That Constitutional crisis that folks have warned is coming? It's here. Team Benedict Donald is ignoring court orders in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, and if that behavior is allowed to stand, it's game over for democracy, everyone. (Republicans in Congress, are you listening? Or will you always be cowards?)
The latest news is that Maryland Senator Chris Von Hollen is headed to El Salvador tomorrow to find out where Abrego Garcia is — and how he is. (He'd better not be dead, a concept that started to dawn on everyone when White House liar-and-cross-flaunter "Karoline" Leavitt started talking about him in the past tense.) Other members of Congress, including Maxwell Frost of Florida and Yassamin Ansari of Arizona, are talking about tagging along.
Any number of awful events could unfold from this trip. The right-wing dictator of El Salvador could deny the delegation entry to the country. He could let them in, but detain them at whatever location they visit. Or Benedict Donald could refuse to let them come back home, saying they had met with "known terrorists." The possibilities are absurd and revolting — off the charts, really — and we just hope that Van Hollen and his delegation have a strategy for each one of them, because this is where we are as a country now.
We support Van Hollen's mission, but it also scares us. Anyone who remembers California Congressman Leo Ryan is probably nervous, too. Just ask Jackie Speier. We cats hope they'll stay safe, and we HISS.
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