Donald Trump issued a surprise executive order banning the entry of Muslims from seven nations into the United States, creating chaos at airports around the world. The order may be unconstitutional – but the road to justice is long, clumsy and uncertain.
There isn’t much glory to be poured upon the Americans who are making Trump’s incipient authoritarian regime viable. From the Republican voters who reflexively voted for him because he was the nominee to the military volunteers who will fight any war he orders them to fight to the journalists who won’t hold his feet to the fire to the Congressional Democrats who limit their opposition to his nominees to asking a few questions, there is plenty of blame to go around.
Congressional Republicans say they want to repeal and replace Obamacare, aka the Affordable Care Act. However, they don’t seem to have any actual replacement plan. What will happen to patients? No one knows.
Major media outlets and members of both political parties keep saying that Russia hacked the 2016 elections, and that it’s an act of war that must not go unpunished. However, there still isn’t any solid evidence beyond the “overwhelming circumstantial evidence” cited by people who claim to have seen a classified CIA report.
As America prepares for the inauguration of a president many fear may be a fascist in waiting, those who oppose him are dragging their feet or indulging themselves in empty gestures like a protest march specifically designed not to disrupt. This probably won’t end well.
Hillary and Bill Clinton will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration. The next day, Democrats will protest Trump, but the Clintons won’t be there.
Hillary and Bill Clinton will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration. The next day, Democrats will protest Trump, but the Clintons won’t be there.
Behold, the worldview of the incoming Trump Administration and its acolytes, as seen through this parody of a legendary magazine cover illustration.
Democrats worry that Donald Trump will trash Barack Obama’s key achievements, like Obamacare. However, Obama’s aggressive foreign policy agenda is safe, and may be expanded, under Trump.
