For decades, the left has been gaining majority control of what I call the “five major megaphones” of our nation — media, academia, entertainment, science and medicine.

They did so via a combination of Republican and conservative indifference and ignorance, combined with blatant discrimination. This takeover was accelerated during the Obama presidency and then cemented in the 2020 election between incumbent President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.

Suddenly, large swaths from the media, academia, entertainment, science and medicine were openly and proudly proclaiming themselves part of the “Resistance” against Trump. And with that massive influence came widespread denouncements, censorship, cancellation and oppression.

I truly believe Trump was offering up exceptional policies and solutions during his first administration. The fact that he was so successful under a constant barrage of backstabbing and sabotage by the entrenched elites from both parties, unnerved by the fact that he would not bow to their “us before the people” edicts, was a minor miracle.

To counter the unchecked and often unethical power of the “five major megaphones,” I have often argued that a Republican presidential candidate would have to do two things: First, take the fight to blue cities and states; second, get on any and every podcast imaginable.

In 2024,........

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