Trolling? Social media phished, troll farmed, and sowing seeds of discord and misrepresenting untruths as truth, and how are we, the general public with no particular expertise in technology or social media, supposed to discern the truth from the stuff that is simply not the truth. If you nibble (click) on something that is marginal and not proven, you may inadvertently become part of the spread of false stories. Is the election turmoil in Kentucky a microcosm of the 2020 federal election in the US?

Mitch McConnell rejected Federal assistance to secure the state electoral process. On the surface it is a fear-based position asserting State's powers over the state election. On the other hand, it appears strange to reject offers to secure something so important as elections and the ballot! Are all of these fears and problems springing from the impersonal world of the internet and the rise of Face Book and Twitter and other social media platforms? Is a return to paper ballots and snail-mail the solution to being misled and spreading the falsehoods that certain entities (state and business) want to promote. The bottom line seems to be that if it promotes hate, or skewers only one position without looking at problems in one's own position, then perhaps we need to broaden our views. 

Did the US Intelligence Committee's open hearings change anything? Or are we so entrenched in "you're for me or against me" positions? Let's make another pot of coffee and mull that over for a bit. :)