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Wow! If you're interested in being surprised by the depth and detail of the on-going Mueller investigation.

What if the right-wing media wins?

It was a sweltering July afternoon in the swamp, and a small group of well-dressed, conservative college students from across the country—the next generation of Megyn Kellys, George Wills, and Tucker Carlsons—was filing into an auditorium at the Heritage Foundation’s Washington, DC, headquarters. They had come to study at the feet of Breitbart News Washington editor Matt Boyle, a zealous prophet of the new right-wing media. Boyle’s sermon was not about how to break into the mainstream media and steer the national news agenda toward conservative aims—it was about the end days of journalism itself. And he was not about to skimp on the fire and brimstone.

“Journalistic integrity is dead,” he declared. “There is no such thing anymore. So everything is about weaponization of information.” Standing behind a mahogany podium in a baggy dark suit, Boyle preached with the confidence of a true believer. In a stuttering staccato, he condemned the nation’s preeminent news outlets as “corrupted institutions,” “built on a lie,” and a criminal “syndicate that needs to be dismantled.” Boyle and his compatriots were laboring to usher in an imminent—and glorious—journalistic apocalypse. “We envision a day when CNN is no longer in business. We envision a day when The New York Times closes its doors. I think that day is possible.”

Try to imagine what will happen if such an ideology gets much further than it has already.

Standing behind a mahogany podium in a baggy dark suit, Boyle preached with the confidence of a true believer.

Linda Belcher (D) wins her KY legislative seat back w/ almost 70%. In 2016, she lost with 49.6%, while Trump won #HD49 with 72% & Rand Paul won it with 64%.

I don't think I'm with you on this.

I don't see any good reason to presume that there is some change in culture caused by an increase in mental health issues.

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Let's just spell this out real clear:

Donald Trump won #KYHD49 72-23 in 2016. That's a 49-point margin.

Democrat Linda Belcher won tonight's special 68-32. That's a 37-point margin.

The difference between the two is at astonishing 86 points. We've never seen ANYTHING like this

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Democratic win tonight by Linda Belcher in a state seat in Kentucky has an unbelievable 86 point differential. As a @dccc Vice-Chair, I'm now thinking that targeting 101 congressional Republican seats in Nov is perhaps too low. Maybe we should double it and target 202 districts.

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