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“Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be free, and heaven and earth will aid the resolution. On you depend the fortunes of America. You are to decide the important question, on which rest the happiness and liberty of millions yet unborn. Act worthy of yourselves.” —Joseph Warren (1775)

The current modus operandi for The Washington Post, a once-respectable news source, is now to ubiquitously publish opinion masquerading as “objective journalism,” following the long-established yellow journalism standards exercised by The New York Times editorial board.

Recently, the WaPo, whose masthead ironically claims “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” fallaciously asserted “a majority of Republican candidates on the ballot this fall for major state and federal elective offices”…