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Once we as a people accept this sort of corrupt conduct as a standard part of our political system, it will become so. As many of us as possible must remain disturbed by this sort of conduct and reject it as an unacceptable.
Unfortunately, many Democratic Socialists have shown themselves to be flawed, unserious people more focused on quixotic cultural and non-economic issues than on the economic concerns weighing on many Americans. And if Democratic Socialists keep it up, the Democratic Party will not win many consequential elections.
Perhaps Trump's most loyal supporters believe his threats convey toughness and strength, but Iran and the rest of the world do not. Americans who are not under his spell, along with the rest of the world, see a weak man in a weak position.
Perhaps some nascent sense of ethics from Pirro's time as a judge and prosecutor in the 90's and early 2000's, long since buried below tons of self-interested, partisan programming, re-activated just enough to jar her back to reality, although I would not count on it.
On Monday, Darline Graham Nordone announced she would run to replace her recently deceased brother Lindsey Graham as a US Senator representing South Carolina. Should we be troubled that blood relation to a prominent legislator seems to be her primary qualification for the job?
Top officials will always side with ICE agents over the people they killed, even when the incident merits patience and neutral investigation. The government has proven that it will immediately and blatantly lie and mischaracterize, even when there is clear evidence to the contrary.
Donald Trump is floating a 20% fee for commercial passage through the Strait of Hormuz, reminiscent of a small-time mafia protection racket.
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.
Those of us not inexplicably under Trump's spell have to watch a sleezy, transparent conman degrade the office of the presidency and make decisions based not on what helps the country and its people but on what fattens his and his immoral family's wallets.
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.
