Donald Trump’s indictment  for criminal behavior has no precedent in American history.  How could a functioning democracy choose such a man as President? There’s the rub.  Trump was not elected in a functioning democracy.  Ronald Reagan and a toxic Supreme Court signed its death warrant years ago—but indicting Trump might signal its resurrection. In his More

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