I know this verse has been posted here before, but it is just so damn relevant:

[Atticus]

"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."

---from "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats.

[Ocelot II]

1. I knew it would be that one even before I opened the thread.

It's been haunting me since Mango Mussolini took office.

[panader0]

2. "What rough beast, it's hour come 'round at last,

slouches toward Bethlehem to be born."
Or something like that....

[Atticus]

3. Gee, any idea who that "rough beast" might be? 🙄 nt

[Treefrog]

5. But we've been assured he's going to jail. Right?

I read that here every day.

[Hortensis]

4. Oh, yes. It's come to mind relentlessly over the past 7 years.

However, I believe the most dangerous point is actually behind us, when the few were crying mostly unheard warnings into the wind. More people are finally developing the conviction that awareness of real danger brings. Those "full of passionate intensity" have become increasingly dangerous, but the alarmed resistance shown with the 2018 midterms has also accelerated growth ever since.

"Threats to democracy top list of issues facing US: NBC News Poll"
"Majorities in both parties say democracy in danger of collapse: Quinipiac poll"

[Atticus]

6. "From your lips------" 🙄 nt

[Hortensis]

8. :) Do I have to pray or something?

[empedocles]

7. And, many of our institutions are mobilized with investigations, etc., to probe ever deeper.

Hopefully, they are digging towards dark money sources, that will continue to be around much longer than traitortrump.