The Schaftlein Report | Andrew Crapuchettes & Mark Schaftlein

Recent News:

Dr. Fauci announces that he will be resigning in December, according to CNBC.

“The 81-year-old has advised seven U.S. presidents, starting with Ronald Reagan through the HIV/AIDS epidemic, West Nile virus, the 2001 anthrax attacks, pandemic influenza, various bird influenza threats, Ebola, Zika and, most recently, Covid and monkeypox.”

The CDC also announced that they will be relaxing their guidelines.

All of this just in time for midterms.

According to Fox Business, half of US companies surveyed are preparing to cut jobs.

“That's according to a new survey published on Thursday by consultant PwC, which last month polled more than 700 U.S. executives and board members from various industries. About half of respondents said they are preparing to reduce headcount — or already have — while 52% have implemented hiring freezes.”

But the WSJ wrote a this morning saying that people are still able to find jobs in record time. “But one characteristic of today’s economy is that job cuts at small startups and large companies have yet to dent the overall labor market. Labor demand is still historically strong, offering only faint signs of cooling. There are nearly two job openings for every unemployed person seeking work.”

There is still hope in this bleak economy for workers who are looking for pro-American businesses.

Gas Prices, Economy, and Crime continues to dominate midterm issues according to a recent poll, despite what main stream media wants you to believe.

According to Rasmussen: “Ninety-two percent are concerned about rising gas prices, while 68 percent are very concerned. Ninety-one percent are concerned about President Joe Biden’s economic recession. Sixty-six are very concerned. And 86 percent are concerned about violent crime. Sixty-one percent are very concerned.”

Beverly Hills department store bans masks due to rising crime rates.

“Fraser Ross, owner of the Kitson department store located in Beverly Hills, posted signs last Wednesday to inform shoppers that they would not be allowed to wear a mask in the store because of recent spikes in crime.”

Americans don’t care about liberal punditry and policies, they care about what is impacting them at home.

A new report finds that woke policies during the pandemic crushed downtown small businesses and economic activity in a number of blue cities, and these areas have yet to recover.

How the data was gathered:

“Our analysis incorporated data for 27 months from March 2020 to May 2022 for 62 cities of at least 350,000 people across the US and Canada. We then calculated a Recovery Quotient (RQ) for both downtowns and entire cities by comparing the total normalized device counts from the most recent 3 months of data compared to the first 3 months of data.”

Key Findings:

San Francisco’s downtown economic activity remains 69% below pre-pandemic levels, Portland’s is still down 59%, Detroit’s is down 58%, and Chicago is down 43%.

For medium sized cities: Cleveland is still down 64%, Minneapolis is still down 56%, and Oakland 54%.

Redfin released a new report that shows a record amount of homebuyers are actively preparing to relocate to conservative states. The top three cities, Miami, Tampa, and Phoenix, are netting the highest inflow of users. The top out-of-state origin for user searches was from either New York or Los Angeles.

According to CNBC’s Top States for Business 2022 Ranking, 9 of the top 10 states for ‘Business Friendliness’ have Republican Governors.

Washington D.C. is trying to incentivize people to move and buy homes in their city by offering 200k in loans to residents.

“Prospective homebuyers in Washington, D.C., can now receive more than $200,000 to help with their mortgage down payments, marking the latest effort by the city government to incentivize district residents

Americans are moving because of their freedoms are being infringed upon by woke liberal policies.

An RAF Chief Recruiter was allegedly instructed by her superiors to discriminate against white men in the hiring process. She quit in response to this.

The head of recruitment within Britain’s RAF is said to have been ordered by the “air force’s senior management to actively discriminate against white men in service of their woke agenda, a report published on Sunday alleges.”

Beverly Hills department store bans masks due to rising crime rates.

“Fraser Ross, owner of the Kitson department store located in Beverly Hills, posted signs last Wednesday to inform shoppers that they would not be allowed to wear a mask in the store because of recent spikes in crime.”

Washington D.C. is trying to incentivize people to move and buy homes in their city by offering 200k in loans to residents.

“Prospective homebuyers in Washington, D.C., can now receive more than $200,000 to help with their mortgage down payments, marking the latest effort by the city government to incentivize district residents to purchase homes.”

Developments at RedBalloon:

Expanding into Canada

Fighting wokeness in HR

Offering free job postings