“Oligarchs Overriding the Will of Democratic Voters,” stated the opening words of an emailed news update by longtime leftist attorney-turned award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald. The Teamsters union represents some 1.3 million members who are traditionally Democratic in stance, but as left-leaning CBS News said (see Part V below) reported, Teamster’s President Sean “O’Brien’s speech signifies a shift within the GOP that’s become more visible since Trump’s election in 2016. The party has moved from a corporate, Wall Street-focused message toward a more worker-friendly tone.” As left-leaning Axios said: “Teamsters president Sean O’Brien savages big business in RNC speech.” The right-leaning Daily Signal (also Part V below) noted that O’Brien said: “The biggest recipients of welfare in this country are corporations, and this is real corruption. We must put workers first.” Next, per left-leaning Wikipedia: “Amber Rose Levonchuck is an American model, rapper and television personality.” Rose electrified RNC attendees in remarks that began with her saying: “We’ve been lied to.” Business Insider said: “In a since-deleted Instagram post the same year, Rose described herself as: “Black, Portuguese, Irish, and Italian.” The Black Entertainment Network (BET) said: “Amber Rose’s mother is actually Cape Verdean” (i.e.: Black).  This article will include be a smorgasbord of topics that address the headline issues including the need for more affordable housing, higher incomes, lower living costs, greater peace and security as union leaders, politicos, and everyday Americans from a diverse age, ethnicity, economic, and political backgrounds were paraded on stage with a largely positive message for creating a brighter future during the opening day of the 2024 Republican National Convention.

Tens of millions typically tune in to such conventions, which left-leaning Bing’s AI powered Copilot said: “The Republican National Convention (RNC) for 2024 officially began in Milwaukee on Monday. Despite an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump just days before, the convention proceeded with more than 50,000 attendees, including approximately 2,400 Republican delegates¹… If you’re interested in watching the convention, you can tune in via the City Channel, which broadcasts the event 24/7 until midnight on July 19³.” Cable-cutting MHProNews monitored parts of the convention via the RNC’s livestream via YouTube.

As a programming notice, MHProNews notes that today there will be a virtual discussion on the Duty to Serve (DTS) Manufactured Housing which this writer is scheduled to present at later today, which will be covered in a planned upcoming report.  That noted, several items from yesterday’s RNC convention were different or even historic in nature, as Republicans take yet another step away from being the “corporate” party to becoming a bigger, broader, more populist party that embraced union leaders, women and men of various ages, backgrounds, and ethnicities sharing a largely optimistic vision for the future while candidly addressing the current challenges and those of recent years which led the U.S.A. to this moment in time.

“Whenever any American’s life is taken by another American unnecessarily – whether it is done in the name of the law or in the defiance of law, by one man or a gang, in cold blood or in passion, in an attack of violence or in response to violence – whenever we tear at the fabric of life which another man has painfully and clumsily woven for himself and his children, the whole nation is degraded.” – Robert F. Kennedy on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (1968)

Not necessarily in any order of importance are the following items, starting with The Center Square‘s provided report to MHProNews about a July 2024 “right track/wrong track” survey. This helps frame the ‘mood’ of the nation, which for years such polls have indicated that the U.S. is on ‘the wrong track.’

Part I

Poll: Two thirds of American voters say country is heading in wrong direction

• By Carleen Johnson | The Center Square

A new poll of voters finds two thirds of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, with Democrats equally divided on the question.

The Center Square Voters’ Voice poll found 65% of voters said the country is headed in the wrong direction, 24% said the country is headed in the right direction and 11% were unsure.

When voters were asked the same question in late March, 62% said things were moving in the wrong direction, while 29% said things were moving in the right direction and 9% were unsure.

Broken down by party preference, the results are sharply delineated.

Among Republicans, 87% said the country is headed in the wrong direction, with just 8% saying the country heading is headed in the right direction and 5% unsure.

Among Democrats, 43% said America is heading in the right direction. An almost equal percentage – 42% –  said the nation is headed in the wrong direction, with 16% of Democrats saying they are unsure.

Sixty-nine percent of voters who identify as independents said the country is headed in the wrong direction, 16% said America is headed in the right direction and 15% weren’t sure.

In the upcoming presidential election, Black and Hispanic voters could make the difference in whether President Joe Biden is re-elected, or former President Donald Trump earns a second, nonconsecutive term.

In the March poll, 59% of Hispanic voters said the country is going the wrong way. In last week’s poll, that number is up just slightly to 60%.

Among Black voters, 44% in last week’s poll said the country is going in the wrong direction. Back in March that number was only 35%.

“This is a big red flashing light that says ‘warning-warning,’” said David Byler of Noble Predictive Insights. “Democrats have a big problem here.”

Byler tells The Center Square, “Gone are the days when Barack Obama won Black voters 90 to 95%.

Byler cautioned that, in the 2020 election, actual results from Hispanic voters gave Trump slightly less of a bump than polls before the election indicated. Still he said, “Trump is doing a lot better with Black voters and a lot better with Hispanic voters than he was in 2020.”

In terms of income, 71% of likely voters making more than $100,000 a year said the country is going in the wrong direction. Of voters making less than $50,000, 63% said things are going the wrong way.

Gender seemed to make no difference in voter opinions, with 65% of women and 66% of men indicating the country is going in the wrong direction.

The poll was taken July 8-11 and included a sample of 2,295 likely voters: 1,006 Republicans, 1,117 Democrats, and 172 independents.

The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1%. ##

Part II – From the Daily Signal to MHProNews is the following. 

MHProNews notes that one item that should be underscored about J.D. Vance is that he was not a Trump fan for some time. Updates 2:49 PM ET. The New York Times noted about Vance’s wife that: “The daughter of Indian immigrants, Usha Chilukuri grew up in a San Diego suburb.”

Usha Chilukuri Vance resigned her job at Munger, Tolles & Olson (a DNC law firm in San Francisco), effective with the announcement of her husband, JD Vance, being selected by Donald Trump as his Vice-President nominee.

Congratulations to Usha Chilukuri and JD Vance pic.twitter.com/tGchosu4Rp

— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) July 16, 2024

5 Things to Know About JD Vance

Tyler O’Neil | July 15, 2024

Donald Trump selected Sen. JD Vance from Ohio on Monday as his running mate in the Nov. 5 election, which the former president hopes will return him to the White House. Vance accepted and Vice President Kamala Harris said she’s ready to debate him.

So, who is JD Vance?

Here are five things to know about him.

1. A Marine

Vance served in the Marine Corps from 2003 to 2007 as a combat correspondent. He deployed to Iraq for six months in late 2005.

Vance is one of four Marines currently serving in the Senate. The other three are Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Ct.; Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska; and Todd Young, R-Ind.

The late former astronaut John Glenn is the only other person to have represented Ohio in the Senate as a Marine.

2. Venture Capitalist

After graduating from Ohio State University in 2009 and Yale Law School in 2013, Vance worked at PayPal founder Peter Thiel’s venture capital firm Mithril Capital between 2016 and 2017.

Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy will immediately recognize the name of Thiel’s firm, which is a reference to an extremely strong and valuable dwarven metal that saves Frodo Baggins’ life in the Peter Jackson film version of “The Fellowship of the Ring.”

Vance also included a nod to Tolkien when he launched his own venture capital firm in Cincinnati. He started Narya Capital in 2020, naming it after one of the three elven rings in “The Lord of the Rings.” The wizard Gandalf (played by Ian McKellen in Jackson’s films) wore the ring, which helps its wearer resist tyranny.

3. ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

While working at Mithril Capital, Vance published his bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of Family and Culture in Crisis” in 2016.

“Hillbilly Elegy,” which describes Vance’s youth in the hollowed-out Rust Belt, captured the struggles of Middle America and catapulted him to cultural and political stardom.

The book highlights the Appalachian values of Vance’s Kentucky family and the socioeconomic problems of his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, where his mother’s parents settled when they were young. Ron Howard directed a 2020 film adaptation starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams.

Commentators noted that the struggles Vance revealed in his memoir echo the experiences of the “forgotten men and women” who helped elect Trump as president in 2016.

4. U.S. Senator

Vance, who initially criticized the former president, received Trump’s endorsement in the 2022 U.S. Senate race in Ohio, ultimately defeating Democratic nominee Rep. Tim Ryan.

As senator, Vance has championed many of Trump’s issues. Vance repeatedly has warned about the consequences of illegal immigration and has loudly supported funding the completion of Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Vance has opposed experimental transgender medical interventions for minors—often euphemistically branded “gender-affirming care” to hide the true nature of such procedures. He introduced the Protect Children’s Innocence Act to make interventions such as “puberty blockers,” cross-sex hormones, and transgender surgeries a felony when performed on minors.

“Under no circumstances should doctors be allowed to perform these gruesome, irreversible operations on underage children,” the Ohio Republican said in introducing the bill.

Vance has indicated that he would support a federal ban on abortions after 15 weeks’ gestation, although he more recently said abortion laws should be up to the states in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling. In an interview July 7 with “Meet the Press,” Vance said he supports Americans having access to mifepristone, an abortion pill.

He has argued that the U.S. should shift its focus to East Asia, criticized unaccountable U.S. military aid to Ukraine, and backed funding for Israel during its war with the Hamas terrorist organization.

5. Family and Faith

Vance, who turns 40 on Aug. 2, has three children with his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance, whom he married in 2014.

Although the Ohio senator grew up in a “conservative, evangelical” branch of Protestantism, he told The Washington Post that he was seriously considering converting to Catholicism in September 2016. He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church in Cincinnati in 2019.

Vance chose Augustine of Hippo as his confirmation saint. Augustine, best known for his seminal works “Confessions” and “City of God,” helped found a robust intellectual tradition in the Catholic Church and inspired many Protestants as well.

“One of the subtexts about my return to Christianity is that I had come from a world that wasn’t super-intellectual about the Christian faith,” Vance told columnist Rod Dreher in 2019. “I spend a lot of my time these days among a lot of intellectual people who aren’t Christian. Augustine gave me a way to understand Christian faith in a strongly intellectual way.”

“I also went through an angry atheist phase,” Vance added. “As someone who spent a lot of his life buying into the lie that you had to be stupid to be a Christian, Augustine really demonstrated in a moving way that that’s not true.” ##

Part III

Amber Rose gives a powerful speech at the RNC Convention:

“I’m no politician and I don’t want to be, but I do care about the truth, and the truth is that the media has lied to us about Donald Trump .. I know this because, for a long time, I believed those lies so I’m here to… pic.twitter.com/MUGxhSP0wj

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 16, 2024

MHProNews Note: the second person between Tucker and Trump is Rep Byron Donalds (FL-R), though the tweet says “Rick.”  J.D. Vance is, as noted above, is the junior U.S. Senator from Ohio, and Trump’s selected running mate for vice president. Johnson is Mike Johnson (LA-R), the Speaker of the House.

Tucker, Rick, Trump, Vance, Johnson
Make America Powerful Again pic.twitter.com/Zc4Tspjixc

— Ravi Rana (@RaviRRana) July 16, 2024

Part IV – Miscellaneous Related 

This is so epic. The July 13th rally attack is already an anime legend in Japan. pic.twitter.com/OFZwPtjZw2

— Amit Shah (Parody) (@Motabhai012) July 16, 2024

Per the Daily Caller, the following was rejected by Google. “Google shut down our ads promoting our documentary about election fraud because they could “undermine trust in [the] democratic process.” While this has ‘nothing’ to do with the RNC 2024 convention, it is an interesting item that relates to the struggles going on in our nation today, and thus is relevant.

RFK Jr FINALLY gets Secret Service protection!

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas: “In light of this weekend’s events, the President has directed me to work with the Secret Service to provide protection to @RobertKennedyJr”

Amazing how it took Trump being a centimeter away from… pic.twitter.com/4ClXrpDab7

— Jeff Dornik (@jeffdornik) July 15, 2024

Shirt link ❤️👇https://t.co/7mW4ApFQIz pic.twitter.com/FRRY2qv8j6

— Aaron Snell (@melllooows) July 16, 2024

Video shows sniper’s reaction to assassination attempt on Trump

Looks like he saw it but didn’t react fast enough.https://t.co/D4BkI8e5lK https://t.co/QWjy3RsUeY pic.twitter.com/7Rb3JWUPhY

— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) July 14, 2024

New footage shows sniper appearing to notice the suspect just milliseconds before the shot at Trump.
The sniper could be seen looking up in what appeared to be shock the moment the first bullet rang out.
The suspect, who was on top of a structure, was then quickly neutralized. pic.twitter.com/k0UcxqWJkH

— Tanzil Gillani (@TanzilGillani) July 14, 2024

Here’s an eyewitness account that may provide some answers on how a sniper was allowed close proximity to Trump?#TrumpAssassinationAttempt pic.twitter.com/FlPsj33I1s

— IamLegend 🇺🇸 (@DarkSideAdvcate) July 14, 2024

Note that left-leaning PolitiFact said:

Claims that the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump was staged are baseless

Examples from PolitiFact included this online comment.

“Trump staging a fake shooting at his rally is amazing theater,” one X user wrote. “We saw him smash fake blood on the side of his head. Those were not gunshot sounds.”

PolitiFact also said:

These claims are baseless.

The FBI is investigating the shooting as an assassination attempt. PolitiFact found no credible news reports or official accounts that the shooting was staged. It was witnessed by thousands of rally attendees, including dozens of news photographers and reporters.

The FBI identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the suspect who shot former President Donald Trump.

Crooks was registered as a Republican in a state where crossover voting was encouraged. Crooks reportedly made a single donation to Joe Biden on the day of his inauguration. According to a tweet that cited left-leaning ABC News:

Part V

Per left-leaning CBS News: “Sean O’Brien, Teamsters union chief, becomes first Teamster to address RNC.” From that source are the following.

“Today, the Teamsters are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party,” O’Brien said. “We will create an agenda and work with a bipartisan coalition, ready to accomplish something real for the American worker. And I don’t care about getting criticized.”

O’Brien tackled topics that aren’t typically fodder for Republican voters. He blasted big businesses like Walmart and Amazon. He admonished the Chamber of Commerce, calling it “unions for big business.” And he said Washington isn’t looking out for workers. …”

“The American people aren’t stupid, they know the system is broken,” he said. “We all know how Washington is run. Working people have no chance of winning this fight. That’s why I’m here today, because I refuse to keep doing the same things my predecessors did.” …

“President Trump is a candidate who is not afraid of hearing from new, loud and often critical voices, and I think we all can agree, whether people like him or they don’t like him, in light of what happened to him on Saturday, he has proven to be one tough S.O.B.,” O’Brien said.

That “S.O.B.” line sparked resounding applause and cheers from the convention hall.

Several months ago, O’Brien said he asked to speak at both the RNC and Democratic National Convention. Trump invited him to speak, he said.

“President Trump had the backbone to open the doors to this Republican Convention, and that’s unprecedented,” he said. “No other nominee in the race would have invited the Teamsters into this arena.”

At the end of the day, O’Brien said, the Teamsters aren’t interested if a candidate has a “D,” “R” or “I” next to his or her name.

O’Brien’s speech signifies a shift within the GOP that’s become more visible since Trump’s election in 2016. The party has moved from a corporate, Wall Street-focused message toward a more worker-friendly tone. ##

Per left-leaning Axios, the following.

Teamsters president Sean O’Brien delivered a fiery address to close out the first night of the Republican National Convention, castigating big businesses and corporate lobby groups for “waging a war against American workers” — and calling for labor law reform.

Why it matters: O’Brien’s speech stood out among the partisan lineup because he did not endorse former President Trump, yet the Teamsters leader got the most speaking time of the evening.

The big picture: O’Brien’s prominence at the RNC highlights just how important the labor vote is this November, particularly in pivotal swing states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

• The speech is the clearest sign of a potential realignment in political loyalties that has Democrats nervous.

Zoom in: While the Teamsters have endorsed Republican presidential candidates previously, a union president had never spoken at an RNC before.

• “It’s an honor to be the first Teamster and our 121 year history to address The Republican National Convention,” O’Brien said.
• He called for bipartisan action on labor reform. A stunning move at a partisan event — amid a party traditionally opposed to unions. He even called out the GOP for its opposition to labor.

You would be forgiven for mistaking O’Brien’s speech as an address at a Democratic convention or in a union hall.

• “Labor law must be reformed. Americans vote for a union, but can never get a union contract,” he said.
• “Companies fire workers who try to join unions and hide behind toothless laws that are meant to protect working people but are manipulated to benefit corporations. This is economic terrorism at its best, an individual cannot withstand such an assault.” …##

I am proud to have been recognized by Sean O’Brien and the @Teamsters for my bipartisan efforts at the RNC! I’ll never stop fighting for working families in the Hudson Valley and across America 💪🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/0SAYWAEgHx

— Mike Lawler (@lawler4ny) July 16, 2024

From the right-leaning Daily Signal is the following provided to MHProNews about O’Brien’s speech.

NEWS

Teamsters Chief Praises JD Vance, Among Other GOP Lawmakers, at Convention

In a rare occurrence, the head of one of America’s largest and oldest labor unions spoke about corporate greed at a Republican National Convention.

“The Teamsters are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party,” Sean O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, told convention delegates Monday night.

O’Brien said he was invited to speak at the convention by former President Donald Trump, who watched the entire speech, along with others, while seated in the convention hall.

“I don’t care about getting criticized. It’s an honor to be the first Teamster in our 121-year history to address the Republican National Convention,” O’Brien said.

The Teamsters have not yet endorsed a presidential candidate, though the union endorsed President Joe Biden in 2020. O’Brien has praised Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, among a few other Republican lawmakers, for what he characterized as pro-union policies.

Trump announced earlier Monday that Vance would be his running mate.

He said he wanted to build a bipartisan coalition to support American workers. He also said he sought to speak to both the Republican and Democratic conventions.

He did note that in the past the Teamsters endorsed Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush, all Republicans.

O’Brien said his decision to speak at the GOP gathering caused “political unrest.”

“Anti-union groups demanded the president rescind his invitation,” he said. “The Left called me a traitor. This is precisely why it’s so important for me to be here today. Think about this. I must be doing something correct if the extremes in both parties think I shouldn’t be on this stage.”

O’Brien praised Vance, as well as Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and Reps. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., Brian  Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., for what he characterized as listening to unions and standing up to corporations.

“The Teamsters and the GOP may not agree on a lot of issue, but a growing group has shown the courage to sit down and consider points of view that aren’t funded by big money think tanks,” O’Brien said.

The union leader said corporations have their own union in the form of groups such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable.

O’Brien said “elites have no party and no nation,” but are only loyal to their balance sheets

He called for what he characterized as more pro-worker trade policies as well as policies that prevent companies from leaving the United States to improve their bottom line.

The Teamsters president also decried what he called “economic terrorism” by companies that prevent employees from unionizing.

He called for “corporate welfare reform,” noting the amount of government subsidies massive corporations such as Amazon, Uber, and Lyft are getting.

“These companies offer no real health insurance, no retirement benefits, no paid leave, [and are] relying on underfunded public assistance,” O’Brien said. “And who foots the bill? The individual taxpayer. The biggest recipients of welfare in this country are corporations, and this is real corruption. We must put workers first.” ##

Part VI – A Sampling of Others at RNC

CEO of Goya Foods Robert “Bob” Unanue speaks to the RNC in support of President Trump 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/n60yswgDff

— CTGOP (@CTGOP) July 16, 2024

Nicaraguan immigrant Linda Fornos says she made a mistake in 2020#RNC2024 #RNCConvention #Trump #Biden #News pic.twitter.com/qxOmSEzYdO

— Federal Network (@FedNet) July 16, 2024

Leadership has consequences. It matters who’s in the White House. I’ve been a governor under both @realDonaldTrump and Biden. People ask me the biggest difference, I tell them President Trump honored the Constitution.

He LET ME DO MY JOB. pic.twitter.com/tqAoL4RKIq

— Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) July 16, 2024

MHProNews Notes that Donalds is a Congressman from Florida (R), not (yet) a senator.

2024 RNC Convention. Day 1.
Senator Byron Donalds Speaks.
Listen to @ByronDonalds @RepDonaldsPress#RNC2024 #MAGA #DonaldTrump #TrumpVance2024 pic.twitter.com/cT4spXPI3B

— Truth Patriot (@Truth2Everyone) July 16, 2024

The theme for the first day was ‘make America wealthy’ again. Gov. Glen Younkin (VA-R) was a featured speaker in a key swing state. MHProNews notes our prior cautionary reporting in 2021 about Youngkin’s ties to Carlyle.

Gov. @GlennYoungkin: President Trump built “the strongest economy, the mightiest military, energy independence, unlimited opportunity uplifting every American…and he will do it again!”pic.twitter.com/4V1wwcUvi6

— GOP (@GOP) July 16, 2024

Part VII – Additional Information with More MHProNews Analysis and Commentary in Brief

1) Rapper, model, influencer Amber Rose said, “We’ve been lied to.”

2) Teamster’s President O’Brien said: “The biggest recipients of welfare in this country are corporations, and this is real corruption. We must put workers first.”

3) CBS noted that: “O’Brien’s speech signifies a shift within the GOP that’s become more visible since Trump’s election in 2016. The party has moved from a corporate, Wall Street-focused message toward a more worker-friendly tone.”

4) As left-leaning Axios said: “Teamsters president Sean O’Brien savages big business in RNC speech.”

5) No person, no political party is perfect. Usually, mere mortals are far from ideal. For years, MHProNews has illustrated the immense, and at times abused power, of the mainstream media and big tech. For instance, this graphic below has been used by MHProNews since January 22, 2020.

6) The quote-image below about Abraham Lincoln’s famous remark has been used since December 19, 2017.

7) Variations of this quote graphic of Samuel Clemens (a.k.a.: Mark Twain) have been used since March 9, 2019.

8) Because of the power of Big Tech to suppress, throttle, or censor and remove information they decide to squelch, what should be an information age is in too many cases a misinformation age. Media experts, and media insiders have said as much, so these are not ‘conspiracy theories’ but demonstrably true concerns.

9) More recently…

10) Dr. Chrysalis Wright, Ph.D., has shared important points. It does take more time to get news from a range of sources across the left-right media divide. It does take time to fact check, and not simply swallow the narrative that is often spoon fed to groups by individuals or organizations that are ‘trusted.’

11) This pattern very much applies to manufactured housing, as MHProNews has been reporting for years. For example, it is entirely possible that if not for the efforts of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (a.k.a.: MHARR), and reporting with analysis by MHProNews/MHLivingNews, that there would be no suit by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) with respect to the Department of Energy (DOE) energy case.

12) The manipulation of the American public using media and other methods is hardly new. It dates back well over a century. Because it has been well documented, for those willing to investigate the truth behind seemingly well told myths and fables, it should be all the more reason to question what and be skeptical when political/governmental rhetoric is deployed. To help inform our readers on more accurate vs. less accurate history, MHProNews periodically does reports like the ones linked below.  It is only after these sorts of insights are understood that it becomes easier to understand how manufactured housing could remain suppressed for essentially all of the 21st century.

13) We opened with the headline: ‘Oligarchs Overriding Will of Democratic Voters’ ‘Corporate Welfare’ ‘We’ve Been Lied to’ More Affordable Housing Call as 2/3rds Say Nation on Wrong Track.” The markets report follows shortly.

It may take 10x to 12x more time to do a fact and evidence-packed article like this than it does to do a 400-to-800-word news item, but this article lays out plenty of insights that allow thinking Americans and others to ponder what the evidence means. That’s part of what “Industry News, Tips, and Views Pros Can Use” ^© where “We Provide, You Decide” ^© means.

14) As a programming note, the FHFA-GSEs listening session for the Duty to Serve (DTS) manufactured housing takes place this afternoon. This writer for MHProNews’ will once again be providing an approximately 7-minute fact-packed presentation. Teaser: it will be scathing and revealing. We plan to publish it this week for our readers. Others will be provided as they are obtained. The video below will be referenced. Don’t miss it.

Part VIII – Our Daily Business News on MHProNews stock market recap which features our business-daily at-a-glance update of over 2 dozen manufactured housing industry stocks.

This segment of the Daily Business News on MHProNews is the recap of yesterday evening’s market report at the closing bell, so that investors can see-at-glance the type of topics may have influenced other investors. Our format includes our signature left (CNN Business) and right (Newsmax) ‘market moving’ headlines for a more balanced report.

The macro market moves graphics below provide context and comparisons for those invested in or tracking manufactured housing connected equities. Meaning, you can see ‘at a glance’ how manufactured housing connected firms do compared to other segments of the broader equities market.

In minutes a day, readers can get a good sense of significant or major events while keeping up with the trends that may be impacting manufactured housing connected investing.

MHProNews note, bold emphasis added below.

Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business – 7.15.2024

• Dow closes at record high after Trump survives assassination attempt
• People look at images of an injured former U.S. President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
• Conspiracy theories spread wildly after the first assassination attempt on a US president in the social media age
• A man is holding Macy’s paper bag in Manhattan, New York, United States of America, on July 5th, 2024.
• Macy’s rejected a takeover offer and is betting on itself
• Google is in advanced talks to buy Wiz, a person familiar with the matter told CNN.
• Google is close to making its biggest acquisition ever
• The spike in shares is sharply lifting the value of Trump’s dominant stake in the owner of Truth Social.
• Trump Media shares spike 30% after assassination attempt
• BlackRock said it would “make all video footage available to the appropriate authorities.”
• BlackRock pulls commercial that included Trump rally shooter
• Jonathan Akeroyd, who was started as the Burberry CEO in April 2022, is being replaced.
• Burberry CEO is out after company warns about its profit
• The logo for MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program.
• ‘Morning Joe’ pulled from air Monday because of Trump shooting
• Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends a major political gathering in Beijing in March.
• China’s Communist Party meets to set direction for troubled economy
• The New York Stock Exchange in a recent photo.
• US markets are steady following assassination attempt on Trump
• ‘You’re next’: Some Trump supporters blame the media for assassination attempt
• The new hot truck comes from Japan and looks like a toy
• Most businesses that failed this year come from one sector of the economy
• These millions of Americans are more likely to live in poverty, be unemployed and have no family support
• Postage is going up again. You should care, even if you don’t send mail
• Boeing defrauded the US and got off with a ‘slap on wrist.’ Here’s how
• Meta is lifting restrictions on Trump’s accounts
• How AT&T customers can protect themselves in the latest data breach
• Nearly all AT&T cell customers’ call and text records exposed in a massive breach
• Stop & Shop is closing 32 ‘underperforming’ locations. Here’s where
• Unexpected bad news for inflation: Wholesale prices rose in June
• A big bank threatens to end free checking. Others may follow. Here’s why that sounds worse than it is
• A big change could come to the US economy in September

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Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax – 7.15.2024

• Trump Picks Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as His Running Mate
• Trump Assassination Attempt
• Ruddy: I Spoke With President Trump Today
• Secret Service Head to Testify Before House Oversight
• Biden Orders Secret Service for RFK Jr.; RFK, Trump Talk Unity
• FBI Gains Access to Shooting Suspect’s Phone
• Video Shows Onlookers Pointing Out Trump Gunman
• Reports: Locals Handled Rooftop Security at Trump Rally
• Fire Chief Used His Body to Shield Family
• Jill Biden Spoke to Melania Trump After Assassination Attempt
• What to Know About Trump Assassination Attempt Probe | video
• Local Officer Encountered Gunman Just Before He Fired
• Vatican: Assassination Attempt ‘Wounds People and Democracy’
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APO = Apolo Global Management – bought Inspire Communities

BAM = Brookfield Asset Management – owns and invests in manufactured home communities (MHCs).

BLK = BlackRock – conglomerate has investments in firms and operations involved in manufactured housing.

BRK-A = Berkshire Hathaway – includes outright ownership of Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage Corp, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, other manufactured home industry linked firms (MHC brokerage, suppliers, etc.).

BX = Blackstone – Blackstone Group LP has made its first big bet on manufactured housing by buying a portfolio of communities sold by Tricon Capital Group Inc.

CDPYF = Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust – also has manufactured home communities (MHCs).

CIGI = Colliers International Group Inc. – The Manufactured Housing and RV Group “We Assist Owners and Investors with Disposition, Acquisition, and Financing for Manufactured Housing Communities and RV Parks.”

CG = The Carlyle Group – has manufactured home communities investments.

CSGP = CoStar Group – is commercial real estate’s leading provider of information, analytics and online marketplaces. They acquired listing service Homes.com.

CVCO = Cavco Industries – manufactured home and other factory-built housing production, retail, finance, insurance.

ECNCF = ECN Capital Group – includes manufactured home lender Triad Financial Services.

ELS = Equity LifeStyle Properties – includes land lease manufactured home communities (MHCs), but also RV and marine slips holdings. Also has captive manufactured home retail operations, and parent to Datacomp/MHVillage.

FGF = FG Financial Group – FG Communities “Owns and Operates Growing Portfolio of Manufactured Housing Communities.” KEY = KeyCorp – manufactured home community financing and manufactured home single-family mortgage financing.

KMMPF = Killam Apartment REITs- (includes manufactured home communities (MHCs).

LCII = LCI Industries – components for the manufactured home industry and others (RVs, housing, etc.).

LEGH = Legacy Housing – produces manufactured homes, tiny houses, retail, and captive finance operations.

LPX = Louisiana Pacific Corporation – components for the manufactured home industry and others (housing, etc.).

MHC-UN.TO = Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT).

MHPC = Manufactured Housing Properties – land lease manufactured home communities (MHCs).

MMI = Marcus and Millichap – commercial real estate brokerage services that include land lease manufactured home communities (MHCs).

NOBH = Nobility Homes – produces and offers captive retail, financing, and insurance services for HUD Code manufactured homes and modular homes.

PATK = Patrick Industries – components for the manufactured home industry and others (RVs, housing, etc.).

SKY = Skyline Champion – produces and offers captive retail, financing, and insurance for HUD Code manufactured homes and modular homes.

SUI = Sun Communities – includes land lease manufactured home communities (MHCs), but also RV and marine slips holdings. Also has captive manufactured home retail operations.

UMH = UMH Properties – includes land lease manufactured home communities and captive manufactured home retail, leasing, and financing operations.

UFPI = UFP Industries – components for the manufactured home industry and others (housing, etc.).

• • • NOTE 1: Chart above of manufactured housing connected equities includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services, a manufactured home industry finance lender.
    • NOTE 2: Drew changed its name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
    • NOTE 3: Deer Valley was largely taken private, say company insiders in a message to MHProNews on 12.15.2020, but there are still some outstanding shares of the stock from the days when it was a publicly traded firm.  Thus, there is still periodic activity on DVLY.
    • Note 4: some recent or related reports to the REITs, stocks, and other equities named above follow in the reports linked below.
    • Note 5: Gifts of Sight and Insights, What’s in Store for 2024? Including 2023 Year End Reflections, manufactured homes, manufactured housing, mobile homes, MHVille, USA Snapshots, Manufactured housing industry year in review 2023.

 

 

2023 …Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company to Clayton Homes, 21^st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory-built housing industry suppliers.
· LCI Industries, Patrick, UFPI, and LP each are suppliers to the manufactured housing industry, among others.
· AMG, CG, and TAVFX have investments in manufactured housing related businesses. For insights from third-parties and clients about our publisher, click here.

 

 

2022 was a tough year for many stocks. Unfortunately, that pattern held true for manufactured home industry (MHVille) connected stocks too. See the facts, linked above.

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• Note 1: MHVille means manufactured housing industry, MHVille also means artificially smaller manufactured housing (MH) industry,
• Note 2: Manufactured housing, building, factories, retail, dealers, manufactured home, communities, passive mobile home park investing, suppliers, brokers, finance, financial services, macro-markets, manufactured housing stocks, Manufactured Home Communities Real Estate Investment Trusts, MHC REITs.
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  APO, Apollo Global Management, BAM, Brookfield Asset Management, BLK, BlackRock, BRK-A, Berkshire Hathaway, BX, Blackstone, CDPYF, Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, CIGI, Colliers International Group Inc, CG, The Carlyle Group, CSGP, CoStar Group, CVCO, Cavco Industries, ECNCF, ECN Capital Group, ELS, Equity LifeStyle Properties, FGF, FG Financial Group, FG Communities,  KEY, KeyCorp, KMMPF, Killam Apartment REITs, LCII, LCI Industries, LEGH, Legacy Housing, LPX, Louisiana Pacific Corporation, MHC-UN.TO, Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), MHPC, Manufactured Housing Properties, MMI, Marcus and Millichap, NOBH, Nobility Homes, PATK, Patrick Industries, SKY, Skyline Champion, SUI, Sun Communities, UMH, UMH Properties, UFPI, UFP Industries.

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