THE SHOW NOTES: The Garbage Man, Van Jones Blasts Progressives, & 60 Million Votes
Welcome! Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
GO READ THIS: After the Trump Bump, There’s Now the Bezos Ditch - NY Mag (free)
HEADLINE: Taliban bans women from ‘hearing other women’s voices’ - Telegraph
NEW: 60 Million Americans have already voted. - NBC
NO: Biden-Harris Committee Set To Push 'Plant Sources of Protein' Over Red Meat in New Dietary Guidelines—But Only After the Election - Free Beacon
IMPORTANT: The early vote doesn't reliably predict results - Nate Silver (paywall)
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Garbage Man
After Joe Biden called Trump supporters garbage on a Zoom call with Latino voters on Tuesday night, Donald Trump campaigned yesterday evening in a garbage truck “in honor of Kamala and Joe.” Watch:
🚨 Tom Cotton for the win:
Must watch: Frank Luntz explains why Biden’s garbage moment reminds him of 2016.
The New York Times (paywall) has a fascinating breakdown of the gap in support for Trump and Harris based on gender and education. The collective divide between
MUST WATCH: Van Jones Blasts Progressives Who Support Hamas
George Will: A mountain of government payments buries the myth of American self-reliance
Payments from government entitlement programs — transfer payments — are the fastest-growing major component of citizens’ personal income. Such transfers are the third-largest source of personal income: In 2022, the average citizen received almost as much from government transfers ($11,500) as from investments ($12,900), and more than one-quarter as much money as was obtained from work. This average citizen received six times more (adjusted for inflation) in government transfer payments than in 1970, during which span income from other sources increased less than half as much. Transfers’ share of total (inflation-adjusted) personal income has more than doubled since 1970, from 8.2 percent to 17.6 percent in 2022.
Full story at The Washington Post (paywall)
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Market snapshot:
That tweet from Tom Cotton may be the greatest tweet of all time.
I always wanted to know what a bazillion was now I know and it has a two in front of it.
Beef will eat vegetation. I will eat beef. There you go Biden. Stay out of my kitchen.
The democrats are all about control. Vote.