A Yale psychiatrist said this week that it was “essential” for those who are triggered by the outcome of the election to cut off members of their family for the holidays who voted for President-elect Donald Trump. Yale University chief psychiatry resident Dr. Amanda Calhoun made the remarks on far-left MSNBC host Joy Reid’s show “The Reidout” while talking about the election. She said that the societal norm is that “if somebody is your family, that they are entitled to your time.” “And I think the answer is absolutely not,” she said. “So if you are going to a situation where you have family members, where you have close friends who you know have voted in ways that are against you, like what you said, against your livelihood, it’s completely fine to not be around those people and to tell them why, to say, ‘I have a problem with the way that you voted because it went against my very livelihood, and I’m not going to be around you this holiday. I need to take some space for me.'” She said that it “may be essential” for people’s mental health to “establish boundaries” with their family members over the results of the election. “People are concerned about their human rights, their existence, their safety,” she claimed. “And I think you know when we’re talking about people who are worried about, you know, getting gender affirming care. We’re talking about people who are worried about being able to get access to women’s health care, to, you know, life saving procedures to abortions.” MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ “That has a very, very devastating downstream effect on one’s mental health,” she added. “And when, you know, as a psychiatrist, the child psychiatrist, but I also work with adults, we also see a lot of children who are born to parents who are struggling. They might have mental health issues, and those children sometimes develop very severe behavioral problems, suicidality, and I have a lot of concerns about the support that those kids are going to have going forward.” WATCH: Yale University child psychiatry fellow Dr. Amanda Calhoun went on MSNBC to encourage people to shun their family members over the holidays for Voting for Trump: “If you are going through a situation where you have family members or you have close friends who you know have voted… pic.twitter.com/eoPpnsckkT — ALX ?? (@alx) November 9, 2024

Actress Patricia Heaton unloaded on media for fomenting fear and anxiety ahead of the 2024 presidential election and especially for targeting the most vulnerable people, many of them women, and convincing them that their lives were in literal danger when President-elect Donald Trump was declared the winner. Heaton shared her thoughts in a video posted to X on Saturday, and in addition to calling out the media, she suggested that those who had been part of spreading the fear should “get back on the air” and tell people that the world was not really going to end. WATCH: Reality check pic.twitter.com/ClHhJC6XOj — Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) November 9, 2024 Heaton began by noting that she’d just returned after spending a week in Israel — and that she would have much more to say about that at a later date — and she believed Trump’s election would be good for the Jewish people. She then turned her thoughts to the wild responses she’d seen on social media after Vice President Kamala Harris lost her bid for the presidency, and she largely blamed media for convincing so many that a Trump victory would translate to physical danger for them and their families. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ “I’ve also seen a lot of the response videos — especially from women who are crying, screaming, shaving their heads, saying they’re going to be jailed or rounded up or killed or hunted or whatever — ugh,” Heaton said. “We need to pray for them. And I just want to say to all you folks who feel that way, don’t make politics or identity groups your religion!” Heaton continued. “Only Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Put your faith in Him, not in men, not in man’s institutions, not in human institutions.” She went on to say that, while in Israel, she’d visited the sites where Hamas terrorists had assaulted, raped, tortured, and killed Israeli men, women, and children. “You’re fine here, you’re gonna be fine. Don’t worry about it.” Heaton pivoted to address media’s role in the way things had played out, blaming pundits and talking heads for effectively targeting certain segments of the population with their doomsday rhetoric regarding Trump. “To all these extremists that are allowed television time who told women that this is what is going to happen to them, shame on you! Shame on you!” she said. “Apparently, there are some really vulnerable people here who you targeted, and you fear-mongered to, and you need to go back on the air and tell them things are gonna be okay, tell them that they’re fine.” “And also, stop — stop saying that people who voted differently than you are quote-unquote ‘uneducated.’ Learn your f-ing lesson about smearing people who feel differently from you, who have different needs from you, and who have legitimate complaints. Quit dismissing them as ‘uneducated.’ When are you going to learn?” she concluded with a heavy sigh: “All right, have a great weekend.”

Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) demanded answers from two top Biden administration officials on Saturday over guidance from a now-fired Federal Emergency Management Agency employee who ordered relief workers in Florida to skip the homes of Trump supporters. In a letter first shared with The Daily Wire, Britt asked Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to provide answers about guidance from FEMA supervisor Marn’i Washington telling relief workers to “avoid homes advertising Trump” when offering relief in Lake Placid, Florida. This guidance was first reported on by The Daily Wire, which spoke with multiple government employees from the relief team who said the instructions led to at least 20 homes being skipped. “I am writing to express my outrage with recent press reports that, in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton in Florida, a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supervisor instructed relief workers to bypass houses displaying support for President Trump,” Britt wrote. Britt, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, said she wanted to know when FEMA found out about the guidance and what actions it had taken to ensure that it wouldn’t happen again. “It is simply outrageous that any FEMA personnel, let alone a supervisor, would condition aid to victims based on their political views,” she wrote. “I appreciate that Administrator Criswell has condemned these actions and fired the supervisor, but the American people need answers regarding how this happened and if anyone else was complicit, as well as assurance it will not happen again.” MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ Britt asked the two officials if there had been any other whistleblower reports of homes being bypassed for political purposes. She also asked if help had been offered to those people in Lake Placid whose homes had been skipped. She also asked what reasons FEMA had for allowing people to skip homes when canvassing neighborhoods. “Any disaster funding provided by Congress must be made available to all Americans who are victims of presidentially declared disasters, and cannot be conditioned or delayed based on their political views,” she wrote. Numerous state and federal lawmakers have demanded investigations into FEMA following The Daily Wire’s report, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who ordered his state’s Division of Emergency Management to investigate the incident.

When Kelly Clarkson auditioned for American Idol more than two decades ago, she had no idea how her life would change. Reality TV was becoming more popular, and Idol was the first of its kind. Millions of people watched their favorites perform week after week. Kelly was only 20 years old and skyrocketed to fame. She’s won Grammys, MTV Music Awards, and People’s Choice Awards since. Today, she’s a 42-year-old mom with an Emmy-winning talk show. Life is very different, but she is the same person America fell in love with. One of our favorite parts of her show is Kellyoke, where she sings her favorite songs. Recently, Kelly Clarkson performed Reba McEntire’s You Lie, and fans fell in love. Kelly Clarkson Is A Huge Reba McEntire Fan Stars have their favorite performers just like us, and Kelly loves Reba. In 2008, the pair recorded a duet of Because Of You that quickly became a fan favorite and garnered a Grammy nomination. They also worked together on The Voice. Kelly said of her mentor at the time, “I love doing it in this capacity because she’s helped me tons musically as an Artist.” During Kellyoke, her rendition of Reba’s You Lie brought many fans to tears. One fan wrote, “Your voice is the only instrument that ever needs to be heard. When you sing accompanied solely with keyboards or guitar your voice shines even brighter, even with a depressing song. I can listen to you all day! Thank you for continuing your Kellyoke when you relocated to NY.” This fan wants an album, “Reba captivated me with this decades ago with this, and Kelly just brought me to tears. Of course, she always does. Really wish she (Kelly) would put out a cover album of all Reba’s greatest.” This Reba McEntire fan adored Kelly Clarkson’s version of You Lie. “Nothing but respect for Reba, I love her so much. But KELLY… OMG… That is theee best performance of that song ever. ‘You Lie’ and I cry… Yes a 250lb retired Trucker from Alabama cries when a song is sang to pefection…” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Kelly Clarkson Sings Emotional Reba McEntire Cover & Fans Are “Never Gonna Stop Crying” appeared first on InspireMore.

On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, a bright, fast-moving light was captured flying over Popocatépetl, popularly known as “Don Goyo.”The video, shared by the official Webcams de México account, shows how the unidentified flying object (UFO) appears to move over the volcano, leaving viewers intrigued and fueling the theory that Popo could be an extraterrestrial “hotspot.”The Popocatépetl UFO theoryNumerous similar sightings have occurred at Popocatepetl volcano, giving rise to the theory that it could be a “hotspot” for beings from other worlds. Followers of these phenomena argue that the frequency of sightings on Popo reinforces the possibility of alien activity in the area. However, experts point out that these sightings could be due to drones, airplanes, or optical phenomena.The official Webcams de México account monitors beaches, volcanoes, and magical towns in real-time, and has become famous for capturing these unusual events at Popocatépetl, especially at night. However, the true nature of this light has not yet been confirmed. Is this proof that we are not alone, or just a visual effect?Source: aztecaqueretaro.com**********BIGFOOT AGGRESSION! - CHILLING EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS | LIVE CHAT | Q & A (EXCLUSIVE REPORTS!)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapHey, folks. Please feel free to share your thoughts & comments on the recently uploaded video of the CHICAGO MOTHMAN. I'm interested in what you have to say. Thanks. LonEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio Insider - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. Lon Noted UFOlogist Dr. Raymond Keller believes the idea of extraterrestrials and even ultra-dimensional beings from many different planets and alternate realms living and working among us clandestinely is more than just another conspiracy theory.Available on Amazon.comSan Francisco Book Festival Honorable MentionNew York Book Festival Honorable MentionAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs,CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.This blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS & MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms & Monsters - All Rights Reserved

Ominous 'UFOs' were spotted hovering next to a double rainbow in Spain, just before the devastating floods hit. Was the anomaly a forewarning of the devastating floods?Footage seems to show a cluster of unidentified lights weaving through the brooding sky next to the rare rainbow.The bizarre moment in Barcelona was filmed just days before the horrific floods that have battered the country. The clip shows little white specs of light contrasted by the gorgeous rainbow, in what feels like an unsettling image in hindsight.As the cameraman zooms into the unexplained moment, the bright lights whizz through the clouds. He can be heard saying: “What the hell are they?The most morbid explanation of the incident has come in the form of extraterrestrial warnings about the impending floods.Another witness states, “Now intergalactic tourists are to blame for the weather.”I was forced to hear neighbors’ dying screams as Spain floods swamped streets. It was like an apocalypse film, Brit says. A third said: “It is common to see lights or spaceships before a disaster.“It is as if they are carrying out surveillance on us, analyzing what happens and how we react to tragedy.”Others have suggested it could simply be a flock of birds reflecting light. One local stated, “Because of the way they fly, they’re either birds of angels, although the latter is harder to prove if so.”This theory was supported by another local, Rita, who stated, "Whenever there are stormy nights over coastal cities, you often see seagulls flying in circles, they shine in the darkness because they’re illuminated from below. “Apart from that, the double rainbow effect is very beautiful.” It is yet to be proven what the soaring lights were.SPAIN FLOODSCatastrophic floods have swept Spain recently, with currently at least 217 people confirmed dead, AP reports. AP also reports that currently 89 people are confirmed to be unaccounted for. It's the worst flood-related natural disaster to hit Spain in almost 30 years.A map released by Spain's meteorological agency AEMET showed which regions were hit the worst by the heavy rainfall. Countless victims are thought to still be trapped under the rubble, or be trapped in their cars after they failed to escape the rising tides. Thick mud has covered homes and streets, leaving displaced residents fighting through the mess to begin cleaning. Survivors have spoken of the horror they witnessed and faced as they tried to escape the waves.Guillermo Serrano Pérez, 21, from Paiporta, spoke of how the water rushed down "like a tsunami", which forced him and his parents to abandon their car and climb onto a bridge to safety. There are widespread accusations that disaster relief authorities were too slow to react with warnings, meaning people could not get off the roads quickly. The Civil Protection agency did not issue an alert until 20:15 local time. By this point, the town of Chiva and several others had already been flooded for at least two hours.Source: www.the-sun.com**********BIGFOOT AGGRESSION! - CHILLING EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS | LIVE CHAT | Q & A (EXCLUSIVE REPORTS!)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapHey, folks. Please feel free to share your thoughts & comments on the recently uploaded video of the CHICAGO MOTHMAN. I'm interested in what you have to say. Thanks. LonEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio Insider - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. Lon Noted UFOlogist Dr. Raymond Keller believes the idea of extraterrestrials and even ultra-dimensional beings from many different planets and alternate realms living and working among us clandestinely is more than just another conspiracy theory.Available on Amazon.comSan Francisco Book Festival Honorable MentionNew York Book Festival Honorable MentionAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs,CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.This blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS & MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms & Monsters - All Rights Reserved

A young woman is approached by a man in a car who insists that she get in the car with him. As she tried to get away from him, he and the car suddenly vanished before her eyes. I received the following account:"When I was 17 I was very religious and wanted to become a Roman Catholic nun. I was going to join a convent in January and I graduated in May so instead of getting a short-term job I just volunteered and watched people's kids. Every Monday I would go to a food pantry and take the bus there from the same stop, but since it was only 4 miles away I would occasionally walk if the weather was nice.I was walking home one Monday and I walked past the bus stop that I would usually get off at if I were to take the bus. There was a convertible there waiting and as soon as I passed it the man in the car pulled up to me and said: "Hey, I know you! Let me give you a ride."He was literally the most regular caucasian baby boomer-looking guy ever, so I thought it was possible I knew him because I met a lot of people in the Church and that's the only reason I really engaged him. I told him I didn't need a ride since I was close to my house. He kept insisting I get in his car so he could take me home after taking me to lunch, then take me to his place.And he said, "Yeah, I know you, you're gonna go join a convent in January." I was weirded out by this because that was true, but I was growing more and more certain I didn't know him. So I asked him where we met and he said, "I met you in the grocery store, you were buying food for your Daddy."I immediately started walking away, keeping an eye on this guy and called my mom because I didn't have a dad. But the strange thing was that he and the car that he was in suddenly vanished! Into thin air as I was watching him!I never saw him again.I would have never shared personal information with him or anyone else.The experience made me paranoid. He knew where I was gonna be and he waited for me. He was so desperately insistent upon getting me in his car as quickly as possible. For that reason, I believe that he was a malevolent entity. I have no idea who he was, or what he was. He honestly could come to my job one day and I have no idea if I would recognize him, and that truly scares me.BTW, I didn't join the order or become a nun. Why? I felt that after this incident it was best that I not go through with it." K**********BIGFOOT AGGRESSION! - CHILLING EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS | LIVE CHAT | Q & A (EXCLUSIVE REPORTS!)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapHey, folks. Please feel free to share your thoughts & comments on the recently uploaded video of the CHICAGO MOTHMAN. I'm interested in what you have to say. Thanks. LonEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio Insider - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. Lon Noted UFOlogist Dr. Raymond Keller believes the idea of extraterrestrials and even ultra-dimensional beings from many different planets and alternate realms living and working among us clandestinely is more than just another conspiracy theory.Available on Amazon.comSan Francisco Book Festival Honorable MentionNew York Book Festival Honorable MentionAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs,CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.This blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS & MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms & Monsters - All Rights Reserved

A group of Native American teens went camping near a sacred tribal area. While sitting by the fire, a Javelina with glowing red eyes steps out of the bushes and instantly alarms the witness!I received the following account:"I used to live in Arizona, near a mountain sacred to the Native American tribes in the area (Pima/Maricopa). There were a lot of Skinwalker rumors in the region. My friends and I loved camping and were lucky enough to get permission to use a site near the mountain, along the Salt River for a weekend.The first thing you have to understand is that we were a pretty sheltered group of kids. Didn't use drugs, and alcohol in moderation. We mostly went out to share creepy stories around the campfire and nerd out for a night or two. We all spent a lot of time in the desert, and were all familiar with the land and wildlife, even the rarer species.We were sitting around our fire, listening to the river and the animal sounds around us. Crickets, cicadas, birds. The moon was almost full, and the desert was beautiful.Suddenly, everything goes quiet. Just the sound of the river remains, and even that seems spooky. The air grew still and seemed to get cold. We hear rustling in the undergrowth across from our fire. Out steps a Javelina.Javelinas are in the pig family, usually a brownish color, the biggest ones are about the size of a medium-sized dog. They're actually kind of cute.This one wasn't. It was huge and looked jet black, with glowing red eyes. It paced around a bit, seemed like it was moving around the fire so it could look each one of us in the eye. I have never seen anything look at me like that, and I work with psych patients. Its gaze was cold and searching like it could see through me.After what like felt forever, it finally backed up through the undergrowth. The night got warmer, and the normal sounds started up again. We spent the rest of the night very close to the fires and quickly left as soon as the sun rose.I really want to believe it was just a male Javelina scoping out some territory. But every instinct I have says it wasn't." K**********BIGFOOT AGGRESSION! - CHILLING EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS | LIVE CHAT | Q & A (EXCLUSIVE REPORTS!)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapHey, folks. Please feel free to share your thoughts & comments on the recently uploaded video of the CHICAGO MOTHMAN. I'm interested in what you have to say. Thanks. LonEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio Insider - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. Lon Noted UFOlogist Dr. Raymond Keller believes the idea of extraterrestrials and even ultra-dimensional beings from many different planets and alternate realms living and working among us clandestinely is more than just another conspiracy theory.Available on Amazon.comSan Francisco Book Festival Honorable MentionNew York Book Festival Honorable MentionAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs,CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.This blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS & MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms & Monsters - All Rights Reserved

They couldn’t abide him.  And they made no secret of it. The “they” here is the so-called “mainstream” media - aka in reality the liberal media. “Him” of course is Donald Trump. That would now be President-elect Donald Trump. A president-elect who won his race in a landslide, winning both the Electoral College and, in a first for a GOP candidate since 2004, the national popular vote as well. But how could this be, you ask? After all, everywhere Americans looked in this election the media was out there trashing Trump. From the New York Times to the Washington Post to the studios of MSNBC, CNN, the broadcast studios and more, the disdain for Trump was constant. It was not to be escaped. And if that anti-Trumpism was not displayed, then various outlets would call out their colleagues for doing their duty. Over there at the Associated Press was this:  “During a Wisconsin rally the last weekend of September, Trump talked of danger from criminals allowed in the country illegally. “They will walk into your kitchen, they’ll cut your throat,” he said. The New Republic writer Michael Tomasky was surprised not to find the quote in The New York Times’ and Washington Post’s coverage, although The Times noted that Trump vilified undocumented immigrants, and there were other media references to what Trump himself called a dark speech.” In other words, Tomasky was saying the Times and Post had fallen down on their lefty media obligations to trash Trump. Back there in the stone age of December, 2023 - on the edge of the new 2024 election year - was this headline from NPR:  As 2024 approaches, the media is faced with the question of how to cover Donald Trump NPR answered its own question by quoting The Atlantic’s Brian Klass as saying:  There is nobody in my field who thinks that Donald Trump is not a threat to democracy. Ahhh yes. Trump as a “threat to democracy.” This type of group liberal “media think” was not a stand-alone by one Establishment media journalist. In 2021 the New York Times columnist Ross Douthat headlined:  Can the Press Prevent a Trump Restoration? Wrote Douthat (bold print for emphasis supplied): “There is a school of thought that holds that if Donald Trump sweeps back into power in 2024, or else loses narrowly but then plunges the United States into the kind of constitutional crisis he sought in 2020, the officially nonpartisan news media will have been an accessory to Trumpism. It will have failed to adequately emphasize Trump’s threat to American democracy, chosen a disastrous evenhandedness over moral clarity and covered President Biden (or perhaps Vice President Kamala Harris) like a normal politician instead of the republic’s last best hope.” Got that? If Trump were to win in 2024:  ….the officially nonpartisan news media will have been an accessory to Trumpism. It will have failed to adequately emphasize Trump’s threat to American democracy…. For his part, Douthat argued: "I think this point of view is very wrong. Indeed, I think it’s this view of the press’s role that actually empowers demagogues, feeds polarization and makes crises in our system much more likely." In the Washington Post, lefty columnist Dana Milbank posited this all the way back in 2021: “We need a skeptical, independent press. But how about being partisans for democracy? The country is in an existential struggle between self-governance and an authoritarian alternative. And we in the news media, collectively, have given equal, if not slightly more favorable, treatment to the authoritarians. ….Too many journalists are caught in a mindless neutrality between democracy and its saboteurs, between fact and fiction. It’s time to take a stand.” There was more of this out there in the so-called “mainstream media.” Oh so much more.  Over in his recent column, NewsBusters own Rich Noyes recently headlined this just before the election:  TV Hits Trump With 85% Negative News vs. 78% Positive Press for Harris The result of all this anti-Trump coverage? An American voting public that had to face the real, everyday consequences of the left-wing Biden-Harris administration’s policies that, among other things, inflated  the price of everything from a dozen eggs to a gallon of gas. And facing this reality as the mainstream American media trashed not Biden and Harris but Trump, day-in-and-day-out. To say the least, Americans didn’t buy all the liberal anti-Trump media propaganda. In fact, it is safe to say many resented it. And, amusingly, trapped in a liberal bubble of their own making, the media didn’t get it - and so they kept pouring on their anti-Trump coverage. Ironically adding fuel to Trump’s campaign. The result? To the astonishment of the lib media, in an election that recalled President Richard Nixon’s description of a “great silent majority”, Americans headed to the polls this last week and overwhelmingly voted for Trump. And not only Trump, but for a GOP held Senate and, as this is written, potentially a GOP House as well. The real question for the”mainstream”  media now?  As America heads into the next four years of a Trump presidency, will the media get that if they spend the next four years piling on Trump for everything from his domestic and foreign policies to his haircut style or golf clothes - they will be continuing a war on ….themselves and their own credibility. In short, with no small amount of irony, what the mainstream liberal media has accomplished with its constant negative coverage of Trump is….re-electing him. In a landslide. Will they learn from this backfire? Don’t bet the ranch.