According to the entirety of pop culture — which I’m defining as the annual broadcast of It's A Wonderful Life, Hallmark movies, and every version of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol — this is the time of year for miracles.
On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump stood at the Capitol and swore an oath that he would preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Since the arrest of Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged with the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the story has been about him as a person.
As the scope of the incoming Trump Administration becomes clear, I want to remind you that two things can be true at the same time: The second Trump Administration will be an absolute calamity, an unmaking of the 20ᵗʰ century, a loss to democracy and autonomy like we have never witnessed; and we will survive it anyway.
It has been a long, bruising, and terrible election season, and with Thanksgiving and the winter holidays right behind it, there is a temptation to set it all aside and find ways to reach commonalities with our families and loved ones.
