A note to all Americans

We believe many actions by the current administration run counter to established American values and laws, actions which are outrageous and directly threaten our country’s historical underpinnings and progress. Here are just some of those actions:

1. It is illegal to attempt to overthrow a lawful election and threaten the life of the Vice President.

2. It is illegal to eliminate birthright citizenship. This is a basic right granted in the constitution.

3. It is illegal to suppress the freedom of the press by refusing access to disliked members.

4. It is immoral to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change. We are already seeing the effects.

5. It is immoral to support oppressive and imperialist regimes.

6. It is immoral to reverse earned human rights such as LGBTQ, women’s reproductive rights, civil rights, and DEI revocation.

7. It is immoral to withdraw from the World Health Organization.

8. It is stupid to defund clean energy development.

9. It is immoral to undermine the justice system by pardoning 1,600 lawfully convicted rioters.

10. It is immoral to endanger American lives by allowing the Health Department to make unscientific claims and guidelines which run counter to the findings of the AMA, APA, WHO and known science.

11. It is illegal to deploy Federal troops to suppress lawful protesters against the wishes of governors and mayors.

12. It is immoral to hike health care costs, eliminate coverage protection, and shorten enrollment periods.

13. It is stupid to threaten removal of scientific and university funding if they do not bow to the administration’s goals.

14. It is illegal to blow up boats in international waters, and illegal to kill the survivors.

15. It is illegal to invade a foreign country without notifying congress, while notifying private companies in advance.

16. It is illegal to kill unarmed citizens in their cars.

17. It is illegal to kidnap a foreign leader, regardless of how oppressive to their citizens.

18. It is illegal to take over and run a sovereign nation.

19. It is illegal to seize the assets and resources of a foreign country and hand them to oil companies.

20. It is petty and below the dignity of a President to use words such as pussy, fat pig, scum, horseface, and shithole country, thereby degrading the level of public discourse.

The Trump government is directly undermining the foundations of American democracy. The opposition of both parties has been inadequate or non-existent. Now is the time for you to express your outrage loudly and clearly. Write letters to the editor. Write to your elected representatives. Call in to talk shows. Stand in protest on the streets. Take out ads such as this in your newspapers. Never forget that the greatest threat to democracy is indifference.

Kit McCormick and David Eiffert, Snoqualmie