“[The presidential candidate] was vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily detected, and in his “ideas” almost idiotic, while his celebrated piety was that “of a traveling salesman for church furniture, and yet his more celebrated humor the sly cynicism of a country store. Certainly there was nothing exhilarating in the actual words of his speeches., nor anything convincing in his philosophy. His political platforms were only wings of a windmill…He would whirl arms, bang tables, glare from mad eyes, vomit Biblical wrath from a gaping mouth: but he would also coo like a nursing mother, beseech like an “aching lover, and in between tricks would coldly and almost contemptuously jab his crowds with figures and facts—figures and facts that were inescapable even when, as often happened, they were entirely incorrect.”—It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis.

Does the description above remind you of anyone? Does it conjure images of rallies where the phrase “America First” and “Make America Great Again” were often bellowed from an individual who promised his adoring fans that he would fix this nation and make it prosperous? The same person who convinced just enough feeble-minded individuals that “he’s on the side of the plain people, and against all the tight old political machines, and they’ll rouse the country for him as the Great Liberator (and meanwhile Big Business will just wink and sit tight!)” (Lewis) yet he is nothing more than a jealous, racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, homophobic narcissist who cares nothing about anyone except himself.

Does that description ring a bell for anyone?

We have entered the convergence of so many dystopian novel plots that the list would fill a page. Yet, nothing is being done of any substance to stop it. There is a foreign national running amok destroying our government at the request of this horrible individual and his supporters. Yet, we see the opposition simply standing at the doors of locked government buildings asking to be admitted rather than summoning law enforcement to forcibly open those doors and retaking these agencies on behalf of the people of this country.

There are those who say we need to trust our courts to uphold the Constitution. However, as strong as some of the lower-level courts are, the highest court in our country is under the auspices of people who support this administration. Additionally, by the time any lawsuits get to that court, as we know that there will be appeals, it may very well be too late to stop the carnage and destruction of our Democracy.

Isn’t it bad enough that the administration has stated that “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law” in echoing of another dictator emperor Napoleon Bonaparte?

Isn’t it bad enough that the Vice-President stated that “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power” which in violation of the United States Constitutions checks and balances?

We are living in a time when we the People need to stop sitting on our collective asses and start acting. Why are we not rioting in the streets like people in European countries do for lesser violations of law? When France wanted to raise the retirement age, people took to the streets in mass protests and walked out of their jobs halting the economy. The people are protesting currently in Serbia about government corruption as well as in Peru. Yet, here we are in the United States pretty much doing nothing except doom-scrolling on social media and reposting sometimes minor level gripes and bitch sessions about what is going on in our country.

Yes, there are planned protests for tomorrow and in the coming weeks, but nothing at the level of the Occupy or Black Lives Matter movements.

So, what the hell is wrong with us?

Do we not care? If so, then we are an embarrassment to our ancestors. This nation was founded on protest of what was seen as a government who refused to listen to its constituents. That protest became the American Revolution.

Are we too fearful of government retribution? I realize that we do have much to fear for there are those who are in our law enforcement and military communities who, while they took an oath to the U.S. Constitution, will likely support not the Constitution but their own political views instead. Yet, we need to do something if we value our freedoms and our democracy.

But, as many say, it’s only been a few weeks. So what? Look at the damage that has been done in just a few weeks.

• Thousands of workers laid off or fired on a whim.
• The stoppage of important health information even as we are in the midst of a few epidemics (Measles, bird flu, and tuberculosis)
• Immigrants being arrested, deported, or even sent to prisons in foreign nations.
• The threat to “buy” an entire nation and throw the people out to make a resort area on the Mediterranean.
• Our allies ignored or told to basically kick dirt while cozying up to dictators and far-right political groups.
• Tariffs raised against our largest trading partners, at least two of whom—Canada and Mexico—are our allies.
• Threats to undermine our actions that help millions of people in developing countries which not only help people live but also serve to hinder the rise of anti-American groups through our goodwill.
• Our private information being stolen by a foreign national in the name of reducing government spending.
• The erasure of laws that prohibit discrimination against people within our own country.

These are but a few of the damages done under this administration. But they are not finished unless WE the PEOPLE do something meaningful to STOP THEM!

A Congressman threatening impeachment is not sufficient as the same party that controls the Executive branch controls both houses of Congress and there are no members of that particular party who have the backbone to do anything to stop them. We have seen this as cabinet appointees are being approved because these same politicians fear having to run against someone in a primary, someone who will likely be bankrolled by the same foreign national who is helping to destroy our nation from within. (And who likely also had a hand in rigging the elections to begin with).

So, what are WE going to do?

Act or fall into the abyss?