With the beginning of the show trial impeachment in the Senate, it seems that the coup continues.
I’m reading more and more people writing about the way in which the electorate and the election system has been manipulated to “save the nation” and the world from the evils of The Donald and all the rest. Others claim that Trump intentionally threw the election, making appointments and actions intended to result in his defeat. Still others claim that there are multiple factions, in and out of factions. Playing “4D chess” as they expand their control – or cut the pie a bit differently.
Generally with a coup, you have some idea of who and what is behind it. And who gains from it. Even if they try to conceal themselves. That may not be the case this time – certainly there is reason to believe that Biden is just as much a tool as anyone else. And while we may think we see his puppet strings, who is pulling them?
A reader shared this article from Time with me – The Secret Bipartisan Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election | Time
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The Price of Liberty 
The 24-hour hate
In the novel 1984, George Orwell explained the politico-religious ritual in Oceania called “The Two-Minute Hate.” In this, the entire people: Inner Party, Outer Party, and Proles, were involved. The object of their hatred, expressed in vile, coarse terms, was one Emmanuel Goldstein. Goldstein had once been a high-ranking member of the Party, but had betrayed them. Now he was THE Enemy of the People. Even while the great empire of Oceania was at war with one or both other world-empires, Goldstein was the Number One domestic enemy.
Today, in this rapidly decaying and ever-sicker society, there is a new Emmanuel Goldstein.
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