BTRTN: One Year Later... How Can Ordinary Americans Fight for Their Democracy?
Born To Run The Numbers contrasts its day-after reaction to the insurrection last January to what we know now, and poses the practical question: as Donald Trump and Republican leaders continue to assault democracy, what can the average American do to defend it?
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2022/01/btrtn-one-year-later-how-can-ordinary.html
Excerpts: "Only now – through the diligence of the January 6 committee – are we coming to realize that the January 6 insurrection was just one of many Hail Mary gambits Donald Trump was aggressively pursuing to end democracy in the United States, many far more dangerous and more effective than the charge of the mentally light brigade on the Capitol a year ago today. Perhaps most shocking is that on January 6, 2021, Donald Trump sat in the dining room adjacent to the Oval Office and watched the insurrection on television. And for a full 187 minutes, he did absolutely nothing about it, nothing to stop it. Can you imagine any President in our lifetime – any President ever – sitting and watching a violent attack on the Capital Building and doing nothing to stop it? JFK? Reagan? Ike? Either Bush? Clinton? Obama? Would any of them – Republican or Democrat – passively allow such carnage to unfold and continue unabated for three hours?
"Today, on January 6, 2022, it feels as if America is in a slow-motion car wreck, drifting inexorably toward authoritarian rule that we are helpless to stop. Is there anything we can do? Uh, yes. Most assuredly, there is. But it is not what most people seem to think the answer is..."
