Thank you, Rachel

Are they dumbing down the tests?

I agree. I think the 50+ years of conservative think tanks shaping public opinion have inserted the idea of the "unelected bureaucrat" into people's head, complete with the accompanying scornful tone. The left never fought back: elected as = partisan and bought by big monied interests in elections.

I actually disagree with you on this one. I think that if we can't take this anger of having this country torn apart, and get a voice to say, "No, we don't want this" "Give us something new" -if they have so rigged the maps, that we can't make them listen, then they can keep on destroying.

Update to include primarying Graham Platner