8-9-2024
Halvetruths Lies and Outright Misinformation
Journalists have the professional responsibility to delve into a story, determine its newsworthy value and report the facts as they immerge. This morning among the top stories was that of Taylor Swift and the nefarious plot by domestic terrorists to wreak havoc, destruction and death at her concert. It seems that according to the FBI a third suspected terrorist a mere teenager was arrested. I assume the investigation is far from over since the target was a popular entertainer and her fans.
Now return our focus on July 13th, 2024 when a lone gunman climbed onto a rooftop and reportedly fired 8 shots striking former President Donald Trump grazing the right side of his head and ear before being “neutralized” by a SS sniper . The chief of the secret service said the buck stopped with her and she had no answers. In fact she refused to answer direct questions by congressional oversight committee members. Her intense and repeated questioning demanding her resignation finally succeeded, yet without definitive answers.
The new acting chief of the secret service fared no better, offered promises to get to the bottom of what happened, yet fired nobody or have even held anyone accountable except for the finger pointing back at local law enforcement. As of today we are approaching 4 weeks after the attempted assassination of President Trump and we are no further informed than we were initially. FBI director Wray said before congress that President Trump wasn’t actually shot by a bullet, but by a fragment or piece of glass (from where?)
After numerous cell phone videos have surfaced and as law enforcement body cam footage is being released we have more questions than answers.
This debacle is reminiscent of what has been released after the JFK assassination on 22 November 1963 where we still have no answers, only speculation and misinformation.
Look closely at what’s happening politically in our nation and across the globe since then, we have massive political corruption, calls for transparency by political parties far from being transparent, dealing with congressional and presidential behind the scenes actions that are questionable at best.
President Joe Biden is laying low so as not to upstage VP Harris in her bid for his job, yet she isn’t doing any real campaigning unless you call “Look forward to what is ahead and forget what is behind” which makes no sense politically or common sense wise.
Could it be that we the American people are in the lull before the political storm when the DNC convention actually names their official nominee for President and Vice President? We have nothing credible or substantive coming out of their mouths except that “We’re going to win it”!
What is “IT”? The trust of the American people; the election; or maybe Beating Trump is the prize they seek, the “IT”. It would be interesting to know how a president Harris would turn the economy around without reversing the goals and direction of our nation that she helped Biden create.
Next week at the DNC convention it is expected that a Harris/Walz ticket will appear, but what if……..they are not?
If you don’t remember anything else in this blog know how to tell when a lawyer or a politician is lying (Harris is both) – THEIR MOUTHS MOVE! – RTM
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