Chuck DarwinWe cannot afford to wait any longer.
The immediate clear and present danger to the fabric of our democracy,
the headlong rush to a police state,
cannot be ignored.
And unprecedented times demand unprecedented approaches
by Democrats in Congress, minority status or not.
Last week, I advocated for Senate Democrats to use every rule and weapon at their disposal to bring the Senate to a halt,
or at least put big-time speed bumps in the way for them to act, hold hearings,
and confirm Trump’s executive nominees.
But given just what we have seen since I wrote that piece, we need more.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are not tiptoeing the United States toward autocracy, one step at a time.
They are racing there, using Steve Bannon’s approach of muzzle velocity to flood Washington with radical and illegal acts,
including unilaterally freezing congressionally mandated spending,
seizing control of top-secret information
and shutting employees out of their buildings ,
claiming the demise of agencies protected by law,
illegally firing federal employees protected under civil service laws,
trying to undermine the FBI and CIA,
firing agency and regulatory commission chairs and members
despite that they have fixed terms set by Congress,
taking security from individuals Trump dislikes,
even those facing death threats from actions they took at Trump’s command during his first term,
and threatening retaliation against those Trump and Musk don’t like.
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