 4.75% - We still have 8.0M+ job openings - The labor force participation rate is stubbornly around 61%
5) Will the average price of gas go above $4 per gallon? Pipeline closure effects? Biden Administration fails to lift regulatory rules on oil and gas, fails to lift drilling moratoriums, high gas taxes --> An anti fossil fuel agenda
6) How do we get out of the supply chain disruption issue?
7) The stock market is at record highs - Real estate prices are through the roof
1) This is a Big win for Sen(s). Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema - Also, the $1.75T spending bill on expanding social safety net and climate faces major hurdles
SALT CAPS pushed to help wealthy
2) Voters cared about the following issues: Economy, Education, Jobs, Inflation, the Pandemic, Labor issues and Police Security
3) Voters did not care about identity politics, Defund the police, Donald Trump and climate change - Everything Democrats stand for. Only 34% of Americans support Build Back Better and Climate provisions
4) Democrats are NOT connecting with average American voters - People do not want Build Back Better bill - Voters recognize it as a social welfare state expansion
5) High turnout did NOT hurt Republicans. Democrats are now seen as Tax and Spend Socialists with Sanders, AOC and the Squad, Biden and Pelosi as the faces of the party
6) China, India, and U.S. say NO to abandoning coal - GOOD!
7) Biden Approval at 38% a new low - Harris is worse at 28%
64% do NOT want to see Biden run again (28% of Democrats)
*58% do NOT want to see Trump run again (24% of Republicans)
8) Administration warns of $4 gas prices average in America - It's already $5 in CA - Consumer confidence for next 6 months hits new low of 38%
9) Republicans lead in the Generic ballot 43.3 to 42.8 for first time since 2014 foretelling a potential bloodbath for Democrats in 2022
10) 50 shot in Chicago over the weekend - 9 killed
11) Vaccine Mandates may cause loss of 50% of border patrol agents while 200K per month try to cross - Opioid floods into U.S
12) Biden reverses course and says families separated deserve compensation
1) Election Fallout reverberates across the Democratic Party
2) Democrats continue to LIE to their base
3) Where is the media on the first Black Lt. Governor and Hispanic Attorney General - Nowhere
4) Pelosi reinstates Paid Leave - Manchin says NO - Sorry Nancy!
5) GOP Truck Driver unseats NJ Senate President
6) President Brandon doubles down on Mandates
7) Durham's investigation
1) Glenn Youngkin wins Virginia Governor Race by 2.5 points (a 13-point swing in 10 months)
2) Jack Ciattarelli tied in New Jersey in huge potential upset (16 point swing in 10 months)
3) DeFund the Police loses badly in Minneapolis by 14 points
4) Democrats in the House reach agreement on $1.75T Boondoggle? Really?
5) Adams wins NYC Race
6) 60% of Virginia voters say our country is going in the wrong direction
7) Racism Politics is DEAD - Biden predicted Victory - NO
1) Daniel Gade discusses the current state of Veterans Affairs and his book Wounding Warriors
2) Election Day for Governor of Virginia
3) Sen. Manchin says NO to the $1.75T Fake Human Infrastructure Bill - Progressives/Socialists fold!
"no more holding bill hostage"
4) Vaccine mandates causing havoc - Workers revolt - 2,000 fire fighters sick leave
Judge suspends Mandate order in Chicago
5) Climate Hypocrisy - 85 Vehicle motorcade and 400 Private Jets
Biden falls asleep at conference
1) Peter details Trump Time and how the 45th President worked tirelessly for the American People
2) Peter tells the story of White House Actions from the start Warning of the Chinese Pandemic from the Wuhan Lab to developing vaccines, coordinating the Defense Production Act for needed supplies and Equipment to the misinformation put forth by Dr. Fauci
3) Media Misinformation about the 2020 Election and the Effort to Silence those Exposing the Improprieties. The Impact of 6 swing states -Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania
1) Democrats tax and spend proposal in disarray - Moderates and socialists at war. Biden went to the Hill and got nothing for laying out "Framework"
Paid Family Leave - GONE
2) 65% of Suburban voters think excessive government spending and debt along with overly generous unemployment benefits and expanded social welfare spending is hurting the economy
3) 78% of Suburban Voters believe Public Schools are failing and 59% think the Biden Administration was and is Incompetent in how it handled the Afghanistan Withdrawal
4) Stock Market is at record highs - Will the Federal Reserve start Tapering in November and when will they raise rates to fight the Inflation
The money supply has grown 20% in the past year
5) GDP grows at 2% in Q-3
6) Biden flies to Europe for Climate conference - No Border visits though
7) McConnell joins Trump in endorsing Hershel Walker in Georgia Senate run
8) Virginia Governors race in dead heat. CRT emerges as the hot issue
9) Gender "X" on Passports?
10) Florida reaches lowest Corona virus Case Rate in U.S.
11) Garland defends "Domestic Terrorist" label - Cotton eviscerates him
Dr. Michael Busler, PhD. - Public policy analyst, Professor of Finance at Stockton University is today's guest. Mark Schaftlein and Dr Michael Busler discuss Democrats proposed Wealth Tax on Unrealized Capital Gains for Billionaires + 15% minimum Corporate Tax to pay for Social Program expansion - Free Community College dropped from bill. Paid leave to be reduced from 12 weeks to 4. Socialist Democrats in the House vowing to withhold votes on already passed $1.2T Senate real Infrastructure Bill.
- Supply Chain disruption challenges persist
*Study finds Government Assistance policies are leading to more people leaving the work place - No end insight a labor shortages increase cost of doing business - Oil above $87 a barrel and gas prices soar - Biden Administration anti-energy policies are a direct contributor to this problem
*Their solution - Ask the FTC to investigate while they should simply look in the mirror
Topics:
1) Democrats scramble to salvage Climate Initiatives in the face of Sen Manchin Opposition - The Methane Fee is out and replaced by a $700M Rebate to Oil and Gas companies
*That comply with New Federal Standards
2) Democrats are trying to lodge a Billionaire Tax on Unrealized Capital Gains for the 700 Wealthiest Families in America
3) Sen. Sanders may be forced to swallow a slimmed down spending plan - No Medicare Expansion since the program runs out of money in 2026 - What started as $6.0T, then $3.5T now sub $2.0T
4) "If we don't act like we're winning, the American people won't believe it either." - Steny Hoyer
5) DeSantis recruits Anti-Vax Cops with $5K signing bonus!
Topics:
1) Education, Housing and Health care in North Carolina
2) On a Federal Level - Nation Building and Afghanistan, term limits, Free Speech and monopolies and political corruption
3) Border crisis, Gas prices spiking, Inflation from out of control government spending
4) Biden poll numbers hover between 38-42%
5) Democrats still not in agreement on massive tax and spending bill, but say they are getting closer - 90% agreement? - I doubt it
6) WSJ reports on Facebook suppression of Conservative news publishers may have accounted for a 20% variance
Topics:
1) Matt discusses Chicago's violent crime, failing courts and schools, rotten finances, the ongoing black exodus along with a proposed rescue plan for this emblematic American city
2) Crime is OUT of Control in our Major Cities - Car break in UP 753% in San Francisco
3) In-N-Out Burger forced to close SF restaurant due to mandates
Illinois Hospital Systems losing hundreds of workers over mandates
NYC public unions outcry over mandates
4) It's the one-year anniversary of the Hunter Biden scandal and the media have done a cover up job for an entire year
5) Democrat efforts to Nationalize elections under the ruse of Voting rights were crushed by Republicans in the Senate - No votes
6) CNBC Poll has Biden at 41% Approval with 53% Disapproval - That is within the recent range of 37-42% of recent polls
7) McAuliffe and Youngkin are tied in VA Governors race?
Topics:
1) Dean discusses his book and the implications - The role of General Hans Kammler during and after the war
2) Biden and Leftists are now pushing a $1.8T Bill with the following taken out:
No Free College
No Green Energy Rebates to utility companies
Reducing the child tax credit to one year and include means testing
Democrats tried adding a carbon tax but Manchin and Tester said NO
3) Supply chain issues persist - Will people start to hoard items such as food?
4) Biden approval rating hit a new low at 37% - His overall average is at 42% - Independent disapproval at 56%
5) Since Democrats are not getting their way on what is important to them, they continue to try and find ways to eliminate or change the Filibuster rules
6) NYC Mayor DeBlasio implements vaccine mandate for city employees - SW Airlines makes mid course correction reversing some of its mandate policies
7) Thomas Jefferson statue removed from NYC city council chamber - This is NUTS on steroids
7 Democrats in the House have announced their retirement - Many more are expected to do the same - 4 of the 7 are in competitive districts that will targeted by Republicans in 2022
Government Mandates are taking their toll - Washington State Head football coach and 4 assistants fired over state mandates
Short staffed police in Washington and NYC are leaving their jobs
Senator Joe Manchin meets with Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Pramila Jayapal who leads the House Progressive group over compromise on $3.5T bill
Monday October 18, 2021 | Today's Topics:
1) Senator Manchin says NO to climate plan in Biden's Fake Infrastructure plan - Major dispute with Senator Sanders "Out of stater telling West Virginians what to do"
Biden admits there will be MAJOR cuts in the spending bill which is infuriating liberal progressive socialists in the Democratic party
2) Mainstream media now complaining about Supply Chain disruptions and the port of Long Beach - Secretary Buttigieg says it will continue into 2022
We told you about this Weeks ago - Sunday show hosts in PANIC trying to cover for Biden Administration
3) Shortage of truck drivers is exasperating the problem
4) Workers are demanding better wages, benefits and conditions at the workplace - Employees are in the driver's seat - We've had 183 strikes this year
5) Consumer Prices rising at 5.4% in September is a "major Alarm" according to former Treasury head Lawrence Summers
6) Biden's pick to head Custom and Border protection has a history of Open Border policies and supports Santuary cities
7) Vaccine Mandates - Delta Airline will NOT enforce
8) Former Secretary of State and 4 star General Colin Powell dies at 84 from Covid
Topics:
1) Democrats claim victory by Defeating their own bill - Sen. Sinema calls it a stunt, angering her far left wing radicals - They DO NOT have the votes
2) The American people do NOT want this bill as they are worried about Inflation - Personal Consumption Expenditures are up 4.3% as inflation worries grow
51% of Americans want Government Spending CUT, 54% of Independents do not want this bill - Meat, Poultry, fish and eggs up 16% - Biden blames the big producers
3) Crazy Liberal Lunatics try to intimidate Sen. Manchin on his Houseboat and Sinema in a public bathroom - Insanity and Rage on the left
4) Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling voting against giving DC a voting representative in Congress
5) Critical Race Theory - National School Board Association refers to parents against this as Domestic Terrorists
6) Soros donates $500K to Austin , TX group opposing hiring hundreds of police officers on a ballot initiative
7) Education dilemma - Illinois now spends 39% of their budget $5.8B on Pensions - That's up from 12% in 2000 - Democrats mismanagement on full display
8) McConnell tells Democrats they need to raise the debt ceiling - Biden opposed it when he was in the minority - Stock market down 2% today and 7% in last 30 days
Tech stocks having problems
Guest: Heather Shouse - Conservative Podcaster and Blogger "Shouse in The House '
Topics:
1) Liberal columnists from Al Hunt of Bloomberg, Charles Blow of New York Times and AB Stodard of Real Clear Politics sound the Alarm Bells on Biden's ability to handle the presidency. If polls are right, Democrats are doomed in the 2022 Mid-terms - "Democrats, you are in danger"
A word of caution, polls can change but only if Biden changes - The shift to the Far Left is hurting him badly
2) DHS Secretary Mayorkis claiming the border is secure lie is being called out now by Democrats including former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard
Tens of thousand of a new cavalry are headed to the border - The never ending disaster - Where is VP Harris?
3) Some Sunday talk shows try to shirt the subject to the Capital Riot and congressional commission to hide Biden's problems
* It won't work because few Americans outside the beltway care about it
4) Inflation continues to ravage average Americans - 146 cargo ships remain off the coast of California at Long Beach - 80,000 containers are stuck in Savannah, GA
Organic soybean prices are soaring - Oil hits $84 per barrel
5) Trump held strong rally in Iowa where he endorsed Sen. Charles Grassley who is seeking his 8th term at the age of 88
6) 40 more shot in Chicago over the weekend
7) In a crime the media is not discussing, BLACK MAN KILLS WHITE COP - Damien Ferguson an African American ambushed and murdered a white Georgia police officer working his first shift
He leaves behind a wife and 6 month old baby - He apparently was killed because he arrested an "Associate" of Ferguson who resisted arrest
*Where is the fake mainstream media to cover this outrage?
8) In Virginia, Democrats in Fairfax county are trying to change Virginia Election law to waive signature verification requirement for absentee ballots in the upcoming race for Governor as polls tighten between Youngkin and McCauliffe
Guest: Jeffrey Dunetz - LidBlog Author ( LidBlog.com )
Topics:
1) Food prices hit highest level increase in a decade
2) Supply chain problems are getting worse - Contributing factors include energy crunch in China, storage containers, shortage of truck drivers, semi conductor shortage disruption
3) Democrats are nervous about the size of Biden's Fake Infrastructure - New price tag likely to be around $2T - "They Hope so"
*Americans do not like $600 IRS intrusion
4) Representative Dan Crenshaw calls for impeachment of DHS Secretary Mayorkas - Harris skips key meeting
5) Jon Gruden resigns as Raiders coach based on emails from 2011 - 2018
6) Vaccine Mandates - Texas banning private companies, people quitting key medical jobs
Topics:
1) Afghan Fallout - Private rescue missions - Afghan allies murdered - Biometrics left behind at US Embassy of Afghan personnel
*Marine released from prison after pressure from concerned Americans
2) Debt Ceiling Impasse
3) Chaos at the Border - Drugs pouring in
4) Natural Gas prices skyrocketing - Green Goons causing energy shortages
5) Interest Rates and Inflation rising
6) Manchin may compromise in the range of $1.9T range
The Schaftlein Report is hosted by Mark Schaftlein, who runs the Private Equity Investment firm Capital Consulting Inc. which is based in Delray Beach, Florida and serves as CEO of Conservative Broadcast Media & Journalism (CBMJ).
Mr. Schaftlein is a world-renowned conservative political commentator who seeks to address factual political news without the left-wing bias of the mainstream media.