John Meacham says America is a fragile experiment. Damn right. It survives only if we refuse to trade the rule of law for one man’s ego, appetites, and tantrums. The future won’t ask whether we were comfortable. It’ll ask whether we let him take everything. #CostOfCorruption

A Trump donor gave nearly $2 million to his 2024 campaign fund. Months later, Trump pardoned him. That pardon spared prison & wiped out financial penalties. The No Payoffs For Pardons Act says what should be obvious: money can’t buy a get-out-of-jail-free card. #CostOfCorruption

Every president gets audited. Trump’s first-term audit started over two years late. Then Trump’s DOJ barred the IRS from auditing his past returns, family, and companies. Regular people can’t make the IRS go away. Neither should the guy running the country. #CostOfCorruption

Tarrant County Republicans proposed cutting polling sites from 316 to 224. They don’t get to fail you, panic when voters get angry, then make voting harder. Hell no. Your ballot isn’t theirs to ration because they’re scared of what you’ll do with it. #CostOfCorruption

Boss Tweed ended up in jail because reporters kept digging and New Yorkers stopped looking away. Trump’s pardons erased $1.7 billion in penalties for convicted criminals. He thinks money and power make him untouchable. They don’t, unless we decide they do. #CostOfCorruption

America puts Washington on money, not sitting presidents. Federal law says living presidents can’t appear on currency. Trump got his face minted anyway, sold in packs starting at $61. While you juggle rent and groceries, he spends your Treasury on a vanity project. #CostOfCorruption

Martial law shuts civilian government down. The Insurrection Act sends troops to support it. Suspending habeas corpus means you can be locked up and denied your day in court. Three different powers. Don’t let Trump’s lies take away your rights. #CostOfCorruption

Rep McIver went to inspect Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center in her district. Now Trump’s DOJ is trying to put her in prison for 17 years. She’s pregnant, raising a young child, & still doing the work. Trump’s message: inspect the cages & I’ll come for you too. #CostOfCorruption