@RBReich The source of the schadenfreude is the possibility that the Republican Party might, through the current shock therapy, open their eyes to the toxicity within and emerge, over time, as a party capable of governing.
@jbf1755 - just listened to you and @HC_Richardson during excellent Now and Then episode on Avatars of Democracy. Do you have any Lafayette biographies that you can recommend? Thanks in advance.
#BREAKING Here is what we know about the #BoulderShooting:
- At least six are dead, including a police officer, per scanner traffic
- One suspect, a white male, is in custody
- Dozens of uninjured shoppers are being escorted out #Boulder
@jbf1755 feels like months after Appomattox an interesting historical corollary to our current moment. Any recommended books on Reconstruction as we navigate putting the pieces back together of this fractured country?
@JohnAdamsMemDC @jbf1755 Let’s leave vaulted stone reproductions of man to our king-loving ancestors. A memorial and tribute to his ideas would be more of an honor.
@jbf1755 Is the federal government claiming authority to send in troops on the grounds of Article IV, section 4? In which case a request for help from the state legislature is tequire? Or is there another provision that grants them authority?
@CDPHE, @GovofCO - how do you assess Colorado’s Covid-19 testing performance? 2nd from the bottom in tests per capita and 53% of the national average. Any specific root causes we should focus on?