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The rest of the world looks anxiously at the United States for any potential clues about Election Day November 5, 2024 and the aftermath.
While there's an array of major domestic issues on the ballot, the decisions have global impact and importance. Climate action, America's commitments to our allies and to democracy and democratic aspirations, international agreements and treaties are all on the ballot. Our prestige and perceived stability as a future trade and/or defense partner are on the ballot.
While the rest of the world is hopeful that America has learned from its previous mistake and will not elevate a corrupt, incompetent, and now convicted felon, it is clear the news media has learned nothing. They continue to provide a 24x7 all Trump, all the time platform to the wannabe dictator. As comedian John Mulaney said, it's like reporting on a "Horse in a hospital". The difference is this horse talks, and you never know what he will say.
The press might say "We're just doing our job, because if this horse says something 'revealing' about his character or his plans for a second term, we want to capture that for voters".
The reality is, if voters don't know the depth of Trump incompetence or corruption after his first term Presidential crime wave, how many of them will be convinced?
A quick note to the mainstream media: “We already know who Trump is.” Filed under “When someone reveals who they are, believe them” file.
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When Trump decried Milwaukee as a "horrible city" during recent meetings with his co-conspirators and accessories after the fact, there's a campaign gaffe or 'gotcha' moment that will certainly move the election dial in the important swing state of Wisconsin, right? No, as all those in the GOP who have pledged fealty to the Trump crime wave (instead of taking their oath of office to defending America) rush to spin Trump's words. When Trump addresses a room full of business executives it's barely reported that he couldn't put coherent thoughts together beyond cutting taxes and regulations. When he meets with Big Oil executives, he promises to eviscerate environmental protections and climate action in exchange for a billion dollars of campaign financing -that's not a casebook study in corruption that should be blasted on every headline of every news outlet for weeks, it's just a tiny footnote in the campaign timeline. Trading climate and planetary survivability is just a negligible price to pay for "owning the libs" -even if it means a dystopian future for our children and grandchildren (regardless of who you vote for).
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At this point, media coverage will not produce any meaningful "gotcha" moments. The only true "gotcha" moment would be the Department of Justice taking its mission seriously. (Which is "The mission of the Department of Justice (DOJ) is to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights.")
If it truly is to uphold the rule of law, then when Trump tried to extort an ally of the United States (with a “Perfect phone call”) in order to gain a campaign advantage in the 2020 elections, Trump would have been indicted and convicted. Going back a little further, when Trump directed Michael Flynn to undermine U.S. sanctions on Russia after Putin's criminal invasion of Crimea, Trump should have been indicted then. (And Flynn still collects his full military pension -where’s the justice in that?)
The other serious crimes such as the betrayal of national security in the documents case, and the attempted subversion of a peaceful transfer of power should never have occurred if Trump were already rotting in prison (with a great media opportunity for either NBC's "Prison Apprentice" or Netflix's "Orange is the New Orange" -whoever could win that bidding war).
The fact is the DOJ, in weighing whether to uphold the rule of law, or to "look political" has clearly embraced the latter. Imagine if every U.S. Senator and Congressional Rep. who voted against certifying the election results, was expelled from Congress, the votes necessary to implement vital and sweeping changes in the system to protect against future attempts to weaken and destroy America would be in overwhelming favor. Bills passed to implement ethics for the U.S. Supreme Court and judiciary, not to benefit a political party, however to adhere to its vital role in a clear interpretation of law, not selling opinions to the highest bidder. There would be nothing political in convicting Trump, and directing the GOP to run any other capable candidate who promises to uphold the founding principles of America and defend against all adversaries, foreign and domestic (provided they could find one who hasn’t fled Congress because of the MAGA extremists).
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So the 2024 U.S. elections will come down to every vote -perhaps. You know that regardless of the will of the voters, Trump will declare victory, either via the Electoral College (which should be obsoleted through a National Popular Vote Compact), or he will claim the election was stolen again. In the chaos and confusion -I'm certain Trump will be delighted to go through the courts and fight all the way up to insurrection supporting Ginni Thomas and 'Justices' Alito and 'Clearance' Thomas -so they can write the court's majority opinion. And you can then add the expansion of the 'Supreme' Court -as Aileen Cannon and Matthew Kacsmaryk will be all to happy to weigh in on Women's rights, Voting rights, the proliferation of guns, and Environmental protections as part of the sinister Project 2025 (titled 'Project 2025 because “Mein Kampf” was already taken).
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Above is a pictorial gallery for every person who claims both major political parties are the same. Tell it to your daughters, your mothers, your sisters, Susan Sarandon, and Kate Cox (Kate is already all too aware of American dystopia, Texas-style).
Tell it to a couple trying to start a family via IVF. Just don’t tell it to me.
The "Shadow Docket" is where the Supreme Court is taking away our rights...and media does not seem to care. The American media is a wallowing beast more like a hippo than like hippocrates, an open-minded seeker of truth.
The compilation of pictures tells the entire story! The narcissism, egomania and the evil show through!