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Mark Z. Barabak: Justice is finally coming to some of the liars and cheats who enabled Trump

The arc of the moral universe — the one that is supposedly long and bending toward justice — seems finally to be edging closer to its mark. A series of events in recent days — the defenestration of Ronna McDaniel, threatened disbarment of John Eastman, capitulation of Kari Lake in a defamation lawsuit — suggests a reckoning is upon us. It's taken a while. Too long to satisfy those who would ...
Republican National Committee Chairman Ronna McDaniel speaks while joining Republican National Committee, the California Republican Party and top Orange County Republican Candidates during a rally ahead of the November elections in Newport Beach Monday, Sept. 26, 2022.

The arc of the moral universe — the one that is supposedly long and bending toward justice — seems finally to be edging closer to its mark.

A series of events in recent days — the defenestration of Ronna McDaniel, threatened disbarment of John Eastman, capitulation of Kari Lake in a defamation lawsuit — suggests a reckoning is upon us.

It's taken a while. Too long to satisfy those who would rather justice be swift than sure.

But the humiliation visited on McDaniel, the sanctioning of Eastman and Lake, as well as the Clinton-Democrat-turned-Trump-flunky, all bring a welcome

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