“Alternative media are media sources that differ from established or dominant types of media (such as mainstream media or mass media) in terms of their content, production, or distribution,” explains the definition from left-leaning Wikipedia.  This editorial perspective with related reports is about the battle over what is news – or what is ‘real’ news vs. ‘fake’ news – has been an issue in America for decades. Tens of millions may not have grasped that point until the internet-era and the 21^st century made a broader public access to alternative media sources possible. Concerns across the political spectrum reflect the following views and concerns.  The internet itself has become an arena where corporate power has increasingly exercised influence and control over content. Corporate power routinely acts in competition and/or conjunction with governmental authority. The ability for corporations to throttle (limit), deplatform (remove or censor) specific sources has come increasingly into view. Among those in that struggle to do ‘real journalism’ is Whitney Webb, say her fans, but there are others before and alongside her to be sure. That said, Webb has made several contributions to the cause of covering topics that ‘mainstream’ or ‘legacy’ media outlets – for whatever reasons – shun. That battle of what is truth and how media or education is influenced or dominated by corporate and nonprofit dollars has been a significant background issue which has arguably kept manufactured housing unnaturally marginalized for decades. Thus, how news actually functions in American society vs. the idealistic notion promulgated by those who de facto operate mainstream or legacy media matters to MHVille and all other professions. Because when the public begins to realize what is the truth about modern manufactured homes (or other obscured issues) and the pragmatic affordable housing solutions that modern manufactured homes represent, that is a vital element to the current and future potential of MHVille. The manufactured home industry could in principle soar to heights not seen since the heyday of the mobile home era, when over half a million homes were produced annually. By contrast, manufactured housing today is perhaps 20 percent of the levels from the highs in the early 1970s. Manufactured housing is only about 30 percent of the last pinnacle achieved in production in 1998. It was during the early 1970s that the industry’s leaders worked to establish standards that resulted in the transition from mobile homes into the federally regulated manufactured housing era. It was during the mid-to-late 1990s that the two national trade groups in modern manufactured housing teamed up and witnessed the enactment of favorable legislation – the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act (MHIA) of 2000. Oddly, following the peak of the 1970s and the more recent peak in 1998, after favorable legislation was enacted, manufactured housing declined both times. The causes – and cures – for that seemingly paradoxical outcomes must be grasped, and deployed if the manufactured home industry is to achieve its great potential. Because a widely bi-partisan Congress intended the MHIA of 2000 Act to be a law that would give tens of millions of Americans who may never otherwise own a home of their own the realistic opportunity to do so.  The potential for manufactured housing to equal and surpass conventional housing depends on successfully navigating the obstacles. A similar case can be made for modular housing, which has also underperformed despite that segment of factory-built housing’s potential.

Therefore, grasping the issue of the power of the news media and big tech to marginalize or even censor an issue as vital as affordable housing must first be understood. Then, once the issues are understood, the root causes of underperformance must ultimately be grappled with and overcome.

It is in the context of the first initial phase of that premise – grasping the true nature of the problem in order to prepare for an authentic solution – that the talk given by independent journalist Whitney Webb is presented below. Note, as in any source or person quoted that is not Divine or is demonstrably inspired by God, quoting or examining aspects of some person’s or entity’s work is not to be construed as a blanked endorsement. Humans have blind spots and periodically err, period. The ancient biblical principle of separating the wheat from the chaff must be carefully and routinely used.

That said, this periodically referenced statement by the late Malcom X is a useful reminder that this issue of what is authentic, manipulated, or faked news is hardly new. MHProNews has repeatedly pointed out that government has in the past manipulated news, so Biden era efforts to declare what is and isn’t true is hardly new. But it is, perhaps, more visible today. That alone is reason for hope.

“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” Malcolm X. #MalcolmXDay pic.twitter.com/fhX6v7HjOK

— Imagine Justice (@ImaginexJustice) May 19, 2020

With that preface, let’s consider this article that follows based on an address by journalist Whitney Webb. It was published by the Defender and is reproduced here with permission. Her media insider observations will be followed by additional content that will build on the notion that an apparent shift by millions in the public may be laying the foundation for a new coalition that could prove useful to the future of HUD Code manufactured homes but also could spell advancement for a wide range of other professions. More on those following Webb’s thoughtful observations.

One more insight about Webb is from Amazon’s introduction to Webb’s new book. “One Nation Under Blackmail is a damning indictment of the consequences resulting from the nearly century old relationship between both US and Israeli intelligence and the organized criminal network known as the National Crime Syndicate. This book specifically explores how that nexus between intelligence and organized crime directly developed the sexual blackmail tactics and networks that would later enable the sexual blackmail operation and other crimes of deceased pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Other books on Jeffrey Epstein focus on the depraved nature of his crimes, his wealth, and his most famous/politically-connected friends and acquaintances. This book, in contrast, reveals the extent to which Epstein’s activities were state-sponsored through an exploration of his intelligence connections.”

Webb is willing to go into the dark places that too few have the courage, or may lack the editorial and production back up required, to expose the often-stunning level of corruption that is arguably draining most Americans of their rights and their true opportunities to achieve the otherwise elusive American Dream.

Highlighting below is added by MHProNews, but otherwise the content of the address by Webb that follows sans their feature image is as provided by the Defender, as shown. Every word she wrote ought to be thoughtfully digested. The highlighted portions may become the subjects of future references by MHProNews/MHLivingNews.

Whitney Webb: ‘They May Deplatform the Truth, But Their Lies And Distortions Will Never Replace It’

Thankfully, for government agencies seeking to “weaponize” the truth and stamp out dissent, the truth is not as easily manipulated and distorted as they may think.

• By Whitney Webb (note: this article was originally published by The Defender — Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website, found at this link here).

 

Defender’s Editor’s Note: Below is the text of a speech delivered Oct. 24 by journalist Whitney Webb at the Children’s Health Defense inaugural conference in Knoxville, Tennessee.

 

With each passing day, it seems that journalism is becoming less of a profession and more of a war zone. Indeed the difference between journalism and “information warfare” is becoming increasingly difficult to pinpoint.

Whereas journalism continues to be defined as “writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation” — in practice, it has become a battlefield where the most powerful media outlets — that is, those closest to the centers of power — deliberately manipulate or omit facts to craft narratives that expressly benefit the powerful while also colluding to censor their more truthful competition.

These media outlets act as mercenaries, with little or no regard for how their actions negatively impact our society and distort reality. Their allegiances lie not with the public, but with those with the deepest pockets.

In doing so, in many cases, these media mercenaries actively work to suppress the facts and malign those in journalism who do strive to champion the truth above all else.

Instead of holding the powerful to account, many so-called journalists today act more as accessories to the crimes committed by the powerful against the public.

Objective presentation of the facts, as far as the bulk of mainstream media is concerned, is dead and has been dead for some time. As a consequence, public trust in these media outlets has completely cratered.

Yet, even the ostensible challenge to mainstream media, so-called independent or alternative media, is often troubled by similar issues, as the quest for clicks and fame can often supersede objective, factual reporting even outside the bounds of mainstream media.

As a result, navigating the world of journalism has never been more difficult or more precarious than it is right now.

But if some get their way, navigating the media landscape in search of truth will soon become impossible. There are major efforts, years in the making, to censor dissenting opinions under the guise of censoring “misinformation.”

As many here are undoubtedly aware, what was last year’s “misinformation” with respect to COVID-19 injections has only recently undergone a dramatic change into “breaking news.”

Yet, many of us who were right all along and were censored when factual information that is now recognized as true was erroneously labeled “misinformation” have received no apologies or our lost income. In many cases, our old platforms have not been returned to us.

The censorship hammer has not been wielded with incompetence. Instead, it has been — and is being — intentionally used to squeeze out those of us who would dare to speak the truth, no matter how inconvenient it may be at the time.

As the online censorship onslaught continues it is becoming increasingly normalized as growing restrictions, deplatforming and its other manifestations have become so pervasive that many have simply come to accept it as a “new normal.”

 

This “new normal” for free speech is as insidious as it has been gradual, as we are being trained to accept unconstitutional limitations on what we can express on the websites that dominate online socialization.

The argument that is often deployed to dismiss concerns regarding online censorship is the claim that the dominant social media companies are private, not public, entities.

However, in reality, the Big Tech firms that dominate our online lives, particularly Google and Facebook, were either created with some involvement of the U.S. national security state or have become major U.S. government and/or military contractors over the past two decades.

When it comes to censoring and deplatforming individuals for claims that run counter to U.S. government narratives, it should be clear that Google-owned YouTube, and other tech platforms owned by contractors to the U.S. military and intelligence communities, have a major conflict of interest in their stifling of speech.

The line between “private” Silicon Valley and the public sector has become increasingly blurred and it is now a matter of record that these companies have illegally passed information onto intelligence services, like the NSA [National Security Agency], for blatantly unconstitutional surveillance programs aimed at American civilians.

 

All indications point to the military-industrial complex having now expanded into the military-technology-industrial complex.

These days, one need only look at important government commissions — such as the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, which was headed by former Google/Alphabet CEO Eric Schmidt — to see how this de facto public-private partnership between Silicon Valley and the national security state functions, and its outsized role in setting important tech-related policies for both the private and public sectors.

 

For example, that commission, largely comprised of representatives of the military, intelligence community and Big Tech, has helped set policy on “countering disinformation” online.

More specifically, it has recommended weaponizing artificial intelligence (AI) for the express purpose of identifying online accounts to deplatform and speech to censor, framing this recommendation as essential to U.S. national security as it relates to “information warfare.”

There are already several companies competing to market an AI-powered censorship engine to the national security state as well as the private sector, for use against journalists and non-journalists alike.

One of these companies is Primer AI, a “machine intelligence” company that “builds software machines that read and write in English, Russian, and Chinese to automatically unearth trends and patterns across large volumes of data.”

 

The company publicly states that its work “supports the mission of the intelligence community and broader DOD [U.S. Department of Defense] by automating reading and research tasks to enhance the speed and quality of decision-making.”

Primer AI’s roster of clients includes not just the U.S. military and the U.S. intelligence community, but major American companies like Walmart and private “philanthropic” organizations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

 

Primer AI’s founder, Sean Gourley, who previously created AI programs for the military to track insurgents in post-invasion Iraq, asserted in an April 2020 blog post that “computational warfare and disinformation campaigns will become a more serious threat than physical war, and we will have to rethink the weapons we deploy to fight them.”

 

In that same post, Gourley argued for the creation of a “Manhattan Project for truth” that would create a publicly available Wikipedia-style database built off of “knowledge bases [that] already exist inside many countries’ intelligence agencies for national security purposes.”

Gourley wrote that “this effort would be ultimately about building and enhancing our collective intelligence and establishing a baseline for what’s true or not.” In other words, Gourley says we should let the CIA tell us what is true and what is false.

He concludes his blog post by stating that “in 2020, we will begin to weaponize truth.” And, two years later, it seems that Gourley was right. That is what they have done.

Since that year, Primer AI has been under contract with the U.S. military to “develop the first-ever machine learning platform to automatically identify and assess suspected disinformation.”

That the term “suspected disinformation” was used is no accident, as many instances of online censorship have involved merely assertions, as opposed to confirmations, that censored speech, including censored journalism, is part of a nation-state-connected or “bad actor”-connected disinformation campaign.

While those campaigns do exist, legitimate and constitutionally protected speech that deviates from the “official” or government-sanctioned narrative is frequently censored under these metrics, often with little to no ability to meaningfully appeal the censor’s decision.

In other cases, posts “suspected” of being disinformation or that are flagged as such (sometimes erroneously) by social media algorithms, are removed or hidden from public view without the poster’s knowledge.

In addition, “suspected disinformation” can be used to justify the censorship of speech that is inconvenient for particular governments, corporations and groups, as there is no need to have evidence or present a coherent case that said content is disinformation — one must only cast suspicion upon it in order to have it censored.

Further complicating this issue is the fact that some claims initially labeled “disinformation” later become accepted fact or recognized as legitimate speech. This has happened on more than one occasion during the COVID-19 crisis, where journalists had their accounts deleted or their content censored merely for broaching issues like the lab-leak hypothesis as well as questions over mask and vaccine efficacy, among many other issues.

 

A year or two later, much of this supposed “disinformation” has since become acknowledged as a legitimate avenue of journalistic inquiry. The initial bout of blanket censorship on these topics was done at the behest of public and private actors alike due to their inconvenience to what had once been the prevailing narrative.

In what appears to be the apparent fulfillment of Primer AI’s pleas, the Biden administration recently announced a push to “increase digital literacy” among the American public, while also censoring “harmful content” disseminated by so-called “domestic terrorists” as well as by “hostile foreign powers seeking to undermine American democracy.”

 

The latter is a clear reference to the claim that critical reporting of U.S. government policy, particularly its military and intelligence activities abroad, is synonymous with “Russian disinformation,” a now-discredited claim that has been used to heavily censor independent media.

Regarding “increasing digital literacy,” the policy documents from the Biden administration make it clear that this refers to a new “digital literacy” education curriculum that is currently being developed by the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S.’ domestically-focused intelligence agency, for a domestic audience.

This “digital literacy” initiative would have previously violated U.S. law, until the Obama administration worked with Congress to repeal the Smith-Mundt Act, which lifted the World War II-era ban on the U.S. government directing propaganda at domestic audiences.

 

The Biden administration’s war on domestic terror policy also makes it clear that the censorship, as described above, is part of a “broader priority” of the administration, which it defines as follows:

“Enhancing faith in government and addressing the extreme polarization, fueled by a crisis of disinformation and misinformation often channeled through social media platforms, which can tear Americans apart and lead some to violence.”

In other words, fostering trust in government while simultaneously censoring “polarizing” voices who distrust or criticize the government is a key policy goal behind the Biden administration’s domestic-terror strategy.

In addition, this statement implies that Americans not agreeing with each other is problematic and frames that disagreement as a driver of violence, as opposed to a normal occurrence in a supposed democracy that has constitutional protections for freedom of speech. From this framing, it is implied that such violence can only be stopped if all Americans trust the government and agree with its narratives and “truths.”

Framing deviations from these narratives as national security threats, as is done in this policy document, invites the labeling of non-conforming speech as “violence” or as “inciting violence” through the fomentation of disagreement.

As a result, those who post non-conforming speech online may soon find themselves being labeled as “terrorists” by the state if this policy is not reversed.

So what does this mean for journalists? Must all journalists conform to government-approved talking points lest they be accused of “inciting violence” and “terrorism”?

If a journalist reports truthful information that makes the public angry at certain government institutions, are they to be deemed a national security threat in such a framework?

While such a scenario may seem fantastical to some, one need look no further than the case of Julian Assange, who is currently being treated as a terrorist for publishing factual information that was inconvenient to powerful factions that manage the American empire.

 

Information warfare, when waged by the powers that be in this country, is a war on the truth. It is a war to replace the truth with a narrative that supports their needs, not ours. It is a war to distort reality and to manipulate the public to support policies that are against their best interests.

While they may frame such measures as necessary to “protect” democracy, the elimination and imminent criminalization of legitimate speech and legitimate journalism is the true threat to democracy, one that should deeply disturb all Americans.

If the national security state controls and enforces the only permissible narratives and the only permitted version of the “truth,” whether for journalists or everyday Americans, they will then also control human perception, and — as a consequence — human behavior.

One could argue that this is the ultimate goal of so much of what we are facing today — total control over human behavior.

Thankfully, for those that seek to “weaponize” the truth and stamp out dissent, the truth is not as easily manipulated and distorted as they may think.

At a visceral level, people gravitate toward the truth. They may succeed in hiding the truth from many or even most of us for a time, but — once it comes out — it spreads like wildfire.

Governments around the world, the biggest media outlets in the world and even groups like the World Economic Forum are desperate to “rebuild trust” with the public. Despite these efforts, polls indicate that the public trusts them less than ever before.

They may deplatform the truth, they may censor the truth and they may imprison those who tell the truth or label them terrorists — but their lies and their distortions can never, ever replace it. ##

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Children’s Health Defense [note: the same disclaimer applies to MHProNews]. ###

I wrote an article for @BitcoinMagazine earlier this year on the subject of online censorship and why it is so insidious. You can now read it online: https://t.co/HS8Wtw37yC

— Whitney Webb (@_whitneywebb) July 21, 2022

 

Additional Information with More MHProNews Analysis and Commentary in Brief

For longtime readers of MHProNews and our sister site, MHLivingNews, several of these topics have been previously explored. Examples are linked below.

 

 

Regarding mainstream, corporate, or legacy media. MHProNews asked – and provided evidence-based answers – to the question. Why didn’t Warren Buffett led Berkshire Hathaway newspapers provide the type of authentic and myth-busting reporting on manufactured homes that one might think they would have provided to support Clayton Homes, 21^st Mortgage Corporation, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance (VMF), or other entities that they have a financial interest in? Why instead did Berkshire media properties seem to follow the same commonplace terminology and other errors that are part of what has kept manufactured housing marginalized for decades?

Webb’s thesis arguably provides important clues that answer those logical inquiries. The powers that be obviously did not want that competition from manufactured housing viz a vis conventional housing because clarity of understanding the truth of modern manufactured homes could challenge their broader interests and plans.  As MHProNews has noted previously, Buffett owned some of the better ways to boost manufactured housing through information-education. Berkshire owned media could have been accomplished through authentic journalism. Furthermore, Berkshire and Buffett have deep relationships with mainstream media, such as CNBC, to name but one source. Berkshire advertising dollars for giants like GEICO hold sway over media in a fashion well evidenced by the award winning documentary drama, Shadows of Liberty. Watch – or watch again – Shadows of Liberty. Then read what Webb wrote.

Next, consider what Peter Schweitzer and his colleagues revealed in the documentary, the Creepy Line. Watch that or watch it again. Then reread what Webb wrote. The ‘aha!’ of clarity comes more into focus.

The roughly 6 decades old video clip of Malcom X shown in the tweet above is a sobering reminder that this battle for truth and human rights is hardly new.

Having identified one of the key issues, someone must now turn to possible solutions. Webb is quite right in saying that corporate power and government power are working together. She is hardly the first to say so. The Defender website’s leader, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., J.D., has spoken and written at length about that too.

 

 

While their styles and emphases differ, what Webb, RFK Jr, hammer away at has run into similar issues that the WND NewsCenter has reportedly encountered. Being deplatformed, shadow banned, and censored is not only a red badge of courage. It is a possible signal to those who seek truth over distortions of reality that the voices being marginalized is to some degree effective and onto something of merit.

Raw Story recently reported that the Republican Party (a.k.a. the Grand Old Party or GOP) has of necessity pivoted away from seeking campaign funding by big corporations that for years were there bread and butter. That breakup between Republicans and corporate interests, said Raw Story, occurred over the January 6, 2021 protests at the U.S. Capitol Building. While that’s hardly the whole of it, that Raw Story report is a reminder of why the GOP increasingly turned to small dollar donors. Meaning, millions of everyday Americans.

That Raw Story report noted that the GOP is poised to probe corporate interests in a way that may not have previously occurred in the U.S. in some years. That is precisely why a possible solution for manufactured housing’s 21^st century dilemmas may rest with those who control the U.S. House and Senate in 2023 following the rapidly approaching November 8, 2022 midterms.

Note that Newsmax and others in media are reporting this morning that Senate Majority Leader Chuck “Schumer on Hot Mic to Biden: Ga. Senate Race ‘Going Downhill’ for Democrats.”

With that backdrop, let’s pivot to the following from the WND NewsCenter provided by agreement to MHProNews.

 

USA Today poll: 40% of Hispanics, 21% of blacks back GOP

‘Significant inroads’ among groups ‘Democrats have long relied on’

By Art Moore
Published October 27, 2022 at 3:41pm

In 2020, exit polls indicated that President Trump won 12% of black voters and 32% of the Hispanic vote, a substantial improvement on Mitt Romney’s numbers in 2012.

Now, a USA Today poll is showing ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections that 40% of Hispanics and 21% of blacks back the Republican Party candidate in a generic ballot.

The national paper said the “issue of inflation – and the feeling that the White House hasn’t done enough to address it – is helping Republicans score significant inroads among Hispanic and Black voters, both demographic groups that Democrats have long relied on for support.”

Hung Cao is among 13 Asians, 33 Hispanics, 28 blacks and three Native Americans who are running for Congress as Republicans.

In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, he noted that Biden, amid crushing inflation, was talking on Wednesday about “leg room on airplanes, and how that’s racist.”

“We just want to be Americans,” said Cao, a retired Navy Captain who served in Special Operations for 25 and now is challenging the Democratic incumbent in Virginia’s 10th District.

“We came here for the American dream,” he said. “We want to be called Americans.”

See Cao’s remarks:

33 Hispanic, 28 Black, 13 Asian, and 3 Native American Republicans are running for Congress, and we’re all facing the same line of attacks from our opponents. While they deflect from issues voters care about, we’re focused on ensuring all Americans can achieve the American Dream. pic.twitter.com/ZkpXfBG0aw

— Hung Cao (@HungCaoCongress) October 27, 2022

In May, a black media executive observed in a column for Newsweek that the Democratic Party “has a huge problem,” noting “working class Hispanic voters and conservative Black voters are a lot more like their white counterparts than anyone in the Democratic Party had bargained for.”

Democrats got a wakeup call in June when Mayra Flores won a special election in an 85% Hispanic district, becoming the first Republican elected to Congress in that area of South Texas in 150 years. But the trend has long been underway. In August, NBC News political correspondent Steve Kornacki told MSNBC viewers that “one of the major stories to emerge from the 2020 election was the shift we saw in the Hispanic vote.”

And Morrow noted that without receiving more than 90% of the black vote, there never would have been a President Biden or a President Obama. A CNN analysis documented the party’s loss of support among blacks over the past six years. And since taking office, Biden had gone from an 87% approval rating among black voters overall to 67% at the time of Morrow’s column. In July, former Obama official and current CNN analyst Van Jones said that under Biden, life was “worse” for blacks, who were undergoing “a summer … of real heartbreak” that was reflected in the polls.

‘What have they done for our communities?’
Earlier this month, WND interviewed North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who said the far-left ideology taking over the Democratic Party is at the heart of “a break for many black people” from the party.

“Many, many black people across this country are starting to take a look and say, ‘Hey, what is this party doing?’ And more importantly, ‘What have they done for our communities? If they’re really working hard for our communities, why have our communities been plunged into poverty for all these decades with no change?'”

Many blacks have become independents, he said, “and many, quite frankly, are leaving and becoming Republicans.”

See the WND interview with Mark Robinson (Video transmission improves at 20-minute mark):

 

WND also interviewed a young black man canvassing for Republican candidates who said Democratic policies have devastated black families, “devouring” males and turning fathers into a “prison statistic.”

He believes “the core values” he learned from the Bible are in alignment with “how life works.” In his many conversations with voters during his door-to-door work he is seeing first hand the shift toward conservative policies reflected in polling and the ballot box, attributing it in part to the increasing availability of alternative sources of information.

“People aren’t fooled anymore,” he said.

See the WND interview:

‘Free from cages’: Black election canvasser explains why minorities are leaving the Democratic Party

 

The black vote has been solidly Democratic since 1964, but there is a growing tension in the party as it caters to a college-educated professional class whose values are at odds with black communities that share the traditional beliefs of the Republican Party base and feel betrayed by policies that have kept them dependent on government and devastated their families.

Colton Taylor is an election canvasser who is giving voice to that tension, explaining to WND that in his door-to-door canvassing work he is seeing first hand the shift toward conservative policies reflected in polling and the ballot box.

“People aren’t fooled anymore,” he said, noting the increasing availability of alternative sources.

There are black leaders now, he said, whose alternative views can be “heard and understood.”

Taylor said that most of his colleagues in the canvassing campaign – which has taken him to Denver and Southern California as well as Florida and Oregon – are black.

“Some of them come from very bad backgrounds, and they just want a different way,” he said.

The door-to-door work has been “healing” for them, Taylor said.

“Believing in the policies, understanding how it will benefit lives, is giving us freedom and peace of mind – we are not in these cages anymore,” he said.

“As black people,” Taylor said in conclusion, “we see that there is hope.”

There are possibilities that are not confined to “the ghetto” or “the hood.”

“We can open our lives and our minds and to anything – and it’s fulfilling.” ##

 

Thousands of words into today’s post, the bottom line might be summed up like this.

The GOP or Republican Party has of necessity pivoted more to “We the People” than toward corporate interests. This makes the Republicans the more likely party to take on the corporations via antitrust, RICO, Hobbs Act, and/or an array of other laws and regulations that they may hold the power of the purse strings to in 2023.

RFK Jr has is doing potentially millions of his fellow Democrats a huge favor.  Kennedy’s, Webb’s and others who are challenging the PINO Biden and corporate-dominated Democrats narrative is essential for weakening and then breaking the hold over millions who vote a certain way out of mere habit. When a credible Democrat calls other Democratic leaders ‘fascists’ and ‘authoritarians,’ the behaviors they highlight come increasingly into question.

 

Straight from Top Democrat’s Lips to Your Eyes, Ears – ‘We Knew Recovery Plan Would Cause Inflation’ – Thank James Clyburn for Some Straight Talk – Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap

Now former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard is arguably doing a similar favor to Democrats and left-leaning independents. Gabbard has hardly alone in jumping ship from the Democratic Party, as the WND report that cites USA Today polling data reflects.

Good associations, think the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), must work across the aisle with both major parties. MHProNews has long advocated for nonpartisan or bipartisan engagement.

That said, facts are what they are. If the Democrats are playing to the tune of Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, George Soros and others who made up the anti-Trump Civic Alliance or are often engaged with entities such as the World Economic Forum (WEF), then the logical course of action is to vote Republican up and down the ballot. Then, whoever wins, press them once they take office to seriously engaged in criminal – not just civil – antitrust actions.

Until more billionaires suffer the fate of Bernie Madoff, the rigged system will likely continue to roll on.

 

To the point that Webb raised about the nexus between big tech, big corporate, and the intelligence community, recall this previously published report that made that same point.

If you want an authentic chance at reform, and you have haven’t already done so, vote.

Only the Truth, Nothing But the Truth, Can Set Us Truly Free – Editorial Essay to Those Who Desire the American Dream for All People Everywhere, an MH’s Role in it; plus MHVille REITs, Stock Updates

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Notice: some newcomers wonder why numbers of MHProNews and/or MHLivingNews posts are lengthier than those found in mainstream media. Both website metrics and third-party generated data reveal that engagement here is considerably longer than on mainstream news sources such as CNN. They obviously get more visitors. But MHProNews generates more pageviews per visitor and longer time on the site. Some of our hottest articles have been longer ones. Curious minds want to know.

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Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business – from the evening of 10.27.2022

• Eyes on Apple
• A man holds an iPhone 14 as Apple Inc’s new models go on sale at an Apple store in Beijing, China, September 16, 2022.
• The tech giant’s earnings may offer a hint about the iPhone 14’s success

• 

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• LIVE UPDATES Good sign for economy? Small US stocks soar
• US economy bounced back after shrinking in the first half of the year
• US mortgage rates top 7% for the first time since 2002
• Rivian owners can’t help but gush about their trucks, flaws and all
• Fetterman slams Big Oil for surging profits and failure to invest in new supply
• Miss USA under investigation after contestants claim pageant was rigged
• Peloton is the latest company to distance itself from Kanye West
• Musk says he doesn’t want Twitter to become ‘free-for-all hellscape’
• New York Post says ‘vile and reprehensible’ tweets result of rogue employee
• Ford’s beloved little Fiesta is going away, at least for now
• See why this chicken salad has gone viral
• Shoppers carry bags in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. US consumer confidence rose for a second month in September to the highest since April, indicating a strong job market and lower gas prices are contributing to more optimistic views of the economy.
• Analysis: Don’t expect the bounce-back in the US economy to quiet recession calls
• A detailed view of the new Yeezy Adidas shoe worn by Head Coach Manny Diaz of the Miami Hurricanes during the game against the Florida Gators in the Camping World Kickoff at Camping World Stadium on August 24, 2019 in Orlando, Florida.
• Three likely outcomes for Yeezy products: destroy it, rebrand it, export it
• McDonald’s restaurant sign is seen in Streator, Illinois, United States, on October 15, 2022.
• As prices soar, consumers turn to McDonald’s
• MARKETS
• EARNINGS
• Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., speaks during the virtual Meta Connect event in New York, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.
• Meta posts second-ever quarterly revenue decline and hints at cost cutting
• Shell announces $4 billion share buyback as profits double
• Ford takes $2.7 billion hit as it drops efforts to develop full self-driving cars

• 

  Boeing reports loss after taking hits from Air Force One, Starliner programs

• Microsoft earnings hit by personal computing slowdown
• LAWSUITS
• Tesla head Elon Musk arrives to have a look at the construction site of the new Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin on September 03, 2020 near Gruenheide, Germany.
• Elon Musk must close Twitter deal by end of this week or face trial
• Is Barilla really ‘Italy’s No. 1 brand of pasta?’
• Online creators hit with IP and copyright lawsuits
• Judge say Boeing crash passengers are ‘crime victims’
• Texas sues Google over biometric data collection

 

Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax 10.27.2022

• GOP Senators’ Explosive Report Reaffirms COVID Was Likely Leaked by China Lab
• The 2022 Elections
• Turnout Will Decide Midterms
• Pollster McLaughlin to Newsmax: Dems’ ‘Candidate Quality’ Led to Ducked Debates | video
• AG Candidate Finchem: Hobbs Hiding From Voters | video
• Gaetz: Fetterman Makes Biden Look Like Churchill | video
• Top 5 Debate Moments in Pa., N.Y. Showdowns platinum
• Gizzi: Sen. Grassley Further Up Than Poll Suggests

• 

  Reschenthaler: Oz Won Senate Seat in Debate | video

• RNC’s McDaniel: ‘Democrat Party Is Pro-criminal’ | video
• Trump to Host Rally for Rubio
• Fetterman’s Rocky Debate Raises Anxiety Among Democrats
• More The 2022 Elections
• Newsmax TV
• Arizona AG Candidate Finchem to Newsmax: Hobbs Hiding From Voters | video
• Arizona AG Candidate Finchem: Dem Hobbs Hiding | video
• GOP Gov. Hopeful Dahle on Rebuilding ‘California Dream’ | video
• Turner: We Must End Pelosi’s ‘Overly Bloated Bills’ | video
• Chatterjee: Potential Diesel Shortage ‘Huge Problem’ | video
• James Comer: Hunter ‘Compromised’ White House | video
• Mike Lee: McMullin a ‘Democrat, Not Independent’ | video
• Brian Babin: America at a Midterms ‘Crossroads’ | video
• Newsfront
• Texas DPS: We Did Not Fail Uvalde in School Shooting
• Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw says his agency did not fail the city of Uvalde during the May 24 school shooting at Robb Elementary when a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers…. [Full Story]
• Biden Admin ‘Fuming’ Saudis Reneged on Secret Deal
• White House officials were left angered that Saudi Arabia backed out [Full Story]
• Related
• Fred Fleitz: Biden’s Saudi Feud Can Only Bring Destructive Consequences
• GOP Sens.: COVID-19 ‘Most Likely’ Leaked From Wuhan Lab
• The novel coronavirus “most likely” leaked from a lab in Wuhan, [Full Story]
• Special Counsel Slaps Biden Chief of Staff Klain With Hatch Act Warning
• White House chief of staff Ron Klain has been issued a warning from [Full Story]
• More Than 15 Million Have Already Cast Ballots in Midterms
• The election is still almost two weeks away, but more than 15 million [Full Story]
• Retired US Gen.: Ukraine Could Push Russia Back to Pre-war Positions by End of Year
• Ukraine’s military could push Russia back to Feb. 23 positions within [Full Story]
• Related
• Russia Strikes Ukrainian Infrastructure, Says It May Destroy Western Satellites
• Putin Claims West Seeks Global Domination by Using Ukraine
• Poland Demolishes Four Red Army Monuments
• Russia’s Putin Denies Plans to Use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine
• Ukraine Attacks Russia’s Hold on Southern City of Kherson
• Hispanic Vote for GOP Points to Seismic Shift Nov. 8, New Poll Shows
• Ten days before Americans go to the polls, a just-completed survey [Full Story]
• NASA ‘UFO’ Study ‘Long Overdue’
• NASA has dispatched a group of 16 researchers to spend the next nine [Full Story] | Platinum Article
• New York Post Employee Blasts Explicit Headlines on Social Media
• The New York Post’s website and Twitter pages Thursday posted [Full Story]
• Top 5 Debate Moments in Pa., N.Y. Showdowns
• With the governor’s mansion up for grabs in New York and control of [Full Story] | Platinum Article
• Pentagon Defends Strategy to Cut 2 Nuclear Programs
• The Pentagon released its latest National Defense Strategy Thursday, [Full Story]
• Zuckerberg’s Net Worth Sinks 60 Percent
• Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth has declined by more than 60% [Full Story]
• Trump Pushes Back on N.Y. AG ‘Nationalizing’ Trump Organization
• Former President Donald Trump is opposing New York Attorney General [Full Story]
• Scott Perry Files Motion to Drop DOJ Cellphone Data Lawsuit
• Scott Perry, R-Pa., an ally of former President Donald Trump, [Full Story]
• Gallup Poll: Americans to Spend More for Holiday Gifts
• Americans intend to spend an average of $932 on Christmas gifts this [Full Story]
• WHO: Tuberculosis Cases Rise for the First Time in Years
• The number of people infected with tuberculosis, including the kind [Full Story]
• Video Report: Netanyahu Poised to Return as Israel PM
• Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could return as [Full Story] | video
• Rasmussen Poll: Republicans Lead Georgia Senate, Governor Races
• Republican candidates for Senate and governor in Georgia hold a [Full Story]
• McKinsey Reaches Deal With US Local Governments Over Opioids
• Leading consulting firm McKinsey & Co. has agreed to settle claims by [Full Story]
• House Republicans Open Probe Into Biden’s SPR Usage
• GOP members of the House Oversight Committee have launched an [Full Story]
• Prince Harry’s Memoir, Titled ‘Spare,’ to Come Out Jan. 10
• Prince Harry’s memoir, an object of obsessive anticipation worldwide [Full Story]
• Ted Cruz Joins Herschel Walker on Campaign Trail
• GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker, plagued by allegations he [Full Story]
• USA Today/Suffolk Poll: GOP Gains in Generic Congressional Ballot
• As the midterm elections approach, 49% of likely voters now say they [Full Story]
• Video Report: Ye Takes Disturbing, Downward Turn
• Kanye West’s actions have taken a disturbing downward turn with [Full Story] | video
• Hurricane Ian’s Lucrative Cleanup Deals Generate New Storm
• It has been a month since Hurricane Ian wiped out parts of southwest [Full Story]
• ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ Targeted by Climate Activists
• The Johannes Vermeer masterpiece “Girl with a Pearl Earring” on [Full Story]
• Israel, Lebanon to Strike ‘Historic’ Maritime Border Deal
• Israel and Lebanon Thursday separately signed a U.S.-brokered [Full Story]
• Iran’s Khamenei Vows Revenge as Nation Faces Worst Uprisings Since 1979
• Iran’s supreme Leader vowed on Thursday to retaliate against those [Full Story]
• Common Myths About the Flu Vaccine
• Experts predict that the 2022-2023 flu season will be severe. The flu [Full Story]
• Unemployment Inches Higher, But Still Very Low
• Slightly more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week [Full Story]
• US Lawmakers Slam Wall Street Bankers’ Plan to Attend Hong Kong Summit
• Two U.S. lawmakers on Thursday urged top American bankers to cancel [Full Story]
• More Newsfront
• Finance
• Recession Could Upend Perfect Record of Post-Midterm Stock Gains
• A potential recession could end a streak of gains for U.S. stocks that has followed every midterm election since World War Two…. [Full Story]
• Peloton Recruited CEO McCarthy With $168M Benefits Package
• Car Prices Finally Creep Down From Inflated Highs
• Biden Zeroes in on Economy as Campaign Winds Down
• Merck Lifts Full-Year Forecast as Keytruda Sales Soar
• More Finance
• Health
• Controlling Blood Pressure May Reduce Risk for Dementia
• Controlling high blood pressure in older adults may be one of the “best bets” for reducing the risk of developing dementia, Australian researchers report. “Given population aging and the substantial costs of caring for people with dementia, even a small reduction could have… [Full Story]
• Chronic Nightmares Alleviated With Sound Therapy
• Study Confirms AstraZeneca Jab’s Higher Risk of Very Rare Clot
• Deadly Aneurysm-Linked Strokes on the Rise: Know the Warning Signs
• A Low-Carb Diet Could Help Stave Off Diabetes

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• NOTE 1: The 3rd chart above includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services, a manufactured home industry lender
• NOTE 2: Drew changed its name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
• NOTE 3: Deer Valley was largely taken private, say company insiders in a message to MHProNews on 12.15.2020, but there are still some outstanding shares of the stock from the days when it was a publicly traded firm.  Thus, there is still periodic activity on DVLY.
• Note 4: some recent or related reports to the equities named above follow.

Whistleblower Payout! Cavco (CVCO) Settle with SEC in Securities and Exchange Commission Case vs. Cavco Former CEO Joseph Stegmayer, Daniel Urness – 21-cv-01507 U.S. District Court of AZ

Triad Financial Services Q2-2022 FINANCIAL RESULTS, per ECN Capital – Several Bright Spots in Manufactured Home Market Highlighted, Including Communities, Retail, Land-Home, Floor; MHStocks Update

‘Blackrock Weaponizing ESG’– State AGs Probe MHCommunities Owner, Private Equity Giant Blackrock on Possible Antitrust, Securities, Fiduciary Violations, See AGs’ Document; plus MHStocks Update

Truist, Other Investors Increase Multi-Million Dollar Stakes in Legacy Housing Corporation (LEGH), Corp Update by CEO Duncan Bates, with Added Facts, Analysis

Manufactured Home Communities (a.k.a. ‘Mobile Home Parks’ – SIC) – Exploring UMH Properties; Fellow Manufactured Housing Institute Member Yes! Communities Suits and Settlements; plus MH Markets Updates

 

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