AP: Whew! We avoided the mega-MAGA massacre somehow

It’s difficult not to almost sense a feeling of disappointment in this article from Steve Peoples at the Associated Press. The subject of the piece is the outcome of the midterm elections, of course, but not the list of winners and losers or the balance of power in Washington. Peoples instead focuses on the list of dire “threats” that were facing the nation when everyone went to the polls. The mega-MAGA Republicans were hell-bent on destroying democracy, or so we were told. There would be “extremist violence” and “voter intimidation” running rampant. Republicans would refuse to concede defeat and respect the outcome. Sadly for those who were anticipating such chaos and mayhem, basically none of that happened. And the people peddling all of those stories are now scrambling to explain why.Read More