The Downfall of Our Nation Threatens Right Before Our Eyes

  It is late. But, I consider the major, shocking news stories of our day, of mass shootings that grab our attention, and even of 9-11 and how the whole nation tuned in at once, shocked.
  I believe the news of the day should arouse us as much as most anything possibly could. I pick up one story: "Trump calls for all cases stemming from Mueller probe to be 'thrown out,' " reads the headline.
  Already reeling, I happen across another story. "Post-impeachment, Trump declares himself  'chief law enforcement officer' of America," screams The Washington Post headline.
   I shiver and I shake, I do. I'm amazed. I'm shocked.  A week ago, was it?, that we had the Roger Stone thing. We could see the markings of a dictator coming, but we couldn't imagine things would unfold as rapidly as this.
   Reads the first paragraph of the Washington Post story by Toluse Olorunnipa and Beth Reinhard:
   "During his Senate impeachment trial, Democrats repeatedly asserted that President Trump is 'not above the law.' But since his acquittal two weeks ago, analysts say, the president has taken a series of steps aimed at showing that, essentially, he is the law."
   Stop, and reflect on that, and on what a dictator is. If you make yourself the law, you make yourself   a dictator. There is no difference.
   "Trump defended his actions, saying he has the right to shape the country's legal systems as he sees fit," says the Washington Post story.
   What less is a dictator, than someone who completely controls the courts?
   And, we are not concerned with what is going on in our nation? The news of the day is but a blip in our thoughts?
   To me, the news is amazing. We see the nation falling apart in front of our eyes. We just rub our eyes in disbelief. Eternal vigilance? Whether we know for certain how far President Trump will go, and what this will lead to, we should see that what he has done today already has the markings of a dictator, and already has the markings of the fall of our nation. We should be pouring into the streets, alarmed and protesting. Evil unopposed leads you only to hell. The downfall of a nation comes quickly to those who see not the fall.