“the sins and damage of Trump and Trumpism”
As you might imagine, us left-leaning bloggers all hang out, wearing our silk smoking jackets and puffing on pipes while swirling snifters of brandy, discussing Marcuse, and listening toGang of Four. (Secret handshake optional.)
Among that club, one of my very great friends,Tom Hall, writes the trenchant blogThe Back Row Manifesto.Last week in his post “Trauma” (January 19), he called for a public acknowledgment of our shared national trauma, writing:
The battle for how we remember, process, understand, and overcome the trauma of Trumpism will define how we triumph over it. The first and most crucial step in the formalization of post-traumatic collective memory is to invest in transparency and truth.
No truer words.
That call also included a critique of Biden on that point:
Transparency begins with Joe Biden, and yet his calls for unity and the focus on his agenda…
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DOWNUNDER WITH BOODZ 
It’s hard to know what to say! Some argue cogently that a moderate like Biden is what the country needs to heal, and others say he’s too wishy-washy to effect any change. Who knows? But, I do think that the Republicans should cross the floor to find Trump guilty of inciting insurrection and remove his trappings etc etc.
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We shall see, dear Sue ..
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We will!
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Sadly, it never seemed likely to me. @whisperinggums I do wish it was.
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People kept hoping there would be found some decency amongst Republicans.
There was, but not NEARLY enough ..
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Worried about their own buns.
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Apparently, yes ..
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I love to read your thoughts on the mess we Americans find ourselves in, M-R. It’s absolutely beyond the pale. I think we need Biden, frankly. I understand the criticisms, but the divide is so huge, anyone with a more aggressive posture would just be adding fuel to fire. That’s my opinion. I almost have no words for how bad it is. :-(
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I entirely agree: had any of the other candidates been the Dems’ winner, they could not possibly have succeeded. It took Biden’s very GOODNESS to win.
The whole problem is what the GOP has allowed|encouraged itself to become, yes ? – basically, mad. Power-mad. They will do anything at all to regain what they lost; but they insist of doing it their way and bugger every else.
It’s definitely a worry – a serious one.
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The right wingers were too fearful and manic to let any swaying swing voters vote for someone hard line on the opposite side. If Biden can not do anything dramatic, at least he might plug the dyke for a time.
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Biden is no fool, and has assembled an excellent team. There will be more than mere plugging of the dyke, Amanda. :)
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Great to hear and he CAN do something cos he has the majority as I understand it?
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The Democrats have all three areas, now – the White House, the Senate and Congress.
HOWEVER !! – they lost several Congressional seats because they can be stupid and got involved in internecine squabbling; and the number of Senate seats is 50% each Party, with the VP’s casting vote giving the Dems the edge. There are things I simply don’t GET: e.g., how it is that the fucking Senate GOP is still managing to delay the appointment of Merrick Galand as Attorney-General. Nobody on Twitter either could or would explain this to me. :(
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Sounds precarious. What is a Democrat dies? Does the VP or President get to nominate the replacement?
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If a Dem Senator karks it, s/he is replaced by the Party: that’s how the truly dreadful Loeffler turned up in Georgia. She was a Trumper; but was, happily, voted out before ever being voted in !
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A relief. Is that gun toting Republican woman still around- the one that insisted on taking a gun into congress?
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Hmm .. that could be either Marjorie Taylor-Greene or the ‘demure’ Lauren Boebert. Dunno which of them tried taking a gun in ..
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Lauren Boebert.
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Mad woman who texted out Nancy Pelosi’s whereabouts during the seige.
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She sounds like an evil nutter
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Have a look here https://youtu.be/UcgpIIAYqGY
A 1967 regulation exempts members of Congress from a federal law banning firearms on the Capitol grounds. – apparently.
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