My Substack Quote of the Week is from Charles Blow:

Our past presidents are incapable of leading the charge against Trump’s destruction. They are caught up in a patrician worldview bestowed by the office. They are slavishly attentive to old rules and the old ways of elite decorum and the historical trappings of the smallest club. The empire is careening towards a crash, but they remain at a safe and placid remove.

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5740908-obama-bush-trump-democracy/