shot and nothing changed. part of that because there are many factors driving our discourse, institutional factors or nothing will change. sure, it begins with the politics. the way we select those individuals limits the candidate pool, the role of dark money, closed primaries, gerrymandering, self-sorting and the outsized role of media personalities who are rewarded for bombast, not substance. their livelihoods depend on fomenting division, not diplomacy. don't go looking to them to lead. while we seek to rein in extremist we have to be careful not to stymie legitimate debate. the shooting came on the same day the washington breaking the news the president trump is under investigation by robert mueller for obstruction of justice and president trump himself seemed to confirm that with a tweet. that revelation should not have surprised anyone who has been paying attention.