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Why Watching The Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump is a Terrifying Experience
When President William Jefferson Clinton was undergoing his own impeachment trial in 1999, I was in hustle mode as a twenty-something New Yorker, who was trying to achieve the impossible dream of being an employed writer.
I wasn’t influenced by the worrisome state of our union, mainly because of how little it affected the day to day schedule of keeping my head above water.
Fast forward to two decades later, and I’m too old and too aware to not give a damn about the impeachment trial of an incompetent and dangerously reckless white nationalist, who is a direct threat to our national security.
My personal investment is drawn from a level of fascination and disgust, and not because I’m convinced that not having President Trump in The White House will somehow overturn the precarious circumstances of my daily existence.
The active issues that plague working Americans, who are living close to the edge of no return, due to stagnant jobs that don’t provide salary increases, or the inability to find work that matches basic expectations, will continue to hamper afflicted populations, regardless of which candidate wins.
Police brutality will continue to be the lawful method of decreasing Black and Brown populations and…
