Fighting for Democracy

Trump's success can really be laid at the feet of a single failure in US Government: the existence of the Senate.

Every system we have is designed to be hands-off when it comes to Presidential authority. Why? Because imposing limits on the President is supposed to be the Senate's job. The House impeaches, the Senate convicts.

And the Senate is absurdly biased. A few thousand voters in Wyoming are valued over a few million voters in New York.

It was inevitable that the Senate would eventually be captured by minority rule, and that Senators would refuse to hold their guy accountable.

Which leaves the rest of government without a lot of options.

Increased opposition to AIPAC is a good thing.

AND.

There are many, many people who have figured out that if they swap in the word AIPAC or Zionist* where they used to say Soros or Globalist, they can get a lot of progressives to repeat antisemitic conspiracy nonsense.

Don't fall for it.

*Or "Satanic," for some reason.

Once again, we see the limits of Trump's view of power.

If you want to influence someone's decisions, they need to believe that you'll deliver an outcome they care about. Whether the outcome is a reward or a threat, that *belief* is power.

Now no one believes the US will abide by our commitments, and we're losing our ability to convince countries not to build nukes.

https://theconversation.com/going-nuclear-why-a-growing-number-of-washingtons-allies-are-eyeing-an-alternative-to-us-umbrella-275389