When Power Answers Only to Itself
When restraint becomes a personal choice instead of a shared obligation, the guardrails don’t hold. They disappear.
When restraint becomes a personal choice instead of a shared obligation, the guardrails don’t hold. They disappear.
When the Framers of the Constitution debated clemency, they saw it as a noble tool to correct injustices and promote healing. What they didn’t foresee was a president treating it like his personal rewards program for loyalty points. Trump’s pardons are less about mercy and more about mafia-style power plays. And yes, America, we let … Read more
Update to The Personality Cult Of Donald Trump Is Calling For Violence to Defend Their Cult Leader. Vice News reports on lawless insurrectionist MAGA domestic terrorists, ‘I Want Blood’: Heavily-Armed Trump Supporters Say They’ll Protest Trump’s Indictment: Supporters of former president Donald Trump are planning mass protests at a Miami courthouse on Tuesday, following Trump’s … Read more
A recent NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that two-thirds of Republicans would still vote for Trump even if he is found guilty of a crime. There are multiple criminal investigations into Trump — and yet, all of that seems to matter little to Republicans, according to the NPR poll — 71% of Republicans said they think … Read more
Update to The Party Of Trump Is A Criminal Enterprise Led By A Third-Rate Mafia ‘Don’ Trump: I will reiterate what I have said many times before. The Party of Trump is a criminal enterprise led by a third-rate mafia “Don” Trump. They are all accomplices, co-conspirators and accessories who aid and abet his criminality … Read more