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I had the great fortune to see the musical Cabaret performed on Broadway, with @Alancumming & the late Natasha Richardson.

The theater was set up as the Kit Kat Club, and my friend and I drank Veuve Clicquot Grande Dame as we watched in awe.

I've just realized...
We are living in a Cabaret moment.
For those who do not know, Cabaret is set in 1931 Germany, as the Nazis are coming to power.

Life is a Cabaret until the end, when

[SPOILER ALERT]

the Nazis storm in and everyone is gassed.

This noise & chaos unfolding in our collective background is our Cabaret moment.
We really are in a world on the brink of war.

We are in a country in which one openly Socialist side is currently gearing up to overthrow our way of life and our way of governing.

And I feel like we are trying to sing above it rather than confront it for what it is.
We KNOW their plans, because they TOLD US!

https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hres109/BILLS-116hres109ih.pdf
The election is a month away, and

WE HAVEN'T WAR-GAMED SHIT!

We are too busy drowning out Cardi B's WAP.
This is happening, guys.

We need to plan a sane, responsible, effective response.

Let's not get caught on stage.

Let's not pretend the alternative to preparing for what is coming will not be every bit as dire.

Let us not get distracted...

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