This Memorial Day, Trump Kills Liberty
Guest post by Michael Cohen
There was a time when Memorial Day meant something in this country. A time when we paused, if only briefly, to honor the men and women who gave their lives not just for the flag, but for the ideals stitched into its fabric: liberty, justice, the rule of law. I remember standing in cemeteries as a kid, watching old vets salute with trembling hands, tears pooling in the corners of their eyes as taps rang out over the graves of the fallen. Those moments were sacred. They were real.
Fast-forward to 2025, and we’re living in a goddamn parody. This Memorial Day, the so-called Commander-in-Chief—President Trump—the same draft-dodging egomaniac who once called fallen soldiers “suckers” and “losers,” stood with his bloated chest puffed out, pretending to understand what honor means. Spoiler alert: he doesn’t. He never has. And what’s worse, he’s now surrounded by a cabal of yes-men and ideological extremists who are hell-bent on dismantling the very system those fallen heroes died to protect.
Let’s start with the rule of law—what Trump and his lackeys treat like toilet paper. Since slithering back into power, Trump has shown us all that he doesn't give a flying fuck about the Constitution, checks and balances, or the judiciary’s role in keeping executive power in line. The man thinks Article II means he can do “whatever I want as president.” That’s not leadership; that’s dictatorship lite, and JD Vance, his ventriloquist dummy turned Vice President, is working overtime to make that delusion a reality.
Vance recently suggested that the courts shouldn’t even have the authority to check Trump. Read that again. The man who’s a heartbeat away from the presidency—God help us—openly questions whether the judiciary should be allowed to stop the President from breaking the law. And in case you think this is just empty rhetoric, let me remind you that Vance also called Chief Justice John Roberts—no one’s idea of a liberal firebrand—“profoundly wrong” for asserting that the courts play a vital role in checking executive overreach.
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