For the ten millionth time: the Republican House ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT have the ability to lay a finger on Special Counsel Jack Smith. Can't cut his funding, can't do anything. It's literally not a thing. Any news outlet or pundit pushing this crap should be put out of business.
It doesn't matter that Jim Jordan is vowing to defund the Special Counsel probe. He does not have that ability. It's not even up for debate. It's literally not a thing. So the media has no business running headlines like "Jim Jordan vows to defund Special Counsel probe."
If I vow to flap my arms and fly, the headline should not be "Palmer vows to flap his arms and fly." That headline would falsely imply that such a thing is possible, which misinforms people. The headline should be "Palmer vows to do something that's literally impossible."
When Republicans come up with the disinformation they want to push, they base it specifically on the kind of false things that they think the mainstream media will be willing to run with for ratings purposes. The media knows it's disinformation, but can't help itself.
When it comes to our ability to shut down the Republican agenda, half the battle consists of calling out major media outlets whenever they run with intentionally misleading headlines like "Jim Jordan vows to defund Special Counsel."
If our side becomes convinced that the Special Counsel is just going to be shut down or defunded anyway, and that Trump is just going to get away with it all and magically take over in 2024, then our side won't bother to fight and put in the work over these next two years.
This is why I spend every single day of my life pushing back against the mainstream media's prevailing false narratives, and why you should be doing the same if you want to consider yourself a political activist. It is, at the least, half the job of being a political activist.
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