Quote: “”There have been many institutional failures in Trump’s second presidency, starting with Congress’s refusal to defend its constitutional prerogatives. But none looms larger than the unraveling of federalism — ironically, led in part by Republican-controlled southern states.
This slow erosion of checks and balances is not tumbling down in one dramatic collapse; it is happening through a series of smaller surrenders, each one making the next easier.
The question remains: what does Trump hope to accomplish with this show of dominance over our nation’s flag officers and our largest cities? Increasingly, the answer is clear: he wants to intimidate and punish his political opponents and prepare to undermine future elections.
Every single day, Trump is normalizing the idea that the military and federal law enforcement are partisan tools rather than neutral institutions. That is how democracies die — not in one sweeping blow, but in a steady corrosion of norms until the public no longer remembers what healthy institutions look like.””
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