What the evidence is a cancer that has consumed so much of America's political life by elevating

the worst amongst us to some of the highest positions of political power.

And when they get there, because they are unprepared, they are disordered personalities,

malignant narcissists, ignorant, and in some cases, just plain dumb. They are easy to fool, easy to lie to, easy to dupe, and easy to trick.

That's why these two men, these two chairman, are talking about their

colleagues being under the influence of Russian propaganda. It is April 11th, and there are

208 days left until the American people will choose the next American commander-in-chief.

This is the warning. Mike Turner from Ohio is the chairman of the House Republican Intelligence Committee, and his colleague Mike McCall of Texas

is the chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee. The two men said something totally

obvious, but still rather remarkable.

What they said is that Russian propaganda has influenced, has penetrated, has affected

their colleagues. Think about that. Russian propaganda has reached its way into the House of Representatives and into the Republican

cloakroom, where it has swayed the opinions.

Now, what does this mean?

What is Russian propaganda?

Is it a magical elixir, a secret element, some type of enigmatic powder that wafts through the vets?

It's none of those things.

What it is is carefully constructed and packaged lies.

And those lies have merged and melded with Donald Trump's MAGA lies.

There is a practical effect and outcome, a cause and effect, a consequence for a society when the

president of the United States over four years time lies by documented count more than 35,000

times to the American people.

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