I’m extremely concerned and disturbed that the United States of America may not be able to realize a free & fair election in 80 days. Trump is rigging and completely sabotaging the Post Office, to slow the mail down so ballots can be tossed because they don’t arrive on time. He is suing states in an attempt to force them to eliminate mail in ballots and drop off boxes. Russia likely has plans to hack voting machines in key states. Trump is utilizing all the powers & levers of government to assist him in his nefarious efforts.
Bill Barr is openly complicit in Trump’s efforts to end democracy and install Trump as a full authoritarian leader garnering himself autocratic powers as Trump’s right hand man.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary, Chad Wolfe and his acting deputy Ken Cuccinelli are ineligible to be serving in their positions and for them to remain in those positions is illegal. It’s been 492 says since DHS has had a senate confirmed Secretary. Trump violated rules of succession when he installed them and there is a cap on the number of days one can serve in an acting position and that time frame has long ago lapsed.
But openly violating the law has been an integral and regular aspect of Trump’s manner of governance. Trump and his cabinet members are actively using government’s properties, buildings and government sanctioned activities for campaign purposes violating the Hatch Act. Trump is actively assisting Kanye West in getting on the ballot as a third party candidate in key swing states. Trump has bogus investigations being conducted by Bill Barr at DOJ to undermine the Mueller investigation by investigating the investigators. Barr continually weaponizes the Department of Justice to assist in Trump’s re election. Republican sycophant senators in the senate are making false allegations against Biden utilizing Russia’s assistance and propaganda to assist them in their efforts.
Trump and Barr have spent the past years working tirelessly to find technically lawful avenues around norms, precedent, laws and the constitution. They have teams of lawyers’ working day and night to uncover any minor hole or opening in the wording of the law or constitution to skirt around it and twist it to their advantage to implement their goals and agenda.
Barr and Trump are claiming the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on DACA gives the executive branch expanded absolute authority to act in blatant violation of the constitution. Trump is using executive actions to bypass Congress on legislation, taxes and spending though the constitution explicitly gives those powers to Congress not the President
Trump may win and whether he’s elected in an unfair, rigged election or in an honest secure one the consequences will be equally perilous; an unrecognizable nation.
He will ramp up his attacks on the press by signing executive orders that change libel laws and will prosecute journalists for printing classified information which he can later determine to be classified retroactively
He will label all of his opponents and dissidents as ANTIFA, which he has already declared and listed as a terrorist organization, (though there is no national organized group called ANTIFA) Ironically, he’s never labeled the KKK, Neo Nazis, White Nationalists or the Boogaloo Boys terrorists even though they were the ones responsible for infiltrating the peaceful protests and committing acts of violence. He has filled the government with inept blind loyalists who will obey his every order.
After the election he will replace FBI Director Chris Wray and Department of Defense Secretary Esper with much more loyal sycophants. He will crush dissent & consolidate all power.
He’s already undermined the rule of law by pardoning his friends and supporters for crimes of which they’ve been convicted; he’s repeatedly demanded his opponents, critics and enemies be charged, prosecuted and jailed for crimes he alone accuses them of without supporting evidence. During a second term Trump’s undermining of the rule of law would be elevated to a whole new level. A level where he uses the justice system to silence his critics, punish anyone questioning his authority, seek retribution against journalists who portray him in an unflattering light and to protect his family, friends and loyal supporters from prosecution for any crimes.
He will model the U.S after Russia’s kleptocratic authoritarian oligarchy. The system of Capitalism and free enterprise will change dramatically. Only those companies that curry Trump’s favor and line his pockets will be able to operate in the United States. His recent executive order to shut down Tik Tok & We Chat exemplifies this and is an indication of things to come.
Trump will end birthright citizenship so he can deport anyone he wishes and use citizenship as a great and powerful weapon against his enemies both real and perceived. Without birthright citizenship how will citizenship be determined and who will make that determination? Trump has already broached this subject over the past 3 years repeatedly, claiming we must end birthright citizenship because the children of undocumented immigrants who give birth on American soil are granted automatic citizenship under the 14th amendment and trump refers to them as anchor babies. Would every American be required to carry papers that document their parents birth or immigration status? How far reaching might this determination be? Could it extend to your grandparents? Could qualifying to be an American citizen encompass a requirement that your grandparents resided in the U.S. legally? Who will decide?
He will eliminate all safety nets by ending Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid Obamacare, food stamps and housing assistance. He will enact policies that only benefit the super rich and his friends. The disparity between the wealthy and poor will grow much wider eventually eliminating the middle class. Vulnerable suffering people are more compliant and easier for an authoritarian government to control. He allowed the Covid-19 pandemic to ravage the United States and knowingly encouraged behaviors, policies and actions that would spread and exacerbate the virus further. It’s easier to take advantage of a people that are weakened by illness, death, despair, and economic collapse. Americans have been beaten down and overwhelmed by this administration for almost four years making them more susceptible to a takeover by a dictator, it’s difficult to resist and fight back when you are concerned about your health or where your next meal is coming from.
In his second term he will unleash his authoritarianism with fury and vengeance because he no longer has to fret about ever being elected again. He will seek retribution, retaliation and revenge on those who criticized him and he will punish his detractors and enemies. He will incite fear in those around him, keeping them silent and complicit. He will seize power, taking absolute control & authority. Trump will slowly erode every American’s civil rights. For years Trump has created chaos and divided the people of this nation by inflaming divisions, inciting violence and encouraging hate and conflict. This will serve him well in his efforts to destroy the democratic norms of this nation as a divided country is palpable for conquering.
The judiciary will become useless as a check as he has already filled hundreds of federal judge ships with loyalists some unqualified blind loyalists & with a second term he will fill more seats including on the Supreme Court. He has weakened our institutions and upended our system of three co-equal branches of governments ending any checks & balances. By ignoring lawful congressional subpoenas, firing independent inspector generals he has rendered Congress moot and oversight of self dealings and corruption non existent. His re election would ultimately end any safeguards that remain to protect our democracy and the rule of law.
National security decisions will no longer be made based on the best interest of our nation and the safety of our people. Freedom democracy and human rights will not be a priority or something we defend. The use of our military and national defense will be to benefit the trump regime personally and financially. America will no longer be a nation who welcomes immigrants nor a beacon of light for the world.
He has already tested the boundaries of federalism; states rights, he has sued Nevada for its use of mail in ballots, sued California in an attempt to force them to lower its emission standards. The states and counties have the sole authority to run their elections yet he’s infringing on those rights. Regulation of vehicles including licensing and registration are designated by the constitution as part of the states purview not the federal governments. He’s sent federal troops into our cities to seek control of them, has regularly threatened funds to states and cities that do not enact laws and policies that he desires. If reelected his assault on cities and states authority will be even greater, states that don’t comply with his wishes will be punished bu withholding disaster aid and more. Things will become direr as he asserts his authority wider, casting an even larger net over Governors and Mayors by using the levers of the federal government to exert extreme pressure on them until they bend to his will and ultimately submit to his will entirely.
Trump is a liar, a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator, a con man and an inept pathetic failed leader. Trump is a clear and present danger to the United States of America and democracy and freedom are in great peril. Our constitutional form of government is at great risk of failing and our nation faces a terrifyingly uncertain dark future if trump is to serve a second term in office. Trumps leads with corruption shamelessly and ruthlessly. The most powerful democracy may be lost forever to a fascist incompetent thug. I believe our country will devolve into utter chaos and pandemonium of which we may never recover. A great nation with all its possibilities, while it strives to achieve a more perfect union, may be lost forever.
This loss would be a tragedy of epic proportions for the world, The following words would never be fully realized
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
Written By: Tara O’Grady
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