A One Source Town

“It’s like talking to that wall right there. I’ve given them every fact and document known to mankind, and none of it matters. They’re too busy chanting their mantras to stop and listen.” The always-excellent Eli Saslow in the NYT (Gift Article) with a look at how the relentless self-serving lies from the top can infest rural corners of America, including towns so small they don’t have a high school or a stoplight. A Republican Election Clerk vs. Trump Die-Hards in a World of Lies. “Trump won the county with 82 percent of the vote despite losing Nevada. In the days after the election, some residents began to suspect that he should have won by even more, and they parroted Trump’s talking points and brought their complaints to the county’s monthly commissioner meetings.” And then it got worse.