I Had a Dream

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It was January 1, 2022 and nearly every Democrat in the federal government had gathered outside the U.S. Capitol for a prime time public address. Members of the leadership took turns reading paragraphs from the following speech:

A new year is truly dawning. We’re gathered here today to confess, to make amends. Like our Republican colleagues, we’ve been bad faith actors in this political theater. We’ve helped maintain a pretense, a…