Week 139 - Consolidation of Power

This is the longest week so far, and it felt  that way. The chaos of our lives has obfuscated the damage and extremes  under Trump, as each week blurs into the next week’s crises and  unprecedented actions. This week’s turmoil centered on Jeffrey Epstein’s  arrest and the resignation of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, the 13th  Cabinet member to depart the regime — next week there will certainly be  new plot lines to engage and exhaust the American people. This week the Democrats seemed to take a step  back, amid party infighting. Notably, the Trump regime continues to  successfully stonewall all the House efforts at accountability, and  seemingly Democratic leadership is taking a slight uptick in Trump  popularity as a rationale to back off in tone, while in actuality, the  lack of action by the Democrats has normalized the previously  unthinkable of accepting foreign help and obstructing justice. While the  country eagerly awaited Robert Mueller’s testimony on July 17, that too  evaporated and became a moving target. Trump careened from one rage to another this  week, but notably, he is largely getting his way. When things go against  him, he finds new ways to re-center and seize the narrative. His  central message of immigration continues to be front and center and Fox  News seized on the theme of “these are not our children” to dull the  news on conditions at detention centers, as deportation raids were set  to start. Trump continued to repeat his themes that the media is “the  enemy of the people,” that he will serve more than two terms, and that  Democrats are enabling millions of “illegal aliens” to vote — all  setting the stage for an unpredictable 2020 election. Read the full list here: https://theweeklylist.org/weekly-list/week-139/