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Biden Approval SPIKES 11%
The Joe Biden presidency is doing a complete 180-degree turn from the lows a month ago to now having some decent approval numbers. Biden’s aggregate approval rating in early July, according to FiveThirtyEight, was at 37.5%. It now sits at 41.6% which is four points higher and eleven percent up from that 37.5% figure. A number of factors are playing into Biden’s strong approval rating, including some legislative successes like the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Honoring Our PACT Act. Biden will likely also get a boost in the coming weeks from his decision to relieve $10,000 of student loan debt for most borrowers with those who received Pell grants qualifying for even more. The president is also likely benefiting in the polls from the comparison to his predecessor, who is under a number of investigations and recently had his home searched by the FBI. If this trend for Biden continues, it could spell disaster for the Republicans entering the midterms and tarnish the red wave they were hoping for.
Trump Has Historic Meltdown, Declares Himself as "Innocent"
Donald Trump is having a historic meltdown claiming he’s innocent on Truth Social which suggests the many investigations into him are really starting to make the ex-president nervous. Trump “truthed,” “Joe Biden said he knew nothing about the Break-In of Mar-a-Lago or, the greatest political attack in the history of the U.S. Does anybody really believe this???” Of course, there is no evidence Biden knew anything about the search. Then Trump said, “The Radical Left Democrat prosecutors are illegally trying to circumvent, for purely political gain, the Presidential Record’s Act, under which I have done absolutely nothing wrong. It can not be circumvented, for me or any other President. They illegally Raided my home, and took things that should not have been taken. They even broke into my safe, an unthinkable act!” There was nothing illegal about the FBI’s search, as they had a warrant that even specifically mentioned the safe. Trump must realize he has a lot to be concerned about and that the possibility of charges and prison time is indeed real.
From yesterday’s show:
INSTANT CLASSIC: Lunatic Republican Sobs While Claiming Election Was Stolen from Her
Radical Republican Laura Loomer lost her bid to become a US Congresswoman from Florida and blamed the defeat on voter fraud committed by a Republican. Loomer sobbed during her speech following the loss, which wasn’t a concession speech since she’s saying she won’t concede and will fight on. Importantly, she did not throw her support behind Daniel Webster, the Republican candidate who won the election. On social media, Loomer said, “I DO NOT CONCEDE. And I encourage all of my supporters and and [sic] all of my voters to NOT support Daniel Webster and the corrupt ESTABLISHMENT RNC and Big Tech voter machine . . .” Republicans spent all of 2020 and 2021 claiming it was Democrats who were the ones who were rigging elections. But now that more standard Republicans are defeating the lunatic far-right figures in some of these states, all of a sudden it’s the Republicans too who are the perpetrators of the election rigging. It’s hard to imagine how anyone would fall for this, but clearly, it makes sense to some people.
From yesterday’s show:
Republicans MELT DOWN, PANIC Over Student Loan Forgiveness
Right-wing media is predictably throwing a hissy fit over the student loan forgiveness that Joe Biden has announced. Many are making the case that this is a handout, that it will make people less financially responsible, or that this is unfair to people who didn’t take out loans or who already paid them back. But then there are the conservative media figures who took things an extra step. Fox News propagandist Tucker Carlson said, “colleges aren't refunding any of the loan money. You are. You are. But wait, you say, ‘I didn't defraud anyone. I didn't claim that a degree in postcolonial liberation studies from Wesleyan would be worth anything. I didn't take 80 grand a year from middle-class families to turn their children into Xanax-addicted robots with no job prospects.’” Also on Fox News, commentator Dan Bongino made the case that student loan debt forgiveness is evidence of the collapse of America. Apparently, these right-wing media figures can’t make rational arguments against Biden’s decision, so they have to resort to complete absurdity.
More on the show:
-- Jared Kushner plays extremely dumb about Trump's theft of documents during an interview with Fox News' Martha MacCallum
-- Radical Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says that it's unfair to relieve the debt of student loan borrowers, despite her own lack of repayment of a loan she received
-- Caller talks about the Nevada Senate race
-- Caller talks about the theory that Trump is a secret Democrat
-- Caller thinks right-wingers might have a motivation to get rid of Trump
-- Caller wonders what the next step is in the FBI's investigation into Trump
-- Caller talks about the high voter turnout in Minnesota
-- Caller asks what David thinks about glory politics
-- Caller wants an update on the Matt Gaetz investigation
-- Caller compares the "big lie" to the "lost cause"
-- David responds to viewer emails
-- On the Bonus Show: David's stories from Montreal, including middle of the night fights, visiting a Starbucks on the way home, being recognized by Canadian progressives, and much more
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