Anew
We are in the midst of what will clearly be viewed by historians as the single greatest presidential scandal in our history. It’s actually dozens of scandals, but narrow down to two big ones, both historic. A con man lied his way into the White House (not thinking he’d get elected – he just wanted to feed his ego and get richer) and the GOP kept him in office for two fucking years. Now that the adults are in charge, they’re investigating all the things we saw happen but could do nothing about it. Something is finally happening but we can’t forget two things: he got elected and was kept safely in office. This means the mechanisms in our system did not work and must be changed. One of my favorite Lincoln quotes: “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.”