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Still Don’t Think Media Bias Is Real?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSuper Tuesday,\u201d when 15 states and one U.S. territory held presidential primaries, came and went this week with few (if any) surprises as Joe Biden won on the Democratic side, and Trump won the Republican primaries \u201cbigly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nikki Haley has finally seen the writing on the wall and dropped out of the race.<\/p>\n

The only\u00a0two primaries\u00a0she won, and it tells you everything you need to know,\u00a0were the\u00a0Washington, D.C.\u00a0swamp and the Socialist People\u2019s Republic of Vermont.\u00a0She\u2019s an establishment candidate in the mold of Jeb Bush or Mitt Romney.<\/p>\n

The bottom line is the die is cast. Trump will be the Republican nominee, unless Democrat \u201clawfare\u201d somehow succeeds in derailing him or something unforeseen happens.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That outcome seems less likely after Monday\u2019s 9-0 Supreme Court ruling that prevents states from keeping him off the ballot.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been amazing to watch mainstream media outlets cover the Supreme Court ruling.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Again, it was a 9-0 decision.<\/p>\n

But the Court\u2019s three liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, argued that the majority went too far about the role of Congress in enforcing the 14th Amendment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The liberals argued that the Court should have ruled against Colorado and left it at that, without getting into the role of Congress. They were joined,\u00a0in that view\u00a0by Amy Coney Barrett, who\u2019s considered a conservative,\u00a0in a separate concurring opinion.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t a dissent, but their comments may have future implications for the November election, which I\u2019ll explore in a future article.<\/p>\n

But the media has so heavily emphasized the Court\u2019s three liberals\u2019 remarks that the majority went too far, they practically ignore the fact that it was a 9-0 decision.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s like they\u2019re trying to spin the unanimous ruling as a defeat for Trump! But that doesn\u2019t surprise me. The media has long abandoned any pretense of objectivity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s journalism is all about advocacy, not facts. There\u2019s certainly a place for advocacy; that\u2019s what Op-Eds are for. But basic reporting should try to be as objective as possible.<\/p>\n

The simple fact is most mainstream journalists want nothing more than ensuring that Trump doesn\u2019t win the election.<\/p>\n

Below, I show you how that extreme bias is misleading the public on important election topics. Read on.<\/p>\n

Where Are the Fact-Checkers?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I recall sitting in the Occidental bar in Washington, D.C., just a block from the White House, in the winter of 2007 having drinks with a few friends who happened to be communications advisers to the Bush administration, either in the White House or the U.S. Treasury. Mike Allen walked by.<\/p>\n

He knew my friends, but it was the first time we had met.<\/p>\n

He joined our group and broke the news that he had just resigned as chief White House correspondent for\u00a0Time<\/em>\u00a0magazine and\u00a0had taken\u00a0a position with a new publication called\u00a0Politico<\/em><\/p>\n

Mike was their first hire; he joined immediately after John Harris and Jim VandeHei launched\u00a0Politico<\/em>\u00a0in January 2007. Mike was their first big-name catch.<\/p>\n

At the time,\u00a0Politico<\/em>\u00a0was relatively balanced in its reporting. Like almost all news publishers, it leaned to the left but gave the Bush administration a fair shake and stuck to factual reporting during the 2007\u20132009 global financial crisis.<\/p>\n

Then inevitably, they abandoned any pretense of balance and went to the hard left where they have remained ever since. Mike Allen left\u00a0Politico\u00a0<\/em>in 2017 to co-found news rival Axios.\u00a0Politico<\/em>\u00a0has remained comfortable in the radical progressive column.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why the passage quoted below caught my eye. It\u2019s from a\u00a0Politico<\/em>\u00a0article last Sunday that recognized Trump will be the Republican nominee for president in 2024 and began considering Trump policies likely to be pursued.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the headline:\u00a0EYES ON 2025 \u2013<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u201cBeyond shock and awe: Inside Trump\u2019s potential second-term agenda.\u201d The article continues:<\/p>\n

A wide range of our POLITICO colleagues have a thorough examination of how\u00a0DONALD TRUMP\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0return to the White House would blow the policy agenda from his first go-around out of the water.<\/p>\n

The topics include:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u201cBanning abortions in red and blue states \u2026 Neutering climate science \u2026 Expanding trade fights against rivals \u2014 and allies \u2026 Waging classroom culture wars \u2026 Trying to kill the electric car \u2026 Neutering the federal election hacking watchdog \u2026 Bombing Mexico? \u2026 Deploying U.S. troops against Americans \u2026 Abandoning NATO.\u201d<\/p>\n

Politico<\/em>\u00a0may be far left, which is fine, but they\u2019re good at reading tea leaves on political winners and losers. That aside, the article was a case of intentional fearmongering by trying to scare voters and investors about potential Trump policies.<\/p>\n

As a guard against hyperbolic and biased journalism, let\u2019s take each of these subheadlines and subject them to a reality check. What does a Trump second term actually mean for investors?<\/p>\n

Banning abortions in red and blue states<\/em><\/strong>. This claim is false. In the 2022 Dobbs decision, the Supreme Court did\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0ban abortion anywhere. The court said that abortion is not covered by the U.S. Constitution and therefore under the 10th Amendment, the matter is left to the states<\/p>\n

Some states will ban abortion, some states will facilitate it and others will find a middle ground such as a ban after 15 weeks. Trump is content to leave it with the states. The last thing a presidential candidate wants to do is wade into the abortion debate when it\u2019s no longer a federal issue. Democrats will bring it up whenever they can, but smart Republicans will not take the bait. Trump has much bigger national issues to talk about.<\/p>\n

Neutering climate science<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0This is a red herring. The so-called \u201cscience\u201d of the climate alarmists is fake science using rigged data and defective models. Real science shows that CO2 has no impact on global warming. Climate change is real and has been for millions of years, but it\u2019s not caused by humans or by carbon emissions<\/p>\n

The best scientific evidence shows that it\u2019s caused by solar cycles, volcanoes, ocean currents and water vapor, all beyond human control. Trump might neuter the fake science, but he will encourage the real science and put the climate alarmists on the run.<\/p>\n

Expanding trade fights against rivals \u2014 and allies<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>This one is probably true and that\u2019s a good thing overall. The U.S. has been reducing tariffs and exporting U.S. jobs abroad for decades. Trump believes it\u2019s time to raise tariffs, increase costs to foreign producers and bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States. This was actually U.S. policy from 1787\u20131962 starting with Alexander Hamilton and continuing with Henry Clay\u2019s American System. This is what Trump means by America First.<\/p>\n

Waging classroom culture wars<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0Trump wants literacy, mathematics, critical thinking and accurate history in the classroom. The culture warriors want critical race theory, an aggressive transsexual agenda and children\u2019s books with graphic sexual content. Trump\u2019s not a culture warrior and is welcoming to gays, for example; he just wants a return to traditional academic standards. That will help American productivity as more students get a solid education and can build from there with science, tech, engineering and math skills (STEM). The public supports Trump\u2019s approach by wide margins.<\/p>\n

Trying to kill the electric car<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0Trump won\u2019t have to do much in this regard because the electric car is killing itself. The electric vehicle (EV) was invented in 1837 and peaked in percentage usage around 1910. It was replaced by the far more efficient internal-combustion engine (ICE) as popularized by Henry Ford and the inexpensive Model T.<\/p>\n

EVs today face the same problem they have always faced \u2014 batteries. The battery charges don\u2019t last long (usually about 150 miles instead of the 290 miles claimed). Batteries are drawn down because that\u2019s how the car is heated \u2013 ICE engines use available engine heat to warm the car interior with no added energy.<\/p>\n

EV batteries lose their charge in cold weather and can\u2019t take a charge when temperatures are in the 25\u00b0F range or lower. There are not enough charging stations and charging takes too long. EVs have no resale value because buyers have to buy new batteries at $25,000 each.<\/p>\n

The batteries catch fire and explode. And they do not reduce emissions because the electricity to charge the EV comes from natural gas and coal-fired power plants. EVs are only efficient in the fantasies of reporters at\u00a0Politico<\/em>. They are failures in the real world. Trump knows this.<\/p>\n

Neutering the federal election hacking watchdog<\/em><\/strong>. This federal election watchdog exists solely to censor information favorable to Trump and to promote disinformation that favors Democrats. If Trump neuters this agency, that will be healthy for democracy.<\/p>\n

Bombing Mexico?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Not yet. But if Mexico comes any more under the control of the cartels and if the cartels increase their criminal activities in the U.S., then some military intervention there may be needed. The U.S. invaded Mexico City and took about a third of Mexico\u2019s territory in 1848. The U.S. invaded again in 1916\u20131917 in the state of Chihuahua in pursuit of Pancho Villa after he raided Columbus, New Mexico.<\/p>\n

So a new invasion would not be the first time. In fact, Trump will close the border, resume work on the wall and begin deportations of illegal aliens from the U.S. That may be enough to forestall an actual attack in Mexican territory. Trump doesn\u2019t want to do it, but but don\u2019t rule it out.<\/p>\n

Deploying U.S. troops against Americans<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0This won\u2019t happen; it\u2019s another\u00a0Politico<\/em>\u00a0fantasy. But Trump may use U.S. troops to secure the border and he would use U.S. National Guard units in coordination with governors (if needed) in a peacekeeping capacity to end riots by left-wing radicals from Antifa and BLM.<\/p>\n

Biden is the one who weaponized the CIA and FBI to conduct surveillance, raids and selective prosecutions against everyday Americans and others that Biden deems \u201cenemies of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abandoning NATO<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0Trump is unlikely to do this. He did not do this at all in his first term as president. But he will use threats of quitting NATO as leverage to get NATO members to pay their fair share of combined defense costs. Trump will almost certainly end the war in Ukraine through negotiations with Russia, which is against NATO policy but very much in the best interests of the United States.<\/p>\n

So there you have it. Every one of\u00a0Politico\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0scare tactics is either false, hyperbolic or a good thing. The message for investors is to ignore left-wing sites like\u00a0Politico<\/em>\u00a0but re-read this article and place your bets accordingly.<\/p>\n

If Trump wins, climate alarm and EVs will be gone. Oil and natural gas are scheduled for a comeback. Education will improve. Jobs will enter the United States, but illegal aliens will be ejected.<\/p>\n

Overall, a new Trump administration in 2025 would be good for U.S. productivity, growth and the stock market. But don\u2019t place your bets too early \u2014 we still have to survive 2024 first.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 03\/07\/2024 – 14:05<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/still-dont-think-media-bias-real<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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