Donald Trump's Incoherent "Word Salad" About Child Care

Donald Trump is becoming more incoherent every day of his campaign. He avoids questions with a nonsensical rambling word salad. A prime example of this occurred when he was asked (at the Economic Club of New York) what he would do to make child care more affordable. Here is his answer:

“Well, I would do that, and we’re sitting down—you know, I was, somebody, we had Senator Marco Rubio, and my daughter Ivanka was so impactful on that issue. It’s a very important issue. But I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I’m talking about, that—because look, child care is childcare, it’s—couldn’t, you know, it’s something, you have to have it, in this country you have to have it.

But when you talk about those numbers compared to the kind of numbers that I’m talking about by taxing foreign nations at levels that they’re not used to—but they’ll get used to it very quickly—and it’s not gonna stop them from doing business with us, but they'll have a very substantial tax when they send product into our country. Those numbers are so much bigger than any numbers that we’re talking about, including childcare, that it’s going to take care.

We’re gonna have—I look forward to having no deficits within a fairly short period of time, coupled with the reductions that I told you about on waste and fraud and all of the other things that are going on in our country, because I have to stay with childcare. I want to stay with childcare, but those numbers are small relative to the kind of economic numbers that I'm talking about, including growth, but growth also headed up by what the plan is that I just—that I just told you about.

We’re gonna be taking in trillions of dollars, and as much as childcare is talked about as being expensive, it’s relatively speaking not very expensive compared to the kind of numbers we’ll be taking in. We’re gonna make this into an incredible country that can afford to take care of its people, and then we’ll worry about the rest of the world. 

Let’s help other people, but we’re going to take care of our country first. This is about America first. It’s about ‘Make America Great Again.’ 

We have to do it because right now we’re a failing nation, so we’ll take care of it. Thank you. Very good question. Thank you.”

The Choice Is Humans Or Guns

Political Cartoon is by Gary Huck at huckkonopackicartoons.com.
 

Jimmy Carter Looks Forward To Voting For Kamala Harris

 

Liz Cheney Says She Will Vote For Kamala Harris

 

Harris & Walz Viewed More Favorably Than Trump & Vance

The chart above reflects the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between September 1st and 3rd of 1,389 registered voters, with a 3.3 point margin of error.

Inspired By Trump

Political Cartoon is by Clay Jones at claytoonz.com.
 

About 227,000 Workers Filed For Unemployment Last Week

 

The Labor Department released its weekly unemployment report on Thursday. Iy showed about 227,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending on August 31st. Here is the official Labor Department statement:

In the week ending August 31, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 227,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 231,000 to 232,000. The 4-week moving average was 230,000, a decrease of 1,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 231,500 to 231,750.

The ABC's In The United States

 Political Cartoon is by Matt Davies in Newsday.

The Mass Shooting In A Georgia School Is Just One Of Many

Another mass shooting is making the national news. This time it is in a Georgia High School, where a 14 year old killed four people (2 students and 2 teachers) and wounded several others. 

But that mass shooting (a shooting where at least four people are shot) is just one of many this year. Most of them don't make the national news. In the first 248 days of this year, there have been 385 mass shootings in the United States. That's an average of 1.55 mass shootings every day!

And once again, we are hearing Republicans offer up thoughts and prayers. But thoughts and prayers don't save innocent lives - and they don't stop or slow the mass shootings. The only thing that will do that is the passage of sensible gun laws.

Republicans oppose all gun laws and restrictions. They claim passing any gun laws will impinge of the right of citizens to buy and own a gun. That's a lie!

The right to buy and own a gun is not absolute. The Supreme Court has ruled that reasonable gun laws are constitutional - including who can buy a gun, where they can carry that gun, and what kind of gun can be bought or possessed. 

The court has ruled that criminals and other dangerous individuals may be restricted from buying or possessing a firearm of any kind. They upheld the background check law passed many years ago. But sadly, that background check law was full of holes, and allowed many dangerous people to purchase a gun without a background check. Republicans refuse to plug the holes in that law - even though between 80% and 90% of the public wants it done.

The 14 year old Georgia shooter had an assault-style weapon. That's not unusual any more. Many, if not most, mass shootings have been done with an assault weapon. Unfortunately, our politicians let the ban on those weapons expire (even though the Supreme Court had ruled it was constitutional). 

The ban on assault weapons needs to be reinstated. And any assault weapons allowed must be registered and required to have liability insurance in a significant amount. There is no legitimate reason to allow these kind of weapons to proliferate in our society.

I am not advocating anything that would violate the Second Amendment. But we need to pass reasonable and constitutional restrictions on guns that would keep them out of the hands of dangerous people while allowing decent and law-abiding citizens to own a gun.

That's not going to happen as long as Republicans have the power to block those laws. They must be voted out of power - and the coming November election is a great opportunity to do that. Vote for gun sanity. Vote for Democrats.

Birds Of A Feather

Political Cartoon is by Ann Telnaes in The Washington Post.
 

Republicans Continue To Value Guns More Than Students

 

The Trump Campaign Will Get Much Nastier

 

Harris Has A Huge Advantage Among Young Voters

 

The charts above are from the NBC News Stay Tuned Gen Z Poll -- done between August 23rd and 30th of a nationwide sample of young voters (age 18 to 29), with a 3.1 point margin of error.

Trump Visits The "Suckers And Losers"

 Political Cartoon is by John Cole in the Scranton Times-Tribune.