"What fascinates me about our election year is not so much the issues on the table but the underlying template that everyone knows is there but no one dares mention; namely the utter discrediting of elite opinion over the last four years. The claims of the experts simply became too implausible to compel public assent. And this time it was personal. People’s schools and churches were closed, loved ones forced on ventilators to die alone, and whole communities were shattered when public spaces were blocked.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/the-paradigm-shift-is-here-5750547
and a review of the year’s top dozen political news columns
https://bygeorgejournal.substack.com/p/the-2025-canadian-politician-of-the
Interesting video especially after 4 minute mark.
https://x.com/BarbaraBalCPC/status/2006920669137699016?s=20