Never has gaslighting gone so far, for so long, with such high stakes. Over the last four years, the establishment media has propped Biden up, pushed Biden out, and now it seeks to ram Kamala Harris in. There is a reason why Americans no longer trust the establishment media. A year ago, Gallup found that just under one-third (32 percent) of Americans had a “great deal” to “a fair amount” of trust that the “mass media” reports “the news in a full, fair and accurate way.” That matched “Gallup’s lowest historical reading, previously recorded in 2016.” At the time, “29% of U.S. adults [had] ‘not very much’ trust, while a record-high 39% register ‘none at all.’” By roughly two-to-one, Americans distrust the establishment media. (READ MORE: Despite the Harris Candidacy, I’m Actually Optimistic) In 2023, Pew had similar findings. The percentage of Americans who “said they followed the news all or most of the time” fell from 51 percent in 2016 to just 38 percent in 2022. U.S. daily newspaper circulation had fallen from roughly 60 million in 2000 to approximately 21 million by 2023. The last two months have assuredly lowered these statistics still further. Mainstream Media Refuses to Connect the Dots For four years, the establishment media sought to seal away the Biden-Harris administration’s glaring failures until the seepage could no longer be stopped. The administration’s shameful rush from Afghanistan was but the first of many foreign policy failures. Emboldened by the administration’s weaknesses, America’s enemies lined up to take advantage. (READ MORE: The Sacred Duty of Skepticism) China has not been this belligerent since the days of Mao decades ago. Russia invaded Ukraine, launching the first all-out war in Europe since WWII. North Korea is brazenly partnering with Russia more and more. The administration’s attempt to buy off Iran by giving it access to billions of dollars utterly failed; with it, Iran unleashed its proxies: Houthi rebels, Hamas, and Hezbollah. In our own hemisphere, Venezuela’s dictator unabashedly stole an election. In all these cases, the establishment media have ignored these failures’ connections to this administration’s actions. The same refusal to connect the dots is occurring with inflation. Despite soaring with the Biden-Harris administration’s spending, the establishment media treated rising prices as though they were an act of God. The establishment media have merely reported macroeconomic indicators, while Americans nationwide have suffered the Biden-Harris economy’s inflationary fallout. With illegal immigration, the establishment media ignored the southern border, begrudgingly covering it only when the consequences appeared outside studio windows in New York and Los Angeles. Even then, it refused to identify it as the Biden-Harris administration’s political sop to its radical Left. On crime, the establishment media continue to try to tell Americans things are getting better. This is at a time when Americans are increasingly retreating into their homes and have simply ceased reporting many crimes. Shielding the President From View Of course, there was the ultimate hiding of Biden himself. The establishment media, which reports and follows the president daily, somehow missed — or, in reality, refused to report — his failings for almost four years. Then, four months before the election, it turned on a dime and “dropped a dime” on the president literally overnight — that night being the night of his debate with Trump. Not satisfied to reveal Biden, it helped lead the charge to drive him from office. The establishment media’s treatment of Kamala Harris has been equally egregiously biased. Trying to follow the administration’s lead, it sought to ignore her. Still, her vice presidency’s problems kept getting out. After the regicide of Biden was accomplished, the media needed a new candidate for coronation. Once it was clear it had to be Harris, the establishment media forgot that it had been intentionally forgetting about Kamala. Suddenly, what once was the bad penny is the new one. (READ MORE: Trump and the Kennedys for Tax Cuts, Kamala Not) The establishment media now portrays Harris as joyful and inexplicably a candidate for change. Yet what has changed the most about Harris, namely her positions on fracking and illegal immigration, are reported as though there was nothing to them. The establishment media has been gaslighting America for four years. In each instance, it’s told America the opposite of truth to sell the opposite of reality. Each time it adds a spin to make Americans think they were obtuse for seeing the obvious. On foreign policy, the media would have us believe that America is now respected and liked. On the economy, it wants Americans to forget inflation’s effects and focus on macro statistics. On illegal immigration, it would have Americans take Kamala Harris’ disingenuous, politically expedient about-face at face value, ignoring four years of deliberate border failure and its resulting scourge: fentanyl, violence, terrorists, and heinous crimes. Above all, there was four years’ worth of insistence that Biden was great — until he wasn’t — and that Kamala Harris, who hadn’t been, suddenly is. Then it topped this by ignoring Harris’ avoidance of serious engagement with even the establishment media: This at a time when Americans must evaluate in short order a candidate who has never run in a single presidential contest over two elections. Throughout this administration, the establishment media has told America, “You are wrong, we are right, let us take care of you, everything will be okay.”  The instances go on and on, but always only one way: to the left. The establishment media is no longer reporting the news but distorting the news and gaslighting America in the process. J.T. Young was a professional staffer in the House and Senate from 1987-2000, served in the Department of Treasury and Office of Management and Budget from 2001-2004, and was director of government relations for a Fortune 20 company from 2004-2023. The post The Establishment Media Has Gaslit America for Four Years appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

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Horrifying…Naomi Wolf: "It is the greatest crime against humanity in recorded history unfortunately. And the Pfizer papers do have a specific focus on destroying reproduction, so that's why I wanted to believe that it wasn't a depopulation agenda, but unfortunately the… pic.twitter.com/miC0ar2gsy — Camus (@newstart_2024) September 2, 2024

by Robert Bridge, Strategic Culture: After weeks without sitting down for an interview with the media, the Democratic presidential nominee finally agreed to a chat with liberal-friendly CNN. The results were telling. More than a month after becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris finally agreed to sit for a pre-recorded, highly edited interview with […]

This is a very good interview with Tulsi Gabbard. She explains why she supports Donald Trump. Her reasons are solid and all-American. Col. Gabbard is a true patriot who fought for the United States after 9/11 and fights for the country now. She’s pretty amazing. Very worthwhile: The post Excellent Interview with Tulsi Gabbard appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said this week that he believes the U.S. needs to get back to having more religion if things are going to get better. The former president made the remarks during a podcast interview with Lex Fridman that aired on Tuesday when asked if he was afraid of death — a question that comes just several weeks after a would-be assassin shot Trump in the ear at a political rally in Pennsylvania. After recounting talks with an unnamed friend of his whom he says has a “dark” mindset about the future and death, Trump said that religious people have a better outlook on such things. “You’re supposed to go to heaven, ideally, not hell, but you’re supposed to go to heaven if you’re good,” Trump said. “I think our country’s missing a lot of religion. I think it really was a much better place with religion.” “It was almost a guide,” he added. “To a certain extent, it was a guide. You want to be good to people. Without religion, there are no guardrails. I’d love to see us get back to religion, more religion in this country.” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. WATCH: President Trump: “I think our country’s missing a lot of religion. I think it was a much better place with religion. It was almost a guide… you want to be good to people. Without religion, there are no guardrails. I’d love to see us get back to more religion in this country.” pic.twitter.com/Ns6iYuhdqN — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 3, 2024

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said this week that he is open to having documents released on notorious child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein if he wins the election in November. Trump made the remarks during an interview with Lex Fridman while discussing the possibility of releasing documents on Epstein that have not yet seen the light of day. Trump said that Epstein conned a lot of people by being “a good salesman.” “He was a hale and hearty type of guy,” he said. “He had some nice assets that he’d throw around, like islands, but a lot of big people went to that island. But fortunately, I was not one of them.” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. Fridman noted that the list of Epstein’s clients who traveled to his so-called “pedophile island” has not been released. “It’s very interesting, isn’t it?” Trump responded. “It probably will be, by the way, probably.” Trump said that he would “certainly take a look at it,” adding that he would “be inclined to do” it. ?Trump says if elected, he ‘would be inclined’ to release Jeffrey Epstein’s client list pic.twitter.com/zoiq2BcaFg — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 3, 2024

It is sometimes hard to believe Princess Diana has been gone for 27 years. It is even harder to comprehend that she was only on this earth for 36 years. During that short time, she made a powerful impact on millions. People remember Diana for her beauty, grace, and kindness to her family and total strangers. During her 15 years as a royal, Diana devoted herself to making the world a better place and continued that work until her untimely death on August 31, 1997. While Diana appeared demure and stately in public, she seemed to have a laidback and funny side in her more private life. According to her former hairstylist, Richard Dalton, Diana had a wicked sense of humor that often left him in stitches. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Princess Diana Museum (@theprincessdianamuseum) Princess Diana Was A Prankster At Heart In his new book, It’s All About The Hair-My Decade With Diana, Richard talks about his close friendship with the Princess of Wales and how he always had to be on his toes in her company. In a recent interview with People, he shared one of Diana’s favorite pranks. “She always had plastic vomit or plastic dog poop in her bag to place on people’s seats when we traveled on long flights. She was hysterically funny and loved playing jokes on all of us,” according to Richard. Diana’s dear friend, Renae Plant, put Richard’s memories together in a 444-page book. She added that her friend yearned to be like those who loved her. “I do find the humorous side of Diana to be very sweet,” she told People. “She just wanted to be ‘normal’ and was just like the rest of us.” Richard added that he hoped the book would remind the world of how “wonderful” Diana was. “I hope it inspires them to be kind and treat others with compassion, just like she did while she was alive.” This story’s featured image is by Hendra Sumatera. The post Princess Diana’s Former Hairstylist Recalls The Royal’s “Wicked” Sense Of Humor & Signature Prank appeared first on InspireMore.