There Is No Plan to Fix Anything Because the Plan Is to Destroy Everything
This is the death of a nation, not a rebirth. Trump and his cabinet are not building a new world — they’re erasing the old one.
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This is the death of a nation, not a rebirth. Trump and his cabinet are not building a new world — they’re erasing the old one.
Powerful figures can flout the law and escape consequences, undermining public trust in both the justice system and democratic institutions. And Trump, after all the evidence, is allowed to walk free, it will set a dangerous precedent for future leaders to believe they are above the law.
The more the Democratic Party fails to match the intensity of Trump’s challenge to American democracy, the more it risks becoming complicit in the erosion of democratic norms.
In the end, Atlantic City wasn’t just a casualty of bad business. It was a reminder that hype, no matter how dazzling, always has an expiration date.
I’m not disillusioned because Harris lost. I’m disillusioned because we lost. We lost the fight to keep this country from devolving into a grotesque parody of its former self.
We elected a shameless demagogue who peddles lies and hatred like they’re candy at a parade. I thought we were better than this. Maybe we were. But it sure as hell doesn’t look that way now.