We return with Nick’s rain-soaked golf complaints before Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes center stage. Axios reports that Democrats in some competitive congressional races do not want her campaigning with them, while other national Democratic figures are receiving invitations. We discuss AOC’s possible future plans, reported results for Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates and whether affordability, energy prices and the Iran conflict matter more to persuadable voters than Republican messages on the border and crime.
The conversation shifts to Philadelphia after a WalletHub study places the city ninth on its broad unsafe-city measure. We question how much the list tells us about violent crime once natural-disaster exposure and financial factors are mixed into the calculation. Jared Clapper then supplies one of the morning’s most relatable stories: a workplace report where taking credit for somebody else’s work tops the list of coworker complaints, followed by micromanaging, gossip and favoritism.
