To make matters even worse, at every turn, the people in charge have lied to us, told us not to believe what we’ve seen with our own eyes, and pushed increasingly aggressive and antagonistic tactics, including impeding investigations by local authorities.
It’s all performative so they get their 5 minutes in the headlines without doing anything of substance. They had their chance to legislate protections against big money in politics and prevent this fascist dictatorship, but like all neo-liberals chose to do the bare minimum to be reelected.