It is easy in the United States today to place all the blame for our current demise of democracy squarely on Donald J. Trump’s shoulders; however, the Republican-dominated U.S. Senate and U.S. House are equally to blame now because both houses of Congress have supported every single thing Trump has done.

But to blame Trump and the U.S. Congress would be the easy way out.

You Voted or You Didn’t Bother to Vote

The American people voted. They elected Trump. In the 50 states, they elected the 100 U.S. Senators for staggered six-year terms. (One-third of the Senators are elected every two years.) In the 435 Congressional districts, they elected the 435 members of the House of Representatives last November. (They serve two-year terms.)

The American people voted for this, either by casting a vote last November or by not casting a vote last November.

This is on us, y’all.

Us.

The American people: those who either through a place of hate or through ignorance, voted for Trump and Republican Senators and Representatives AND those who were too lazy to cast a vote so they let those who did vote decide my future and yours.

If you voted for Trump and any other Republican, you are complicit. If you did not vote, you are complicit. You relinquished your vote and gave it to your crazy neighbor.

Perhaps you thought “my one vote won’t matter.” People have died to give YOU the right to vote. Don’t EVER take your right to vote for granted.

I say all this to get your attention so I can tell you how the way you voted or the fact that you didn’t bother to vote last November has real world ramifications.

Here’s One Example of Real-World Ramifications

The Trump Regime took control of the Smithsonian Institution in March. Trump claimed that some exhibits were “woke” and, in some instances, showed that the United States is not a perfect country.

Taking books off public school library shelves is not enough for Trump and his ilk. They are actively re-writing history. 

The Removal of Trump’s Two Impeachments

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has now removed Trump’s name from the list of four U.S. Presidents who have been impeached. The reason? For aesthetic reasons. Museum officials say his name will be included in the list when the exhibit is redone.

Trump is the only U.S. President to have been impeached twice, but according to the Smithsonian Institution in August 2025, Trump was never impeached at all.

Let that sink in, my fellow Americans.

My Two Questions

If someone who lived in Germany in the 1920s through the 1940s were here today, I would ask them the following question: Does this behavior sound familiar to you?

If you live in the United States of America today, I ask you the following question: How can we make it stop, since we have elected a complicit U.S. Congress?

Just to be clear

Donald J. Trump was impeached on December 18, 2019, on grounds of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Donald J. Trump was impeached a second time on January 13, 2021, on grounds of inciting an insurrection.

But nothing happened to Trump. Nothing.

Trump ran for President again in 2024 and was elected to a second four-year term beginning January 20, 2025.

Trump signed an Executive Ordered called “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” on March 27, 2025, in which he directed Vice President J.D. Vance to “remove improper ideology” from every place under the Smithsonian Institution — the museums, research centers, and the National Zoo.

I Have Two More Questions

Don’t you just hate it when the National Zoo includes “woke left-wing radical lunatic” animals?

And don’t you just hate it when the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History tells you the truth?

Next up?

We’ll probably get a new and improved jobs report for the month of July. Trump didn’t like the one issued by Erika McEntarfer, head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, so he fired her. A clear case of “shoot the messenger.”

Janet