THROUGHOUT much of the Anglosphere, faith in the media has cratered in recent years. The proportion of those believing in the news ‘most of the time’ in the UK has gone from 51 per cent in 2015 to 34 per cent in 2022. The number of those actively avoiding the news has gone from 24 per cent in 2017 to 46 per cent in 2022.
I may be wrong and all the experts claiming that Putin is a gravely ill despot fatally damaged by the Wagner incident may be right. However I suspect that our ‘experts’ have all along been guilty of at best ‘wishful thinking’, but more probably have deliberately worked to mislead us about what is really happening in Russia.
Amid whistleblower allegations that the Justice Department stymied the investigation of Hunter Biden by federal prosecutors and IRS agents, the president’s son was deposed Thursday in a civil suit regarding his laptop.
Weiss’ requests were rejected by Biden-appointed U.S. Attorney for D.C. Matthew Graves and Biden-appointed U.S Attorney for the Central District of California E. Martin Estrada, Shapley testified.
According to the records, on July 29, 2021, Morens wrote: “But today, to my total surprise, my boss Tony [Fauci] actually ASKED me to speak to the National Geographic on the record about origins. I interpret this to mean that our government is lightening up but that Tony doesn’t want his fingerprints on origin stories.”
….in general, the story that comes closest to real life is Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” By a presidential campaign’s end, as with the emperor at the parade’s conclusion, many swing voters sense when they’re being conned and see through it. Trying to run an entire presidential campaign on a false narrative is a prescription for disaster.
A New York appeals court has dismissed all claims against former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump in a civil lawsuit brought by Attorney General Letitia James.
“Very simple,” he wrote. “10 M per annum budget to use to further the interest of the JV [joint venture]. This move to 5M is completely new to me and is not acceptable obviously.”
The House is continuing to investigate, and these officials will get their chance to testify under oath. Does Mr. Garland think the IRS agents are lying, or did he not know what his underlings were doing? The credibility of the AG and his department is on the line.
…. it tells an ugly story about the impact of the worst inflation in 40 years and the standard of living. This is the inflation that Mr. Biden did so much to ignite with all of his spending.
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