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.)


For the last 249 years we Americans have been very fortunate. We have survived and thrived in good times and troubled times. We have had good and bad administrations, both Democrat and Republican. For 249 years, we could be confident that no matter which party was in power or how much we agree or disagreed with them, we could always trust in the Constitution and in our elected officials' respect for it.

I fear that we no longer have the luxury of that trust.

BTW I didn't enjoy writing this anymore than you might be reading it.

I hope you can

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.)


Project 2025. Huh, it's almost as if they knew Trump was going to win. . .

Before the election, our Peerless Leader claimed he hadn’t read, and didn’t know anything about, Project 2025. Obviously, another lie (along with reducing the price of eggs and ending war in Ukraine.) That said, I suspect Trump is just a puppet in this. Nonetheless, he has hired several thugs people that were contributors to that unsavory document, the most dangerous of which is Russell Vought. In case you haven't heard of him, he is Trump's director of the powerful Office of Management and Budget. He was a key author of Project 2025 and is now responsible for managing (gutting) the government budget for everything (and especially in blue states) - except the military and Homeland Security

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.)


Besides turning the government into a dictatorship, Vought is also a dedicated Christian Evangelical. His mission is to "renew a consensus of America as a nation under God." He wants to "infuse the government and society with elements of Christianity." Obviously meaning a Christian nation where gays, non-whites, and non-Christians know their place. (If you read or watched "A Handmaid's Tale" you have an idea of this Promised Land.) 

Unfortunately, there's much more of the same frightening stuff in their plan to make America "great again." Left unsaid, of course, if the project is completed America would be a one-political party Christian nation.

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.

After the Constitution was signed, Benjamin Franklin, when asked if we had republic or a monarchy, replied “A republic, if you can keep it.” I wonder what would he say today?

Remember, the Germans had these same warnings in 1933.

They did not pay attention. 


On  a positive note, after yesterday I believe more people are paying attention!


My 3rd "America Haters" event Saturday
                     

                           Each one bigger than the last.  
 
                                




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