The Confederates have always been Confederates. In recent years, the trump years, they have proudly displayed their flags on their homes and automobiles. They want everyone to know exactly who and what they are.

Lying, cheating, and stealing are not only acceptable, they are encouraged by the hierarchy in the Republican Party. If you want to win, go ahead and play dirty and concoct strategies that ensure it.

The will of We The People matters little to those who care primarily about their own pers…

I wasn't going to go there, but your context darn well brings in Texas/Abbot's secession declaration about the Border. (never mind the Supreme Court affirming that it's Federal jurisdiction under the Constitution.) Rachel Maddow has been drawing attention to historical precedent for current events, and, sez me, Biden needs to call Abbot's bluff and come down hard with a new "JUNETEENTH." The Marines sailed into Galveston Harbor June 19, 1865, and General Gordon Granger literally read the Emanci…