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Wow.
Last night I collapsed in exhaustion. Living through a week of doing nothing but watching the trial on TV knocked me out. At some point during the week I ran out of necessities. I considered begging Jamie Raskin for a … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 presidential campaign, American fascism, Impeachment, Lawyers, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged 18 USC 2383, David Cicciline, Diana DeGette, Eric Swalwell, House managers, incitement, inpeachment trial, insurrection, Jamie Raskin, Joaquin Castro, Joe Neguse, Lawrence Tribe, Madeleine Dean, personal injury law, Stacey Plaskett, Ted Lieu, the US Capitol, voir dire
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Incitement to violence, our emotions and the First Amendment
I love lawyers because they engage and inform my rationality; they settle me down. Without them and the law they represent, I’d be left entirely to my idealism, i.e., my emotions. I love my emotions but need the antidote to … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 presidential campaign, American fascism, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged First Amendment, incitement to violence, PEN America, Suzanne Nossel
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The god problem: the Capitol under attack was a “mass-delusion event”
Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, joined a Trumpist crowd last Wednesday and reported on what they were saying. I found his report pretty revelatory, especially his profound perception of what happened as a “mass-delusion event,” one … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 presidential campaign, American fascism, The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged End Times, eschatology, Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
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