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The powerful think we're stupid. Let's show them we're not

The powerful think we're stupid. Let's show them we're not

Tatiana Prophet
Politics

Opinion by Tatiana Prophet

On Nov. 3, 2020, we witnessed manipulation in real time on the television screen.

First there were the early calls that candidates had won particular states, but really they were projections. And let’s hope they weren’t deliberate lies. A call should be definitive. It is not supposed to change. But the calls from various “decision desks” changed all evening, and all night.

Then there was the sudden pause in counting in crucial battleground states, then stonewalling, then a sudden jump in votes for Joe Biden.

We don’t have all the facts, but we do know when we’re being stonewalled, censored and controlled. What a coincidence that social media users are being herded by the tech companies into forbidden areas that are proven false by “fact checkers.” Well and good, but when the fact checkers are simply the same cast of characters, even a child could figure out that there’s a problem. Especially because the fact checks are a little like sawdust on the palate. Full of a definitive tone, but very little proof. And almost always, missing context.

The race to call the winner -- ends in no winner at all

The race to call the winner -- ends in no winner at all

Tatiana Prophet
Politics

Analysis by Tatiana Prophet

Excitement crackled early on Election Night in the United States, but by bedtime for many, the crackle turned to fizzle.

All were disappointed. Florida was way too close for either camp, and though President Trump pulled away from Biden, it appeared that media outlets were waiting till the very last ember of Democrat hope went out before calling the race for Trump.

It was the opposite for Biden — even over at (newly reorganized) FOX News. By 4 pm Eastern, there was a tally showing Trump leading by 10 points in Virginia, of all states, at the same time that FOX News’ Bret Baier called the state for Biden.

In spite of the famous premature calls of elections past, such as Truman vs. Dewey and Bush vs. Gore, the overarching impression of the night was that early “calls” were A-OK!

U.S. Elections: The Jig Is Up

U.S. Elections: The Jig Is Up

Tatiana Prophet
Politics

Opinion
By Tatiana Prophet

In my research over the last three and a half years, I have come to realize that every single one of our U.S. elections has been curated and managed by the tyrannical control freaks behind the scenes in our own country.

As the Democrats present their Trump impeachment case for the third day in the U.S. Senate, perhaps a look at the big picture is in order.

Think about it. The first evidence of election rigging that spilled out into the public eye was 1972. Deep Throat fed Woodward and Bernstein a curated evidence bento box, and eventually, the dirty tricks were swept away as an anomaly. That's the real reason Nixon resigned. He had to take the fall. Do you think political party matters? Look at what our commanders in chief do when they get into office.

Donald Trump has finally met his fast-talking match

Donald Trump has finally met his fast-talking match

Tatiana Prophet
Politics

And it's not Stormy Daniels

OPINION

She didn’t kill the night and she didn’t kill the tradition; what Michelle Wolf killed on Sunday night was the frustration of half the country.

Frustration that has formed a collective nightmare since November 8, 2016. Frustration for those who are appalled and horrified with each new day that a coarse, brutish business man with an ill-fitting suit is living in the White House and steering the ship of state. They are so appalled that they will not watch him speak, or speak his name. So the moniker 45 has been a way to cope, to deal with the daily effrontery of his predictable bravado, his juvenile nicknames, and his senior citizen tangents. Every word he has uttered toward or about a minority is evidence of his endemic racism, misogyny and superiority.