Honestly, if senior leadership spent their time killing each other while the rest of us got on with our lives, that might not be so bad.
If we had a President that I thought could take Putin in a fistfight, I would endorse that idea. Maybe we could put them all in a cage match and televise the whole thing. No stand-ins allowed.
On the main thread:
The past few months have solidified me in the position that DJT and his cronies are very bad for our country. I am a proponent of limited government scope and fiscal responsibility, and broad access to education that enables individual agency and contribution to society. I was no fan of the Biden administration either- Afghanistan was an unforgivable tragedy.
With that in mind, I not only disagree with what this administration is doing, but how they are doing it. Their approach is intentionally cruel, chaotic, lacks nuance, and is of- at best- dubious legality under the Constitution. They punch down at people who have no recourse, flagrantly disregard the opinions of the courts, and Congress grows weaker by the minute.
POTUS has declared himself immune to all laws, and has brought in a known drug user who believes humanity is doomed, buys into eugenics, and has numerous conflicts of interest as a government contractor. As a government contractor myself, I am amazed that angle has not been brought up more publicly- it is a virtual certainty that laws have been broken.
E Pluribus Unum has been turned into Ad Hominem Impetum.
That many educated Americans seem to be rationalizing and defending this is something I find disheartening. Perhaps our lives have grown too comfortable. All of that may be changing.
I don’t expect to sway anyone’s opinion, since that seems increasingly unlikely in today’s emotionally driven mania. Just sharing my position.
