The Post published a story on the Powerpoint with a title so innocuous that I almost skipped reading it, but by the time I got halfway through it, I wondered aloud at why its author wasn't behind bars. Yeah, I talk to myself while reading the news, mostly to spew obscenities.

It is becoming more obvious that there was a conspiracy involving Trump, his closest acolytes and varied nefarious characters on the fringes, working in concert. I also think it's reasonable to believe Pence knows much more than he's been given credit for.

It's possible that the indifference shown by the press for this story comes from fear or even stupidity, where they just don't know what the rest of us see clearly. I have yet to see anyone delve deeply into the reasons why there is so much blind fealty to Donald Trump - what has he ever done for any of them? What is the end game? We voted him out but tens of millions of people bought the big lie that the crown was stolen from the mad king's head. What will they gain by their loyalty to this mediocre businessman who couldn't even make a profit from casinos and who spent his time on a silly TV show and by promoting phony wrestling matches?

My loss of trust in this country's resilience is nearly complete now, due in no small part to seeing a slow collapse of a free and dedicated news media. I'm afraid they'll become like the Egyptian media - we'll see not just one Tucker Carlson, but tens of him, all parroting the same pro-authoritarian message. But their current indifference is just as bad. Indifference is what usually causes evil to rise to power. Interesting how easily this Powerpoint story was overshadowed by the non-story of "Bidenflation."