Will Trump voters screwed by this one "get it?"

There will be a Trump rally in Minnesota, later today. The state’s corporate “news” media will not discuss his deteriorating mental health. They have the same base as Trump does, namely, for the most part those no longer in the first roseate bloom of youth (any more than I am). And I get why they’re going to spend today throwing Trump supporters many a bone, instead.

Though I don’t think they have to do that. Most late-middle-aged-to-elderly people who thoroughly peruse the morning paper, and faithfully view the evening news, are basically still doing so out of locked-in, lifelong habit, and that’s not going to significantly change if c. media starts doing more legitimate journalism, even at the risk of annoying Trump diehards. They may complain, but they won’t cancel their subscriptions or change their viewing habits.

But, the people who run corporate media aren’t paying any attention to me, and there’s really no particular reason that they should that I know of, so I might as well move on.

The Trump administration claimed that the new overtime salary threshold is a win for workers, and many news outlets echoed the administration’s spin, declaring in headlines across the country that the Trump rule is an “expansion,” or at least a “compromise” on overtime pay. In reality, it is a significant rollback that will cheat millions of Americans of fair pay for hard work.

That’s because the Trump overtime regulation replaces a 2016 Obama-era Labor Department rule that would have restored overtime protections for more than 12 million salaried workers earning up to $55,055 by 2023. The Trump rule slashes that salary level to $35,308 — and treats workers earning more than that as if they were highly paid executive who don’t need overtime pay. All told, Trump’s decision to slash the salary threshold means workers will miss out on $1.2 billion in wages each year they would have received under the 2016 rule. - Truthout

This is the sort of thing that should be on the front page, day in and day out, because it really does affect a lot of people’s lives for the worse. It won’t be. And that’s a big part of the reason why, going back to the title of this, the answer is for the most part in all likelihood “no.”