Past Time to Pay Attention?
This seemed like perfect timing after attending yesterday's the "Hate America Riots" as they are called by our Republican friends. (Pictures below)
In January, shortly after the inauguration I had a post expressing my concern for what I felt was going to happen. This is a follow up after 9 months.
Some people today don't believe that the current administration holds any threat to our democracy which, of course, is their right. Others may suspect that it does but choose to ignore it for their own peace of mind which is also understandable. This post in intended to offer some blunt information to help folks of any view make their decisions about our country's path. (Well, that's the plan anyway.)
BTW I didn't enjoy writing this anymore than you might be reading it.
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First, this administration's seemingly scatter-shot policies were indeed what Trump promised. (Who knew he would be the first president to actually do what he promised - unfortunately, I believe.) What is very clear now, in my opinon, is that his actions are not random or unscripted. They are the achievement of many long-time Republican goals which are stated in a plan created by various right-wing organizations, led by the Heritage Foundation, called "Project 2025." I realize this sounds conspiratorial but it is not, nor is it a secret; it has been out in public for a long time. It seems nobody cared because no one - except my son - thought the Project's plans had any chance of being implemented in America. Seeing what's happened in just 9 months, it appears we were wrong.
Here are a few specific "highlights" from the Project (Note: Being Constitutional was not a requirement):
- "Unitary Executive" President totally controls executive without oversight from other branches (Done)
- Dismantle Dept of Education and others (In progress)
- Reducing environmental protections for fossil fuels (In progress)
- Reduce corporate taxes and institute flat tax for individuals (Partially done)
- Cut Medicare and Medicaid (In progress)
- Remove protections for LBGTQ community (In progress)
- End DEI (Done)
- Mass deportation of "illegal" immigrants (In progress)
- Deploying US military for domestic law enforcement (In progress - blue cities only)
- Greatly shrink government employment (In progress - Democrats only when possible)
(To my knowledge, Trump's blackmailing of colleges, the media and private companies; blowing up boats, as well as siccing the DOJ on his “enemies” and beloved tarriffs are his own special plan.)
Vought has stated his overarching objective is to "align the federal bureaucracy to the will of an elected president." (Note: he means a Republican president, hopefully one as malleable as Trump.) He has often expressed a desire to fundamentally reduce and reshape the federal bureaucracy including reclassifying thousands of merit-based federal civil service workers as political appointees in order to replace them with the president's sycophants. (Doing a great job so far.)
Sadly, I am sure that there are still some that agree with these goals and support what is happening. So be it. Those folks need to understand, however, the price we will all pay for it. I believe they are terribly misguided and if this corrupt plan is successful, they will surely regret it just like the rest of us. Certainly, many, maybe even most of us will not be directly impacted by this administration (if you don't count losing several Constitutional rights) and especially us older folks. But think about our kids, grandkids and generations to come not to mention those being hurt today.
As for Mrs. Dear Leader and me, we think it is vicious, unconstitutional, and just plain wrong for America. It would create a country we wouldn't wish to live in.
Remember, the Germans had these same warnings in 1933.
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