you re happy tuesday, everybody. it s good to be back.gning so last night, after all then campaigning and spendingspendi,, nikki and vin baker on the receiving end of yet another trump thumping, the three finishing second, third and fourth, just like women at a women s swim meet. sd because the dude wins.a they join a long list of trump thumpers. remember the big stage back in. 2015? what a photo. that s like justin timberlakeho with theto rest nsync.e in the end, trump bumped each of them off like it was the last act in goodfellas. thosp bumpe debates, they were e scenes. they were. there should be yellow. crime tape around each of their podiums. good thing kristy was gone. before iowa. you know how much chalk it takes to outlineyou kn body. you shouldn t laugh at that. i struggling. so last night it wasn t really a caucus. it was a caucus. i guess pramilca.a, it right. let s talk about the fact that president trump incited an and last night he did so what is last nigh
premiums all up. the cost of food consumed at home rose nearly 12%, food away from home, 7.4%. the gasoline index has increased 48.7%. the average national price of a gallon of gas this week, is at $5, highest in california at $6.42. trying to stem inflation, the fed said it will raise interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point, the biggest hike since 1994. new projections show interest rates may hit 3.4% by the end of the year, but because inflation is rising far faster than any of those rates, any money in savings is still being eroded. there s also a spade of layoffs adding to investor fears. cnn reports two u.s. real estate companies that had flourished in the pandemic announced layoffs of 8 and 10%. coin base laid off 18% of its staff. spotify plans to reduce hiring by 25%. elon musk, who already said he wants to lay off 10% of the tesla staff, is now intimating that if he acquires twitter, job cuts could follow. meanwhile, meanwhile, you ve got the january 6
january 6th hearing begins. [laughs] so, histories moving fast on the subject. and the question remains in michigan politics as to whether being arrested for his purported role in the crimes of january 6th is going to boost him boost his chances in that republican primary, since apparently participating in that particular crime is a badge of honor. i don t know it helps you, somehow? we will await republican voters judgment on that. i have to agree with you, rachel, about a point you made. about this whole question of, will the january 6th committee send criminal referrals to the justice department? the attorney general said i am watching the hearings i am watching every minute of them. if i don t watch them live i play them back later. and he said, at the same time, what he called the january 6th prosecutors are watching. every sentence has been referred to the justice department in realtime. i mean honestly, what we could do, just to make sure every tee s crossed in
experienced donald. trump going after his son, hunter biden. this was back in this timber 2020 debate. when president trump said that hunter biden had been dishonorably discharged for using cocaine from the military to be clear, he was administratively discharged, which is different. he also mocked a hunter biden, if you ll recall saying he couldn t get a job until president biden had become vice president. so who up the defense, if you also remember that president biden gave at the time saying, look, yes, like a lot of american families are families. one that has dealt with the problem of addiction, but i m proud of my son and i love my son. eighth had said at the time that that ended up being actually one of the most resonant moments coming out of the debate. but i think all of this just goes to show the biden team s broader strategy of trying to prepare for anything and everything. but donald trump might throw his way thursday night in christian. i understand. you have
The election is being rigged by corrupt media, pushing completely false allegations and outright lies in an effort to elect her president. Reporter donald trump trailing in the polls and plagued by allegations of Sexual Misconduct is falling back on his favorite safety net. The election is rigged. Its rigged like youve never seen before. The investigation of Hillary Clinton was rigged. Its all rigged. Its all rigged. The gop nominee now insisting theres a monumental conspiracy to rig the entire election against him. Trump tweeting today, of course there is largescale voter fraud happening on and before election day. Why do Republican Leaders deny what is going on . So naive. But trumps claims arent true. Theres no evidence of widespread voter fraud. And the candidates claims are putting Election Officials, even those in his own party, on edge. Today, ohios Secretary Of State, a republican, who plans to vote for trump, blasted the candidates claims as reckless. Its irresponsible. He sho