Democrats are waking up to the reality that while they used to operate with a monopoly on “trust,” even their voters are tuning out. Axios published a piece that felt like an obituary detailing how “America’s obsession with countering mis- and disinformation has withered as society grows skeptical of institutions once trusted with facts.” For years, the left controlled “professional fact-checking,” using it to control speech and approved narratives. Even the federal government was a part of the game by creating backdoors into social media companies to restrain Americans from posting unapproved thoughts. Still, Axios seems confused about why institutions...