Actually I think they want to believe that they are the underdog .

Fool. “main-stream” is a synonym for “disenting”.

I too am in disbelief. I guess it will take a little time for the effects of federal layoffs to be truly felt, but the price of food and goods will hit very soon. Maybe when people realise that their own finances just got a whole lot worse and they are choosing between heating and eating they might hate it more than they hate libruls.

Billionaires think people read the Washington post because it’s called the Washington post and not because of the journalistic principles and heritage behind it. That said, journalistic principles are the enemy of the billionaire so they are happy to kill them.