General Discussion

To "faithfully execute the laws passed by Congress."

Nevertheless, this president has not only been withholding funds to punish his political opponents, he has been decimating agencies created by Congress -- such as USAID -- which is not within his Constitutional power.

It is up to Congress and the courts to assert their own powers and restore the checks & balances crafted by America's Founders to ensure what's happening now cannot happen.

But our Constitutional rule of law only works as long as good faith public servants uphold their sworn oaths to abide by it. Congress has the oversight authority and the power to remove a president for high crimes and misdemeanors, but the Republican majority House & Senate have, with rare exception, been doing the bidding of this president. The Justice Dept has become a tool of his vengeance, and the Supreme Court has given him full immunity from being prosecuted for crimes committed as "presidential acts."

Functionally, this country is being ruled by a dictator -- a vindictive malignant narcissist who is descending into madness, using his office to enrich himself, feed the bottomless pit of his ego, and punish his enemies.

While Republicans control both houses of Congress and ignore their own sworn oaths, there is very little Democrats can do about this. I agree they should hold a joint press conference over this latest outrage, but for more than a year now we have been barraged by one outrage after another.

This POtuS and his apparatchiks have been "flooding the zone with shit" to overwhelm the opposition, and to normalize what would have been unimaginable under any other administration.

To the 5 year old, I say: America is in deep doo-doo.