Bad stories: what the hell just happened to our country

Bad story #1: Watergate was about a corrupt president

Bad story #2: The United States is a representative democracy

Bad story #3: Our grievances matter more than our vulnerabilities

Bad story #4: Economic anguish fueled trumpism

Bad story #5: Trump was a change agent

Bad story #6: What amuses us can't hurt us

Bad story #7: Journalism would make a hero of me

Bad story #8: Nobody would vote for a guy like that

Bad story #9: I do get a lot of honesty on the Internet

Bad story #10: Sports bring us together as a nation

Bad story #11: American women will never empower a sexual predator

Bad story #12: Our court jesters will rescue the kingdom

Bad story #13: There is no such thing as fair and balanced

Bad story #14: The vast right-wing conspiracy was just a conspiracy

Bad story #15: Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses

Bad story #16: The Cold War is over (and we won!)

One final bad story: America is incapable of moral improvement.

Bad story #1. Watergate was about a corrupt president

Bad story #2. The United States is a representative democracy

Bad story #3. Our grievances matter more than our vulnerabilities

Bad story #4. Economic anguish fueled trumpism

Bad story #5. Trump was a change agent

Bad story #6. What amuses us can't hurt us

Bad story #7. Journalism would make a hero of me

Bad story #8. Nobody would vote for a guy like that

Bad story #9. I do get a lot of honesty on the Internet

Bad story #10. Sports bring us together as a nation

Bad story #11. American women will never empower a sexual predator

Bad story #12. Our court jesters will rescue the kingdom

Bad story #13. There is no such thing as fair and balanced

Bad story #14. The vast right-wing conspiracy was just a conspiracy

Bad story #15. Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses

Bad story #16. The Cold War is over (and we won!)

Final bad story. America is incapable of moral improvement.