“The American media has spent a generation letting politicians lie about every stupid little thing, and the net effect was to make an authoritarian Big Lie possible.” -Jonathan V. Last, The Bulwark. In other words, the fourth estate enshrined by the First Amendment to preserve the Republic is probably the catalyst for the end of the Republic.
Routine Revelations
"What are extraordinary are the ordinary, concrete realities of daily life." -- Thomas Merton