What is the word for the false hope we get from the news of naps during cabinet meetings, racist rants, double-tap hearings, Signal reports, medium women's FBI jackets? These things that seem like it's all about to fall apart under its own weight of incompetence and corruption, that everyone will finally realize how bad it is, any day now, just one more bad news cycle. I feel foolish for taking comfort in these moments, thousands of them, most of which have had no impact whatsoever.