Historian Timothy Snyder: Trump running US foreign policy 'as though he were an organized criminal'

Criminality and highway robbery are the only ways the US has the ghost of a chance of servicing its debt obligations. Setting aside the gross immorality and institutional panic for a moment, it NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD that historians never foot the bill. The Executive does. And the Legislature is the REAL CRIME FAMILY here. They are the ones blocking legislation that would allow the Executive to tax the rich, and enact minimum wage legislation, and work proactively to make American enterprise more competitive, and therefore more consequential.

The root of corruption in American politics is not simply the presence of large sums of money flowing into electoral campaigns, but rather the systematic legalization of that influence through the entrenched institution of lobbying. While public outrage often focuses on the headline-grabbing figures spent by Super PACs and wealthy donors during election cycles, this perspective overlooks the more insidious and permanent mechanism at play: a regulated industry where corporate interests and special interest groups can legally purchase direct access to legislators and shape policy long after the votes have been counted. Lobbying operates as a sanctioned form of pay-to-play politics, where well-funded entities hire former government officials and skilled advocates to draft legislation, secure favorable regulations, and block public-interest initiatives, effectively creating a parallel legislative process that serves private gain over the common good. By embedding these practices within the legal framework, the system transforms what would be considered bribery or undue influence in any other context into a routine, tax-deductible business expense, thereby institutionalizing inequality and ensuring that the voices of the affluent are amplified far beyond those of ordinary citizens who lack the resources to hire such representation.

There is zero chance I’ll ever vote for a democrat again. They are traitors to regular Americans and love getting illegals on the dole for which the taxpayer foots the bill. It’s irrelevant what Trump is doing or how he behaves. What is extremely clear is that democrats want to end the constitutional republic