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If You Build It, Will Voters Come?

Biden poses for a photo while campaigning with Harris at the IBEW Local Union #5 union hall in Pittsburgh
President Joe Biden poses for a photo as he campaigns with Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at the IBEW Local Union #5 union hall in Pittsburgh. Susan Walsh/AP

Today’s notice: How scary are Harris’ union problems in Pennsylvania? Which was spookier, when a comedian said the word “garbage,” or when Biden said it? Isn’t it eerie how COVID-19 just vanished from politics?


‘We’re Not Going Back’ vs. Look at These Jobs Numbers!

A centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s erstwhile reelection campaign was the jobs created through the billions of dollars in federal spending he spearheaded through the infrastructure law and Inflation Reduction Act. Vice President Kamala Harris has largely put that message on the back burner in favor of a forward-looking message on creating an “opportunity economy” and on abortion.