Weekend Report: What's Going On?

Alito upside-down flag continues to shock. Inflation drops, markets soar, but "good for Biden" story is nowhere. Trump vows on "day one" to strip LGBTQ rights.

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The report and photograph published by The New York Times this week, showing Justice Samuel Alito flying a “Stop the Steal” symbol on his lawn—an upside-down American flag—were jaw-dropping, even considering his long-time extremism. But so much of the discussion has been on ethical “rules” and less about the truly disturbing aspect: The facts paint a picture of a radical jurist completely lost in the MAGA cult who, with his wife, Martha-Ann, saluted the January 6th insurrectionists. And will we see investigations by Democrats?….

The stock market isn’t a measure of the economy—except when it actually is. This week it soared not despite a weak economy, as we’ve oftentimes seen in the past, but because of reports that the inflation rate declined again. Investors foresaw the federal reserve soon lowering interest rates, and the Dow closed at 40,000 for the first time. Great news for Joe Biden—if you could find that political news anywhere…

And an interview Donald Trump gave with MAGA radio hosts flew under the radar of the corporate media—shocker!—in which Trump vowed, “on day one,” to roll back LGBTQ protections that President Biden had put in place to protect queer kids in schools from discrimination and bullying…