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2024 Presidential Election Campaign Report No. 6

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Before I cover the latest news along the campaign trails, I would be remiss if I didn’t wish my subscribers on the distaff side a Happy Valentine’s Day.  Your regular reading of my blog is appreciated.

FIRST, A LITTLE HUMOR – Fox’s Greg Gutfeld, now the king of late night, calling attention to the national poll revealing 86 percent of Americans think Biden is too old to serve another term in his monologue: “Think about it … 86 percent of Americans agree … Joe Biden’s promise to unify us finally came true … he brought us together.”… read more

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2024 Presidential Election Report No. 4

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The Polls

“While it’s true that national polling doesn’t tell us much because we don’t elect a president with a national popular vote,” writes Matt Margolis of PJ Media, “it can still give us some hints about how the political winds are shifting.”

Margolis quoting Moody’s Analytics :

“They predict Biden will hold Georgia and Nevada despite polls consistently showing Trump leading in those states.”… read more

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From My Stack of Stuff

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Air Power for Peace

All caught up with the Michigan Wolverines taking the National Championship and the political dueling in Iowa and New Hampshire, the story of the testing of the first B-21 Raider stealth bomber wound up on my stack of stuff. 

THE B-21 RAIDER (Photo by Andrew Kenei)

The initial B-21, one of six pre-production models the Air Force plans to acquire, has been making test flights out of Edwards Air Force Base in California since November, but only became known to the public recently.… read more

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An Unusual View of Trump by a Leftist Columnist

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I recall my delight, in 2017, when I read that Bret Stephens was leaving the Wall Street Journal for the New York Times.  It was a natural move for someone with leftist opinions on politics, which he also shares with viewers of MSBNC and NBC. Still, the opinions of the Journal’s editorial board, cannot always be counted on to be conservative.… read more

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UAW Leadership Endorses Biden, But Not So Fast

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“We need to know who’s gonna sit in the most powerful seat in the world and help us win the united working class,”

Those were the words of United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain officially endorsing President Biden’s reelection on Wednesday, recalling that Biden was the first president to join a union picket line last summer.… read more

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Not Alone in Quest to Reveal Pending Failure of Biden Administration’s All-Electric Fantasy

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“The auto companies might deserve sympathy if their executives hadn’t become political supplicants. In addition to lobbying for subsidies, they intervened to defend the administration’s recent emission standards against a legal challenge by GOP state attorney’s general. 

“They sold themselves out to the government for subsidies, and now they are pleading for more subsidies to meet its mandates.”… read more

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While ‘Get Trump’ Continues, So Does His Presidential Reelection Candidacy in 2024

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I recognize that a number of my readers do not want former President Trump to run again in 2024.  They’re not those who have been classified in the past as Never Trumpers.  Some have tired of the distractions of his legal battles, yet others have simply developed a dislike of his demeanor.… read more

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Modern Day ‘Chicken Little’ Issues New Warning of Global Warming

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Surely, you are familiar with the folk tale of Chicken Little, who was struck by an acorn falling from one of the trees, and was sure the sky was falling. 

Over the years, Chicken Little has become almost synonymous with alarmism, as a description of someone or group needlessly stoking fear.… read more

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More Lies from the Biden-Harris Administration

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“Look, the Inflation Reduction Act is the most significant investment ever to tackle the climate crisis, lowering utility bills, creating American jobs, and leading the world to a clean energy future.” – President Biden, February 7, 2023

“For working families, we have reduced heating and electrical bills so folks have more money in their pockets ….”… read more