I am alerted by an article in The Atlantic that Trump's declaration of a national emergency (which remains in effect until Sept. 2019) is actually the equivalent of a coup to make our Constitution meaningless.


There is a vast set of laws, a parallel universe of power that gives the President dictator status beyond anything I have heard of except the 3rd Reich when he decided to declre a national emergency.

Some of those new powers are;
To shut down wire communications and internet.
To freeze Americans bank accounts
To deploy the military and use them as a domestic police force.

This needs to be rethought by Congress but will they?

America is in a declared national emergency right now and for a year at a time unless the President signs a new one.