Why the November elections can't come quickly enough.
Videos like this from Trump's mob-exciting, taxpayer-supported rally in Tampa Monday should worry anyone with a commitment to democracy and a sense of history.
But plenty of Republicans in Congress, in state houses and elsewhere will not say a contrary syllable for the worst or reasons - - fear of censure from base voters who will keep these officials safely ensconced in their gerrymandered, privileged positions of power only if they toe the Trump line 100%.
From veterans like Jim Sensenbrenner, who knows better, to the eager-beaver true believers, like Sean Duffy who apparently knows little, Trump will get their consent and backing through their careless, continuing silent bow.
A self-interest and shallow career politician like Scott Walker will walk away from his constitutional and democratic obligations to condemn the authoritarianism Ttump has let loose in the land faster that you can say 'It's Foxconn, stupid' and busy himself with helping rightwing donors and greed-addicted special interests to an extra helping of whatever they want from the public treasury and portfolio - - like subsidies galore or park land for privately-owned golf course development.
And fresh water, along with clean air - - previously considered public assets protected with landmark legislation like the Clean Water and Clean Air acts which Trump is destroying and about which Walker might say, 'have you got your tax-free shopping spree planned out yet?'
While he has let government agencies and processes he controls make it easier for industrial-scale ag businesses to send manure and other contaminants into kitchen taps - - an easy-to-see-through window into the entire reason why special interests put puppets like Walker into office, and why the puppet show is perpetuated through gerrymandering and supportive righting media.
What Trump is doing is scary.
What Republicans in Wisconsin and elsewhere are doing to enable his demagoguery, and why, as they work in concert to strengthen their power, is sickeningly complicit.
History is going to hold them all accountable; let's hope that begins as fast as possible - - with a clean sweep in November.
Videos like this from Trump's mob-exciting, taxpayer-supported rally in Tampa Monday should worry anyone with a commitment to democracy and a sense of history.
But plenty of Republicans in Congress, in state houses and elsewhere will not say a contrary syllable for the worst or reasons - - fear of censure from base voters who will keep these officials safely ensconced in their gerrymandered, privileged positions of power only if they toe the Trump line 100%.
From veterans like Jim Sensenbrenner, who knows better, to the eager-beaver true believers, like Sean Duffy who apparently knows little, Trump will get their consent and backing through their careless, continuing silent bow.
A self-interest and shallow career politician like Scott Walker will walk away from his constitutional and democratic obligations to condemn the authoritarianism Ttump has let loose in the land faster that you can say 'It's Foxconn, stupid' and busy himself with helping rightwing donors and greed-addicted special interests to an extra helping of whatever they want from the public treasury and portfolio - - like subsidies galore or park land for privately-owned golf course development.
And fresh water, along with clean air - - previously considered public assets protected with landmark legislation like the Clean Water and Clean Air acts which Trump is destroying and about which Walker might say, 'have you got your tax-free shopping spree planned out yet?'
While he has let government agencies and processes he controls make it easier for industrial-scale ag businesses to send manure and other contaminants into kitchen taps - - an easy-to-see-through window into the entire reason why special interests put puppets like Walker into office, and why the puppet show is perpetuated through gerrymandering and supportive righting media.
What Trump is doing is scary.
What Republicans in Wisconsin and elsewhere are doing to enable his demagoguery, and why, as they work in concert to strengthen their power, is sickeningly complicit.
History is going to hold them all accountable; let's hope that begins as fast as possible - - with a clean sweep in November.