Missing The Mark

The plot to destroy America via the Jews, HHS, and House In Habit.

Boy, we’re a tiresome bunch. The same old traps, the same pitfalls ensnaring the worst of our character and preying upon the inherent nature of humanity, are lurking around every corner, tempting us to destroy any goodness before it ever gets started. I was happy when the Trump world won the election and had the chance to undo the strange world of Washington. I met a lot of people along the way who had a place in it all. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Nicole Shanahan, hundreds of volunteers, media people, and new media personalities like Jessica Reed Kraus. At times, it felt like we were all rowing in the same direction. Pushing to help this giant sinking ship into safer waters. There was a lot of unity in it. We were all in accord, believing that this election was more significant than others. There were silly moments of pettiness and certainly struggles to reconcile the independency of RFK with the bombast of Trump. Most of us who were devotees to Mr. Kennedy had come to his world because we were not happy with Mr. Trump and his handling of Covid, his demolition of the dollar in the budget and spending, and his lack of performance on the border and a host of other things. Yet in those moments in the fall it felt very unique and harmonic in our efforts.

In the midst of the campaign, there were moments of tumult. The Palestine-Israel war number 694 erupted just days before RFK announced his independent run for president. A lot of people who believed him to be on the side of peace were aghast at his response to the situation, having projected their own beliefs and biases about Palestine and Israel upon him. They took their own dogmatic approach to it and held RFK to a litmus test standard about his response. Immediately, those who were pro-Palestinian in their personal thoughts dismissed his responses and blasted X and TikTok with pictures of Mr. Kennedy with Rabbi Shmuley and Star of David flags in an attempt to brand him as another APAIC-purchased politician. Frankly, I had no interest in any of it. In my opinion, it was just another example of leftover Pax Americana Empire talk pervading our discourse. If something happens around the world, we are expected to understand it deeply and have the perfect answer for everyone simply because we’re Americans and have assigned ourselves the mantle of leadership for everything around the globe - even though no one asked us to do it. It’s a rather tiresome example of how highly we think of ourselves as the Empire. The assumption that we could understand the real nuance or interweavings of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict from our high perch across the Atlantic is a very assured bit of confidence I doubt we deserve. But alas, this is politics in America. Always dumb and always brutish with a one-side-winner-take-all position on everything.

As the campaign moved on and enough distance separated the campaign from the events in the Middle East, RFK started to get a lot of attention for his good positions on what plagues the dying American Empire. He moved himself into a position of leverage by gaining in the polls and finding a base of die-hard supporters who fell in love with his takes as he revolutionized the way candidates were connecting outside of old media. His podcast tour gave him the long formats he needed to explain his nuanced takes on geopolitics and the role America should strive for. His focus on health and the health of America as a nation had a lot of traction. Even his most skeptical critics of his Israel position, like Dave Smith, realized that Mr. Kennedy's advancement in elevating our nation's health had been profound and a radically fast transformation of the conversation. While it felt like a huge uphill battle, I always remained optimistic that if enough of us could keep his message out in front of the people, he would have a puncher’s chance at winning the presidency.

One of the people I followed in earnest throughout the timeline of the campaign was Jessica Reed Kraus. Her decision to trail the candidates around and try to get access to events and behind-the-scenes conversations on her own dime and at great cost to the rhythms of her life was intriguing. I loved the photos she could get and the Instagram stories that showed things up close and personal. She was the model for the new media, and I was enthralled with the path to her success. She is an excellent writer and tells the story with good language and honest, heartfelt questions about what she sees. It made her the journalist of choice for many of us who wanted to follow along. Bobby was getting less and less play in the mainline press, but House In Habit was keeping him in the game by allowing us to see things in the campaign in an up close and personal way.

At some point in the summer, a “sex” scandal broke out about RFK and Olivia Nuzzi. From my memory, and as a distant observer from outside, it seemed House In Habit was in the middle of it. Through Jessica’s Instagram stories and watching the toll all of it took on her, it seemed to be pretty heartbreaking for all involved. It appeared that Ms. Nuzzi took advantage of their friendship to get close to RFK. For a lot of us, it was disappointing that RFK had found his way into a scandal, but it was relatively unsurprising that someone like Ms. Nuzzi would use sex to increase her position and fame within the shark-filled waters of political media.

Meanwhile, over at the Daily Wire, Candace Owens was melting down over Israel and the Jews. She was removed from her position there - her boss at the time, Ben Shapiro, happens to be a pretty ardent defender of Israel and a devout Jew. It wasn’t the best move career-wise for Ms. Owens, it seemed like another moment in her career of shock journalism that was not inconsistent with prior behaviors but one that might leave her in a troubled spot for her future in media. Yet, Ms. Owens seemed to embrace her newfound circle of friends who were not fans of Israel and liked her elevated fame and support from it. She was the darling of the Dave Smith world-type people who have a lot of animosity for Israel and how influential it seems to be upon the United States.

X is filled with people who do not like Israel. Just a quick tune into the libertarian side of things will tell anyone paying attention that they believe that Israel is pure evil and that its influence is pervasive upon all political figures in the United States. I will clarify this now for anyone reading - I am not a fan of the Israeli government, as I am not a fan of most governments around the world. Israel is equally atrocious to their people domestically as the United States is (see their mandates on Covid and vaccines) and they have taken to meddling in everything subversively in order to control the outcomes of governments all throughout the Middle East. Those behaviors by their leaders demonstrate themselves to be a disruptive way to operate. Do I like it? Not necessarily. Do I think that Israel should be wiped off the map simply for existing? Not a chance. They are a product of some very difficult history. Israel as a state has its heritage traced to the British Empire - super shocker - and then it was given full status by consensus at the United Nations after the Second World War. No one has a great answer as to how to solve the seemingly unsolvable situation that Israel and the Palestinians are in. Israel is an ally to the U.S., and they have a strategic importance to a region of the world filled with volatility where we, rightly or more likely wrongly, have our own interests. Is that enough to give their government a pass on everything they do? Absolutely not. Does it stop us from asking questions about their actions and decisions? It never should.

As I said earlier, commentary on Israel from our perch is a fool’s errand. We have no understanding of any of it. We don’t live with the threats from either side. We experience no oppression exhibited by either government. We are not the ones personally witnessing the tragedies of both people’s children being bombed. Yet, somehow, we are the ones who have to have an unequivocal answer for how to solve it. I hate the debate. I don’t want anything to do with it. I have traveled to Israel multiple times, and all it did was confuse me further. I have been there under Netanyahu’s leadership, Ariel Sharon’s watch, and Ehud Barak’s short-lived stint as Prime Minister - the only discernible difference was how confusing their styles of leading made me feel to be there.

So, what does this have to do with a gossipy fight that erupted over the last few days between journalists in the new media? Hang on and I’ll try to connect the very strange and scattered dots for you:

To those not watching closely, House In Habit seemed to get crossways with Candace Owens over a hit piece that was supposedly shelved, and now Candace has asserted that RFK has been blackmailed via his sexting pictures by Israel. It’s wild to witness, and today, X was filled with the standard cut-out, pop-up videos of the Scooby Doo gang getting deep into the conspiracy. Ian Caroll, the million-follower phenom who came out of the bottom of your phone to tell us about any and every conspiracy in 2024, was first on the scene cozying up to the always-crazy Laura Loomer to warn us all about Jessica and House In Habit and her inside trap to ensnare RFK, who Loomer does not like, and how that has led to blackmailing him for the ultimate destruction of the United Stares via sex pictures from Ms. Nuzzi that Israel subversively obtained. Got it?

Me neither.

Somehow, RFK has been held captive by the Jews for pictures of his escapades with Ms. Nuzzi, that House In Habit orchestrated for his ultimate take down and somehow, that is going to be the end of the United States. If it sounds crazy, that’s because it is. All of it feels really far-fetched.

Do I think there was probably something that went on with Nuzzi and RFK? Maybe.

Do I care? No.

I like big-picture stuff, not petty trench warfare. This seems to have all started during Three-Ring-Binder-Gate when the Epstein files were released to social media influencers, including Ms. Kraus. Loomer was furious and began her descent into another rage-filled fit, masquerading as an exposé trying to accuse Jessica of being a plant or an agent or some kind of nefarious leader of the Mommy Blogger brigade to destroy Trump. Simultaneously to that, it seems that Ms. Kraus had her own fallout with some of the people close to her over all of this. I have no idea about any of it or the “inside baseball” scenes of it, so it feels rather disinteresting to me. Politics is a blood sport, and people will do anything to get ahead. The platforms that most of the “influencers” use pay people for outlandish statements that get millions of clicks. The more outlandish it all is, the more they benefit as a click-baiter. There are built-in disincentives to the truth in it all. Advertising based media will inherently find its way to the bottom of this well every time.

If Mr. Caroll can pop up and espouse some new Jewish conspiracy with his mustachioed face shining upon the cutouts of charts and Wikipedia entries, people can spread it all around and make sure that he is rewarded for his “deep diving.” If RFK posts on X about anti-semitism, during a White House directed push and Candace Owens wants to take that to the conspiracy bank as proof positive that he is blackmailed by the Jews and is being held hostage at HHS for the indiscretions on his phone, it makes the rounds in lighting speed and the people on X who do not like Israel have more fuel for their machine. The only ones rewarded for any of it are Ian and Candace. You and I don’t get to monetize off of their fame by our re-tweets or posts…they do.

Back this truck all the way up and the real dirty secret lies in the oldest stereotype of all time; Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Jessica got a press pass, has been, and is now invited into, the inner circles of the White House. Do you not think that might solicit just the slightest bit of jealousy from Laura Loomer the “investigative journalist” who has thus far not been given the coveted access? How about Candace, who decided that her gig at the Daily Wire was not worth her stance on Israel, but still needs to make a living? We have to do a better job of seeing through this stuff if we are ever going to fix America.

As I said this morning in a post, “There is so much to confront in America, and we’re sucked right into the mire…every single time. Politics is a blood sport, and as long as we’d rather watch the destruction of the individual, we will never have the focus to fix the government. The distraction factory is by design. Human nature is consistent. Those in power know how to use it. We’re the ones surprised by failure in humans and then willing to play right into the gossip. The powerful are never surprised. The mercantile interests who spend billions on market studies and research are not surprised. They know us well and play the piper’s tune every chance they get. “Influencers” and new media have made a career from living in the mire. Clicks and scandals make the most traction with crazy rants and accusations. These platforms pay you for that kind of behavior. Pavlov would be proud.”

Don’t think for a second that Mses. Loomer or Owens wouldn’t want that press pass that Ms. Kraus obtained. Rightly or wrongly, they think their brand of journalism is better, and their egos will not allow them to even view the success of someone who came from the fruit of her own work and money as valid to the conversation. Any hint that she could be caught up in a huge global-wide blackmail scandal will have them circling around, lurching for the kill.

We are the suckers who fall for this hullabaloo every time. The more we are distracted, the more we miss the plot. If you don’t think that the massive mercantile interests of the globe are going to use every marketing tactic and psychological trick to try and preserve their place in this money machine, there’s a bridge for sale in Brooklyn I have available. We are just as easily played as anyone else when we let this salacious stuff dominate our days. We must keep moving forward toward the changes in America we must have in order for it to survive. If we choose to destroy the individual and fight in the mire about who sexted who, or who’s conspiracy is more plausible we will lose the entire thing and be enslaved in serfdom. Imprisoned for our own stupidity and choices to be suckered by the distractions the powerful offer for our consumption.

If I am wrong and RFK is an agent of Israel, you can make me eat crow and rub my nose in all of it. Somehow, I have a feeling this is much more about petty things and jealousy than it is about a global plot, using the Secretary of HHS and a journalist from House In Habit to destroy America.