Hair
on Fire - What is the state of our Democracy in these days of Trump ... and the
new GOP?
By Carla Feinkind
Trump is out of control. He
attacks politicians who question his actions, the PRESS, and our intelligence
agencies. He's highly sensitive about Mueller's investigation into Russian
interference, tweeting on July 29, 2018, "There is No Collusion! The
Robert Mueller Rigged Witch Hunt, headed now by 17 (increased from 13,
including an Obama White House lawyer) Angry Democrats, was started by a fraudulent
Dossier, paid for by Crooked Hillary and the DNC. Therefore, the Witch Hunt is
an illegal Scam!"
There are problems with this
so-called argument – beyond the insufferable grammar, paranoia and conspiracy
theories. THIRTY-TWO people, four of whom are directly connected to Trump, have
already pled guilty or been indicted. We know that the FBI told Trump
about the proven Russian interference in January, 2016.
We also know Russian money was
funneled into GOP campaigns and political groups, including the NRA, which
heavily funded GOP candidates. To be clear, Russia does not care about gun
profits. They care about sowing discord and seating Republicans who will look
away out of self interest and to protect Trump who is effectively enacting the
GOP social and business agenda.
We know the GOP purged likely
Democratic voters from voter rolls and left minority votes uncounted in some Democratic
areas. More and more White Pride
Republican candidates run, and some win.
This energizes the GOP's "base" that wants America White,
Christian, and straight again.
Internationally, Trump's
actions have been just as destabilizing.
When he pulled out of the Iranian nuclear deal and the Paris climate
treaty, it looked like Trump was just being an America First disruptor. Then,
we watched as Trump assaulted alliances at NATO and the G7 Summit, and his
comments trying to undermine the EU. These alliances have been bulwarks against
Russian aggression for 70 years. Next stop was a meeting in Helsinki
with Putin … alone! And this was directly after Trump had been briefed
by the FBI that 12 Russian officers were indicted
for hacking the election. Even Illinois'
election rolls were hacked.
At the joint news conference following their
private meeting, Putin said that "yes," he had wanted Trump to win
and had helped! Then, Trump said he
believed Putin had not hacked our cyber space because Putin told him so … and
he was "very convincing." But, of course, Putin knew because Russian officers would never act without direct
orders from Putin
The national (and
international) furor over that "performance" forced Trump to walk
things back a bit just one day later. He claimed a grammatical error was the
problem. It was an abhorrent,
transparent lie but, the GOP quickly moved on, even voting down legislation to
fund state efforts to protect elections and increase money for cyber security.
Putin has long felt that
Russia was diminished in terms of power and world influence. Is all of this
chaos part of Putin's plan? Is there a grander underlying scheme to
first divide America with hate and then to weaken our institutions and
alliances?
Is the GOP unwittingly helping
Russia subvert our economy, divide us and weaken international alliances against
Russia aggression?
We MUST not look away.
What can we do against these
internal and external attacks?
BUILD
THE BIG BLUE WAVE!
1) DON'T FORGET THAT THE GOP
IS COMPROMISED BY RUSSIA.
2) DON'T FORGET THE GOP'S
DIRTY TRICKS.
3) WORK FOR JUSTICE AND
EQUALITY AND JOBS.
4) ANSWER EVERY GOP LIE AND
ATTACK WITH THE TRUTH.
To save our Democracy and
freedoms at the ballot box, GET BUSY NOW
Work
for, Donate to, and VOTE for Democrats up and down the ballot .... AND STAY
UNITED!
SEE YOU AT THE POLLS … with
your
paper ballots!
