Democrats new hope they could electrify the black base and apathetic voters. But that special set of circumstances may not replicate unless democrats have the Great Fortune of running against an accused child molester in every race. They may be able to count on history. 1934 and 2002 were the only two midterms where the party in power picked up seats. If there is anything we learned in the trump era, this is unlike any other time in history. So past rules, trends and protocol dont apply. The president s Approval Rating is low, but the economy is high. Voters want to keep the streak going. It doesnt seem like voters are feeling contracted the way the Resistance Movement would like them to. If the economy continues to improve and lower unemployment and greater participation in that booth is what will drive voters. They will sitcom for thably on their fatter wallets and keep the yahoos in office who accidentally improved their economy. They may be disappointed his dismal marks dont correl
It now when i see it in this state i wish id never come back and this was iraqs second largest city founded thousands of years ago and its been a pillar of religion architecture and culture ever since its reconstruction will never be the same if it even happens and its population will be massively diminished official sources the iraqis and the u. S. Have all vastly understated the sheer volume of civilian suffering and death a thousand they said investigative journalists put the figure around ten thousand Senior Health chief in mosul who didnt want to be filmed told us the number is much higher. This book alone contains the names of seven thousand and i have five of these every day we go two or three more victims of music and. It will take tens of billions of dollars to rebuild mosul alone and there is a more pressing issue to deal with first the bodies the iraqis hoped the u. S. Led coalition would help resurrect mosul since its Bombing Campaign created much of this destruction the am
Abigail looking at mixed trading action for the major averages. Week, the major averages having their best Weekly Performance in years. With, a bit of a pause investors looking for direction and consolidation here. The dow down. 6 at session lows. The nasdaq ever so slightly higher. The dow being weighed on by the shares of walmart. Lets look at shares of walmart and home depot. Walmart down 9 . The company put up a disappointing fourthquarter this, theirhind ecommerce efforts with jet. Com not doing so well. They dont know the full effects of the tax overhaul. Overall, a disappointing quarter for walmart. Home depot has been higher, up 2 . They put up a solid quarter. The Earnings Guidance for the full year a bit below the forecast. Looking past the result and the fact that they had forecasts for shares ever so, slightly higher. Shares of righty trading higher on the news that albertsons is buying the company for 24 billion. Teaid tradingrigh higher. This will give private investors a
The hearing will come to order. Welcome to the committee on the president s fiscal year 2019 budget. Today we will hear testimony from directo the director of the of management and budget, the honorable nick o mulvaney. During the hearing well hear directly from the director and we appreciate you being here with us today. Your insight will be very helpful in our understanding. The president s budget marks the beginning of the federal budgeting process or budget season as we like to call it in the white house officially kicked off on monday. The budget request is important for both makers to consider along the way. Each fiscal year the administrations budget documents and spending priorityg priorities. These recommendations to congress are important for the Budget Committees in both chambers to consider as work crafting the budget resolution begins in earnest. Without question there are plenty of worthwhile ideas included in the president s budget this year. First i am encouraged that t
1 . The nasdaq, the tech heavy sector is making gains as well, perhaps having it turning positive for the first day in five. It will be interesting to see what happens with the nasdaq. Take a look at what is happening with the utilities. Those are outperforming, up about 2. 3 . Those are usually positively correlated with rates falling today. You are seeing utilities also gain. Lets jump into utilities a little more here. We are focused mostly on pinnacle west, about 4. 4 . They reported earnings today, and midpoint earnings per share of you did beat analyst estimates. They see tax reform as positive and are looking for about 1. 2 42019 and cap ex 2020. Investors are happy about that. We want to look at some of the semiconductors, because the Semiconductor Index is also outperforming here. Up about 1. 4 . Amd, downs are on about 1. 5 , but an analyst came out today and said he likes amd accelerating trends and growth both in pc gaming and cryptocurrencies should benefit the stock. Secu