Excuse us. But where is everyone?

We awoke this morning expecting there to be a sense of urgency in the air and intense coverage, similar to the post-911 period, though not quite rising to that level. But more than this. Instead, Congress went home, we’ve heard nothing but terrifying reports about Trump, and the news is so mundane that we’ve changed to channel to the NFL playoffs even though we know better.

Four-thousand people died of COVID Thursday, the highest total to date and this coming week will be the worst according to data. There’s that, too, in case anything needed to be said.

Yes, we heard reports that this will be done Monday. But if there is enough urgency that Trump should be removed Monday and there are 11 days left with which Trump can yield his “power,” it seems like missing two of those days is a bit reckless. Trump had his soul ripped out of him yesterday by Twitter, there will be no morning tweetstorm. God only knows how Trump might lash out now.

It is going to make him antsy and dangerous. Jim Accost reported on the extraordinary period we’re about to enter, via Mediaite:

The president is not dealing with reality, he’s been unstable and ranting and raving and so on. And in terms of being taken off of Twitter, it makes you wonder what he’s going to do next?

We don’t know what he will do next, we only know that Trump is unstable and not dealing with reality. We’re not comforted by the fact that Kushner, Junior, and Eric seem to be the nation’s most senior and trusted aides right now. If Trump breaks Mar-a-Lago, that’s his problem as his overreaction. If he breaks something as president, well – they’ve already tried to break the Capitol and that’s our problem. What more will it take?

This, in a way, it will be seen by the president as a provocative act. He has been emasculated, to some extent, by Twitter this evening. If you think about it, and Dana was alluding to this, of all the toys that Donald Trump likes to play with, it’s his Twitter account that he prizes it most of all. To take that away from him, I think, is an emasculating moment. It’s like when Air Force One and The Beast are taken away from him on January 20th. His toys are being taken away from him and it’s not going to sit well with this president, obviously.”

Okay, we agree. Now, what does Trump do when provoked? He punches, wildly and disproportionately. His entire life is consumed with violent imagery coupled with power. If he will miss his Twitter feed more than Air Force One, and we know he fought as hard as he did for Air Force One and other trappings, what is he about to do in reaction to Twitter?

We would be far more comforted if there was both a support structure around the White House right now, and a Congress in session doing whatever needs to be done to mind Trump.

Sorry, not to lose our hats over this, screaming fire in a crowded Capitol, but we believe that there should be a far greater sense of urgency than we see.

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Peace, y’all
Jason
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