How do you define a better game than the one being played now, once it has been forced to end? It turns out the Framers of the Constitution had a pretty good notion of that.
We’ve had our attention fixed on the idea of “Stop Trump and his Nazis” for about 10 years now. November 3rd is the day he and his crew fear the most because it is the first step in that actually happening.
But rest assured, if all voters do the right thing and ignore the polls and actually vote his supporters out, the fight will be far from over. The MAGA horde, though diminished, will not be silent, far from it. The hard code loonies that have fervently loved Trump’s destruction will cry foul and everything else they can think of. There will be threats of everything from martial law to refusals to seat the new Congress. And of course the loudest voice will the wannabe dictator himself.
Once we get through all this noise to January of 2027 and get the new Congress seated the game changes. But have we given any thought to what that game should be or look like?
Here are a few suggestions:
Impeachments
Impeachments should be one of the first items on the new Congressional agenda. We have an Executive Branch that is so rife with corruption it takes too long to list all the examples. The list of people who should be immediately impeached and removed actually grows every day. Here is a short list:
- Donald Trump
- JD Vance
- Todd Blanche
- Kash Patel
- Russell Vought
- Markwayne Mullin
- Pete Hegseth
- Sam Alito
- Clarence Thomas
- John Roberts
- Scott Bessent
- Marco Rubio
I’m sure I have missed a few. And to make certain there is no reasonableness about this, the new leadership of both Houses of Congress should be comprised of the fiercest possible advocates for the Constitution and the separation of powers that it delineates.
In case anyone fails to notice, impeaching and removing both Trump and Vance would trigger the Office of President to pass to the Speaker of the House as Acting President. So it is incumbent on the new Congress to elect a member to the Speaker position worthy of this leadership—and then have a worth replacement in the wings because he or she would be required to resign from Congress. One thing is certain, we have been saddled with a Constitutional restoration crisis beyond anything imagined in the past 250 years of our history.
DOJ Restoration
The Department of Justice, originally established to combat the racist terrorism of the KKK and white supremacy, has to be restored to the function. Trump has converted it to activities of racism enforcement with this anti-woke rhetoric and the enthusiastic support of Patel and Blanche and past sycophants.
The wisest choice of a new Attorney General would obviously be Jack Smith. Unhampered by the timid limitations of his former boss, Merrick Garland, Smith can begin the massive round of prosecutions of the rampant corruption of the second Trump reign.
One of the most pleasing thoughts is the idea of Trump, his family and cronies being prosecuted under the RICO acts and stripping them of all the ill-gotten wealth they have stolen over the years. That and the treason trials for his collaboration with Putin and executing his criminal agenda in broad daylight.
ICC
It would be wise for the United States to finally become a signatory to the International Criminal Court. Once done with all the prosecutions of Trump, Hegseth and others, they and Steven Miller could simply be turned over to the ICC for prosecution of their crimes against humanity: extrajudicial murders, cruel deportation practices, general violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to which the US is a signatory.
Trump is actually afraid of this possibility as evidenced by his attacks on the court and sanctioning all the judges.
A New Game
It is a well known fact to people who actually do know something about managing large groups, rather than fattening their personal wallets, that groups need purpose and focus—a game if you will. Once a game has ended, a new one rather quickly needs to come into play. This is especially true when the game has been stopping accelerating destruction of the Constitutional order of the United States.
The pervading game of the Trump era has been to suck as much money out of the system and increase the wealth of not only himself but his most loyal backers—and make no mistake, these guys have been in it for the money. This is a historical thing. We saw it with Hitler, Orbán and Putin. Who wants to bet that Trump’s recent diesel fuel deal with Putin includes some under-the-table kickback for himself?
You can only steal so much before it snaps back. The fact that the United States is the world’s largest economy has meant nothing to Trump other than it is the deepest trough for his to feed from.
How do you define a better game than the one being played now, once it has been forced to end? It turns out the Framers of the Constitution had a pretty good notion of that in the Preamble:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The rest of the Constitution lays out the structure of how this Preamble is to be accomplished. Nowadays we would call this an “executive summary” or “mission statement.”
Personally I think this is a pretty good guide. On a more granular level, undoing every step of Project 2025 would be a minimal requirement for the new Congress next year. That document was nothing but a roadmap for the destruction of our Constitutional structure. And since it was in itself an insurrection, all those who participated in its enactment should be barred from ever holding office of any kind ever again—so says Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
It was already a violation of that Amendment for Trump to be in the White House in the first place. Thus the addition of Roberts, Alito and Thomas to the impeachment list, as they allowed him on the ballot despite a 14th Amendment challenge.
Building Is Harder than Destroying
There is no question that it takes longer to build something than it does to take a wrecking ball to it. So it should be no surprise that rebuilding after Trump will be a LOT of work. We need to get to a post-Trump era as fast as possible. And a November 3rd Democratic tsunami is just a good start. The real work begins November 4th. Getting a 2/3 majority in both Houses of Congress would be a stunning beginning.
In closing, I see a lot of posts nowadays about how polls don’t mean anything. That’s true. Polls are what they are, circle jerks of opinions. What matters—all that matters—is showing up and voting, no matter the intimidation or threat, no matter the wait, no matter the inconvenience. The stakes are only whether we will continue to have a Constitution or a dictatorship, nothing more.
Marty Kassowitz is co-founder of Factkeepers. As founder of Interest Factory and View360, he brings more than 30 years experience in effective online communications, social media management, and platform development to the site. He is a writer, designer, editor and long time observer of the ill-logic demonstrated by too many members of the species known as Mankind. After a long history of somewhat private commentary on a subject he totally hates: politics, Marty was encouraged to build this site and put up his own analyses as well as curate relevant content from other sources.
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