January 6 Archives

You know, when watching media coverage of Trump’s “bloodbath” comment, I couldn’t help thinking, wow! This is the joke that is journalism.

All the anchors–pancake makeup, well-coiffed hair, and melodramatic, delivery — all reporting the exact same narrative/ lie.

To recap, at a recent campaign rally, Trump warned of a bloodbath for the American auto industry if he is not re-elected to protect against China’s incursions into the EV market.

The fake news conveniently omitted the context of the auto industry in its initial coverage:

When the media discovered the public wasn’t falling for the schtick, it fell back to the old trope of “Tonight, Trump under fire for controversial comments..” ABC not only ran with this tact, but took the opportunity to work in the media’s J6 narrative for good measure. Watch:

Courtesy: ABC News

It seems the news outlets got the 4 am fax over the style of coverage of Trump. You know: the template that he’s the greatest danger to American democracy.

Remember what a danger this guy was? Trump rebuilt our military, made us energy independent, gave us a roaring economy, defended the unborn, built most of the border wall, kept us out of war, made inroads with North Korea, got us out of Afghanistan, brought manufacturing back to America, slapped the Chi-coms with import tariffs, removed us from the Paris Climate accords, and even took away the shame of saying Merry Christmas, just to name a few of his many accomplishments.

The press ignores all the good Trump did for the country just so they can continue to gaslight people into hating him. “Stop bad Orange Man!” is the prevailing mainstream mission.

Therefore, no questioning the timing of these court cases against Trump during an election year. Election interference? Nothing to see here.

Black Lives Matter and Antifa burned buildings and killed people during the summer of love, and the media called it peaceful protest. Americans protest the 2020 election in Washington D.C., and the media, along with the Uniparty, demonizes them as insurrectionists.

The fake news image is that of the proverbial trio of monkey’s seeing, speaking and hearing no evil when it comes to parroting the Democrat and corporate narrative.

A press that cannot maintain objectivity becomes, merely, a propaganda arm for tyranny. This is inevitable when the press are subsidiaries of major corporations.

Corporations exist to make their shareholders money, which involves lobbying government. Considering this reality, how can an independent press exist when it’s coverage is so influenced by the bottom line?

So what’s the solution? You’re seeing it in the alternative media. These are the real journalists serving the public and exposing the truth. These enterprising men and women are not beholden to corporate interests, only the people.

And that’s what has D.C. freaked out right now. With these purely independent entities, they can’t control the narrative.

Officials used to be able say any lie or distortion on camera, and it would be months or years before the truth came out. Now this debunking takes place in a matter of hours, thanks to citizen media.

I think citizen-media is a more a apt description than alternative media. Perhaps journalism is better served, and more effective when practiced by persons who are on the receiving end of government policy.

Can the mainstream media re-establish itself as an objective source of information? I don’t believe so. As long as the alphabet networks and the major publications are under the corporate umbrella, there is no possible way a journalist could practice total objectivity without risk of losing their job.

So this is the joke that is journalism. The punchline is more citizen reporters needed.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) agreed on Friday to take up the Colorado case to remove President Donald Trump off the ballot due to the 14^th Amendment. The court’s decision will have lasting ramifications in future efforts by the Democrats to keep the 45^th President off of other state ballots.

The Colorado Supreme Court ‘removed’ Trump from the ballot in December for ‘inciting’ the January 6 ‘insurrection’ under the 14^th Amendment. Critics of the Colorado court say the ruling is nothing more than election interference since Trump was never convicted for insurrection. More on that later.

Here is what insurrection clause of the 14^th Amendment explicitly states:

Section 3.

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

As you can see from the language, the 14^th Amendment applies to congresspersons, officers of the United States government, state assemblypersons, governors or judges. Nowhere is the President mentioned. Legal scholars say the 14^th Amendment does not apply to the President because he is not an officer of the government and, in this case, was never found guilty of insurrection for the January 6 protest /riot.

If Trump was never found liable for inciting insurrection, then the legal basis from removing him from the ballot is questionable. You can’t penalize someone for an accusation without a conviction as Colorado, and later, Maine did. That makes a mockery of the law.

Arguments to SCOTUS will start on February 8 with a ruling following. Trump remains on both ballots pending litigation, in the meantime.

Please note the Colorado ruling was without teeth, playing both sides by allowing Trump back on the ballot as soon as he appealed to the Supreme Court. See this brilliant analysis by Sundance at the Conservative Treehouse.