The USA has enjoyed a long run of economic success. That is due to many factors, but a very large factor is that the rule of law in the USA was more trustworthy in the USA than elsewhere. That is at risk given how systemically the Republican Party has packed the courts with those from carefully crafted lists of judges supporting extreme judicial activism.
That process has been underway for several decades and those actions have reached a point where the rule of law as we have know it is in great danger. If we allow the even more extreme Republicans that have taken control of the party in the last 6 years to gain the presidency and retain their positions in the USA house and senate I fear the USA will not resemble what we have known in the last 100 years in the next 10 years.
I cannot fathom how anyone seeking political office in the USA that doesn't strongly speak out against someone with the horrendous track record Donald Trump has amassed during his life and the last 8 years can get even 5% of the USA population to consider voting for them. However, the USA public has shown that my beliefs are very different than many, at least it seems about 40% or maybe even more, voters. I fear we could not only elect him but also those that have not strongly spoken out against his hundreds of violations of criminal, ethical and other abuses against our society.
Details on some of the many abuses (frankly even 5% of which should disqualify anyone from supporting such an individual for any political office and most certainly from the most powerful political office in the USA):
- Read the full Trump indictment on mishandling of classified documents - Evidence of Trump’s Knowledge and Involvement in Retaining Mar-a-Lago Documents
- Jan. 6 committee’s summary of its final report - Jan. 6 panel sheds light on the 187 minutes Trump went dark during Capitol siege - Jan. 6 committee's final report finds Trump was 'central cause' of attack on U.S. Capitol
- ‘High crimes and misdemeanors': Dems unveil impeachment charges against Trump - The Trump-Ukraine impeachment inquiry report, annotated
- Republican Liz Cheney calls Trump 'clearly unfit for future office' - Democracy is at stake if Trump is reelected, Liz Cheney warns
- President Trump’s staggering record of uncharged crimes
- A Guide to the Criminal Cases Against Donald Trump
- These are the 10 episodes Mueller investigated for obstruction of justice
- Among 160 years of presidential scandals, Trump stands alone
- New Trump scandal shows the depth of his assault on America’s democratic foundations
- Trump’s administration can’t clean house because its leader is too soaked in scandal
- 13 Trump Scandals You Forgot About. Any other year, one of these could have derailed a presidency.
- Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
- New York jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused E Jean Carroll in civil suit
- ‘The Daily Show’ List of Trump’s Top 100 Scandals Continues
- Chris Christie Drops Long List of Misdeeds When Asked If The Trump Family Is Corrupt
- The Shockingly Long List of Corrupt Officials and Political Allies Pardoned by Trump
- A lengthy list of Trump's disastrous business deals
- Trump Organization charged Secret Service as much as $1,185 per night to stay at Trump properties
- Trump received at least $7.8 million in payments from foreign governments as president
- Trump paid $2 million judgment for misusing his charity
- Trump University: A Look at an Enduring Education Scandal
- At least 60 lawsuits, along with hundreds of liens, judgments, and other government filings document people who have accused Trump and his businesses of failing to pay them for their work. Among them: a dishwasher in Florida. A glass company in New Jersey. A carpet company. A plumber. Painters. Forty-eight waiters. Dozens of bartenders and other hourly workers at his resorts and clubs, coast to coast. Real estate brokers who sold his properties. And, ironically, several law firms that once represented him in these suits and others.
- Texas town continues to demand $500,000 from Trump four years after hosting rally
- Ten city governments from Arizona to Pennsylvania say the president’s political committee has failed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars that the Trump campaign owes.
- Trump paid little to no federal income taxes over many years as he piled up losses and debt
These links added to the original post as new evidence on the depth of the corruption, undermining of democracy, and unfitness for duty are learned:
- 11 damning details in Jack Smith’s new (Oct 2024) brief in the Trump election case
- No person has ever posed more of a danger to the United States than the man who served as the 45th President of the United States according to General Mark Milley, the US Army general who Donald Trump appointed as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- The U.S. Army said an employee at Arlington National Cemetery who tried to "ensure adherence" to rules that prohibit political activities at the cemetery "was abruptly pushed aside" by Trump staffers
- "Depressed, disgusted and horrified": These lifelong Republicans say they're finally done with Trump
- Over 100 Republican National Security Leaders Endorse Vice President Harris
- ‘Vengeful’ Trump withheld disaster aid and will do so again, ex-officials warn
- Network of Georgia election officials strategizing to undermine 2024 result
- The former president spent the weekend spewing dangerous nonsense at a rally. The press spent its weekend polishing it into palatability.
There are an unprecedented number of officials President Trump appointed that have withheld their endorsement of him based on the his abuses. This is yet another sign of how unfit he is for office and yet some people continue to ignore the incredibly dangerous warning signs. If we don't wake up and take action to support those that will protect the USA from those supporting such an unfit person from taking office we will suffer greatly for our failure.
We need everyone that cares about the future of the USA to vote this year for the Democrats that have shown they care about protecting the USA from the dangers we face from political extremists. We need to make clear with an overwhelming showing at the ballot box that such extremists are not going to be tolerated in the USA. Only if we do that can we return to the debate about what policies our country should pursue.
This year the only thing that matters is saving the future of our country. Then we can have the Republican Party decide to promote those that will first concern themselves with our country, rule of law, democracy and the constitution and then after those things we all agree on they can provide alternative policy options that we can chose from. Or we can have a new party take over the position the Republican Party used to hold.
If we as a society fail to provide a clear victory to those promoting democracy the rule of law and our constitution the dangers to the USA are enormous. Those that think just because the USA has survived challenges before we can just not worry that much about the terrifying behavior of those leading the Republican Party the last 10 years are taking a much larger risk than I think they understand.
Many people just want to hope they can avoid thinking about the dangers we face since in the past we have survived dangerous situations. I think we did survive because enough people cared to confront the difficult challenges they faced and take a stand for what they knew was right, even if that meant going against what was easiest for them in that moment.
From This Life-Long Republican to Another (a post on Reddit)
This isn't about Republicans vs. Democrats. This is about corruption, religious extremism (nationalism), the reputation of the United States on the global stage, and the legitimacy of the Presidential Office and democracy. It's about upholding the Constitution, Woman's Rights, my Daughter's rights, and future Granddaughter's rights. It's about our national security and maintaining our position as the country "you do not fck with." For me, this is about not letting a sick minded narcissist unravel the wisdom of our founding fathers so he can squander the American Empire and our economy... just like he squandered his own father's real estate empire he inherited and drove himself into bankruptcy repeatedly... then defrauded banks along the way with lies about the portfolios value, hiding his tax returns from us all and committing fraud while he slept with a porn star while his pregnant wife sat at home alone, preparing to give birth thinking she was "the only one for him." ...
