We've all seen the headlines standing at the grocery store check out line. Story lines about alien abductions, two-headed ghouls, crazy stuff about celebrities. They are meant to be entertaining, amusing, a distraction from the doldrums of everyday life. There's nothing amusing about these headlines. FBI searched Trump’s home to look for nuclear documents and other items, sources say Amid tumultuous week, Trump takes the Fifth more than 400 times Yes, It Was a Coup Attempt. Here’s Why. Trump falsely claims his election was stolen It's completely disorienting, like nothing else the country has experienced. As if the ground is shifting under our feet. It's unexpected in ways we never could have imagined. What creates even more cognitive dissonance is trying to make a connection with a fellow American to discuss the day's events, only to have her say......... There is a sense things have careened somewhat out of control. That which could be relied on for stability no longer can be. The collective aspirations, beliefs, basic moral code we once shared as a nation are far less uniformly held. Agreed upon standards for behavior have been challenged and now appear shattered. At one time it was thought, perhaps prudishly, that a divorcee had no chance to be elected prez. Now, in some circles, having an adulterous affair with a porn star is perfectly acceptable. In the past, it would have been heretical to suggest a national political figure could take the side of a foreign despot, from a country considered to be our enemy, in a dispute with our intel community without being ostracized. Unbelievably, that is no longer the case. There is grave concern this genie can't be put back in the bottle. That something is broken and it can't be fixed. Regrettably, I agree. At the least, it will take years after the cause for such division is off the stage to repair the damage done. The sooner the better.
Who could have ever guessed installing a narcissistic, multiple time bankrupt, adulterous, reality TV ‘star’ with a history of defrauding others including children's cancer charities could have been so disastrous?
Imagine if Billy the Bagman had acted as Garland did with respect to adhering to DoJ policy instead of telling the bald faced lie that Mueller had exonerated Trump.
