“The Earthquake” In Context

Trump got a huge rallying effect when the FBI search took place in August. So far since the special counsel announcement, there’s a more muted reaction.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 18, 2022

No slight on David Lurie, but the fact there was no “earthquake” indicates both that Trump is becoming old news, and that no one is surprised.

Or much cares.

The J6 committee has convinced the thinking public (I.e., not MAGAheads) Trump was deeply, if not criminally, involved in that. The documents case is almost open and shut. Nobody’s really following his tilt-a-whirl explanations for how the documents are personal/declassified/planted/left in a pumpkin in Whittaker Chambers’ pumpkin patch. He’s pretty well screwed on that case; the only question is, how badly.

The more interesting indicator is that Trump isn’t that interesting anymore. With the decline of Twitter this may combine to shut down the internet. 

If we can’t be afraid of Trump, 😱, what’s the use of an internet?