And if all else fails, the government gets funded through a continuing resolution.īret: But the thing that mainly has me scared, Gail, is the state of the economy. The Supreme Court strikes down President Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan at the end of June. Both sides agree to higher Pentagon spending, especially to replenish inventories depleted by the war in Ukraine. The Biden administration returns unspent Covid funds. Continue ….īret: Kidding! I think there’s a deal out there that looks something like this: House Republicans agree to raise the debt ceiling. Gail: Let me interrupt again to point out that the states with the biggest soaring-crime problems are mainly Southern and quite red. Shootings and murders are down from last year, but carjackings and robberies are up. Gail: Taking one quick moment to point out that New York City has actually been doing pretty well in combating crime - in Manhattan, Trump’s longtime playground, the major crime rate is well below what it was in the 1990s.īret: I think the more recent evidence is mixed. whose priorities should be devoted to making his city safer from rising crime. But an indictment would force every Republican, including Trump’s primary rivals, to line up behind him, shine a media spotlight on him that can only benefit his candidacy and bring a lot of focus to bear on a left-wing D.A. It would be an exceptionally weak case, resting on what is ordinarily a misdemeanor offense, one that the Justice Department and the previous D.A., Cy Vance, refused to prosecute. Don’t know how much our former president knows about prosecutorial procedure, but he’s definitely got expertise when it comes to misconduct.īret: The way I read it, Trump is goading Bragg to indict.
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