Comments
THE VIEW FROM HERE - Presently, America is beset by two ideologies both of which reject individual inalienable rights and the rule of law. Since both sides spew false narratives, we should refresh our understanding of The Declaration of Independence.
(1) Each individual is born the same and equal unalienable rights among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,
(2) Governments are instituted to secure these rights,
(3) Government’s just powers are based on the consent of the governed.
The Declaration then advises that when governments stray from protecting individual inalienable rights, the public should attempt to fix the government rather than overthrow it.
Although Lord Acton was not an American and did not formulate his meme until 100 years (1887) after our Revolution, he stated a truism with which the Founding Father were familiar: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
The genius of the US Constitution (1787) was NOT to create a small government. Because the Articles of Confederation had been too small and too weak to protect inalienable rights, the Continental Congress called for second convention to write an acceptable Constitution. The wisdom of the second US Constitution was a complicated system of checks and balances to prevent too much power from accumulating in one branch or with one individual. A small government can tyrannize the population, while a large government can protect individual liberties. The issue is not size. Advocates for a small government, claim that the government which governs the least is the best. In fact, a small government is antithetical to its role to protect individual rights. The idea that government is best which governs least has nothing to do with the Constitution or even the Federalist Papers. The misanthrope Henry David Thoreau wrote it in Civil Disobedience in 1849, although others had said it as early as 1837. When one takes but a moment’s reflection, the concept is foolish when government’s purpose is to protect individual rights from powerful factions who desire to destroy inalienable rights. A small government cannot protect us from large corporations, nor can it safeguard us from foreign aggressors. Federalist Paper #10 on the danger of unrestrained factions.
The Two Factions Seeking to Destroy Individual Rights
1) Wokeism rejects individual, inalienable rights in favor of group rights, where a person’s status and claims are determined by the group to which one belongs rather than by individual merit or equal protection under the law. It divides society into “Oppressors” and “Oppressed,” usually along racial and ethnic lines, with White Americans often cast as beneficiaries of inherent guilt and minorities as perpetual victims.
This framework has increasingly treated Jews not as a historically persecuted minority but as members of a supposed “privileged” class, a shift that has produced rhetoric and outcomes many find deeply troubling. When collective guilt replaces individual responsibility, history shows that scapegoating is never far behind.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been one of the most prominent advocates of identity-based politics. While Pelosi was leader of the House, federal funding incentives and regulatory pressure encouraged higher education to adopt ideological interpretations of American history that portray the nation as fundamentally sinful and structurally racist. At the same time, billions of dollars in foreign funding—particularly from Qatar—have flowed into American universities with little transparency. While Pelosi did not direct these funds, critics argue that the convergence of federal policy and foreign influence accelerated ideological conformity on campus.
Trump later adopted the same coercive tactic—do it my way or federal funds stop—demonstrating that abuse of government power is not confined to one party. The danger lies not in ideology alone, but in the willingness to use the machinery of the state to compel compliance.
Many observers warn that policies emphasizing group identity in admissions and hiring have coincided with declining Jewish and Asian representation at elite institutions. Whether intended or not, such outcomes have fueled resentment and backlash, including the infamous “Jews will not replace us” chants heard at Charlottesville—hatred that must be condemned without qualification.
Ironically, major Jewish organizations such as the American Jewish Committee (AJC), where I once served as a regional staff member, and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) have supported DEI frameworks rooted in group identity. This represents a sharp departure from the principles long embraced by the organized Jewish community, which once pointed to George Washington’s 1790 letter to the Jews of Newport, Rhode Island as proof that Jews would be safest and most prosperous in a nation committed to individual rights and equal justice under law.
(2) The Unitary Executive Theory (UET). UET threatens America. UET predates Trump and MAGA by decades. Due to Trump’s egomaniacal personality, the UET has used Trump to turn Republic into a military dictatorship where Congress and the Courts are subservient to the whims of El Presidente. The UET supporters started by falsely insisting that the President may run any agency created by Congress as he wishes without regard to Congressional intent or the limitations placed on the President’s power. Thus, the President may replace agency heads whose mission is to destroy the Congressional agency. Trump demands that the court do his bidding and any judge who disagrees with him is a radical who should be hounded out of office. Because a small extremist faction lacks the consensus to rule, the UET supports the domestic deploying of the US military to quell any voter objections to Trump’s seizing power. See Grooming America
The UET’s two most famous promoters are (1) Chief Justice John Roberts, who granted Trump absolute immunity to violate all criminal laws, and (2) Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who declared that Trump had a mandate so that Senators had to approve each and every Trump nominee, despite the fact that many were spectacularly unqualified, e.g., Pig Hegseth, Kash Patel, Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi, RFK, Jr.
Lies Kill Facts and Freedom
After ICE agent Jonathan Ross killed Renee Good, a white mother of three children, Trump has gone off the rails. Trump said, “the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self-defense. Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive […]," Truth Social
All the videos show that Trump is dead wrong, but now Trump, Noem, Vance, and their obsequious bootlickers are insisting that Renee Good caused her own death by attempting to kill the ICE agent. JD Vance has gone so far as to release a doctored video from the agent’s (Jonathan Ross) own cell phone. Other verified videos establish that Ross was to the left front of Good’s SUV as one can see daylight between his leg and he car as he makes his first shot which is why it enters the far-left corner of her windshield. The Vance video is doctored starting at second 42. It edits out shots 2 and 3.
Because so much has happened within the last couple days, this article stops here in hopes that readers will concentrate on the values on which our nation rests. We cannot survive as a free people if we allow the government to bully us to accept patently false narratives.
(Richard Lee Abrams is a former Los Angeles-based attorney, an author, and political commentator. A long-time contributor to CityWatchLA, he is known for his incisive critiques of City Hall and judicial corruption, as well as his analysis of political and constitutional issues. Abrams blends legal insight with historical and philosophical depth to challenge conventional narratives. A passionate defender of civic integrity and transparency, he aims to expose misuse of power and advocate for systemic reform in local government. You may email him at [email protected])
