Lies and Pressers

I finally figured out that the more press conferences the White House holds the more lies are delivered to public air ways. The baldness of these actions is breathtaking. So very obvious.

The presentations of bloggers and vloggers create the statements the White House wishes to counter. To do that, pressers are held quickly, even more frequent than daily. Amazing when you realize some White House administrations rarely held pressers as often as once a month.

The material shared at Trump’s pressers is the baldest of all. Simply untrue statements. Counter to facts or history – long or short term – that mirror the statements and story lines they wish to refute. Predictable. We could even write the scripts of them they are so predictable.

The art of distraction is on full view. So are artful dodges and intended miscues. It is clear the White House staffers have a long view plan and script of their own. They continually push it forward. The cohesiveness gives proof to the lie itself – Project 2025 is in full swing and fully staffed.

Trump’s public statements are only part of the whole scene. Increasingly, his role isn’t even needed. Actions taken by the White House are. Agency heads and DOGE statements also drive related press conferences.

The Press Secretary pokes at reporters for not asking the right questions and then researching the answers. In fact, reporters are asking the right questions and asking for proof of the answers provided by the White House. If charges are made by the President or agency heads, where is the proof that their claims are documented and fully investigated? Where is the process they used to come up with their statements of wrongdoing leading to the firing, removal from office or deportation? It is not the sole job of the press corps to research all of history or current events. It is up to the makers of policy to prove their point. So far, they provide only empty, open statements as if they are factual. They are not.

Besides that, when the press corps does dive into research, they are stymied at every step by the very people being studied. Facts are hidden from view. Policy statements are mere political campaign rhetoric reissued as policy. That is not how it should work.

Weaponization of government is in full force with MAGA. Universities are punished by withdrawing research grant funding regardless of the subject matter involved. Research on cancer, technology and a host of other specialties are orphaned. To what end? Mere financial punishment of the institution? Or might this be a perverted opening for private businesses to pursue as research contracts. You do know that Universities are prime researchers precisely because private parties do not want to take on the risk of funding research which may not produce desired results? That is why government funding is provided in the first place.

And the point needs to be made that research progresses in tiny stages accumulating knowledge and bits and pieces until they are connected to others yet unknown. It takes years of accumulating the knowledge base and the research talent and structure to make progress. This is painstaking work and requires long term investment. That is what universities do. Corporations hate doing these enormous, open-ended projects. They rely on university research projects to feed them the important discoveries they seek. And need. Without the huge investment in the research itself.

We need to always ask why the White House says what it says, and why staff support the statements without proof of factual content. Therein lies the lie.

Know this and resist.

March 24, 2025

  

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Intimacy

As we mature, we become deeply involved in relationships. Some of this is basic family relations – siblings, parental – and the like. Next is friends who enter our homes and we theirs. Neighbors, classmates, mutual hobbyists and so forth. Then we develop friendships that go much deeper. We comfort one another when we are hurting physically or emotionally. We discuss the matters of life and learn much more about ourselves and each other. We can even anticipate how others will react to various situations and stimuli. Good friendships do not spread to everyone we know. No, good friendships are special, close and deeply personal. We focus attention and brainpower on these few friends. Some special relationships focus on specific topics of interest and importance. Yes, we have specialized friendships. Most common. But one day, we get to know one person very well. An emotional connection forms with deep roots. A need to know the person more fully expands in personal ways. We sense this b...
Read more

Bits & Pieces

Pie: Apple pie more specifically. With Thanksgiving just passed, many of us enjoyed a good apple pie. Sure, there was pumpkin to accompany the turkey, but in our family multiple pies are offered in the holidays. Apple is surely one. Pecan, pumpkin and others, too. But I almost always choose apple. When I was in college, I was asked what kind of pie did I eat most often. In front of my mom, I answered apple, because I was always looking for a pie as good as mom’s own. Of course my mother was pleased, but it was a true statement just the same. When I was married, Ann’s pie was darned good. Her mother’s recipe. But we fiddled with the recipe until it took on its own generational name, and boy, was it good! Today I still order apple pie for dessert because I am always looking for a great pie to challenge our family recipes. I rarely do find such a prize. Do others do the same? Do you search for a great pie of choice, continually? If you do, what’s your story? Why do you do this? ...
Read more

Remembering Tom Sherlock

Tom Sherlock died on Wednesday, April 3rd. He was 65 years old and did not survive a heart surgery. That was his unexpected end and sad enough. But there is more to his story. Tom joined Dan Schuyler and George Safford to create what became the Village Chronicles, a weekly newspaper serving Warrenville, Illinois. That paper expanded to serve Winfield and then West Chicago. The paper published for eight years and built a good reputation for itself. Tom served the paper in several ways. He was our information technology guru, provided hardware and software to support the paper's operations. He was our sole bookkeeper, accountant and financial manager. He designed our distribution process and provided office space for meetings and layout and typesetting. His efforts supported the work of 32 volunteers who wrote and reported on the communities we served.  The newspaper broke even financially most of the time, but it was a struggle. Tom managed to find money to keep the newspaper afloat...
Read more