Commentary: The true costs of Trump’s assault on the U.S. government are becoming clear. It’s not good
www.salon.comDonald Trump unleashed a war against the U.S. government — and now he can’t control it
This struggle isn’t violent, so far — but if states break away from federal control, the United States is finished
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby explained to me this week, “when the need for America to represent stability and democracy has never been stronger.” Wars in Ukraine and Africa, missile tests in North Korea and disarray in the Middle East further sow the seeds of division. “American stability is important for international peace and survival,” Kirby explained.
Yet the MAGA world still screams about civil war. Norman Eisen of the Brookings Institution, also a legal analyst for CNN, says it is mostly just that – screaming. “Jan. 6 showed that insurrection won’t succeed,” he said, but while increased violence isn’t necessarily in the offing (this country is already exceedingly violent, with an average of two mass shootings per day this year), many of the states that joined the Confederate insurrection 160 years ago are still trying to undermine the federal government.
In Alabama it’s all about voting districts. In Texas it’s about our international border. In Florida it’s all about history class.
In Texas, the Justice Department filed a suit against the state and Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday, claiming violations of federal law after the state installed a floating barrier in the Rio Grande and the Texas state police said Abbott was having immigrants tossed back into the river, particularly small children.
not a bad read but I do think a national divorce is needed even if it’s Putin’s wet dream come true.