Missed Messaging...

 Submitted to the Op-Ed at the Washington Post, was rejected (for reasons that will be obvious) for publication.

Consistently missing the mark is a tradition that current, “news,” media are apparently trying to perfect...

For instance: A largely problematic Biden administration.

Really?

Large and essential programs were passed into law early in the Biden administration: American Rescue Plan, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Done with a simple, filibuster susceptible, majority, oft hamstrung by two DINOs (Senators Manchin and Sinema), in the Senate.

Inflation was caused by vendors realizing increased profits via raised prices. Middle class customers found themselves with money in their pockets (often because of the aforementioned legislative success) still needed to purchase the higher priced goods and services.

Scarcity of goods because, starting decades ago, manufacturing moved to the far east; largely to mainland, communist China. This allowed a global pandemic to wreak havoc on supply lines. “Just in time,” business practices added to the lack of inventory on hand. These are the choices made by American, business management that eliminated their own ability to handle exceptions/extenuating circumstances.

Restoring the Voting Rights Act, stripped of effective core elements by the SCOTUS, has not been successful because of the aforementioned DINOs and the Jim Crow, filibuster in the US Senate.

Covid is not controlled because of, mostly, vaccinated killers abusing their access to exceptionally powerful, bully pulpits to preach against caution, science and vaccinations to their gullible audiences.

Considering the obstacles the Biden administration has had to deal with, while fixing the chaos created in government bureaucracies by the previous administration, the first year of said Biden administration has been quite reasonably successful.