I wasn't going to mark this date. This tragic event is only five years in our past, and therefore it is much too early, really, to be able to fully apprise it.
But attempt to apprise it we must do, and the coup that started on January 6, 2021 did not fail, it succeeded, and whether the fascistic/Francoist revolution it seeks to bring about will succeed or fail is not yet know.
The coup did not fail, as our justice system failed. Trump could easily have been in court within six months and sentenced within seven. Unfortunately, our criminal justice system moves as slowly as Baby Boomers at Walmart as its controlled by them, as is much of our society. This insurrectionist is now in charge.
But will he succeed?
Most Americans do not support the would be caudillo Donald Trump and most are not part of a muddled fascist/Franoist/New Apostolic Reformation movement, or even have its world view. But those who do are running the country right now, aided and abetted by people like opportunistic Marco Rubio and a compliant Supreme Court. The worst tests are yet to come. This year, 2026, is going to be absolutely awful, least we are spared by some sort of Divine Intervention (which I note seriously, not in jest).
Usually, however, people get exactly what they deserve in terms of politics. The roots of the populist revolution go back at least as far as 1973 and have been brewing for decades now. We cannot expect that the fruits of political neglect can be harvest and discarded overnight. We are paying for our errors, and stand to likely pay a heavier price yet.
But the country has come through such things before. The Revolution itself was one, the Civil War a second.
May God grant that we get through this quickly, and with as little damage to the world as possible.
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