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Rocket Master Man's avatar

They obviously didn't poll the contractors and laborers who are working hard on all the fantastic White House renovations.

Why just today our great leader expounded on the virtues of various stone flooring materials. He was quite proud of the new granite walkway installed outside the Oval Office.

And the Ballroom!

Exactly what millions of Americans of all persuasions voted for. It's going to be marvelous. You know, as he reminds us often, he's quite the builder.

That governing stuff is hard. But building luxury accommodations, this is fun!

You just need to poll the right folks!

Daniel Hernandez's avatar

So funny that voters relied on how good the economy in 2017 was but it really was Obama’s & the slide really started in 2019 before trumps colossal mismanagement of covid leading to hundreds of thousands of Americans dying, more repubs than democrats according to the official stats

Brian's avatar

Loved this. Very enlightening.

Shaun Dakin's avatar

The problem is voters really don't like Democrats and GOP voters will never vote Democrat ever. Why? Culture. God, guns, gays and abortion.

Until the GOP rank and file elected officials decide to go against Trump.... #lolnothingmatters

KellCo's avatar

Here are a few stories needing expert review & stats. A Politico article that would be interesting to dissect is this: “Poll: The midterms' new big players are pushing agendas that voters don’t fully support” (Data Centers, AI, & Crypto). Next is the 60 Minute feature by Leslie Stahl. Her story featured a group uninterested in deliberative democracy but into fascism. How many are in that group? Mona Charon, of the Bulwark, a few months back identified subsets of maga but again, w/o stats. Keep up the good work! Democracy at 250…what are we up against? You clued me into the Fin Times “Backsliding” & THAT was eye-opening. Thank you.

Robert Weber's avatar

“The attacker MUST vanquish! The defender need only to survive.” ~ CNN 🧜🏻‍♂️ Reference: “https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTks1wbpr/“ #Unprecedented-destruction

Jane's avatar

Lots and lots of if's. I am waiting for a committed, genuine, country-wide deliverable stand tall person to reshape the economy and re-integrate the US with the world nations' collective security. Hold the pickle, hold the mayo, gluten free bread - okay, will do, but give me delicious slabs of security, trust, virtues on the side, feeding to heal my weary and skeptical soul.

Dutch's avatar

Stock market record highs!

April concluded with the best month in the stock market since 2020! S&P rose 10.4% to close above 7200, the Nasdaq jumped 15% and the DOW jumped 7% driven by strong corporate demand.

You’d never know any of that reading So What! Only that the sky is falling the sky is falling…. Good grief!

Dr. Chim Richalds's avatar

Does this look like a stock market blog to you?

Dutch's avatar

Nope, but this guy is the “numbers guru”!

What better numbers to talk about than the roaring stock market?!?

Everyone enjoys making money, don’t they????

Dr. Chim Richalds's avatar

Sure but only about 60% of Americans own stocks. And that number is likely to go down thanks to Trump's economy tanking and taking an ever-larger chunk of people's paychecks just to live, so forget about saving and investing. As I'm sure someone as financially savvy as you understands, the stock market ≠ the economy.

Dutch's avatar

You are of the belief that the stock market at ATHs is a tanking economy! That’s an awesome liberal position 😂

Dr. Chim Richalds's avatar

So you don’t understand the difference between the stock market and the economy?