My hunch has always been that unstated executive policy has been to slow walk adjudication of the MAGA crimes while stabilizing the economy and Covid response with enormous infusion of cash.
That is a high wire act, with no net below.
At risk is the republic itself. We don't yet know if it will survive. All this year, the traitors have been free to continue their treason and do their damage. Free as a bird, they simply refuse to cooperate with any inquiries. Free as a bird, they build on their Jan. 6 dress rehearsal. There's no evidence the law is coming for them, so they are free to plot and build.
Too many times over the last several decades, the strategy of "Look forward, not back" has come to bite us. So few Republicans have been made to feel pain for their crimes, in the one-sided effort to go along to get along.
Meanwhile, the American people (if not the people of the world) carry this burden of fear and stress every fricking day. Enemies of democracy are beating us down. It's constant. Intolerable, for many.
And yet there's no relief. Not even a pig of a traitor like Bannon is treated with what he deserves. Allowed to check in after the weekend! Allowed to walk free! There's no evident understanding of the value of DETERRENCE in seeking compliance from accused, when subpoenas are ignored and cooperation is nil. They are thumbing their nose at the law and we people.
The stress placed on the American people seems cruel. Can't do two things at the same time? Begin to adjudicate these crimes of sedition AND fix the economy? Can't do that at the same time?
Someone is gambling with the very existence of American democracy. And time is running out before the opportunity to save it is gone. Gone. The bad actors are not holding back while justice is withheld or delayed. They are more determined than ever and likely jubilant at this hesitancy to hold them accountable.
If we didn't KNOW, from recent history, that "Look forward, not back" is a strategy that enables the destruction of republic, we might be inclined to nod along and hope for the best.
But we DO KNOW that "Look forward, not back" is disastrous when dealing with a murderous, treasonous adversary. We DO KNOW THAT.
I'm still hopeful, but not optimistic. The proper arrest of just one high-profile participant, treated as a seditionist and not as a gentleman with a minor brush with the law, would bring more likely compliance from the others. An early-morning no-knock raid, televised with the perp walk, would start things on the right path. Is that so hard?
What are we teaching young people about justice and the law? Is no man above the law? Do we "do things right here"? Jury's out, on that, until justice is applied.
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