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Why everyone is so crazy

Why everyone is so crazy

A "better," more competitive media market is poisoning our psyches

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Matthew Yglesias
Aug 11, 2021
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Walking around day-to-day in Kerr County, Texas, where Donald Trump got 75% of the vote (down from 76% in 2016 and Mitt Romney’s 79% as part of the slow-but-steady bluing of Texas) for a couple of weeks, you notice two things.

One is that basically none of the stuff that bothers conservatives about contemporar…

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