'The lie of democracy' - Welcome to American Doom

To new subscribers and old friends, welcome to my corner of this strange country.

An insurrectionist who was at the Capitol on January 6 emailed me yesterday to clarify remarks he made about the “lie of democracy” in my recent Rolling Stone story that details how election deniers have attempted to subvert democracy by refusing to certify election results. I wanted to know exactly what he meant by the comment — whether he meant that w…