Trump is Convicted. Where Does That Leave Us?

Plus, a summer book trilogy offer, exclusively for WTL subscribers

Dear #WhiteTooLong readers,

First, greetings to the 500+ new subscribers that have joined the #WhiteTooLong community this week. Welcome!

We’ve just collectively lived through an unprecedented event. For the first time in American history, a former president has not only been impeached twice, indicted four times, but now also convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments that were meant to prevent information about an alleged sexual affair with an adult film actress from hurting his chances of being elected president in 2016.

Just to help it sink in, here is what 34 “guilty” declarations looks like:

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Wow, just writing that is a reminder of the strange historical reality in which we are living.

This news came on the heels of the launch of

The Convocation

, an exciting new collaborative Substack newsletter and video podcast I’m thrilled to be doing with

Diana Butler Bass

,

Jemar Tisby, PhD

, and

Kristin Du Mez

. Because of the historic moment (and three of us are historians), we decided to record an impromptu “Convocation Unscripted” podcast episode together this morning to reflect on this news and what it means for the future.

Click on the link below (and consider subscribing to The Convocation—it’s free!) to tune in and hear our collective take on this event.

The Convocation Unscripted [S1E2]: Donald J. Trump is a Convicted Felon. Now What?

And don’t miss the special summer reading discount offer below…..

Warmly-

Robby

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Related on White Too Long

I wrote this just ahead of Trump’s indictment a year ago, but the analysis still holds today.

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