Morning Reading – Saturday, January 09, 2021
And what a week it has been. Time to move on.
What We Found in Robert Caro’s Yellowed Files – The New York Times
“There’s a belief among some — not all — nonfiction writers that all that matters is to get the facts,” Mr. Caro said, reflecting on his continuing quest to find the right words. “I don’t believe that. I believe that the quality of writing is just as important in nonfiction as in fiction.”
Meanwhile, at the White House this morning, the president’s schedule: President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings. Indeed.
The Inciter-in-Chief | The New Yorker
Donald Trump is just days from his eclipse. It cannot come soon enough.
Opinion | Trump’s Capitol Offense – The New York Times
Donald Trump’s inhumanity, his sick torrent of lies and incitement, came to its inevitable, shameful end on Wednesday, when a mob smeared blood, excrement, hate and death all over the Capitol.
The American Abyss – The New York Times
Post-truth is pre-fascism, and Trump has been our post-truth president. When we give up on truth, we concede power to those with the wealth and charisma to create spectacle in its place. Without agreement about some basic facts, citizens cannot form the civil society that would allow them to defend themselves.
How Jamie Raskin Survived the Capitol Attack and His Son’s Death – The Atlantic
“Enough, my beloved colleagues. It is time for America to heal. It is time for our families and communities to come together. Let us stop pouring salt in the wounds of America for no reason at all.”
Here lies @realDonaldTrump, having tweeted itself to death – SFChronicle.com
The Twitter account @realDonaldTrump died Friday. It was 11 years, 8 months old and had issued nearly 47,000 tweets. None of them survived. The cause of death was hubris.
Twitter warns of Inauguration Day violence, million MAGA march, as reason for Trump ban – The Washington Post
Citing the potential for Trump’s words to incite others — even in the absence of clear references to violence — took Twitter’s enforcement actions to a restrictive new level
George Washington warned us that this could happen.
Our nation’s first president wanted to unite Americans, and he believed political factions and parties were antithetical to that goal. He was the only president to avoid claiming one.
The G.O.P.’s New Distancing Policy – The New York Times
Some Republicans may be trying to jump off the Trump train at the final station. But they’ve already spent years helping fuel the engine.
Some Pro-Trump Rioters Wanted More Violence – The Atlantic
The building’s silence carried with it a sense of relief, like the end of a horror movie, when viewers can finally exhale. But it could just as easily mark the beginning of something worse.
The Capitol Riot and White Conservatives’ Extremism – The Atlantic
That means, to win elections, virtually all Republicans now need superheated turnout from the Trump base: white, non-college-educated, nonurban, and evangelical Christian voters. And that means Republicans of all stripes will feel pressure to continue portraying Democrats not merely as misguided or wrong, but as an existential threat to GOP voters’ lives—even as Wednesday’s riot captures how those alarms are exacerbating the greatest strains on the nation’s cohesion since the Civil War.
It’s 2021, and the pandemic is still here – The Verge
I regret to inform you that even with all of the other news happening this week, there is still a pandemic going on.
The Tiny Satellites That Will Connect Cows, Cars and Shipping Containers to the Internet – WSJ
Like so many innovations in their early days, from the internet to the smartphone, no one is quite sure what low-cost, low-power data relays from space will enable—or whether there will be enough demand to sustain the many companies jostling to provide it. In the next year, hundreds of satellites from more than a dozen companies are set to launch.
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