By flooding US cities with aggressive forces, our President may create enough disruption to cancel the midterm elections under emergency authorization. He has not only said he might do this but has recently requested additional Billions for these forces.
According to former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, we are in a complete dictatorship. Deceit, bribery and coercion have removed all restraints on Presidential power.
This may also be attributed to Citizens United, however. With the 2010 Supreme Court ruling, entities can anonymously donate any amount they wish to political campaigns.
Thus In order to compete with Republicans who openly legislate for big business, Democrats rely on Citizens United and do what their donors decree. Unfortunately, these donors usually ignore the poor, sick or otherwise disadvantaged, public safety, infrastructure and the environment.
In 2016, even though her liberal competitor, Bernie Sanders, won the Democratic Primary in every WV county, Hilary Clinton was nominated WV Democratic presidential candidate.
Though polling showed that Bernie was the only candidate who could beat Trump, the donors didn’t want him. So ongoing disgust with establishment politicians gave us Trump.
People, nevertheless, have real power. If like me you are concerned for American democracy or just for preserving the midterm elections, please write or call Congress (Switchboard: 202 224 3121), inform friends, join rallies, start groups and UNITE! This is a true emergency.
Barbara Daniels
Morgantown, WV