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“We are unique among the world’s armies. We are unique among the world’s militaries. We don’t take an oath to a country. We don’t take an oath to a tribe. We don’t take an oath to a religion. We don’t take an oath to a king, or a queen, or a tyrant, or to a dictator, or to a wannabe dictator. We don’t take an oath to an individual. We take an oath to the Constitution, and we take an oath to the idea, that as America, we are willing to die to protect it.”

“Those values and ideas are contained within the Constitution of the United States of America which is the moral North Star for all of us who had the privilege to wear the cloth of our nation. It’s that document that all of us wearing that uniform swear to protect and defend against all enemies, foreign, and domestic. Those who sacrificed themselves upon the alter of freedom the last two and a half centuries of this country must not have done so in vain. The millions wounded in this nations wars did not sacrifice their limbs, and shed their blood, to see this great experiment in democracy perish from this earth. No. We the American people, we the American military must never turn our backs on those who came before us. We will never turn our back on the Constitution. That is our North Star. That is who we are, and that is why we fight.”

Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. 

I confess that I had never heard of this book until today. But I think it will be a very important read, because we are basically living it today. Here is a description of it that I found by a reviewer: "Written in 1935, the novel follows the rise of Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a populist demagogue who exploits fear, nationalism, and anti-elite rhetoric to win the U.S. presidency. Once in power, he systematically dismantles democratic institutions, silences the press, and creates a paramilitary force to crush dissent—all under the guise of restoring America’s greatness."

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“Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.” ― Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here

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“The Senator was vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily detected, and in his "ideas" almost idiotic, while his celebrated piety was that of a traveling salesman for church furniture, and his yet more celebrated humor the sly cynicism of a country store. Certainly there was nothing exhilarating in the actual words of his speeches, nor anything convincing in his philosophy. His political platforms were only wings of a windmill.” ― Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here

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Honorable mention: he is punishing states for how they voted. He canceled $7.6 billion in grants targeting 16 states that voted for Harris. FEMA denied disaster aid to Maryland after floods while approving West Virginia for lower damages. Maryland has a Democratic governor. West Virginia is Republican. Scholars call it “punitive federalism.” The president is supposed to serve all Americans. He’s only serving the ones who voted for him.

Number 10. He made $2.2 billion in his first year as president. Before Trump, the most any president earned in a single year was Obama at $5.5 million from book royalties. Second was Bush at $735,000. Third was Clinton at $416,000. Trump made $2.2 billion. That’s 400 times more than Obama and 2,993 times more than Bush. His financial disclosure is 927 pages. Biden’s was 11. A historian said “it’s beyond anything we’ve ever seen in the presidency.”

Where did the $2.2 billion come from? $1.4 billion from crypto including a meme coin that collapsed 97% costing 990,000 of his own supporters $3.81 billion. $500 million from golf and resorts. $80 million from settlements. $52 million from deals with Saudi Arabia and UAE. He pardoned the Binance founder who was convicted of money laundering, a key crypto partner. Then signed the GENIUS Act protecting his own crypto profits. People go to prison for rug pulls. He signed the law that protects his.

Number 9. The government started taking equity stakes in private corporations. 10% of Intel. 15% of MP Materials. A “golden share” in US Steel. And he’s exploring stakes in Google, OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and Nvidia. No president has ever used taxpayer money to buy ownership in private companies while his connected contractors get no-bid deals. That’s not capitalism. That’s state-run crony capitalism.

Number 8. He issued 228 executive orders in his first year. More than his entire first term of four years. Nearly as many as Obama signed in eight. He froze congressionally approved funds. Dismantled agencies Congress created. Fired inspectors general. Awarded $500 million in no-bid contracts. Three courts blocked his election orders. No president has ruled by executive decree at this scale while his own party controlled Congress.

Number 7. He gave an unelected billionaire access to government databases and federal systems. Elon Musk ran DOGE from inside the government with no Senate confirmation, no oath of office, and no accountability. He accessed Social Security data, Treasury systems, and personnel records. No president has ever handed the keys to the federal government to a private citizen who answers to no one.

Number 6. He started a war with Iran without congressional authorization. The Constitution says Congress declares war. He bypassed it entirely with executive orders. Six weeks in, Congress still hadn’t received a public briefing. Troops are rationing food on aircraft carriers. Sailors are being charged $400 a month for meals they’re barely receiving. No president has ever started a war this large while Congress was this uninvolved.

Number 5. He accepted only white refugees for six consecutive months. 6,665 out of 6,668 refugees admitted were white South Africans. Three were from Afghanistan. The SPLC called it “the Klan’s dream immigration policy.” Stephen Miller personally greeted white refugees at the airport. No president in modern history has run a whites-only refugee program. Not one.

Number 4. He pardoned every single person who attacked the United States Capitol on January 6. They assaulted 140 police officers. Caused $30 million in damage. People died. Officers died by suicide from the trauma. And he pardoned all of them. Then arrested 150 veterans for peacefully protesting the Iran war. No president has ever pardoned an insurrection against the government he now leads.

Number 3. He has never accepted an election result he didn’t win. He claimed 2016 was rigged before he won. He told Georgia’s Secretary of State to “find 11,780 votes.” He was convicted on 34 felony counts. He lost 64 court cases. And now Thursday he’s using the CIA, FBI, and DNI to claim foreign nations stole 2020. No president has ever weaponized the intelligence community to relitigate a lost election six years later.

Jack Smith had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election.” The only reason he wasn’t convicted is DOJ policy says you can’t prosecute a sitting president. So what did Trump do with the evidence? He buried it. Judge Aileen Cannon, his own appointee, permanently blocked Volume 2 of Smith’s report. His co-defendants tried to destroy all copies. The man claiming elections are stolen is hiding proof that he’s the one who tried to steal one.

Number 2. He is actively covering up child sex trafficking. His administration defied the Epstein Files Transparency Act that Congress passed. He fired the Attorney General before she could testify. The acting AG claimed all files were released when they weren’t. The DOJ published a suspicious activity report then removed it and republished it fully redacted. No president has ever actively obstructed a child sex trafficking investigation while in office.

Children were trafficked. The evidence exists. Congress passed a law demanding transparency. And the President of the United States is fighting harder to hide that evidence than he is to protect the children who were harmed. If the president won’t protect children, who will he protect? The answer is in the files he’s hiding. The only people who fight this hard to bury evidence are people who are afraid of what that evidence says. Ask yourself why.

Number 1. He is openly trying to end American democracy. He said “we will not lose for 100 years” if they pass the SAVE Act. He won’t sign any other bills until it passes. The bill blocks 21 million Americans from voting by requiring documents 140 million don’t have. 69 million women affected. Your military ID won’t count. He’s holding the government hostage until they pass a bill that ends your vote. No president has told you the plan to end democracy out loud. He did. At Mount Rushmore.

Every item on this list would have ended any other presidency. Nixon resigned over Watergate. Clinton was impeached over a lie. Trump has done all 10 in 18 months. That’s not because it’s acceptable. It’s because the people supposed to hold him accountable are afraid of going to prison if they lose power. That’s why November matters more than any election in your lifetime.