Perhaps the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), as the name implies, should commence evaluating itself and both chambers of Congress since neither, particularly on the Republican MAGA side, appear to be doing more than idly sitting back drawing their pay while nodding approval to Trump’s executive branch attempts to transform the constitutional democratic republic into an authoritarian autocratic oligarchy or monarchy. People who have laid their hand on the Bible under the flag of the country and taken the oath of office to defend and protect our constitutional democratic republic and democracy are instead intentionally or unintentionally ignoring, if not violating, their oath of office for governing. In some respects, these people are functioning best as less-than-valuable simple drones, and worse as traitors, to the constitution that they have sworn to uphold and defend, and, as such, are a dishonor to their office.
This applies to the entire congressional delegation representing the state of Nebraska. They are proving themselves of no redeeming value, i.e.
fundamentally worthless, in countering the threats to the constitutional foundation of our nation. People are also reading..
. That no action is being taken to charge and replace them only reveals the fundamental fatal flaw in the nation’s democracy. So “wake up America," before having to bear the consequences of being governed by a Russian-style of government, where the legislatures and courts are only arms of an aristocratic autocracy.
If that is what you want, do not be surprised when you get it, thanks to a “do-nothing Congress." Stu Luttich, Geneva Catch the latest in Opinion Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly!.
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Letter: The erosion of the republic

Perhaps the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), as the name implies, should commence evaluating itself and both chambers of Congress since neither, particularly on the Republican MAGA side, appear to be doing more than idly sitting back drawing their pay...