No Guardrails

"Diligent Democracy"

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Whooooooooooah, 2020 madness continues. President-Elect Biden and VP-Elect Harris FTW! One would think sanity restored, but this is Pandemica, so norms like our DEMOCRACY appear to be up for disruption The family unpacks the historic 2020 election and battles for the soul of the Democratic Party in this suped-up mega episode.

Wormholes:

  • No in-episode Timothy Snyder plug (∞ recommend: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century), but Snyder has a piece in the Boston Globe warning us of the protozoan virus (autocracy) America risks exposure to if it doesn't wear its mask (democracy). 
  • "Evil is diligent." - Whisper. This Korean drama is typical of the non-romcom dramas that offer viewers that slice-of-life morality seesaw between 'meh' and 'detestable'. More suspect people showing the pain of Doing The Right Thing and less West Wing/Veep morality plays/satires, US television, thanks.
  • These Three Women. 
  • Why the GSA administrator should not be a political appointment.
  • Can you imagine a Post article detailing Martha McSally crying about disunity to Mitch McConnell during a GOP phone call? Can't? Then get it together, Dems.

    • Until next time, wear your masks!

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