Michael Cohen - Red, White, Bruised... But Still Ours

Today is the Fourth of July; America’s birthday. Fireworks crackle overhead, flags flap on front porches, and kids run around in red-white-and-blue t-shirts bought last-minute from Target. On the surface, it’s all very normal. Very patriotic. But beneath the sparklers and barbecue smoke lies a cold, hard truth: this year, Independence Day feels different. It feels heavier. Not because we’ve stopped loving this country, but because, for the first time in generations, many of us are unsure if the country still loves us back.

We’re six months into Donald Trump’s second presidency, and let’s just say the fireworks started long before July. From Day One, it’s been chaos on overdrive. Executive orders signed in bulk, agencies gutted, allies alienated, loyalty demanded—not to the Constitution, but to him. This isn’t speculation. It’s fact. I watched it happen the first time. I warned it would happen again. And now we’re all living it.

The Department of Justice has been transformed into his personal grievance machine. Journalists are under threat. Protesters branded “domestic enemies.” Political opponents are being audited, investigated, and—if he has his way—jailed. And the Supreme Court, now a monument to Trump’s judicial puppetry, delivered the final blow: a ruling that grants presidents near-total immunity for anything done under the banner of “official duties.”

Let me translate: If a president assassinates a rival, orders mass surveillance, or rounds up immigrants for indefinite detention—it’s all fair game. That’s not the law. That’s monarchy. Wrapped in robes and rationalized in footnotes.

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