There seems to be a long-overdue awakening of MSM outlets to Joe Biden’s corruptness (regarding which, see this and this). The awakening means that the big-money bankrollers of the Democrat Party have decided that Biden must go.
Biden must go not because of his corruptness, of course, but because his presence in the White House (if not in his own mind) threatens big-money’s agenda: corporate capitalism and the effete elite’s agenda (wokeness, “climate change”, etc.), The advancement of the agenda means bigger government and the effete elite’s control thereof. As the old saying goes: Follow the money,.
The question facing the bankrollers is how to remove Biden before the scandal leads to impeachment hearings, which even the MSM wouldn’t be able to ignore. The resulting taint would attach to the Democrat Party and would threaten its hold (and the bankrollers’ hold) on the executive and legislative branches (and eventual hold on the judicial branch).
It follows that Biden must go soon, to avert impeachment hearings and tamp down the incipient revolt among Dem voters. A large fraction of Dem voters have turned against Biden — mainly because they see him as incompetent to advance the big-government agenda to which they have become addicted. So Biden must not only go soon, but he must be replaced by a young, vigorous, articulate leftist who can prevail in 2024, carry both houses of Congress with him, and ensure the advancement of the agenda. Gavin Newsom seems to fit the bill; Kamala Harris definitely does not.
Biden’s semi-graceful departure won’t be hard to arrange, given his increasingly obvious mental and physical decline. (Dr. Jill will be the biggest obstacle to removing Joe, but everyone has her price.) The threat of a removal via the 25th Amendment (sugar-coated with the promise of a pardon) should do the trick. Joe will plead ill-health and go quietly into the encroaching shadows of senility.
The bigger challenge will be getting Kamala out of the way, to ensure the ascension of the preferred successor to Joe. One way would be to remove her before removing Joe, but that would be politically complicated (and time-consuming), and it could alienate some key elements of the Dem base (e.g., blacks and militant women).
The better way is to cut a deal with Kamala before Joe is removed, a deal that involves a prestigious, undemanding, wealth-making job at the end of her truncated term of office (e.g., the presidency of a major foundation or some other institution under the control of the bankrollers). Her side of the deal will be to nominate as her VP the desired successor to Joe. (Approval by Congress is assured because too many Republicans will sell out in the name of bipartisanship.) A few months later, Kamala will announce her decision not to seek election in 2024.
The recently anointed VP will then seize his party’s banner and re-energize Democrats (along with too many independents and gullible Republicans). He will then — with the aid of Big Tech, the media, electronic chicanery, and a lot of money — win the election and bring control of Congress in his wake.
And the death of America will be confirmed.