"And then, it was over"

[owlmoose]

It's so hard to believe that Joe Biden is now president, that Kamala Harris is now actually for real the vice president, that after four years of horror and two weeks of holding our breath and waiting for the other shoe to drop, in the end the transfer of power went smoothly and according to plan.

Not to discount the amount of work that I'm sure went into making it appear seamless. I have to imagine that's the case on every Inauguration Day, but especially this time. But it seems that the MAGA-heads and Q believers have lost steam, if the lack of organized demonstrations is any indication. There could be any number of reasons for that: the growing number of arrests, the fact that their beloved leader, the former president (and how wonderful it feels to type that), is no longer able to egg them on via social media, the fact that other elected officials have dropped the stolen election storyline. Even Ron Watkins, who many people agree is probably the current QAnon, is hanging it up. I doubt all this is over -- white supremacy remains a powerful force in this country, and I doubt they will all give up so easily in the long run -- but the wind is out of their sails for the moment, and I only hope that we will take this opportunity to decrease their power and influence even further.

As for President Biden and Vice President Harris, I will say this: welcome, congratulations, and thank you. I look forward to being disappointed in you as my elected executives the normal amount, rather than trepidatiously checking the news every day to see what fresh hell has been released. You have an enormous task in front of you, and I intend to hold you accountable to doing it right.