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Seems like our favorite Sketch artist — Dana Milbank — was too busy ridiculing the American heartland to actually check his facts.

A reader writes in to tell us that, after reading this from Milbank’s recent washingtonpost.com chat …

Washington, D.C.: I’d suggest that Omaha spend that money building something worth protecting – and then protect it.

Dana Milbank: That’s a thought.

In fairness, Omaha has an excellent stockyard. I understand they plan to build a moat around it like they did to protect the Washington Monument from truck bombs.