The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is fast approaching. The present state of the USA demands a new declaration -- against Trump and Trumpism. The original declaration of 1776 blamed George III for the conflict. Much if not most of the blame in fact lay with Parliament, but focusing on the king made the argument for independence simpler: a free people versus a tyrant. The argument is much stronger today than in 1776. So, today let's KISS again.
The original Declaration of Independence, in the part few read today, listed a long series of "repeated injuries and usurpations" designed to establish "an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world."
The New Declaration of Independence from Trump and Trumpism, should contain a similar list of the injuries and usurpations he and his toadies have inflicted on the USA. I propose something like the following:
He has made enemies of all traditional allies and friends.
He has repeatedly violated the Constitution, the laws, and the legal system.
He has violated international norms of diplomacy and human
rights.
He has comforted the comfortable and afflicted the
afflicted.
He is destroying one of the strongest economies on earth.
He has violated the norms of human morality.
He has brought the USA into global contempt.
He has praised and assisted the enemies of human freedom, decency, and democracy.
He is a felon, guilty of bribery and rape, probably tax evasion, extortion, and other crimes.
He is destroying the fabric of American institutions, including the legal system and those designed to advance education, health, and the general welfare.
He has attacked and is attacking freedom of speech, opinion, and assembly.
He golfs while the country burns.
He is a convicted felon, rapist, tax cheat, fraudster, and pedophile.
Under his tyrannical rule, people are being deprived of their constitutional rights, arrested and imprisoned without cause, and sometimes killed.
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