I limit the amount of time I can endure hearing the disastrously inhumane Trump speak. His incoherent irrationality is not much different from all Nationalist right wing governments including those of 1930's fame. I rely on my writing and wonderful groups like the ACLU that fight for justice through the courts which gives me hope. The mother and daughter because of the judge's order are now back safely in the US.
I
do not know what to focus on first because there is too much Trumpian
corruption for one person to address it all. Some cable plays to our
urgent calls for social justice from this vile Trump administration's
unconstitutional behavior. I understood Trump would be unfit for the
presidency when he "won" it but I never thought he would be this bad
issuing more than 3000 lies in 466 days during just the first term of
his usurpation of power. I believe he attained power through unlawful
means that encompassed unconstitutional even treasonous assistance from
an adversarial power, Russia.
I hope enough Independents understand, as Democrats do, how horrific
this administration is and what a threat to our democracy it is as
well. One would have to be ignorant not to see how its unconstitutional
behavior is manifested. Unite the Right white supremacy is coming to
Washington this weekend. I hope no one gets killed as Heather Heyer did
in Charlottesville on this day a year ago. The right wing is NRA
violent and armed to the teeth.
I
hope our non-violent voices against white supremacy can compete with
the ever-so-violent right wing extremists. If we had a president who
was on the side of the powerless like other presidents were before
him then I could feel some solace but we do not have that. Trump has
stoked the fires of hate. We have a president who is on the side of
violent racists and, I believe, that direction has trickled down even to
the Charlottesville police who seemed to let Neo Nazis and Klansmen
violence happen with little opposition. It is the earmark of a fascist
state when the powerless call for help but authority stands down. That
is when one knows democracy is in danger.
"A
Republic if you can keep it," Benjamin Franklin answered in 1787 when a
woman asked the type of government the Founders created. "A Republic
if you can keep it." Can we?