My Fellow Patriots-
It’s a great honor to be here with all of my friends—so amazing + will NEVER FORGET!
I come to you today as a broken man.
The last few weeks have been exhausting. I'm being beaten down by wave after wave of news.
Each and every day.
We're less than 10% of the way through Donald Trump' administration.
Patience will be paramount.
The path will be long.
Don't think he will be easy to take down. Video after video, tape after tape, embarrassment after embarrassment, Trump has shown the ability to force the conversation along in the press.
He has shown a brilliant ability to evade normal social conventions based on the celebrity he has built. Remember a tape admitting sexual assault wasn't an important story-line within three weeks.
For all our insulting, for all our belittling, Trump remains a successful sociopath.
We watch shows like Elementary and Dexter, marveling at their manipulative and brilliant moves, winning each and every episode.
Trump does not care about anything but himself. However, he has intense personal boundary issues: meaning he considers 'his loved ones' as part of himself. When you are part of 'him' Trump will do anything and everything to ensure your success. Trump legitimately wants most everyone to be 'his loved ones': the desire for approval is the fundamental brainwave that overrides all.
In addition, everything is black and white; such that anyone and anything can be switched from black to white, dependent on his mood given the current reality.
If you are attacking him, you are the enemy. If you are with him, you are at his disposal.
He knows the power of addiction despite never trying drugs. The power of winning is all that gives him pleasure. It's about the game. The game.
Winning the game earns praise, money, power, sex, connections, and fame.
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And my dear Watson’... the game is afoot.
He committed the actions required to impeach him.
The game is impeachment.
And with all the money, celebrity, power, and connections he has accumulated, he will not go down without a fight.
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Will it happen and when?
Well, the pain caused by Trump will have to become more than the pain caused by impeaching him... ie. when it becomes politically profitable for them to abandon 'family' for personal survival.
This will require intense local pressure on each of your Representatives.
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Remember, Trump has most all the cards (most completely under his control):
(1) Rumored retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. If this were to happen, Trump would hold the key to completely remaking the Supreme Court into the tea party and social conservative' wet dream.
(2) The Special Prosecutor should limit the flow of new information/leaks.
(3) Multiple pieces of proposed far-right legislation that will allow his administration to play the RINO card for his failures, mid terming dissidents in 2018.
(4) Fox News/Brietbart/whole collection of media outlets
(5) Foreign Policy news (read that as you desire)
(6) The Bully Pulpit.
(7) The Pardon Card.
(*) … and on and on.
Republicans can't beat him at this game. He currently has cult-level approval by a large segment of the Republican party.
The pain has to become large enough to override the pain of a Republican Civil War.
Trump knows this. He knows he has a cult following. He will never lose those followers by an argument or reason.
If the RINOs in Congress start attacking Trump, then so be it: Republican Civil War.
As Erick Ericson said:
"Unfortunately, while I was wrong about my first concern, I am increasingly worried about the latter two. Trump's evangelical Christian supporters often told me that whether we liked Trump or not, we needed him to save the Supreme Court. My response remains that four years of Clinton appointing judges, while awful, would be nothing comparable with a generational wipe out of the GOP. Watergate may have turned Charles Colson from hatchet man to pastor, but the defense of President Trump is turning a lot of pastors into hatchet men. Few people come away from Trump' orbit without compromising their characters.
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And congressional Republicans increasingly find themselves in an impossible position: If they support the president, many Americans will believe they are neglecting their duty to hold him accountable. But if they do their duty, Trump' core supporters will attack them as betrayers - and then run primary candidates against them."
The Impeachment of Trump would split the Republican Party in two.
The land would turn bluish purple.
For certain Republican strategists who have decided that they would rather work indirectly with Russia than directly with the Democratic Party, this is the Nightmare.
This is the Nightmare talked about behind closed doors.
This is the Nightmare discussed when Kevin McCarthy states that Putin pays Trump.
This is the Nightmare discussed when former intelligence agents are reporting that "Trump will die in prison."
A Republican Civil War might be cheered by some here, but I'm deeply concerned about the well-being of our nation.
'Here's the Key Reality we need to face: a nation that can elect Donald Trump can't be trusted. That's changing how the world sees America.'
I worry about our place in the world with Donald Trump as our leader.
I worry about the nightmares Trump will stumble upon.
I worry about terrorist attacks emboldening our America First Executive Branch.
I worry about our Democracy, as it appears one of our countries parties is willing to jump off a cliff with Trump.
I worry about our children who are looking up to these men as our countries leaders.
I worry.
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John McCain' former Chief of Staff, Mark Salter: "The security of America might now depend on electing a Democratic Congress in 2018."
While I don't like the fact that there is dark money, you play the game by the current rules.
Where you at?
How hard could it be to tie each and every DCCC Republican target to Donald Trump right now?
Flood the airwaves.
Commercial after commercial. Buy the time.
These Representatives are aiding and abetting Donald Trump.
<fade in>
Donald Trump <Russia, Health Care, Budget, env, every horrible thing he does>
<insert local Republican> has enabled <crooked Trump> show two/three quick clips of pro-Trump remarks>
<insert local Republican> has voted with Donald Trump <100%> of the time
Did you vote for <local Republican> to be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump?
<insert pussy grab clip>
"Please tell your representative to stand up for America and break their loyalty oath to Trump.”
<fade out>
Flood the airwaves.
How hard is this?
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Adam Parkhomenko (former Hillary aide): "Trump, the president of the United States is compromised. We have a constitutional crisis. Congress needs to get off their asses."
Rep Cummings: "Paul Ryan has got to stop being an aider and abettor of Trump and start being a supporter of the USA."
Robert Reich: "Donald Trump poses a clear and present danger to American democracy."
Rep John Lewis: "I don't see Trump as a legitimate President' immediately after inauguration.
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Let us not forget that if and when we get President Trump out, we still have President Pence.
Impeaching and removing President Trump is important.
But that is like fixing up a man who jumps off a cliff.
Yes, the physical injuries might be fixed; at some point, Trump will be gone.
Then, all we need to do is ensure that he gets the mental health care he requires, so he doesn’t just jump off another cliff.
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The power of the people is something that cannot be forgotten.
It is in each of us.
We must accept the responsibility in the Now that we are going to make a difference.
That we are going to help be the change required.
We must not let this be the new normal.
We must fight with our every being.
As Diana Wagman said today:
"Spells, meditation, mindfulness, the oms I say in yoga, the prayers my Episcopalian family send my way -- I don't see any difference. It's the power of positive thinking, or it's like visualizing a job interview or a tennis match beforehand so it will go well. It's all about conviction, about concentrating and believing, with all your heart, that you can make a difference...
Sign a petition. Give $20 to Planned Parenthood. Pray for Mike Pence to realize that women don't exist just to temp him into an extramarital affair. Cast a spell so that the self-centered plans of a dangerous narcissist will fail."
My loving patriots, we must continue the fight.
While there will be pain and suffering, while the path will be long, I look forward to spending this time fighting alongside my loving neighbors of this United States.
Peace and love.
-Makr
