Politicians know we’ve got short memories. They count on it. The news cycle moves faster than justice. Outrage burns hot, then burns out. Stall long enough, lie loud enough, throw enough chaos at the wall and we move on.
And we do.
Remember Kilmar Abrego Garcia? Deported after Trump’s team shared a photoshopped image claiming he had gang tattoos. He didn’t. A court tried to stop it. They did it anyway.
Remember the Epstein files? Trump’s name was in them. Then nothing.
Remember the kids in cages? The bleach injections? The “enemy of the people” press? The pardons for cronies? The stolen classified documents? The fake electors? The mob on January 6th? The slander of Tylenol? When he called political opponents “vermin”?
When he tried to overturn an election?
You’re not meant to. But this isn’t distraction. It’s strategy. Flood the headlines. Delay the trials. Exhaust the public. By the time we’re done gasping, they’ve moved on and so have we.
But here’s the truth:
If we forget, they win.
If we normalise, they escalate.
If we stay quiet, they rewrite the story. So write it down. Say it out loud. Share it again. Make a list. Make noise. Make it stick. Because forgetting is surrendering