The breakdown:
→ The theater: Candlelight vigils, speeches about “defending democracy,” flags lowered. Politicians who once barricaded themselves in offices now wax poetic about resilience. The same politicians who later voted to whitewash the day.
→ The amnesia: Half the country remembers a coup attempt. The other half calls it “tourism.” A year later, January 6 is a split-screen memory — one side trauma, the other denial.
→ The committee: Subpoenas filed, text messages leaked, witnesses dodged. It’s not a straight line to justice but a maze of stall tactics. Each hearing peels back one more layer of cowardice, one more breadcrumb of coordination.
→ The danger: Insurrections aren’t anniversaries. They’re rehearsals. America keeps pretending January 6 was the finale. It wasn’t. It was an audition, and the casting call is still open.
Resilience isn’t measured by speeches. It’s measured by consequences. And consequences are still missing.