re: Ex-Mississippi welfare official Gregg Phillips says he has proof of 3M illegal votes.

Again, this circles around to what the Trump machine is really looking for--unquestioning obedience. Here's how it works.

Trump says a lie, sometimes over something that matters, but mostly not. But it always starts with an untrue statement. Then his group watches to see who defends the lie against the truth. Those obedient people are rewarded. Anyone who is critical of the lie is hassled.

What he is trying to build is a very loosely organized grass roots mass of people who will reflexively defend anything and everything he says. Their job will be to hassle critics in the general public, and demand obedience.

That is the actual plan of this administration. It is their highest priority. It began on day 1 when they issued the lie about the size of the crowd, a lie which has no real relevance. The present lie concerning the number of illegal votes in an election which Trump won has no real relevance. But this is the opening act on a sustained series of obedience tests accompanied by harassment of anyone who is not obedient. Through this process of enforcement, critical thinking will be suppressed.