{"id":269532,"date":"2024-07-15T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=269532"},"modified":"2024-07-15T07:13:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T06:13:55","slug":"the-us-came-close-to-having-two-presidential-candidates-with-no-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/07\/the-us-came-close-to-having-two-presidential-candidates-with-no-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Came Close to Having TWO Presidential Candidates with No Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_269533\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-assassination-shot-usa-elections-2.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-269533\" class=\"wp-image-269533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-assassination-shot-usa-elections-2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-assassination-shot-usa-elections-2.webp 1023w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-assassination-shot-usa-elections-2-300x157.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-assassination-shot-usa-elections-2-768x402.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-269533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Caitlin Johnstone<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>The western political-media class hasn\u2019t been this sympathetic and supportive toward Trump since he bombed Damascus. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>14 Jul 2024 <\/em>&#8211; Donald Trump is now on the receiving end of a deluge of sympathy and support throughout the western world after <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-vp-vance-rubio-7c7ba6b99b5f38d2d840ed95b2fdc3e5\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surviving an assassination attempt<\/a>, despite the fact that he himself is an open and unapologetic <a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2020\/01\/03\/us-assassination-of-top-iranian-military-official-may-ignite-world-war\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">perpetrator of assassination<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seems like everyone\u2019s got a theory about what happened and why right now. As of this writing I\u2019m content to just sit back and not know until more information comes in.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>That was a close one. America came an inch from having <strong><em>two<\/em><\/strong> presidential candidates with no brain.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Now the same US officials who are responsible for overseeing the single most murderous power structure on the face of this planet are standing united in saying \u201cThere is no place for violence in America!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>The western political-media class hasn\u2019t been this sympathetic and supportive toward Trump since he bombed Damascus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Both you and Trump are notorious perpetrators of assassination. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o6BQiGIhWT\" >https:\/\/t.co\/o6BQiGIhWT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caitoz\/status\/1812277506986385524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t wait til Trump is president so Democrats can remember that genocide is an inexcusable evil.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Facebook has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CaitlinAJohnstone\/posts\/pfbid02VMz3zdFu2Lpxss1kV7WGkDrqjrA26kzhBzCzwgRQWwVmdAzEa46ZPsENPpTSfPdal\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">auto-blocked a Substack article<\/a> of mine, which has never happened to me in the years I\u2019ve been posting my Substacks there. The post was critical of Israel, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/caitlin.johnstone\/posts\/pfbid0YpAei6wrKH4qHFWZ5ASKoPPi5KF9U9a1pwZxJfyG8fjhMQ2snrenzEM65sX36AgCl\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">three<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/caitlin.johnstone\/posts\/pfbid02e4eNodAehaz7N6QatCpVtp81krxhDtM7jFUS5A8e29ALzqYBawAKCT2XZK21maVJl\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subsequent<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/caitlin.johnstone\/posts\/pfbid04vSNfDhQDZzTdNFLhxoCYMiHvwZcrz7N32cnALYHfYDL5QyEAiMwWTxYXC2aULqFl\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">articles<\/a> I\u2019ve successfully shared on Facebook thereafter made no mention of Israel. The reason given by Facebook\u2019s censorship AI is listed as \u201cIt looks like you tried to get likes, follows, shares or video views in a misleading way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I find this information worth sharing because it comes immediately after Facebook\u2019s parent company Meta <a href=\"https:\/\/transparency.meta.com\/en-gb\/Hate-Speech-Update-July2024\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> that it will begin censoring criticism of Zionism as hate speech whenever it can be construed as such. People <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SunjeevBery\/status\/1811880514615402985\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">are already reporting<\/a> a marked uptick in censorship on the platform when making posts critical of Israel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Damn, Facebook really is cracking down hard on anti-Israel speech. I didn&#39;t even say the word &quot;Zionist&quot; in that post. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ACsTQEkrym\" >pic.twitter.com\/ACsTQEkrym<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caitoz\/status\/1811234474551890062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >July 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The imperial narrative managers of the mass media have successfully paced the ongoing Gaza genocide from a front page story at the center of attention to something bad we just hear the occasional story about, like global warming or poverty. It\u2019s still happening as ferociously as ever, but if you\u2019re getting your information about the world from mainstream sources you are now only peripherally aware of this while your attention is directed to far less consequential things.<\/p>\n<p>The picture the mass media paint of the world is night and day different from life as it actually is. It\u2019s as different from reality as any other work of fiction, not so much because it directly denies reality or makes up whole cloth lies about it, but because it so drastically misrepresents what\u2019s going on through the manipulation of public attention.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have been babbling about what a decent and honest person Biden is while defending the decision for him to stay in the presidential race. This is ridiculous. Biden is not and has never been a decent person; he\u2019s easily one of the worst human beings on this planet. And what\u2019s funny is that his dementia has probably made him a softer, gentler person than he used to be. The world might be even uglier than it is now if he had his old brain.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a quote by Noam Chomsky which you absolutely <strong><em>must<\/em><\/strong> understand if you want to be able to make sense of political discourse in the west:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum\u200a\u2014\u200aeven encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there\u2019s free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Regardless of your feelings about Chomsky, nothing about our information ecosystem will make sense to you without understanding and appreciating this quote. Until you get this and hold it at the forefront of your awareness, you won\u2019t understand western politics, punditry or political debates.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-180156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper<\/em>. <em>Contact: <\/em><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/TRANSCEND\/T%20M%20S\/TO%20POST\/A%20BYLINES\/admin@caitlinjohnstone.com\">admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com.au\/2024\/07\/14\/the-us-came-close-to-having-two-presidential-candidates-with-no-brain\/\" >Go to Original \u2013 caitlinjohnstone.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14 Jul 2024 &#8211; The western political-media class hasn\u2019t been this sympathetic and supportive toward Trump since he bombed Damascus. Seems like everyone\u2019s got a theory about what happened and why right now. As of this writing I\u2019m content to just sit back and not know until more information comes in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":269533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[867,101,392,109,99,249,70],"class_list":["post-269532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anglo-america","tag-anglo-america","tag-cultural-violence","tag-elections","tag-politics","tag-structural-violence","tag-trump","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269534,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269532\/revisions\/269534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}