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US durable goods new orders print for preliminary June data was a disaster - plunging 6.6% MoM The Commerce Department said durable goods orders plunged by 6.6 percent in June after inching up 0.1 percent in May. Economists had expected durable goods orders to rise by 0.3 percent. https://www.rttnews.com/3462971/u-s-durable-goods-orders-unexpectedly-plunge-6-6-in-june.aspx .

Fortunately you don't have to believe it because it is from the RNC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . even though it is an actual clip of her speaking .

Biden told Lester Holt he passes a cognitive test every day and doesn't need one. And then he flew off to Delaware. And then he dropped out of a re- election campaign via Twitter post. Then he gave a speech without explaining a single reason why he's dropping out. And then the media went "ice cream for everyone!" And they all went back to ignoring the questions raised in those previous sentences.

Oh, we're still doing the press release presidency/candidacy.

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TRUE. .

Damn Right Wing MSNBC.

It isn't. It is based on the nonsense that Trump supporters don't realize what his personal history is. Of course they do, we want a competent businessman in office, not a religious leader. We have those. So they try this childish comparison and people like Roundy kneel down and take it. .

IT’LL NEVER HAPPEN: 10 Questions We Dare the Media to Ask Kamala Harris. https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2024/07/24/ten-questions-we-dare-the-media-to-ask-kamala-harris-n4931022 .

Behold selflessness. Nothing brings out my skepticism like everyone using the same word:

What WAS That? By Bob Hoge FTA: Political junkies therefore tuned in Wednesday night for an Oval Office speech by Joe Biden, who was supposedly going to explain why he abandoned his reelection efforts despite vociferously assuring us for months that there was no chance that he would do so. Would the president deliver moving remarks? Would he bring the country together in the way that Ronald Reagan did after the Challenger disaster or George W. Bush did after 9/11? Would he come clean on his health issues, which are so obvious to any sentient American? Would he fully reveal his thought process surrounding the monumental decision to give up on his campaign? Would he explain how he’s still capable of running the country for six more months despite the fact that he’s now essentially a lame duck? No, no, no, no, and no. He did none of those things. In fact, it was an inexplicable, sleep-inducing monologue that tried to throw in all sorts of high-minded ideals like “democracy” and “who we are” but essentially said nothing. Biden has delivered angry speeches, he’s delivered divisive speeches where he calls half of the electorate enemies of democracy, he’s dropped remarks that he’s plagiarized from others, but this… this was a nothing speech. He revealed little of consequence, he assuaged no fears, he accomplished zero except perhaps to show that he’s still breathing. I have no idea what the point of it was, and except for shameless cheerleaders like CNN’s Van Jones—who was once again almost in tears, he was so moved—I don’t see how it helps Americans feel better about their security knowing that we have a lame-duck president who doesn’t make much sense. We all know that Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are paying attention. https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/07/25/what-was-that-n2177348

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U.S. intercepts Russian, Chinese bombers off Alaskan coast CBS News, by Faris Tanyos & Steve Smith The U.S. military intercepted several Russian and Chinese bombers in international airspace near the coast of Alaska Wednesday. Two Russian Tu-95s and two Chinese H-6s entered what is known as the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement Wednesday night. The aircraft were "detected, tracked and intercepted," NORAD said https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-intercepts-russian-chinese-bombers-alaska/ .

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From last night's speech. .

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