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I love that your 2 major stories were Finland and Wisconsin. And “in other news” was TFG’s arrest.

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Irenie's avatar

Today was an amazing day. Why? Because once again, I believed in the rule of law. I believed in our Constitution. I believed that the rich and powerful and the everyday citizen, if they are corrupt,

can be held to the same laws. That Truth is more powerful than repubs who would shelter a criminal just to win an election. Or for money and power. And that Professor HCR has patiently and brilliantly built this case by showing us how History and Justice are teachers and we must pay attention. Now, I can breathe and be grateful, for today. No matter what happens in the months to come. And I thank Poet Wendell Berry, for reminding us of the importance of the real world around us. For today.

The Peace of Wild Things

by Wendell Berry

“When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”

Wendell Berry

from New Collected Poems (Counterpoint, 2012)

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