THIS Is The Case August 3, 2023August 2, 2023 Staging a coup is a serious crime even if it fails. It’s worse than paying someone to take your SATs or raping women or lying about hush money; worse than lying to banks or defrauding consumers or misusing a charitable foundation; worse than cheating on your taxes or bankrupting businesses (which is not illegal at all) or cheating at golf (also not illegal); worse than colluding with Russia or obstructing the investigation thereinto (1,000 former federal prosecutors of both parties say that one is massively illegal); worse than stealing top-secret documents, lying about having them, and refusing to give them back. This Is the Case, argues Tom Nichols in the Atlantic. This is the moment that will decide our future as a democracy. Trump is accused of multiple conspiracies against the United States, all designed to keep him in power against the will of the voters and in violation of the Constitution. . . . . . . Republicans now, more than ever, face a moment of truth. They must decide if they are partisans or patriots. They can no longer claim to be both. . . . The indictment handed down today challenges every American to put a shoulder to the wheel and defend our republic in every peaceful, legal, and civilized way they can. According to the charges . . . the alleged plot inside the White House was not merely to invalidate an election; it included the possibility of unleashing the American military against its own people. Worth reading in full. Then helping, if you can, with time or with treasure.