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Why Not Just Report What Actually Happened?

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Don Surber writes a blog at substack that deals with current issues. He is a former newsman and provides a lot of information and insight. His latest article talks about some of the reporting about President Trump.

The article begins with a screenshot of a recent Politico headline:

That headline sounds as if President Trump invaded a town with military troops, which is not true.

Don Surber notes:

Natalie Allison won enough awards working for Gannett at the Tennessean in Nashville to merit a callup to DC and Politico. Fresh blood, however, brought no fresh ideas or approaches to covering national politics. She offers the same old throw-the-kitchen-sink-at-him coverage of President Trump.

Over the weekend, she went over-the-top. As Muslims took over the streets of Paris with the intent of burning it down, Allison was reporting that Donald Trump had taken over Pickens, S.C.

She wrote, “PICKENS, S.C. — Donald Trump built his 2016 campaign on the ability to pack supporters into arenas and fields. In his first early-state rally of 2024, he commandeered a small city.

“Taking over the movie-set-like Main Street of a town of 3,300 in the hills of South Carolina on Saturday, Trump put on a show of force not only in his stronghold of rural America, but in an early primary state where he remains dominant.”

Her implication was the past and future president led a military seizure and occupation of a helpless Southern town. It’s a Putsch!

Hers was not the worst story of the weekend. The Medical Press reported, “New study: Much of what we’re told about gym exercises and resistance training is from studies of males, by men.”

Much of what we know about electricity is from studies by men. Much of what we know about locomotives, automobiles and rocketry is from studies by men. Much of what we know about telegraphs, telephones and computers is from studies by men.

The ladies in the womyn’s studies brigade need to stop counting how many studies are by men, get off their fat, credentialed asses, and invent something useful. Women hold most of the college degrees now but have attained only 19% of the patents. It is time for women to pull their own weight.

The article concludes:

Journalism is not that hard. Just watch what is going on and tell readers what you saw. When you treat a political rally as if it were a military occupation, you lose credibility with readers above the age of 10.

And when you barely mention that a senior senator was booed relentlessly in his home county by his own party, you look like the fool you are.

But then again, her mission was to make a well-attended rally seem like an insurrection with Trump taking over a town as a show of force.

For Politico and Miss Allison, it was a show of farce.

It’s time for Americans to stop watching the mainstream media and do their own research.

Some Rules Only Apply To Conservatives

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On Friday The Patriot Journal posted an article about the marine who spoke at the Trump rally recently.

The article reports:

We know that in Biden’s military, wokeness and political correctness seem to matter more than freedom. Instead of defeating our enemies, his Pentagon has been prioritizing rooting out forms of “domestic extremism.”

Of course, in their warped minds, that apparently means anyone who is right of center.

A Marine gained national acclaim after he rescued a baby during Biden’s failed Afghanistan evacuation. To show him respect, Trump invited him to attend his rally. That apparently triggered Biden’s woke military. Because that Marine is now being investigated.

The article quotes The Daily Wire:

A U.S. Marine who was tasked with protecting the Hamid Karzai International Airport amid President Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan is reportedly under investigation for appearing at a rally earlier this month with former President Donald Trump…

“The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) has initiated a command investigation regarding LCpl Hunter Clark’s attendance at the event last weekend to determine if any DoD policies were violated,” Cochran said.

First of all, the Marine was not in uniform. Second, since President Trump is not running for election, why is this considered a political rally rather than simply a patriotic gathering? Also, how many times have generals and officers spoken at Democrat political rallies? It also should be mentioned that the Marine made no political remarks.

The article concludes:

Now they are claiming that he may not be telling the truth about saving a baby. If he was being an impostor to gain fame, maybe that does need to be looked into. But we can be pretty sure they wouldn’t treat a liberal this way.

Biden seems to have toxically politicized our military. And it must stop.

Had the Marine been in uniform, the Marines might have a case, but out of uniform at a rally that technically is not political, I don’t think so. I wish they would spend their time investigating the unvetted refugees that they have recently let into America.

Recognizing A Blatant Attempt To Use Coronavirus For Political Reasons

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Yesterday President Trump held a rally in Minnesota. In an effort to slow down President Trump’s momentum, the corrupt governor and attorney general of Minnesota put a 250 person attendance limit on the rally, citing the coronavirus as the reason.

The Conservative Treehouse posted an article today about what happened next.

The article reports:

The corrupt governor and attorney general of Minnesota blocked the rally for President Trump by hiding behind their arbitrary COVID mandates and limiting crowd gatherings. But the patriots showed up anyway and surrounded the venue.

Despite knowing they would be turned away from the rally, they showed up anyway; stood resolute and represented the very best within our nation.

You see, when the American people see corruption holding influence while individual liberty is so easily dispatched and nullified, at an inherent and internal level we know our own freedom is also at risk.

It is still true that most Americans can actually still see the bigger picture.

Most Americans go quietly about their business trying to do the next best thing for themselves, their family, their friends and their community. Most Americans just go about living without much discussion; and we don’t try to interfere in the liberty or happiness of others; but we notice stuff.  That deep and inherent expectation of fairness holds the key to understanding “Cold Anger.”

We notice the things that are put in front of us that are not fair, even if they are not happening to us. The expectation of fairness is actually very important to Americans. Construct unfair systems, and we notice. Often we don’t say anything, but we notice.

Foolishness and betrayal of our nation have served to reveal dangers within our present condition. Misplaced corrective action, regardless of intent, is neither safe nor wise. We know exactly who Donald Trump is, and we also know what he is not.

The article reminds all of us that President Trump is the only thing that stands between us and those who would limit our freedom:

This man has faced opposition that would overwhelm any other President. Our chosen President is constantly attacked by those holding a corrupt, conniving and Godless leftist ideology.

It is our job now to stand with him, firm on his behalf.

The people in Minnesota did exactly that yesterday.

I tip my hat to our brothers and sisters; and thank them for standing despite the corrupt political schemes of their totalitarian state officials.

Let all Minnesotans, of every political outlook, use this opportunity to think carefully about their freedom.  Then contrast their state officials’ power grab against the restraint shown by President Donald Trump in not using COVID-19 to grant the federal government even more power over We The People.

Support freedom.

Vote liberty.

Vote Donald Trump.

I agree.

This Is Totally Unacceptable

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The Western Journal posted an article yesterday featuring a Craigslist ad (that has since been taken down). The ad calls for people who have the coronavirus to attend the Trump rally in Oklahoma.

This is a screenshot of the ad (taken from the Craigslist archives):

The article reports:

This is likely someone involved in a sick hoax, an internet troll desperate for attention. The strange language of the ad — particularly the odd dress requirements — make this seem like a prank that seemed like a good idea at 4 a.m. in a college dorm room somewhere after more than a few intoxicating beverages.

The problem is that someone might actually take this call to action seriously, given that there are more enough people who have become convinced Trump is the nexus of evil in this world and that the supporters who show up to his rallies are nothing less than Satan’s minions.

How many of these people have COVID-19 is another matter entirely. As of Tuesday, there had been 1,729 confirmed cases in Tulsa County, according to the Tulsa Health Department.

…The responsibility for this should lie solely on whoever posted it, but we ought to consider the toxic environment in which this could even be considered possible. It’s wildly implausible that this would have happened during any prior presidency. But the country has been been whipped up to the extent that an ad like this, sadly, feels almost inevitable.

There are lessons about Trump Derangement Syndrome be learned from this. Will we learn them? That’s hoping too much.

The extent of our hope in this case is that the person or persons involved in this are tracked down and dealt with accordingly. Given that this is nothing less than a call to use oneself as a silent, deadly weapon, the possibility of criminal charges should definitely be on the table.

The Western Journal has reached out to Craigslist for comment.

If this is real, it is unacceptable. If this is a joke, it is not funny.

Instead of Debating Ideas, Some People Are Just Being Nasty

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The screenshot below is of a post from a local progressive group. This is the kind of garbage currently coming from the political left. The person who posted this not only wants there to be empty seats at the rally, he wants to deny seats to people who want to come. I understand that politics can be nasty, but this just seems unacceptable to me. When did the idea that it is more important to hurt your opponent and his supporters than to create a platform that would attract supporters take over?

This Could Make The Next Two Years Very Interesting

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Don Surber posted an article today that included some rather surprising information.

The article reports:

Brad Parscale, Donald John Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, told Jesse Watters last night that 34% of the people who attended the president’s rally in Grand Rapids were registered Democrats.

Parscale knows that because people needed to give the campaign their cellphone numbers to get tickets. The campaign then used the information to check their voting record.

…Parscale called the Green New Deal a big juicy steak for the campaign.

Axios limited its report on the interview to Parscale saying, “[Trump] has been very easy to work with this week. He’s been very smiley.

“I was in the White House this week; he served me hors d’oeuvres. That was a first. … [A] little pigs in a blanket, some meatballs. …He gave me a Diet Coke; he was very happy. It was my first [time] in nine years serving, of hors d’oeuvres from the president. Which is safe to say, very good mood.”

Axios was the only outlet (besides Fox News) that I could find with a report on the interview.

Gee, I wonder how the experts missed that last election?

It’s difficult to ignore the economic success of the Trump administration. I suspect those in the deep state will attempt to undermine that success during the next year or so, but there are some fundamental changes in regulations that will make that difficult. The unemployment rate and the workforce participation rate speak for themselves. Salaries at the lower end of the wage scale are going up. People are keeping more of what they earn. The mainstream media is not telling us all of the good news, but people are experiencing better economic times and discounting the media. This President has dealt with an unprecedented assault on our southern border and is beginning to deal with the problem in spite of Congress–not with the help of Congress. The President has also dealt with an unprecedented attack on him personally and on his family. It is time to stop harassing the President and let him lead. The attendance at his rallies are an indication that the public is not listening to the mainstream media–they are doing their own research and drawing their own conclusions.

How In The World Did We Get Here?

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Yesterday John Hinderaker at Power Line posted an article about the recent Donald Trump rally in Minnesota. The rally was a typical Trump rally with cheering crowds and large attendance. At one point there was a picture of the crowd that appeared on the Internet. However, there were some events surrounding the rally that reflect the current insanity of political dialogue in America at this point.

The article reports:

But maybe the craziest leftist outburst of recent days is the attack on NBA Hall of Famer Kevin McHale. Scott and Howard Root wrote here about President Trump’s triumphant appearance in Duluth, Minnesota last night. Trump almost carried Minnesota in 2016, and in all likelihood, if he runs again in 2020, he will win the state’s electoral votes. A photograph taken at last night’s rally that appeared on Twitter, if studied closely, revealed that one of the thousands in attendance was Kevin McHale, who grew up in northern Minnesota and spends summers there.

The article includes the photo and states:

It’s pretty much a “Where’s Waldo” exercise, but if you study the photo closely enough, you can discern that McHale was one of the thousands in attendance. He didn’t speak, his presence went unmentioned, but he was there. And left-wing Twitter went nuts.

I lived in Massachusetts for thirty-five years and watched Celtics basketball, but there is no way I could find Keven McHale in that photo–but that’s not the point. Twitter went nuts–attacking both McHale and his wife.

This is one of the tweets shown in the article:

The article explains that this is simply one in a series of attacks by liberals on anyone connected with Donald Trump or supporting Donald Trump or his policies. It is not healthy dialogue.

The article continues:

This is a phenomenon we have seen repeatedly over the last year and a half. Liberals try to rule any support for President Trump out of bounds. Anyone who expresses even the mildest support for Trump is read out of polite society. He is shunned; he should be fired from his job; if he writes anything, it shouldn’t be printed; he is publicly denounced and inundated with hate; his home, in some instances, is besieged and his children terrorized. If he ventures out into public, he is harassed by bullies. This is the essence of 21st century liberalism.

And it is evil. It is incompatible with democracy or any kind of civil society. And, above all, it is completely crazy. After all, Donald Trump won the election. Donald Trump is the President of the United States. Liberals are trying to dictate, through mob rule and control over the press, that any support for the President of the United States is unacceptable and, if at all possible, career ending.

Everyone has the right to free speech, but it seems as if the liberals have totally lost any perspective they might have had. Personal attacks on people because of their political views are not constructive dialogue. Mob rule and bullying are not political strategies. Hopefully they will fail miserably and not be used again.