Today: What Click/Rage Bait is being Dangled to the Public and Why?

 ATTENTION grabbing is the name of the game !!!

 Every day, (click here)  the media, the politicians, the power brokers, etc., dangle a new Click and/or Rage Baiting shiny new object in front of the gullible public to trigger their amygdalas  or otherwise lure them into some brain mangling trap.

Below is a listing of some recent attempts ordered by date, identification of the bait and surmised reasons for its foisting.

Saturday, 02/07/2026:
Trump posts racist 'Obama's as Apes' caricature

The posting was removed from the Truth Social web site 12 hours later, but generated the desired outrage (Amygdala triggers) by black and other race-baited groups
Why posted? :    (1) Distracts public attention away from Epstein files
                            (2) Distracts public attention away from ____





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