Wow!

> Back in 2016, I used to imagine Trump retreating to a tasteful Zen like inner sanctum at Trump Tower, filled with soothing neutrals and natural fibers. Putting some jazz on as he relaxed with an Italian red after a long day demagoguing... https://t.co/ofSHn82Qhp — Susan Glasser (@sbg1)…

Neither did I

> There’s a headline I didn’t see coming. pic.twitter.com/01HoPeZqTe [https://t.co/01HoPeZqTe] — Dave Pell (@davepell) September 6, 2020 [https://twitter.com/davepell/status/1302475635550384129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…

On the RNC

> Well there's 4 days of my life I'm never getting back. https://t.co/Hac3abF1mM — Michelle Cottle (@mcottle) August 28, 2020 [https://twitter.com/mcottle/status/1299328508607508480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…

Democracy Dies in Darkness?

> Sometimes democracy dies in plain sight pic.twitter.com/cDpJJKcN7a [https://t.co/cDpJJKcN7a] — Igor Levit (@igorpianist) June 3, 2020 [https://twitter.com/igorpianist/status/1268102632855556096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Igor Levit asks the Washington Post, and us, to reconsider its motto.…

A great idea for Lent

> For Lent this year, I would like to give up the news — I would like to give up the president himself for Lent this year — but life in a democracy does not afford such luxuries. Margaret Renkl in One Tiny Beautiful Thing [https://nyti.ms/2vUmM65] I am so…

New Hampshire?

> OH in coffee line: Feels like this is a Hong Kong moment for us. Wonder when the streets will be filled for days with protests. — Jeffrey Cufaude (@jc46202) February 12, 2020 [https://twitter.com/jc46202/status/1227576012873097216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > “It is time we had done referring…