I am over the moon! I am so relieved! Welcome, President Biden!
A lot of people have said that democracy prevailed. But my still-roiling gut is telling me that democracy survived, barely, with fingernails scrabbling the slippery slope of the precipice, holding on for dear life. The sheer effort and determination to demolish—to topple us over that precipice—was insidious. It’s like how it feels when you’ve just avoided the worst imminent (and malevolently deliberate) car crash by mere fractions of an inch and your body is ringing with adrenalin and PTSD.
We watched the bulk of Wednesday’s Biden/Harris inauguration throughout the day, and it was sublime. Everything about it was uplifting, kind, inclusive, inspiring, and emotional. (I was teary all day long!) So much history being made, with our first WOMAN vice-president, and first Black/South Indian vice-president! Amanda Gorman’s poem, and her delivery of it, was magnificent. She is only 22 years old, and so much poise, so much talent! I later found a transcript of the poem, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and soaking it in. Her alliteration, her imagery, and those sneaky rhymes! It ended like this:
For there is always light
If only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
This is such a diametrically, 180° shift from just days ago. Already many of trump’s most egregious proclamations, like the Muslim Ban and our withdrawal from the W.H.O and the Paris Accord have been reversed. Boots are on the ground to actually DO something about this pandemic. Dr. Fauci is giddy with his freedom to speak SCIENCE and TRUTH! I am hopeful. I am unburdened. I no longer stare into the middle distance. I am so incredibly buoyed by the competence.
More information came out tonight about trump’s continued desperate coup attempt to overturn the election. It is just stunning and just so STUPID. It sheds continued light on his relentless, batshit bonkers aim to subvert democracy, to viciously attempt to overturn Georgia’s certified electoral votes—even though it would have never succeeded, and it wouldn’t have even been enough electoral votes to make a difference in the outcome. What a delusional idiot. It’s a good thing he was an idiot. It terrifies me to think of a more intelligent monster attempting this shit.
I am beyond thankful that his Twitter account has been quashed.
And I have not slept better in the past 4+ years as I have these past three nights.