September 23, 2017
Last night we were once again forced to confront the dispiriting reality that our country has elected a President with utter contempt for the Constitution he took an oath to uphold. Trump yearns for the ability to punish those who insist on exercising their Constitutional rights and refuse to slavishly indulge in empty, jingoistic rituals. In the midst of a bizarre rally in support of embattled Republican Alabama Senator, Luther Strange, Trump ranted that if any football players had the gall to protest during the National Anthem, his buddies, the team owners, should “get that son of a bitch off the field,” and fire him. After eight months, we can hardly pretend to be shocked, since this diatribe is consistent with his administration’s posture that people of color are not entitled to equal protection under the law. Every appointment and executive order, from rescinding DACA to the Muslim Ban, is designed to codify that view. Continue reading “Keep your eye on the ball”