The bottom line is that almost nothing in the Trump-weakened-the-GOP-platform narrative is as it seems.

.@ByronYork blows up a favored Russia collusion myth, no thanks to the Washington Post, which started it. https://t.co/XsOqdbJlmS

— Brit Hume (@brithume) November 18, 2017

"We believe it was the DNC that did the hacking as a way to distract from the many issues facing their deeply flawed candidate and failed party leader. Too bad the DNC doesn't hack Crooked Hillary's 33,000 missing emails."

JUST IN: DNC's stolen anti-Trump files leaked online: report https://t.co/h2i5USmLte pic.twitter.com/KdlI3HaHgF

— The Hill (@thehill) June 15, 2016

"A 200+ page document that appears to be a Democratic anti-Trump playbook compiled by the Democratic National Committee has leaked online following this week's report that the DNC was breached by Russian hackers," Gawker wrote. "In it, Trump is pilloried as a "bad businessman" and "misogynist in chief."

"The document — which according to embedded metadata was created by a Democratic strategist named Warren Flood — was created on December 19th, 2015, and forwarded to us by an individual calling himself 'Guccifer 2.0,' a reference to the notorious, now-imprisoned Romanian hacker who hacked various American political figures in 2013."

...The documents... don't reveal any real "dirt" on Trump, according to Gawker, but do list seven "Top Narratives" the DNC plans to use to attack him.

IS THINKING NOW OBSOLETE?

◼ In an age when scientists are creating artificial intelligence, too many of our educational institutions seem to be creating artificial stupidity. - THOMAS SOWELL/WND

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz: I totally didn’t say that thing that I said on camera on television last year

◼ via HotAir

Can Democrats cite real examples of Christian businessmen denying AIDS treatment or screenings prior to Obamacare's passage? No, they can't. Because that never happened. (Though you can find countless examples of Christians setting up ministries specifically devoted to providing care to AIDS patients.)

◼ Yesterday, I asked Senator Dick Durbin if he thinks Obamacare's contraception/abortifacient mandate still violates the religious liberty of Catholic churches, like the Archdiocese of Washington. - John McCormack/Weekly Standard

Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, said he didn't know. But Durbin said he did know one thing: The bill being offered in the Senate by Republican Roy Blunt of Missouri (and co-sponsored by Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska) to protect religious liberty and rights of conscience from Obamacare goes too far.

"The Blunt approach is, I think, entirely overreaching," Durbin said. "You know, a Christian Science owner of a running shoe store could decide no health insurance."

"Wasn't that the law prior to the health care bill?" I asked.

Durbin didn't reply and walked away.