Sometimes You Just Can't Spin the Truth
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (112719)
United States
June 11, 2025 6:07am CST
We're talking about CNN, here, and that's saying something. The lowest rated, least trusted, most negative network against Trump since his first term in office has had to interrupt its live broadcast to provide a breaking update on Trump's immigration approval ratings and sending National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
The last time the truth had no way of being spun any other way than for what it was, was when Biden's mental decline was made all too clear in his disastrous debate with Trump—they simply couldn't hide it anymore.
According to CNN, Trump's immigration approval ratings are "going up like a rocket."
Right now, 54% of Americans endorse Trump's demands for mass deportations and 51% approve of Trump's ICE initiatives in local jurisdictions.
CNN also had to report that Republicans hold a 19-point lead over Democrats on immigration issues with CNN's chief data reporter, Harry Enten, saying, "Americans believe that Democrats just don't have a clue on immigration."
Again, the numbers are just too obvious to spin things any other way.
Whether or not what CNN is saying now will sway any die-hard liberals caught in the throes of severe TDS is to be seen, but the facts are clear. Trump's immigration policies are not only working, but they are also very popular among voters on both sides of the aisle.
What Democrats take away from this is, of course, to be seen. Ever since losing massively to Trump in 2024 they really haven't changed course much at all. In fact, they have doubled down on unpopular policy stances that lost them not only the White House, but Congress and the Senate as well.
This is not to say that I suddenly trust CNN. It's simply noteworthy that this is news coming from them, of all networks. Trump said on the campaign trail, "Let's win it so it's too big to rig." And he won it bigly enough that it was actually too big to deny. He won the popular vote, every single swing state, the black vote, the young vote, the Hispanic vote, and the majority of the union vote.
The news media can spin small successes. But when the successes are this big? They have no choice but to tell the truth.
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4 responses
@porwest (112719)
• United States
8 Jul
@xander6464 I am not seeing any problems whatsoever with the stock market. Sure, we have some people panicking. But it has nothing to do with the fundamentals. They are very strong. And the fundamentals are what matters because we're not buying stocks. We're buying companies.
@Fleura (34927)
• United Kingdom
11 Jun
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
11 Jun
I think even then they find a way to spin it.
There are people online who say he didn't win. The election was bought. Or some other nonsense that's not true.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Jun
@xander6464 I don’t believe that he stole any election. And many would back me up on that.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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11 Jun
What strikes me is the Democrats continue to oppose deportation of illegal immigrants even convicted criminals. Like we have discussed, liberal elites believe most Americans cannot think for ourselves and must be told what to think. Obviously, the stats you provided show otherwise. Yet, the Dems double down on fighting the immigration issue. 
It has to be TDS. How else to explain their continued support of Sancturary cities/ states, riots and interference against ICE enforcement, judicial warfare, and total disregard for following the Constitution.
It has to be TDS. How else to explain their continued support of Sancturary cities/ states, riots and interference against ICE enforcement, judicial warfare, and total disregard for following the Constitution.1 person likes this
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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15 Jun
@porwest All factual information Jim, as usual.
Open borders and no deportation are not a popular policy. The Dems are putting another nail in their coffin.
Like the L.A. fires Mayor Bass and Governor Newsom could not handle these riots. Surveys say Trump did the right thing (a no-brainer). Newsom should have called out the National Guard, he is to blame.
Brick throwing, cop spitting, fire setting and looting and then letting it go on is not a good look for California's want-a-be President.
Your comment below is a very powerful and accurate statement!
The bottom line is that the Democrat party has become a positionless, unscrupled party that has no real function or purpose other than to win by any means and hold power over the people.
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@porwest (112719)
• United States
14 Jun
Their opposition is, as I have pointed out, numerous times, quite interesting itself. Because the Democrats were ALWAYS interested in secure borders. I was always a secure borders guy too, and always sided with the Democrats on that issue, so my position never wavered.
But theirs did.
When did they change their position? Exactly at the moment Trump made it a primary campaign issue in 2016, and then suddenly the Democrats no longer supported secure borders.
So, it begs the question for me. Are they REALLY opposed NOW to secure borders, or are they just opposed to Trump? I think we know the answer to that. The funny thing is, don't the voters know that? Can they not remember how strongly they opposed the Republicans who wanted more migrants for cheap labor?
But that goes right back to another part of your comment. "Being told what to think." Democrats DON'T think for themselves. They wait for their leaders to speak and then follow along with whatever their leaders tell them they should believe.
But yes, TDS is also a large part of this. We sat through 6 years of constant fist pounding by the Democrats against Trump, "The law, the law, the law!" only to have them systematically in support of...breaking the law.
It's typical contradiction by them. Just like their whole campaign issue of "a threat to democracy," while at the same time rigging a primary to favor Biden, then CHOOSING an UNELECTED nominee, which is, for all intents and purposes, not a democratic process.
The bottom line is that the Democrat party has become a positionless, unscrupled party that has no real function or purpose other than to win by any means and hold power over the people.
Based on polls and voter sentiment, it seems like they are beginning to understand. The Democrats have yet to discover their strategy is not only not working. It's making them almost obsolete.
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@porwest (112719)
• United States
14 Jun
@xander6464 The vast majority of the American people support ICE, support secure borders, and support deportations. It's WHY Trump won.
