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And so a proper rending of garments was had.

The rending of hair and gnashing of teeth has begun.

Beneath all that poll-gnawing anxiety and rending of virtual garments, I suspect, lies the slow-dawning awareness that from even half a step back, and from most of the world, the current condition of the last global superpower and the self-appointed guardian of democracy looks like a cruel, baffling joke.

The stench is so overpowering, the wailing of the Trump banshees so loud, the rending of hair and gnashing of teeth so complete that Thursday afternoon the White House briefing room was an afterthought in the news cycle – even though Biden and his administration are dealing with a potential threat of nuclear weapons launched from space-based Russian satellites.

While there was much rending of garments within the Senate Republican ranks on Wednesday about this, it’s the clearest path forward.