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Submitted by Isidoros Karderinis who was born in Athens in 1967. He is a journalist, novelist and poet.
The US elections under the shadow of the murderous attempt against Trump

The assassination attempt against former US president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump while he was addressing a crowd in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday July 13 has deeply shaken the US and is set to define everything until the November 5 election, which are the most crucial elections in the history of mankind and concern every person on the planet.

This assassination attempt, the first since that of former Republican President Ronald Reagan in 1981, marks yet another new chapter in the dark history of political violence in the US. After all, the history of the United States is marked by the assassination of four presidents during their term of office.

Specifically, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 in his gallery at Ford’s Theater in Washington by an actor, John Wilkes Booth. The second president to be assassinated was James Garfield, 20th President of the United States, who died after being attacked on July 2, 1881, at a Washington, D.C. train station by Charles Guiteau, a lawyer who was desperately looking for a job as a civil servant. William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, while receiving dignitaries at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo on September 6, 1901, was wounded by an anarchist who fired several bullets. He died a few days later from his injuries.

Finally, in more recent history, many remember November 22, 1963, when John Fitzgerald Kennedy, JFK, was assassinated in Dallas. That day, around 12:30 p.m., as the presidential limousine drove through the crowds that had gathered in the streets of Dallas, gunshots rang out. John Fitzgerald Kennedy immediately collapsed, with his wife Jackie at his side. The 35th American President was then pronounced dead at 1:00 PM at the hospital.

The attack therefore, is an event, which without a doubt is going to bring about changes in the political developments of the already turbulent pre-election period. A period that has already gone through forty waves after Joe Biden’s self-destructive appearance in the debate, which raised serious questions about his age, his intellectual clarity, but also about his ability to conduct a dynamic election campaign, and which ultimately led to his resignation from the candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections.

The targeting of the former president at a rally just days before the acceptance of the anointing by the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee which was carried out on July 15-18, is an attack on Democracy and the right of every American citizen to choose their leaders. The violence that infects and affects American political life is clearly antithetical to Democracy.  

It was August 31, 2023 when the militant journalist and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson estimated that Donald Trump might be assassinated after impeachment campaigns, accusations and smears failed miserably to dent his popularity.

The ruthless 20-year-old perpetrator Thomas Matthew Crooks and ruthless because his shots killed at least one American citizen and seriously injured two others, one very seriously, was a member of the international far-left organization “ANTIFA” and an extreme supporter of Joe Biden and the Democrats. He had even donated $15 to a political action committee that raised money for Democratic politicians. 

However, he had also registered after with the Republicans (or at least “appeared” a “convenient” registration) in order to be able to be at Trump’s speech and be able to get close enough to fire his killer shots.

The American Republic in recent years has suffered the most brutal interventions of the “deep state”, i.e. the military-industrial complex and the security and intelligence services. This period is the most dangerous in US history, because the “deep state” along with its political operatives and complicit media demonized the former president, not caring that they were dividing American society and cultivating the climate for the assassination attempt on Trump.

So, many American citizens became addicted to hate Trump to death, since every day the complicit media propagated with countless vulgarities that the former president was a “disgusting traitor”, a “Russian agent”, a “new Hitler”, or a “psychopathic tyrant”. The entangled media with the “deep state” which give no reason, are not controlled, but they have enormous powers to destroy the rights and liberties of the American people as defined by the Constitution.

And today we again see some complicit media, in order to avoid the possible ‘heroization’ of Trump, rushing to completely deconstruct the fact of the attempted political assassination, spreading with disinformation tactics rumors that the near-assassin had no political activity or extreme ideology, but simply he had psychological problems.

The specific former president, therefore, is considered an independent personality who is not influenced by the so-called “deep state” and is inspired by a patriotic political mentality. Donald Trump is pro-America, anti-world government, and pro-ending the war in Ukraine, the continuation of which poses a very serious risk of nuclear war and thus the total destruction of humanity. Trump is the second leader of the anti-woke agenda after Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico that they attempted to assassinate within two months, and while Trump is running dynamically for the presidency of the United States.

A woke agenda that wants to abolish religions, nations, the institution of the family, genders and traditional relationships and in general any traditional value that exists since the time when people began to consciously perceive themselves. A woke agenda that wants to create states that will be inhabited by mobs without national consciousness and identity, so populations that can be easily managed and controlled by the rulers of the planet.

The internationalist class that has imposed this woke agenda through the media, education and every national criminal and civil code considers as “red flags” those leaders who react vigorously and resist and has put them in its sights.

The assassination attempt on Donald Trump, then, could propel him to a landslide victory in the November election as his image as a fighter constantly under attack from his enemies will now be even more deeply entrenched in conjunction with a given wave of sympathy. The prospect of his victory, after all, was already established in everyone’s minds, but what may change now is its potential size.

In closing, I would like to emphasize that the American people will have to fight stubbornly and with great perseverance to free themselves from the federal “deep state”. “Fight!” was the phrase of a bloodied and battered at right ear Donald Trump seconds after his assassination attempt, simultaneously raising his fist in the air, encouraging the large crowd of his supporters and ultimately creating an iconic image that will go down in history.


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101 responses to “A crucial US presidential election”


  1. Good thing this is not published on paper as it would not be worth the paper it is printed on.


  2. Buddha, the Prophet Who Was Woke
    — Buddha means the Awakened One

    The first printed usage of “woke,” in the sense we use it today, can be attributed to writer William Melvin Kelley and the headline of his 1962 New York Times op-ed about black vernacular and its appropriation by hipsters, “If You’re Woke, You Dig It.”


  3. The author Isidoros Karderinis is fawning over a chump and deserves no credit for his ‘works’

    Back to woke..

    SA-RA Creative Partners – Master Teacher (Final Mix)
    (feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow & Bilal)

    I am known to stay awake
    (A beautiful world I’m trying to find)
    I’ve been in search of myself
    (A beautiful world) a beautiful world
    It’s just too hard for me to find
    (Dreams, dreams)
    Said it’s just too hard for me to find
    (Dreams, dreams)
    I am in the search of something new
    (A beautiful world I’m trying to find)
    Searchin’ me
    Searching inside of you
    And that’s fo’ real

    What if it were no niggas
    Only master teachers?
    I stay woke (Dreams dreams)
    What if there was no niggas
    Only master teachers?
    I stay woke (Dreams dreams)
    What if it was no niggas only master teachers now?
    I stay woke (Dreams dreams)
    (What if there was no niggas only master teachers now?)
    I stay woke (Dreams dreams)

    Credits
    Vocals [Uncredited] – Erykah Badu
    Written-By – Curtis Mayfield, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Shafiq Husayn

    Sample take from
    Curtis Mayfield – Freddie’s Dead (Theme From Superfly)

    We’re all built up with progress
    But sometimes I must confess
    We can deal with rockets and dreams
    But reality
    What does it mean?
    Ain’t nothing said
    ‘Cause freddies dead

    All I want is some peace of mind
    With a little love I’m trying to find
    This could be such a beautiful world
    With a wonderful girl
    Ooh, I need a woman child
    Don’t wanna be like freddie now
    ‘Cause freddies dead
    Hey, hey
    Yeah, yeah
    If you don’t try
    You’re gonna die


  4. Weeee deserve to know who is writing this ultra conservative shiiiite.

    Certainly, the criminality of wokeism cannot be a reason to seek the embrace of another formation of fascism. A Trumpism of the old variety.

    At the end of the day it’s puré politics and Trump is merely an amalgum of special interests, his own warped mental deficits and maybe the last voice he hears.

    Has his last term not proved conclusively these to be true.

    That whether the Americans elect Killer Kamala or the Mafia Don they will get John McCain the gun slinger.

    Does not the ghost writer known that the wife of the dead Sheldon Adelson gave Mafia Don 100 million to sell out the Palestinians in the West Bank.

    Is it not clear that the fix is in for Killer Kamala?

    Is it not clear that Killer Kamala and Mafia Don have nothing redeemable to deliver to America and the world?

    What about Jill Stein? Does America not deserve an apportunity at the last chance saloon?


  5. Uhh ohh!!

    An article that Knox will read with relish.

    David has opened a can of worms. 😢😢

    This thread will now be ‘overloaded’ with a multiplicity of YouTube videos.

    Pro Trump videos from Knox, in addition to the irrelevant ones from 555dubstreet and Terrence Blackett.

    😭😭😭


  6. @Artax, no videos from the usual suspects.


  7. Why didn’t the Gaza protesters protest outside the RNC?

    No Republican politician is going to give their agenda the time of day whereas Democrat politicians are mostly in the tank and the protesters feel if they push harder they may get all.

    All they doing is getting Americans vex and perhaps ensuring Trump will win.

    You see the Swifties are all up in arms because ISIS canceled their concert. They reckon Trump is the only option to deal with terrorism so they can get back to their concerts.


  8. “Why didn’t the Gaza protesters protest outside the RNC?”

    Is it because POTUS isn’t a Republican?


  9. ‘Crucial?’

    Only in the eyes of the beholder.

    Neither major candidate has any ability to influence anything crucial.

    Trump has learnt that he can’t mess with the deep state and will again do as told, like an obedient boy.

    Harris, not unlike Trump, is possessed by a low intelligence quotient but understands enough to know that matters crucial lie beyond her paid grade.

    Only a Johnny could devine criticality or cruciality in the pageant as neither has any ability to stem the tide towards imperial death.

  10. de Pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de Pedantic Dribbler

    David, the piece gives voice to an incredulous side of the US election saga. In turn, the true voice of what dangers a Republican presidency would bring must also be shouted loudly and clearly.

    Last night current congressman and former law professor Raskin echoed those dangers well!

    How does this man expect to get compassion because someone tried to kill him … when he basically demanded that others do the same to his VP! That’s evokes retribution not empathy!

    But to the substance … as Raskin said:

    *** Pence has now joined more than two dozen officials from Donald Trump’s OWN administration to BOLDLY. denounce him, as UNFIT for office.

    When has this ever happened…

    *** Pence is the first vice president in more than two centuries not to support the president with whom he served in the following general election.

    Well, never in more than 200 years, has something like this happened

    But then again, Raskin also had to remind VP tryout JD Vance, that: “… do you understand why there was a sudden job opening for running mate on the GOP ticket? They tried to kill your predecessor” …

    So it should be obvious we are in a very bad place.

    Thus, how can any reasonable person frame this election with standard narratives about abortion or immigration or any of that wokism about transfolks, distorted family values and such!

    This election is about an evil, wannabee dictator who lauds billionaires over men and women who who give life and limb for the US; a man who is lawless and advocates abject criminal behavior. A man who abuses the justice system and who wants to harm anyone who gets in his way.

    … a vote for him is a sad reflection of our personal despair!


  11. @Dee Word

    The reason why the submission caught the attention is because it paints a reality many this side of the world are not sensitive to.


  12. Stay woke keep your eyes open..

    — To be “woke” politically in the Black community means that someone is informed, educated and conscious of social injustice and racial inequality.

    The Scottsboro Boys were nine Black teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women aboard a Southern Railroad freight train in northern Alabama in 1931 in a case that lasted decades, in the recording of the Lead Belly song several years after the incident, “stay woke” urged Black Americans to be aware of the potential for racist violence in the South. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. The cases included a lynch mob before the suspects had been indicted, all-white juries, rushed trials, and disruptive mobs. It is commonly cited as an example of a miscarriage of justice in the United States legal system.

  13. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    Weeee deserve to know who is writing this ultra conservative shiiiite.
    Dub told yah. I thought so after the first two paragraphs and then said ‘no way’. Isidoros Karderinis. Whom the blogmaster has featured before.


  14. @NO

    We must have the appetite to appreciate all views.

  15. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    @dpd
    You don’t seem to appreciate 40% of the US voters, are voting Republican irrespective of the candidate. They are not Democrat and nothing else matters.
    Now Trumps fiscal record was not great, but Biden’s has been the worst in many decades. That places the fiscal conservatives in a knot. Do they abstain or hold their nose?

  16. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    @David
    Agreed.


  17. @NO

    Trump has a marketing message that resonates with that lot.

    #MAGA


  18. @NO

    Your point is taken about republican versus democrats. For the most part it is hardly about Harris or Trump.


  19. If you can’t have a discussion about a topic on BU without flooding with videos that garner clicks. Please honor take guidance from the blogmaster who does not have the time to babysit you.


  20. FDT if he ever get jumped I ain’t saying nothing

    We gonna [glitch]

    Trump Quotes:
    Trump: “When Mexico sends it’s people, they’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists”
    Trump: “Donald J Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown entering the United States”
    “Will you unequivocally condemn David Duke and say you don’t want his vote or that of other white supremacists in this election?”
    Trump: ” I know nothing about David Duke I know nothing about white supremacists”
    Trump: “I’m the least racist person that you have ever met”
    Trump: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters”
    Trump: “Look at my african-american over here”
    Trump “I don’t know what I said ah I don’t remember”

    You seem to be on Trump side on the dark side which ain’t right


  21. Trump: “Donald J Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States”

    https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/08/trump-website-takes-down-muslim-ban-statement-after-reporter-grills-spicer-in-briefing.html


  22. vex!

  23. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    @David
    MAGA is a dream. An unattainable one. The only way they get mega investment projects is by giving billions. Look at what Biden did with the chip manufacturers. And his shallow friend across the border, picked battery manufacturers. And any who had committed prior, ceased plans and held out their hands for more money.
    Today in appliances, we have firms buying almost defunct brands, subcontracting to China, and selling at 20-35% less.
    When Trump offered up those tax breaks, many took advantage, but a few years on, they are back to what they did before. Why? They pocketed the tax savings and are back to what makes sense for them.
    Bajans know this? All those tax holiday firms years ago, left Dodge as soon as the holiday ended.
    If Trump died tomorrow, the committed will vote for whomever is nominated. Even the Sikh lady from NC.

  24. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    Gentlemen (David and Northern) we all agree that both parties have their base that vote regardless of the candidate BUTTT … as ridiculously contradictory as it may seem …an election does turn on who is the candidate, nonetheless!

    No lotta long talk… at it’s core the so called independents determine the elections… we know that about 5% – 8% (pundits say less) in the 4 or 5 SWING states will determine who gets to 270 electoral college votes…

    Enter a rousing candidate and voilà the disaffected get ‘religious’ and those who really never voted become converts too and those independents place their X for that person too.

    Look under Kennedy, Reagan or Obama and definitely this orange man for rousing candidates who gave lots of people ‘religion’.

    So yes @Northern Republicans prostated themselves to lawlessness because this man energized beyond their base … and I get it that all movements (MAGA, Tea Partiers, etc) are dreams … but you know that dreamers can do atrociously dangerous things ! ( See Nazis)

    No Repub can ever win with their base alone (nor indeed can any Dem) … it’s how rousing the candidate will be to those 5% in those swing states and those that are not considered swing states but SWUNG in recent cycles.

    Trump did that before… but I would be SHOCKED if ‘independents’ are impressed with him again.

    If he wins it’s about a NO vote for a Black Female President (as there was too against Hillary)… as there is NOTHING currently about this man that should move the electoral needle in his favor… nothing!

    He does not excite and impress beyond the deep dyed fan base!


  25. The author of the article seems to have purposely excluded Trump’s ‘Project 2025’ from his narrative.

    He/she made certain references to ‘woke’ and, in the interest of being ‘fair and balanced,’ should’ve also examined P2025 as well.


  26. Trump is an enable of extremism who lurks in the bowels of conspiracy which is shown by his imitators the Conservatives in USA UK Australia Elon Musk etc

    Isidoros Karderinis has always pretended to be balanced and open minded but if you read between the lines, all of his artyfarty thoughts and articles are prejudiced and biased with a white mindset and he now shows his true colours as a manipulative specious bullshitting long talker full of crap

    The Bu ‘whiteboy’ Troll always says ‘if you believe Joe Biden got 81 million votes then blah blah blah’ but these people most probably voted against Trump more than for Joe

    This election may be similar to recent UK protests where football hooligans were triggered by racist disinformation but there were more people who stood up against the lowest common denominator in politics namely white supremacy racism

    Trump is the kind of non-politician who would rather talk ignorant and stupid than rather than serious and will lie and deny everything all the time

    He lost in 2020 but 1,200 were charged and nearly 500 imprisoned for Jan 6


  27. @NO

    It doesn’t matter that it is a dream, it is one that resonates with many Americans. What more can a politician ask for?


  28. We are unsurprised that the notion of “fiscal conservatives” socalled are still seen as no less potent.

    We would have thought given the excesses of wealth consolidation over 40 years, the hollowing out of the state itself, the skyrocking debt, the rising budget deficits, the runaway military spending, on the one hand, and on and on

    And on the other, the endless inflationary cycles, the homelessness in all major cities, the unemployment, rising crime, underemployment, multiple jobs held to barely make ends meet, an occupation army of the working-poor, the growing absence of medical care and most importantly the centrality of BRICS countries driving global agendas, and on and on …..

    An economy where the top ten percent own 80 percent of wealth that the madness about pandering to socalled fiscal conservatives better known as the money bags of both parties were best decentred.

    When industrial capitalism is eating the lunch of financial colonialism, keep digging!

    Guess when an empire is in a whole it’s best to keep digging until one arrives in China on the other side of the global.


  29. “it is one that resonates with many Americans. What more can a politician ask for?”

    playing Devil’s advocate or what

    white people’s racism & politics are an insult to people of colour
    especially when it is mixed with patronisation like they’re gullible children

    such as when employment figures go up across the nation
    which is 75% white 14% black they have the bare faced cheek
    to claim they are getting jobs for blacks
    trickle down shit bollocks bullshit same old same old shit
    in 2 tiered nation of prejudice

    the question is how much of the 75% white pop feel threatened triggered to vote for blatant conservatism extremism racism

    it is about being correct or incorrect

    in the political and spiritual battle with incorrect conservative spin against correct liberal socialism and equal rights


  30. More monkey polls for those interested in numbers.

    https://youtu.be/ITCYMFO3Zqs


  31. Sample Polls don’t work with shady Republicans who are too ashamed to admit they’ll secretly vote for the racist and extreme 2025 Trump agenda.

    Considerations for Game Theory Model

    How big is the Iceberg of Racism in USA?
    The tip is seen but a big part is underwater

    How many new extra votes will the Convicted Criminal Trump Chump get?

    Has he already maxed out on all the bigots of the land?

    Has the novelty and shock appeal of the Clown politician worn off after 8 years?

    Are people sick and bored of Trump?

    Bigotry has no integrity.

    The state of mind of a bigot is obstinate intolerant devotion to one’s own opinions and prejudices.


  32. I was writing a short note on polling an decided not to do so.

    I do not read much of this Trumpian stuff, but I will point out that in our discussion of the polls I have not seen the term margin of error. If I am wrong, then show me where I erred.

    There are several ways of judging the expertise or understanding of some. One way is by paying close attention to what they are saying; a second way is by paying attention to what they did not say at all.

    I have made my judgement and am therefore unable to contribute.


  33. Mel T.


  34. Kamala can’t raise $$$$ if the polls say she is failing.


  35. Where does the $$$$ she raises go?

    Ads in the mainstream media to influence public opinion.

    The better the mainstream media says she is doing the more $$$$ she raises.


  36. Hopefully Grasshopper, this will help you understand what is going on as you settle in your Lazy Boy to watch the election coverage on CNN!!

    I’ve seen a theory that the media is the Democrat Party and the media dictates what its functionaries like Biden et al need to do.

    The early debate in which Biden appeared was a test to see if their guy could stand up to the campaign, rake in the dough and keep everybody happy.

    When the polls showed he was failing, the media instructed the elites what to do, throw Biden to the wolves and see if he survives.

    Once he failed, his goose was cooked.

    They instructed Pelosi, Schumer et al to get rid of him by any means necessary even if it meant stabbing him in the back.

    But they had a problem, the campaign funds were raised by Biden and Harris so they were stuck with Harris.

    They could not get their hands on those funds if they brought in someone else by any means necessary.

    So, Harris got the nod with no votes and no primary in a party which claims to be the saviour of democracy!!

    I suspect closer to the elections Trump and Elon will have another tete a tete which will break the internet.


  37. Killah Kamala has surpassed one billion in campaign contributions within a few weeks.

    Yes, a lot of this was intended for Genocide Joe but to attribute any real meanings to this pantomime as a function of a democratic process is laughable. These are the woke-Ist fascists.

    Of course, the other fascist, Trump, will do likewise. And the genuine people like Jill Stein will hardly be noticed.


  38. Trump does not need $$$$$ if all he has to do to get a billion views on X is to have a tete a tete with Elon!!


  39. You continue to be dishonest on the blog although earlier explained the X metric for measuring views includes anyone scrolling a post briefly i.e. didn’t watch the interview.


  40. The DNC had supposedly 20 million viewers, supposedly more than the RNC.

    Together, they are less than 4% of the audience Trump reached on X!!

    The media could very well be toast!!


  41. You are so mesmerized by Whiteness and Trump as the next great White hope

    Simple human sensibilities have evaded you.


  42. Looks like Musk bought Google too!!


  43. Where is the evidence Musk bought google? Take warning to take your contributions to blog seriously. You are said to be a Barbados scholar.


  44. It is a hoax going around the internet for the past couple of weeks.

    Just testing to see if you know the difference between a billion and a trillion.

    Google is reputedly worth 2 trillion, alot more than the billions Musk is worth.

    Similarly, there is a vast difference between millions of views claimed by the media and a billion views claimed by X!!


  45. Steuspe

  46. Terence M Blackett Avatar
    Terence M Blackett

    @ Artax

    ………………………………………… and Ter(r)ence Blackett

    #OneR_Thanks


  47. Ah well

    Today, the media is reporting that polls have Kamala comfortably up!!

    It is left for people to interpret if this is for real or if it is an effort to shake the money tree in the expectation that most $$$ will fall in their yard.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/can-kamala-harris-beat-donald-trump-latest-poll-updates/ar-AA1oFDJ8?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=99c9ec7ab4a144069126a8243bc665ed&ei=9

  48. Terence M Blackett Avatar
    Terence M Blackett

    ALL HUMANISTIC PHILOSOPHIES ARE DOOMED TO FAILURE – MOST NOTABLY, AMERIKKKAN POLIETICAL INTRIGUE & THIS MORBID FASCINATION WITH THE 2024 US SELECTION PROCESS BY THE NEFARIOUS JESUITS WHO RUN THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR DARK SECRET SOCIETIES

    Some ask: “Why is #AmeriKKKanPoLIEticalGymnastics doomed 2 failure???

    SIMPLE ANSWER: POLITICS IS A GRECO-ROMAN OLYMPIC SPORT – FROTHED WITH WINNERS & LOSERS

    The key factors contributing to the “UNRAVELLING” perception that “US POLIETICS” is dying a “SLOW & PAINFUL DEATH” & ultimately “DOOMED 2 FAILURE”, can be summed up in #OneWord: “MONEY”!!!

    All the “POLARIZATION & PARTISAN FIGHTING” is symptomatic of the “GAPING WOUND” of the “1776 CIVIL WAR” between #NorthAndSouth where for almost 250 years, the “FLIMSY BANDAID” has putrefied & the gaping hole is now a full blown “CANCEROUS LESION” on the heart & soul of nation that has never healed!!!

    The average US citizen sees so much insignificant partisan fighting, where 86% of the populace believe that “REPULSIVENIKS” & “DEMOCRAPS”
    are more focused on fighting each other than solving the major problems around “POVERTY ALLEVIATION”; “SICKENING SOCIETY” & the growing “DENNIS THE MENACE” of the “MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX” that traffick in “WAR, BLOODSHED & DEATH”!!!

    When looking at the “UNDERBELLY OF CAUSATION” – the influence of “SPECIAL INTERESTS” & “LOBBYISTS”, some 84% of US citizens believe that special interest groups & lobbyists have too much “POWER” & “SAY” in the #PoLIEticalMarketplace, which then leads to policy decisions being driven by “SELF-INTEREST” rather than the “PUBLIC GOOD” – “HARBINGERS OF THE DEMISE OF ANCIENT ROME AS A MONOLITHIC EMPIRE”!!!

    If this “DAMNED ELECTION CYCLE” is anything to go by – the exorbitant cost of #PoLIEticalCampaigns & the barrage of “ADS” that sling all kinds of “POOP” across both “MSM” & “SM” – where 85% of citizens believe that the cost of political campaigns makes it hard for good people to run for office, potentially leading to a lack of qualified candidates & a focus on “FUNDRAISING” over “POLICY SUBSTANCE”!!!

    The inherent lack of “TRUST” & “CREDIBILITY” amongst many average US citizens is the frustration with the availability of “UNBIASED INFORMATION” aka “FAKE NEWS” regarding actual politics (68%), & only (22%) believe that #PoLIEticalLeaders face any consequences for acting unethically – knowing this erodes trust in “GOVs & “POLIETICIANS”!!!

    Therefore, with such “DEEP DIVISIONS” & “LACK OF COMPROMISE” – the widespread perception is that the “DAMNED” system is too polarized, with 20% of respondents citing this as a “MAJOR ISSUE” & the biggest problem within the “REPUBLIC” – making it difficult to find “COMMON” ground & 2 pass bipartisan legislation!!!

    The “LEVIATHAN” of “MONEY POLIETICS” influenced by (MEGA) corporations & special interests in the process – where some (7% of respondents) have this nagging perception that poLIEticians are more beholden to donors than constituents – with (10%) suggesting it further undermines trust & effectiveness in GOV!!!

    Most political scientists “IGNORE” the “STRUCTURAL ISSUES” that are baked into the “CONSTITUTION’S DESIGN”, including the “SEPARATION” of “POWERS” & “FEDERALISM”, which is responsible for all the “GRIDLOCK” in Washington – making it difficult to pass meaningful legislation or even acting upon existing frameworks!!!

    Many feel that “WE THE PEOPLE” have no say in really important matters, as lawmakers are isolated from constituent concerns – thus creating even more polarization & “THREAT PERCEPTION” – where research suggests that “POLIETICAL POLARIZATION” leads partisans to see the other side as a “THREAT” to the country, which can exacerbate gridlock & make compromise that much harder!!!

    The stark reality is that “ESTABLISHMENT GOVERNANCE” has been unable to “SOLVE CRISES” perpetuating the notion that “AMERIKKKA IS A FAILING STATE”, that has a matter of a few short years before it implodes in the way past “EMPIRES” have done!!!

    Establishment poLIEtics can’t solve the crises in our world – further highlighting the perception that the current poLIEtical system is “CANKERED”, “COMATOSED” & “CONDEMNED” – completely ineffective in addressing pressing issues, such as was seen with the COVID-19 #PlanDEMIC debacle, & that’s what’s left is not a viable alternative!!!

    “The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it…” (George Orwell)


  49. One ‘R,’ two ‘Rs,’ is irrelevant.

    The fact is, you clearly indicated you UNDERSTOOD my point, which was the INTENDED purpose.

    Hence, your feeble attempt at sarcasm.

    #Don’tgiveTWOf@¢$ifit’sOneR


  50. @ David

    Knox ‘said,’ “Kamala can’t raise $$$$ if the polls say she is failing.”

    ‘Straight out of Trump’s play book.’

    Knox is either being purposely naive or he has an extremely simplistic view of politics and business.

    Harris’ poll ratings SURGED to match, and surpassed Trump’s, and received more than US$200M in donations, a MERE WEEK AFTER being ENDORSED by Biden as the Democrat’s presidential candidate.

    Interestingly, according to her campaign, of the $310M donations received in July 2024, ‘2/3 came from FIRST TIME DONORS and 94% of the donations were $200 or less.’

    However, let’s juxtapose his comment about Harris with (1) his heroes, Donald Trump and Elon Musk…… (2) politics and business.

    Information suggests that initially, Musk was not too fond of Trump and even went on to endorse his Republican rival, Ron DeSantis.

    I was also surprised to learn he voted for the Democrats. But, under the Biden administration, Musk’s companies faced a number of federal investigations over employment practices. For example, he is opposed to the unionisation of his employees.

    As such, he decided not to support Biden any longer, and eventually opted to support Trump. After all, both gentlemen share similar commonalities of interest.

    Check Trump’s ‘anti-worker record. He is opposed to workers’ unions as well.

    For example, under the Obama administration, the National Labour Relations Board granted employees the right to use companies’ emails for unions and other organising purposes.
    Under Trump, the NLRB, (to which he appointed anti-union persons who sided with employers in contract disputes, supported companies that delay and stall union elections, misclassify workers to take away their freedom to join a union, and silence workers) …… reversed that right.
    Trump also made it easier for employers to fire or penalize workers who speak up for better pay and working conditions or exercise the right to strike.

    Didn’t Trump PRAISED Musk for firing his employees who were on strike for better pay and working conditions, which led to the United Auto Workers’ union filing federal labour charges against both men?

    Knox also said, “Trump does not need $$$$$ if all he has to do to get a billion views on X is to have a tete a tete with Elon!!”

    Musk ESTABLISHED a ‘super political action committee’ for the PURPOSE of SUPPORTING Trump’s presidential election campaign, to which he PLEDGED US$45M PER MONTH.

    Currently, ‘the polls say Trump IS FAILING,’ and how did Musk respond?

    By hosting an interview on his X social media platform, with Trump. An interview Knox has been constantly bragging on BU that was ‘viewed by a billion people.’

    Surely, we can reasonably assume that interview was conducted on ‘social media to influence public opinion.’

    A marriage of CONVENIENCE as a result???

    If Kamala becoming POTUS is perceived by her financiers as providing financial and other benefits to them, or satisfaction to those persons who sincerely believes she should hold that office, or people who, according to Musk’s July 2022 tweet, believe “it’s time for Trump to hang up his hat and sail into the sunset,”

    …… then obviously the ‘millions will begin to roll in.’

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