Knock…Knock.
Who’s there?
FBI.
FBI who?
Federal bureau of investigating your criminal enterprise…Mr. 45.
And so on Monday, August 8, 2022 a search warrant was executed at the Florida home of former President Donald Trump. That move caught everyone, especially Donald and his family and minions, by total surprise.
He was not at home…which is probably a good thing given his need for theatrics. Imagine him being awakened at dawn, when such surprise searches most often occur, and the orange one not having time to get his hair and makeup applied before being ushered out on to his front lawn…for all the cameras, and the world, to see.
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We are witnessing either the recalibration of the democratic republic that this Nation was supposedly founded as; or we are watching the slow coup takeover of a fascist, authoritarian regime that is determined to put people “back in their places.” One of these is tenable and something that will cause us to grow and become better…ALL of Us.
The other option will be as destructive and, more than likely, deadly as the Civil War that we read about in many United States history books.
What we have finally come to face-to-face with is our Nation’s original sin, the enslavement of African people and their creating this nation’s wealth without pay, and the lies and backroom-deals that followed between those who would ALWAYS seek to have power. The border between the North and the South was of no real consequence. And those who were traitors in seeking to secede from the Nation in 1861 were NEVER punished for their actions.
Schools were named in their honor. Statues erected as a reminder. Stories told and books written about those who were standing up for the rights of States to decide who was to be free or not. Making today’s January 6 th events even more important. Chaos without consequences leads to more….CHAOS!
Donald Trump has, for the majority of his life, thumbed his nose at rules and consequences. His history is littered with broken promises and deals for which he was never held to account.He has felt untouchable.
The FBI has now touched him.
