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I watched Morning Joe this morning for a bit. Joe was critical of 45 on several topics. Let’s not under weigh how Joe’s earlier capitulation emboldened a felon to break from traditional roles and policies by publicly accepting the legitimacy of a clown. Joe, this is your legacy: YOU helped 45.

Al Sharpton is making a mistake with Eric Adams. He should not defend him. It’s gonna be like Tawanda Brawley and Jenna High School where he made poor choices. He’s done so much to avoid taking further undefendable positions. Why risk more questions about his ability to evaluate facts accurately.

To be clear: the purge across our federal government, especially in the DOD, DOJ, and the State Department, are the result of a planned takeover of America. Removing the ability to resist the implementation of an authoritarian oligarchy has been the blueprint since 2016. Now it is happening. Resist.

Let’s list all the ways 45 has lied to us in the 24/25 election cycle and early administration. Don’t go earlier than last June for fear of crashing the site. I’ll start….. 45 lied about not knowing anything about Project 2025. He has fully embraced this radical form of Christian Nationalism.

45 continues his shock and awe campaign to overwhelm America, cause fear, and disorient opposition. Removing govt accountability (Insp Gens) is sig. Appointments worrisome. (Heg & his range of issues). Congress serving 45 or America? Legality of actions? Where is the outrage & organized opposition?

Shattered norms, loyalty based appointments, retribution, pardons of hardened insurrectionists. and people are looking for answers reflecting a normal environment? Someone needs courage. Moderate Republicans need to address this. Our institutions are going to fold. This is a desperate time. Wake up.

The press is compromised. The rule of law no longer applies. The world order is being destroyed. Allies are frightened. These are some of the consequences of 45’s second term. And now he has a vigilante army and many people who did their duty as prosecutors, judges, and jury members are in jeopardy.

About leaders who worship 45…. How did so many highly educated people become brazen liars? They must be hungry for personal gain, they must fear personal retribution from 45, they must be seeking power. In some combination, this is what drives them. It surely isn’t the US Constitution -or the truth.

Pam Bondy doesn’t know about Cash Patel‘s enemies lists and threats to chase down 45‘s opponents. She doesn’t know who won the 2020 election. She’s unaware of any laws that were broken by 45. She won’t commit to enforcing existing laws. She can’t clearly define the DOJ separation with the president.

The LA fires are a metaphor of things to come. We have pushed the environment too far. New episodes of epidemics, resource shortages, international political turmoil, and other unknown ills lay ahead. And here we are, burdened by a felon focused on petty arguments, ego, and retribution.

After listening to all the accolades, the endless positive messages, the sincere appreciation for what Jimmy Carter offered during his lifetime, I wonder what 45 is thinking. I wonder if he realizes what his sent off will be like? How many eggs will people, symbolically(?), bring to send him off?

Just a reminder: “The Beverly Hillbillies” will be on TV on Jan 20 at noon if you are looking for something worthwhile to do. I will be watching. I hope it’s the episode where Jethrow discovers the “cement pond” in the back yard. I assure you, nothing else of importance is going on that day.

The measure of his mental issues can be assessed by measuring the gap between: His words and the truth. His brazen lies and the validity offered by others. The embarrassment he brings to all Americans and our desire to be proud of our President. 45 is a disaster for all of us. An apology to allies.

“No one is above the law” a foundational premise of the American legal system. Any abrogation of the principal diminishes the entire system. There should be no modification of that principle and no way for power or position to influence the application of law. 45, a convicted convict, has done that.

On 1-20 the coup is completed. The US becomes an oligarchy bc: Institutions have bowed The judiciary failed to hold an insurrectionist accountable Elections are not trusted Militias exist unchallenged International affairs are conducted to benefit the oligarch Allies are forgotten Rule of law? -over

From Mitchner’s Alaska. “When a society allows total chaos it in genders total suspicion, and normal processes by which any society is held on a steady keel - trust, dedication, reliability, penalty for wrongdoing - corrode and things begin to fall apart, for the props are gone.” Are we there yet?

Reminder: A flaw in our Constitutional Republic, is that a thief, liar, cheater, sexual predator, & convicted felon could avoid punishment & ascend to the presidency. It’s a critical issue for our republic. I hope the flaw is not fatal, but it well may be. This is a defining crisis in our history.

45 continued with his appointment of executive officials and ambassadors. These people, all far right appointments to important positions, each have a second characteristic. Not only are they zealously conservative, they r also rich & loyal to 45. This creates an unhealthy bias in federal decisions.