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Inflation falls to 2.4%, lowest in three years
  • It shouldn't mean lower prices; deflation is bad, we just want a low rate of inflation. What we do want is for wages to outpace that, and for the past couple of years, they have for people at the lower end of the scale (which is also good)

  • Trump’s voter turnout operation in swing states is too small, GOP worries
  • It's a really interesting test of how much conventional campaigning and turnout strategies really matter nowadays.

    Quite a bit of what we do is because "we've always done it this way," and there's surprisingly little data on what actually makes a difference in an election at this level where both of the candidates are universally known.

  • Mark Kelly now heavy favorite to be Harris’ running mate as he blasts JD Vance on Ukraine
  • Of course, but I don't think that him as the VP candidate changes the odds of that much relative to the other contenders who don't come with that risk.

    VP candidates don't usually matter much in an election unless they're freaks with a couch fetish or something weird like that.

  • Mark Kelly now heavy favorite to be Harris’ running mate as he blasts JD Vance on Ukraine
  • Assuming Harris wins, the first midterm federal election is usually ugly for the president's party, so it'd be a risk. Especially coming off of this election where dems will have to be extremely lucky just to hold onto the majority (even with the vp tiebreaker).

  • Prosecutor won’t oppose Trump sentencing delay in hush money case after high court immunity ruling
  • Because the prosecution used some tweets from when he was in office to highlight intent, or something like that. The supreme court ruling makes them arguably "official presidential activity" and thus can't be used as evidence. So, any verdict stemming from the use of such evidence is invalid.

    I'm in favor of Biden testing the scope of this newly invented supreme court ruling with a few targeted drone strikes, perhaps, but maybe I'm just a bit pissed.

  • "independent journalism"
  • If Biden drops out of the race, the candidate would be Harris. He'd resign, endorse Harris, and it'd get confirmed at the convention. The only "fresh new, younger face" would be the VP pick.

    I'm not saying that's a problem, but the idea that that an open floor battle at the convention would be a good idea is nuts, and just discarding the sitting VP like that would probably shatter the democratic coalition.

  • Move over, Ford and Chevy: Kei trucks are pulling up as customers opt for smaller, cheaper vehicles
  • Smart cars had to pass US crash test standards and have the appropriate safety equipment. The kei trucks that you can currently import and use are 25+ years old and wouldn't have even passed US standards back then. Your legs are the crumple zone in these things.

    I assume that new ones would have a chance, but it'd be expensive for a manufacturer to modify and certify for the US market. Small cars haven't sold well here, and the profit margins are slim.

    Maybe with the recent size and price increases in autos here, well see some movement. I'd love a modern Honda kei to go with my element.

  • Trump supporters try to doxx jurors and post violent threats after his conviction
  • They're not silly at all, they're thugs. They want to influence the next one by showing the cost of going against them.

    Now, we're lucky that they're mostly grifting, incompetent, blustery cowards, so the risk isn't what it could be.

  • Morehouse Students Turn Their Backs, Walk Out of Graduation as Joe Biden Gives Speech
  • Gosh, you mean that he's playing by the rules that the republicans have put in place and not unilaterally disarming? How scandalous.

    They should flush the entire "money is speech" concept, but until we can replace most of the SC with people who don't suck, we work with what we got.

    Oddly, sort of related to some of these same complainers sitting out 2016. Weird how elections can have consequences.

  • State Farm discontinuing 72,000 home policies in California in latest blow to state insurance market
  • Not (re)building in areas prone to wildfires, mudslides, floods, and the like would be a good start. Otherwise, someone has to pay to rebuild when the ever more frequent disaster hits. State farm and other insurers suck in many ways, but this isn't unreasonable on their part.

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