This week was filled with news of Congressional inquiries, subpoenas,  and investigations, as House committee chairs took the first steps to  hold Trump and his regime accountable. Leaks from the regime heightened  concerns about a White House rapidly devolving to the Trump  Organization, with Trump largely freelancing and acting unilaterally,  and taking the advice from a small group of sycophantic insiders.

With the government reopened, Trump delivered an otherwise mundane  State of the Union speech, with the most memorable part being his attack  on the investigations against him, evoking former President Richard  Nixon’s 1974 speech shortly before impeachment proceedings began. Trump  continued to push his manufactured crisis at the southern border,  sending thousands more troops as he stoked racism and fear.

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