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Martin Eden

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2. To raise the bar, there must be standards and accountability. Here's my prediction:
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 10:56 AM
Yesterday

Democrats take the House, and begin multiple oversight hearings to expose the worst crimes of The Fascist Grifter's administration. This is the duty of Congress, absolutely necessary for accountability and upholding the rule of law.

The rightwing noise machine will howl that this is nothing more than a vindictive witch hunt, an abuse of power much worse than anything Trump did.

The "fair and balanced" mainstream media will go into he-said/she-said mode, advancing a false equivalency narrative while giving short shrift to the actual facts.

Meanwhile, Democrats will be held under a microscope. Allegations will receive much more attention than dismissal of charges.

The voting public will forget the horrors of Trump V2 just as they did Trump V1, then the techbro billionaires will back the next would-be dictator and the media will again fail in their duty to warn.

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