Americans entered the 2024 election season deeply frustrated with the economy despite abundant jobs, low unemployment, and no threat of recession. Most of their angst stemmed from inflation, but housing shortages and unaffordability also contributed. Meanwhile, consumers went on a post-pandemic spen[...]
Posts Tagged ‘2024 Election’
August 16th, 2024 - 5:50 pm § in America, Business, Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Politics, Republicans
Trump economics vs. Harris economics
Georgia isn’t a red state
A recent colloquy on Fox News between Maria Bartiromo, a former journalist who’s now a GOP propagandist, and Rep. Richard McCormick (R-GA), who represents Atlanta suburbs Wikipedia describes as “Republican stronghold” territory, went something like this: Bartiromo: “What do y[...]
The Tramp campaign’s disgusting racist tweet
This Trump campaign tweet is designed to stoke white fear of black people. It’s shows what kind of garbage Elon Musk allows on “X” (RIP, Twitter). Read story here for details about this tweet. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
August 13th, 2024 - 1:06 am § in Politics, Republicans
19-gun granny
This sounds like a made-up story, but if it’s true, J. D. Vance’s relatives are as weird as he is. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
It’s only “persona vs. issues” — really? are you sure?
Frank Luntz (photo, left), a Republican pollster, thinks Trump is better on issues, but his “persona” is driving voters to Harris (read story here). He says, “If it’s about issues, Trump is much more likely to be successful. If it’s about attributes, Harris is much more likely to b[...]
Vance lied about Walz’s military service
Kamala Harris’s running mate didn’t evade combat duty. Republicans are trying to “swiftboat” Tim Walz (the term is explained here), and Vance is their point man. He’s falsely claiming Walz timed his National Guard retirement to avoid deploying to Iraq. But Walz left the Guard to run f[...]
Dead bear cub case solved
In October 2014, a dead bear cub was found in New York’s Central Park. The story made headlines. CNN reported at the time (here), “The only bears known to inhabit New York’s Central Park are at its zoo – so how did a dead bear cub end up under a bush? Neither police nor park officials [&hel[...]
Is Harris husband’s affair a big deal?
The tabloid Daily Mail thinks it is. They ran a big story here. Doug Emhoff (photo) admits he cheated on his first wife, but according to Politico, Harris knew about it she married him, and the Biden campaign knew about it when vetting Harris for vice president (see story here). “The incendiar[...]
Is this now Harris’s race to lose?
I don’t like predicting elections, and won’t try, because elections are unpredictable. So I won’t answer that question. Making news is a Bloomberg poll released Tuesday, July 30, 2024, showing Harris has pulled ahead of Trump in all seven battleground states (see story here). But p[...]