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I’ve noticed a media pattern in the past few weeks that feels like a reversion to Trump 1.0. A Fake News Outlet (FNO) will make up an issue out of nothing, citing anonymous (nonexistent) “sources,” call it issue “Z.” FNO publishes headlines to the tune, “Administration to implement unpopular Policy Z.” Other outlets pile on, quoting FNO’s exclusive Policy Z bombshell scoops. The Administration states that there is no Policy Z, There never was and there never will be. Then FNO declares victory in forcing a Policy Z “reversal” and inflicting a humiliating defeat upon the Administration who had counted on a Policy Z win. Then there is polling about how unpopular Policy Z is among likely mid-term voters. FNO reports how the unpopularity of Policy Z is harming Republicans and Trump. Then come the stories about the Administration’s Policy Z flip-flops, and how the Administration is unable to get out from under the drumbeat of bad news around Policy Z https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/11/the-epstein-iterations.php