This Just In —No, really, it’s going to snow this weekend.
If you feel like Charlie Brown lining up to kick that football while Lucy gets ready for the snap and snatch, you have to ask yourself why Charlie Brown never just gets right to it and kicks Lucy instead?
The answer is some mixture of naivete, optimism and the obvious return to the well for an iconic comedy bit. That’s what makes it iconic. We wouldn’t love Charlie Brown as we do if he kicked Lucy – even by accident.
This weekend, we’re looking forward (?!) to a nice chunk of fluffy white stuff and the promise of snowball fights, snow people and sledding. Bring it. We need it. There’s little or no threat of an icy disaster as there was last weekend. Count me among those expressing nothing but gratitude for keeping the lights on and the hot water flowing last weekend. Zero disappointment at my house. That said, storm preparations continue.
My not-quite-2-year-old dog, Widget, is not crazy for the white stuff, but it’s new to him. Once we get a nice batch of the fluffy stuff and start throwing snowballs, he’ll figure it out. The cat, advancing in teenage years, is not interested.
I appreciate the way that weather like this can slow down the advancing mess in Minnesota and has shed a bright light on the character of that state’s residents. They make me proud to be an American. I wish I could do more to demonstrate my support for them. It’s cold here, sure, but oh my goodness how they have turned out to demonstrate, resist and exercise their rights … while they still have them. Epic.
Resistance and political organization is winning this struggle. It won’t be quick and is obviously already costly, but the fight for America’s democracy is a one that we can support regardless of our spot on the political spectrum. That nonpartisan aspect is on full display at the “No Kings” rallies.
We’ve begun seeing the unraveling of a false political philosophy – the so-called MAGA movement that claimed to be wrapped in patriotism, gun rights and first amendment protection, now has its leader engaging in all sorts of overseas adventurism, intimidating and trying to silence journalists and claiming that bringing a gun to a protest is justification for killing a disarmed person.
The most amazing part of these hypocritical exercises (of which there are so, so many) is what happened next in almost every instance. It’s the egregious lying by government officials at and below the cabinet level. The first response by Trump administration officials is almost invariably like the Naked Gun’s fictional Frank Drebin standing outside a fireworks factory ablaze and exploding behind him: “Nothing to see here.”
Forget what you just saw, from 10 different sources, in real time. Maybe the president will next ask us to stare into the TV as he pulls out the flashy thingy from Men in Black or assure us that these are not the droids we’re looking for.
His real objective (distraction on an Olympic level) is to reduce concentrated interest in the coming release of the Epstein files, which is coming soon. These records are not likely to produce a shocking photo to change anyone’s opinion of Trump’s private predilections. No, I expect something much much worse — a money trail that starts in Moscow, runs through Epstein and leads to the highest levels of American business and government. Some of that has already spilled out. Much more is on the way.
This is not what the MAGA cult thought they were signing up for, but as the true nature of that movement is coming undone, its perhaps unintended consequence is changing the landscape entirely. Ordinary people are taking to the streets in numbers impossible to ignore, in support of the American concept, not a charismatic person.
As America’s 250th birthday promises to remind Americans or our origin story, that movement will grow. Meanwhile the weak and growing weaker lame duck in the White House continues to insist that those tens of thousands of citizens on the street in Minnesota are paid agitators. Good Grief, Donald.
It’s dangerously cold outside in Minnesota right now, but the pro-democracy determination of our fellow citizens warms my heart and reminds me that we’re just a few weeks away from the early voting window. Check your registration at www.ncsbe.gov. Make a plan (including a backup in case of bad weather) and get ready to vote. Stay warm, stay safe and make some soup!
Jean Bolduc is a freelance writer and the host of the Weekend Watercooler on 97.9 The Hill. She is the author of “African Americans of Durham & Orange Counties: An Oral History” (History Press, 2016) and has served on Orange County’s Human Relations Commission, The Alliance of AIDS Services-Carolina, the Orange County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, and the Orange County Schools’ Equity Task Force. She was a featured columnist and reporter for the Chapel Hill Herald and the News & Observer.
Readers can reach Jean via email – jean@penandinc.com and via Twitter @JeanBolduc
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