It appears that the quest for truth surrounding the coup attempt has been dealt a harsh blow, in the form of the Secret Service’s conspiracy to destroy evidence. It’s just another revelation that we live among some extremely sleazy people, …
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Foreshadowing the Rise of Trump
Sinclair Lewis isn’t the only mid-century American writer who saw this coming. H.L. Mencken said, “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
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Are New Laws Required to Prevent Future Coups?
Discussing the fear that the U.S. may not have survived the coup attempt, a reader notes: Yes it did. But I would love to see some laws changed to make it a lot harder if there is a next time. …
For Trump, the End Has Come
As suggested in this masterful drawing, it appears that time has run out on Trump. In particular, the number of people who believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen is diminishing, albeit slowly. There are a great number of drivers …
From Business Insider: Trump says Washington Democrats would stop ‘persecuting’ him if he doesn’t run for president again
As usual, when Trump says something (like this quote on “Democrats’ persecuting him), it comes down to one thing: What are his people stupid enough to believe? The Select Committee investigating the insurrection was constituted as it is especially because …
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Did the United States Survive the Coup Attempt?
A week or so ago, I wrote, “At this point, we must believe that the United States appears to have survived this attack.” Not everyone agreed, however. Some responses: • The attack is ongoing and whether it survives is very …
Prosecuting Trump
Here’s just one more voice from history calling forward in time, instructing us how to deal with the attempt to overthrow the United States government.
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Prosecuting Trump Is Problematic, Refusing To Is Unthinkable
A reader sent me this, remarking: He’s still here, on duty, guarding the country. As we’ve all learned over the past six or seven years, we live among tens of millions of amazingly stupid people. And for this reason, the …
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Bringing It All Together
We’ve all read novels in which various plots threads with no apparent relationship to one another come together at the conclusion to form a unified and consistent package with no loose ends. One hopes that investigation in the January 6th …
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Nothing Happened Today
Here’s a gag that could apply at any point in our modern history, but it’s particularly timely now, given our concerns about Merrick Garland and the invisible set of procedures that are supposedly taking place within the walls of the …
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