The anger expressed here by me and others was justified. I am now beyond angry. Read this Rant.

[Hortensis]

25. What's happening now was very predictable, and

some, Rachel and others, warned that it could roll out this way, pointed out that Mueller was putting information in the indictments that he didn't need to just for them, that Barr was hired to hide the report, etc.

So...surprise? I mean, did you imagine the news media were telling the truth when they pushed the message that Hillary was unlikeable and dishonest for 2 years and more?! That a job requirement for appearing on MSNBC and CNN during the daytime was pushing the approved theme and never leaving anyone with a positive thought about her? That they HAD to report Judicial Watch's swiftboating allegations every week in prime time without fail even if there was no news?

Gimme a break. The New York Times sabotaged her with its coverage every day for over two campaign years and just over a week before the election lied blatantly to the world that the FBI had found nothing significant in its Trump-Russia investigation. A lie so blatant it was discovered immediately. The NYT. On Sunday 60 Minutes opened with a dramatic announcement that Trump was exonerated. Period.

Every time the Republicans need the news spun big these days, the Tax Heist, Kavanaugh, this story, others before that, many media with reputations for ethical journalism expose a very different side of themselves as they push blatant untruths, presumably on both orders from above and with approved neglect because no honest giant international conglomerate would allow what's being done.

Big shock if it's new news, but the vast right wing conspiracy, giant billionaire, social conservative and religious factions pulling together, has been embedded in every industry, including purchasing most of our media, and working to the purpose of oversetting liberalism and progressivism in government for 40 years, and it's been both accelerating in power and and inevitably being outed faster and faster as it's been nearing its goals over the past 15 years. The term "vast right wing conspiracy" first appeared in 1995, well into it. And Jane Mayer's "Dark Money" was only published in 2016, two decades later.

Remember when a day didn't go by without someone parroting the line that we had to get off the backs of big business? That was over a generation ago now. We mostly got off, and that was only part of the acceleration in the transfer of power.

We're probably going to win, though. Our grandparents were in similar position before and did, and we have 200 million registered voters these days. But it had to become this bad before people began to understand. And now every day more do. Being outed by their own actions as they use their power to push harder and faster for their goals is a huge danger point for what is no longer a hidden conspiracy. Trump's raging bull presidency is overall a gift to us, and we probably should thank the Republican "base" for their pathetically deluded attempt to rebel against those who'd taken control of their party. Promising to kill the ACA! Bet that gave the conspirators still chortling over Barr's coming through a nasty clutch.