Taylor S & the civilian-industrial complex

An air of gloom hung over the Foggy Backside Press Correspondent’s Membership, which was abandoned apart from the Beltway Bulletin (BB) and Georgetown Gazette (GG), staring glumly into their empty martini glasses.

BB: They’re successful by a mile, after which some.

GG: Who? The Democrats? The Republicans?

BB: The heck with these donkeys and elephants! I am speaking about ET and TOI and people Indian presswallas who’re beating us palms down, due to the electoral benefit they have.

GG: I get it. Indian journos get to cowl the largest, costliest election ever, with 96 million voters, 62 events, a price ticket of $14.4 bn, and highlight on a brilliant showman well-known for his capability to shoot from the quip.

BB: Precisely. And what can we get to cowl? A two-horse race, wherein one man’s a MAGAlomaniac, and the opposite will get his French presidents combined up. How can we make issues much less ho-hum and extra humdinger?GG: How about hatching a conspiracy idea? That ought to liven issues up.BB: Nice thought! A conspiracy idea must be about somebody who’s the largest buzzword.

GG: How about that Taylor Swift, who’s acquired extra buzz surrounding her than a swarm of bees on ecstasy?

BB: You’ve got acquired it! Forbes has listed her as the primary singer to make over a billion {dollars} from her songs and excursions. ‘Swiftie’ now means a Taylor fan, and it could possibly now be utilized in Scrabble. Malaysia and Singapore have gotten right into a spat as a result of the latter signed a contract together with her that does not allow any neighbouring nation to carry a Swift live performance when she does her Singapore gig.

GG: So, how about we unfold the phrase that Pentagon is using Taylor in a psy-op ploy to trump Trump and make the opposite fella a shoo-in? Or contemplating Pentagon’s soiled methods division’s involvement, a boo-in?

BB: However why would anybody consider that Pentagon would need to preserve Trump out and get the opposite man in?

GG: Easy. Pentagon stands for the military-industrial complicated (MIC), proper? And all Trump desires to do is construct a wall to fence Mexico in, a undertaking, which can profit not MIC however the civilian-industrial complicated (CIC), which is one other identify for Trump Towers. And that is sufficient to offer any MIC a fancy of a distinct sort — an inferiority complicated.

BB: Bought it. Is there any extra conspiracy stuff we are able to bung in?

GG: There positive is. Taylor’s in what’s known as a relationship with footballer Travis Kelce, whose crew, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, gained the NFL Tremendous Bowl, which Trumpeters say was rigged in order that Taylor might have used the event to announce her endorsement for the opposite bozo.

BB: However she did not use the event to announce her endorsement for anybody or something, not even her most well-liked model of personal jet aircraft, not to mention a presidential candidate. How does that work?

GG: We are able to at all times say she was Biden her time. If we are able to set up {that a} Taylor-Kelce-Pentagon cartel might rig a Tremendous Bowl, rigging a White Home election can be a cakewalk, a Tremendous Sundae with a cherry on prime.

BB: How about we embody an official disclaimer from the White Home as a kicker, the place the incumbent categorically states that he doesn’t know in any respect about any Pentagon-sponsored songstress who’s speculated to be backing him, and as a matter of reality, he is by no means even met this Madonna dame, so there!

GG: We might have the Trump camp rework their slogan to suggest that they have one other musical maestro’s help: Make America Gaga Once more.

BB: Wow! That ought to actually get a point out in Sunday ET!