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7 days until the November 5 election. What do we know and what does it tell us? Part One

Oct 29, 2024

By Dave Andrusko

Let’s start today with some headlines. Bear in mind the Legacy Media loathes former President Trump, but I want to give the flavor of their hysterical rants. I’ll offset them with some more rational headlines.

The U.S. can learn from other countries’ encounters with fascism” Compared to columnist Jennifer Rubin, Joe Scarborough is a pro-Trump groupie.

She penned the single most loony column I’ve read—and I’ve read a lot—which started

The mainstream media — spurred by the disturbing outpouring of racism at Donald Trump’s rally on Sunday at Madison Square Garden — has finally zeroed in on the stakes of this election: the preservation of our democracy against a fascist threat. (As historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat pointed out: “He knows that everyone watching and attending knows that he is reenacting a Nazi show.”)

Who knew that all 20,000 in attendance were Nazis? Apparent not the Jewish attendees who “were visible among those gathered — including Orthodox and Hasidic Jews, distinguished by their black hats,” as Joel B. Pollak wrote.

“There’s a better term for Trump than ‘fascist’: He’s a demagogue’”. Eli Merritt, law professor.

Well…that’s an improvement, right?

“On Elon Musk’s X, Republicans go viral as Democrats disappear.” The gist of this strange hatchet job is the “diminishing influence” of Twitter/X. “It’s almost impossible to say whether X is explicitly suppressing Democrats, as some liberals have speculated” (although “The Post’s analysis turned up no evidence of direct manipulation”), Drew Harwell and Jeremy B. Merrill tell us.

Indeed, speaking of diminishing influence, by the third paragraph the authors admit

But some of their tweets are still going mega-viral — virtually all of them from Republicans, the analysis shows. The Republicans have also seen huge spikes in follower counts over the Democrats, and their tweets have collectively received billions more views.

Moving ahead, “That Revolting Rally Was a Sign of Weakness” snarls New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie.

“Did Trump have the crowds he wanted? Yes,” Bouie concedes. “But that was the extent of his success that night. His overall message was dark, disturbing and as autocratic as you might expect from a man whose top officials have been warning us about his fascistic tendencies.”

The only thing missing would be that the 20,000 supporters dressed in matching Brownshirts.

Any then the most unhinged of all. “Trump’s racist Madison Square Garden rally was everything America shouldn’t be” harrumphs USA Today’s Rex Huppke. “The rally was an insult to decency, an hours-long freak show fully endorsed by the GOP thanks to an appearance by House Speaker Mike Johnson.”

Could you tell us how you really feel?

Two more to finish on a positive note.

“Harris uses Texas to promote abortion – and peddle fear to suburban women voters”

Nicole Russell’s sarcastic lead is, “Nothing says joy like an abortion, am I right? If you cringed reading that, take it up with Vice President Kamala Harris.”

And finally, “A Week from Now, People May Look Back and Think Trump Ran ‘One of the Most Brilliant Modern Campaigns in History.’

“Trump is finishing very strong,” said National Review senior writer Michael Brendan Dougherty. “Just look at the pace of events that the Trump campaign is doing compared to the pace of events that Harris and Walz are doing. Compare the size of media reach. Harris goes on Stephen Colbert — 2 million viewers a night. Trump goes on Joe Rogan — 90 million downloads since that interview went up.”

More tomorrow—actually, there is a Part Two.

Categories: Politics