b.) hyperpartisanship is a hell of a drug

c.) The nation is not nearly as close to the cusp of a progressive revolution as a lot of people want to think. The right-wing bubble isn't the only one that has misled people about the state of the nation.

and

d.) The fact that Manafort got off so light probably didn't help matters.


I haven't looked into the statistics here enough to know how seriously we should take the headline. I'll admit it's a shocker even to me. But when it comes to government these days, no amount of pessimism is too much.