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Carrie's Wall

Carrie's Wall from Homeland
Lot's of people watch Homeland. CIA agents battling for truth, and sometimes against each other, trying to keep our nation safe. One of the most fascinating and eye catching symbols was the wall of clues that Carrie kept to try and sort things out.

So how big a wall would we need to track what's going on with Trump?

Yesterday always seems like a week or two ago these days. Information flows like it's shooting out of a fire hose. One recent change is that Trump Tweets have stopped, for now. It won't last.

Spilling intelligence secrets directly to the Russian Ambassador and Foreign Minister used to be the kind of story that would last a week or more. Not a chance. The New York Times story on Comey's memo turned the tables in a heartbeat.

The Republican stonewall in Congress has developed a few cracks now. Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania said that things are moving towards an independent investigation. Sen John McCain said “We’ve seen this movie before. I think it’s reaching the point where it’s of Watergate size and scale and a couple of other scandals that you and I have seen." Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska are calling for a special prosecutor or independent commission.

Ever since the election, Republican party leadership and virtually the entire party base of voters have stood behind Trump and ignored the torrent of information. It was all just "crazy liberals." They ignored their own eyes and ears, because the only unforgivable sin in Washington is giving up power.
Maybe they need a little advice:
Above all I would teach him to tell the truth. Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have one thing in common: Every single one was a liar. - J. Edgar Hoover 

It's a rare day when some truth ever passes Trump's lips. Not from his first days on the campaign trail through today can he resist lying about anything and everything to pump up his immense and fragile ego. Not one person can truly claim to be surprised. Every other Republican candidate called out Trump's lies and unfitness for office. No one can claim they were not warned. Yet 62,939,636 Americans voted for Trump, 46.1% of the total, and he won.

The polls say that some 87% of those voters still unequivocally support Trump. If the desire for a strongman and liar is that large among our population, our future as a democracy is indeed bleak.

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