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   Chuck Darwin (cdarwin@c.im)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jun-2024 02:26:08 JST Chuck Darwin

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   Trump had no business being there and his presence was stark evidence that our system is not only dysfunctional,
   it is impotent when we need it most.

   The guardrails
   —the impeachment process,
   the Twenty-fifth Amendment,
   the courts
   —did not hold.

   They have proved to be a fairytale we spin to make ourselves feel better.

   They will remain just that: a fantasy destined to implode, over and over.

   Maybe as soon as in the next few days,
   if the Supreme Court tells us whether Trump has immunity from prosecution for laws broken during his presidency.

   Maybe a few months from now, at the polls.

   Maybe next year, when his federal criminal trials will amount to something, or nothing,

   but too late to matter.

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     Chuck Darwin (cdarwin@c.im)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jun-2024 02:26:09 JST Chuck Darwin

     The larger point remains about Trump, not Biden:

     It’s a disgrace that a democratic superpower would miss every single opportunity to keep a man like Trump off the debate stage,
     off the convention stage,
     and out of the White House.

     The Founders gave us the tools they thought we’d need to prevent this recurring nightmare.

     But every institution has let us down, from the GOP to (even and especially) the federal courts.

     If Congress doesn’t change our laws,
     and if Republicans keep equating patriotism with diehard or even lukewarm Trumpism,
     those institutions will continue to fail us and the prospect of another Trump will always loom on the horizon. If not closer.

     https://www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-trump-should-not-have-been-debate-stage

     Mr. Bill and Elledeeay repeated this.