Without a Common Good There is No Mission

Caption of this picture, courtesy The Washington Post reads “Sen. Andy Kim (D-New Jersey) said he may oppose a government funding deal because of President Donald T****’s and Elon M***’s actions.” Screenshot by author, photo by Pete Kiehart.

The case for shutting down the government.

It is time for our elected representatives to act. No court will guarantee the government can function within the strictures of a coup.

As Trump’s marauding continues, America’s last defense is the federal courts. But the big story here (which hasn’t received nearly the attention it deserves) is that the Trump-Vance-Musk regime is ignoring the courts.

On Sunday, Vice President JD Vance declared that “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.” — Robert Reich, “The End of Law?”, February 10, 2025, substack.com (1)

No judge should be allowed to make that kind of decision. — T**** responding to “a federal judge temporarily blocking Musk and his team from accessing Americans’ records from Treasury Department computers…” Air Force One, February 9, 2025 (2)

Item: Congress has the authority of shutting down the government and declaring a Constitutional crisis.

A brief history of governmental impasse shows that Democrats have failed to organize as an opposition, arguing that appeasement is the best course for avoiding a government shut down.

Item: Voters are tired of ‘anti-T****-ism’ dominating the public agenda. Voters have responded by staying home.