I'm reading Timothy Snyder's little book: "On Tyranny - Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
Highly recommended. Essential. Of the moment.
This rings loud and true this A.M.
Chapter 10: Believe in Truth.
"To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights."