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Mon Oct 27, 2025, 05:06 PM Monday

Michael Cohen - America's Democracy Meets A Wrecking Ball

Before you even had time to blink, the East Wing of the White House was gone. Not “renovated,” not “temporarily closed.” Gone—bulldozed in the middle of the night, the way despots erase inconvenient symbols of restraint. And America? We just watched it happen. Shrugged. Maybe posted a meme about it. Because that’s what we do now: document our own decline in real time.

Trump has turned the presidency into demolition theater and the country into his personal reality show set. He swings a wrecking ball every morning, and no one—no one—has the guts to grab the chain.

Look around. Military units deployed in American cities—Chicago, Portland, New York, Los Angeles—like we’re living in a banana republic with better branding. The justification? “Restoring order.” The reality? A president using the armed forces to crush dissent, intimidate the press, and flex his power before an election year. And here’s the kicker: people are taking to the streets. They’re marching. They’re shouting. They’re demanding accountability. And still, no one stops him. The system that’s supposed to check him—Congress, the courts, his own Cabinet—just nods along, as if this is fine, as if this is normal.

It’s not fine. It’s not normal. It’s madness.

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/americas-democracy-meets-a-wrecking

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