The theory that is most commonly propounded here is that the mainstream media is essentially amoral; they do whatever is required to make money, and that means not pushing back on the president, regardless of the gross damage that is being done to our nation in the process.
Yet, I’d like to think that, if you or I were reporters with the mainstream press with access to Trump at this point, we might ask questions like:
• Can you name a few of the seven wars you claim to have stopped as U.S. president? If you can’t, what’s the purpose of the lie, and repeating it every few minutes?
• Please tell us about the real purpose for appointing obviously unqualified crackpots to important cabinet positions, e.g., Health and Human Services, the “War” Department, etc.
• Do you honestly believe that people who peacefully protest against your presidency “hate America” and are “domestic terrorists?” The presidents who held the White House in times of other large protests understood that this was all part of democracy, an institution that all real Americans cherish.
• How do you justify pardoning convicted criminals purely because they support your presidency?
• You clearly profit from your office, often by accepting gifts illegally. Let me give you a few dozen examples and ask you to comment. OK?
Of course, this hypothetical interview would have lasted about six seconds, but isn’t that better than throwing up softball questions and rubber-stamping the crap coming out of the president’s mouth?
Here’s a story:
He had 3 days left until graduation.
Kendrick Castillo was 18. A robotics student. College bound. Accepted into an engineering program. The final week of school felt like countdown, not crisis.
Then a weapon appeared inside a classroom.
Students froze.
Kendrick did not.
Witnesses say he moved instantly. He lunged toward the attacker. No hesitation. No calculation.
Two other students followed his lead.
Gunfire erupted.
Kendrick was fatally sh*t.
But his movement changed the room.
Classmates were able to tackle and restrain the attacker until authorities arrived. Investigators later stated that the confrontation disrupted the attack and likely prevented additional casualties.
In seconds, an 18-year-old made a decision most adults pray they never face.
Afterward, the silence was heavier than the noise.
At graduation, his name was called.
His diploma was awarded posthumously. The arena stood in collective applause. An empty seat. A cap and gown without the student inside it.
His robotics teammates remembered him as curious. Competitive. Kind. Someone who solved problems instead of avoiding them.
He had planned to build machines.
Instead, he built a moment.
A moment that classmates say gave them time.
Time to escape.
Two points:
If you can read this without tears welling up in your eyes, you’re a far more stoic person than I.
Since Big Money has made it impossible for the United States to implement the same common-sense gun laws that exist in the rest of the planet, this story will reduplicate itself into perpetuity.
How often does this happen? How about never?
Trump loves to say that little boys go to school and come back home little girls.
He’s the most powerful person in the world for exactly one reason: We’re a nation of morons.
Two comments:
That the United States has homeless veterans is a national (and international) disgrace.
By definition, no one has the legal right to enter the U.S. illegally, but according to our constitution, everyone in America is entitled to due process.
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