We lost democracy in 2000.

... and proceeded to make them even wealthier and more powerful beyond their wildest imagination.

That ensured they would get very little competition from new business start ups.

So, when you start your own business, your Social Security taxes double (on a doubled tax already). Keeps the competition from smart but poor people out of the market.

And then of course he doubled all the Baby Boomer's Social Security taxes to pay off their parent's retirement and their own retirement.

And then the same party who doubled our taxes tried to take away our social security by pretending that the younger generation pays for the older generation's retirement. Not since Raygun has this been the case. And people kind of bought it and I still hear that lie against Social Security today (though mostly from clueless Libertarians.)

is the way the gop totally ignores their oaths of office. How they brush aside the TRUTH, that tRump is a thug and they stand beside him. He is not presidential material. Never has been, never will be. He is not even a passable Mafia don, he is too ignorant. Do they know something we do not, like the fix is already in for November? The lesser of them (not Moscow Mitch of course) risk losing their seats, once their constituents finally wake up to the traitorous behaviour. Maybe they are counting on their voters not being particularly bothered by the outright illegal acts of this clown?

'Rule of law' was important to the GOP back when Clinton was Prez .

They seem to have gotten over that silly idea now that it's Trump.

Other than the fact that turnout will probably be somewhat higher, I see no real differences between those 2 Novembers. * will lose, but it won't be as crushing as it should be due to foreign interference and voter suppression. Dems will take the Senate, but not by much....51 to 49...and retain control of the House. But when the new Prez and the next Congress are sworn in, it will be worse than 2009. A country even more deeply divided. Blue America becomes bluer and red America more starkly red. A divide the likes of which we've not seen since 1860, coupled with the threat of domestic crazies, funded or at least motivated by foreign interests. I do believe the end goal of several foreign powers is to break us up, just as they've worked to break up the EU. And, ironically, we may end up being an easier egg to crack than the European Union. The next 10 to 15 years may see a reordering of alliances and a shift of political and military power, creating a world we'd barely recognize today. To be honest, I'm getting damn sick and tired of living in "interesting times", as the old Chinese adage goes.

Thank you

Rulers who talk law and cannot enforce law are subject to tyrants.

Tyrants are those who, because THEY control the forces of enforcement, will make law mere paper, and make THEMSELVES the law.

This is not about being a scofflaw.

The law rules rulers only as long as rulers let it -- (per Koch, "If you don't have the courts, you've got nothing). When rulers force their way out of rule of law, they ARE the law.

The coup is established.

William Barr is their enabler.

Thus comes the coup of a nation of MEN over a nation of laws.

We have laws on the books right now that would have put Traitor Trumpy in jail before he ever ran for the GOP.

We have laws on the books for years that would have prevented Wal Mart, Amazon and even Microsoft. They are called anti Trust laws.

By any means they choose.

No assumptions of enforcement by any of the three branches of government allowed.

Those who scoff at the law should never be in a position to define or control whom they choose to enforce any or all laws.