{"id":291869,"date":"2024-07-26T06:44:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T06:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=291869"},"modified":"2024-07-28T07:51:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T07:51:43","slug":"from-trumps-assassination-to-bidens-disappearing-actits-all-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=291869","title":{"rendered":"From Trump\u2019s \u201cassassination\u201d to Biden\u2019s disappearing act\u2026it\u2019s all theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Kit Knightly \u2013 Off-Guardian July 25, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Remakes and sequels have almost killed Hollywood movie making, turning every film into a collection of meta references and nostalgia bait\u2026<em>\u2018hey remember when this happened in that other movie! That was cool right!\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, it seems, \u00a0they\u2019re trying the same tactics in politics. That\u2019s what we\u2019ve got in the Trump \u201cassassination attempt\u201d \u2013 \u00a0a remake of an old classic \u2013 \u00a0 the JFK assassination \u2013 for modern audiences.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hey guys, remember the second shooter? Remember the patsy? Remember when the Secret Service were told to stand down? \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hey all you libertarians and Truthers out there \u2013 see, Donald is just like JFK, he\u2019s on YOUR side. He\u2019s opposing that mean old Deep State you don\u2019t like. Honest.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The remake of course is cheaper, cheesier and catered to small, bruised and confused modern minds no longer fully able to remember what \u00a0real reality \u00a0looks like \u00a0and who will easily fail to notice<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>a) Trump didn\u2019t actually get his head blown off.<\/li>\n<li>b) in his previous 4 years in office he never opposed the Deep State at all; and<\/li>\n<li>c) The Warren Commission wasn\u2019t a collection of scripted questions posted to Twitter piecemeal by PR teams trying to make their candidates look tough.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is hands-down the most powerful and relevant exchange of the entire hearing from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepPatFallon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepPatFallon<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This alone is enough to warrant firing Kim Cheatle, charging Kim Cheatle, and jailing Kim Cheatle.<\/p>\n<p>The first of many who need to be held to account for the attempted\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sxmKfZIyzZ\">pic.twitter.com\/sxmKfZIyzZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thevivafrei\/status\/1815456008933904614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Republican pseudo-ire has been turned on Kimberly Cheatle, head of the Secret Service \u2013 clearly cast as the villain of the piece, and forced to sit through a steadily escalating assortment of humiliation rituals culminating in her resignation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/07\/23\/secret-service-director-resigns-after-trump-shooting-fallout-00170580\">yesterday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1815422131091415171\">awash with clips<\/a> of Republicans asking her questions and her refusing to answer them.<\/p>\n<p>It \u00a0can only be mistaken for reality by those aforementioned brutalised and confused modern minds.<\/p>\n<p>Just like Cheatle\u2019s appearance at the recent Republican National Convention, where she was <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/secret-service-boss-shes-resigning-after-senators-confront\/story?id=112061934\">\u201caccidentally caught on video\u201d<\/a> as Republican congressmen \u201cangrily confronted her\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sens. Barrasso and Blackburn confront USSS Director Cheatle at the RNC. Good for them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/893FFR0LNe\">pic.twitter.com\/893FFR0LNe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mirthful Moments (@moment_mirthful) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moment_mirthful\/status\/1813793964446863465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, we have a nice little binary \u00a0with the Right wanting to know how she let this happen, and the Left being outraged that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@kurtbardella\/post\/C9uoLm1uOGv\">a (female) civil servant<\/a> is being treated <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brithume\/status\/1813938614566355231\">in such a way<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>And of course nobody asking the only relevant question:<\/p>\n<p><em>Why was she even there?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Why was the head of the USSS attending the RNC right after her agency supposedly nearly got the Republican nominee killed?<\/p>\n<p>So the movie can happen of course. So we can get\u00a0TikTok action clips for the goldfish generation to share and applaud.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s performative. It\u2019s <em>all<\/em> performative. All of the time.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the Blue Team, Creepy Uncle Joe \u00a0dropped out of the race\u2026via tweet, for some reason. No one had actually seen him for a few days until late yesterday, which had people speculating he had died somewhere, which in turn gave birth to even more contrived political theatre, when Kamala Harris supposedly got Joe on speaker phone during a press conference to offer some proof of life.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NOW &#8211; Kamala speaks to Biden over phone at campaign HQ: &quot;It is so good to hear our President&#39;s voice. Joe, I know you&#39;re still on the reco&#8230; on the call&#8230; and we&#39;ve been talking everyday&#8230;&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i6MyVAB9M3\">pic.twitter.com\/i6MyVAB9M3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1815519738631790956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so fake it actually makes me cringe. But was this an incompetent cover up? Or feigned incompetence to make it look like there is something to cover up and keep the reality TV drama boiling?<\/p>\n<p>Who can tell anymore? Does it even matter?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m old enough to remember three months ago, when so many were absolutely positive that Kate Middleton had been dead since Christmas, only for her to turn up \u00a0smiling in a big hat and make all those \u201cconspiracy theorists\u201d look silly.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just another turn of the screw. Another thing that gets done for the sake of itself or the game.<\/p>\n<p>You can argue it\u2019s all just noise at this point. Shiny lights and colours to keep us occupied, while the Great Reset fences us all in.<\/p>\n<p>As the election approaches the swirl of contrived theatre is becoming ever more hysterical \u2013 in every sense of the word \u2013 with the next clown show being the selection of Biden\u2019s replacement on the Democratic ticket. Harris is the heir presumptive, but there\u2019s a lot of talk about Michelle Obama, Gavin Newsom or even the return of Hillary\u2026.another remake in the offing?<\/p>\n<p>Personally I\u2019m looking forward to the DNC next month, if it\u2019s anything like the the last two weeks it\u2019s going to be fun\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Maybe there\u2019s even more twists to come \u2013 an exciting season finale from a writing team so desperate to keep the ratings up they\u2019re pulling out all the stops.<\/p>\n<p>Spectacle and theater designed to keep us in amnesia about the fact that \u00a0win or lose, the good guys and bad guys are just actors working for the same people and they get paid whether or not their character survives to the see the credits roll.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t want any of us to recall that however the nominations and ensuing election play-out, the eventual President will have been hand-picked by the same forces that fixed the US election in 2020, and his or her job will be to continue the same anti-human agenda being pursued by almost every national government across the entire globe.<\/p>\n<p>Which is really the only thing that really matters.<\/p>\n<p>But heck, \u00a0if they want to keep pumping out increasingly absurd political narratives surrounding their make believe democracy, we may as well break out the popcorn and enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>Just so long as we remember \u2013 the ending is always going to be the same.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Support Off-Guardian:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/offguardian\">Ko-fi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/offguardian\">Subscribestar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=CKFB3MH8CGB9U\">Paypal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2024\/07\/24\/from-trumps-assassination-to-bidens-disappearing-act-its-all-theatre\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can argue it\u2019s all just noise at this point. Shiny lights and colours to keep us occupied, while the Great Reset fences us all in. 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