Biden approval rises sharply ahead of midterms: AP-NORC poll https://www.wral.com/biden-approval-rises-sharply-ahead-of-midterms-ap-norc-poll/20466512/
So those Trumper counties are doing better under Biden. LOL Trump country labor markets faring better in the Biden economy, report finds https://www.axios.com/2022/09/27/labor-market-trump-biden The places where Donald Trump won in the 2020 election are collectively seeing stronger labor markets in the Biden economy, according to a new report from the Economic Innovation Group. Why it matters: Beyond the political irony, the last couple of years have seen a boom in the counties that make stuff, where the manufacturing, energy and agriculture sectors are a disproportionate share of their economies. And in a reversal of the 2010s, the status quo has been less kind to big-city knowledge economies. That divide increasingly represents politics as well as economics, with the goods-producing areas voting red and the services-producing areas voting blue. Details: As of the first quarter of 2022, counties that voted for Trump were 0.3% below their pre-pandemic employment levels, according to the report that analyzed government data. For Biden counties, that gap was 1.8%. Between the lines: To understand whyblue state labor markets are bouncing back more slowly, look to the economic makeup of the geographies. In many ways, the forces that explained why these areas thrived in the years leading up to the pandemic are now weighing on recovery. Counties Biden won include nearly all the country's key business districts that were once a consistent bustling center of economic activity. Why these areas have fewer jobs now can be at least partially explained by the rise of remote work, a phenomenon that's rippled through these economies. Some local businesses have seen demand plummet. For them, fewer office-goers mean fewer customers. Meanwhile, Trump counties employa bigger share of workers in the goods-producing sector. For decades, that took a backseat to services — that is, until the pandemic ushered in a historic rotation of consumer spending. Roughly 25% of those in areas that Trump won in 2020 are employed in the goods sector, the report finds, compared to Biden counties, where the share is 14%. Goods-producing businesses went on a hiring spree to keep up with the pandemic-induced demand. The services sector saw demand bounce back, but not until fear of the virus ebbed and the economy began to reopen. What they're saying: "It seems that the pandemic has been a force for convergence across the U.S. economy: modestly lifting up many formerly-struggling and right-leaning areas while weighing down formerly-dominant and left-leaning ones," the EIG's Kenan Fikri writes in the report. Of note: The authors find that six states with high-profile elections this cycle that may decide control of the Senate (Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin) feature above-average economic performance. All but Wisconsin have surpassed pre-pandemic employment.
sad we had to wait for midterms but better late then never, this is uuuuge https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/politics/marijuana-decriminalization-white-house-joe-biden/index.html
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/...itary-bases-named-after-confederate-generals/ Pentagon chief gives go ahead to change military bases named after Confederate generals Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has given the go ahead to alter the names of some 1,111 military installations and facilities related to the Confederacy, according to a new memo released Thursday. Following a final report from the Naming Commission — which last month put forward its suggestions to rename or remove the more than 1,100 items that fall under the purview of the Defense Department (DOD) — Austin has concurred with all of the commission’s recommendations “and is committed to implementing them as soon as possible,” press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement. At the heart of the effort were nine Army bases currently honoring Confederate generals, which the commission earlier this summer offered alternative titles for.
If killing American soldiers gets your name on an American military base I wonder when they will put other traitors names who sided with the taliban on bases
I am sure the woke administrators will come up with some alternative names. Will Fort Bragg become Fort Transgender?