Democrats, Get Your Act Together And Save Democracy
Supreme Court conservatives slapped Democrats in the face and reminded them that there are way more important things on the line than a presidential debate.
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“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”
—John Adams
The John Adams quote above seems fitting today, but it raised the question in my mind: is our current democracy suicidal or the target of a murder plot?
Yes, the voters elected Donald Trump in 2016, but the voters were wise enough to kick Trump to the curb in 2020.
Problem solved, right? Right?!?!
No. The problem was never Donald Trump. The problem was the people who voted for Donald Trump and the fact that Trump views rules, norms, and laws as speed bumps.
Usually, when an incumbent president loses, they don’t try to overthrow the government to stay in office and then plot before they have even…
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