Meanwhile... ISIS being destroyed

Isis driven out of Syria 'capital' by US-backed forces
Fall of city is a potent symbol of the movement's collapsing fortunes

US-backed militias have completely taken Isis' de facto capital, Raqqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Tuesday, in a major symbolic blow to the jihadist group.

The fall of Raqqa, where Isis staged euphoric parades after its string of lightning victories in 2014, is a potent symbol of the movement's collapsing fortunes. The city was used as a base for the group to plan attacks abroad.

Seems like this is something we should be hearing about more. Doesn't the destruction of ISIS across the region feel like a more important story than what some "unnamed source" is telling some reporter about Donald Trump's late night television viewing habits and whether or not he regularly flosses?

It's time to face the fact that our new main stream media norm is to ignore most "real" news and focus on their soap opera coverage of "As the Donald Turns". Nothing, apparently, is more important than reporting on the day to day events of our President. The world could probably be invaded by aliens, and reporters would flock to report on whether or not the President's greeting was offensive with pages and pages of analysis on how other Presidents probably would have handled it differently.

"Chris, key analysis suggests that the President's choice of tie color may have been a factor in why the alien invaders chose to destroy the continent of South America. Had he worn a blue tie, and given his greeting while sitting down, all of this could have been avoided. Unnamed sources have said that the President has become increasingly agitated with recent events, and that there is disagreement between advisers on how best to deal with the alien war ships. After the break, we will have a two hour round table discussion on how the potential destruction of the planet will hinder the President's agenda and reelection chances. We will also interview Chuck Schumer and see what criticism of the President he can come up with."