It's Curious City editor Alexandra Solomon, and like many of you, the Curious City team watched the news on January 6th when insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol building, seeking to disrupt the final count of the electoral ballots and overturn the presidential election.

USA! USA!

When they breached the Capitol walls, some demanded to see the lawmakers inside.

And others called for something more.

Execution.

As we tape this podcast, an impeachment vote is underway.

The second one involving President Trump.

In the past, in times of national crisis, the political right, left, and center were

often able to transcend their differences, coming together in a sign of unity and solidarity.

But in the immediate aftermath of the pro-Trump mob's dissension on the Capitol

and the violence and death at rot, the intense division we've seen was amplified,

with many politicians on the left and the right fighting as bitterly as they had before.

The president of the United States is unhinged, unfit, and unstable.

Or as we say in my district, it's staloco el-o-lombre.

Wednesday they called for unity, democracy, and healing.

Now, just days later, seeking power and political advantage, the Democrats have

reverted to the mean. They've gone back to their natural state, the party of impeachment,

removal, and division. And other influential voices holding fast to their respective sides.

What happened today will be used by the people taking power to justify stripping you of

the rights you were born with as an American.

You're right to speak without being censored.

Your right to assemble, to not be spied upon, to make a living, to defend your family

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