Just One Thing: GOP up but Trump could more GOP voters than average
A new Gallup poll shows that more Americans self-identify as Republican than as Democrat for the first, or maybe the second, time in nearly a century. That sounds like good news for Republicans…and it is in the sense that in that particular metric you’d always rather be on top. And if former President Donald Trump were to get as high a percentage of the Republican vote as Republican presidential candidates usually do, you’d probably be looking at a Republican wave in three weeks. The issue is that Trump will likely lose more, maybe a lot more, Republican votes than Republicans usually do while Harris will likely get about the percentage of Democratic votes that Dems usually get. The question of “how many Republicans will come home at the end” will likely determine this election.
2024 Election Environment Favorable to GOP (gallup.com)
Favorable Ratings of Harris, Trump Remain Under 50% (gallup.com)
Today's Guests
William Cope Moyers joins me here to talk about his memoir, BROKEN OPEN: What Painkillers Taught Me About Life and Recovery an honest, courageous look at the years he struggled to reclaim his recovery after a dentist prescribed him painkillers after oral surgery.
Publishing in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, where William has worked for over 28 years he's here to talk about how there’s no one size fits all in the field of addiction and recovery.
Dr. Marty Makary is a professor of Medicine and the chief of Islet Transplant Surgery at Johns Hopkins. We'll discuss his new book about "blind spots" in the field of medicine.
Marty Makary M.D. (martymd.com)
Kel Karki owns three businesses in the area... two shops in Golden and one in Denver...
His vape shop in Golden is out of business after the City of Golden banned some of his most popular products, flavored e-cigarettes and tobacco.
His convenience store in Golden is also struggling as a result, and he's concerned about the possibility of a similar ban bringing his Denver store to the same fate.
Golden to extend $100K to retail shops hurt by flavored tobacco ban (denverpost.com)
Other Stuff
TikTok claims the information in the reporting is out of context, cherry-picked, etc. But if the effectively-unredacted information is correct, it sure is ugly for a company that already has plenty of enemies in government. (Trump used to be one of them but seems to have changed his mind based, probably, on politics.) TikTok knows its app is harming kids, new internal documents show : NPR
Kamala is showing desperation. Two examples: She agreed to an interview on Fox News and she's pandering to black men, something no Dem has had to do for at least two generations:
Harris will sit down with Baier for first Fox News interview | AP News
KAMALA HARRIS WILL DELIVER FOR BLACK MEN - Kamala Harris for President: Official Campaign Website
Harris Fights to Counter Trump’s Appeal With Black Men - WSJ
Yesterday I shared this Twitter/X thread from the company that was managing the Aurora apartment complexes that were "taken over" (according to some) by Venezuelan gangs:
Aurora's government sent a reply to the KOA News Desk when asked about it:
We are not going to give credence to these continued exaggerations. Please see the numerous previous statements and many public records we have provided.
These delinquent property owners, managers and/or “investors” conveniently fail to acknowledge that their own bank lenders took them to court in the last few weeks where a judge ordered some of their problematic properties into receivership. That means a judge has given the legal authority to a third-party receiver to actually manage the properties, and who the property owners will be forced to compensate.
Following up on yesterday's conversation with Nick Eberstadt about a globe soon to go into population decline: Worldwide Efforts to Reverse the Baby Shortage Are Falling Flat - WSJ
Wouldn't want to be him: After claims he died, reports now say Iran's Quds Force chief alive but under arrest | The Times of Israel
A lot to talk about here: Man arrested outside Trump Coachella rally denies assassination intent; he's 'all in' supporting Trump | Fox News
Oh, this is fun:
Space exploration is amazing again, thanks in large part to Elon Musk
(today's blog picture is of the Europa probe)
This is an oddly interesting boring story: Xcel energy efficiency rebate program resumes after PUC OKs transfer of money from 2025 budget - The Colorado Sun
Medical stuff:
Shortage of IV and dialysis fluid continues after Hurricane Helene:
Hurricane Helene: Baxter's manufacturing recovery in North Carolina | FDA
Not impossible that this was purposeful by the manufacturer: Big vials of Alzheimer's drug could cost Medicare $336M (axios.com)
Today's Videos
Turn down for what? For this little dude!
This is stupid but strangely amusing for 10 seconds