From sea to sea Trump's champions plead guilty after charging 'witch hunt'

Rep. Chris Collins (R. NY) was Trump's first House supporter for the presidency. He pleaded guilty recently to charges of insider trading after first calling the charges a witch hunt. Collins resigned from Congress.

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R. CA) was Trump's second House supporter for the presidency. He just pleaded guilty to essentially stealing a quarter million in campaign funds for personal use after first calling the charges a witch hunt. Hunter's resignation is imminent.

Sure is a novel way for the president to 'drain the swamp'.

Dems face Four Horsemen of the American Apocalypse

Trump, an unfit, bullying, insecure, narcissist, rage filled, lying con man became president in 2016 in the unlikeliest US presidential win ever. Historians and pundits will be debating that outcome for years, pondering reasons that include Hillary, DNC, Russians, Wiki Leaks, Electoral College, vote fraud, misogyny, apathy, among others. Though a non-theist, I look to the Bible for insight. The Book of Revelations tells us about Death, Famine, War, Conquest: the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. I see a 21st century version in the 62,984,825 Trump voters and their enabler Donald J. Trump.

First Horseman is Fear, be it that of Muslims, refugees, socialism; even a black man becoming president, whom we were told, wasn't even a true, naive born American. Riding up second is Hate, the outlet for all that Fear that lurks within us all just waiting for a malevolent, charismatic figure to exploit. Alongside Fear and Hate, comes Ignorance, the lack of real knowledge that keeps the fearful and hateful in line for a corrupt leader to accomplish nefarious ends. Trailing the pack, should all else fail, is Denial, the Horseman who looks at evil but refuses to see; refuses to act.

The modern day Four Horsemen are present at times in us all. But never in American history has a major presidential aspirant based his entire quest on unleashing them to govern, not all 327 million of us, but merely the 63 million who saddled up for the ride to a degraded, cruel, perverted version of the noble American experiment.

This represents a daunting challenge for whomever of the 16 remaining Democratic candidates becomes the Standard Bearer in Milwaukee next July….how to get enough of those 63 million riders of Fear, Hate, Ignorance and Denial to dismount from following the Four Horsemen of the American Apocalypse over the cliff to a courser, poorer, meaner nation.

The poor decision and misjudgment I wish CPD Chief Johnson would have acknowledged.

I'm glad fired Chicago Police Chief Eddie Johnson publicly acknowledged his poor decision and misjudgment for his drinking escapade October 16 that led to his shocking firing by Mayor Lightfoot. But I'd prefer if he had publicly regretted his action five years ago in the Laquan McDonald murder by now imprisoned police officer Jason Van Dyke. Just two weeks after the shooting, Johnson, as Deputy Chief of Patrol, sat in a meeting with top police officials and watched the horrific Van Dyke shootdown of knife wielding McDonald who posed no imminent threat to anyone, police or civilian. Johnson said and did nothing to counter police officials' verdict that the shooting was justified. Then Johnson got the Police Chief's job when Chief Gerry McCarthy was fired by Mayor Emmanuel, in part for his role in covering up the unjustified killing. We didn't learn that Johnson was in that critical meeting till just shortly before his October 16 personal problem which prompted his firing. He avoided ever mentioning his role in the McDonald coverup, stating he "never said and never thought the shooting was justified. What I will say today (October 11, 2019) is that the incident was clearly a tragedy." Yes it certainly was a tragedy and sadly its pain and suffering on all Chicago was extended three or four unnecessary years because high ranking officials like Johnson, saw no murder and spoke no murder, when they most certainly should have.