The New York Times’ Long History of Endorsing US-Backed Coups

The New York Times Editorial Board, it seems, rarely meets a coup backed by the US government that it doesn’t approve of.

Bolivian President Evo Morales was overthrown in a U.S.-backed military coup d’état earlier this month after Bolivian army generals appeared on television demanding his resignation. As Morales fled to Mexico, the army appointed right-wing Senator Jeanine Añez as his successor. Añez, a Christian conservative who has described Bolivia’s indigenous majority as “satanic”, arrived at the presidential palace holding an oversized Bible, declaring that Christianity was re-entering the government. She immediately announced she would “take all measures necessary” to “pacify” the indigenous resistance to her takeover.

This included pre-exonerating the country’s notorious security services of all future crimes in their “re-establishment of order,” leading to massacres of dozens of mostly indigenous people.

The New York Times, the United States’ most influential newspaper, immediately applauded the events, its editorial board refusing to use the word “coup” to describe the overthrow, claiming instead that Morales had “resigned,” leaving a “vacuum of power” into which Añez was forced to move. The Times presented the deposed president as an “arrogant” and “increasingly autocratic” populist tyrant “brazenly abusing” power, “stuffing” the Supreme Court with his loyalists, “crushing any institution” standing in his way, and presiding over a “highly fishy” vote.

This, for democratic-minded Bolivians, was “the last straw” and forcing him out “became the only remaining option,” the Times extolled. It expressed relief that the country was now in the hands of “more responsible leaders” and stated emphatically that the whole situation was his fault; “There can be little doubt who was responsible for the chaos: newly resigned president Evo Morales,” the editorial board stated in the first paragraph of one article.

The Times, according to Professor Ian Hudson of the University of Manitoba, co-author of “Gatekeeper: 60 Years of Economics According to the New York Times,” remains America’s most influential news outlet in shaping public opinion.

“Despite the changing media landscape and the financial troubles of old school journalism models – including the New York Times – it remains the agenda setter. Social media often use or respond to Times stories. It is still probably the single most referenced news outlet in the U.S. Other websites, like Yahoo get more hits, but they do not report or create their own stories. The New York Times still ranks as the top investigative and opinion setting news organization” he told MintPress News.

The first draft of history

Newsrooms across America are sent advanced copies of the Times’ front page so they will know what is “important news” and adjust their own coverage accordingly. In this way its influence extends well beyond its nearly 5 million subscribers, its output becoming the first draft of history. Yet, when it comes to U.S. intervention, the Times offers its “consistent support” for American actions around the world, Hudson says, claiming that the latest Bolivia example “very much followed this trend.” Indeed, there has rarely been an effort at regime change that the paper did not fully endorse, including the following six examples.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/long-history-new-york-times-endorsing-us-backed-coups/263059/

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Manufacturing consent

Studying the Times’ coverage of U.S.-orchestrated coup attempts, it becomes clear that there is a checklist of talking points it employs time and again to justify events.

Blame all economic and political problems on the government; ignore the effect of any U.S. sanctions.

Constantly present the targeted leader as a tyrannical autocrat crushing dissent, no matter what the reality is.

Insist that the leader is actually a Russian plant controlled by the Kremlin.

Refrain from using the word “coup”. Prefer instead words like “uprising”, “revolt” or “transition”.

Express ridicule at the idea that the U.S. could be involved in the affair.

Depict the new U.S.-backed rulers as democratically-minded and downplay any violence they commit in establishing their rule.

Blame the deposed leaders for their own overthrow.

To be sure, the New York Times is not the only major media outlet guilty of reflexively supporting every U.S. action around the world. The Economist and the Washington Post both came out to support the coup in Bolivia, as they had done before with Venezuela. But the Times’ position as “the paper of record” sets it apart in terms of importance.

This position makes it a crucial weapon in the propaganda war waged on the American people in order to manufacture consent for regime change abroad.

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‘No place like it on earth’ — Kraft launches million-dollar contest to defend Israel from BDS

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft won the 2019 Genesis Prize at the beginning of the year, receiving a million-dollar award given annually to Jewish individuals “who have attained excellence and international renown in their chosen professional fields.” At the award ceremony in June, the prize was presented by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a longtime friend of Kraft. In his acceptance speech, Kraft told the audience that he would use the prize money to combat antisemitism and BDS (the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement. He also pledged $20 million towards the creation of a foundation that would do the same.

“When I was awarded the Genesis Prize in January, I promised to dedicate myself even more than before to fighting anti-semitism, BDS, and other efforts to delegitimize the state of Israel,” Kraft declared, “My vision is to work to end the violence against Jewish communities. To counter the normalization of anti-Semitic narratives that question Israel’s right to exist, disguised as part of legitimate debate on campuses and in the media.”

Now we know specifically how Kraft will use the prize money. He’s teaming up with the Genesis Prize Foundation to launch a competition that will award $1 million in grants to groups that fight against BDS and the delegitimization of Israel. The competition, which is titled “Speak Out Israel,” will disburse the funds (at a minimum of $50,000 per grant) to Israeli nonprofits that portray Israel in a positive manner.

“We see our role as being a catalyst in helping to bring about the change we want to see in the world,” Genesis Prize Foundation president Steven Rakitt told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, “We bring together philanthropists to respond to the most critical issues in our community. Given the sharp rise in anti-Israel sentiment around the world, there is no question that we feel a responsibility to focus on combating this scourge.”

A press release on the group’s website includes a quote from Kraft detailing his personal connection to Israel. “Israel is so special to me and my family,” he said, “It’s where I took the love of my life on our honeymoon in 1963. Since then, I have sponsored dozens of missions and countless other trips for people to experience Israel for the first time. Spiritually, there is no place like it on earth. The more people learn about its history, its diverse culture and its innovation, the more we can do to change stereotypes and end antisemitism. That’s why Speak Out for Israel is so timely and important to Israel’s future.”

In the same week that the competition was announced, Human Rights Watch’s Omar Shakir became the first person to be expelled from Israel under the country’s BDS law. The law allows advocates for the movement to be denied entry into the country. Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry recommended that Shakir be barred because “he frequently retweets and shares material about BDS.”

https://mondoweiss.net/2019/11/robert-kraft-launches-million-dollar-competition-to-combat-the-bds-movement/

BBC under increasing criticism for biased reporting

It’s almost as British as fish and chips and a pint, but what used to be embraced by the masses as a reliable source of information, the BBC, is now under increasing scrutiny for its overt political bias. With the growing popularity of social and alternative media, Brits are no longer taking as gospel what is pumped out by, this publicly funded service which is increasingly coming under fire for being nothing more than a propaganda machine for the sitting government. The hashtag #BBCbias has been trending for some time now on Twitter, and with more and more commentators questioning the integrity of this public service, it’s clear that the organisation needs to take a long hard look at itself.

Let’s take the issue of Scottish Independence for example. Coverage of this, and of the Scottish National Party has been demonstrated to be biased for years. A 2014 report by Dr John Robertson concluded that BBC reports in the run up to the Yes campaign consisted of “typically a Westminster scare story, on the Yes campaign, mostly left unanswered and unchallenged” and that coverage had “not been fair or balanced”. More worrying however, the research had illustrated that this biased reporting could well have had a negative impact on the independence movement: “we have evidence of coverage which seems likely to have damaged the Yes campaign”. The revelations earlier this year by a senior BBC journalist, Allan Little, that his colleagues viewed it as their responsibility to demonstrate how ‘foolish’ independence was, only adds to the case that coverage was far from impartial.

But despite the public outcry, it’s clear that few lessons have been learned. Much of the current criticism of the BBC is to do with its stance towards the Labour party led by Jeremy Corbyn. It couldn’t be more obvious from interviews by some of its top journalists – Andrew Marr for one – that there is an anti-Corbyn position, and in fact Corbyn has himself accused Marr in the past of ‘establishment bias’. A report from 2016 only looked into coverage of the Labour leader by the mainstream media in general and concluded that there was a “marked and persistent imbalance” in favour of sources critical to him. Furthermore, it singled out the BBC for using more ‘pejorative language’ when referring to Corbyn and his party colleagues and it gave almost double the unchallenged airtime to people criticising the Labour leader than to his supporters.

https://alethonews.com/2019/11/27/bbc-under-increasing-criticism-for-biased-reporting/

JDL Canada thugs attack York students then cry “anti-Semitism”

Canadian politicians are echoing fabricated claims of anti-Semitism after students rallying for Palestinian rights were attacked by a violent anti-Palestinian group at York University in Toronto last week.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asserted that “violence and racist chants” were directed at Jewish students, and blamed “anti-Semitism.”

But available evidence, including video, paints a completely different picture: It was pro-Israel extremists who attacked students protesting the presence of Israeli soldiers on their campus.

On 20 November, Reservists on Duty held an event at York University, hosted by Herut, a Canadian group affiliated with Israel’s far right.

The organizers billed the event as an opportunity to hear from “real Israeli soldiers.”

Campus group Students Against Israeli Apartheid said it decided to protest the event because, it alleges, the “Israeli military, using Herut as a vessel, has been seen actively recruiting on campuses across Canada which is, in fact, illegal.”

Yet when the students showed up to rally for Palestinian rights, they say they were met with violence and intimidation.

“Palestinian students and students who turned up in support were assaulted and violently attacked during the rally,” according to Students Against Israeli Apartheid.

“Marshals and nonviolent protesters were kicked, spat on, shoved and were subjected to racist, sexist and Islamophobic slurs.”

SAIA alleges that “One protester was choked with his scarf” by a member of the Jewish Defense League.

Another was punched in the back of his head and taken to hospital, according to SAIA.

One anti-Palestinian activist was caught bragging on Facebook that “one of my boys knocked one of their guys out” and he was “out cold for like 10 minutes.”

Yet requests that campus security remove the Jewish Defense League members who were “threatening and assaulting protesters” were ignored, SAIA says.

Israel supporters reportedly attempted to steal students’ phones and have admitted to stealing Palestinian flags in order to beat students with the flagpoles.

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https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/jdl-canada-thugs-attack-york-students-then-cry-anti-semitism?utm_source=EI+readers&utm_campaign=63bf8aede1-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e802a7602d-63bf8aede1-290660781

OMB Official Blows Up Schiff Impeachment Sham – Testifies Ukraine Aid Temporarily Held Up Because Other Countries Weren’t Helping

Mark Sandy, an official serving at the OMB [Office of Management and Budget] testified to the House Intel Committee earlier this month in a closed-door deposition and testified that Trump temporarily withheld military aid to Ukraine over the President’s concerns that other European countries were not giving enough.

The House Intelligence Committee released transcript of Mark Sandy’s deposition on Tuesday.

Mr. Sandy’s testimony blew up Schiff’s claims that President Trump withheld military aid from Ukraine unless they agreed to investigate the Biden crime family.

President Trump has insisted that he wanted to make sure that Ukraine, one of the most corrupt countries in the world, was moving away from its years of corruption before he handed them hundreds of millions of dollars from American taxpayers.

According to Mr. Sandy, President Trump began asking questions about the military aid in June and by July 18, he decided to temporarily withhold aid.

“I recall in early September an email that attributed the hold to the President’s concern about other countries not contributing more to Ukraine,” Sandy said. He even said that OMB officials were asked to give information “on what other countries were contributing to Ukraine.”

This is consistent with President Trump’s other policies including NATO and the UN where he has asked other countries to pull their weight and pay their fair share.

Trump is sick and tired of other countries taking advantage of America’s generosity — he has every right to conduct foreign policy how he sees fit.

The President and others in the administration met with and spoke to newly-elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky five times before the aid was released on September 11.

The aid was released to Ukraine 3 weeks early and Zelensky did nothing in order to receive the aid — no pressure, no quid pro quo.

http://www.hideoutnow.com/2019/11/omb-official-blows-up-schiff.html

Another evil corporation targets children for psychological warfare and “gender fluid” indoctrination: Mattel releases gender-neutral Barbie dolls

Children’s toy manufacturer Mattel has introduced a new “gender-neutral” Barbie that aims to further indoctrinate today’s youth into the cult of LGBTQ.

As you’ll see in the below photos, Mattel has paired this new line of Barbies with children whose biological sexes are unclear, which signals to potential customers that it’s now completely normal for children to exist as neither male nor female.

According to reports, the “Creatable World” toy line, as Mattel is calling it, will feature dolls with different skin colors, hairstyles, and clothing – intentionally designed to make their genders unclear – with a goal to “celebrate the positive impact of inclusivity.”

“To achieve ‘gender-neutrality,’ Mattel toned down feminine and masculine features, such as Barbie’s breasts and Ken’s broad shoulders,” reports Vigilant Citizen.

“The line is said to be geared towards kids who identify as gender-fluid, meaning they don’t identify as having a fixed gender like male or female.”

For more related news about Mattel’s pandering to the LGBTQ mafia and its agenda to confuse the next generation into total gender dysphoria, be sure to check out Gender.news.

Mattel suggests that children are choosing to become transgenders all on their own, with no help from LGBTQ activists

Mattel claims that these gender-neutral dolls, which you can see are creepy beyond belief (as are the a-gender children featured holding them!), are simply a reflection of a changing culture in which children voluntarily no longer identify as either male or female.

https://www.naturalnews.com/2019-11-26-mattel-releases-gender-neutral-barbie-dolls.html

Israel: Lieberman to reject giving immunity to Netanyahu

Head of Yisrael Beiteinu party Avigdor Lieberman stressed on Monday that he would reject holding a Knesset committee meeting to discuss providing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immunity, Quds Press reported.

This came just one day after he said that he would support Netanyahu’s efforts to form the House Committee in the Knesset in order to discuss his claim for immunity regarding the corruption cases against him.

“The prime minister said he doesn’t need immunity,” Haaretz quoted Lieberman saying, arguing that a court decision would be “the only thing that would be accepted by all citizens”.

“To set up the committee 15 days before the dissolving [of parliament], it is clear that it will be a personal committee that will deal with only one subject or one person,” said Lieberman.

“We will need to wait until there is a new government, [then] the House Committee will be set up and debate it.”

Granting Netanyahu immunity “would harm the public’s trust”, he continued.

Netanyahu cannot be protected from prosecution without the support of the Knesset House Committee or the support of the 120 members of the Knesset.

Charges can only be filed in court after the committee rejects the bid for immunity meaning the process could drag on for several months after a government is formed or a new election is held.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191127-israel-lieberman-to-reject-giving-immunity-to-netanyahu/

Audi To Slash 9,500 Jobs As Global Auto Industry Implodes

Audi has made arrangements to slash 9,500 of its 61,000 workers in Germany over the next five years to streamline its business ahead of a period where the global economy is expected to grow below trend, Automotive New reported.

Though Audi’s investor relations has spun the massive job cuts as a way to transition the company into a sustainable path of investing in the future of electric cars, the actual reason for the cuts is because the global automobile industry is collapsing.

The epicenter of the automobile downturn is in China, India, Germany, and Japan. Some industry hubs in the US have already been affected.

Audi sales have plunged, and revenues and operating profits are down in the first nine months of 2019. The upcoming restructuring is in preparation for the company to weather the economic storm.

Audi will save at least $6.6 billion from the cuts, which will allow it to channel money into building out its electric car segment and create several thousand green jobs.

Audi said in a statement on Tuesday that the cuts would “take place along the demographic curve – in particular through employee turnover and a new, attractive early retirement program.”

“The company must become lean and fit for the future, which means that some job profiles will no longer be needed and new ones will be created.”

Audi employs 90,000 people around the world — 60,000 of those are in Germany.

It’s not just Audi that is experiencing a slowdown in sales. Other major German auto manufacturers are feeling the pain as the slowdown is expected to continue through 2020.

Audi survived the 2008 financial crisis by slashing its workforce well ahead of the crisis. This time isn’t different.

Audi CEO Bram Schot said, “In times of upheaval, we are making Audi more agile and more efficient. This will increase productivity and sustainably strengthen the competitiveness of our German plants.”

World stocks at the moment are ignoring the implosion of the global automobile industry…

https://www.activistpost.com/2019/11/audi-to-slash-9500-jobs-as-global-auto-industry-implodes.html

Houthis: Ex-Saudi kings behind assassination of ex-Yemen president

Former Saudi Kings Khalid Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Fahd Bin Abdulaziz and the latter’s brother Sultan have been named as the officials involved in the assassination of former Yemeni President Ibrahim Al-Hamdi.

The Houthi-aligned National Salvation Government (NSG) yesterday said it possessed official documents which provide evidence confirming Riyadh’s involvement in all stages of Al-Hamdi’s targeting on 11 October 1977. The kings were princes at the time of the killing.

The Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni news site published excerpts of the report that outlined the Saudi role on the back of “credible evidence”. According to the news website, the “important document” on Al-Hamdi’s assassination was obtained in 2017.

The report notes that Sultan was in direct contact with the Saudi military envoy in North Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Colonel Saleh Al-Hadyan at the time of the targeted killing. Allegedly, Riyadh dispatched three Saudi intelligence operatives to Sanaa hours before the assassination.

The report pointed out the position of former President Al-Hamdi against Saudi attempts to ignite the war between the two parts of Yemen, by pushing the north to fight the south. It has been said that Al-Hamdi was killed two days before a planned and unprecedented visit as a North Yemeni president to South Yemen.

According to US magazine Time, the charismatic Al-Hamdi is still widely revered in the country. “He had attempted to rid Yemen of tribal loyalties and had begun to make important social and political changes when he was killed. He is considered the best President to have ruled Yemen in the eyes of the majority of the Yemeni people.”

Last year in Hudaydah, a Saudi drone was used in the targeted killing of former President of the Supreme Political Council (a forerunner to the NSG), Saleh Al-Sammad, who expressed National Vision 2018, emphasising national sovereignty and independence, which contradicts Saudi’s vision of Yemen as a “backyard” to the kingdom.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191127-houthis-ex-saudi-kings-behind-assassination-of-ex-yemen-president/

Where Comedy Ends and Hasbara Begins

Two days ago at the ADL conference Jewish Zionist comedian Sacha Baron Cohen criticised the internet and social media companies for allowing freedom of speech. This grotesque character who has made a career of marginalising oppressed minorities by depicting stereotypical characters and then ridiculing them is now calling on social media to adopt gag orders and to move us further into an Orwellian realm.

Galvanized by the support it received from the Jewish comedian, the ADL is now demanding that 10 social media accounts “should be removed immediately.”

For one reason or another I am included on the list. I need not mention that I have never been charged with any crime let alone a hate crime. I’ve never once been questioned by a single law enforcement body anywhere in the world. This does not stop the ADL from writing of me: “Gilad Atzmon is an anti-Semitic author and musician who describes himself as an ‘ex-Israeli’ and an ‘ex-Jew.’

I am indeed an ex Israeli and ex Jew and I am also a musician. However, I deny the accusation of anti-Semitism, I have never criticized Jews, or anyone else for the matter, as ‘a people,’ as ‘a race,’ as ‘a biology’ or as ‘an ethnicity.’ In fact, for my entire life I have opposed all forms of racism and this includes Jewish racism. I do criticise Jewish identitarian politics and some aspects of Jewish culture and ideology. I grew up in Israel and as far as I can remember, in the Jewish state, criticism of culture, ideology and politics is considered a perfectly kosher activity.

The ADL says of me that I am an “outspoken promoter of classic anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.” This is an absurd lie as I have repeatedly argued that there are no Jewish conspiracies since it is all done in the open: from Epstein’s Lolita Express, to Israeli war crimes, to advocacy of Zioncon global conflicts and plans for an ‘New American Century.’ The UK chief rabbi’s call for Brits to turn their backs on their opposition party is not exactly a conspiratorial clandestine move, it is actually mainstream news in Britain this morning. There are no Jewish conspiracies, what happens takes place in front of our eyes but we cannot discuss it because Jewish power, as I define it, is the power to suppress criticism of Jewish power.

From then on, what the ADL says about me is somewhat accurate. He is “a fierce critic of Jewish identity.” I am.

http://www.unz.com/gatzmon/where-comedy-ends-and-hasbara-begins/

Part 1: Necker Island Photos: Sara Bronfman Livin’ It Up With Lover Lama, Sir Richard Branson and the Nxivm Gang

https://frankreport.com/2019/11/27/part-1-necker-island-photos-sara-bronfman-livin-it-up-with-lover-lama-sir-richard-branson-and-the-nxivm-gang/

Internet access largely restored in Iran — president

On November 16, Iran shut down the Internet throughout the country, leaving access to certain online services only

"As of today, a major part of the country has been reconnected to the internet," Rouhani said cited by IRNA news agency. He added that "all the villagers have access to the global network."

The news agency earlier reported that mobile internet access had been restored in the capital of Tehran, the cities of Qom and Qazvin as well as in the regions of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Hormozgan, East Azerbaijan and Bushehr.

On November 16, Iran shut down the Internet throughout the country, leaving access to certain online services only. The shutdown was triggered by mounting protests against fuel price hikes.

On November 23, fixed line internet was restored in Tehran, but mobile internet was still inaccessible.

https://tass.com/world/1093463

Chick-Fil-A Donated $2500 to The Southern Poverty Law Center

Chick-fil-A, which recently "canceled" the Salvation Army, donated $2,500 to the anti-Christian smear merchants at the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2017.

From Ryan Bomberger, Townhall, "Cowardice and Capitulation: The Shocking Things Chick-fil-A Funds":

There’s a lot of talk about Chick-fil-A. Most of it is generated by the #fakenews establishment that wants nothing more than to demonize an organization that, historically, has publicly professed its Christian faith that is inseparable from its business practices.

“[We are] based on biblical principles, asking God and pleading with God to give us wisdom on decisions we make about people and the programs and partnerships we have. And He has blessed us."

Those were the words of Chick-fil-A’s CEO, Dan Cathy, to the Baptist Press back in 2012 as he confirmed his biblical belief that marriage is between one man and one woman.

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=60978

Senior Ex-Deutsche Bank Exec Linked To Millions In Donald Trump Loans Commits Suicide

During the past few years we extensively covered a bizarre surge in banker suicides, pointing out the various conspiracy theories linking various high-level bank executives and inside scandals at the very highest levels across financial institutions, and no bank had more high profile suicides than Deutsche Bank.

It all started on January 26, 2014 when a 58-year-old former senior executive at German investment bank behemoth Deutsche Bank, William Broeksmit, was found dead after hanging himself at his London home. He had been involved in the bank's risk function and advised the firm's senior leadership; according to a suicide note found after his death, he had been "anxious about various authorities investigating areas of the bank where he worked" (we profiled the suicide extensively in "an Inside Look At Two "Unrelated" Banker Suicides Reveals A Fascinating Rabbit Hole").

Broeksmit's death appeared to set off an unprecedented series of banker suicides throughout the year which included former Fed officials and numerous JPMorgan traders. A few months later, in October, another Deutsche Bank veteran committed suicide when the bank's associate general counsel and former SEC enforcement attorney, 41 year old Calogero "Charlie" Gambino, who was found on the morning of Oct. 20, having also hung himself by the neck from a stairway banister.

Fast forward to this week when Thomas Bowers, a former Deutsche Bank executive and head of the bank's US private wealth-management division (i.e., the group catering to ultra wealthy clients), killed himself by hanging in his Malibu residence last Tuesday, November 19th, according to the coroner’s initial report. Bowers was 55.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/senior-deutsche-bank-exec-linked-millions-donald-trump-loans-commits-suicide

“Impeachment Proceedings Are Making President’s Re-election More Likely, Not Less” – Michael Bloomberg’s Campaign Manager Drops a Bomb on CNN

Well, this wasn’t expected!

Michael Bloomberg’s campaign Manager Kevin Sheekey went on with Christiane Amanpour on CNN to discuss Bloomberg’s jump into the Democrat primary election.

Sheekey told the CNN host that President Trump is likely to be helped by the Pelosi-Schiff show trial impeachments.

Kevin Sheekey: “The impeachment proceedings are making the president’s re-election more likely, not less likely.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/11/impeachment-proceedings-are-making-presidents-re-election-more-likely-not-less-michael-bloombergs-campaign-manager-drops-a-bomb-on-cnn/