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Slack.com slash DHQ. Once again, this week Americans were treated to the glorious spectacle

of the almost entirely peaceful transition of power with just a minimum loss of human

life. Donald Trump ended his presidency and Joe Biden took office in a manner that brought

to mind some of the most famous moments in American history, like the draft riots, the

burning of Atlanta, and that time Joe Pesny's character shot the kid in the bar over nothing

and then had to bury him in the cellar. As the inspiring pageantry of democracy unfolded,

citizens of this great nation looked on, standing side by side until separated by the police.

It is usual easy going and graceful fashion. Donald Trump left a humorous note for his

successor, saying, quote, well, punk, you got away with it. And I wish you a successful

presidency for the next two weeks until Kamala slips the knife in.

Trump also didn't forget the delightful transition, tradition of playing a prank on the new president.

Just as Bill Clinton's staff removed all the W's from the White House keyboards when

George W. Bush took office, so Trump's people left the whoopie cushion full of sulfuric

acid on the chair in the Oval Office and lit the fuse to the cache of explosives buried

under the floorboards by QAnon during their guided tour of the White House basement late

Tuesday night. In a moving farewell address to the nation, Trump promised his supporters

he would quote, return in some form, possibly the form of the state puffed marshmallow man.

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