Later — not now, not soon — it will become apparent that allowing this POTUS — moribund, diminishing, corrosive — to remain in office during this crisis — spewing out lies, poisoning minds, piling bodies — was the greatest dereliction of duty in the history of our government. /1

There will be choices to be made once these grotesque mummers have slunk away from this most important house.

Mostly, it will be easier to point and say “it was just this one mad king.” Albatross the blame around his neck, let him sink all the way down to the bottom alone. /2

But it was not just him. Alone, he would have fallen long ago. He has floated, floated, bouyed by the hollow men who can no longer tell who leads who, where the lies started, where they end.

The truth will be long coming.

One we know: the hour arrived, and they failed. /3