You know how Shawano County is a big-time liberal enclave, right? Oh wait, it’s not. It’s solidly Republican territory where the county board even went so far as to declare itself a 2nd Amendment “sanctuary” a few years ago. So you can imagine the surprise when the county made a list put out by the Trump administration last week of places hostile to their anti-immigrant activities. We’ll explain the latest example of how competence in public service has been replaced by blind loyalty, complete with spelling errors, fake studies, and unintended consequences.

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