The Headline: Why Isn't More Being Said About The Crumbling Constitution?
There is increasing frustration that we, as Americans, aren’t fighting enough to keep Democracy alive. Of course, it’s hard for most of us to do anything about Donald Trump’s moves that go against the Constitution, legal standards, norms, etc. Sure, we can protest, but we have to rely on Congress and the Courts to take action. So far the courts seem to be the only branch of government doing anything to try to stop Trump. One of the biggest gripes is that the Democrats don’t seem to be doing much of, well, anything. NBC News reports, “Just over a quarter of registered voters (27%) say they have positive views of the party, which is the party’s lowest positive rating in NBC News polling dating back to 1990.” As for the GOP, “the Republican Party also has a net-negative image, with 49% of voters saying they view the party negatively.” It’s hard to believe Democrats are polling worse than Republicans, but the party is in a bad place. So what can be done to help Democrats bounce back? It’s clear the party needs new leadership. It needs someone (or several people) speaking out everyday, not just on Twitter, but breaking through to mainstream. Somehow Republicans have managed to do this ever since Donald Trump came down that escalator back in 2015. Who is going to step up? Pete Buttigieg, Josh Shapiro, Ritchie Torres, Chris Murphy, someone… anyone. We hope they are all listening, plotting and hopefully taking charge soon.
If you are wondering why we are bringing up a Constitutional Crisis today, here are the headlines that brought us to this dark place:
The Guardian: Trump sharpens attacks on US media as Voice of America employees put on administrative leave This has us especially concerned and we feel like no one is talking about it. Trump wants to control the media and he’s already started to do just that. We hate sharing quotes from Trump, but since this hasn’t received much attention, we want to put it on your radar.
“I believe that CNN and MS-DNC, who literally write 97.6% bad about me, are political arms of the Democrat party and in my opinion, they’re really corrupt and they’re illegal, what do they do is illegal… These networks and these newspapers are really no different than a highly paid political operative… And it has to stop, it has to be illegal, it’s influencing judges and it’s really changing law, and it just cannot be legal. I don’t believe it’s legal, and they do it in total coordination with each other.”
Donald Trump
Let’s be clear the First Amendment covers Freedom of the Press. There is nothing illegal about freely reporting on The White House.
MSNBC: Trump can’t ‘VOID’ Biden’s pardons. But he can send a chilling message
Trump’s late-night social media statement didn’t erase another president’s pardons (and no, Biden purportedly signing the pardon via “autopen,” as Trump alleged, wouldn’t change that). The next president can’t undo Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 defendants or anyone else, no matter how much they might disagree with them.