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When Wordsmiths Fail

3 min readFeb 23, 2026

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I saw this on Facebook earlier today:

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two social media posts, one from Trump threatening Netflix over Susan Rice, and another from Brian Krassenstein asking whether Republicans are okay with that
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This is a recurring theme. Each new outrage brings out more pundits wondering when the MAGA-owned GOP, or the Congress the MAGA-owned GOP controls, or the courts full of judges confirmed by the Congress the MAGA-owned GOP controls, will arise from their decade-long slumber, remind our most lawless administration yet that there are Laws and Rules, and force them to stop?

At what point, I wonder, do pundits stop asking that? At this point, that question is like leaving the theater and wondering how the Storm Troopers are okay with what happened to Alderaan.

The GOP has nominated Trump for President three times and elected him twice. They changed their party platform to “whatever Trump says”. MAGA Republicans have relentlessly hounded the opposition in what is openly Trump’s party into silence, submission, or compliance.

We’ve watched “never-Trumpers” like Vance and Rubio become his most loyal lapdogs. We’ve seen him purge the federal bureuacracy and demand personal loyalty from every appointee. We’ve seen him sideline the Congress controlled by his own party so he can rule by fiat.

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