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Reality-based citizens who got their information from legitimate news sources voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris.

This contributes to a larger atmosphere where people detach from any allegiance to the reality-based world, making them more open to listening to Trump's lies and ignoring the less exciting truths offered by responsible journalists.

In all, Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, the certification of the Electoral College votes on Monday, and the events of Jan. 6, 2021, have caused a type of cognitive dissonance and frustration among pro-democracy Americans and other members of the “reality-based community” that none of this should be happening but all of it has and continues to.

But Jefferson is an important historical figure because he was a preeminent advocate for enlightenment values like freedom, democracy, and reason — all values that Johnson rejects, preferring a religious authoritarianism that eschews reality-based information.

In the interest of remaining reality-based, I have to confess I don't have such a solution — and would advise personal resistance to anyone offering One Simple Solution to complex problems.