“As despots have done for centuries, he is persecuting people he considers his enemies, with little justification other than raw political power. It is reminiscent of the old royal notion “L’état, c’est moi”: I am the state.
“This country’s founders recognized precisely this danger. In the Declaration of Independence, they excoriated the British king for prosecuting Americans for “pretended offenses.” #NoKingsDay Oct18 #resist https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/opinion/comey-indictment-justice-department.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare