It is now clear as the New Year of 2018 begins that America is endangered by the strong likelihood that the midterm Congressional Elections of 2018 and the Presidential Election of 2020 could be subjected to the kind of illegal activities clearly engaged in by Russians, who helped to fix the election results in many states in 2016.
It seems, based on public opinion polls, that the Democrats are heavily favored to gain control of the House of Representatives in 2018, and have a good chance to gain the two seats needed to have control of the US Senate as well.
Also, in many states, the Democrats, at this point, are favored to gain control of Governorships and state legislatures in 2018, an important step toward having an edge in reapportionment of seats in the state legislatures, and in the House of Representatives, after the National Census is conducted in April 2020, affecting the political balance in the entire upcoming decade.
It is not even just Russians, but in theory, with technological expertise, hackers from many unfriendly nations, including China, North Korea, Iran, Pakistan and others, could manipulate and undermine our American democracy.
Our best technological experts have a massive job ahead of them, and it is clear that Donald Trump and the Republican Party are not actively involved in insuring fair elections for either 2018 or 2020, and that Trump will do anything to regain power for another four years, if somehow, he is able to overcome the charges mounting against him.
Trump has no ethics, morals, or scruples, and his party has been willing to go along with him, with only a few rare exceptions of members in both houses of Congress willing to defy him in his lust for absolute power, and the breakdown of the whole American democratic system.
I hear that welfare reform – a.k.a. getting rid of the social safety net – is on Trump’s to-do list for 2018, along with building the wall and trying to get rid of Obamacare again.
Trump made it seven hours in 2018 before creating an international incident on Twitter.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-kicks-off-2018-by-provoking-nuclear-armed-country-2be0c9f97a33/
Dump tweeted last night, bragging about the size of his nuclear button.
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/03/politics/donald-trump-nuclear-button-north-korea/index.html
Sigh…I just don’t know how much more of this man-child, god-king we can take.
I also suspect money laundering is at the heart of Trump-Russia collusion.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018/01/03/money-laundering-at-the-heart-of-trump-russia-collusion/#.Wk0VZlMbqBo.facebook
LOL…That “size of Trump’s nuclear button” tweet brings to mind a nasty sexual metaphor.
I know what you mean, Rational Lefty. I remember Trump and Rubio were slyly discussing the size of you-know-whats during the debates.
The day of the long knives.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018/01/03/quick-takes-the-day-of-the-long-knives/#.Wk1i45eHnyI.facebook
Thanks for that Southern Liberal. Michael Wolff’s book sounds like it is well worth reading.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018/01/04/donald-trump-is-profoundly-ignorant/#.Wk4mew2KV0I.facebook
Michael Wolff’s book increases concern about Trump’s mental unfitness.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018/01/05/questions-about-trumps-mental-fitness-come-to-the-fore/#.Wk95BImTDkc.facebook
In case you were wondering whether Senate Republicans would do anything to hold this president accountable, you got an answer this week.
Lindsey Graham and Chuck Grassley want to investigate Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer who compiled the dossier.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018/01/05/quick-takes-grassley-and-graham-are-on-board-with-a-cover-up/#.WlAAV3pJhKI.facebook
Those actions by Graham and Grassley is yet another reason why it’s galactically important that Democrats overwhelm the vote in November. Unprecedented turnout. The future of the republic hangs in the balance. Congress has to be won back. Both chambers.