Let’s face it, the body politic has its internal differences.

Some of us believe that our president is a serial liar and that this character trait should be an automatic disqualifier for holding the office.

Some of us believe it is much more important to look at what the president does, not just what he says.

Some of us believe our president is a bully riding rough shod over all accepted norms of ordinary decency.

Some of us believe our president is a victim, hounded daily by a liberal fake news cabal unwilling to come to terms with the results of the 2016 presidential election.

Some of us believe facts are real occurrences, demonstrated to exist, or known to have existed in the past.

Some of us believe what we believe to be facts are facts, or, at a minimum, constitute an alternate set of facts.

Some of us believe our president is attacking the institutions that underpin our republic.

Some of us believe the president was elected to shake up the status quo, of which these institutions are a part – and, thus, are fair game.

Some of us believe our national economy is part of a global economy, with all national economies being interdependent with each other.

Some of us believe our economy, being the largest and strongest in the world, gives us the right to go our own way with all other national economies following our lead, or suffering the consequences of being outside the orbit of our world view.

Some of us believe the president is a diplomatic embarrassment on the world stage.

Some of us believe its about time we have a president who speaks plainly, bluntly, and forcefully to world leaders without the mealy mouthed, overly polite double-speak of international diplomacy.

Some of us believe we are abdicating our role as leader of the free world in favor of a more isolationist posture.

Some of us believe it’s time the so-called “free world” took more responsibility for it own well being because nothing is “free” and we are tired of forever picking up the tab for others.

And, so it goes.

Despite all our differences, we may well have one thing in common.

If two reports coming out of the Senate recently are to be believed, all of us, of all ideological persuasions, have been sucker-punched by a foreign country weaponizing our own social media to interfere and influence our domestic politics.

It is one thing for Americans to fight among themselves for ascendency in determining the direction of the republic.

This is called democracy.

It can be nasty. It can be dirty. It can even be divisive.

But it should be an intramural contest.

Outsiders are not invited.

Nor should they be tolerated.

It should be a non-partisan issue to get to the bottom of foreign involvement in our electoral process.

This should not be interpreted as a disguised attack on the current administration.

The election of 2016 is over.

What happened in that election appears to have been intended to benefit our current president and harm his opponent. But, heck, if you disliked Hillary Clinton, you would have to stand in a rather long line.

I am much more concerned about the future, and Trump Nation should be equally concerned, because next time it could be a Democrat nominee who stands to benefit from such foreign involvement.

A good place to start is with the Facebooks, Googles, YouTubes, reedits, Instagrams, Twitters, SnapChats, and Spotifies of the world.

To quote Luke 12:48 (NKJV), “From whom much is given, much is required.”

Much is given to these, and other similar, platforms. The benefit is called “profit” and there is enough of it to go around – in spades.

And as to the requirements …

Please don’t tell me that “Aw shucks, we had no idea…”

If you can direct advertising to me that I just looked up “funny underwear” (because I just did), you can tell me that the Internet Research Agency, based in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, or some other off shore entity, is the source of the information you are peddling.

I’m not even asking that you censor such content. Frankly, I don’t trust you to edit what content I can access. Just give me the information I need to make an informed decision as to how much credence I give to the post.

It isn’t too much to ask.

But it should be the least of what should be demanded in the interest of the continuing health of the republic.