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Eugene Robinson asks a scary question
By teacherken
Thursday Dec 07, 2017 · 9:03 PM EST


in his Washington Post column for Friday, whose title is the question, What if Mueller catches Trump — and it isn’t enough?

Here are his opening two paragraphs:

We need to prepare for the eventuality that the Mueller probe catches President Trump, family members and associates red-handed — and Republicans in Congress refuse to do anything about it.

This is beginning to look like a possible or even probable outcome. With a cravenness matched only by its arrogance, the GOP is Trump’s party now. It no longer has any claim to be Lincoln’s.

And before I proceed on this line, let me add some relevant breaking news:

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And now I return to Robinson, to his final paragraph, which contains a stark warning:

The Trump presidency poses a challenge beyond politics or policy. Wrongheaded trickle-down tax policy is a matter of arithmetic; it can be corrected by moving numbers around a spreadsheet. But once corruption has become established, it takes herculean effort to root it out; once respect for the rule of law is lost, it takes generations to restore.

We are seeing a massive expansion of corruption. It is political to be sure. It is also financial, given the actions being taken in tax policy, in rolling back environmental protections, and so on.

It is becoming a truly frightening time on this 76th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

And as I finish, Rachel is telling people that the Judge in the Flynn case is now recused from the case, but we do not yet know why.