I’m in the bank’s anteroom with Finn while my husband gets a few documents notarized. The branches of the apple tree outside bobble in the wind. It’s a cold wind.

A Black woman comes in for the ATM. She takes out cash. I know this by the number of dings and the shuffling sound of bills. I want to turn to her and say something corny or sympathetic like, “Go Fani Willis, am I right?” But of course I don’t because part of the point is that Black women deserve a little privacy.

The probing, off-base, and ultimately offensive questions about cash at that ridiculous hearing show, commentators said, how little white people know about how Black people move through the world — having cash being a simple and effective way to afford safety in some situations.

Later, TV on. More hearing, more coverage.

How many times does Mika have to say, “She had a right to be angry” before I start to clench my jaw? She and Joe have two hours to fill, but still. And then this: ‘Fani Willis was angry’ — definitive — but ‘the questions seemed offensive’ — conditional.

I hope the Judge shuts this crap down soon. There simply is no there there.

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P.S. Here’s the guy (below) that started this whole disqualification business. As DA Willis emphatically pointed out, HE’s the one on trial.

* Doing oppo research.

PPS Initially I wondered whether it might be prudent for DA Willis step down rather than jeopardize the entire RICO case. After seeing her, I didn’t think that, not even a little bit.

PPPS Now that Alvin Bragg’s criminal fraud trial has a date, I hyperventilate less about the Georgia case. If re-elected, Trump won’t be able to pardon himself of a conviction in that case either.