Axis Mundi.

I don't know about you but my New Year's Eve was pretty boring. I have two young kids and so the goal for me was

get them in bed. See if I can find 20 minutes or half an hour to read or watch TV before I fall asleep well before midnight.

But on New Year's Eve, Bryn Tannahill, a commentator on X, somebody who's a former Navy

Aviator and a popular author had a really good thread about the year ahead and how it's

going to be very decisive for our country.

I want to highlight it here because I think it contains a lot of good insight.

Here's what she wrote on New Year's Eve,

2023, just a couple days ago.

If Trump wins on December 31st, 2024,

we will be living in a nation holding its breath

for the chaos and horror that comes next,

whether it's a theocratic fascist dictatorship or a nation that balkanizes in the attempt.

If Trump wins, we get one or the other. So right off the bat when I read this

I thought, well, that's a really fascinating way to think about it. You know, I don't know about you, but the end of the year always brings thoughts

and memories and where were we a year ago and what happened in 2023 that was

memorable for my wife and I, we have young kids,

so it's one of those eras where we think about like,

hey, a year ago, this kid was barely walking

and now they're like jumping off the walls

and that kind of stuff.

For me, 2023 was a year thinking about all the people I got to meet in Texas and in Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania

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