I’m not a smart political consultant like David Axelrod. But Axelrod yesterday said Dems should throw in the towel on this USAID issue and focus on bigger fights. Hell no. Trump must be fought everywhere. What he’s doing to USAID is unlawful. So should Dems throw in the towel on the rule of law too? Come on.

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Last night, Trump said that the U.S. should take over and “own” Gaza. Why? Because Trump believes it will enrich himself personally and because Trump is an autocrat, and like all good autocrats, Trump believes he has a right to anything. Freedom, sovereignty, and democracy can’t get in his way. But please don’t laugh at Trump. Take him seriously.

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Our Founders gave the lion’s share of constitutional authority to the legislative branch. The people’s house. Because our Founders feared a king. There’s great fear and confusion right now because an unelected oligarch is waging war on the federal government. The very thing our Founders feared. And what is Congress doing about this? Nothing.

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It’s happening right before our eyes. And none of it should be surprising. Trump is indeed acting like a dictator, the wealthiest man on the planet, not elected by anyone, has declared war on federal civil servants, and Congress, charged in the Constitution with keeping a check on the presidency, has willingly abdicated that authority. It is by definition a Constitutional crisis.

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Please cut thru all the DEI noise out there, here’s the truth. Trump is blaming black people, brown people, women, transgenders, and people with disabilities for the deaths of those 67 souls. That’s disgusting and monstrous. If that doesn’t disgust you, nothing will. And btw, Trump said it because he knows he can get away with saying it.

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I sat down with long time conservative John Ziegler (@zigmanfreud). To discuss NeverTrumpers like myself. He has some criticisms. Of me and others. This is an important conversation to have at this point for all of us who don't support Trump but are not Democrats. Or are we? Have a listen.

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As citizens in a free society, it is our responsibility to stay informed. To stay tethered to truth. If the people become uninformed and untethered to truth, democracy withers away. We're getting there. Also...Trump continues his cruel attacks on transgender Americans.

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It’s been eight days. And in those eight days Trump has carried out a war against decency, the rule of law, checks & balances, and the guardrails of our democracy. And what have Democrats done? Nothing. Not a damn thing but cower. And hide. And worry. We need an opposition party. Democrats are making clear they ain’t up for this. We need to find an opposition party asap. Or our democracy will disappear.

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There is nothing new going on right now. Our immigration cops conducted targeted raids under Obama and under Biden. We put non-citizens on deportation planes under Obama and Biden too. In fact, Obama deported MORE non citizens than Trump did. The only difference? Trump is putting a camera on all of it. To scare you and fool you.

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Long time conservative talk radio host/original NeverTrumper @SykesCharlie and I sat down to figure some stuff out. How did Trump win again? What’s the future for both political parties? What will these next four years look like? And what do all of us who believe in democracy and oppose authoritarianism do now?

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