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A new phase awaits Trump

Donald Trump appears to be losing his vise grip on the Republican Party, which to my way of think portends a new phase in Trump’s term in the White House.

It well might mean — and I am not going to predict this will happen — that sooner or later Trump is going to realize he is just taking up space in the Oval Office … and he might just pack up and leave the people’s house for good.

The House of Reps voted 427 to 1 to call for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files that contain the names of many officials with apparent knowledge of the hideous conduct Epstein was engaged in with underage girls. Is there a more bipartisan vote than that?

Furthermore, we see the likes of Rep. Marjorie Taylore Greene, R-Ga., declaring she is divorcing herself from the MAGA movement, which she believes has strayed way too far into the weeds. She recently declared an end to the hateful rhetoric she has spouted and has taken a solemn vow to be more issues-oriented in her criticism of policies with which she disagrees.

For that, I salute her. She has taken a sharp turn away from the path being blazed by Trump.

I have vowed to avoid diagnosing Trump’s blathering, pretending to be able to detect dementia. But, damn! Dude keeps saying some really weird stuff that makes me scratch my own noggin, wondering if the guy’s got it all up there. There well might be others in a position to act if they, too, determine he is unfit to make command decisions.

The courts are standing firm against the autocratic tide that keeps sweeping against our government. Trump-appointed judges are realizing that their benefactor doesn’t know the law, doesn’t care to learn about the law and that he must be held accountable for his ignorance.

That’s a good sign that the Constitution is doing what the founders set it up to do.

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Why do they hang with this guy?

Men and women of good will, a deep faith in God, of conscience and commitment to public service all swear allegiance with the same oath of office.

They all pledge to serve the Constitution of the United States without fear or favor.

Why then — I have to ask — do so many of them stand behind a man who has become the embodiment the perversion that has overtaken so many men and women who get into public service? Donald Trump has become the antithesis of what we once called the better angels of our society.

His vengeance campaign against his political foes is beginning to make many of his Republican allies squeamish. The longer we watch the GOP leadership back away from their unconditional support for Trump, the more concern I feel for the very fabric of our democratic republic.

I stand behind my earlier assertion that the Constitution will hold up under this intense pressure. That it will show how well it works even as the president does all he can to undermine it. That doesn’t mean I will enjoy seeing the Constitution being stretched beyond recognition as it faces pressure from all three government branches.

Through it all, we have 535 members of two congressional chambers who take an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies. Too many of them don’t seem to realize that the founders implied strength for them by ensuring that their power matches that of Congress and the courts.

The sooner they snap out of their daze, the better for the nation.