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But Chaces story is only partly about the 2018 incident.

She learns that the scandal took place against the backdrop of long-running rumors about election fraud in the region.

As the 2018 scandal came and went, the conspiratorial air of fraud continued to linger.

Its germane to note at this point that the population of tiny Bladen County is mostly white.

Which is to say that the conspiratorial air is distinctly racial.

If youre on the side of truth notyourtruth, butthetruth its easy to get demoralized.

It isnt really tipping any hands to say that the organizations power gets radically depleted as a result.

Shes interested in the texture of process and strategy and the interpersonal dynamics that drive the creation of power.

You get a lot of that here.

Explosiveness, of course, is the exact opposite of what Chace & Co. seem to want here.

That, as Liz Cheney is finding out right now, is still up in the air.