So dead set are the Republicans on keeping Democrats out of power and enabling President Donald Trump that they will hide a potentially dying old man away and deprive four and half million people of proper Senate representation.
If Democrats continue to look good in polling for November's elections, expect Trump to continue to undermine the credibility of our system. And do not be shocked if he directs the federal government to take dubious actions in states in which results are going against his Republican sycophants.
The inescapable conclusion is that Trump is once again sidelining (or in this case, actively hindering) addressing the rising cost of living, which was likely the main reason he was elected, in favor of focusing on his own pet interests and priorities.
A nation can only withstand so much selfish and delusional undermining of its foundation before it collapses, and then those claiming fraud in California will find out what true fraud and injustice look like.
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The House essentially voted to sternly disapprove of the President's continuation of the war with Iran, refusing to do something substantive to reel in the President, reassert Congress's war authority, and maintain the separation of powers between the branches of government.
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In nominating Paxton, Republicans have shown once more that they have become morally unmoored, if they ever seriously cared about morality and right and wrong at all. As long as a Republican politician slavishly supports Donald Trump and hates the right people loudly and nastily enough, he can be thoroughly corrupt and disregard the law without losing the support of Republican voters.
Perhaps the LA Mayor and City Council have done a poor job handling some of the issues highlighted by Pratt, but is the answer to hand power to a reality TV star with no government experience and a bad personal history of handling money?
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This indictment is serious evidence of the ongoing politicization of the US Justice Department and further undercuts both the rule of law and the faith of many Americans that justice is indeed blind. The President and his enablers hope that the American people, particularly those with reach and influence, will think twice before doing or saying anything to oppose him and will even kneel down and kiss His Majesty's ring.
The US State Department announced that it will issue limited edition US passports to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States featuring President Trump's portrait and signature. A nation whose people permit or even defend such conduct is a sick nation that has come unmoored from its civic heritage.
While sometimes, in a moment of despair, we wonder if violence is the answer, we must stick to our morals and remember the virtues of the rule of law.