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Accountability

I just felt relief at Trump being held accountable, not joy at triumphing over the opposition, because I believe in a democracy two political urges are in a dialectic, and even though my political perspective is on one side of the spectrum, I believe in the dialectic and democracy.  There is no cult of personality around politicians for me, they're pretty boring workers trying the best they can. Policy, building consensus and communication aren't that exciting.  (This is a librarian in Canada who I follow on Twitter , I like her t-shirt which I take to be about the Trump years, and our current times. Not her opinion necessarily, but I think she is left leaning. I thought to cut her head off, so it wasn't about her, but I like her face and graying hair.) Tighter gun control will just save lives, it's that simple. The pendulum has swung too far around gun control, and we need to save lives, and have a few wackos feel trampled on. Global warming must be addressed.  Nixon r...