president to go to places where there has been tragedy and dove station. he has the first lady with him. it is the compassion of the presidency to deliver. he is known for being able to connect with people going through hardship so expect to see some of that today. but then also to be able to talk about federal resources that are being brought to bear in kentucky. money that s already been delivered but then also being able to talk about the legislation just passed by the senate that deals with climate and to connect it to the devastation from flooding and storms that kentucky experienced and the communities around the nation have in all kinds of weather related events and to say part of what washington and his administration are trying to do is to find ways to releigh the climate crisis by putting in new steps that will address some of that and so look for it to be part empathy and part policy as they visit kentucky today. of course just coming out of covid isolation and thi
has tripled. i can t buy clothes. can t buy for my grandchildren. you can t buy anything. plus, the january 6th committee maps out its next stage, and it releases new video showing the depth of donald trump s hesitation to condemn the capitol rioters. a pair of new warnings about china. beijing is growing more aggressive. the white house, though, worried about how beijing will react if the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, goes ahead with a planned visit to taiwan. up first for us, a huge week for the american economy. the biden white house forcefully disputing those who believe we are tipping into recession. by week s end, we will have a better sense, a much better sense, of who is right and just what that means for your budget and the president s political standing. several key indicators out this week. tomorrow, the latest consumer confidence index. the june report was dour. wednesday, the federal reserve is to raise interest rates to tame inflation. thursday, a gl
realignment taking shape in response to the disastrous administration has created. the old coalitions are crumbling before our eyes. hispanic voters, african and middle eastern immigrants, huge numbers of american borne young men all running at remarkable speed from joe biden and the anti human corporate neo liberalism he represents. nowhere is this trend more obvious than the rio grande valley in texas, a place for generations has been a democratic party strong hold. as recently as 2018 a democrat called henry cuellar won his district in south texas with 84% of the vote. his district is 80% hispanic and that meant it went democrat. but last cycle that began to chaechlt two years ago cuellar s percentage of the vote plummeted by 26 points. in one cycle. same thing happened to congressman fay la and gonzalez, all representing districts on the border with mexico in texas. both went from huge wins in 2018 to marginal victories in 2020. hispanic voters are no automatically democr
a massive generational realignment taking shape, taking shape in response to the disasters this administration has created. the old coalitions are crumbling before our eyes. suddenly we re seeing hispanic voters, african and middle eastern immigrants as well as huge numbers of american born young men all running at remarkable speed from joe biden and the antihuman corporate neo liberalism he represents. nowhere is this trend more obvious in the rio grande valley of texas. that s a place which for generations has been a democratic party stronghold. as recently as twenty eighteen, a democrat called henry cuellar won his district in south texas with fully 84% of the vote. his district is 80% hispanic and for decades that meant it went democrat. but then last cycle that began to change two years ago a percentage of the vote plummeted by twenty six points in one cycle. the same thing happened to congressman filemon 1% gonzalez. they also represent districts on the border with mexi
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