Constitution, the one that protects individuals from having to testify if they believe what they have to say might incriminate them. Trump supporters and members of Trump’s inner circle are actively proclaiming their love and appreciation for the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to achieve their ends, yet also hide behind the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment. marshals and National Guard troops were to help “secure” and count paper ballots in key states.ĮJ Montini of the Arizona Republic notes the irony of Trump acolytes who are willing to subvert the U.S. It included a third proposal in which the certification of Joe Biden’s victory was to be delayed, and U.S. 6 to reject electors from “states where fraud occurred” or replace them with Republican electors. The PowerPoint circulated by Waldron included proposals for Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. I didn’t read Grant’s essay as simply applying to the dwindling fear of COVID-19 I also can see how the psychology of the “boring apocalypse” might apply to the headlines involving the ever-constant threats to American democracy. We’re living through a phenomenon that risk experts might call a “ boring apocalypse.” The same rerun has been playing for 21 months. We’ve all seen this horror movie before, and when you’ve watched the killer jump out brandishing a weapon 10 times - even when you’ve watched him kill - it just doesn’t freak you out the same way.
Back then, as we learned of this new highly contagious and deadly disease with no vaccine or treatment, many of us stocked up on food and toilet paper, started wiping down our groceries and went into lockdown, only venturing out with protective gear.īut many people aren’t so afraid of Covid-19 anymore, complicating public health authorities’ efforts to slow Omicron’s spread. It’s a stark difference from when the pandemic first started. Despite questions that remain unanswered about Omicron’s risks and whether it can evade vaccines, only 23 percent said they were likely to cancel their holiday plans, and 28 percent said they were likely to stop gathering with others outside their households.
6, almost all - 94 percent - had heard of Omicron.
In a poll of Americans conducted from Dec. Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist, writes for The New York Times that we are now living through a “boring apocalypse.”
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