I have just finished watching. I was deeply moved, and angered by the testimony of the last witness whose life and that of her mother and grandmother have been upended by the assaults on them by the Trump thugs. I have no idea whether any of this will make a difference but I am glad it is on the record. What we call American democracy may already be dead but long after I am gone some future generation can watch the record of these hearings as they try to rebuild something resembling a democratic state.
Does it make any sense at this moment in history to be preparing and then teaching a sophisticated course on Marx, Freud, and Marcuse? Sigh. One does what one can.
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What happened to the United States of America was similar to the Roman Catalina Conspiracy. Rome recovered from it's ordeal. It took twenty more years of the actions of a Julius Caesar to create a Roman monarchy. Perhaps there are no Julius Caesar's in American politics today.
I remain optimistic that Trump is going to be indicted, either by the N.Y. Attorney General, or by the Fulton County district attorney, or by, hopefully, ultimately, by Merrick Garland. Harvard Law Prof. Lawrence Tribe was interviewed last week and he asserted that Trump unequivocally violated the Electoral College Law and the Constitution when he pressured V.P. Pence to reject the electoral college votes from certain states and anoint him President. When Pence resisted, Trump then provoked the mob to attack Pence, saying to the effect, “Maybe the mob has it right” and “Well, Pence should get what he deserves.” I don’t understand some commentators, who, in the face of this evidence, continue to claim that there is not sufficient evidence to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Trump knew he had lost the election, and then knowingly resorted to illegal means to stay in power. I believe the evidence is overwhelming – it looks, quacks, and walks like a duck usurping power to stay in office.
ML, we just had our Caesar moment. We don't need to repeat it.
Besides Trump, everyone who signed the bogus EC ballots needs to be indicted. I assume that everyone who asked for a pardon isn't going to withstand scrutiny. The thought of those schlubs who actually attested that they were valid electors having to retain competent criminal defense lawyers ($$$$$$$$$) warms my heart.
Regarding your question, "Does it make any sense...?"
In my opinion it's about the praxis of teaching, for both teacher and student - a
process of becoming. Therein lies the revolution.
I also heard the witnesses and it reminded me that one should not only look at the perpetrators, but also at those who, under very high public pressure, put their personal well-being aside and followed their duties and democratic convictions. This gives reason for hope.
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