What a Bad Day for America
I'm looking at the stories this morning about the actions in Washington by the pro-Trump mob that breeched the Capital for the first time since The War of 1812... and I feel certain the outgoing administration doesn't care - we've seen four years of policies, speeches, actions, and inactions, that show all that are paying attention that a day like yesterday was virtually inevitable.
Sure, it could have been 4 years from now... but it was now, and we have seen it. And this morning, it's now clear that those that were objecting to the Electoral College vote count have changed their minds, and have decided that they would object no more. Enough was enough - finally... for them. And we have some sort of closure for this election.
We also have a 50-50 Senate, and I have to smile at the idea that the Founders expected this might happen, so they planned for it, and work will get done, compromises will be made, people will be unhappy, and some will be happy. Life will go on.
I wonder what will come in the days and weeks ahead... will we really have seen enough? Will we really change how we treat the less-well-off among us? I hope so. I really do.