A government shutdown was avoided. A deal was reached at the last possible moment because no one wanted to be blamed for a shutdown. The brinkmanship got something down. Time will tell how good that something was.<\/p>\n
On Friday, The Western Journal<\/a> posted an article about government shutdowns and their impact.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n One can hardly contain one\u2019s astonishment. In fact, my own \u201cshocked\u201d expression might remain forever frozen.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ready for this? The establishment media colludes with Democrats, and the federal government swindles Americans. Who knew?<\/strong><\/p>\n Thursday on social media platform X, with the prospect of a government shutdown looming<\/a>, independent investigative journalist and former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson shared what she called a \u201c[q]uick story about govt. shutdowns and the theatrics behind them.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Attkisson recalled that around 2013, she and CBS News colleagues searched in vain for a government shutdown\u2019s \u201creal life impact.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWhen we couldn\u2019t find any, *that* should have been part of the story. Instead, we kept trying to create the appearance of an impact,\u201d she wrote.<\/strong><\/p>\n …\u201cAnyway, the Ds were blaming Rs for the shutdown, so we were calling Ds and the Obama administration for ideas to report what was the real impact. Taking our cue, these officials fabricated impact that we could report,\u201d she wrote.<\/strong><\/p>\n The fabrication came in the form of cordoning off public monuments in Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe knew and even discussed in the newsroom that this made no sense. These monuments weren\u2019t \u2018manned\u2019 to begin with,\u201d she wrote.<\/strong><\/p>\n Attkisson characterized this incident as simply the most memorable among multiple acts of shutdown-related theater and deceit.<\/strong><\/p>\n The article notes:<\/p>\n First, the establishment media will stoop to any degree of dishonesty<\/a>, provided it helps Democrats.<\/strong><\/p>\n CBS\u2019s own \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d for instance, got caught doctoring<\/a> an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris in October during her failed presidential campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n Second, Democrats and their allies in the Republican establishment desperately want Americans to regard the federal government as essential. After all, the federal government functions as the mechanism by which the establishment plunders American citizens.<\/strong><\/p>\n According to U.S. News & World Report<\/a>, suburbs of Washington, D.C. accounted for five of the 10 wealthiest counties in America by median household income in 2023. Only a massive transfer of wealth to the nation\u2019s capital can produce a statistic like that.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hopefully, the times are changing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A government shutdown was avoided. A deal was reached at the last possible moment because no one wanted to be blamed for a shutdown. The brinkmanship got something down. Time will tell how good that something was. On Friday, The … Continue reading