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He appreciated the way the number distills a complex dramatic scene into lyrics, collapsing “past, present and future in a packaged song form” that records the witness testimony of those who had incomplete knowledge of the fateful treaty signing that will redirect not just the fate of a nation but the course of world history.

Disconnected from the magnitude of this fateful moment, the danger of a fascist president leading a fanatical movement becomes an abstraction.

The fateful question is, will the Democrats and the mainstream press continue to waste their energy being shocked, or will they change their strategy?

In the poignant scene about her mom, Gunvalson collapsed on the floor and devolved into screams upon getting the fateful phone call.

On that fateful day in May 2018, Cimarron's nine-year-old sister found her lying on the floor of her parents’ bedroom with a gun by her side.