WHAT CAN WE DO?
President elect Trump takes over our government on January 20th. Smarter people than I have told you what to expect. What can we do in anticipation of the gathering storm?
Let me just address the promise of our future Attorney General, Pam Bondi. She has declared that her main objective will be to “prosecute the prosecutors.” Those persons will be prosecuted whether or not there is validity to any of the charges, which will most likely be “Trumped Up”. The most obvious first move would be to have Joe Biden stand up and pardon all persons on the Trump “Enemies” list, particularly people who worked for the Department of Justice. He may refuse to do this. Considering the tenor of the Supreme Court, even if President Biden stands up for decency, those pardons may not be sufficient. What then?
What about the Democratic National Committee creating a non-profit entity dedicated to providing attorneys for those charged by the Trump Department of Justice? These lawyers would defend the accused, file counterclaims for abuse of the legal process and file Bar claims against any abusive Bondi attorneys. Then there would be a campaign to publicize the court hearings and the abuses of the DOJ attorneys and any “friendly” judges. The entire expense can be funded by an insurance type of structure with each defendant paying a relatively modest amount down and the balance being raised by the Democratic National Committee, through a charitable entity, with tax deductible donations from the public. The defense attorneys would work for a discounted rate and for public recognition. Law students could do a lot of leg work. There would be no political profiteering. This would help protect innocent people who were just doing their job.
What about the Trump followers and Christian Nationalists’ desire to overthrow the concept of “separation of Church and State?” The United States Supreme Court has been trying to avoid the Constitution’s requirements and to endorse an exclusive official American religion, namely Christian Nationalism. American’s United is undertaking a huge task almost all by itself. They need help. They need to publicize the problem with a large team of speakers going to churches, radio stations, TV interviews, small town newspapers. They must have the political and economic help of Christian churches of different denominations and organizations who recognize the danger of forcing people to accept Christian Nationalism as the exclusive and official state religion. These people correctly believe that a person’s religious life should be exclusively through the home and the church, mosque or synagogue. What about enlisting the Mosques and the Synagogues to participate and to protest and to raise funds?
This problem has gotten into the schools. The litigation has already started in Oklahoma where the head of the department of education has purchased thousands of Trumps $60.00 bibles and has decreed, they be used in the enforced study and prayer by young students in the public school system. The Trump administration is going to issue school tuition vouchers for use in religious schools who allow only Christian Nationalist endorsed religious prayers and scriptures (the Trump $60.00 King James version of the New Testament bible) and who do not accept any persons of a different religion. No Koran. No Muslims. No Old Testament. No Jews. The Supreme Court has already given the Christian Nationalists a path to effect this type of religious discrimination by telling us that the vouchers are given to the parents, not to the schools. The parents may or may not use them to pay for an education of the parents’ approval. This way the schools can freely discriminate against all non-Christian Nationalists. This is another example of specious reasoning.
Oops! I forgot to remind Joe Biden that he has immunity and the pardon power. For goodness’ sake take a look at who Trump pardoned. His son in law’s father, Charles Kushner, for tax evasion and witness tampering. His campaign manager, Paul Manafort, foreign agent without registering, bank fraud, witness tampering. Steve Bannon for raising and keeping money for a private “Build the Wall” scheme. Roger Stone for lying to Congress. Seven republican congressmen for stealing campaign money. AND Trump evaded criminal charges with the help of the Supreme Court. Oh my dear President Joe Biden.. What are you waiting for? PARDON YOUR SON! He didn’t do anything that many people do all day long with no punishment. Jerry Ford even pardoned Nixon “for the good of the country.” Trump is getting off Scott free! Then, pardon everyone you think Trump will persecute and prosecute including Jack Smith, Liz Chaney, Fanni Willis, Kamela and her husband and Tim Walz, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, Chuck Schumer and all the senators and congress people who voted to impeach then President Trump. Joe- Don’t forget. Get Trump’s “Enemies List” and pardon everyone on it!! Joe- another thing– Remember to pardon all of the “Dreamers.”
Joe- Don’t be a typical Democrat and wait until it’s too late!