Welcome to a breakpoint a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of

unchanging truth.

The Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

President Biden's announcement to not seek re-election punctuated one of the most eventful

in historic months in American politics at least in recent memory. The decision came

after various political leaders and celebrities publicly and privately

expressed their concerns about his age and his

mental ability, though Biden's decline has been long apparent. In the end, even the

best attempts by the First Lady could not overcome what everyone saw during

Biden's first and last presidential debate. Even so, politicians, celebrity donors, and the

Biden family insisted that the president was fine long after is obvious

that he was not and for some right up until his decision to withdraw. It's now

completely unreasonable to think that most of these voices did not know better.

Clearly they believe that they could continue to misrepresent reality

to the rest of the world even if their claims contradicted the obvious.

In an age in which digital technology can manipulate information in unprecedented... the the decision by Veteran Affairs to ban the famous Times Square

VJ Day Kiss Photo. After asking that the photo be removed from all of its

facilities, lest the celebratory kiss foster trauma, and that's a quote,

the VA then swiftly denied ever sending the memo in the first place

after the public backlash.

Or consider how the NFL handled at least a key's

Super Bowl halftime performance earlier this year.

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