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The Second Coming Part Five: The Descent.

For the first time in history a felon will be sworn in as President of the United States of America in just 10 days time. Donald J. Trump; a known liar, convicted sexual predator, and now convicted criminal, will debase the White House for another four years as his second term begins. How much worse can it get?

Peter Winn-Brown
11 min readJan 10, 2025
After a 7 week trial, a ‘New York County jury returned a verdict finding Defendant,’ Donald J. Trump, ‘guilty after trial, on 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree,’ giving him the dubious distinction of becoming the first convicted felon to rise to the position of President. Image from NYT by Doug Mills.

‘Once to every man and nation Comes the moment to decide,

In the strife of truth and falsehood, For the good or evil side;

Some great cause, God’s new Messiah, Off’ring each the bloom or blight,

And the choice goes by forever Twixt that darkness and that light.

Though the cause of evil prosper, Yet ’tis truth alone is strong;

Though her portion be the scaffold, And upon the throne be wrong:

Yet that scaffold sways the future, And behind the dim unknown,

Standeth God within the shadow Keeping watch above his own.’

James Russell Lowell.

The Criminal President - A new American low

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Peter Winn-Brown
Peter Winn-Brown

Written by Peter Winn-Brown

The past can illuminate the present if we shine the light of inquiry openly, truthfully, with attention to detail & care for the salient facts.

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