The Tyranny Begins Tomorrow
Background
Trump paid Russia to throw him the election. Since Obama saw this clearly, he made sure much evidence was hard to destroy. A Special Counsel was set up, amazingly, during the Trump Presidency, led by Robert Muller, which found a lot of evidence that Trump paid Russia to throw him the election. The report Muller filed, though, moved no one in the Country from where they stood, so the remedy Muller suggested, impeachment, went nowhere.
A quick aside. Trump did not provide cash to Russia to help him get elected. It was favors, specifically, as far as I can tell, a promise from Trump the he never insult or belittle Putin directly. Likewise, in our next act we will see that Trump doesn't directly offer cash to Ukraine. Instead, the payment is military aid. That is: Not funds to line Zelensky's pockets, but, instead, the continued survival of his people. But, back to our story.
Since The Muller Report went nowhere, Trump felt that he could get away with anything. He called up Ukrainian President Zelensky, who he knew might have dirt on his political rivals, and extorted him with the promise of military aid. This was in exchange for the announcement of an investigation of Hunter Biden, Vice President Joe Biden's son. That's on the second page of the transcript The Office of the President of the United States provided reporters because it was, “perfect.” I didn't read any more because the second page should be enough evidence for any American to conclude that this guy did something really wrong. This was the first of as many as 8 “smoking guns,” any of which were grounds for impeachment, all this in addition to paying the Russians to throw him the election. Obviously, though, Trump is perfect.
The Democrats took Trump's bait of the transcript. Here was something that they were forced to see as a clearly impeachable offense. They held hearings, subpoenaed witnesses who testified to further guns still smoking, passed Articles of Impeachment. President Trump for all of history will have the Scarlet Letter asterisk next to his name – * Impeached.
Still, that's nothing. Who cares. That will not save us. Continuing from here, we are still doomed.
When the Articles of Impeachment were finally transmitted to The Senate, they were a dead letter. Trump has fanatical support from 40% of our people. That minority will force the Majority Senate Republicans to vote for acquittal, even if they personally see guilt. The system has been rigged. The fix is in. There is nothing the masses can do about it. The Republic is over. When there is no recourse of action against a force bringing tyranny then democracy has failed so basically that is can never recover. Even the election forthcoming will not save us, as I will show.
During the trial, part of the Republican argument was that impeachment was overturning the results of a fair election. This is how we know the game is up. I have explained that Trump paid Russia to throw him that election, and has basically confessed that he tried to pay Ukraine to help him in the next one. The last election was hardly fair, the next will be less so. And he won't be removed from office now, so this will embolden him, maybe his play all along. Now he can do anything he wants to in order to throw the next election to himself. People think, at least enough of them, that we shouldn't impeach now since the election is just months away. But I state again, the next election will not be fair. We know what Trump's done already. We can expect he'll do more now, by an order of magnitude.
And just as another aside, fathom this once more, reader, for just a moment. With a very high degree of confidence, we can state that the next election in The United States of America will not be fair.
The Future
I've been trying to scream it now for over 3 years. Trump is an existential threat to the United States' system of government. We will not survive this. If he wins in 2020, he'll assume the Presidency for life, damned what The Constitution says. He's expressed his priorities clearly: Let the rich get as rich as they can, destroy the planet, cause as many poor people to die as possible, make anyone not-white, poor, extend this to anyone who tries to be brave enough to challenge him, bring the rest of the world under his Capitalistic sway, enforce adherence to his “greatness”, re-write The Constitution; the list of malfeasance is vast and growing. It is the end of liberal, leftest Democracy, the remaining light in this world, extinguished. Having come 75 years from WWII with an understanding that humans deserve to be treated with respect, we're back to, “Serve the State or be removed.” Humanity will never learn.
It may be worse if Trump's efforts to throw the election fail. He will claim that others threw the election towards the Democrats. Perhaps he will refuse to leave office. He's shown that he doesn't care what The Constitution says.
Even if he does go, what will the 40% fanatical supporters do? They have a hugely-disproportionate number of firearms. How do we avoid a second Civil War?
Tomorrow, January 31, 2020, may be the last chance to stop the end of civilization as we know it. Instead, though, a formal vote will be held denying the American people of their chance to hear more of the truth. This will lead to a quick acquittal, and the last attempt to save ourselves, squandered in partisan rancor. Trump will start his boast, that The Senate said he did nothing wrong. The Right will arm themselves further, the Left will cry ourselves to sleep, and the Country will accelerate its self towards political unsustainability. Only Trump the despot will remain.
If you're the type who roots for The United States no matter the circumstance, this Friday is a day for you, for “America Over All” moves markedly towards fruition. The tyranny begins tomorrow.