I tried looking for the auto transcript feature because I prefer to read, but it could’ve been my fault, I’m not sure, I couldn’t find it though, might not have looked in the right place. Other than that, I gave in and listened and I have to say, I agree with you and have very much the same feelings. Thank you for sharing this. I appreciate it. I’m as confused as you are as to the questions you were asking, I keep asking similar questions myself. You raise a ton of great points but I just don’t know what to do anymore. Anyway, thank you for everything! I enjoyed your piece very much. 🫶🏻🫶🏻🥰🥰
There are people all over the world living in autocratic states. They continue to stand up for others, and we can look to their example. There are things we can do to uphold our values
You express widely held thoughts eloquently! But what can be done to stop Project 2025, which seems to be more and more firmly cemented in, each new nightmarish day that tffg nominates someone new to implement it? It seems Pollyannish to hope that enough Republican congresspeople will finally have had enough. He seems to have blackmailed/bribed them all. I've even started to wonder if the silence from the WH isn't an indication that he's threatened Pres. Biden with executing Hunter if he doesn't capitulate. Hate to give in to such conspiratory theories, but the whole 2025 thing IS one!
Thank you, Walter. There is a lot of divide-and- conquer going on in the media discourse, additionally some problems have just not been resolved as they should have been, and I mean things like a better social political system, better foreign policy, and so on. Some people will, hence, grasp at any stnow they Can find and the Republicans gave them some, even if they are just illusions.
I am as bewildered as you are about how America decided to re-install a corrupt and vile man. Donald Trump is a traitor to the USA. He cares nothing for America or its citizens. It's mind-blowing that 49% (plus) of Americans cast their vote for him as the bette option.
WIth all the "smarts" in the Democratic party, how did our leaders/strategists UTTERLY miss the boat on messaging (HOW to do it and WHERE to do it... and what to say..).
It seems clear that the majority of Americans get their information from sources that did not even exist 10-15 years ago.... We were playing by the old rules.
In the last months of the campaign (with the exception of the one debate where Harris trounced him) Trump did ZERO interviews on "mainstream" news - no "60 Minutes", no ABC/CBS/NBC (Univision, yes). He did NOTHING, and it didn't matter (it may have helped him.)
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I remember thinking (in late summer 2024 )that it would be impossible for Trump to ONLY appear on Fox, NewsMax, "Right Side Broadcasting", etc. (the "propaganda" networks). I told mysef "the American people will not STAND for this! They will demand to see the candidate and to hear him account for himself.
But no... there were no demands for info from the American people. The media criticized BIden and then Harris, nit-picking about which podcast she went on, while ignoring the massive red-flags (Elon Musk talking to Putin since 2022, anyone???) that would have helped voters make an informed decision.
I believe that Russia, back to 2015-16, has profoundly influenced our media/social media to the point where a large percentage of the American people were literally brainwashed. They didn't get the correct info, certainly not on the successes of the Bisen administration (in fact, not even the MAINSTREAM media provided that information!)
Was it up to the Biden administration and the national party to tell America the facts?
Something doesn't seem right about the 2024 election, but how quickly we forget all the momentum that Harris was bringing into election day. I wish they'd investigate the results. They investigated the results in 2020 as they should have, why not 2024?
I feel all of this, Walter. I do think we are up against a behemoth red machine of lies and half truths, infiltrated in every nook and cranny of the internet: youtube, reddit, infinite podcasts, bro-casts, all social media, and of course, Fox News. They really have it pretty well sewn up. How do we out talk them? Over talk them with facts? I had a guy say to me just today that tr*mp never said “suckers and losers” about the military. He honestly believes that! What the hell is he listening to?! My own son has fallen into the trap. We can keep growing our media on our side but I fear we will never have the well establish “magaphone” they have. I am just so very sad too. It’s like all the decorum, all the well established courtesies, all the things we learned to be respectful and possess integrity have absolutely gone out the window. I have a pit in my stomach everyday now.
I tried looking for the auto transcript feature because I prefer to read, but it could’ve been my fault, I’m not sure, I couldn’t find it though, might not have looked in the right place. Other than that, I gave in and listened and I have to say, I agree with you and have very much the same feelings. Thank you for sharing this. I appreciate it. I’m as confused as you are as to the questions you were asking, I keep asking similar questions myself. You raise a ton of great points but I just don’t know what to do anymore. Anyway, thank you for everything! I enjoyed your piece very much. 🫶🏻🫶🏻🥰🥰
If you push the button that says "transcript" right next to share, the transcript appears. Thanks for listening!
There are people all over the world living in autocratic states. They continue to stand up for others, and we can look to their example. There are things we can do to uphold our values
You express widely held thoughts eloquently! But what can be done to stop Project 2025, which seems to be more and more firmly cemented in, each new nightmarish day that tffg nominates someone new to implement it? It seems Pollyannish to hope that enough Republican congresspeople will finally have had enough. He seems to have blackmailed/bribed them all. I've even started to wonder if the silence from the WH isn't an indication that he's threatened Pres. Biden with executing Hunter if he doesn't capitulate. Hate to give in to such conspiratory theories, but the whole 2025 thing IS one!
Thank you!
Thank you, Walter. There is a lot of divide-and- conquer going on in the media discourse, additionally some problems have just not been resolved as they should have been, and I mean things like a better social political system, better foreign policy, and so on. Some people will, hence, grasp at any stnow they Can find and the Republicans gave them some, even if they are just illusions.
Thank you!
I appreciate your writings here on Substack.
I am as bewildered as you are about how America decided to re-install a corrupt and vile man. Donald Trump is a traitor to the USA. He cares nothing for America or its citizens. It's mind-blowing that 49% (plus) of Americans cast their vote for him as the bette option.
WIth all the "smarts" in the Democratic party, how did our leaders/strategists UTTERLY miss the boat on messaging (HOW to do it and WHERE to do it... and what to say..).
It seems clear that the majority of Americans get their information from sources that did not even exist 10-15 years ago.... We were playing by the old rules.
In the last months of the campaign (with the exception of the one debate where Harris trounced him) Trump did ZERO interviews on "mainstream" news - no "60 Minutes", no ABC/CBS/NBC (Univision, yes). He did NOTHING, and it didn't matter (it may have helped him.)
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I remember thinking (in late summer 2024 )that it would be impossible for Trump to ONLY appear on Fox, NewsMax, "Right Side Broadcasting", etc. (the "propaganda" networks). I told mysef "the American people will not STAND for this! They will demand to see the candidate and to hear him account for himself.
But no... there were no demands for info from the American people. The media criticized BIden and then Harris, nit-picking about which podcast she went on, while ignoring the massive red-flags (Elon Musk talking to Putin since 2022, anyone???) that would have helped voters make an informed decision.
I believe that Russia, back to 2015-16, has profoundly influenced our media/social media to the point where a large percentage of the American people were literally brainwashed. They didn't get the correct info, certainly not on the successes of the Bisen administration (in fact, not even the MAINSTREAM media provided that information!)
Was it up to the Biden administration and the national party to tell America the facts?
Well... yes. But we didn't do it.
Something doesn't seem right about the 2024 election, but how quickly we forget all the momentum that Harris was bringing into election day. I wish they'd investigate the results. They investigated the results in 2020 as they should have, why not 2024?
I feel all of this, Walter. I do think we are up against a behemoth red machine of lies and half truths, infiltrated in every nook and cranny of the internet: youtube, reddit, infinite podcasts, bro-casts, all social media, and of course, Fox News. They really have it pretty well sewn up. How do we out talk them? Over talk them with facts? I had a guy say to me just today that tr*mp never said “suckers and losers” about the military. He honestly believes that! What the hell is he listening to?! My own son has fallen into the trap. We can keep growing our media on our side but I fear we will never have the well establish “magaphone” they have. I am just so very sad too. It’s like all the decorum, all the well established courtesies, all the things we learned to be respectful and possess integrity have absolutely gone out the window. I have a pit in my stomach everyday now.
Me too. But we have truth on our side. Remember that.
I don’t see the transcript button either…
It's next to share. When i get back home this evening I can paste the transcript in.