The 2024 elections and beyond--Examining and applying the lessons we've learned from our history

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https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-2024-elections-and-beyond-americans.html

The power in a constitutional democracy is "we the people." And it rests in the ballot box. If we really care about this, we need to figure out a way to activate the large segment of our population that doesn't participate, convince them that their rights are in danger, and get them to the polls. Voter turnout among registered Democrats in most red states in the midterms wasn't good, because all of the money and momentum goes to the battlegrounds. We need a real surge in support. And while I hate cliches, that will take some outside of the box thinking, some risks, and some courage.

Trump has to fall. It's long past time for him to suffer the consequences of his actions. The Manhattan indictment and the E. Jean Carroll rape trial are sideshows. It is time to bring multiple indictments for the sedition and rebellion against the United States that he committed on January 6, 2021, and for the document scandal at Mar-a-Lago. I've heard all the excuses and all the arguments, and I also know that powerful people can do powerful things. Trump needs to be indicted, and he needs to get a speedy trial and a quick conviction and a judge who sticks his finger in his face, and wishes him well on his way to hell.

This, too, is the power of the people. No more dithering and dinking around with possibilities and probabilities at the DOJ. Garland must act now. The indictments must rain down and the trials must be on the docket in time for the summer re-run season. We must push for this, we must protest for it, we must demand it. It is already beyond ridiculous that he has announced a presidential campaign while hundreds of the minions who followed his orders on January 6th are in prison or are headed there. The news media is going to sit around, watch it happen, comment on it and let it happen. We, the people, must use the means our democracy and constitution provide to us, staying true to our ideals, and defending our freedom before it is too late, and it is lost.