Sunday August 16, 2020
77 Days until the election on November 3rd
157 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021
When Trump was running for President he asked, “What do you have to lose?”
We now know the answer. Our Country.
At least the way we envisioned it. Regardless of your political persuasion or political association or economic outlook, I doubt any of us thought it would be like this.
The U.S. Constitution has three concrete tangible things described: a military, the post office, and the census. Trump has attacked all three.
There were some people who called themselves conservative who ascribed to the idea of “no new taxes,” and who wanted to shrink the federal government “to the size of a pea.” Is this what they envisioned? I doubt it.
Trump has now had his henchman at the post office decommission over 600 mail sorting machines. The claim is for efficiency. Eash machine can sort over 35,000 pieces of mail an hour and are very very reliable (like 99.4%). There is no better cheaper faster, more reliable way to sort mail.
The Census is taken every ten years and the Constitution makes it clear that everyone is to be counted. Yet, Trump is ending the Census’ work a month early so that many people won’t be counted.
These are fundamental institutions to our democracy.
Trump has also tried out using federal law enforcement officers from various agencies as his own police force. Will he do it again? Sure, why not? No one is stopping him.
He knows that if he leaves office he will no doubt face many trials and very likely prison time. There is no retirement home for dictators. By and large they stay in office until they die. Sometimes, a deal can be worked out such as for Edi Amin or Baby Doc, but those are the exceptions. His best bet if he is forced from office is to flee to Russia.
77 Days until the election on November 3rd
157 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021
PS Pierce the Bull
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