Hannah Rosen

So it sets a national mood. Like it sets a mood of I'm the president for all of you. We're all in this together. And the value of this country is mercy. Mercy is a value. Yes.

So it sets a national mood. Like it sets a mood of I'm the president for all of you. We're all in this together. And the value of this country is mercy. Mercy is a value. Yes.

I was looking for historical precedent and read about George Washington and the Whiskey Rebellion because that was a fairly violent rebellion in which he – and it was hundreds of people and he pardoned some of them. And I was wondering if that was analogous.

I was looking for historical precedent and read about George Washington and the Whiskey Rebellion because that was a fairly violent rebellion in which he – and it was hundreds of people and he pardoned some of them. And I was wondering if that was analogous.

I was looking for historical precedent and read about George Washington and the Whiskey Rebellion because that was a fairly violent rebellion in which he – and it was hundreds of people and he pardoned some of them. And I was wondering if that was analogous.

So, yes, there are presidential pardons. But if we can neither forgive nor forget something, we just may need something else to move forward. An act of oblivion. That's after the break. Linda, you have researched and written about what's called an act of oblivion. Can you lay out the basics of what that is? Yes.

So, yes, there are presidential pardons. But if we can neither forgive nor forget something, we just may need something else to move forward. An act of oblivion. That's after the break. Linda, you have researched and written about what's called an act of oblivion. Can you lay out the basics of what that is? Yes.

So, yes, there are presidential pardons. But if we can neither forgive nor forget something, we just may need something else to move forward. An act of oblivion. That's after the break. Linda, you have researched and written about what's called an act of oblivion. Can you lay out the basics of what that is? Yes.

So it's not actual forgetting. It's like a public declaration that we shall all forget together.

So it's not actual forgetting. It's like a public declaration that we shall all forget together.

So it's not actual forgetting. It's like a public declaration that we shall all forget together.

Got it. It's almost a funny word, like I'm going to blast you into oblivion. Like it's a very powerful word. I don't know if it was meant as kind of campy, probably not by the Romans. but there is something kind of like huge about it, you know?

Got it. It's almost a funny word, like I'm going to blast you into oblivion. Like it's a very powerful word. I don't know if it was meant as kind of campy, probably not by the Romans. but there is something kind of like huge about it, you know?

Got it. It's almost a funny word, like I'm going to blast you into oblivion. Like it's a very powerful word. I don't know if it was meant as kind of campy, probably not by the Romans. but there is something kind of like huge about it, you know?

So it's almost so grand and big that it's not connected to the mundane act of, oh, I forgot my keys. Like, it's almost so big that it's on a grand national scale. Maybe it's something like that.

So it's almost so grand and big that it's not connected to the mundane act of, oh, I forgot my keys. Like, it's almost so big that it's on a grand national scale. Maybe it's something like that.

So it's almost so grand and big that it's not connected to the mundane act of, oh, I forgot my keys. Like, it's almost so big that it's on a grand national scale. Maybe it's something like that.

So what's the difference between what you just described and oblivion? whitewashing, revisionist history, sort of what we've seen happen with January 6th and Trump calling it a day of love. Yeah.

So what's the difference between what you just described and oblivion? whitewashing, revisionist history, sort of what we've seen happen with January 6th and Trump calling it a day of love. Yeah.

So what's the difference between what you just described and oblivion? whitewashing, revisionist history, sort of what we've seen happen with January 6th and Trump calling it a day of love. Yeah.