By the end of [Trump's] one hour and 45-minute speech, many had already left. Photos appeared to show entire sections of the 8,000 seat arena nearly empty, something unheard of for a MAGA event in 2020 and 2016. read more
FTA: "Fresh data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed July's annual inflation rate hit 2.9 percent, dipping below 3 percent for the first time since March 2021, when price increases took off on the heels of the pandemic. A core measure that strips out volatile categories such as food and energy also saw the smallest 12-month increase since April 2021." read more
"The Labor Department's producer price index showed a monthly increase of 0.1% for July, with an annual rise of 2.2%. Econoday had expected a monthly increase of 0.2% for July, with an annual rise of 2.6%. The core PPI, excluding food and energy, was unchanged on the month, with a 2.4% year-over-year increase. Wall Street had anticipated the core PPI to rise 0.2% on the month, with a year-over-year increase of 3%." read more
"Minnesota Governor Tim Walz saw a significant bump in polling after Tuesday night's vice presidential debate in New York, surpassing Ohio Senator JD Vance in postdebate momentum."
"According to the poll, the Minnesota governor saw a 23-point boost in his favorability ratings, going up from +14 to +37. Meanwhile, Vance saw a 19-point boost in his favorability ratings, going up from -22 to -3."
The same polls found the preponderance of those polled said Vance won the debate.
As I observed and stated in #52.
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#1 Of course not. You should quit listening to the liberal spoon fed talking points.
"Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) skipped the vote to be in Florida ahead of Helene's landfall but supports new funding to refill FEMA's disaster fund."
Last week, as Hurricane Helene was on course to ravage Florida's Gulf Coast, Congress passed a government funding bill without critically needed supplemental disaster relief funding. But Rick Scott didn't lift a finger to fight for it. Instead, Scott opposed including supplemental disaster relief funding and left Washington early.
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So Scott opposed the supplemental, didn't vote for it - though it contained needed FEMA funding - then skipped off to Florida ahead of the storm saying something like "Unlike last time I support FEMA funding now, but we'll see if a FEMA bill ever gets introduced. If it does I'll vote for that (maybe)."
Did I get that close enough?