January 24, 2020

Would anyone here EVER say "Take her out!" when talking about firing someone?

I saw the headline on Facebook and IMMEDIATELY though "Holy shit! They have him on tape ordering someone killed." Then reading further it says he wanted her fired but that is the assumption the news has made. He probably did mean fired but there is now some reason to wonder and dig deeper on this. Trump uses a lot of mob phrases like "Rat" etc. It should not just be shrugged off that he only meant he wanted her fired.

January 22, 2020

Interesting to look back in time

422 to 40

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10026592890

January 21, 2020

President Donald Trump Picks Jeffrey Epstein Lawyers For Impeachment All In MSNBC

January 21, 2020

Tesla Model 3 vs I-Pace vs e-tron vs ...SUPRA?! - Electric vs Petrol DRAG & ROLLING RACE & BRAKE TEST

January 21, 2020

Car Wars! Tesla VS Porsche, Lamborghini, & Jaguar

January 21, 2020

Kellyanne Conway: Martin Luther King would oppose impeaching Trump

LOL She is so full of shit and even her own husband want's the dickhead impeached:

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White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said on Martin Luther King Jr. Day that the late civil rights icon would not support impeaching President Trump

The comment came after Conway was asked by a reporter Monday how the president plans to observe the holiday.

“Well, I can tell you that the president is preparing for Davos and agrees with many of the things that Dr. Martin Luther King stood for and agreed with for many years, including unity and equality,” she began to respond. “And he’s not the one trying to tear the country apart through an impeachment process and a lack of substance that really is very shameful at this point.”

“I’ve held my opinion on it for a very long time,” Conway continued, “but when you see the articles of impeachment that came out, I don’t think it was within Dr. King’s vision to have Americans dragged through a process where the president is not going to be removed from office, is not being charged with bribery, extortion, high crimes or misdemeanors.”

More: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/479053-kellyanne-conway-martin-luther-king-would-oppose-impeaching-trump?fbclid=IwAR2yZGLQiHmbMl4DXKNU9NC8eZYsNSQ6RjFiSeg5WlaY21IouH2MZk2uPeA

January 20, 2020

Did the trade war turn rural counties against Republicans?

This article is a bit old but probably still relevant to what rural voters are still thinking.

By Dan Kopf & Gwynn Guilford

Blue wave—or periwinkle ripple? The debate about whether Democrats’ gains in the House of Representatives were better or worse than expected rages on. One narrative everyone seems to agree on, though, is the realignment of rural America into a bulwark of support for Donald Trump and his Republican party.

Except this doesn’t really stand up to scrutiny. According to exit polls conducted by CNN, 56% of rural voters chose a Republican candidate in 2018, compared to 61% who went for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in 2016. This vote-share decline was larger in rural areas than it was in urban and suburban ones.

This isn’t just Trump-related data noise. The Republican share of the rural vote was also lower than the last midterm election, in 2014, though the decline was less than in cities and suburbs. In fact, the Republican advantage in rural areas, a margin of 14 percentage points over Democrats, is the smallest since 2008, according to CNN exit polls.

More: https://qz.com/1462463/did-trumps-tariffs-turn-rural-counties-against-republicans/

January 20, 2020

Trump never had the urban vote and has pissed off a lot of farmers

A switch of 2 or 3% of rural voters in many states could be pretty interesting, maybe giving us a shot at some states we are not expecting like Texas. Iowa for sure and in a close race Ohio may flip to the dems now because of some rural voters switching. It's not something I hear pundits talk about but it could be eye opening compared to old voter models.

January 19, 2020

Nine economic charts comparing Trump, Obama and Bush presidencies.

Trump boasts the economy is the best it's ever been. Here are 9 charts showing how it's fared compared to the Obama and Bush presidencies.

Joseph Zeballos-Roig and Andy Kiersz - Business Insider

President Donald Trump has repeatedly pointed to the nation's steady economic health as the strongest indicator of his success, calling it "terrific" and "the greatest in the history of the country." Lately he's used it as a defense to fend off the Democratic-led impeachment proceedings in the House.

But how does his handling of the economy compare to his immediate predecessors, Barack Obama and George W. Bush?

Presidents receive a lot of credit when the economy is performing well and a barrage of criticism when it doesn't, despite the fact they don't exactly wield direct power over it. Any number of factors can throw it out of balance, like the dotcom bubble bursting during Bush's first term, or the subprime mortgage crisis in the housing market that led to the Great Recession.

But a closer look at the Trump economy reveals a conflicting portrait. Wages are rising, the unemployment rate is ticking downward, and job growth is holding steady — but Trump's ongoing trade wars have sapped business confidence. Companies are pulling back on hiring workers as a result.

More: https://www.businessinsider.com/9-charts-comparing-trump-economy-to-obama-bush-administrations-2019-9

January 19, 2020

'It's Not the Economy Anymore, Stupid' WSJ

I want to edit this just a bit to say I don't think this is a good economy for anyone other than the very rich. Trump has had less job growth and less GDP than Obama even after his massive tax give away to the very wealthy. Also, wages are NOT rising.


'It's Not the Economy Anymore, Stupid' WSJ

A polarized electorate is less swayed by how well the economy performs

President Trump has presided over solid economic growth and much lower unemployment than economists would have expected a few years ago, a record he proudly touted in a speech in New York Tuesday.

Mr. Trump is counting on that record carrying him to re-election next year. Conversely, Democrats see hints of weakness, especially in manufacturing-intensive swing states, that could derail those plans.

Yet both could be working from an outdated playbook. Polarized politics mean that voters’ views of the economy are increasingly shaped by their party preference, rather than the other way around. And for some key voting blocs, non economic issues such as immigration, race relations and Mr. Trump himself have superseded economic concerns in determining their vote. Thus, absent a serious recession or spectacular boom, the economy may have little bearing on how Americans vote next year.

More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-not-the-economy-anymore-stupid-11573570241