I am souring on mainstream, respected news outlets

What do you suppose their job is?

Oh sure, there are competent individuals in most any regime. Wernher von Braun, Hanna Reitsch and Otto Skorzeny spring to mind.

What I meant was though that fascist regimes as a whole do not govern competently, for a variety of reasons, including promotion for loyalty. I’d argue though that the main reason is philosophical: their disdain for intellectualism and reason.

The original fascists weren’t competent either. That’s a myth.

Slavers weren’t consistently anti-immigration. They were just opposed to free and open immigration.

This dumb bitch seems to think outright lying - when video shows a completely different story - is the way to go.

All available evidence suggests she’s correct (about lying, that is … it’s never stopped any of her MAGA superiors).