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The United States had the *best economy in the world* on Election Day, and voters threw it in the toilet for a candidate who was **promising to destroy the economy** because ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
![The Economist and MSNBC called the American economy heading into Election Day in 2024 “the envy of the world,” and The Wall Street Journal called it a “remarkable economy.” On October 31, 2024, just days before the close of the 2024 presidential election, MSNBC’s Morning Joe highlighted a litany of economic indicators demonstrating the continued strength, resilience, and stability of the American economy, with the hosts holding up a copy of that day’s Wall Street Journal, which stated, “The Next President Inherits a Remarkable Economy.” After listing a number of specific indicators that belied right-wing attacks on the Biden-Harris administration’s economic track record, co-host Willie Geist and economic analyst Steve Rattner reiterated that the American economy was “the envy of the world.” That phrase was drawn from an October 19, 2024, special report from The Economist titled “The envy of the world.” [MSNBC, Morning Joe, 10/31/24; The Economist, 10/19/24]
MSNBC and Politico described the United States as a “dream economy” as recently in October. During the October 14, 2024, edition of her program, MSNBC prime-time star Rachel Maddow highlighted how the mainstream press had recently begun to “begrudgingly” admit how vibrant the American economy was in the closing weeks of the election cycle, quoting a recent Politico piece that called it a “dream economy.” Maddow detailed various news reports on economic indicators showing all-time stock market values, stable inflation, historic job creation, “profoundly low” unemployment figures, increased wages and consumer spending, and strong economic growth outpacing the previous Trump administration. [MSNBC, The Rachel Maddow Show, 10/15/24]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nzcjpprq6fwcdnwpc45e3gsd/bafkreibfifoyotl5svenoufolj66reedad3xx2pehcccgq432hbl6kyv4q@jpeg)
April 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The United States had the *best economy in the world* on Election Day, and voters threw it in the toilet for a candidate who was **promising to destroy the economy** because ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
I called both my senators yesterday but it looks like Schumer rolled over.
March 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I called both my senators yesterday but it looks like Schumer rolled over.
They've been waiting for you...
February 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
They've been waiting for you...
I'd heard on Marketplace recently that while the unemployment rate is fairly good, the hiring rate is pretty dismal and may be a sign of things to come.
February 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I'd heard on Marketplace recently that while the unemployment rate is fairly good, the hiring rate is pretty dismal and may be a sign of things to come.
It really should have been caught.
Explains why Knox gets so much play.
Explains why Knox gets so much play.
January 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It really should have been caught.
Explains why Knox gets so much play.
Explains why Knox gets so much play.