On Inauguration Day 2016, when
a quartet of military officers approached Trump on the podium, I thought they were going to arrest him before he was sworn in. (It was an honour guard.) Now, I expect impunity from everything, including death.

I thought he was he’s a Make A Wish kid.

Is it not possible to sit with people in grief without describing the person they are grieving as “practicing politics the right way” when that way included dehumanization?

Came here to
post this and in the process, found this: kenlevine.blogspot.com/2020/12/i-no...

Was it anise-flavoured? I bet it was anise-flavoured…