Are the events of our recent past prelude to the future? In the six months since the January 6 insurrection, Trump and his allies have waged a scorched-earth campaign to rewrite the narrative of that day. Rather than a story of how a violent insurrectionary mob led by fascist paramilitaries attacked the Capitol, threatening to kill Vice President Mike Pence and beating police officers with baseball bats and flagpoles with the American flag attached, Trump and his followers describe the day as largely peaceful, a crowd of protesters seeking justice for the country they love, unfairly maligned and persecuted by prosecutors, Democrats and mainstream journalists.
The starker realities that most broadcasters and journalists and editorials steer away from are not because this harsh sh*t is not known, it’s as if most citizens choose to ignore the realities or only do so with one tentative eye. Understandable. Modern families are ensconced in comfort and means and life unlike our ancestors living in survival mode. That’s pretty much the middle class. So all the “mess” you write about today, TC, roots up fear and the scramble to find some shelter. Through the past several months since the inauguration, I have felt my hopes dashed that the certification of the election was enough and that Pres Biden’s lead would erase Trump. How hopeful, yet naive of me. The best that I have felt was the period of time when General Milley spoke up with command and literally cancelled Trump’s ass.
Not much has been said but every night I pray that our current Commander-in-Chief has the loyalty and strength of the generals and the troops. There can not be another insurrection like Jan 6 if “the troops” are ready to defend the American people and democracy and not sit back on command and let treason reign.
I’m scared. But more than scared, I am sure of the light in my spirit and mind. I was born a warrior. So be it. There is no side in this. There is only treason to be quelled and expelled. Not as a strategy but as a reason for peace and abundance and our humanness.
Thank you, TC, for your fierceness and being a reality check. Like I always say, “sizzlin, TC, sizzlin’”.
Morning, TC!! I have been hiding from myself the evidence that the rule book has indeed been tossed aside. I know you want to light a fire under Merrick Garland, but I don't see him doing anything beyond following the law as he has done for his entire career. I cannot deny your opinion that his efforts will not be enough.
One hopes he might be less willing to "leave the past to the past" and actually investigate the seditionists and insurrectionists, to go after Jeffrey Clark, who Neil Katyal properly pointed out committed several actual crimes with his little plot, whether it was successful or not.
Well, TC, you have painted a very dismal future, and a believable picture. SCARY! Takes my breath away. I do so hope your vision doesn't play out in reality. This article will weigh heavy on my mind for a long time. I hope you have a plan for articulating a counter vision in an article, soon.
The starker realities that most broadcasters and journalists and editorials steer away from are not because this harsh sh*t is not known, it’s as if most citizens choose to ignore the realities or only do so with one tentative eye. Understandable. Modern families are ensconced in comfort and means and life unlike our ancestors living in survival mode. That’s pretty much the middle class. So all the “mess” you write about today, TC, roots up fear and the scramble to find some shelter. Through the past several months since the inauguration, I have felt my hopes dashed that the certification of the election was enough and that Pres Biden’s lead would erase Trump. How hopeful, yet naive of me. The best that I have felt was the period of time when General Milley spoke up with command and literally cancelled Trump’s ass.
Not much has been said but every night I pray that our current Commander-in-Chief has the loyalty and strength of the generals and the troops. There can not be another insurrection like Jan 6 if “the troops” are ready to defend the American people and democracy and not sit back on command and let treason reign.
I’m scared. But more than scared, I am sure of the light in my spirit and mind. I was born a warrior. So be it. There is no side in this. There is only treason to be quelled and expelled. Not as a strategy but as a reason for peace and abundance and our humanness.
Thank you, TC, for your fierceness and being a reality check. Like I always say, “sizzlin, TC, sizzlin’”.
Morning, TC!! I have been hiding from myself the evidence that the rule book has indeed been tossed aside. I know you want to light a fire under Merrick Garland, but I don't see him doing anything beyond following the law as he has done for his entire career. I cannot deny your opinion that his efforts will not be enough.
One hopes he might be less willing to "leave the past to the past" and actually investigate the seditionists and insurrectionists, to go after Jeffrey Clark, who Neil Katyal properly pointed out committed several actual crimes with his little plot, whether it was successful or not.
Well, TC, you have painted a very dismal future, and a believable picture. SCARY! Takes my breath away. I do so hope your vision doesn't play out in reality. This article will weigh heavy on my mind for a long time. I hope you have a plan for articulating a counter vision in an article, soon.
If history does indeed repeat itself, well, we all know how it ended for Caesar.
Yes, and then there was a civil war and a thousand years of Caesars.