Its seems, given evidence from D.C., that the Republic has devolved from republic to democracy to kleptocratic kakistocracy.
No. No links. I’d have had to do one per letter in each sentence in this post. Just read the “news” and weep.
(Of course, such a devolution was assured once our “feddle gummint” started down the road into a more and more democratic reality. See this blogs header for but one of the reasons… )