Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Everything but the Girl (1984).

We are only now beginning to see the extent of Barack Obama's lawlessness and thuggery.

She inherited her father's classlessness.

In 1998 Republicans gleefully impeached Bill Clinton for conduct which, while hardly honorable, presented no threat to the rule of law, to the integrity of the democratic election process, to the freedom of the press, or to the constitutionally defined separation of powers. His conduct invited no toxic foreign actors into the Oval Office and promoted no domestic cast of supporting characters who were devoted to self-interest above national interest. Today's Republicans, however, either enthusiastically support the current perversion of the Great American Experiment or lie supine before the Trumpist assault.

The last politician on the American political scene to claim for himself such powers and privileges as we are now witnessing and to express such contempt for the American political process and the majority of its citizens was King George III. Among other "injuries and usurpations" as the Declaration of Independence calls them, are listed in that same document the following grievances:

"He has obstructed the Administration of justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers."

"He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices and the amount and payment of their salaries."

"He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of land."

"He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us."

He has cut “off our Trade with all parts of the world."

He has employed tactics "for the sole purpose of fatiguing us into compliance."

The redress of these and other grievances is that to which the real life flesh and blood Founding Fathers pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honors. The language of the Declaration of Independence may seem quaint to the modern ear, and conditions, of course, are today much different. The aspirations and methods of kings and king-wannabes, however, remain distressingly similar over the centuries. It's time to get independent of the Trumpists, all of them.

— Anne Tangeman, Jasper, Ind.

Note from KBJ: Donald Trump has made America great again. That's what really burns Anne Tangeman's ass.

There is no political necessity to keep Canada in the new NAFTA deal. If we don’t make a fair deal for the U.S. after decades of abuse, Canada will be out. Congress should not interfere w/ these negotiations or I will simply terminate NAFTA entirely & we will be far better off…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018

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….Remember, NAFTA was one of the WORST Trade Deals ever made. The U.S. lost thousands of businesses and millions of jobs. We were far better off before NAFTA – should never have been signed. Even the Vat Tax was not accounted for. We make new deal or go back to pre-NAFTA!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018

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Here are highlights from Stage 7 of the Tour of Spain.

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