The media better start to wake the hell up and stop being afraid of a weak bully who is loosing support daily. If they continue to down play trump incompetence and slowly deteriorating mental acuity they will continue to loose their our supporters and boycotts will begin.
I’m thinking that might have been more appropriate to ask during Trump’s first iteration, but now that billionaires & right-wing-supporting entities have bought up most of the mainstream media & social media platforms, it’s like asking the enemy to stop doing what they bought the platforms for in the first place.😖😡 They’re probably not so inclined, as it’s -working- for them.🤬
It’s so mindblowing to realize almost everywhere we normally consume news, except on these smaller, individual spaces & platforms, our news is basically being -chosen- for us🤬, or at least twisted, distorted, manipulated, prejudiced, filtered, etc, & far-right or just greedy billionaire interests are gatekeeping what information reaches the public, & agenda-setting by influencing what issues the public thinks are important!🤬🤬🤬
We’re being fed highly curated, agenda-driven information shaped by a now far-right to right-leaning or just greed-driven, often billionaire-owned, centralized media power.
How many of us have seen astounding news taking place that doesn’t look good for Trump & his administration, like yet another school shooting, or Trump slurring his words & forgetting the names of his own staff, etc, or when the impeachments were taking place, only to turn to Fox & see them talking about alligators in Florida or trans kids in elementary school being operated on without parental consent?🙄 Like, literally ignoring what they don’t want their audience to see, even tho it is, -objectively-, important political news?
The insane grinding down on poor Biden, when he was -occasionally- struggling with aging, while -most of the time- remaining able to speak articulately, & even at his worst, far better than Trump about issues & policy, while the media, even pre-billionaire- buyouts, said almost NOTHING about Trump’s 2nd-grade-level vocabulary, his constant slurring, word-salad, often nonsensical, completely inarticulate & rambling speeches or supposed answers to questions never asked, or forgetting names, calling names, total ignorance of policy, and -obvious- mental decline! Why Biden’s pretty normal age decline warranted such scrutiny & Trump’s didn’t, which absolutely affected the vote in 2024, I don’t know. But damn-it was frustrating to see the obvious bias everywhere!
This is starting to lowkey take place with almost ALL the main sources of media. Even frikkin MSNBC & the frikkin “Democracy Dies in Darkness” (yeah, no sh-t!🙄🤬) Washington Post, FFS!🤦♀️😖
Excuse the rant—just recognizing that what you’re asking, in many cases these days, might be akin to asking the fox to please stay out of the henhouse.
Really wish some left-leaning billionaires would step up and buy some major media.
Last point—this is why it’s crucial we all support these smaller platforms and journalistic sources.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am thankful for my family and friends, including those I “meet” daily on substack! :). Corporate media bows down to trump…due to money, money, money given to him by the rich billionaires. I sincerely hope this regime will end peacefully and we can continue with DEMOCRACY!
Corporate media thrives on access and fears Trumpian lawsuits. No courage at all. The signs of failing health and mental status are completely clear and we know he just had an MRI with no results made public.
I am immensely thankful for my supportive husband, friends, children and grandchildren. And for my synagogue community.
And your wonderful reports , which help us all maintain our hopes for a Trumpless, MAGA-less future.
Not sure that’s entirely true. Yes, she may be a fall-guy, as ALL Trump loyalists usually eventually learn—NO one is exempt from being kicked to the curb or taking a hit for the king. But I only mean to emphasize that Noem has had -extraordinary- power & influence in the WH, waaaay out of proportion to what her public persona should warrant. There have been reports of Trump’s coterie “shaking” in their boots that Noem might tell Trump to get rid of them.
So however Noem has Trump tied around her finger (the obvious comes to mind, but it’s such a disgusting visual, I can’t speak it🤮), she -does- have unusual influence, and as we all know, she, along with SO MANY in Trump’s inner circle are blatantly sociopathic, psychopathic or even sadistic! As in, they seem to revel in -creating- ways to make people suffer, and take pleasure in that pain or suffering. As has been said before, CRUELTY is THE POINT with Trump & Co!😖😖😖 It’s horrifying to see, on the one hand, abject greed & insatiable grasping for more power, money & influence by, it appears, literally EVERYONE connected in any way to Trump & to putting him on the throne, but the evidences of so many in his orbit seeming to blatantly cause immense suffering, EVEN WHEN THERE’S -NOTHING- IN IT FOR THEM, is so chilling & disturbing!😣😫
This whole cabal of evil may go down in history as on par with Hitler’s later contingent. They haven’t yet had enough time & compete power to get to making soap & lampshades out of the skin of Jews or walking them into gas chambers, but a lot of them seem to have the character makeup to absolutely be capable of all these things and more, given time & enough free rein.😫😣🤯
The media ignores, or soft pedals, his advancing dementia because the outlets are owned by his billionaire buddies. What I’m grateful for is places like this and people like you who get the truth out where mainstream media fails. I’m also grateful that people seem to be waking up to the fact that the entire GOP cares nothing for the elderly, the poor, the disabled, or our veterans. It’s about time.
Based on Trump’s leg movements, some experts in neurology and dementias believe Trump has a form of frontotemporal dementia. The mainstream media outlets are doing the public no favors by refusing to address it, especially when they were hounding President Biden about supposedly having dementia. As it turns out, President Biden was unfortunately diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer after he left office. Every Republican accusation is a confession!
Exactly, Claire, and thank you, Scott for leading the dissent to trump's vile regime. I am grateful that we who subscribe to your 'daily doses of reality' and others still are able to exercise our First Amendment rights and not be shut down. This a civil right which we must never take for granted, which has been stripped from many in America by threats from the big bully and his enforcers. As for trump's big money donors from media, they showed who they were when three of them backed him up at his 'installation' on Jan. 20th. As long as they bow down, they figure he'll let them keep all their money, swindlers in thrall to a grifter. Happy Thanksgiving for the simple gifts that we still may share.
I am thankful for the judges and lawyers who continue to uphold the rule of law. I am thankful for the courageous citizens who have protested. I am thankful for the Senators and Representatives who are daring to speak out in opposition to a dangerous regime intent on the destruction of this nation.
The only thing we can try to do is to enlarge the court or impeach and convict Thomas and Alito. I don’t see either of these things happening as senate malapportionment will keep the Senate in Republican hands.
Trump attacks them still even as they bend over backward to accommodate his ego, Karoline Leavitt uses Trump’s favorite term “fake news” when it comes to something that is true, but is unflattering to Trump. This is an excellent argument for remewed enforcement antitrust and anti monopoly laws on media companies, as well as restoring restrictions on cross ownership of media outlets in any geographical area. All the media owners can see is dollar signs in covering Trump flatteringly, and they forget they were originally granted media broadcast licenses on the condition they would serve the public interest. They have completely forgotten what public interest means.
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for you and this community! You rock!
Today we are focused on these five actions:
Demand answers about Trump’s visibly deteriorating health: https://tinyurl.com/sk9xm38v
Stand with Ukraine over Russia: https://tinyurl.com/2khn59cr
Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits: https://tinyurl.com/w23tnvxm
Help us push for an investigation into the Epstein scandal HERE: https://tinyurl.com/4pfh2p4f
Pass bill on unmasking ICE and displaying clear ID here: https://tinyurl.com/bp8cau82
Happy Thanksgiving, Scott. Thanks for all you do.
I’m thankful for all the great work you do! Keep it up.
Thank you!
The media better start to wake the hell up and stop being afraid of a weak bully who is loosing support daily. If they continue to down play trump incompetence and slowly deteriorating mental acuity they will continue to loose their our supporters and boycotts will begin.
Well said Georgette.
I would only add by ignoring his incompetence, it is endangering our nation.
Agree
Without question!
I’m thinking that might have been more appropriate to ask during Trump’s first iteration, but now that billionaires & right-wing-supporting entities have bought up most of the mainstream media & social media platforms, it’s like asking the enemy to stop doing what they bought the platforms for in the first place.😖😡 They’re probably not so inclined, as it’s -working- for them.🤬
It’s so mindblowing to realize almost everywhere we normally consume news, except on these smaller, individual spaces & platforms, our news is basically being -chosen- for us🤬, or at least twisted, distorted, manipulated, prejudiced, filtered, etc, & far-right or just greedy billionaire interests are gatekeeping what information reaches the public, & agenda-setting by influencing what issues the public thinks are important!🤬🤬🤬
We’re being fed highly curated, agenda-driven information shaped by a now far-right to right-leaning or just greed-driven, often billionaire-owned, centralized media power.
How many of us have seen astounding news taking place that doesn’t look good for Trump & his administration, like yet another school shooting, or Trump slurring his words & forgetting the names of his own staff, etc, or when the impeachments were taking place, only to turn to Fox & see them talking about alligators in Florida or trans kids in elementary school being operated on without parental consent?🙄 Like, literally ignoring what they don’t want their audience to see, even tho it is, -objectively-, important political news?
The insane grinding down on poor Biden, when he was -occasionally- struggling with aging, while -most of the time- remaining able to speak articulately, & even at his worst, far better than Trump about issues & policy, while the media, even pre-billionaire- buyouts, said almost NOTHING about Trump’s 2nd-grade-level vocabulary, his constant slurring, word-salad, often nonsensical, completely inarticulate & rambling speeches or supposed answers to questions never asked, or forgetting names, calling names, total ignorance of policy, and -obvious- mental decline! Why Biden’s pretty normal age decline warranted such scrutiny & Trump’s didn’t, which absolutely affected the vote in 2024, I don’t know. But damn-it was frustrating to see the obvious bias everywhere!
This is starting to lowkey take place with almost ALL the main sources of media. Even frikkin MSNBC & the frikkin “Democracy Dies in Darkness” (yeah, no sh-t!🙄🤬) Washington Post, FFS!🤦♀️😖
Excuse the rant—just recognizing that what you’re asking, in many cases these days, might be akin to asking the fox to please stay out of the henhouse.
Really wish some left-leaning billionaires would step up and buy some major media.
Last point—this is why it’s crucial we all support these smaller platforms and journalistic sources.
Happy Thanksgiving!🦃
Happy Thanksgiving, Scott! I am thankful for the important pro-democracy work you do tirelessly, and for this great community you have made possible.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am thankful for my family and friends, including those I “meet” daily on substack! :). Corporate media bows down to trump…due to money, money, money given to him by the rich billionaires. I sincerely hope this regime will end peacefully and we can continue with DEMOCRACY!
Thankful for how far we’ve come together.
Same here Sam!
agreed! 👍🏼
Corporate media thrives on access and fears Trumpian lawsuits. No courage at all. The signs of failing health and mental status are completely clear and we know he just had an MRI with no results made public.
I am immensely thankful for my supportive husband, friends, children and grandchildren. And for my synagogue community.
And your wonderful reports , which help us all maintain our hopes for a Trumpless, MAGA-less future.
Thank you Scott for what you do. We need you, your words and your Truth.
Thankful that every day there is some good news.. we need to embrace the good.
How right you are!
Amen!
I'm grateful for the resistance Scott, and lame media is a windsock for their hope of financial gain.
Happy Thanksgiving, Scott! Always enjoy your Reports. (Today I learned that it was Noem who gave to orders to ignore the good judge. Thanks!)
Oh, it was more than just Noem! She became the designated "fall guy".
Not sure that’s entirely true. Yes, she may be a fall-guy, as ALL Trump loyalists usually eventually learn—NO one is exempt from being kicked to the curb or taking a hit for the king. But I only mean to emphasize that Noem has had -extraordinary- power & influence in the WH, waaaay out of proportion to what her public persona should warrant. There have been reports of Trump’s coterie “shaking” in their boots that Noem might tell Trump to get rid of them.
So however Noem has Trump tied around her finger (the obvious comes to mind, but it’s such a disgusting visual, I can’t speak it🤮), she -does- have unusual influence, and as we all know, she, along with SO MANY in Trump’s inner circle are blatantly sociopathic, psychopathic or even sadistic! As in, they seem to revel in -creating- ways to make people suffer, and take pleasure in that pain or suffering. As has been said before, CRUELTY is THE POINT with Trump & Co!😖😖😖 It’s horrifying to see, on the one hand, abject greed & insatiable grasping for more power, money & influence by, it appears, literally EVERYONE connected in any way to Trump & to putting him on the throne, but the evidences of so many in his orbit seeming to blatantly cause immense suffering, EVEN WHEN THERE’S -NOTHING- IN IT FOR THEM, is so chilling & disturbing!😣😫
This whole cabal of evil may go down in history as on par with Hitler’s later contingent. They haven’t yet had enough time & compete power to get to making soap & lampshades out of the skin of Jews or walking them into gas chambers, but a lot of them seem to have the character makeup to absolutely be capable of all these things and more, given time & enough free rein.😫😣🤯
Happy Thanksgiving Scott. I read your posts daily. I look forward to reading the latest updates. You do a great job. ❤️✌🏼
The media ignores, or soft pedals, his advancing dementia because the outlets are owned by his billionaire buddies. What I’m grateful for is places like this and people like you who get the truth out where mainstream media fails. I’m also grateful that people seem to be waking up to the fact that the entire GOP cares nothing for the elderly, the poor, the disabled, or our veterans. It’s about time.
Based on Trump’s leg movements, some experts in neurology and dementias believe Trump has a form of frontotemporal dementia. The mainstream media outlets are doing the public no favors by refusing to address it, especially when they were hounding President Biden about supposedly having dementia. As it turns out, President Biden was unfortunately diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer after he left office. Every Republican accusation is a confession!
Exactly, Claire, and thank you, Scott for leading the dissent to trump's vile regime. I am grateful that we who subscribe to your 'daily doses of reality' and others still are able to exercise our First Amendment rights and not be shut down. This a civil right which we must never take for granted, which has been stripped from many in America by threats from the big bully and his enforcers. As for trump's big money donors from media, they showed who they were when three of them backed him up at his 'installation' on Jan. 20th. As long as they bow down, they figure he'll let them keep all their money, swindlers in thrall to a grifter. Happy Thanksgiving for the simple gifts that we still may share.
I am thankful for the judges and lawyers who continue to uphold the rule of law. I am thankful for the courageous citizens who have protested. I am thankful for the Senators and Representatives who are daring to speak out in opposition to a dangerous regime intent on the destruction of this nation.
If only SCOTUS would wake up to the nightmare they created
The only thing we can try to do is to enlarge the court or impeach and convict Thomas and Alito. I don’t see either of these things happening as senate malapportionment will keep the Senate in Republican hands.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Why do I think corporate media fails to mention Trump's broken brain? FEAR of course. In reality, what more do they have to lose?
Trump attacks them still even as they bend over backward to accommodate his ego, Karoline Leavitt uses Trump’s favorite term “fake news” when it comes to something that is true, but is unflattering to Trump. This is an excellent argument for remewed enforcement antitrust and anti monopoly laws on media companies, as well as restoring restrictions on cross ownership of media outlets in any geographical area. All the media owners can see is dollar signs in covering Trump flatteringly, and they forget they were originally granted media broadcast licenses on the condition they would serve the public interest. They have completely forgotten what public interest means.