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Mark Z. Barabak: Looking back on a plague year and ahead to more political upheaval

Today we look back on the year in politics and forward to the midterm election, now less than 325 days away. Because 2021 was so much fun, why not live it again? Please. Our plague year began, in fittingly grim fashion, with pro-Trump insurrectionists overrunning the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn the 2020 election and bring down democracy. It was the culmination of an unprecedented ...

Today we look back on the year in politics and forward to the midterm election, now less than 325 days away.

Because 2021 was so much fun, why not live it again?

Please.

Our plague year began, in fittingly grim fashion, with pro-Trump insurrectionists overrunning the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn the 2020 election and bring down democracy.

It was the culmination of an unprecedented effort to thwart the will of voters and subvert America's 244-year-old rule of law.

To recap: attorneys for President Trump clogged the courts with groundless lawsuits and declare Trump's reelection by decree.

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