This presidential campaign season may be one of the turning points in history, for good and bad reasons. No one watching the single debate between the Republican and Democratic Party candidates could have walked away from the view that this was a grand struggle between competing principles and visions of the future. This was a campaign of name-calling and shooting, in which a candidate avoided discussing ideas at all costs and even avoided the media at all costs. The other candidate survived two assassination attempts by hurling red meat rhetoric at an understandably angry population.

This was a campaign in which the mainstream media, more than ever before, abandoned the idea of ​​being an unbiased source of information and instead sided with a candidate. In a debate between presidential candidates, the mainstream media went so far as to “fact-check” one candidate while giving a “pass” to the other. The “fact check” turned out to be misinformation – something the mainstream media excel at – but they figured out long ago that by the time the real facts came out, people had already internalized the lie.

According to the conservative Media Research Center, mainstream media coverage of the Trump campaign was 85 percent negative, while coverage of the Harris campaign was 78 percent positive. If true, it explains why the public has such disdain for the media.

What was felt to be missing from the campaign was discussion of the real problems we face. The devastation that interventionism has wrought on our economy, our lives and the rest of the world. There was no talk about how the Federal Reserve hurts the middle class, helps the rich, and oils the war machine.

Then things got interesting at the tail end. Republican Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance said last week that he has come to the view that the Federal Reserve is not the benevolent force its supporters claim. He didn’t say it in those exact words, but that’s what he meant. Then Trump surrogate campaigner Elon Musk made an announcement that no doubt horrified the DC swamp: If he were to take the government efficiency job Trump proposed, he would start with a bang and cut two trillion dollars from the Federal budget!

We even had some fun. After I posted some encouragement on Musk’s Twitter/X, he told me he’d be happy to join him in looking for places to cut! While the last thing I’m looking for is another job, I’m encouraged by the outpouring of support and happy to assist in any effort to correct the wrong path we’re on – the path to complete bankruptcy.

Perhaps the most encouraging development of this election cycle is the rightful decline of the influence of the corrupt mainstream media. Elon garnered nearly 50 million views when he shared a funny meme of the two of us interrupting the government on Twitter/X! Compare this to the steady decline in mainstream media viewership. An alternative way of reporting and analyzing the events of our time is emerging on the ruins of old media, and it is driving them crazy. Good morning my baby.

Originally published by the Ron Paul Institute.