Is Trump a monster or what?
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My informal weekly coffee with Heather Lofthouse (Executive Director of Inequality Media Civic Action and my former student), discussing the past week: The just-finished series of January 6 hearings. Why more Republicans still want Trump to run in 2024 than Democrats want Biden to run in 2024. Why 195 House Republicans voted against a bill to protect contraception (and why every American male over the age of 40 now needs a vasectomy). Trump’s outtakes on January 7, 2021. The Hawley Trot.
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Is Trump a monster or what?
i chose "america will begin to heal" because we have, as a nation, been confronted by the truth of the actions of a group, for the first time since watergate. and watergate was likely the first time EVER that americans were provided with accurate information about criminal activities of some of its citizens. but unlike watergate, it seems these hearings were aimed primarily at the public. necessarily.
but of course, my vote is a very tiny minority of your responses so far, with "zilch" being the top response. i almost chose this response myself, because i tend towards cynicism. but as you said, robert, on twitter https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1550619106927292417 : "Never forget this: The forces undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win."
i agree. so i pulled myself out of that sinkhole of cynicism and despair and voted differently from my initial impulse.
I say all of the above; Stephen King says don’t forget that Trump is not human.