No, the whole system found a new way to block it, so now Trump could say ‘Release the files!’ without worrying about it actually happening.

This way his thralls can point to him being ‘open and transparent’, and no evidence is ever released.

The grift never ends.

I love your optimism.

But at some point, you have to look around and say this isn’t business as usual anymore right?

Maybe we’re not there for you yet, but have you set up your own lines where you can say, once they’ve crossed that line, it’s not okay?

My lines were way back when he promised to chase down dangerous criminals, and they started rounding up day labourers. When they tried to pretend due process was unnecessary and undeserved by the people they didn’t like.

When they deployed military units in domestic cities under the completely bogus claims of emergencies.

Nothing they say is true, because the only thing they treat as true, is whatever is most expedient to them in any given moment.

There is no legal or traditional way of running the government that is safe from their perverting intentions.

Congressional approval is kind of a forgone conclusion at this point isn’t it?

I don’t trust any of the safeguards in place to hold. Some might. Some won’t. The ones that fail will be abused to a greater and greater extent as they test their limits.

If that is all they are doing, it’s to normalize their presence. Until it isn’t all they’re doing anymore.