"The Founders Did Not Want a King"
Veteran political writer Mark Z. Barabak breaks down the early weeks of Trump Administration, from Elon and the oligarchs to the disaster relief and January 6 pardon scandals.
In five decades of covering politics and government, Mark Barabak has seen a lot of presidential storms and scandals, from Iran-Contra and Monica Lewinsky to Benghazi and fake weapons of mass destruction.
He’s never seen anything like the first three weeks of the second Trump Administration.
Trump’s unprecedented effort to seize power and overrun institutional checks and balances by treating with contempt the Constitution (jettisoning birthright citizenship), the separation of powers (freezing congressionally-approved funding), and an independent Department of Justice (firing agents and lawyers assigned to work on federal indictments Trump evaded) followed immediately his infamous, shameful and repugnant pardons for 1,600 criminals convicted in the violence by which he tried to overturn the 2020 election.
“The Founders did not want a king on U.S. soil,” the L.A. Times star columnist told Newsmakers this week.
In a one-on-one conversation. Barabak provided insider and historic perspective on the spectacle of tech bro billionaires groveling before Trump, the effort to hold victims of the L.A. fires hostage in a dispute over federal disaster relief, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political tightrope act, and multiple MAGA policies the reality show host president is trying to force feed the country, using billionaire buffoon boy Elon Musk as his front-line weapon.
“They’re following Project 2025 to a “T” he said.
Plus: Mark and the genial host recall a long-ago awkward hotel encounter with the late Dianne Feinstein.
It’s all here, right now, on Newsmakers TV.
Check out our conversation with Mark Z. Barabak via YouTube below or by clicking through this link. The podcast is on Soundcloud here, and available on Spotify, Apple and other platforms. TVSB, Channel 17, airs the show every weeknight at 8 p.m. and at 9 a.m. on weekends. KCSB, 91.9 FM, broadcasts the program at 5:30 p.m. on weekends.
Image: Elon and Zuck crash the Constitutional Convention (photo illustration by Mashable).
Fascinating how information coming out about USAID involving spending public tax dollars on questionable, illegal, corrupt and vile activities is truly disgraceful and unacceptable. Yes, the culprits being the out of control liberal, Democratic Party. Trump’s only the messenger, the message being wacky, nutty lib policies are the REAL threat to democracy!