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One year ago, Joe Scarborough said “This is the best version of Joe Biden…ever!”
Joe Scarborough Says “This Version of Biden…is the Best Biden Ever”
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Interesting LA Times article. Apparently she’s genuinely torn whether to run a disastrous campaign for President or torment California residents as our Governor.
The author asks “Why do you want to be California’s Governor?” And he draws a parallel to Bobby Kennedy, who torpedoed his presidential run when he couldn’t answer the question, not really. And she’s the worst extemporaneous speaker of any major politician I’ve ever seen. The answer is, she wants the power and the limelight. But I suspect California voters want more.
Incidentally, 10 Californians have already declared their intention to run for Governor. Harris’ current CA approval rating is 50%, not a screaming success.
Barabak: For Kamala Harris, it’s not just whether to run for California governor. It’s why
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Crime has gone up 70% in AOC’s district. She doesn’t care, and wouldn’t know what to do about it if she did care. But she supports “defund the police.”
AOC’s district sees 70% crime surge — more than double NYC average: ‘She doesn’t care’
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And in the many-days-late-many-dollars-short category is Gavin Newsom, who is backpedaling almost (but not quite) as fast as Kamala Harris. His most recent conservative stance? Charge illegals for their previously free health care.
Gavin Newsom Is Ending a Golden Age of California Progressivism
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When asked “Who do you see as the face of the Democratic party?” only 2% mentioned Gavin.
Gavin Newsom’s 2028 hopes dim according to new poll
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But energy is the precursor element to everything we build and manufacture. Lower energy prices presage lower prices elsewhere.
And no, we’re not getting lower gas prices in the West without…well, it just isn’t happening, given the West’s environmental “leadership.”
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Inflation declined again.
Breaking: New Inflation Numbers Crush Democrats’ Narrative About Trump’s Tariff Strategy
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He’s only the second pontiff from the Americas. 265 have been from outside our hemisphere. 69 years old, Chicago native, parents were teacher and librarian. He has two brothers. Members of St. Mary of the Assumption. Won on the fourth ballot (or later). Studied math at Villanova, the only Augustinian Catholic university in the USA. Leo is the only pope from the Augustinian order. Master’s of Divinity from Chicago Catholic Theological Union in 1982. Early ministry in Peru. My cousin, who lives in Lima, says he is really well-liked, well-respected in that country.
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Here’s another fun fact. In March, economists expected the United States to gain 140,000 net new jobs. Instead, the USA gained 228,000 jobs.
Also note that unemployment inched up from 4.1% to 4.2%, largely due to people returning to looking for work. The labor workforce participation rate increased to 62.5%. (from 62.4%). By way of comparison, the labor force participation rate averaged 62.84 percent from 1948 until 2025, reaching an all-time high of 67.30 percent in January 2000 and a record low of 58.10 percent in December 1954.
U.S. added 228,000 jobs in March, beating forecasts, as economists warn of turbulence
Not so for California. California lost 11,600 jobs. But here’s the tragic part: California gained 15,200 government and taxpayer-funded jobs, while losing 26,800 private-sector jobs. Can’t wait to hear Gov. Newsom take credit for that.
California lost 11,600 net jobs in March, nearly half of new jobs from welfare
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The New York Times has elected not to publish the fact that Ashli Babbitt won a settlement from the DoJ. Given the degree to which it countered NYT’s Jan. 6 narrative, I can’t say I’m surprised. At least, according to this Substack:
The New York Times Ashli Babbitt Problem – by Jack Cashill
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Democrats are attempting to “coup” Fetterman. His staff is saying (not attributed, of course), that he’s crazy, as are other members of Fetterman’s party. Of course, they hate that he connects with Republicans.
Basically, they’re saying he’s near catatonia. They’re trying to 25th Amendment him, so to speak.
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Twelve guns were recovered in the aftermath of Jan 6. None of them had been fired. Rioters were arrested that day and many were hunted down across the country and brought back to face justice. Many of these morons were placed in solitary and have been held there since they were arrested. Not a single person was seriously harmed by the mob. Many, like BT, probably assert that Officer Sicknick had his head beaten in with a fire extinguisher, or if they actually know how to read, they have learned that he died of a stroke. Those who get that far, desperately assert that he was maced by rioters, which caused the stroke, a blind assertion with no evidence. On the other hand we cannot even learn the name of the Capital Hill security guard who shot and killed Ashlii Babbitt.
Babbitt’s estate filed a $30 million lawsuit over her fatal shooting. The Capitol Police officer who shot her was cleared by both the U. S. Attorney’s Office and the Capitol Police.
The lawsuit alleges that the officer, who was not in uniform, failed to de-escalate the situation and did not give her any warnings or commands before opening fire. It also alleges negligence on the part of Capitol Police. The lawsuit says the department “should have known” that the officer was “prone to behave in a dangerous or otherwise incompetent manner.” The officer’s lawyer stated “He used tremendous restraint in only firing one shot.” Nice shootin’, Tex.
And the officer has stated that (a) he fired as a last resort and (b) he had no idea whether the person coming through the window was armed (she wasn’t).
The DoJ has reached a settlement with the Babbitt estate. Terms are not disclosed.
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I genuinely hope they’ve picked it up. It used to be my favorite place back in the 1980s. Best fries in the world, hour long waits and frankly, comely waitresses.
Post-Brinker, bad food, no waits, indifferent service by below average people. Last time I went to Chile’s, they got all four orders wrong, I mean materially wrong. They redid it, got two of the four orders wrong. We left, went to In-N-Out, had a great meal for 1/3rd the price.
Haven’t been back. I wrote to both the owner of In-N-Out (Esther was alive at the time) and the CEO of Brinker. They both sent me coupons, $50 for In-N-Out, $75 for Chili’s. In-N-Out coupons were gone within a month, I gave the Chile’s coupons to my work frenemy.
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Six months later, McDonald’s posted a 3% drop in revenue against the same quarter, year over year. Restaurant visits have “delined in the first quarter more than industry executives were anticipating…”
Both low- and middle-income consumers pulled back on their spending.
Slowdowns have been felt at Chipotle, Domino’s, Starbuck’s, Pizza Hut and KFC. Taco Bell and Chilie’s report increase in guest traffice…which is odd to me, because I had my single worst customer experience ever at Chili’s. Used to love the place, hour-long waits when we were in college. Then, they sold to Brinker, and large companies did what they do best, wring every single cent out of the customers by reducing the experience.
McDonald’s Earnings: U.S. Sales Decline in Shaky Economy – WSJ
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