Trump +1 over Biden, No Labels looming, and recession lead - declining liquor sales.

Barry White - always a good prescription when you're down.

Virginia FREE Friday at 4pm today

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Topics - 1) ABC/Liquor sales drop - recession indicator 2) Arena deal in danger 3) Marijuana and Skills Games to be legal if regulated and 4) Update on No Labels after Joe Manchin and Larry Hogan say, “No Thanks” - or did they?

Where are things?

RCP Average - basically 45 to 44.

Inflation is still the #1 thing…

And can you imagine inflation had U.S. crude not produced more?

Yes, supply and demand is still a real thing…#GasPrices

How Long Will the Two Party System Last?

What was the #1 message I got while campaigning door to door in 2001? Get in there and shake things up!

Would passing bipartisan legislation qualify as “shaking things up”?

Economic News:

Virginia trails majority of states in recent GDP growth. Might not be a swell time to kill economic development deals. Just sayin…

And pay attention to this little nugget of a graphic:

Aaaaannnd finally…mental health.

We can (and should) throw a lot of resources providing services to people who need it; however, we need to have much deeper and relevant conversations about turning our mental health around from the beginning of people’s lives rather than after their suffering requires professional care.

Feeling down? Cue up some Barry…