People with Rigid Political Views Should Read More Widely

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.

Thomas Jefferson 

America is more divided than at any time since the Civil War. The country is split into two hostile camps. The MAGA crowd is mostly addicted to Fox News. The Trump haters get their news from the legacy media: The New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and other progressive news sources.

I advise Trump's supporters to read the New York Times, which occasionally takes a breather from Trump bashing and objectively reports on current events. They might even tune in to The View. The View ladies will not convert anyone from MAGA Land to their political philosophy, but it's always edifying to get a glimpse of an alien culture.

Trump haters should also read more widely. In addition to the New York Times, they should peruse the New York Post. If they subscribe to the Washington Post, they should also read the Washington Examiner.

And everyone--left-wing or right-wing, MAGA ideologues and leftist Never-Trumpers--should stop reading The Guardian, which is a rabidly anti-Trump screed sheet. In a recent funding appeal, The Guardian proclaimed: "We're funded by readers, not billionaires--which means we can publish factual journalism with no outside influence."

In fact, as Andy Gorel wrote, citing Wikipedia:

The Guardian is owned by The Guardian Media Group (GMG), which is “wholly owned by the Scott Trust Limited, which exists to secure the financial and editorial independence of The Guardian in perpetuity. The Group's annual report (for the year ending 2 April 2023) indicated that the Scott Trust Endowment Fund was valued at £1.24 billion.”

While there may be a degree of separation, this means The Guardian is backed by a $1.56 billion endowment.

Readers can read The Guardian online, which is posted without a pay wall, making it readily accessible for free. If you read the publication's content for just a few days, you will understand how biased it is against President Trump. 

My advice: skip The Guardian and look for fairer critical coverage of the Trump administration.

Finally, I advise everyone to read two premier bloggers: James Howard Kunstler and Matt Taibbi. Both have stellar journalism credentials, and both think outside the box. 

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Screw Flyover Country! The Dems raise campaign money in Hollywood, Cape Cod, and Martha's Vineyard

Last month, George Clooney and Julia Roberts co-hosted a Hollywood fundraiser for Joe Biden. Barack Obama was there to guide Joe Biden off the stage and to offer photo opportunities to Hollywood moguls. This star-studded event was a howling success. Biden pulled in $30 million for his reelection campaign.

Less than a month later, George Clooney wrote a New York Times op-ed essay calling for Biden to withdraw from the presidential race. 

Did anyone condemn Clooney as a huckster and a shill for Biden—who is so cognitively diminished that he can hardly walk unassisted? No. In fact, George Skelton, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, praised Clooney to the skies and said Clooney should be the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate. Why? Because Clooney “has an easy smile that exudes sincerity and is extraordinarily telegenic.”

Last week, a herd of prominent Democrats called for Joe Biden to withdraw his presidential candidacy, and yesterday, Biden threw in the towel.

Nevertheless, Kamala Harris raised $2 million on Cape Cod for the demented grifter's reelection campaign just before he dropped out of the presidential race. Wouldn’t you like to see the list of donors? 

Soon,  David Letterman, the retired anchor of The Late Show, will co-host a Democratic fundraiser on Martha' Vineyard, which has become a modern-day Devil's Island for lunatic liberals suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. 

With Biden out of the presidential race, all the money raised for Biden will go to Kamala Harris. Unfortunately for her, Biden spent 93 percent of the money he raised last month, which includes the $30 million George Clooney raked in for him in Los Angeles. No matter; the elites still have plenty of dough.

People living in Flyover Country will note that the coastal elites are donating money to the Democrats while food prices and rent are going through the roof. The Dems don't care about working Americans, whom they contemptuously describe as White Christian Nationalists. 

"Screw Flyover Country" is the Dems' motto. I sincerely hope Flyover Country rams Donald Trump up their butts.

David Letterman
A fool and his money are soon parted, Photo credit: Forbes.