d.c. conventional wisdom. the summer beginning with democrats almost fatalistic about losing the house. here are today s headlines. a shift in trends showing democrats daring to dream, the times reported on the rebound. the post reporting democrats showing momentum in these recent special elections, which is hard data. the d.c. website axios reports on the democrats now stunning turnaround. now, first, this is classic washington a narrative zigs and zags. everything gets exaggerated. there s a lot of self-interested reasons that people need to make things so histrionic. i can also tell you tonight, the reason this is the top story here where we try not to be histrionic is because there is hard data showing democrats improving. and at this point they might start asking themselves, well, how did we get here? they may ask themselves, where does that midterm highway go? same as it ever was. that s of course how the talking heads and david byrne memorably put it. the numbers
bull s-eye. then, photographic proof that d.a.r.t. worked. that exploding cloud of dirt, and iraq, the moment the refrigerator-sized spacecraft crashed into the asteroid, giving it a shove, dramatically shortened its orbit, even more than nasa had hoped. it was expected to be a huge success, if it only slowed the orbit by about ten minutes. but, actually, it s loaded by 32. the critical test, of nasa hopes to use that same technique, to one day, divert omega asteroid from hitting earth. there is a comet heading directly towards earth. a nightmare scenario, playing out in hollywood to make a hits. this comment is what we call a planet killer. but, potentially, a real life threat to the global population. nasa chief, bill nelson. it may be the clue of what
science. show covid transmitted. do vaccines work? is the earth getting warmer? what does 90% probability mean? these are factual matters that transcend politics become you politics can go to war against facts a theme explored in this hit new film starring meryl streep as a trumpian president consumed by pr and operating a corrupt family empire as they face an existential threat requiring a scientific emergency response how to prevent a planet-killing comet heading towards earth. madam president, this comet is what we call a planet killer. can we call it a potentially significant event? but it isn t potentially going to happen. it is going to happen. exactly. 99.78% to be exact. oh, great, so it s not 100%. call it 70% and let s just move on. we should get some of our scientists on this. you know, no offense, but
film starring meryl streep as a trumpian president consumed by pr and operating a corrupt family umpire as they face an existential threat requiring a scientific emergency response, how to prevent a planet-killing comet heading towards earth. madam president, this comet is what we call a planet killer. we just call it a potentially significant event. but it isn t potentially going to happen. it is going to happen. exactly. 99.78% to be exact. oh, great. so it s not 100%. call it 70% and let s move on. we should get some of our scientists on this. no offense. when are the midterms? three weeks. three weeks. so if this breaks before then, we lose congress and then there s nothing we can do about it anyway. it will be gridlocked. the timing, it s atrocious. i m going to make a statement, a presidential statement to the american