Subject: Re: Attorney, Self-Defense Expert....
Ya, I guess I should go to CNN, MorningJoe, Rachel Maddow, etc to become better informed.

Better informed? Probably. Comparing to Alpha or OANN is a very low bar. CNN isn't great, but it's better than either of those. Note that I'm not familiar with Morning Joe, but I assume it's just another talking head. Try turning the TV off and reading instead. TV ("cable") news is more about sensationalism than anything else.

I suggest consulting actual journalists. Not talking heads, not hatchet men like Bannon. And go international. See how we look from the outside. The Guardian (just to pick one) has no interest in making ICE (again, just picking something) look bad/good. They just report it. They have no agenda to hide or distort facts because it's not their country.