Here we go, folks. Its thursday. Lots happening this week. If you check out the futures, they are higher. Dow futures up 90 points. S p futures up 12. Nasdaq up by 50 points. This does come after gains for all three at the major averages yesterday. Treasury yields have picked up a little bit. We have looked at the 10year treasury above 4. 3 . Now at 4. 26 . 2year treasury has been just at 5 . It is at 4. 98 right now. Lets update you on the looming auto workers strike. Shawn fain said the union and automakers are far apart ahead of the likely strikes. The strikes would begin at an limited number of locations. An allout strike is still a possibility. Fain providing clarity with talks with each of the big three. Ford offered a 20 raise followed by gm at 18 and stellantis at 17. 5 . The union has been pushing for a 40 wage increase. In the meantime, a bitter battle of words with jim farley saying fains accusation saying they are not negotiating and not showing up at the bargaining table.
And abilities categories, biden is losing ground big time. Check this out. He is down nine on likability. Wow. And is he down, down 9 on whether he displays good judgment in a crisis is shocking. And he lost 8 points on the is he a strong and decisive leader question. Now, on these same questions, trump is up a point or flat from 2020. And this poll isnt the only warning sign for biden. The trump trials have not moved the needle for biden at all. The border story keeps getting worse. And inflation remains, as jamie dimon said yesterday sticky. That means its bad. Voters just are not happy. Plus, even in blue states like nevada, democrat incumbents may be in trouble. And while the official reaction from the democrats, kind of cool as the cucumber, oh, the stories say oh, were confident and focused. There seems to be some Contingency Planning underway. The party that prides itself for being prowomen and, of course, they are all champions of diversity, is giving the first latina on the Su
68yearold woman attacked on the steps of her church on the way to mass, yeah. Thats america tonight. Well, her nephew will join us with an update. Plus, senator marco rubio is here on bidens smear and fear campaign. But, first, Kicking Sonia to the curb. Thats the focus of tonights angle. Now, there was some nugget that got lost last week in the new gallup poll that are key to the 2024 campaign. In the president ial character and abilities categories, biden is losing ground big time. Check this out. He is down nine on likability. Wow. And is he down, down 9 on whether he displays the democral as the cucumber, oh, the stories say oh, were confident and focused. There seems to be some Contingency Planning underway. The party that prides itself for being prowomen and, of course, they are all champions of diversity, is giving the first latina on the Supreme Court, Justice Sonia sotomayor the bumps rush. As usual, ideas are advanced by liberal senators and then by pressure gas. Republicans
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