Trump, Floating Trial Balloons

TRUMP'S LATEST ATTACK on Harvard disgusts and outrages me, as it does all halfway intelligent defenders of democracy. From the outset I was fairly confident this odious abuse of executive power would be stayed by the relevant federal court, and I remain confident that it will be ruled illegal in curcuit and appellate courts, and, likely, SCOTUS. In executive orders, Trump is about one for one hundred and fifty, correct? His blatantly false and fatuous claims that the university has been fostering anti-Semitism, allowing hate speech, fostering an atmosphere of anger and violence, engaging in various and sundry nefarious activities including partnering with the commnist Chinese in advanced technological research. A good friend of mine, who is my minister as well as a retired tory attorney, says that Trump is merely floating legal (illegal) trial ballons. I tend to agree with him, only, I think the great demagogue fully expects the ballons to fly, and is willing to do pretty much whatever it takes to see that they indeed do. Buried deep within Trump's notorious big beautiful bogus bill are two provisions which further the cause of making the POTUS a dictator, and the United States an autocracy. It has passed the House, will pass the Senate, and will be signed into law by the beneficiary of its misguided provisions. The first essentially prohibits Congress or the courts from taking punitive action against the president for his or her arbitrary firings government workersand dismantling of agencies. The second divides the country into twelve smaller coountires by declaring that any ruling issuing from any of the twelve curcuit cours applies only to that part of the country over which said fed court judicially juidicously rules. This, although both these laws are, once again, of highly questionable constitutionality. Thus surges on the inexorable conservative movement to transform democratc republic America into fascist corporate state America. Apparently said conservative MAGAmovement has thus far failed to grasp the rather fundamental reality that there is no guarantee that the U.S. of A. won't, at some point in the remote unfathomable future, once again be governed by Democrats. Secular gay rights DEI socialism, one must bear in mind, can be implemented by groundswell movements, or, by executive decree. Hitler came to power because a sufficient number of far right wing extremists believed that far right wing extremism was the only reasonable option, and that it could just as easy, and probably more easily, be implemented by dictatorial fascism than by democracy, and might as well be. Trump will continue to "push the envelope", to find out just how close he can ever get to becoming the first dictator of these United States. If things don't start to shape up for him before the '26 midterms, it'll be because of the federal court system,and five'll get you ten that legislation will be introduced in to Congress to drastically curtail the power of the federal judiciary. The current Congres would be wuite willing and able, albeit but barely, to pass any laws it thinks thinks will insulate Trup against not only the federal courts, but itself as well, sickeningly. If current trends in polling adhere, Trump will have no further opportunity to assume the dictatorship after the midterms next year, so, he must act soon, and you can bet your bottom dollar he will. The extent and degree to which we the American people resist this will be strongly indicative of our political will, belief in democracy, and moral character. So is our current behavior similarly indicative. Early indications are not favorable.