Happy Tariff Week. Although frankly I wish the media would not report this unless it is absolute fact, absolute fact that it is starting. We can never rule out pure posturing with the Orange Man. The media is along for the ride even if it is being used.
If even one lawsuit about "deceptive editing" by the media succeeds, what a change will come for our whole media ecosystem. Money absolutely talks. Do you think that ABC News really wanted to admit guilt with its $15 million payment on the "rape" thing? Of course they didn't and that isn't the point.
You settle these things to avoid risk. That's just what CBS News may do as well.
Trump owns the most powerful office in the world and then he has his lawyers draw up lawsuits against anyone he can think of. He'll start legal actions just to see how far he can go. And I figure he does this - vexatious litigation - with the knowledge that he'll lose some of the time. But he has to test. And he probably finds he can "sucker" some courts into bowing his way.
Who'd want to alienate someone with Trump's power? But how much power would he have now if he hadn't gotten the big delay in the immunity case? More important than getting the delay, he got the Supreme Court to rule in his favor and to create new precedent, new law. The lower court got that whole matter exactly right and they presented their conclusion in very sharp, almost sarcastic language.
But the matter got bumped on up to the Supremes which is now loaded with Trump influence. Ginni Thomas has clout there too as a mere justice's wife. She has been an open advocate pushing all things Trump. And yet we're all supposed to be worried about "left wing" bias as with CBS News, allegedly.
The corporate media or deep pockets media may be rapidly dying. The deep pockets interests shiver with fear about lawsuits. Trump is the lawsuit king, or let's just say he massages our white collar legal system that always has openings for his kind. Certainly not like the average Joe being spotted committing a traffic infraction.
I thought it was delightful what "SNL" did at the end of the campaign with the top Democratic political figures. Surely you're a fan of Mia Rudolph. Yes it was charming and made us feel for Kamala, her husband and Joe Biden. It was a "positive" portrayal. And most likely the scriptwriters favored her.
Now we're told such a thing was absolutely terrible. Democrats are never allowed to get their foot in the door for having possible ideas these days. You might say that's the "zeitgeist" we have now. I'm old enough to remember when Democrats held sway with the same kind of advantage in the 1970s.
And I can remember when the arch conservative types were the pro-war people in the '60s. Whereas today, MAGA sells itself as being anti-war. Anti-war folks were once branded as "commies." Although "commies" has become sort of a throwaway term for anyone who opposes the agenda of people who present themselves as "conservative."
I know exactly what the "conservative" philosophy is, mostly because I believe in reading an occasional book. And the real philosophy breaks in many ways from what the no-nothing MAGA crowd proclaims at present. Surely you've heard the term "anti-intellectual." William F. Buckley was a totally intellectual "conservative." You're probably too young to remember his "Firing Line" TV show. The theme music featured a piccolo trumpet! Again, y'all are probably too young.
So we're supposed to be against wars today. Seems like a pretty logical stance. But I thought that conservatives associated drug use with the left wing hippie types. What happened to that attitude? Is that out the window too? Does a new zeitgeist come along sometimes that is just whimsically created? Like out of thin air? Because we're now supposed to support Robert F. Kennedy. Oh forget about his famous last name. He's a former heroin addict.
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Sleight of hand?
I'm so amazed because people like J.D. Vance are explaining away the obvious inflationary affects of DJT's policies. You cannot corner them on this. One of those corporate media programs a few days ago - I'm sure Sunday morning - tried cornering Vance on this. Hell, do you think Vance would say "uncle?"
Man, he and his kind field this question just like when asked about how huge tax cuts for the wealthy will expand our dangerous deficits. What they do, is sort of talk in circles saying that their party's policies will succeed in the long term! I can't even follow them.
And then when they get pressed on how the big tax cuts have never had the promised trickle-down (to the masses), they'll say - ahem - "it'll be different this time." You have to follow the bouncing ball and sing along, I guess.
I'm getting too old to do that. I know the truth and I have the wisdom. But that and ten cents will get you a cup of coffee. Oh, it takes more than ten cents now. I will warn you that significant new inflation is probably on the way. I wonder if our society can sustain this. And if not, heaven help us for what could happen.
If DJT succeeds in taking over "the Fed," it could mean the end of the U.S. of America. Human beings will continue to live here, I just wonder on what terms. And all the smart-alecks of "conservative talk radio" will have just disappeared. Will the Christian faith survive?
Addendum: Is yours truly going to be exonerated for my skeptical view of the stock market through the years? Can't you all see? The mega-rich ruling class wants to see an economic implosion in America with resulting wreckage for the market. This is so they can get back in and "buy low." Just wait and see. Watch Jim Morrison? Just kidding, I guess.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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