… Trump is helping, not hurting, California governor Gavin Newsom. He’s bringing national attention to Newsom, who can exploit that to his advantage in a run for the White House in 2028.
The Never Vending Food Gags
Dustin debuted in 2010, eighty years after Blondie. Checking today’s comics, I see the much older comic strip presents a modern take on vending machines, and vice versa for the newer strip.
Six-Pack Economy
Wall Street has become numb to all of the on-and-off tariff churning, while the jobs and inflation data continue to look good. The immediate loss of immigrant labor could change that in a hurry, but for now the American economy isn’t a mess. That’s assuming Trump’s people aren’t skewing the data.
Austan Goolsbee, of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank, is a reliably informative and engaging economist. How will Goolsby react when Trump starts putting loyalists on the Fed board?
Brian
The final time I saw Brian was with Denro at the Beacon Theatre in NYC, on September 26, 2019.
“Summer has been officially canceled this year.” – Denro
L.A. Lawless?
Trump is doing absolutely nothing to put pressure on Putin about Ukraine, but he didn’t hesitate to send Marines against residents of Los Angeles.
Here is a dispassionate discussion and analysis of the situation in Los Angeles. It’s a good example of why Trump wants to cripple PBS.
Liverpool by Way of Asbury Park
Across the pond, a few nights ago.