Headlines

Biden’s convention embraced racial justice. BLM leaders saw it mostly as lip service.

S&P 500’s return to a record doesn’t tell the full story, with 60% of stocks still with losses

Dr. Birx says it’ll be safe to vote in-person in November

Trump: Democrats at DNC removed ‘God’ from pledge of allegience ‘on purpose’

Trump calls out FDA Chief, suggests agency is slow-walking Covid clinical trials

China’s Achilles heel: What Japan’s 1980 boom and bust can tell us about the Chinese economy

John Brennan says he isn’t under criminal investigation after 8-hour interview with attorney Durham

School Act would assure education money ‘follows the child, not the system’

Biden says he’d lock down country if spread of coronavirus warranted it

New York City May take a decade to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, says developer Don Peebles

WH National Security Advisor calls the suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Novalny “extraordinarily concerning”

California wildfires some of the largest in state history

Headlines

Chinese tech companies could face trouble in Europe

Buffet buys back $5.1 billion in Berkshire stock as coronavirus hits operating earnings

John Brennan escapes prosecution in Durham probe

NY attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA

Trump and Macron discuss sending aid to Lebanon

Trump threatens executive action if no deal is reached in coronavirus stimulus talks

Bill Maher confronts ex-Clinton advisor about Epstein allegations

Police will be escorted to and from new Swedish No-Go police station

California sorts through coronavirus data as glitch stymies policy decisions

Jerry Falwell Jr. asks for indefinite leave of absence from Liberty University

President Trump says he’ll defer payroll tax until end of the year through executive action

Biden: Trump lying about safety of potential coronavirus vaccine

STAND UP FOR AMERICA!

Election Politics

There are a number of complex moving parts that may impact the November presidential and Congressional elections. Here are a few that I see:

- If many colleges move to virtual teaching and do not repopulate their campuses, then this typically liberal student block will be only voting from home ... and not from home or/and from where they go to school. This might help the Republican candidates in New Hampshire and Maine.

- Trump’s polling on his handling the coronavirus pandemic is currently unfavorable. If cases continue to spike ... with deaths to follow, this can’t be good for his re-election chances. However, a vaccine and effective therapeutics might be a game changer if they come soon enough.

- And the coronavirus has also been beneficial to Biden because this is the excuse for his interactions with the media being carefully managed. It might also be the rationale for his ducking some or all the debates with Trump. This would be of great benefit to his chances. Even worse, the pandemic also now eliminates Trump rallies which have provided much of the data for his get-out-the-vote efforts.

- The Durham/Barr investigation may (or may not) culminate with indictments and lots of captured news cycles ... hopefully before the voters go to the polls.

- If mail-in voting becomes pervasive for this coming election, then voter fraud could be a game changer ... and is something that worries Trump quite a lot.

- If it becomes obvious that new cases and/or new death numbers for COVID-19 have been cooked and were used as a Democrat political weapon, this might change things somewhat for those voters who follow such stuff.

-If certain Blue states, like California and New York resist sending their children back to school in September, then their economies will suffer ... possibly dramatically when compared to those states that choose schooling. Generally these are Blue states and I don’t expect that they will flip to red ... but you never know.

- If Biden wins, it will not be because voters adore him ... it will be because they are voting against that onerous orange ogre Trump.

STAND UP FOR AMERICA!

Headlines

Poll shows Trump’s coronavirus approval at all-time low

Wearing masks is now the most important thing for the economy, Fed’s Kaplan says

New Christopher Steele evidence strengthens Durham prosecution

25,000 academics say U.S. citizenship is an ‘artificial distinction’

California investigating Google for possible antitrust violations

Already in economic meltdown, Lebanon endures blackouts 20 hours a day

Poll: Overwhelming majority want to keep police funding at current levels or increase it

Supreme Court, 7-2: House cannot force Trump to provide tax returns

Hannity gives Trump another chance to lay out his second-term agenda

Coronavirus live updates: Italy to extend state of emergency, Nevada rolls back reopen for bars

Report: U.S. Attorney Durham under  pressure to conclude investigation by end of summer

Ethiopia’s week of unrest shows 239 dead, 3,500 arrested

2020 House Election

How can the Republicans win back the House of Representatives next Fall? Well, how about this? Many of the Democrats flipped GOP seats by swearing to oust Nancy Pelosi as the House tyrant. This hasn’t happened ... in fact she has become even more despotic. Republicans should rub the noses of their election opponents in this hypocrisy.

However, one problem ... I fully expect that this next election will exceed anything we have ever seen in the amount of voter fraud practiced mostly by the Democrats (practiced? hell they’re professionals) ... particularly if vote-by-mail becomes widespread like just occurred in California.

Anything is justified if it cuts the legs off of the Orangeman!

Also: I am personally convinced that the Mueller investigation was also part of the Democrats’ winning the House in 2018. Perhaps, just perhaps the American public has had the scales fall from their eyes over this gigantic hoax ... if not now, maybe after the Durham/Barr revelations later this year?

2020 Predictions

- Republicans retake House, expand Senate lead
- Trump re-elected, winning popular vote too
- 10%+ stock market correction in early Spring
- Clapper turns states-evidence in Durham probe
- Durham grand jury indicts 8 from Obama admin.
- Phase 2 China trade deal done in Summer
- GDP growth for year 3%+
- Pelosi never submits Impeachment to Senate
- North Korea doesn’t resume nuke testing
- Democrat ticket: Bloomberg and Yang
- Baltimore wins Super Bowl, Tom Brady retires
- RIP: Jimmy Carter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ted Turner


Yes, I know a lot of these are obvious, but I can’t help myself ...

Headlines

Watchdog report rips FBI handling of Russian probe

Trump: DOJ report ‘far worse than I would have ever thought possible,’ despite no finding of political bias

Bombshell report reveals US officials misled public about Afghanistan war ...

Nadler failed to swear in witnesses at Judiciary impeachment [hearing]

Trump nears USMCA compromise with Democrats

Trump family member — possible Ivanka — had ‘personal ‘ relationship with dossier author Steele

Poll: Hillary top choice of Dem voters ...

U.s. Attorney John Durham: ‘We don’t agree’ with Inspector General’s conclusion ...

Supreme Court leaves in place Kentucky abortion restrictions

Morgan Stanley is cutting jobs due to uncertain global environment, sources say

Causes of Wall Street cash crunch remain mystery ... Fed pump won’t fix it ...

Jordan: ‘Deeply troubling’ that FBI spied on Trump campaign

Canary

Prediction: In the Barr/Durham investigation into the origins of the Russian collusion probe ... which has now turned criminal ... the first person to be flipped and turn states evidence to reveal all the dirty secrets of the cabal against Trump will be ... [drum roll] ... Clapper!

And he will sing like a canary ... unless he is first taken down into that Arkansas coal mine full of dangerous gases.

More Ramirez

Mad Lib (with the long nose) ...