By Zamboni
So much in the news today: insurrection, military coups, voter suppression, Anthony Fauci's emails. (They're not very interesting, in case you're wondering. They're mostly careful, deliberate and bureaucratic, just like him.)
And oh, yes — this isn't a sports blog, but we have to mention that the city of Toronto is in shock. We're not comfortable with the idea of going to bars yet — still too much coronavirus out there — but it would have been nice to have been in one in Montreal last night.
The firehose of headlines continued with President Biden's visit to Tulsa today. He gave a memorable speech on the Greenwood massacre and race relations in America, and tied it directly — and correctly — to the GOP's frantic efforts to restrict the vote. By the time he finished speaking and we watched the talking heads, our backs were arched and our tails got fat. This fate of democracy stuff is very scary, everybody.
And as if that weren't enough, we've been reminded that today marks the first anniversary of Benedict Donald's infamous tear-gassing of Black Lives Matter demonstrators in Lafayette Park, all so that he could stand stupidly in front of St. John's Episcopal Church and hold up a bible. Was that ever explained?
Well, in case you're feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, here's a day-brightener. Because we were focused on the solemnity of Biden's trip today, it didn't occur to us right away — but in just a few weeks, we'll mark one year since a very different POTUS visit to Tulsa: Benedict Donald's disappointing turnout at his "show" the day after Juneteenth.
You know the one: The pandemicky confab, which was supposed to have an outdoor rally (canceled), and which ended up inside the Bank of Oklahoma Center with rows and rows of empty seats? (Except of course for the one that Herman Cain was sitting in. He died of COVID a month later.) Trump was furious. Ah, good times. We cats PURR.
(PHOTO: Evan Vucci, AP. How unhappy Donald looks!)
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