VA/Youngkin in the mix, Policy MATH, and the coming generational clash!

Sinatra, Hootie, Aretha, and DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince

Virginia FREE Friday at 4pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86388890956

Topics:

1. Virginia is IN PLAY (see polling below from Fox News - not a right wing poll BTW)

2. Governor Youngkin met with Donald Trump - possible VP pick ? WAPO article here

3. Did SCOTUS take abortion off the ballot this year? WSJ op-ed here

4. Colorado’s marijuana market is changing - rapidly. Businesses are shuttering or laying off workers as sales have plunged by $700 million.

5. California learning the economic lesson of Minimum Wage :

   Average weekly earnings for leisure and hospitality employees in California have declined by 2.6% over the last year owing to a steep drop in hours worked. By contrast, those average weekly earnings rose 3% nationwide, 3.2% in Florida and 5.2% in Texas.

6. Take this ideological quiz and find out where you are! I rated a Traditional Conservative.

   

Happy Father’s Day!

Fox News Virginia Poll Biden v Trump II:

Age Gap Showing in Biden v Trump:

People born BEFORE 1959:

People born between 1995 and 2006:

Speaking of the kids:

Bill Maher: American Kids Are Way Too Confident And it’s all Paris Hilton’s fault.

America is a country whose children score low in math and science but off the charts in self-esteem. A study of eight developed countries found that U.S. students were dead last in math skills but number one in confidence in math skills, even though they suck at it. Yes, we’re number one in thinking we’re number one.

Jonathan Haidt: Smartphones Rewired Childhood. Here’s How to Fix It. Phones have made kids sedentary, solitary, anxious, and depressed. But, says the author and psychologist, we can reverse the damage.

But is A New Centrism Is Rising in Washington ?

Call it neopopulism: a bipartisan attitude that mistrusts the free-market ethos instead of embracing it.