It is July 2nd, 2024.

48 days remain until the Democratic National Convention and 125 until Election Day.

But 248 years ago, today was a momentous event, the passage of the Lee Resolution, which called for the independence of the 13 British colonies that

became the United States of America.

This is the warning.

The birth of the United States overthrew the king.

Deeply embedded in the American tradition was the concept and the idea

that nobody, not even the president, was above the law. Richard Nixon famously said that

if the president does it, it can't be illegal. Well, President Nixon, wherever he may be,

is certainly feeling vindicated today today as the Supreme Court has laid out a roadmap for a president of the United States to assert power absolutely.

It is an extraordinary day in American history, the day the president became emperor or king or Caesar. Let me ask a question.

Is this an official act desecrating the Bible in front of St. John's Episcopal Church, the Church

of Presidents, after ordering a gas attack on the rectory inside Episcopal priests at worship, gassed, people beaten

outside the White House gates by federal police, without badges, without IDs, without name tags,

without any identifying markings whatsoever. This is Eric Prince, former Navy SEAL, CEO of Blackwater. Let's imagine this scenario.

The President of the United States, acting in his official capacity, invites Mr. Prince to join him

for a discussion in the Oval Office. And what he says is that here is a list of people who have dared to

speak out against me, who ran ads against me,

who opposed my candidacy, and as a matter of national security, I'd like them surveilled.

I'd like Blackwater to tap their phones. And maybe it escalates. Let's imagine that it does.

Let's say there's a journalist Trump doesn't

like or a former member of Congress like Liz Cheney or Adam Kitzinger. If the president says,

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