I first realized it back in 1992 when Bill Clinton won the election for President. That year, George H.W. Bush was a juggernaut until he went over to Japan, threw up and collapsed at a state dinner. Ross Perot got into the race and Clinton came out a head in a 3 way race.
What I noted then is what I see emerging now. How the media seizes control of the narrative to control the November outcome of Presidential elections. What the American electorate loses sight of is that the media also seizes control of down ballot races to effectuate who will control the House of Representatives, the Senate, and ultimately the Supreme Court as well. The media was supportive of Barack Obama over John McCain because McCain blew is opportunity to demonstrate unflappable leadership during the 2008 financial crisis, while Obama stayed cool calm and Presidential.
However, the media slyly stayed away from promoting the need for Obama to have a supportive Congress and Senate during the 2010 Midterm elections in order to keep his agenda on track. The Republicans won control of the House. Republicans, guided by Mitch McConnell, also abused the filibuster in the Senate, to stymie cabinet, agency, and judicial appointments. Basically, Republican resistance to a respectful and collegial relation with the Obama Administration, which grew out of the same mindset of the Newt Gingrich era as Speaker of the House, has led us to evolve from the Koch inspired Tea Party movement to the MAGA cult of Trump and Christian White Nationalism.
What the American electorate misses, is that they have yet to understand the reality of governing, how it works. The President is not the only level of governing that affects us. Most egregious is the sole focus on how a Presidential administration’s polices benefit them, when Congress, the Senate, and the Supreme Court all have a role in the governing process. Then there are governing policies created and implemented on the state, county, and municipal levels.
The mainstream media doesn’t provide a panoramic view of the governing process so the less informed voters focus on what policies don’t get enacted as the failure of a President. In reality, it’s the Congress, and Courts, State Governors, State legislatures, and courts that have just as much impact on those perceived failures. Take the way abortion rights have been rescinded, the President is powerless to directly give or remove abortions right. However, SCOTUS, led by conservative justices, have used obscure religious rationale, to empower individual state legislatures to criminalize a woman who has an abortion and put pregnant women at risk of death if she is carrying a nonviable fetus.
Another policy example is what’s going on in GAZA. Many Progressives and Gen Z voters are upset with Biden for Netanyahu’s obstinance. They also don’t utter a word against Hamas. Wherever the innocent citizens of Gaza go to be safe. Hamas embeds itself among them and then wages war against Israeli forces drawing bombardments into every location innocents go to be safe. Yet somehow, Biden is at fault.
Progressive voices wonder why the administration has resisted calling for a ceasefire in the United Nations. They did just that this past week, to achieve the outcome that Biden already understood would happen. The US ceasefire resolution was vetoed by Russia and China. There are three nations that can veto any resolution that is proposed in the UN, (the US, Russia, and China).
What the Progressive voices don’t tell you, is that the US continues to arm Israel because Iran continues to arm Hamas. Progressive voices don’t tell you that leading up to the October 7, 2023 attack, the administration was close to securing a negotiated settlement with the Arab states, like Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and others to recognize Israel as long as the Palestinians were given autonomy to govern the West Bank and Gaza.
Neither, Iran nor the Netanyahu racist right-wing governing coalition wants to see that happen. I am fairly certain that when all the dust clears, we may find that Netanyahu and the Zionist coalition colluded with Hamas (including Iran and Russia) to derail a settlement that would return captured land that would create a Palestinian State and return back land illegally seized by Jewish settlers under the protection of the Israeli Defense Forces.
The last example of how the mainstream media has seized the narrative up until now is to keep the abysmal farce on the part of MAGA Republicans, to impeach Biden under Trump’s directions. The media has done this by keeping the name of Hunter Biden in the headlines though he never held political office. The worse part of this farce is there is not an iota of evidence to link either the President or his son to any serious criminal activity.
Trump, on the other hand has been indicted in 4 criminal cases, has 91 charges against him and is using money he raises from donors to pay his lawyers, who represent a private citizen and a candidate. The courts have also been slow rolling his cases to prevent trials taking place before the next election. SCOTUS even waited to rule on whether he violated the ‘Emoluments Clause’ of the Constitution before January 20, 2020. Reports have estimated that Trump made over $600 million while in office from foreign governments. This doesn’t included what Ivanka and Jared Kushner made while serving as advisors to his White House.
What it really comes down to is that Gen Z and Progressives are in position to make real gains in leadership of the Democratic Party if they are pragmatic in their strategy. Hispanics and Blacks can assume meaningful roles in the party if they stay engaged and don’t lose focus. There is nothing wrong with these members of the Democratic coalition seeking appropriate levels of power and influence, they have earned it.
However, Hispanics are very susceptible to the influence of evangelical conservatism, and Black males are susceptible to misogynistic alignment with the MAGA dogma. Consequently, until the mass awakening of voters from their hibernation and they can focus on the election in November, the media controls the narrative. They repeatedly tell us that an 80 year old Biden, who understands how to govern, is not up to the task of being President.
At the same time they project the notion that a mentally deteriorating 77 year old Trump, who failed at governing, is a known marketing grifter and grows more unhinged under the stress of his financial and legal failures, can be trusted for a 2nd term. They suggests that Trump, who is demented enough to openly states that he wants to be the first American dictator so he can avoid criminal convictions, is more suitable than the successful Biden/Harris administration.
To wrap things up, as we move toward the election, pay attention to how much one or the other candidate is seriously mocked by the mainstream. Pay attention to which one becomes the punchline of jokes outside of the MAGA bubble.
Also the media will tell you, Trump is about to come into a $3 billion dollar windfall based on a recent merger involving Truth Social. Most of those outlets won’t understand how the financing of the Merger works. On Monday the stocks for the company will begin trading under the stock symbol DJT. Potential MAGA investors began talking to drive up the price to $45-$47 per share last week.
Friday, based on this news, informed investors started positioning to began short selling shares on Monday. The price per share has already lost 14% of its value. Trump’s paper windfall is already worth less than the anticipated $3 billion.
Once he starts to sell off shares the stock price will fall like a brick. You can then expect investors to sue and thus make his legal woes even worse. A pattern of which he has perfected over the decades. This stock opened at $44.20 Friday. It closed at $36.94. Notice in the chart below that the fair market value is already rated at overvalued.
Digital Worlds Acquisitions is buying Truth Social, it only has $3 million in revenue and $50 million in losses. It’s trading strictly on the association with the MAGA Trump name. Trump has 80 million shares. Once he starts selling off large parts of his holdings the investors who are shorting the stock will drive the price down before casual investors can react. The guy who started Digital World Acquisitions is already suing.
The media is reporting about Trump as if he is on top of everything. The facts are that he has lost almost every court case. 70 of them as it relates to the 2020 elections. He lost two as they relate to his businesses, two as they relate to the E. Jean Carol Deformation cases, and there are at least 6 more that he can only put off if he wins the 2024 election.
Watch the media narrative after the Conventions. if it seems they are are turning on him, it will be in an effort to get ahead of the coming trends when the electorate starts to engage. The signs are already there. Trump is already declaring that the 2024 election is now rigged against him. The media will try to project that they have just learned what what should be know. All the hype about the polling is disinformation and Trump himself knows it won’t work.
So now he is beginning his clarion call to MAGA militias to ‘Stand by and Stand ready’ to revolt across the country ‘WHEN’ he loses.
A Reasonable Point of View 