@Wipqozn that's like two levels removed from what I'm talking about, but yes
A lot of Dem seats were lost in the 2010 midterms, at which point the Republicans adopted a policy of "blindly oppose everything, prevent government from doing anything at all as much as possible"
@Wipqozn tl;dr after the passage of the Civil Rights Act the Republican party made a conscious decision to build a power base of white supremacists and this has finally reached its inevitable conclusion, c.f. the Southern Strategy
Johnston mom sentenced to probation on child endangerment charges after leaving her children home alone while she took trip to Germany https://dmreg.co/2JV6MmZ
Mike Pence's brother is running for the VP's former seat in Indiana, and he's also awful. Go figure. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/us/politics/pence-brother-congress-business-record.html
Is the surprise plot twist here that he in fact had no soul all along?
Naked gunman kills four at Waffle House, still on the loose http://beta.nydailynews.com/news/national/naked-gunman-kills-waffle-house-loose-article-1.3948318. I...I have nothing.
NEW: Sean Hannity revealed as secret owner behind shell companies that have spent $90m buying 870+ homes across the US – with help from HUD and foreclosures https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/apr/22/michael-cohen-sean-hannity-property-real-estate-ben-carson-hud?CMP=share_btn_tw