Stay on Target

TRUMP HAS GIVEN US A BLIZZARD of issues: Meals on Wheels, Twitter diplomacy with China (so much for Hillary's emails :-) ), take healthcare coverage away from millions, etc.

And they are all important - in some cases life or death - to someone.

But I am striving mightily to stay focused on national security.

1. The Russian attack on our elections must be thoroughly investigated whether or not Trump's team "colluded" (for which, as of today, there is no HARD evidence but a bunch of circumstantial evidence).

Special attention should be given to Michael Flynn who was sitting in our our country's most sensitive security briefing while serving as a Turkish foreign agent. Did Trump not know? Or did Trump not care?

2. Trump's attempt to brand and monopolize truth, delegitimizing democratic sources of truth such as a free press, an independent judiciary, an independent civil service, and scientific consensus  despite almost all statements coming out of the White House being demonstrably false.

And now his disconnect from reality is causing him to lose credibility with both HIS OWN PARTY in Congress and allies such as Britain and Germany.

3. Trump's violation of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution, making him eligible for impeachment from the day he was inaugurated.

I would HATE to lose healthcare, NPR, Meals on Wheels, retraining efforts in Appalachia, Planned Parenthood, etc., but - for me - IMPEACHMENT OR TRUMP'S RESIGNATION COMES FIRST.

I can use all the political tools available to me as a United States citizen to resist a President Pence / Paul Ryan policy war on the citizenry 

But, as I've said for some time (a year, I believe), Trump is an existential threat to American security and democracy.