Hello Fellow Travelers!
In my final, most assuredly unread, letter to Senator (R) Speaker Mitch McConnell I drew the obvious-to-any-optimist conclusion that Trump is closer to a rabid dog than a person, a trapped criminal and doesn't care one whit who or how many die. He'll be gone soon and American elections will be sanctioned as a routine again. Three congresspeople caught Covid from some opponents who refused to wear masks! I always thought Trump would not finish his first term. Since 2011, I perceive time differently than I used to. The next days (7) can go by like any other week or stretch out in front some of us in a seemingly endless procession of seconds. As a Dark Tourist and a BIG believer in the repetition of history, I'm endlessly fascinated by Trump's self-destruction. Every day is a new and slime-filled adventure! After last week's insurrection we are all faced with yet another imminent threat. Great. I have drawn two straight lines between two unnecessary and predictable disasters that currently plague us: Covid-19 and Inauguration and one stubby-fingered vulgarian who won't take a hint. " Dude, just go away!" "Take your tanning bed and carnival crew and scram!"
Trump has been dumped by an entire country.
Very tedious.
I believe those home-grown terrorists defiling our Congress pushed our legislators to act. Trump encouraged the vandalists to overrun the Capitol, now McConnell is reportedly done with #45*. We all are. The problem now is how to manage the thugs. Because they're still there. Trump lied to them and they don't know it, they're angry and violent. The world has changed - fast. Life may never be the same, so to survive we have to change. "Make America Great Again" was a lie too. America has been and will always be great. America is an idea - a perfect idea.
We'll get over this! And we'll be stronger and wiser. I know, Leader McConnell can tell "the base" or "the hoard" or whatever the right wing extremists are calling themselves the truth: There was no "massive election fraud". Biden won, Trump lost. Really. He lied. I'm sorry, here's 2K and a cookie. Now go home.
See? American Ingenuity!
