The Coup Attempt and Watergate Have a Great Many Differences, But a Few Similiarities
Most people are pointing out the sharp contrasts between Watergate and the coup attempt. Select Committee member Jamie Raskin said that the insurrection “made Watergate look like a Cub Scout meeting.”
Having said that, there actually are certain similarities.
As shown at left, one of the president’s tactics was his attempt to stack the deck in the Justice Department.
What Nixon tried to do in this regard was a bit more complicated, and it ultimately resulted in his leaving office. Here’s the Wikipedia page covering the Saturday Night Massacre.
Those of us who understand that humankind finds itself in a climate emergency caused by greenhouse gas emissions are almost forced to be proponents of nuclear energy, as the scaling of renewables, though impressive, is not on course to arrest the concentration of atmospheric CO2 in time to avert catastrophe. 
The video below on building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) reminded me that this subject really hasn’t come into its own, for reasons I don’t claim to understand. 
This photo taken approximately 100 years ago demonstrates that American nationalism didn’t just spontaneously come into being with the 45th president and his tens of millions of supporters.
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Actor/activist George Takei asks a good question. Considering the rate of change in our world, how long must we hang onto the precise ideas that folks from the 1780s had about how government should conduct itself?
As suggested in the meme here, patience and trust are elements of good character. We’d all love to believe our nation is right around the corner from seeing justice rain down on Team Trump.
Stephen Colbert makes a good point here.
