“I’ve come here today to announce my candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States. My mission over the next 18 months of this campaign and…throughout my presidency will be to end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power that is threatening now…to impose a new kind of corporate feudalism in our country.” So said Robert F. Kennedy Jr., J.D., who has led an organization that has multiple years of a track record of fighting for environmental, health, and free speech rights. Much of the mainstream media (MSM) coverage of his announcement has downplayed his chances, given him scant coverage, or slurred him as anti-vax vs. a more accurate depiction of an evidence-driven skepticism of specific medical treatments. “The blizzard of misinformation that is now inundating our democracy will end only when the government and the media start telling the truth to Americans.” – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., J.D., per the Kennedy24.com website. Though reportedly a resident of Los Angeles, California, Kennedy traveled to Boston, MA to make his formal campaign launch’s announcement. The Kennedy family has deep ties in Massachusetts, and “Bobby” Kennedy Jr. connected his announcement with that “spirit of rebellion” against “the corrupt merger of state and corporate power” from the Boston Tea party in his address to what was described as an overflow crowd in the ballroom where the event was held.
Part I of today’s report will be the endorsement and introduction of Kennedy by former Congressman Dennis Kucinich (OH-D).
Part II of today’s report will be the text of the “Team Kennedy” campaign press release.
Part III will be additional information with MHProNews analysis and commentary in brief that includes the Reuters video and download of the transcript of the event.
Part IV will be our Daily Business News on MHProNews macro-markets and manufactured home industry connected equities updates that include our left (CNN) and right (Newsmax) headlines snapshot.
Part I – per the Team Kennedy press release:
Text of Congressman Kucinich’s introduction of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.:
Hi, I’m Dennis Kucinich, and I’m a Kennedy Democrat!
What is a Kennedy Democrat?
I found out when my father, Frank J. Kucinich, Senior, a lifetime member of Teamsters Local 407, and father of seven, took me to a Labor rally in Cleveland to see the Democratic nominee, U. S. Senator, John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, speak.
It was my first political event, unforgettable for Senator Kennedy’s ringing testimonial to freedom’s holy light and economic security for all Americans.
And although it was almost 63 years ago, the standard that Senator Kennedy held up on that day, for peace and prosperity, and held high throughout his presidency, was later picked up by his brother, US Senator from New York, Robert F. Kennedy.
And that same standard, of an America that is ever evolving and moving along an upward path, the standard of a Kennedy Democrat, is ready to once again be raised, this time by Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s namesake, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
What is a Kennedy Democrat?
A Kennedy Democrat fearlessly protects the rights of working men and women.
A Kennedy Democrat protects the Constitution of the United States.
A Kennedy Democrat defends Americans’ Civil Liberties and the rights of all the people.
A Kennedy Democrat believes in the power of diplomacy when the fate not only of the nation, but the earth itself hangs in the balance.
A Kennedy Democrat meets adversity to seek unity.
A Kennedy Democrat is unbought and unbossed.
A Kennedy Democrat puts country ahead of self.
I am a Kennedy Democrat. You are Kennedy Democrats. We are Kennedy Democrats.
Under the dynamic leadership of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., we will restore the Democratic party.
We will work with Republicans and all Americans, in the words of Lincoln to “bind up our nation’s wounds.”
Under the healing leadership of a President Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., we will become a truly re-united states, through faith in America, through good works, and strength through peace.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. understands the trials and tribulations of many Americans. He understands that personal victories occur when one resolves to be a better person, works at it every day, removing self-imposed barriers, and through that spiritual growth becomes ever better equipped to guide our nation’s transformation.
The direction toward a more perfect union begins today, with one individual, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who today aligns his path with that of the United States of America.
When you look at his record as one of the great environmentalists, you come to understand that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is the Paul Revere of our times, moving from town to town, warning us when our water is unsafe to drink, warning us when our air is unsafe to breathe, warning us when our food is unsafe to eat, and warning us when pharmaceuticals are unsafe to use and in each case showing the nation the way to a healthier quantity and quality of life.
His life is one of selfless dedication toward public health and the health of the planet.
At a time when powerful interests can use the media to smear a good man who has devoted his life to the public good, it takes an abundance of courage to continue to stand up and speak out.
Today we have a rendezvous with history and destiny.
Just as America called forth John F. Kennedy to “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”
Just as our nation called forth Senator Robert F. Kennedy, to look into the future and to dream dreams that never were and ask: “Why not?”
So, too, today, we call forth Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to take up the mantle of national leadership, to rally us, to help heal us, to unite us, to show the way towards a peaceful nation and a peaceful world.
Today he begins his determined stand, as must we all if we care to make a difference, mindful of the prescient words of his great father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who once said:
“Each time a man or a woman stands up for an ideal, acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he or she sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples can create a current which can sweep down, the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the next President of the United States, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.” ##
Part II – Press Release from “Team Kennedy”
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR. ANNOUNCES RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO OVERFLOW, STANDING-ROOM CROWD IN BOSTON
April 19, 2023 | Team Kennedy
BOSTON, MA—APRIL 19, 2023—Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today announced his bid to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States to an overflow, standing-room-only crowd at the Boston Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts.
In his speech, Kennedy emphasized priorities of clean government, civil liberties, peace, and economic revitalization. Above all, he invoked the theme of unity.
“During this campaign and during my administration my objective will be to make as many Americans as possible forget that they are Republicans or Democrats and remember that they are Americans,” Kennedy said. “We need to focus on the values we share instead of the issues that divide us.”
Strongly committed to civil liberties, Kennedy emphasized the importance of honest government and freedom of speech.
“The government/media strategy of censoring dissonant voices is not only antithetical to our most fundamental values, it is counterproductive in that it fuels the flames of polarization, alienation, and anger,” Kennedy said.
On a related note, he observed that “the blizzard of misinformation that is now inundating our democracy will end only when the government and the media start telling the truth to Americans.”
Kennedy was born on January 17, 1954, in Washington, DC, and is the third of 11 children of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy. He is the nephew of America’s 35th President, John F. Kennedy.
Kennedy has carried on his family’s legacy of public service by devoting himself to environmental causes and children’s welfare. He struck those themes in his speech, stating, “Good environmental policy is always identical to good economic policy if we measure our economy based on how it produces jobs over the long term and how it preserves the value of the assets of our community.”
His reputation as a resolute defender of the environment and children’s health stems from hundreds of successful legal actions. TIME Magazine named Kennedy its “Hero for the Planet” for his leadership in the fight to restore the Hudson River.
Kennedy is an award-winning writer and New York Times’ bestselling author.
Learn more at Kennedy24.com.
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Part III – Additional Information with More MHProNews Analysis and Commentary in Brief
A Google search for “kennedy24.com” “housing” returned no apparent results from the Kennedy website. A pre-dawn inquiry to the Kennedy campaign has not surprisingly yet to be responded to, but MHProNews plans to share their replies to affordable housing and manufactured home related issues in an upcoming report. The YouTube generated transcript of the video below is found at this link here.
As was noted yesterday in the “Muddy Waters” report that teased the Kennedy campaign’s formal launch, Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy Jr., J.D., has a long track record for environmental, medical, free speech, anti-censorship and other human rights issues. While he has been painted by the Biden White House and others as a spreader of misinformation and disinformation, a more balanced view would be to say that he is an evidence-based skeptic that has presented facts and reason-based concerns that challenged the official narratives on several COVID19 mandates and responses. Not unlike his late father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, or his late uncle, President John F. “Jack” Kennedy, he has a deep concern over what some have called the military-industrial-spy complex in the U.S. As his campaign announcement stated, he has repeatedly blasted certain corporate powers and billionaires like Bill Gates who have purportedly manipulated the economic, media, legal, and political system in their own favor. That is the rise of the ‘new feudalism’ referred to above.
In that, he is not so different than former Washington Post journalist and self-declared ex-Democrat Joel Kotkin. Kotkin has in recent years sounded a similar alarm against corporate power and “elite oligarchs” that are effectively turning free enterprise capitalism into a revival of medieval feudalism.
Others on the left have warned how that group of billionaires and their corporate interests are funding nonprofits that are little more than philanthro-feudalism or philanthro-capitalism. As the report linked below reminds readers, Warren Buffett’s own son Peter Buffett has made similar remarks about the charitable industrial complex.

But these are not just concerns from the political left. Centrists and those on the political right have voiced similar concerns, as the examples linked below illustrate.



A recent poll indicated that pre-announcement, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was already polling 10 percent among potential Democratic presidential primary nominees.
Left-leaning CNN reported yesterday that: “The 2024 Democratic presidential primary is only beginning to take shape. Williamson launched her second long-shot campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination last month. CNN previously reported that Biden has told several elected officials in private conversations that he is “definitely running” for reelection but some Democratic officials have said a formal announcement is more likely to come this summer.
On the Republican side, former President Donald Trump jump-started the race for the party nomination, announcing his third bid for the White House last year. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are also in the race, while South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott launched an exploratory committee earlier this month. Other high-profile Republicans said to be weighing bids include Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence.”
For additional insights on Kennedy previously published on MHProNews or MHLivingNews see the quotes and linked reports that follow.






So, while the Kennedy campaign has not yet weighed in directly on manufactured housing related issues, he has bluntly and specifically weighed in on the outsized role that corporate conglomerates and their billionaire leaders often play in industries such as manufactured housing.

Kennedy’s call to unity is a theme similar to what Joe Biden did during his 2020 run for the White House. But once he took office, the case can be made that Biden has been a divider rather than a uniter. As or more important to the manufactured home industry is the fact that Biden’s pledges and promises have not only failed to materialize, but the manufactured home industry has gone into a sharp decline in the last 5 months.



Given that HUD Code manufactured housing is federally regulated and that public policy has an outsized impact on our profession, MHProNews plans to periodically report on the developing campaigns in the Democratic and Republican camps. Should a significant third-party candidate emerge, that too would be part of our planned campaign coverage. See the linked and related reports and stay tuned for more. ##
2 Updates (4.20.2023) – Kennedy’s numbers are already trending up.
Actually they do.
Joe Biden 70%
Robert F Kennedy Jr. 10% (polling USA has confirmed Kennedy’s name recognition floor is 10%)
Marianne Williamson 4% (down 6 points from last poll) https://t.co/GpfxnsGdSA pic.twitter.com/zAEPY0tOHn
— ✨Tommy🌈🌐 (@TommyInPA) April 11, 2023
2024 National Democratic Primary
• Biden — 67%
• Kennedy — 14%
• Williamson — 5%USA Today/Suffolk (A-) | n=600 https://t.co/73dBt1TiR3
— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) April 19, 2023

Part IV Daily Business News on MHProNews Markets Segment
The modifications of our prior Daily Business News on MHProNews format of the recap of yesterday evening’s market report are provided below. It still includes our signature left (CNN Business) and right (Newsmax) ‘market moving’ headlines. The macro market moves graphics will provide context and comparisons for those invested in or tracking manufactured housing connected equities.
In minutes a day readers can get a good sense of significant or major events while keeping up with the trends that are impacting manufactured housing connected investing.
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Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business – from the evening of 4.19.2023
- More Meta layoffs underway
- The Facebook parent company began another round of job cuts focusing on technical workers
- Exclusive: Inside the historic settlement talks between Fox News and Dominion
- Tesla revenue and profits fall after slashing car prices
- Panic buying causes widespread gas station closures in South Florida
- Accessing credit has become harder, Fed’s Beige Book shows
- Dominion isn’t Rupert Murdoch’s costliest legal defeat. Not even close
- McDonald’s is just going to offer the Big Mac sauce by itself now
- Why Maserati created an all-new gas engine just when it’s about to go all-electric
- Here are the EV models eligible for new tax credits up to $7,500
- US airlines about to be hit with ‘tsunami’ of pilot retirements
- HSBC’s top shareholder calls for breakup, expressing ‘deep concern’
- This isn’t the end of Fox’s legal headaches. Here’s what’s next
- Twitter removes transgender protections from hateful conduct policy
- Staff who are worried about bonuses should ‘leave Pity City,’ boss says
- UK inflation stays at 10% as bread rises at record clip. Here’s why it’s proving hard to beat
- You can now apply for your share of a $725 million Facebook data privacy settlement. Here’s how
- Meta opens up its Horizon Worlds VR app to teens for the first time, prompting outcries from US lawmakers
- Why Netflix delayed its password sharing crackdown
- ‘I am a little freaked out.’ David’s Bridal bankruptcy sparks jitters among brides-to-be
- The viral new ‘Drake’ and ‘Weeknd’ song is not what it seems
- A third of federal workers are on strike in Canada
- The earnings recession is here. There could be worse to come
- Fox News settles with Dominion at the last second, pays more than $787 million to avert defamation trial over its 2020 election lies
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Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax 4.19.2023
- Supreme Court Temporarily Extends Access to Abortion Pill
- Opponents of abortion drugs like mifepristone make their opinion known on Wednesday outside the Supreme Court. (AP)
- The Supreme Court has temporarily extended women’s access to an abortion pill until Friday while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone to take effect as a legal challenge to the medication’s FDA approval continues. [Full Story]
- Newsmax TV
- Fallon: ‘Crumple Up’ Biden Afghanistan Report
- Tony Perkins: Religious Freedom at Stake in Postman Case | video
- Alford: ‘Very Disturbing’ TikTokers Invited Into WH | video
- Rob Schmitt Exposes Left’s New Attack on Clarence Thomas | video
- Clyde: To Protect Women, Dems Must First Define Them | video
- Ron Johnson: Mayorkas Smugness ‘Infuriating’ | video
- Moore: ‘Surprised’ by Crime-Hearing Reaction | video
- More Newsmax TV
- Newsfront
- Hillary Trolls DeSantis: I’m With Disney
- Hillary Clinton, whose failed 2016 presidential campaign boasted the slogan “I’m With Her,” is trolling Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis in his fight against the self-governance of the Walt Disney Co…. [Full Story]
- S&P Little Changed as Medtech Gains, Netflix Drags
- The S&P 500 ended little changed Wednesday as investors digested a [Full Story]
- IRS Chief Urges $1.8 Billion 2024 Budget Hike
- Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel urged Congress [Full Story]
- Bragg Spurns Trump Indictment Records Request
- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is allegedly [Full Story] | Platinum Article
- Saudi Prince Slams Israeli, US Threats to Strike Iran
- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said he thinks Israel and the [Full Story]
- Senate Dems Fail to Replace Feinstein on Judiciary
- Senate Democrats have failed in an attempt to appoint a temporary [Full Story]
- Economist/YouGov: Newsmax Among Most Trusted News Channels
- A recent study of major American media by the respected Economist [Full Story]
- Supreme Court Temporarily Extends Access to Abortion Pill
- The Supreme Court has temporarily extended women’s access to an [Full Story]
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- Generic Drugmaker Sues to Keep Abortion Pill on Market
- Russia Accuses Ukraine of Sabotaging Grain Deal
- Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine of sabotaging the Black Sea grain [Full Story]
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- Kremlin: SKorean Arms for Ukraine an Involvement in Conflict
- Report: Moscow’s Starlink Takedown Efforts Advancing
- Ukraine Gets Patriot Air Defense Systems
- Putin Visits Ukraine, Russia Presses Bakhmut Assault
- Brazil’s Lula Draws Russian Praise, US Scorn for Ukraine Views
- Russian Sub Simulates Attack on Carrier Strike Group in Pacific
- Trump: ‘Fake News’ Missed ‘Watergate Times 10’ on Bidens
- The news media has long hailed its “speaking truth to power,” but [Full Story]
- Could Illegal Immigrants Cause Polio, TB Outbreak?
- Medical professionals warn that a flood of unvaccinated illegal [Full Story] | Platinum Article
- France’s Macron Heckled by Crowd Angry Over Pensions
- In France, when presidents take strolls among the public, they’re [Full Story]
- Meta Lays Off Tech Teams, Battering Employee Morale
- Meta Platforms Inc. Wednesday carried out another round of job cuts, [Full Story]
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- Disney to Eliminate Thousands of Jobs
- 43% Would Prefer to Talk Politics Over Money
- While people know money makes the world go ’round, and movies and [Full Story]
- Global Airline Capacity to Be Constrained Until 2025
- Global airline capacity will be lower than expected this year and [Full Story]
- 81%: Shift Student Loan Funds to Job Training
- A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that10% oppose the move, and [Full Story]
- N Ireland Ruling Party Resists Restoring Belfast
- Northern Ireland’s politicians got the message. Some of them don’t [Full Story]
- Depression in Pregnancy Increases Heart Risks
- Depression during pregnancy may be linked to heart disease as soon as [Full Story]
- Education Board Expands Gender Identity Lesson Ban
- Florida education officials voted on Wednesday to prohibit virtually [Full Story]
- DeSantis Meets With GOP Lawmakers While Eyeing WH
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Tuesday meeting with congressional [Full Story]
- Generic Drugmaker Sues to Keep Abortion Pill on Market
- GenBioPro Inc, maker of the only U.S. generic version of the abortion [Full Story]
- Video Report: A Glimpse of Peace on Display in Israel
- An Iranian crown prince has paid a visit to Jerusalem and the Western [Full Story] | video
- Hawley Goes After Big Pharma
- Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is going after Big Pharma and wants [Full Story]
- India to Be World’s Most Populous Nation by Mid ’23
- India is on track to surpass China by mid-2023 as the world’s most [Full Story]
- Alleged Chinese Operative Pictured With Dem Pols
- An alleged Chinese Communist Party (CCP) operative arrested by the [Full Story]
- China Tells Israel It Will Help With Iran, Palestinians
- China is ready to help facilitate peace talks between Israel and the [Full Story]
- Graham: Window for Israel-Saudi Deal Closing
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year named normalizing [Full Story]
- Coroner: Aaron Carter Drowned in Tub From Drug, Inhalant
- Singer and rapper Aaron Carter accidentally drowned in his bathtub as [Full Story]
- Tim Scott Explores Possible Presidential Run
- Tim Scott, R-S.C., plans to launch a presidential exploratory [Full Story]
- Credit Suisse Faulted for Curbing Probe Into Nazi Ties
- U.S. lawmakers have accused embattled Swiss bank Credit Suisse of [Full Story]
- More Newsfront
- Finance
- IRS Chief Urges $1.8 Billion 2024 Budget Hike
- Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel urged Congress Wednesday to approve a $1.8 billion annual budget increase, even as Republicans criticized the agency’s spending plans for $80 billion in new long-term funding as too heavy on enforcement…. [Full Story]
- IBM Misses Q1 Revenue Estimates as IT Outlay Shrinks
- Tesla Reports Quarterly Margin Below Estimates
- Western Alliance Stock Surges 24% as Deposit Fears Dip
- Amazon Must Face Drivers’ Spying Claims in US Court
- More Finance
- Health
- Poor Food Choices Driving Rise in Type 2 Diabetes
- Most cases of Type 2 diabetes can be linked to making poor food choices, a new study finds. Researchers from Tufts University in Boston linked poor diet to 14 million cases of Type 2 diabetes — about 70% of new diagnoses globally — in 2018… [Full Story]
- Skin Cancer Deadlier for Men: Prevention Tips
- Multiple Breast Tumors May Not Require Mastectomy
- Treating A-Fib With Ablation Also Benefits Brain
- Newest COVID Variant Has an Unusual Symptom
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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 below.
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- NOTE 1: The 3rd 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.
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2023 …Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory-built housing industry suppliers.
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By L.A. “Tony” Kovach – for MHProNews.
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