A Question of Unity 0
Sam and Emma are skeptical that “unifying the country” will be as easy and point out some of the reasons why (hint: the answer is foxy shady).
Shep Smith Is Not Holding His Breath 0
Shep Smith discusses why he left Fox News.
Lost in a Lost World 2
Boston.com syndicates a disturbing profile of a QAnon believer and self-styled “digital warrior.”
Afterthought:
I have seen a number of articles and blog posts recently theorizing that many QAnon followers are disillusioned by the failure of their prophet’s predictions to come true. For example and exemplar gratis.
This is not a cause for optimism. They are ripe for the plucking by the next snake oil salesman to come around.
Presidented 0
At The Roanoke Times, John Freivalds highlights some disturbing parallels between the recently departed federal administrator and a certain historical figure.
I’m not sure I agree with him, but methinks he makes some points not easily dismissed.
The Pardon Palooza 0
The Tampa Bay Times reports on the recipients of Donald Trump’s passel of pardons. There are no surprises here:
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice finds a common thread amongst the pardonees.
Stray Thought 0
It is worthy of note that the two greatest threats to have faced this country have come, not from external enemies, but from homegrown bigotry, greed, and hate.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Make no mistake. Trump may be gone at noon today, but the Trumpling will continue. He has given Trumplers permission to Trumple, and they will not stop easily.
As my brother said, that bunch is capable of anything.
The Chronicler 0
Daniel Dale looks back on four years of tracking Trump’s lies. A nugget; follow the link for more:
It was, in sum, a lot. In September 2020, I had to abandon my effort to produce a comprehensive count of the false claims: Trump was doing so much lying during the campaign that I physically could not keep up. By then, I’d tallied about 9,000 false claims since September 2016.
Via Atrios.