I hope the Democrats in the House of Representatives and elsewhere are planning way, way ahead. We literally have a sociopathic gangster in the White House. Our democracy is slowly dying by a 1000 paper cuts. We should be preparing contingency plans in case the Republicans and their allies successfully cripple our democracy because they are certainly laying the groundwork for all hell to break loose in the not too distant future.
Trump will believe he can do whatever the fu*k he wants once he's aquitted by the Republicans in the Senate along a party line vote. We are living in the most dangerous times since the civil war and most of us don't realize it. We have a mentally ill man in the White House who is gonna soon think he has God-like powers and he's gonna use them!
I'm a student of history. Back in the 1985 I attended a conference held by men and women in their 80's and 90's who were German anti-NAZI scholars and artists who survived Hitler. That means they were grown-ups BEFORE Hitler came to power. Hearing them speak was one of most intense experiences of my life.
The message was simple. They never thought the nightmare of the NAZI's could happen in Germany. Germany was a functioning democracy with immense universities going back centuries. This was the country of numerous giants: Bach, Goethe, Guttenberg, Einstein, Beethoven, Mozart, the great mystics Hildegard von Bigen and Meister Eckhart, Handel, Kant, Max Planck, inventors Karl Benz and Rudolph Diesel, actress Marlene Dietrich on and on and on. They were emphatic: "We never thought it (the NAZI rise to power) could happen in Germany!!! Next came a very emotional - and I mean very emotional message - DON'T EVER THINK WHAT HAPPENED IN GERMANY COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE (USA).
I will never forget the look on that man's face as long as I live. He was trying to convey with all his heart and soul for those of in the audience to wake-up and be eternally vigilant. And, not take anything for granted! Even though he delivered his message 34 years ago I never thought in a million years I would ever need to repeat it.
Once ALL the Republicans in the Senate - vote against Trump's conviction, what exactly is going to restrain Trump from thinking nobody can touch him? That he can do whatever the f*ck he wants? That there will never be any criminal penalties for his behavior?
This is three-dimensional chess. The good guys and gals better be thinking many moves ahead.
I guarantee you the Evil One in the White House and his minions don't give a sh*t about anything other than holding onto power! Think about what that means and make some plans in case the worst happens, someday, in the not too distant future. Some of us make plans in case of natural disaster. Now it's time to do the same in case our system of government is overthrown by the maniacs currently running the White House and Senate, and their allies.