Changing of the Guard

• President Obama's accomplishments as listed by Rachel Maddow (video, Crooks and Liars, Karoli Kuns)
• Donald Trump sworn in as President.
• I'm going to the movies.
• Noam Chomsky on "election-rigging."  Everything is coming back to paste the US one in the chops (antique slang), aka Karma turns the wheel of fate some more (in the sense that foreign policy acts from many years ago are bearing poisonous, not-in-our-favor fruits).  Although this sounds an awful lot like victim-blaming, to be honest.  (Actual interview at truthout, summarized at AlterNet.)
• Three from Jesse Curtis (new site!  more scholarship!):
• One of the many acts of resistance will be joining the NAACP.  Here's why.
• Quoting Scott Culpepper:

  Christian scholars are indeed a subversive influence. Critics are right in labeling us a subversive influence if what they mean is that we subvert the subordination of facts to falsehoods calculated to sway popular opinion, the substitution of shallow shibboleths for deeper reflection, and the sacrifice of principle on the profane altar of political expediency. And there will be a greater need for us to keep on subverting these things with all the energy we can muster in the age of Trump.
  
  The times call for renewed conviction, creativity and courage on the part of Christian scholars.

• "Here are some early thoughts on the intersection of rap, whiteness, and evangelicalism.."
• *Ahem*
  

  You can't get hired by McDonald's unless you have some concept of what the job entails. But apparently, you can get a position in Trump's cabinet if you have no idea what your department does.

  Mark Evanier points to a David Remnick essay.
• Driftglass, as usual, says it best.