There's a bleak irony in the fact that the January 6 certification of the most abnormal presidential election winner in American history was carried out in a normal manner. But does that mean we have to normalize what happened on that other January 6? For a lot of people, the answer, sadly, will be yes. Aaron Blake describes the syndrome as the meh-ification of Jan. 6. And David Frum explains how the memory of January 6 is vanishing from Trump’s new Washington in The Atlantic (Gift Article): Don’t Mention the Coup! "The coup makers won. The coup resisters lost. Washington is not a city that spares much sympathy for losers. 'This never happened,' advises Don Draper on the television series Mad Men. 'It will shock you how much it never happened.' So it will be with the first attempt by a serving president to overthrow the government he was sworn to protect. Not all of us, however, have to live in the world of Washington transactions. Some of us need to volunteer to keep talking about the inconvenient things." The certification of someone certifiable shouldn't change this. 2Shopping The Husky SectionThe politics of the next few years won't be regular but that doesn't mean you can't be. In WaPo (Gift Article), Trisha Pasricha sings the praises of one of the few supplements that is worth its weight in waste: psyllium. Most supplements aren’t worth your money. This one is. (In my family, the father-to-son passing down of the Metamucil ritual is a tradition as rich as playing catch in the backyard.) 3Invasive Mole"A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell his family or friends. He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors and government attorneys. Experts say that militias could have a renaissance under Donald Trump." ProPublica: The Militia and the Mole. "John Williams kept a backpack filled with everything he’d need to go on the run: three pairs of socks; a few hundred dollars cash; makeshift disguises and lock-picking gear; medical supplies, vitamins and high-calorie energy gels; and thumb drives that each held more than 100 gigabytes of encrypted documents, which he would quickly distribute if he were about to be arrested or killed." 4Genetic Race"She had a bad feeling. She and her mother had been so alike. Allison had been a physical therapist and Linde was a nurse. They were both doers — taking charge, mending wounds, planning theme parties. They were both chipper and a bit unfiltered, easy to a smirk or a four-letter word. She probably gave me this, too, Linde thought." NYT (Gift Article): Fighting to Avoid Her Mother’s Fate, for Her Daughters’ Sake. "A mutant gene is coming to steal Linde Jacobs’s mind. Can she find a way to stop it?" 5Extra, ExtraJustin the Wind: "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada announced on Monday that he would step down as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, a decision that will install new leadership in Canada by late March, after his party picks a new head." Here's the latest on the move. Trump responded to the announcement by (again) saying that Canada should become the 51st state. (Maybe Justin Trudeau is better off getting out of politics.) 6Bottom of the NewsSurprise: Paper straws probably aren't good for you and they may not be good for the environment. (Just go old school as use a Red Vine as a straw.)
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