Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress 28 days ago with 70% of the vote yet Mike Johnson refuses to swear in. This is a continuation of the GOP's rejection of democracy.

It is as if we all are watching moment by moment thinking that something is going to give, someone will stop this. Every headline, every notification continues to normalize the destruction. None of this is normal. They won't stop. They must be stopped.