Republican Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., has withstood a strong Democratic challenge for a seat Democrats had hoped to flip in one of the most closely watched states in the country, the Associated Press projects.

Arizona’s 1st Congressional District was expected to be a close race after Rep. David Schweikert narrowly won re-election in 2022 by less than 1%. He had secured the Republican nomination earlier this year after outraising his opponents.

Schweikert has served in the House for nearly 15 years and has won re-election in a number of redrawn districts since being elected in 2010. He serves on the House Ways and Means Committee and has emphasized economic policy and fiscal responsibility, including tackling the increasing national debt.

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Shah, a doctor and former state rep, had emerged from a packed Democratic field to secure the nomination to attempt to beat Schweikert. Arizona Central reports that Shah had success with bills getting passed in the GOP-dominated state legislature, and has been compared to outgoing Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

He emphasized border security in the border state, as well as issues like tackling inflation and abortion rights.

Amish Shah and Rep. David Schweikert. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images and Amish for Arizona)

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“Shah, who has already represented key parts of Arizona’s First Congressional District in Maricopa County as a State Representative, has a track record of being an independent voice working across party lines to put Arizona families first,” his website says. “In Congress, he’ll work to lower costs for hardworking Arizonans and protect abortion rights.”

Arizona is a closely watched state this election cycle, with multiple races in the House and Senate as well as the presidential contest all potentially to be decided by thin margins.

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In the state legislature, Republicans hold a thin majority and Democrats are hoping to take both chambers. If so, it would be the first time they took the House since 1966.

This game wasn’t pretty in the slightest for either team on offense, but it was the Detroit Lions that managed to battle through their turnovers to come away with the hard-fought win. 

The Lions improved to 8-1 on the year, while the Texans fell to 6-4. 

The turnover-riddled game turned into a fourth-quarter thriller, which was dominated by the Lions, who entered the second half down, 23-7. As fans know by now, a Dan Campbell-led squad never gives up. 

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With the game tied at 23 apiece, Texans kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn couldn’t hit a field goal from 58 yards away to retake the lead after Lions kicker Jake Bates hit his from the same distance to tie it. Bates’ kick was the third-longest make in Lions history. 

That gave Jared Goff and the Lions’ offense great field position with less than two minutes to charge down the field for the potential win. 

A crucial third-down catch by Amon-Ra St. Brown for 11 yards put the Lions in Houston territory to the point where Bates could try another kick as time expired for the win. 

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This one, from 52 yards out, started moving left but it hung on for the win. 

While Goff struggled keeping the ball in the Lions’ hands, Detroit’s defense must get a ton of credit for keeping C.J. Stroud and the Texans’ offense from scoring in the second half. 

The third quarter was the sloppiest these two great quarterbacks have been with the ball all season long, as they traded interceptions throughout the 15 minutes. 

The first play of the second half was a Stroud interception on a pass to Tank Dell, which Carlton Davis stepped in front of to give Detroit just what they needed to get back into the game. 

But three plays later, Goff airmailed LaPorta and Kamari Lassiter hauled it in at the one-yard line. 

The Lions were able to retain the ball the next time they got it, and David Montgomery punched into the end zone from three yards out to make it 23-13. But the interceptions started to happen again, and Stroud’s proved to be a crucial one as it appeared he had Dell in the end zone for one of the easier touchdowns in the NFL. 

Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud (7) attempts a pass during the second quarter against the Detroit Lions at NRG Stadium. (Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)

However, Davis came flying in on the lofted pass from Stroud to pick it off for a touchback. 

But, no, the Lions couldn’t hold on to the ball again, as Goff’s deep ball for Jameson Williams was never close to being completed. It was his fifth interception of the game, which set a new career-high.

The Lions’ defense kept picking Goff up, though, as they forced a couple punts until it was time for St. Brown to find his way into the colored paint to come within three points. 

The turnover issue for Goff began immediately in this game, as he was picked off on the fifth play of the game, as Jimmie Ward picked off a pass intended for Jahmyr Gibbs. 

Stroud and the Texans’ offense capitalized on the opening-drive turnover, as Joe Mixon, who rushed for 46 yards on 25 carries, found the end zone from eight yards out. 

A field goal from Fairbairn made it 10-0 near the end of the first quarter, but the Lions would finally get something going on their third drive of the game. 

Detroit Lions cornerback Carlton Davis III (23) celebrates with teammate Kindle Vildor (29) after intercepting a pass during the second half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, in Houston.  (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

A deep pass to Williams, who returned following his PED suspension, went for 23 yards to move the chains on third-and-16 to keep the Lions from punting. Goff would use that to later find tight end Sam LaPorta for a 20-yard touchdown to make it 10-7. 

But the Texans’ defense started to pester Goff after another field goal from Fairbairn made it 13-7. 

One of the most odd interceptions you’ll see came when Goff tried to throw a short pass to LaPorta, and it pinballed around in the air until Henry To’oTo’o hauled it in on the Lions’ 36-yard line. 

Then, after back-to-back three-and-outs for Detroit, Stroud found the end zone again, this time throwing a strike to John Metchie III from 15 yards out to start blowing the door open at the end of the first half, 23-7.  

But Stroud, who went 19-of-33 for 232 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions, couldn’t muster anything in the second half to pull off the win at home. 

Detroit Lions place kicker Jake Bates (39) watches his 58-yard field goal with teammate Jack Fox (3) during the second half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, in Houston.  (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

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Goff was 15-of-30 for 240 yards with two touchdowns and his five picks, while Gibbs rushed for 71 yards on 19 carries. 

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Jarring footage shows the moment a car slammed into a Georgia restaurant over the weekend while customers enjoyed their meals.

Fresca Trattoria owner Lisa Myers told FOX 5 Atlanta that the vehicle crashed into her restaurant at around 3 p.m. on Saturday.

The restaurant, which is located in Stone Mountain, Georgia, specializes in Italian food and was serving brunch at the time.

The footage shows a group of customers jumping out of their seats and running away just two seconds before the car rammed into their table.

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Another surveillance camera recorded the car slamming into the restaurant’s glass window and driving over empty tables and seats.

There were no reports of death or injuries, though Myers said that her daughter was nearly hurt in the incident.

“The waitress who happens to be my daughter, was standing [where the car crashed] like three minutes before the car came through,” the restaurant owner told FOX 5. “So, I’m just glad she – everyone was fine.”

The driver of the vehicle said that her brakes failed, Myers said. (Billy Heath / FOX 5 Atlanta)

The restaurateur added that she spoke with the driver of the vehicle, who said that her brakes failed when her gas pedal became stuck.

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Myers also told FOX 5 that she was unsure if insurance would cover all the damage, and joked that the restaurant has become a new “drive-thru.”

“We would appreciate [customers],” Myers said. “We don’t know what is covered through the woman’s insurance and what isn’t.”

Customers were enjoying brunch when the car slammed into the restaurant. (Billy Heath / FOX 5 Atlanta)

On Sunday night, the restaurant made a Facebook post thanking members of the local community for supporting the business after the incident.

“The windows are boarded up, and the skys [sic] are cloudy, but we are choosing to see the silver lining,” the post read. “Nobody was hurt, and the outpouring of good wishes from the community has made us feel so very grateful to be in Stone Mountain / Lilburn.”

Fresca Trattoria is currently recovering from the incident. (Billy Heath / FOX 5 Atlanta)

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Fox News Digital reached out to the Gwinnett County Police Department and Fresca Trattoria for additional comment.

A Texas firefighter pulled a trapped toddler from the window of a burning apartment building in a daring early morning rescue Sunday, and it was all caught on video.

The firefighter, identified in a Facebook post as “J. Head” of the North Hood County Volunteer Fire Department’s Engine 26, was captured on a colleague’s bodycam as he pulled 2-year-old Liam Keen from the window of a second-story bedroom in a burning apartment building in Granbury.

The blaze was first reported to Hood County 911 at approximately 12:50 a.m., after which firefighters were dispatched to the 300 block of Parkwood Lane. Upon arrival, they were briefed on the situation.

“We got a 2-year-old on the second floor,” a firefighter is heard saying shortly after arriving at the scene.

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Crew from the Granbury Volunteer Fire Department’s (GVFD) Engine 1 quickly brought the ladder to the window, with Head making the climb, breaking the glass and removing Liam, who was instructed to come to the sound of firefighters’ voices.

“He’s screaming, he’s crying; that’s good,” another firefighter observes as Head descends the ladder with the boy in his arms.

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Liam was taken to an ambulance, where he was treated before being escorted via helicopter to Cook Children’s hospital in Fort Worth for “further advanced care,” according to the Facebook post.

Liam Keen, inset, has been hospitalized since his rescue from a Granbury, Texas, apartment fire, according to KDFW. (Granbury Fire Department | Inset: Phylicia Keen)

Liam’s mother, Phylicia Keen, reported that chest X-rays and blood work came back good, according to KDFW. However, Liam did sustain some carbon monoxide poisoning.

Phylicia Keen also expressed tearful gratitude for the firefighters’ rescue efforts, KDFW reported.

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“I want to thank them from the bottom of my heart for getting my baby out as quickly as you did,” she said. “You all don’t get enough credit, you really don’t.”

“We are all volunteers, but we are professionals,” the GVFD’s Facebook post concluded. “We train to the highest standards and expect that from all of our members.

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The cause of the fire remains under investigation, according to KDFW.

Juliana Peres Magalhães, the nanny for a suburban Virginia family who pleaded guilty to manslaughter last month in a double homicide case, can be seen hyperventilating in new police body camera footage from the Fairfax County Police Department.

Magalhães, a Brazilian national, apparently fell in love with her employer, former IRS agent Brendan Banfield, and the pair have been accused of staging a complex plot to murder Banfield’s wife, Christine Banfield, the mother of his 4-year-old daughter, in February 2023.

An man named Joe Ryan was also killed as part of the alleged scheme after prosecutors say he was contacted on a sexual fetish website and lured to the Banfields’ home with the promise of sex.

In the February 2023 video, Magalhães can be heard telling police her “husband” is downstairs. 

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“He started stabbing her,” Magalhães told police in the video, referring to Ryan. “I think Brendan shot him, and he asked me [for] help shooting him. … I never saw him before.”

She was 22 when police initially arrested her in October 2023, about eight months after the killings, when authorities charged her with aggravated murder and use of a gun in commission of a felony. 

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Brendan Banfield is charged with four counts of aggravated murder and use of a gun in commission of a felony.  (Fairfax County Police Department)

At the time of her arrest, she had moved into the main bedroom of the Banfields’ Herndon home, with a photo of herself and Brendan together on a nightstand beside the bed, according to authorities.

Fairfax County Police arrested Banfield, a 39-year-old IRS employee, in September, more than a year after the murders. He is charged with four counts of aggravated murder and use of a gun in the commission of a felony.

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This image provided by the Fairfax County Police Department and taken Oct. 13, 2023, was submitted as evidence in the murder case against Brendan Banfield. It shows a framed photo of Banfield and Juliana Peres Magalhães on his bedside table in Herndon, Va. (Fairfax County Police Department via AP)

Banfield faces a potential life prison sentence for the alleged crimes, while Magalhães faces a maximum sentence of 10 years for the manslaughter charge, according to FOX 5.

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When police responded to a 911 call from the Banfield residence Feb. 24, 2023, they found Christine with stab wounds to the neck and Ryan with fatal gunshot wounds in the upstairs bedroom of the home. Authorities took Christine to the hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.

Christine Banfield was stabbed to death in the bedroom of her Fairfax County, Virginia, home. (Facebook)

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Officials recovered a knife and two guns from the house.

It remains unclear exactly what transpired inside the home that Friday morning, but Magalhães and Brendan apparently both admitted to shooting Ryan while the man was holding a knife to Christine.

Magalhães is charged with second-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon during the commission of a crime. (Instagram)

Viviane Magalhães, Juliana’s stepmother, told The Associated Press she hopes her stepdaughter can return home to Brazil soon.

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“We still can’t figure this out. I believe she was fooled by this guy. He brainwashed her,” Viviane Magalhães told the AP in Portuguese, referring to Banfield. “She was never a gold digger in Brazil. For many years, she dated a man who was as humble as she was. We could never think of her living a situation like this.”

Banfield is no longer employed by the IRS.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The man who is suspected of murdering a young hitchhiker half a century ago has been arrested, thanks to DNA testing.

The arrest of Jon K. Miller, 84, was announced by the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday. Miller, a resident of Owatonna, Minnesota, was charged with first-degree murder in connection to the 1974 homicide of Mary K. Schlais.

Investigators had been working on the cold case for 50 years. Schlais, a 25-year-old artist traveling from Minneapolis, was en route to an art show in Chicago when she was killed.

“Schlais was found deceased near the intersection of 408th Ave. and 990th St. in the Township of Spring Brook, Dunn County,” the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. “There was an eyewitness that observed a suspect and suspect’s vehicle that were believed to be connected to the homicide of Mary Schlais.”

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Over the past 50 years, investigators have explored countless leads that have fallen short. It wasn’t until authorities worked with the Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center at Ramapo College in New Jersey that the case was able to progress.

Sheriff Kevin Bygd told Fox News Digital that a hat found at the crime scene led authorities to the suspect. During a press conference on Friday, Bygd announced that Miller had confessed to his involvement in the murder.

“When confronted with the evidence, 84-year-old Jon K. Miller confirmed his involvement with Mary’s homicide in 1974,” the official said.

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Jon K. Miller, 84, confessed to being involved in the 1974 murder. (Steele County Sheriff’s Office)

“I believe it’s got to even be a relief for him after 50 years of living with this,” Bygd said later during the presser. “[This has] had to have been on his mind almost every day. You would think [for] anybody with a conscience, it would.”

The sheriff also noted that hitchhiking was a common practice in 1974.

“You know, in 1974, it wasn’t that unusual for somebody to hitchhike from Minneapolis to Chicago,” Bygd said. “But stories like this is the reason we don’t let our kids do it anymore.”

Mary Schlais was hitchhiking to an art show in Chicago when she was killed. (Dunn County Sheriff’s Office)

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“This was a very bright young lady who had a very bright future ahead of her,” he added. “And her life was taken away from her way too soon.”

Emilio Gonzalez, a Mexican golf pro, was disqualified from the PGA Tour’s World Wide Technology Championship after a “serious misconduct” violation. 

Gonzalez was participating in the second round of his country’s biggest tournament when he hit his tee shot on the 15th hole into a desert area on the golf course. 

The 27-year-old proceeded to hit a provisional second shot off the tee because his initial tee shot was lost. However, when looking for that second ball, Gonzalez appeared to find one in the rough. 

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But the tournament’s officials determined that he had “failed to make reasonable efforts to identify the ball,” as he believed it to be his first tee shot. 

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“If the provisional ball has not become the ball in play and a ball is found that might be the original ball, the player must make all reasonable efforts to identify the ball,” the PGA Tour rules state. 

“If the player fails to do so, the Committee may disqualify the player under Rule 1.2a if it decides that this was serious misconduct to the spirit of the game.”

Emilio Gonzalez of Mexico plays his shot from the second tee during the second round of the World Wide Technology Championship 2024 at El Cardonal at Diamante on November 8, 2024, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. (Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)

After deliberation, it was determined that Gonzalez had broken the rule, and he was cast out of the tournament in his home country. 

While this is a big blow for Gonzalez, won’t be docked any earnings, and he will be allowed to participate in PGA Tour Q School next month. 

Emilio Gonzalez of Mexico is seen on the 18th hole during the second round of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance at French Lick Golf Resort on October 4, 2024, in French Lick, Indiana. (Jennifer Perez/PGA Tour)

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Gonzalez, like many of the golfers in the field next month, is hoping to finish top-five in Q School as it would earn a promotion to the PGA Tour. 

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San Francisco 49ers star Nick Bosa appeared to perform a Donald Trump-inspired sack celebration on Sunday after getting to Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield.

Bosa and his teammates made the play on Mayfield in the fourth quarter. The sack made it 4th-and-23 for the Buccaneers and led to a punt.

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The defensive end has made his support for the president-elect known over the last two weeks. He flashed a “Make America Great Again” hat after the 49ers trounced the Dallas Cowboys during a Sunday night game.

He was reportedly fined over the stunt but he said earlier in the week that he expected his wallet to get hit because of it.

“It was well worth it,” he told reporters. “I don’t think my position on speaking about it is going to change, so clearly the nation spoke. We got what we got.”

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Nov. 10, 2024; Tampa, Florida; San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle (85) and defensive end Nick Bosa (97) prior to the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium. (Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images)

Bosa has 4.5 sacks and intercetpion and 28 tackles for San Francisco through eight games this season.

The 49ers won the game, 23-20.

The dance move appeared to pay homage to Trump’s dance moves during his campaign rally. Bosa was not the only football player to pull off the move.

Drake Bulldogs wide receiver Trey Radocha hit the move after he scored a touchdown against the University of St. Thomas.

Oct. 6, 2024; Santa Clara, California; San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Nick Bosa (97) after the game against the Arizona Cardinals at Levi’s Stadium. (Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images)

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Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to win re-election earlier this year. He received more than 74.6 million votes. Harris had more than 70.9 million votes.

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The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” Those words came to mind as leading scientific and media figures lost any semblance of restraint or neutrality in bemoaning the results of the presidential election. After regaining their composure, the public was told to ignore what they had just seen.

It was not surprising that the sweeping Trump victory last week produced near hysteria among some Harris supporters from women pledging to break up with men to others cutting off their hair to those pledging to flee the country (including one curiously announcing that he was “leaving the United States” for Hawaii).

It also may not be such a surprise that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul would label over half of the electorate as “anti-American” for voting for Trump or other Democratic politicians, announcing that we are now officially moving into a dictatorship due to this democratic election.

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It is the media elite that was most interesting to watch. Obviously, the response on MSNBC and CNN were expected as figures like contributor Claire McCaskill wept on air.

However, other news organizations like CBS News have long maintained claims of neutrality even as their networks were criticized for openly pushing the Harris-Walz ticket.  That included the alleged biased handling of the vice-presidential debate as CBS insisted that its hosts and journalists were completely neutral in the election.

Yet, after the election, there was CBS News anchor John Dickerson getting choked up on national television in an interview on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Dickerson chose to go on a show that has been openly anti-Trump for years. Nevertheless, many were surprised that, even days after the election, Dickerson was still overwhelmed by grief.

Colbert asked: “How would you explain that to a 14-year-old today? How would you explain this election?”

“I’ll try not to think about my boys because…,” Dickerson started to respond before losing his composure.

It was one thing for these late-night hosts like Jimmy Kimmel to tear up over the results, but this is one of the top news figures on one of the three top networks.

Thus far there is no backlash at CBS. That is in sharp contrast to the recent controversy involving CBS News host Tony Dokoupil who was immediately criticized by CBS for his criticism of an author for his anti-Israeli views as showing bias. Dokoupil reportedly was pushed into an “emotional meeting” with network staffers upset with his perceived bias in favor of Israel.

So how does CBS feign neutrality when an anchor gets choked up at the thought of a Trump victory? The answer is easy: The public is told to ignore it and trust a journalist who cannot even discuss the election results without fighting back tears.

That message was even more jarring at Scientific American. Once a popular, science-based publication, the magazine has been increasingly criticized for its political slant and pseudoscientific views. Much of the blame has focused on Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief.

After the election, Helmuth had a raving, profanity-laden meltdown on social media.

She called Gen X voters f**king racists.” She dismissed “solidarity to everybody whose meanest, dumbest, most bigoted high-school classmates are celebrating early results because f–k them to the moon and back.” She even added a condemnation to her fellow Indianans as “racist and sexist” for voting for Trump.

The postings dispensed with faux claims of neutrality, and many again raised long-standing concerns over the magazine’s direction. Helmuth responded by deleting the comments and just telling readers to effectively forget she said it.

In fairness, Helmuth was trying to separate her personal views from those as the editor-in-chief. However, her “expression of shock and confusion about the election results” parallels what many have objected to the political turn of the magazine in recent years.

In 2020, Scientific American broke a 175-year tradition of non-partisanship to endorse Joe Biden in the presidential election. Conservatives have complained about the tenor and thrust of the magazine, which was once entirely apolitical.

The point is that Helmuth’s rage is not confined to her social media account.

The public is again being told to ignore the man behind the curtain. However, much of the public has already left.

The Washington Post will not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election. (Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

As I discuss in my recent book, “The Indispensable Right,” many in the media and journalism schools expressly abandoned both objectivity and neutrality years ago. The result has been a plummeting of revenue and readership as the public turns to new media and other sources for their news.

At the Washington Post, publisher and CEO William Lewis put it bluntly by telling the staff, “Let’s not sugarcoat it…We are losing large amounts of money. Your audience has halved in recent years. People are not reading your stuff. Right? I can’t sugarcoat it anymore.”

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Nevertheless, almost immediately after Trump won, the Post ran an editorial titled “The second resistance to Trump must start now.”

The problem is that, when “people are not reading your stuff,” fewer may be inclined to join a second resistance after rejecting the first resistance. Many are likely to doubt that a CBS anchor who could not even discuss the Trump victory without losing his composure will view the Trump Administration objectively in the coming years.

Even fewer are likely to believe assurance from figures like Helmuth that she will regain “editorial objectivity” after denouncing anyone supporting Trump as dumb racists.

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Of course, if you believe that over half of the country is “dumb,” you may believe that they will just forget post-election meltdowns.

Maybe they are right. It was once said that “chumps prefer a beautiful lie to an ugly truth.” The problem is that, if this election proved one thing, it is that many voters clearly felt like they are being played as chumps by the media and political establishment.

Pulling back the curtain did not work for the Great Oz, and it will work even less for the legacy media.

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