Like so many other citizens across this great nation, I fear that we are witnessing in real time the fall of our democracy and the rise of fascism under Donald Trump. Our nation and civil society are now navigating unchartered and increasingly rough waters. The calamity of each passing day brings us closer to the event horizon. Most of us were raised to love this country, to think of it as mighty and immune from takeover or collapse. Forever enduring. History, however, is strewn with examples of fallen nations whose citizens believed the same.
The No Kings protests on October 18 provided a glimmer of hope that we can correct course and make our way back to the heart and soul of our democratic nation that was founded in the face of tyrannical British rule with the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Congress has essentially abdicated its responsibility to be a check on the executive branch. Our courts are struggling to pick up the slack and hold the line. Judges are increasingly being maligned, threatened, attacked, and defied. October 18 showed that We the People may be the ultimate check against rogue authoritarian rule.
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