"It Was My Decision"

Whenever some YouTuber / commentator / pundit says "Trump is toast" or "Trump torpedoes his whole defense" or "Trump admits blah blah blah", I have to wonder if they've heard or read any of their own stuff in the last 8 years - like the 437 times everybody and his fuckin' uncle predicted "This is the coup de grâce!"

Trump will eventually take the big fall, but it happens when it happens.

In the meantime, most of us are over here wanting to believe justice will prevail, while Trump and his MAGAloons are counting on the rabble raising enough of a fuss to counteract the silliness of Law-n-Order.

We are being tested. And the test - just like democratic self-government - is a thing of our own making. Self-devised and self-administered.

And if we fail, it'll be because we've self-sabotaged.