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INFLATION NUMBERS ARE DOWN SHARPLY, with prices easing for gasoline, groceries, airline fares and used cars. Though still not where we want to be, fears of a recession are fading. Bidenomics and Fed Policy can take part of the credit, causing Paul Krugman, New York Times’ Op Ed writer and Nobel prize winner in Economic Sciences, to be optimistic for a soft landing.
BIDEN SERIOUSLY OUTRAISED TRUMP AND DESANTIS in the 2nd Quarter campaign reports of this year. Biden raised $72M to Trumps’ $35M and DeSantis’s $20M. Donations came from almost 400,000 donors with the average donation of $39, showing strong grassroots support. Better yet, 30% are donors new to Biden. Jeffrey Katzenberg, Biden campaign co-chair and founder of DreamWorks, says, “To the doubters and naysayers, numbers speak…”
NATO BECAME STRONGER THIS WEEK, after Turkish president Erdogan dropped his opposition to accepting Sweden as a member. This follows Finland’s membership in April. A delicate diplomacy was achieved for a greater good. Per Heather Cox Richardson, CBS News’s Bo Erickson credited Biden’s extensive foreign Policy experience and personal appeal for the advance, strengthening America’s credibility and ethical moral authority.
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FOX VIEWER IS SUING FOX NEWS FOR BEING HOODWINKED THEN DEFAMED. Ray Epps, former marine, former fan of Trump and Tucker Carlson, is suing Fox News for lying to him about the election, January 6th, and then framing him as an FBI tool in instigating January 6th violence. Since then, Epps has had to sell his home to flee abusive Trump fans.
FOX FOUNDERS APOLOGIZE FOR CREATING THE FOX NEWS DISINFORMATION MACHINE. In a blog post, three founders say they never could have envisioned what Fox has become, siting the harm Fox News is doing to society, foremost of which is its support of The Big Lie. They write that Murdoch made it very clear he understood the election was legitimate at the same time he was promoting otherwise.