This week:
Biden: Touts infrastructure spending, gets House GOP to give Ukraine military aid, talks Israel out of escalating fight w/Iran
Trump: Falls asleep at his own criminal trial 3x. Also, farts a lot.
Media: LESSER OF TWO EVILS ELECTION BETWEEN TWO FLAWED CANDIDATES
Me: 🙄

As long as everyone is gagging, I guess 🤣

For me, it's a problem that Trump is falling asleep in court multiple days in a row and it's not generating significant commentary on his fitness for office; whereas when Biden trips it's a several day news story.

Being honest and trustworthy:
Biden 46% (+10)
Trump 36%
.
Caring about people like me:
Biden 46% (+7)
Trump 39%
.
Protecting my rights and freedoms
Biden 45% (+3)
Trump 42%
.
Promoting a safe and secure society:
Biden 44% (+2)
Trump 42%

.Echelon Insights, 1,020 LV, 4/12-14

One reason I’ve never bought this idea that rich people are abandoning New York. The things that wealthy people do to stay here and reduce their taxes are sometimes bewildering.

Remember these are the same people who claim that women's sports are their single most important issue when a trans person might possibly compete in one.

George and Laura were incredibly gracious to Michelle and Barack and it was one of the most uplifting events in our history. It was a time of unity and pride at being American regardless of political party.

People don’t understand how abnormal Trump was.

Yeah the number of Republicans calling it quits has often been framed as evidence of the House being an awful place to work and that may be true but also could be they increasingly don’t expect to maintain their majority.

UNC Chapel Hill was literally built by enslaved people and would not admit their descendants until forced to do so my the courts a century after the Civil War, still does not enroll Black people proportionate to their state population. Republicans want to kill diversity programs,

“The economy’s unfettered strength is becoming more of a political liability for the White House” says the Washington Post

thebulwark.com/p/the-economy-…

There's a post from Brian Beutler today that is one of the best things written about the vibecession. Not because he dives into the data, but because he talks about the SOCIAL groups commenting on the economy, and their various incentives for pessimism. offmessage.net/p/meet-the-dea…

Sure Bernie and Biden get on better but let’s not forget that Bernie’s staff very openly hated Hillary and many of his closest advisors openly wanted her to lose, so this definitely wasn’t a one-sided thing. I hate that Twitter can’t stop re-litigating 2016.

It's the Senate bill with a minor tweak, yet it's now been rebranded as 'Johnson's foreign aid plan.' Just remarkable stuff. If I was this bad at my job, I'd have been disbarred years ago.

1. Insurance inflation is crazy right now, grocery price hikes suck, and housing is expensive.

2. Also, US income growth is leaving the industrialized world in the dust while wage inequality *decreases*.

Lotta online screaming matches b/w (1) and (2). But they’re both true!

Even where Biden has been unsuccessful legislatively, he put up the best fight possible knowing it would likely not pass. Voting rights is among the best examples. Yet voters say he “dropped the ball.” Future presidents will learn this lesson and not even try.

I dunno like I’ve said this before but Biden has overachieved expectations on almost every domestic and economic policy initiative, while leading a very stable, competent admin and I think it’s weird the way people feel they have to qualify their support for him in this way.

.Oliver Darcy on the double standard that needs to end: “The fact that Trump is the one apparently unable to stay awake in his own criminal trial isn't a trivial story. It's important. So why has much of the press fallen asleep at the wheel?” view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/17133…

This is the conventional wisdom though and what happens when journalists let polls drive the narrative, rather than inform them.

It's is absolutely bonkers that the President who is overseeing a record increase in jobs and a record decrease in crime is not getting more credit from the American public.

Given how famous this woman has become, this salary is atrocious. Thankfully she’ll be showered with endorsements but think of the other talented players who are not as fortunate.