President Trump hailed the economic data as evidence that his policies on trade, taxes and other issues were working. Robust growth is good news for Republicans, who are counting on the economy to help them in midterm elections this fall.
NYT
I don't think Republicans know
their chances this fall are still low.
The data be damned;
most folks are still jammed --
and think that conservatives blow.
Companies are facing an erosion of faith in their ability to do the right thing with what they’ve learned. Most of us are using Facebook , for instance, but a growing number of us don’t trust Silicon Valley tech giants to responsibly handle what we share.
WSJ
Big Data get out of my life.
You've caused me enough painful strife.
If I want to stress
some more and not less,
I'll spend extra time with my wife!
President Trump chaired a meeting Friday of his most senior national security advisers to discuss the administration’s effort to safeguard November’s elections from Russian interference, the first such meeting he’s led on the matter, but issued no new directives to counter or deter the threat.
Washington Post
November will be here real soon --
so what of that old Russian goon
who hacks into polls
and screws up the rolls --
will all of our votes he dragoon?
— The traffic sign that greets visitors on the south side of Ulysses, a tiny town in rural far north-central Pennsylvania, is suitably quaint — a silhouette of a horse-drawn cart reminding drivers that the Amish use the roads, too. But on the north side of town is a far different display: a home dedicated to Adolf Hitler, where star-spangled banners and Nazi flags flutter side by side and wooden swastikas stand on poles.
Washington Post
Some minds close up shop when they're young,
and having accepted the dung
of mongering cheats
who think they're elites --
keep spreading manure with their tongue.
and having accepted the dung
of mongering cheats
who think they're elites --
keep spreading manure with their tongue.
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