kentuck
kentuck's JournalYou better start swimming or you will sink like a stone...
Republican Senators fear for their lives..
...and the lives of their families.
I saw a Democratic Senator say on TV yesterday that some Republican Senators have privately said that they fear for their lives if they cross Donald Trump. They are fearful of what he might ask his MAGA supporters to do.
This is serious business. When our elected Senators and Representatives are too fearful to do what is right because they fear the retribution that might follow, including losing their lives.
(I do not recall the Senator's name)
It has come down to our Judicial System to save our Constitution and democracy.
Although very slow in acting, some are standing up to the would-be dictators and their lawlessness.
The Executive Branch is being controlled by a cruel and vengeful hand. The Legislative Branch is controlled by a sycophantic cult of personality and are frozen in an Arctic iceberg.
The Judicial Branch is all that is left. But, they have no power of enforcement. They only have the power of persuasion.
Let us hope they move very quickly.
"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." MLK, Jr.
The pendulum always swings back.
There is always light after darkness.
"Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always." Mahatma Gandhi
Something to reflect upon.
"They" think it is funny.
They finally "own" the libs.
They don't know what is happening but if Trump says it is OK, then they are happy. So it is with the Cult.
They will be carrying food and candles to their Dear Leader in the bunker.
They will never look in the mirror. Their suffering will always be because of someone else.
They applaud everything Trump is doing at this time.
It's difficult to maintain positivity under these circumstances.
However bad it seems today...
It is going to get much worse.
Paraphrasing, I heard some guy named Zaid say that on MSNBC.
Foreign entanglements? The economy? The food supply chain? Very high inflation? Terrorism inside and outside our borders? Imprisonment of political enemies? The destruction of our Constitution and the balance of powers? Where does it end?
There is no hero. There is no white knight. There is only us. The People.
There must be some way out of here Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief
Wouldn't it have been nice if Biden's AG and Justice Dept could have operated under same rules?
...as the Trump Justice Dept?
Biden could have ordered Merrick Garland to press charges and convict the criminal now sitting in the White House. But, we had different rules way back then.
All the criminals would have been behind bars.
But, here we are. Talking heads say we are on the verge of a "constitutional crisis". We do not want to be too negative or hyperbolic, but we do not want to be too naive, either.
When Putin's "girl" is about to sit in the chair of the Director of National Intelligence, I would say we are already there. What follows a "constitutional crisis"?
Last night, Trump fired the "Visitors Board" at all the service academies. He said they were too "woke". These are important positions for the military academies.
If we are in a "constitutional crisis", what should be done?
In my opinion, we need to get the House of Representatives back on track. Obviously, they are not doing their job, as stated in the Constitution.
Also, John Roberts and the Supreme Court need to come up with a quick decision clarifying presidential duties and responsibilities, as stated in our Constitution. We do not need any more mud on the Constitution. They have done enough damage already. The least they could do is try to clear it up just a bit?
Democrats need to figure out a way to get rid of MAGA Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House.
He is the main culprit in this whole mess. He is preventing the Congress from doing its Constitutional duty. He has abdicated his responsibilities that he took an oath to uphold.
But, MAGA Mike needs to go. In my opinion, the focus should be more on him at this moment than on Trump and Musk. He is the one opening the door to their criminal shenanigans.
Are there no Republicans that would challenge the Speaker if they were promised every Democratic vote? How many Republicans would he/she need?
Mike Johnson is a hemorrhoid.
Who'd a thunk it?
Trump and Musk would challenge the Judges' decisions?
Shady Vance told him he could challenge them because what right would a judge have to challenge the decision of a general, for example?
This was the final step in their bid to takeover the government with authoritarian rule. The courts can only rule. They cannot enforce the law on anything they rule upon. That is the job of the Executive. Therein lies the problem and the lingering constitutional crisis.
However, judges, including Supreme Court Justices, do not rule upon the rights of one executive specifically, they rule upon the Constitution. Trump and Musk are not just challenging the decisions of Judges, they are challenging the Constitution itself.
I hope John Roberts and the Supreme Court are not oblivious to what is happening. They are the next ones to be thrown under the bus. They do not have the power they once had, because they gave it away. They told the criminal that he had "immunity". Good job, assholes!
So here we are. The little weasel, Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson, has joined forces with Trump and Musk to stifle the Legislative Branch from any action at all. He has given free rein to the authoritarians to do whatever they want without any Congressional interference.
But, someone needs to inform Mr Trump and Mr Musk that it is not about them. It is about our Constitution.
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