Last March, the Malignant Loser promised his cult followers at the Conservative Political Action Conference that he would exact vengeance on his and their "enemies" in the fictional "deep state," stating darkly that "I am your retribution." For someone without impulse control, conscience, or respect for the rule of law, that vision should alone disqualify him for any office, notwithstanding his criminal indictments, current and to come. An article in today's New York Times discloses that the Malignant Loser would expand his Presidential powers over independent agencies (read: the Justice Department) if America were ever reckless enough to elect him in 2024:
"Donald J. Trump and his allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government if voters return him to the White House in 2025, reshaping the structure of the executive branch to concentrate far greater authority directly in his hands.
Their plans to centralize more power in the Oval Office stretch far beyond the former president’s recent remarks that he would order a criminal investigation into his political rival, President Biden, signaling his intent to end the post-Watergate norm of Justice Department independence from White House political control.
Mr. Trump and his associates have a broader goal: to alter the balance of power by increasing the president’s authority over every part of the federal government that now operates, by either law or tradition, with any measure of independence from political interference by the White House, according to a review of his campaign policy proposals and interviews with people close to him." (our emphasis)
If this isn't a blueprint for fascism, we don't know what is. Here are some of the details of what the Malignant Loser has in store to confirm that assessment:
"He wants to revive the practice of 'impounding' funds, refusing to spend money Congress has appropriated for programs a president doesn’t like — a tactic that lawmakers banned under President Richard Nixon.
He intends to strip employment protections from tens of thousands of career civil servants, making it easier to replace them if they are deemed obstacles to his agenda. And he plans to scour the intelligence agencies, the State Department and the defense bureaucracies to remove officials he has vilified as 'the sick political class that hates our country.'” (our emphasis)
It's a vital task that the cult of the Malignant Loser be defeated in order to preserve the Constitution and the democratic republic it established. We saw on January 6 what his cult would do in his name, and we need to be prepared and active in opposing him. Regardless of how strongly our support of President Biden may be, it's not about him; it's an existential fight about our freedom under the rule of law.
