I really hope you're right, Helen. I saw this in Security Quote of the Week in the Feb 27th issue of Linux Weekly News, excerpted from an article in Techdirt about the acute paralysis in Congress:

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The supreme irony is that the pressure they're surrendering to isn't even real. These senators are abandoning witnessed truth about war crimes in response to artificially generated outrage. They're choosing bot approval over bomb evidence. The digital mob they fear is largely synthetic—but the consequences of their cowardice will be catastrophically real.

       -- Mike Brock on the US Senate

It reminds me of the old joke "Pro is to Con as Progress is to ...." Hopefully, they're taking the time to grind exceeding small.