This trend toward authoritarianism and a rejection of expertise began in the Reagan years. Trump will not be the end of this trend unless the public recognizes that the extremism of the conservative movement has been destructive and our politics move back to the center.
I’m growing even more concerned about our institutions under Trump’s constant challenge. Congress effectively abandoned its power of the purse this week, the DoJ is led by a man who thinks Trump is above the law and the press is tiring. It’s our civic duty to defend the republic.
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It began with the Nixon Imperial Presidency. However, the GOP still had principles and a backbone back then.
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Yeh but what do we do exactly? We call our reps, we organize, we vote. What else can an average citizen do? All I can say is all that stuff the experts have been saying about “checks and balances” and “no one is above the law” sure seems like a bunch of fairytales at this point.
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We need a dem candidate that’s not, shall we say, distasteful, to the swing voters. The disaffected Repubs who didn’t vote trump but prefer to vote libertarian or somesuch rather than a Hillary or a Bernie. I think Biden would wallop him but there are too many candidates now.
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To those that have been entrusted with great power there is greater responsibility. People like Mattis, McMaster, Mueller etc need to speak out if they know something. "See something, say something" doesn't just apply to us common folk.
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I am too. Trump is changing our form of government and Congress is standing by and even joining in. Our founders fought and died so we could have a more perfect union. There is an evil in the WhiteHouse spreading across America.
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"Congress" is not standing by and joining in. Congressional
@GOP are. Please stop attributing GOP corruption to "Congress." Attribute it to GOP.@SenateDems &@HouseDemocrats are fighting to defend the constitution every day. They are fighting for us. - 1 more reply
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The founders didn’t envision such a pack of cowards and scoundrels would ascend to office in Congress. Out and out campaigning was uncouth. Imagine what they’d think of lobbyists?
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Or corporations as citizens?
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