this is on top of an announcement from another tech company in the region, micron, which said earlier this week it will spend $100 billion on a new plant in upstate new york. that is the good news that the president is trying to ride high into the midterms, which are 33 days away now. the not so good news, which republicans are seizing on, and democrats aren t too happen about either is opec plus s announcement to cut oil production, led by saudi arabia and russia. the cartel is taking 2 million barrels off the market a day, starting in november. that s 2% of the global oil production. now, while the united states is somewhat shielded from a price increase, because the white house has been tapping into the country s strategic oil reserves, the rest of the world is not, and prices are already climbing. beyond prices though, there is also political fallout, as we told you yesterday, the cut in production could have the effect of helping russia fund its war in ukraine. neutraliz
A political price yet. guy: look back to 2022, no argument it was your honor yooperformance, house republicans barely won the house back fchl they had not won races in new york and california, democrats would still have majority and nancy pelosi or whomever would have the gavel. maybe the immigration issue did hammer democrats in places they thought they would be safer than they were. will that translate elsewhere? emily: if we barely tip the scale, do you expect it will in 2024? it will depend on the public argument and rhetoric. can they not say we re not democrats, here is what our plan is to make a difference here? like with crime, talk about terrorism, 10,000 encountered criminal aliens, you know how many of the 10,000 were
That is because republicans have unleashed a barrage of negative ads that hammer democrats on crime. in wisconsin, incumbent republican senator ron johnson has pulled ahead of democratic challenger mandela barnes, after trailing for weeks. and in pennsylvania, republican dr. mehmet oz is now within most surveys margins of error with lieutenant governor john fetterman, that is a change for the open senate seat. and republicans are hoping the strategy will also help in georgia, where senate candidate herschel walker is back on the campaign trail today. walker s attention is likely somewhere else. he is navigating what could be the worse week yet of his scandal-plagued candidacy and scrambling to respond to another bombshell allegation, the daily beast is now reporting that the woman who claims walker paid her for her abortion in 2009 is the mother of one of his children. walker has denied the allegation
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