Sensationalism is ubiquitous bc it sells in the 21C. To get clicks, views... there's a need for chaos, esp. in politics *brought us #TFG, #J6, anti-vaxxers, R pols...
White men in the conspiracy-theory study were the most sensitive to perceived challenges to status. The need for chaos was "highest among racial groups facing historical injustice -esp. Black males.
If the country doesn't give us what we want, then we'll burn down this system & replace it.
Jordan doesn't have the votes in the 1st round. Dems' strategy is working: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee urged party members & candidates to portray the entire GOP as beholden to radicals should Republicans hand him the speaker's gavel. There're “no more moderates left in the Republican conference,” the DCCC said in the memo, adding that Jordan will win only if “so-called ‘moderates’” opt to “cave” & elect him.