In the past 24 hours we've seen the first press conference in which press secretary Sean Spicer attacked the press and promoted several demonstrably false lies.
The government has, until now, been the gold standard for basic information: jobs, public health, crime, science.
On the health of the economy alone, the government is the keeper of most of the major statistics. Will they continue to be reliable?
The government keeps statistics on national crime trends and, particularly important in this environment, on hate crimes.
Will any hate crime data continue to be reliable? Will it even be collected, analyzed and released?
While we rightfully been fret about climate policy, we also rely on government data for climate research. It needs to be unimpeachable.
If we're entering a brave new world of government assault on consensus reality, that will have far-reaching consequences not yet obvious.
The most recent NBC/Marist poll has Clinton leading Trump by a mere 29 points in the Philadelphia suburbs...
I have no doubt Trump will win a bunch of western counties, but unfortunately for him PA is won and lost in places like Bucks County where he's just toxic.