The Trauma of 2016 (spy scandal, part 2)

If we take the spy scandal seriously, we give ourselves a chance to heal

The McGonigal spy scandal brings with it the trauma of 2016.  Russian support for Trump put us on this timeline: the one with the covid deaths, the Putin worship, the coup attempt, the Big Lie.  But the enduring source of pain, I think, is our half-awareness that this did not have to happen, that we could have done better in 2016, that our institutions…