by Elwood Watson on January 28, 2025

His second inauguration had just occurred and the speeches were barely over when Donald Trump pardoned pretty much all of the January 6 rioters. At the moment, the president continues to enact executive orders, coupled with promises to force Washington to bend to his political will.

Given the intense degree of activity and resistance, it may be difficult to decipher what is actually happening.

Hours into his second term, Trump surrendered accountability under an avalanche of pardons for some 1,500 of his most loyal supporters who attempted to nullify the 2020 election. They were self-appointed members of Trump's personal resistance militia who viciously and violently assaulted police officers at the U.S. Capitol. Some of those officers lost their lives.

Such an insulting act was just one example of his obscene, no-holds-barred attack on the law. Trump's rapid pardons have created a loyalty oath for the Republican party. While a few Republicans, including former Senate leader Mitch McConnell, have denounced the move, the vast majority have........

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