Garrett Graff Suicide Bluesky:- Journalist Garrett Graff’s words capture a feeling many Americans struggle to articulate: the sense that the United States is witnessing a self-inflicted crisis on a historic scale.
It feels as if a superpower is unraveling not because of invasion or collapse from without, but because of paralysis and fear within its own governing institutions. America is not being defeated by an external enemy; it is being weakened by inaction, cowardice, and a refusal to confront obvious danger.
This moment is not about Democrat versus Republican. Framing it that way only deepens the damage. What we are seeing transcends party labels. Trump and the officials who enable him do not represent traditional conservatism, constitutional restraint, or responsible governance.
Many Americans would accept an ordinary Republican, or an ordinary Democrat, over the chaos and recklessness that now dominates the national stage. This is not ideology—it is survival.
The presidency was never meant to be a throne. It is not divine, monarchical, or above accountability. It is a civil service role, defined clearly by the Constitution and limited by law.
Congress was given both the power and the responsibility to act when the executive threatens the nation’s stability or democratic foundations. That mandate exists precisely for moments like this.
Perhaps Congress is frozen because this level of crisis feels unthinkable. No one wants to be remembered as the person who triggered such a consequential intervention. But history does not forgive inaction.
For the sake of democracy, freedom, and the people who will bear the consequences, Congress must remember its duty: to represent the will and welfare of the people, and to stop the madness before it is too late.