Donut Days & the Electorate’s Malaise 06/07/24

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🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Atlantic contributing writer and happiness guru Arthur Brooks discusses happiness and the upcoming Presidential election; he says, we can all still like each other, even in the face of political polarization. CNBC’s Brian Schwartz reports that former President Trump’s campaign raised $12m at a San Francisco fundraiser, and CNBC’s Steve Liesman reports on May’s jobs report, which came in much hotter than expected. Tesla investor Cathie Wood is backing Elon Musk in his pay deal debate. Plus, Happy Donut Day! Founders of Rise Doughnuts Hugh Mangum and Laura Malone share their sweet small business story to celebrate the day. Steve Liesman - 2:52 Brian Schwartz - 7:39 Arthur Brooks - 13:42 Hugh Mangum & Laura Malone 29:45 In this episode: Arthur Brooks, @arthurbrooks Brian Schwartz, @schwartzbCNBC Steve Liesman, @steveliesman Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer,
0:07.0	today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.0	You don't get the leader, you need you get the leader you deserve.
0:12.0	What did I do? Politics and
0:14.7	happiness. They don't always go together. The whole country is angry. Yeah.
0:20.3	Arthur Brooks, happiness guru at the Atlantic,
0:23.2	says we can still like each other, even in an election year.
0:27.2	There's hope.
0:28.0	What we need to demand right now
0:29.5	is somebody who is not going to be beholden
0:31.8	to the 5% extremes.
0:34.0	And a sweet small business story, the pandemic pastime that turned into a viral hit,
0:40.0	Rise Donuts.
0:41.0	That's chocolate butter cream, brown butter vanilla.
0:44.0	That is roasted pineapple which are made with fresh honeyglow pineapples.
0:48.1	Plus, Jobs Day in America, the battle over Sky high CEO pay and
0:53.4	see NBC reporter Brian Schwartz on the surprising
0:56.8	west coast fundraiser.
0:58.4	12 million dollars for Trump in San Francisco is a pretty good number.
1:03.0	It's Friday, June 7, 2024.
1:07.0	National Donut Day, folks. National Donut Day.
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