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news that our economy had zero percent inflation in the month of julyy, zero percent. okay, we ll have more on that a little bit later in the show, i promise. but first, there never been a more important day for the permanent washington time than inauguration day for joe biden. january 20th last year it was moment democrats and their voters in the federal bureaucracy have been waiting for for four years. none of it had to do with joe biden or possibilities his presidency could bring to them.t the best part about joe biden taking office was donald trump was leaving office, although it was made possible because somehow voters during a pandemicus had accomplished what, four years off witch hunts, pausing to investigate the full force of surveillance state could not removing donald trump from the white house despite getting seventy four million votes. but it quickly becameus clear removing donald trump was not the end goal. believe it or not, almost immediately joe biden and his
yesterday s hearing. why is he more willing to fight the case in the court of public opinion than in actual court of law? plus, the former chief financial executive in the trump organization could have him testifying against the company in another trial that is expected to run up against the november elections. and speaking of the midterms, mitch mcconnell downplays now republican chances of retaking the senate, blaming the, quote, quality of his party s candidates. we ll have the new polling and reporting that shows mcconnell s concerns may be well-founded. joe, some more polls in the critical senate races across the country show why mcconnell may be concerned in august. word is they ve already given up on pennsylvania. they ve already given up on dr. oz. they re probably going to focus more in ohio and j.d. vance, hoping that he has a chance. but we have polls showing that this area, this stretch of critical swing states in the upper midwest all breaking against the r
scheme, as he tries to avoid more jailtime. and also today, walmart, walgreen s, and cvs, all ordered to pay up in a multimillion dollar opioid settlement. where will that money go, as prosecutors claim they helped fuel a silent epidemic that left so many americans hooked and hundreds of thousands dead. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we ll start with our politics lead. major developments when it comes to learning more details behind the mar-a-lago raid. this afternoon, u.s. magistrate judge bruce rhinehart ruled he will unseal additional documents surrounding the search and left the door open for releasing parts of the actual affidavit, which lays out in detail why the justice department felt the need to take the unprecedented step of searching the home of a former president. the doj is against revealing that affidavit. they say it would provide a road map for their criminal investigation to possible future defendants. and they say it could chill future cooperation b
national review s headline today made me howl. moderate come outs against biden s out of touch, student loan forgiveness. schoo on to quote ohio democrat and senate candidate tim ryan , who claimed yesterday that the biden debtat cancelation sends the wrong messag thee to the millions of ohioans without a degreeor working just as hardking to make ends meet. now, ryan thinks voters are really stupid. wit he voted with pelosi and biden 100% of the time this congress. yeah, and yet now because he s running against a real populist in advance, he s tried to morph into being is one himself. it s all lies. the trutall liesthe trh is , ift ryan , just like allen the other pretend moderates out there will be another sure vote for the biden agenda. and biden s doddering demeanor is so bad thes ise days that democrats who are up for reelection are saying thanks ree but no thanks, joe .ppearanc to any personal appearances by the leader of their owntheir partowy. you can believe it. mark